The Very Hungry Caterpillar
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Class Period: 1 period, 45 minutes
Equipment: 1. Blackboard
2. Computer
3. Screen
Materials: 1. The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
2. PowerPoint slides
3. Worksheets
4. Puppets
5. Non-woven fabric apron and fruit
Lesson Objectives:
I. The Cognitive Domain
1. Uses the new words in the picture book.
1.1 Understands the meanings of the new words.
1.2 Spells the new words correctly.
1.3 Uses the new words in sentences.
2. Understands the picture book.
2.1 Knows the importance of a balanced diet.
2.2 Identifies healthy/unhealthy foods.
3. Knows how to make a fruit salad.
II. The Affective Domain
4. Responds willingly.
5. Answers the teacher’s questions willingly.
6. Likes classroom activities.
7. Participates in pair work/group work actively.
8. Completes the tasks/worksheets willingly.
9. Encourages peers to take part in activities actively and willingly.
III. The Psychomotor Domain
10. Pronounces the new words correctly.
11. Reads the sentences properly.
12. Writes smoothly and legibly.
Analysis of Students’ Background:
1. Their English is at the beginning level.
2. They know the present tense and the past tense.
3. They can understand simple spoken English.
4. They are interested in English class.
5. They are willing to cooperate with the teacher.
6. They like small group discussions.
7. They are willing to perform in front of the class.
8. They are willing to read new words and new sentences.
9. They are active in answering the teacher’s questions.
Activity:
I. Warm-up (5 minutes)
II. Presentation of the picture book (25 minutes)
III. Application activities (10 minutes)
IV. Assignment (5 minutes)
Teaching Procedures:
I. Warm-up (5 minutes)
1. Greet the class.
2. Show the student the picture of the caterpillar and ask some questions about it.
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What is it?
What color is it?
How many legs does it have?
How does it look to you?
What does it eat?
Do you ever see a caterpillar like this?
Do you like caterpillars?
II. Presentation of the picture book (25 minutes)
1. Read aloud each page.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
In the light of the moon a little egg lay on a leaf.
On Sunday morning the warm sun came up and –pop!- out of the egg came a tiny and very
hungry caterpillar.
He started to look for some food.
On Monday he ate through one apple.
But he was still hungry.
On Tuesday he ate through two pears, but he was still hungry.
On Wednesday he ate through three plums, but he was still hungry.
On Thursday he ate through four strawberries, but he was still hungry.
On Friday he ate through five oranges, but he was still hungry.
On Saturday he ate through one piece of chocolate cake, one ice-cream cone, one pickle, one
slice of Swiss cheese, one slice of salami, one lollipop, one piece of cherry pie, one sausage,
one cupcake, and one slice of watermelon.
That night he had a stomachache.
The next day was Sunday again.
The caterpillar ate through one nice green leaf, and after that he felt much better.
Now he wasn’t hungry any more—and he wasn’t a little caterpillar any more.
He was a big, fat caterpillar.
He built a small house, called a cocoon, around himself. He stayed inside for more than two
weeks. Then he nibbles a hole in the cocoon, pushed his way out and…
he was a beautiful butterfly!
2. Have students look at the pictures and fill out the following worksheet.
<Worksheet>
What did the caterpillar eat on each day of the week?
Group: ___________
Name: _______________
Monday
(one apple)
Tuesday
(two pears)
Wednesday
(three plums)
Thursday
(four strawberries)
Friday
(five oranges)
Saturday
one piece of chocolate cake, one ice-cream cone,
one pickle, one slice of Swiss cheese, one slice of
salami, one lollipop, one piece of cherry pie, one
sausage, one cupcake, and one slice of
watermelon.
Sunday
(one nice green leaf)
3. Play the video of “The Very Hungry Caterpillar.” (Walt Disney Home Video)
4. Ask students some questions about the hungry caterpillar.
Questions:
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What did the caterpillar eat on Monday?
How many pears did he eat on Tuesday?
How many plums did he eat on Wednesday?
What did he eat on Thursday?
Did he eat five oranges on Friday?
Why did he have a stomachache on Saturday?
Did he eat a lot on Sunday?
What did he eat on Sunday?
How did it feel on Sunday?
5. Read parts of the picture book again. Pause while reading for students to
complete the
sentences.
T: On Monday, he ate through
T: On Tuesday, he ate through
T: On Wednesday, he ate through
, but ______________________.
, but ____________________.
, but __________________.
T: On Thursday, he ate through
, but _____________________.
T: On Friday, he ate through
, but ____________________.
T: On Friday, he ate through
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That night he had a stomachache.
The next day was Sunday again.
The caterpillar ate through one nice _________, and after that he felt much
better.
III. Application activities (10 minutes)
1. Review all the food the caterpillar ate.
2. Have each group discuss and classify the following foods into two categories.
apple pear
Swiss cheese
plum
lollipop
strawberry orange
chocolate cake
sausage
watermelon
Healthy food
Unhealthy food (Junk food)
(apple)
(chocolate cake)
(pear)
(plum)
(strawberry)
(orange)
(ice-cream cone)
(lollipop)
(sausage)
(Swiss cheese)
(watermelon)
3. Check the answers with the students.
4. Ask students to circle the foods they like/often eat.
5. Ask students if they eat a lot of healthy/unhealthy foods.
6. Present the chant “Let’s Make a Fruit Salad.”
Let’s Make
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Let’s make a fruit salad.
Let’s make a fruit salad.
What do we have?
We have one apple.
What should we do?
Cut, cut, cut.
Let’s make a fruit salad.
Let’s make a fruit salad.
What do we have?
We have two pears.
What should we do?
Peel, peel, peel.
ice-cream cone
Fruit Salad
Let’s make a fruit salad.
Let’s make a fruit salad.
What do we have?
We have five berries.
What should we do?
Wash, wash, wash.
Put them all together.
And eat them up.
How do they taste?
Yum, yum. Cool!
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7. Have the class repeat each line.
8. Explain the new words in the chant.
9. Divide the students into two groups. Have the first group chant the questions and
the second group chant the answer. The class chants the statements in chorus.
IV. Assignment (5 minutes)
1. Two in pairs and practice the following dialogue.
2. Use puppets to act out the dialogue in the next period.
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I’m hungry. I want to eat some food.
What do you have?
I have ________.
Do you want it/them/some?
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Yummy. I like it/them/some.
or
Yucky. I don’t like it/them.
(3) Have students of higher levels make up their own dialogue.
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I’m hungry. I want to eat some food.
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