LESSON PLAN

TEACHER:

DATE:

TIME:

SCHOOL:

CLASS:

15 year-olds, A2B1

Teaching unit :

Module 1: Communication; Animal talk

Type of lesson :

Presentation, practice

Sources:

Challenges 4 Students' Book; Workbook; Teacher's Handbook

Aims and objectives :

Read about animal communication; revise the present tenses

Teaching methods :

conversation, presentation, reading comprehension, listening comprehension, writing, speaking

Class management :

whole class, individual work, pair work, group work

Teaching aids, materials

and equipment :

students book, workbook, CD; board, chalk, CD-player

Aims and
objectives

Class organization procedures and activities

Interaction

Teaching
aids and
materials

Possible problems
and solutions

TIMING

STAGES

Class profile:

partIntroductory
Main part

Introduce the
topic, elicit ideas
and vocabulary,
arouse interest

Warm-up: Use some of the Get Ready activities to introduce the main characters, setting and the
module.

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Exercise 1: Give students a few minutes to work in small groups, discussing what

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they know about the animals.

The groups then share their information as a class. Help with vocabulary
where necessary.
Provide key
vocabulary and
target language
in context

Present target
language
Practice target
language
Practice target
language

Exercise 2: Play the recording for students to read and listen for general

comprehension.
Students work individually, reading the text and noting down how the six
animals communicate.
When checking answers, ask students to read aloud the section of the text
that gives the answer.
Exercise 3: Students discuss the questions in groups or as a whole class. If some

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CD
CD player

25
min

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Exercise 4: Ask Ss to read the examples and match them with the names and uses of the tenses. Elicit
the verb forms in each tense.

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Exercise 6: Ask Ss to read the sentences and the timelines and match them. Elicit the correct answers.

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min

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of them havent got a pet, encourage them to talk about pets that their friends
or relatives have.

Exercise 5: Ask Ss to read the sentence and the meanings. Elicit the correct answer.

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board
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Exercise 7: Ask Ss to read the sentences and the pictures and match them. Elicit the correct answers.

partFinal

Exercise 8,9: Set these exercises for homework. Elicit a couple of answers to set the model.
Ending the lesson:
Use target
language

Exercise 10, 12, 13: Ask Ss to read the instructions, cues, and the example sentences. Elicit a couple of
sentences. Ss make the questions. They work in pairs to ask and answer the questions, and then report
the answers to the class.

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10
min

Homework: Exercise 8,9