Topic: Animals
Teaching Approach: frontal, pair work, whole class.
Materials: handouts, whiteboard and pen.
Time
10’
12’
11’
12’
Teacher Activity
I greet the students and distribute the
handouts.
I briefly introduce the topic by eliciting
animal classifications from the students
(mammal, insect, fish, bird, reptile,
amphibian). I write these words down
on the board and ask the students to
give me a few examples of each group.
I write their answers on the board and
ask them to copy them to their
handouts.
I then direct their attention to the next
exercise and ask them to work in pairs
to match up the animals to the verbs
(sounds) they make and to write down
the onomatopoeic form (if there is one).
We check the answers together and I
write the answers down on the board.
I then ask the students to turn to the
other side of the handout. I give
instructions on how to complete it (fill
in the animal names to create animal
idioms).
We check the answers together and I
clarify the meaning of any unknown
idioms.
The students are then asked to move to
the final exercise on the handout. I
instruct them to try to fill in as much of
the grid as they can on their own
(animal males, females, babies and
groups).
We then check the answers together and
I write all of the answers down on the
board. The students ask for clarification
if necessary.
Student Activity
The students participate and give me
the names of the animal classifications
as well as a few examples of each
group.
They copy everything from the board
to their handouts.
The students work in pairs to complete
the exercise.
They correct their answers as we go
inserting anything they may have
missed.
The students complete the exercise as
best they can.
They correct their answers as we go
along inserting anything they may
have missed.
The students complete the exercise as
best they can.
They correct their answers as we go
along inserting anything they may
have missed.