SUBSECRETARA DE EDUCACIN BSICA

COORDINACIN DE IDIOMAS
CICLO ESCOLAR 2015-2016

LESSON PLAN
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JANUARY 8 TO JANUARY 22

Schools name:

Grade and unit:

nd
2 grade / 3A

CCT:

Product:
Verse Roulette

Environment:
Literary and ludic
Stage(s):

Instructors name:

ID:

Social practice:
Participate in language games with expressive and aesthetic purposes
Specific competence:
Change verses in a childrens poem

Doing with the language (Activities):

Take 5 minutes at the beginning of each class to perform the following 3 actions:
1. Greet students with the typical greeting you use e.g. Hello, good morning everyone, Good
afternoon, etc.
2. Ask students: How is the weather today? and write it on the upper right corner of the board e.g.
Today is sunny, Today is cloudy, etc. *If students do not know vocabulary related to weather,
introduce it. It is not necessary to emphasize a lot on this topic.
3. Ask the class: What is todays date? and write it on the board under the weather e.g. Today is
th
Monday January 11 , 2016

Introduction to topic
(Incorporated stage to
present topic)

Session 1
15 minutes
Write the following poem on a flip chart sheet and paste it on the board:

one stanza

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My Snowman
By Marian Day
My snowman is round and fat.
He carries a cane and wears a hat.
He stands in my yard whenever it snows.
He has little black eyes and a carrot nose.

one verse
Total 4 verses

Knowing about the language

(Background):
Vocabulary to start class:
Days of the week
Months of the year
Weather vocabulary
Moods vocabulary

Poem Vocabulary:
stanza
verse
snowman
fat
hat
snows
nose

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Describe what a stanza and verse is. Say each word as you point to it and ask students to repeat the word
after you. Emphasize on the rhyming words. Read the poem again and have students clap when you
mention the rhyming words.
Remove the flip chart sheet and write the word fat on the board. Show students the animal flashcards
(see image 1) one by one and mention the name of each animal. Have students mention the animals that
rhyme with the word fat. Explain that words rhyme because they have the same ending sound. Circle
the ending letters at in each word.
15 minutes
Have students circle the rhyming words and say them out loud.
1.
2.
3.

true
bear
foot

blue
card
dog

tree
pear
frog

4.
5.
6.

coat
meat
red

boat
food
pan

fruit
beat
fan

15 minutes
Write on the board the following charts and have students write the words from the word bank under
the corresponding column.
Word bank:
can
pet
pan

Rhyming words:

Not rhyming words:

fan
tan
fox

Rhyming words:
true
blue
bear
pear
dog
frog
coat
boat
meat
beat
pan
fan

After students have finished, have them trade notebooks with a classmate and write the correct answers
for students to check their peers work.
Session 2
20 minutes
Ask students why words rhyme. Give a student the chance to answer.
Invite two students to go to the front to complete the conversation using words from the word bank
then, use a dynamic to divide the students in pairs. Ask students to choose a word from the word bank to
correctly say the conversation. Explain that student A will complete the first and third sentence and
student B will complete the second and fourth sentence.
Repetition Drill:
Word Bank:
Who is Denisse?
Denisse is my _________.

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Repetition drill vocabulary:

niece
Greece
police
peace
profession
Question words:
Who
Where

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Greece

police

Where does she live?

What is her profession?
Why is she a police?

She lives in _________.

She is a _________.
Because she wants Greece to be in ________.

What
Why

niece
peace
20 minutes
Write the following poem on a flip chart sheet and paste it on the board:
Stars
They are over us, hundred feet high.
They cover the sky, in a very clear night.
How many you are?
Can I put you in a jar?
But you are so far, I cant even try.

one stanza

one verse
Total 5 verses

Describe what a stanza and verse is then, say each word as you point to it and ask students to repeat the
word after you. Emphasize on the rhyming words. Read the poem again and have students clap when
you mention the rhyming words.
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Select a poem.
Choose a stanza to
make a roulette with its
verses.

Tell students they will work on making a roulette using one of the poems. Paste both flipchart sheets
with the poems and have students select one. Tell students to write the chosen poem on their
notebooks so they can practice at home.

Poem Vocabulary:
stanza
verse
stars
high
sky
night
are
jar
far

Product Vocabulary:
roulette

5 minutes
Tell students they will need a piece of cardboard (paper sheet size) and a paper fastener (broches self) to
make a roulette. Make in advance one and show it to students. Have students look at it.
Session 3
25 minutes
Write the following words on the board and ask different students to go to the board and match the
words that rhyme.
funny
Kelly
spoon
night
smart
book
cake

jelly
write
start
bunny
hook
mistake
moon

Sing the ABCs song with the students. Invite some of them to spell the previously matched words.

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Rhyming words:
funny
Kelly
spoon
night
smart
book
cake
jelly
write
start
bunny
hook
mistake
moon

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Make the roulette big

enough to write the
verses of the stanza on
it.

20 minutes
If possible get copies from annex 1 and 2. Give each student one to cut. If not, have students use sheets
of paper from their notebooks to make the necessary materials to make the roulette. Help students in
the process. When students finish ask them to keep the roulette in a save place.
Session 4
25 minutes
Write the following poem on the board. Ask students to get out their notebooks and write it.
Tell students to perform the following activities with the poem.
1.
2.
3.

