Strange, Clever, Funny…Wild Animals

English lesson with elements of nature integration

Lesson Plan

Form: 4 

School: № 14, Melitopol

Teacher: Stupak Olena

Topic: Strange, Clever, Funny…Wild Animals       

Objectives:

• to develop pupils’ reading, listening, speaking and writing skills;
• to review and practice vocabulary;
• to develop their intellectual faculties;
• to widen pupils’ outlook;
• to work in pairs, groups;
• to teach pupils to understand the important role of people in life of animals.

Materials to Be Used:

Pupil’s books by Oksana Karpiuk “English-4”, workbooks, computer, pictures, cards with tasks .

Procedure

1. Introduction:(10 minutes)

1.1. Greeting

Teacher (T.): Good morning, students!

Pupils (P-s): Good morning, teacher!

T: Greet each other!

P-s sing “Hello How are you?”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVlcKp3bWH8 

2. Presentation of Lesson Topic

T: Our Lesson Topic is…You should look at the blackboard and write the letters in the right order. Then you get the lesson topic!

(P-s do the task and write “Wild Animals Are Strange, Clever, Funny…“

T: And our aims are:
Read and write,
Listen and speak,
Because you have your English twice a week!
Learn new rules,
Look up new facts,
This is the best way to study perhaps!

3. Warm-up

(T. gives questions to P-s., using the picture with wild animals)

 T.: P1, what is this?

P1: This is a parrot.

T: P2, What colour is it?

P2: It is blue and yellow.

T: P3, where is it?

P3: It is in the jungle.

T: P4, what animal is it?

P4: It is a leopard.

T: P5, What is it doing?

P5: It is lying on the tree.

T: P6, Are leopards friendly or dangerous?

P6: They are dangerous.

T: P7, What colour is the chameleon and why?

P7: It is green because it is calm.

T: P8, Are chameleons with usual skins?

P8: No, they are not. They are with unusual skins. They change the colour of their skins like actors change clothes.

T: P9, What do chameleons eat?

P9: They eat insects with very long tongues.

T: P10, Where do these animals live?

P10: They live in Africa.

2. Main Part:(25 minutes)

2.1. Listening

T.: And do you know the names of domestic animals?

P-s: Yes, we do.

T: Let’s sing the song “Old McDonald” (addition 1)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIWbUjHZFTw 

T: Thank you! P1, Name domestic animals in this song!

P1: Chicks, ducks, cats.

2. Speaking

T: Now we’ll divide into three teams. (P-s choose cards with animals). So, we have the team #1 “Panthers”,

the team #2 “Giraffes”,

the team #3 “Pandas”

Your next task is to find and write out domestic and wild animals into two columns.

   Team “Giraffes”: ptroypolarbearlkuidoglogcrocodilelitcockkadghsealposthamstermondaylizardpen goosemenlofoxhatpolgoat

Key:

   Team “Giraffes”: hokchimpanzeenettramcatoldmonkeylkouytfarmhorsepontrzebranrtdfgoapigorad penguinmotradhenzokmgdleopardjoabgturkey

Key:

Team “Pandas”: lookpandabookduckgoodelephantlerdrabbitobadluytrkangarooloopcowfrance giraffeuogdsheepchyuo jackalhgchick

3.  Check on Homework

(P-s tell about their favourite animals using pictures)

(addition 2)

4.  Reading

 (Pupil’s books—exercise 3c, d page 123-124)

(addition 3)

5.  Dance Song For Children  “Jungle Boogie - Animal Songs”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4gQObuPtf0

6.   Speaking

(Pupil’s books—exercise 4 pag124)

(addition 4)

7.   Writing

(Pupil’s books—exercise 5 pag125)

(addition 5)

      VI. Homework (3 minutes)

T: Imagine you are any wild animal and tell us about yourself, your classmates have to guess who are you.

     VII. Summarizing (7 minutes)

(P-s. get marks. They answer the teacher’s questions:

* Do you like domestic or wild animals? Why? Why not?

* Is it important to take care about animals? Why? Why not?

Addition 1

Addition 2

Addition 3

Addition 4

Addition 5