English Teacher: Grades

The aim of the lesson:

Educational: - to learn the names of big animals

Lesson 1 That's a hippo.

Unit 7 We are big animals

Developing: - to enable pupils to listen, read and talk about big animals to enable pupils to say characteristics of the animals

Socio-cultural: - to raise awareness of various big animals

Competence: SC2, SC and PC in speaking about wild big animals

Learning outcomes: By the end of the lesson, pupils will be able to: name big animals; say characteristics of big animals;

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  describe big animals
  

Type of the lesson: non-standard, mixed

Method of the lesson: group work, pair work

Equipment: Pupil‘s book, Workbook, the DVD, Flashcards: a lion, a tiger, a crocodile, a zebra, an elephant, a monkey, a giraffe, a mandrill. a hippo, a leopard, a hyena

The Procedure of the lesson:

1. 
   Organizing moment: - Greeting.
   

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  Checking the register
  
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  Checking homework and asking words from previous lesson
  

2. Pre-Activity

Warm up Listen and repeat. 5 min Objective: to warm up

Ask the pupils to listen and sing the song "The elephant" together with the DVD.

3. Main-Part

Activity 1a Play "Let's go to the zoo". 10 min

Objectives: to revise animals learnt in class 1 and 2

Prepare cards with a lion, a tiger, a crocodile, a zebra, an elephant, a monkey, a giraffe. Put the cards with animals on the wall and say: Let's go to the zoo! Ask the children to stand behind you as a train. Come to the first picture and say: Oh, look, that's a lion. It's big and strong. It can run. Then move to the next picture and start in a similar way inviting the pupils to continue your sentences. "Oh, that's a ... It's It can

Activity lb Play ―Mime and guess‖ . 5 min Objective: to revise animals learnt in class 1 and 2

Ask a pupil to mime an animal from the ‗zoo‘ and ask the class to guess the animal.

Activity 2a. Look read and find the hippo. 5 min

Objectives: to read for detail; to introduce new words

Ask the pupils to look at the picture and find the animals. Then ask them to read silently and find a mandrill, two hippos, a leopard and two hyenas. Put pictures with the animals on the board and ask the pupils to come to the board and find a mandrill, a hippo, a leopard and a hyena.

Activity 2b Look, listen and repeat. 5 min

Objectives: to practise new words

Point to the pictures and ask the pupils to listen to you and repeat the new words: hippo, leopard, hyena, stripes, spots. Ask the pupils to repeat the words after you in chorus, in pairs, and individually. Check they understand what the words mean. Activity 3 Play ―Listen and touch‖ . 5 min

Objective: to reinforce the new words

Add a hippo, a hyena and a leopard to the ‗zoo‘. Ask the pupils to listen, run and touch the animal you describe e.g. ―I‘m big, strong and dangerous. I can swim, walk and run‖. If some pupils are wrong, add ―I‘m grey. I‘ve got a big mouth and strong teeth‖, (a hippo)

4. Post-activity

Activity 4 Play "Listen and touch". 10 min

Objective: to reinforce the new words

Add a hippo, a hyena and a leopard to the 'zoo'. ask to listen, run and touch the animal you describe e.g. I'm big, strong and dangerous. I can swim, walk and run. If some pupils are wrong - add - I'm grey. I've got a big mouth and strong teeth. (a hippo)

5. 
   Giving homework 3 min
   

6. 
   Evaluation. Giving marks according to pupils participating in classwork activities 2 min