Form 4. Karpiuk. Animals and Nature (p.122)

Level and number of learners

Form 4

Animals and nature

Degrees of comparison

Timetable fit

40-45 minutes

Main aim

To develop grammar accuracy in using degrees of comparison and definite article with water objects, learning topic Oceans as a part of worldwide environment. In terms of future vacations.

Subsidiary aims

Students use appropriate language for basic physical description.

Assumptions

Students can compare different water object and they express their feeling about oceans as the biggest water objects.

Anticipated problem

They have never been to any oceans; they are not interested.

Possible solution

They may plan their future trip. They like baby-shark song, so there are a lot of great white sharks in the oceans. They are dangerous but not the only creatures there.

Teacher’s and pupils’ materials, visuals:

Emotional markers, presentation of animals, a globe, cut-outs of oceans, paper shits with names of oceans, thematic videos

Outcomes

Training new grammar patterns in speech, learning names of Oceans and ocean animals

Timing

Procedure

Stage aims

Aids

Materials

3-5

Greeting, organizing class, warm -up “Baby-shark” if needed, lead in

To get children together, to call the roll, to energize them if they are sleepy or tired

Soft-toy, video

Emotion-markers

Lead – in

To show pictures and ask them:

• Who is this?(Mermaid) where does it live? And what animal is this? Where does it live? What are we going to learn it?
• Picture of a family by the sea side: where are they? Would you like to go to the seaside on your vacations?
• Close your eyes, imagine you are there. Express your emotions. (visuals with language needed)

To check students’ background

Flesh cards with a cartoon Mermaid, ocean animals

Main Procedure

20 min

5min

p. 122. Listening to new words( chameleon, lizard, great white shark)

answering the question: 1. what animals can live in the ocean? Lizard? No. a shark? Yes!

2. Is this shark bigger than the dolphin?

To introduce topic, to learn new words, start using comparisons, developing grammar accuracy, developing listening skills

Presentation of animals contrasting by size and clapping hands when you see an ocean animal?

 A book

Clapping hands

7 min

Looking at the globe, reading names of oceans, seas and rivers with articles, reading their names with articles. One group is working with a globe, another is cutting out oceans, after words they get together, sign the cut-outs and answer the question:

What ocean is bigger? What is the biggest?

Broadening of horizons, using comparison, developing grammar accuracy

A globe, cut-outs, visuals and tables “Definite Articles”

scissors

8 min

Ex.2 p. 122. Learning  degrees od comparison with more and the most.

Ex.3 p. 123(d)reading about sharks.( one reads, another repeats)

Answering the question who is more intelligent: a dolphin or a shark?

Developing reading and retelling skills, listening skills, speaking fluency

A book,

Summarizing

15

Video with Frame sentences “Where should we put articles?” team game

Describe the animal as the biggest, the most intelligent, describe two animals in comparison.

Relaxation video – sound of Ocean.

Reflection of the lesson: What new animals do you know now? How do we call our river in Velyka Yablunivka”? what is the biggest ocean? What is the most dangerous animal?

Ex.4 p 124 in pairs make up short dialogues using questions from the exerscise.

Video -quiz Articles.

The same presentation with animals

Sounds of ocean video

Home task

5

My dream vocation (5 sentences)

Template of the essay