Circle the stanzas.

Underlining the verses.
Color the rhyming words.
Poem Vocabulary:
sea
see
me
crab
fish
octopus
starfish

What can you see?

Look in the sea.
What can you see?
I see a crab,
And the crab sees me.

Look in the sea.

What can you see?
I see an octopus,
And the octopus sees me.

Look in the sea.

What can you see?
I see a fish,
And the fish sees me.

Look in the sea.

What can you see?
I see a starfish,
And the starfish sees me.

Write the following exercise for the students to do:

Answer the following questions:
1. How many stanzas?
2. How many verses are per stanza?
3. Which words rhyme?
Show students previously made verse roulette with the chosen stanza written on it. Tell students they
will do the same with their roulette.

Write verses on the

roulette based on a
model.

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20 minutes
Place on the board the previously made roulette with the verses written on it for all students to see. Ask
students to take out their roulette and have them write the verses from the corresponding chosen
stanza (poem). When students finish, tell them to put away their roulette. Explain they will work with it
on future English classes.

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Check that the written

form of the verses is
correct and verify the
stanza is complete.
Illustrate the roulette.

Session 5
35 minutes
Play some childrens song to set the environment to work. Call students one by one and ask them to
have their roulette in their hands. Check that the written form of the verses is correct and verify if the
stanza is complete. In case a student misspelled some words or did something that was not correct ask
him/her to correct it and come back.
Before checking the students work, ask them to illustrate the roulette according to what each verse
says. By doing this, the students who are not with the teacher checking the work will have an activity to
do.
10 minutes
Ask students to circle the rhyming words on the roulette. Write the rhyming words on the board, have
students repeat them and invite some students to spell the rhyming words.
Session 6
25 minutes
Invite some students to identify the stanzas by circling them and another to identify the verses by
underlining them from the following poem:
My body
I use my eyes to see the skies
I use my eyes to see the ice.

I use my hands to count my plans.

I use my hands to count the lands.

I use my nose to smell a rose.

I use my nose to smell my toes.

I use my ears to hear so clear.

I use my eyes to hear you, dear.

Read the poem again and touch the part of the body that the poem mentions then, invite students to do
the same.
Explain that the following:

Rhyming words:
Are used in a poem, play or fiction to bring melody that one can easily remember and recite.

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Poem Vocabulary:
see
eyes
skies
ice
smell
nose
rose
toes
hands
count
plans
lands
ears
hear
clear
dear

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Test the roulette and

play by making poems
with verses of the
stanza.

20 minutes
Show students how a roulette works. Ask students if they have ever seen a roulette at a TV show.
Invite a student to go to the front to test his/her roulette in front of the class. Tell students the
imagination will be used to create new poems.
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1 Example:

2 Example:

In the sun, the fat cat

Likes to wear a hat.

When I am far
I like to eat from a jar

But when it snows

He covers his nose.

But in the night

I only eat in the high

Give students some time to play with their classmates using the roulette. They must mention the verse
where the arrow falls into. They can also change the order of the stanza.

Display the roulette in a

visible place in the
classroom.
Achievements:
Distinguish verses from
stanzas.
Distinguish words that
rhyme.
Complete verses orally
based on their
beginning and ending.
Rewrite words in verses
and stanzas.

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Session 7
25 minutes
Separate the class in teams by giving students little papers with numbers (See page 14). Give each team
the memory game page (see page 15)to cut and play a memory game with rhyming words

Rhyming words:
fat
hat
snow
nose
far
jar
night
high

20 minutes
Display the roulette in a visible place in the classroom and if possible invite other second grade groups to
have a look at them.

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Reference:
NEPBE Syllabus Cycle 1 electronic version pg. 143

Assessment:
Bimester Evaluation Record.
Following Instructions Checklist:

NEPBE Syllabus Cycle 1 written version pg. 61

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Student responds to instructions without hesitation all the time.

yes

no

yes
yes

no
no

yes

no

yes

no

2 grade English activity book

nd

Verse Roulette Checklist:

2 grade English fact book

nd

2 grade English story book

http://www.rhymezone.com/
Alphabet Song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hXodiML7ME
Suggested songs to set the environment:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWkOkpzyD3Y

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Student is able to distinguish verses from stanzas

Student is able to distinguish words that rhyme
Student is able to complete verses orally based on their
beginning and ending.
Student is able to rewrite words in verses and stanzas.

During and at the end of each class, accomplish the following points:
Monitor the students performance by walking around the classroom while they work.
Check notebooks when students finish with their work. Set 2-3 simple rules for
activities Suggested simple rules:
1. Raise your hand for permission to speak.
2. Raise your hand for permission to leave your seat.
3. Follow directions quickly.
Repeat the rules before starting with an activity. Use mimics to make it easy for
students to learn the 3 simple rules.

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Numbers:

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
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2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2

3
3
3
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3
3
3
3

4
4
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5
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Rhyming words:

frog dog
rat
cat
sea
see
jar
far
snows nose
blue true
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Annex 1 (black & white)

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Annex 2 (black & white)

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Verse
Roulette
Verse
Roulette
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