Lesson plan

School: Scoala Gimnaziala Ionel Perlea, Ograda

Date: 7.04.2017
Teacher: Oana Crciunescu
Class:4th
Level:pre-Intrmediate
Book: Firm Steps
Unit: Unit 6: Aboult animals
Lesson type: Teaching reading
Lesson title: Animals
Time:50 min
Methods:exercise, conversation, explanation, games
Aids:
-handouts, laptop, board
Aims:by the end of the lesson the Ss should be able :
_ to read and translate varied texts about animals
-to answer to questions related to the texts
- to recognize vocabulary related to animals in songs
-to use given vocabulary related to animals into written and oral form

Activity 1
Time 5
Aim:
-to solve a crosswords exercise with animals of all kinds
-to activate background knowledge
Skills:listening
Class management :PW
Procedure:
Ss write the mane of the animals monkey, crocodile, kangaroo, lion, gorilla, elephant, bear,
hamster, kitten, puppy, parrot, turtle, dolphin, whale

Activity 2
Time 5
Aim:
-to arrange the animals from the crosswords according to their habitats
Skills:listening
Class management :pW
Procedure:
Ss arrange the animals from the crosswords according to their typology:pets( hamster, turtle,
kitten, parrot, puppy) forest/jungle(monkey, gorilla, bear, lion, kangaroo, elephant)
river/sea(whale, dolphin, crocodile) Correction is made in plenum.

Activity 3
Time 5

1
Skills:listening
Class management:PW
Aim:
-to listen to a song and fill in the lyrics
-to wake curiosity
Skills:listening
Class management :IW
Procedure:
Ss listen to The circus song, and fill in the lyrics with names of animals. Correction is made in
plenum.

Activity 4
Time 5
Aim:
-to read riddles about animals and solve them
Skills: reading
Class management:IW
Procedure
Ss read and translate riddles consisting in brief descriptions of wild animal which they have to
match with the corresponding picture and then write the name of the animal next to the picture.

Activity 5
Time 13
Aim:
-to read a text about pets
-to answer questions related to the text
-to talk about their own pets
Skills: reading
Class management:PW
Procedure
Ss read a text that descrie the pets of 2 children, dogs and cats. Then Ss have to answer the
question related to the text. Finally Ss should talk about their own pets having the question from
the exercise as reference.

Activity 6
Time 10
Aim:
-to write about a wild animal
Skills:all
Class management: GW
Procedure
Ss write a paragraph about an animal and present it to the class, taking into consideration how it
looks, where it lives, what it eats.