LESSON PLAN

TEACHER: DATE: TIME: SCHOOL: CLASS:

Class profile: Young learners

Teaching unit : Unit 5: I can do that!

Type of lesson : Presentation, practice

Sources: English Adventure – Pupil’s Book; Activity Book; Teacher's Handbook

Aims and objectives : Recycled target language: I can/can't ... ; Animals; Colours; long;

Teaching methods : conversation, presentation, reading comprehension, listening comprehension, writing, speaking

Class management : whole class, individual work, pair work, group work
Teaching aids, materials
and equipment : Pupil’s book, Activity book, CD, CD-player, pictures of animals
STAGES

TIMING
Aims and Class organization procedures and activities Interaction Teaching Possible problems
objectives aids and and solutions
materials

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partIntroductory
Warm-up
Revise the target • Tell the pupils (in Bosnian) that you are going to pretend to be one of the animals. Say: I can climb S-S
language from trees. I can't fly. I can jump. I'm small and brown. Elicit monkey. Invite volunteers to be other animals. 5 min
previous lesson
Main part

Presentation PB p 37 Ex 8
• Ask the pupils to read the first sentence aloud with you I can swim. Elicit suggestions for which T - SS
animal it is (there is more than one possible answer; it could be the fish or the snake). Put the pupils in
pairs or small groups, and have them read and discuss each sentence. Then elicit suggestions from the
class for each one.
T - SS
Presentation PB p 37 Ex 9 S-S
• Play the example on the recording. Then ask the pupils to work in pairs and practise reading the text in
the speech bubbles.
• Pupils take turns to pretend to be one of the animals in the picture. They should give clues while the T - SS PB 30
other pupil guesses. While they are working, go round and listen, offering prompts where necessary. CD min
Encourage them to include I can't in their sentences, e.g. I'm big. I've got four legs. I've got a long nose. CD player
I can run. I can't climb. (Elephant.) T - SS
S-S board
Practice AB p 37 Ex 7
• Individually or in pairs, pupils complete the table as shown. Elicit phrases about each animal,
beginning I can or I can't. T-S

Practice AB p 37 Ex 8
• Pupils look at picture 1. Ask: What is it? Elicit Fish. Explain (in Bosnian) that each of the four animals
is describing itself.
• Tell the pupils to write the missing word. They can check spellings in the Pupil's Book.
• Say: I can .... and elicit swim. Have the pupils write the missing word: swim. Say: I can't and elicit a
verb: it could be climb, run, walk, sing. Pupils choose one action and write it in the gap.
• Pupils complete the activity in pairs. Explain that there is often more than one possible answer and that
the verbs given can be used more than once.
partFinal

Ending the lesson:

Wrap-up • Make a display of the animal pictures which the pupils brought from home. Put the pupils in small
groups and tell each group to choose to be one of the animals. Ask them to brainstorm as many T-S PB 10
sentences as possible, beginning I can, I'm or I've got. Ask one pupil in each group to write the S-S min
sentences down. Circulate, listen and help.
• When they have finished, ask each group to read their sentences to the class.

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