Listening & Speaking Lesson Plan Class : Year 1

Level of Proficiency : Mixed ability Duration Theme / Topic Focussed skills Integrated skills : 60 minutes : World of Knowledge/ Animals (So Hairy and Scary) : Listening and Speaking : Reading and Writing

Language Content : Adjectives (Big and Small) Learning Standards : 1.1.4 Able to talk about a stimulus with guidance 1.3.1 (b) Able to listen to and demonstrate understanding of oral texts by : answering simple Wh-questions Lesson objectives : By the end of this lesson, pupils will be able to a) listen to and circle at least 3 out of 4 animals correctly. b) describe animals in at least 2 simple sentences. Teaching/Learning Resources: Flash cards, worksheets, audio text, song Previous Knowledge: Pupils have learnt about colours and names of animals

Stage/ time

Detailed Procedures/ Steps 1. Teacher shows a picture of animals in the zoo. Teacher asks questions based To on the picture :

Rationale (activities and materials) arouse pupils interest pupils

towards topic. Where is this place? What animals can you see in the picture? To recall on

Pre listening (7 minutes)

(i) (ii)

previouslylearnt vocabulary on names of animals. Materials : flash cards

2. Teacher shows flash cards of animals (elephant, bird, lion, rabbit etc) 3. Teacher drills on the animals names. 4. Teacher tells pupils that they are going to listen to a text.

5. Teacher plays the audio for the first time to familiarize pupils with the To get the pupils to listen to While listening (15 minutes) text.(Audio text : Anis at the Zoo) and follow the instructions

6. Teacher asks pupils to get ready with their pencils and distributes worksheets accurately. to the pupils. 7. Teacher gives instruction to the pupils. Materials : audio text, a) Appendix 1(i) Teacher requests the pupils to listen and circle the worksheets correct answer b) Appendix 1(ii) Teacher requests the pupils to listen and fill in the boxes with the correct answer. 8. Teacher plays the audio for the second time and asks pupils to complete the worksheets. 9. Teacher plays the audio for the third time and asks the pupils to double check

their answers. Post Listening (5 minutes) 10. Upon completion, teacher asks pupils to exchange their worksheets with their To friends. assess pupils

understanding towards topic in

11. Teacher discusses the correct answers with pupils by encouraging them to real time. give the answer. 12. Teacher recalls on the audio text (Anis at the Zoo) with pupils and shows two pictures of animals (elephant and rabbit) to compare the sizes of the animals. Presentation (10 minutes) To introduce pupils the 13. From the pictures, teacher introduces adjectives Big and Small and elicits concept of big and small. more examples from the pupils. i) ii) What are the other animals that are big? What are the other animals that are small? To prepare pupils for the next activity.

14. Teacher introduces a song entitled Big and Small 15. Teacher guides pupils to sing the song. Pupils follow for the first time. 16. Then, pupils and teacher sing along. 17. Teacher pastes pictures of lion and bird on the blackboard. 18. Teacher divides pupils into two groups (Group A and B) Practice (10 minutes) 19. Group A will be a lion and group B will be a bird. 20. Teacher asks the pupils to sing the song again but this time, the teacher asks Materials : animals pictures pupils to replace the adjectives (big and small) and colours according to their groups animals. 21. Teacher gives an example to start the activity. To get pupils to practice Materials : song

speaking in group.

22. Pupils sing their groups animals song. For example, Group A : Its a lion, its a lion. Its big and brown, big and brown. 23. Teacher distributes picture cards of different animals to each pair. Production (10 minutes) 24. Teacher asks pupils to describe about the animals to their partner. Look at the picture that you have and tell about the animal to your partner. Example : (Pupil A :Its an elephant. Its big and grey. Pupil B : Its a bird. Its small and green. 25. Teacher chooses two pairs randomly and asks them to describe their animals to the class. Closure (3 minutes) 26. Teacher asks pupils to sing the song again. To wrap up the lesson. To get pupils to practise

speaking individually.

Listening Text : Anis at the Zoo

It is Sunday. Anis and her mother are at the zoo. Listen to the conversation carefully.

Anis Mother Anis Mother Anis Mother Anis

: Mother, look at the animal. It is big and grey. What animal is that? : Oh, its an elephant. : Look, the bird can talk! : Oh, its a parrot. It is small and green.. : It is white and small. What is it? : Its a rabbit. : Roarr!! That is my favourite animal, the lion! It is big and brown.

Sentence pattern

Its a ___________. Its _______ and ________.