LESSON PLAN

SCHOOL: TEACHER: CLASS: DATE: LN:

Class profile: Elementary, 6 year-olds

Teaching unit : Story time The Jungle Book

Type of lesson : Combinable

Sources: English Adventure Starter A Students Book; Workbook; Teacher's Book

*short term Numbers (1 5) and parts of the body in a story context

Aims and objectives: *long term Developing a positive attutude to English by providing a context which is stimulating and fun;
Encouraging students to take an active role in their learning and to reflect on their progress;
Respecting students' different learning styles through the wide range of activities;
Listening and speaking skills developing

Target language: Numbers 1-5, Parts of the body

Receptive language: It's story time. / How many coconuts can you see?

Teaching methods : Communicative approach, Illustration, Task-based method

 Class management : Whole class, Individual work

Teaching aids, materials and equipment : Students Book, workbook, class CD, CD player or computer, CD-ROM, board, chalk

Possible problems and solutions: Non-cooperative students, non-understanding Additional explanation

Lesson

Aims and Methods Activities & Procedure Aids & Interactio Time
stages

objectives equipment n

To make ss Comm. T greets ss, writes the teaching unit in the class book and checks the homework. SB T-C 5'
part Introductor

interested in approach T plays the song (rec.7) and encourages ss to join in. CD player
the topic CD
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 To practice Task- Activity 1 Story preparation SB T-C 35'

Main part
numbers based T settles the ss down and says: It's story time! (T explains in L1 that they are
1-5 method going to listen to the story in English). T helps ss to open their books at p.8., asks
ss to look at the pictures and talks about the story with the class.
Q: Who's this? (Baloo/Mowgli)
T points to the tree in the picture 2 and asks: How many coconuts can you see?
(T encourages ss to count). T asks ss to tell what they think happens in the story.
To practice Comm. Activity 2 - Listen. SB T-C
parts of the approach T plays the story (rec.8) and encourage ss to follow in their books (T helps by CD player
body and holding up the book and pointing to the story frames as they listen). CD
numbers in Activity 3 Listen and repeat. (CD-ROM) CD-ROM T-C
a story T plays the story, asks ss to listen and repeat until all ss say accordingly. WB p.33
context Homework Cut and order. Notebook S-S-S
To relax ss Comm. Activity 4 Consolidation game Board T-C 5'
Final part

approach T draws a simple palm tree with five cocounts on the board and asks ss: Chalk
Illustration How many coconuts can you see? Ss count to see how many there are. T asks ss
to close their eyes and rubs out two of the coconuts.hen, T repeats the question to
elicit the answer. Individuals can help with the rubbing out or drawing of new
coconuts.
To practice Comm. Mime the story. SB, p.8 T-C
activityOptional

colours and approach T plays the story again, this time performing simple mime actions for ss to copy,
numbers; e.g. Picture 1, point as if at the coconut tree. Picture 2, count up to five on your
To relax ss fingers. Picture 4, mime throwing a coconut. T repeats until ss are happy with the
mime actions.