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Lesson 4 The longest, the biggest ...

The aim of the lesson:
Educational: - to learn about Brazil, its river and the animals that live there.
Developing: - to enable pupils to talk about the wild animals which live in Brazil; - to enable pupils to describe animals; - to enable pupils to read for gist and listen for detailedinformation.
Socio-cultural: - to raise awareness of Brazil, the animals that live there and its longest river.
Competence: SC1, SC2, LC, FLCC
Learning outcomes: At the end of the lesson pupils will be able to: - talk about the wild animals which live in Brazil;

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  describeanimals;
  

Type of the lesson: non-standard, mixed
Method of the lesson: group work, pair work
Equipment: Pupil‟s Book; the DVD of the book; cards with animals for Activity 2

The Procedure of the lesson:

1. 
   Organizing moment: - Greeting.
   

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  Checking theregister
  
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  Checkinghomework
  

2. 
   Pre-Activity
   

Activity 1 Listen and sing. 10 min
Objectives: to warm up; to create a friendly atmosphere
STEP 1: Play the DVD. Ask the pupils to listen to the song and sing it. Look at Unit 9 Lesson 1 Activity 1 for the DVD script.
STEP 2: Check the homework with the whole class. First ask them to read the text with the answers they have chosen. Then the pupils ask the questions they have written at home.

3. 
   Mainpart
   

Activity 2 Play “This is a Wild Animal.” 10 min
Objectives: to revise wild animals; to give practise in describing animals; to have fun
STEP 1: Revise the wild animals: e.g. an elephant, a giraffe, a tiger, a lion, a crocodile, a bear, a hippo, a hyena, a zebra, a kangaroo, a leopard, a wolf, a mandrill, a mouse, a cheetah, a hedgehog.
STEP 2: Put the cards with animals in a row or a line so the pupils can go along the cards.
STEP 3: Divide the class into 2 teams. In turn the pupils come to the beginning of the line. The pupil from the first team must go along the line and say the names of animals until the other team says “STOP!”. The pupil must stop, take the card next to him/her and describe an animal. If s/he can say at least three sentences, s/he can keep the card.
STEP 4: After 7-8 minutes, stop the game. Ask the teams to count the cards. The team with more cards wins.
Note: If your class is strong, you can add the birds: an eagle, a swallow, a sparrow, a penguin, a parrot, a peacock, etc.