duminică, 2 iunie 2019

Lesson Plan: The Easter Bunny , by Nicoleta Onea




Lesson Plan: The Easter Bunny
Name:  Nicoleta Onea        Class: Preparatory Grade       Level: The first year of study    Length: 50 minutes
Class  Description
There are 26 students in this group. They have English classes once a week, for 50 minutes each time. They are very noisy and the word games and songs are useful methods  of teaching English.
Main  Aims
By the end of the lesson the students will be able:
1.      to say the new vocabulary using coloured flashcards
2.      -to identify the Easter animals
3.      -to guess the missing flashcards
4.      -to practise vocabulary using a short dialogue
5.      -to practise speaking English by singing a song

Subsidiary Aims
1.Review  other songs learned previously
2.Make a connection with the  language structures  learned previously

Materials
1.Board and board markers
2.Coloured flashcards
3. CD player and CD

Anticipated  Problems
The students may find the pronunciation of the English  words difficult but the teacher will encourage them  to speak in  English. The children may be very noisy.
Possible Solutions
The children sit down on cushions in front of the white board and the teacher alternates the word games with TPR activities. 




                                                            PROCEDURES


WARMER- VOCABULARY PRESENTATION
TIMING- 10 minutes
AIM- to introduce the new vocabulary using coloured flashcards
DESCRIPTION- The teacher presents the flashcards with the new vocabulary. The children repeat the new words. The teacher checks comprehension by asking
What’s this?/ It’s a…………… What colour is it?
TECHNIQUE- oral presentation
INTERACTION-Lockstep


STAGE-FLASHCARD INSTRUCTIONS
TIMING- 10 minutes
AIM- to identify the Easter animals
DESCRIPTION- The teacher sticks a set of flashcards on the walls around the classroom. She asks the children :
                                                            Walk to the chicken/ lamb/ rabbit
                                                            Jump to the chicken/ lamb/ rabbit
TECHNIQUE- game
INTERACTION-Lockstep, IW


STAGE-MISSING FLASHCARD
TIMING-10 minutes
AIM- to guess the missing flashcard
DESCRIPTION-The teacher sticks the set of flashcards on the BB. Children say the words. She asks the children to close their eyes and removes one of the flashcards. Children open their eyes and name the missing flashcard.
TECHNIQUE- game
INTERACTION- Lockstep/ IW


STAGE- FLASHCARD CHAIN
TIMING- 10 minutes
AIM- to practice vocabulary using a short dialogue
DESCRIPTION- The teacher sits in a circle with the children. She passes a flashcard to the child on her left and asks:
                                                What’s this?
Do you like…….? Yes, I do. No, I don’t.
The child answers, then asks the question and passes the flashcard to the next child and so on round the circle.
TECHNIQUE- using flashcards for practicing a dialogue
INTERACTION- Lockstep



STAGE- SONG
TIMING- 10 minutes
AIM- to practise speaking English by singing a song
DESCRIPTION-  The teacher plays the record. The children  listen to the song on the CD and sing alongside the teacher. 
TECHNIQUE- Listen and repeat 
INTERACTION- Lockstep


       
REFERENCE  LIST

Harmer, Jeremy. Essential Teacher Knowledge. Edinburgh, Pearson Education Limited, 2012
Read, Carol. 500 Activities for the Primary Classroom.Oxford, Macmillan, 2007
Ten Bunnies Counting Song 1-10 | Easter Song | Lyrics | Easter Bunny | Kids Song