Teaching English to Young Learners

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Lesson Plan

A. Lesson Title : Alphabet

LESSON PLAN
Student Profile Grade 1
Beginner level of English proficiency
32 students
Skills To Be Emphasized Listening and Writing
Language Focus *New vocabulary: Animals
*Review vocabulary: Alphabet
Objectives By the end of this lesson, students will be
able to:
* Remember the animal’s name.
* Pronounce the alphabet correctly.
Materials * Audio Visual (animals)

B. Steps of the Lesson

STEPS OF THE LESSON
Warm up
IMPROVEMENT #1: Teacher: Hello! Good morning students!
Start class with routine Students: Good morning, teacher!
Teacher: How are you?
Students: Fine.
IMPROVEMENT #2: Write the objectives on the board (before class)
State the lesson objectives Teacher: Class, let’s read the objectives for today. Listen and
repeat.
”I will be able to…”
Students: ”I will be able to…”
Teacher: “…know and remember the animal’s name.”
Students: “…know and remember the animal’s name.”
Catch their attention * The teacher asks questions related to the material that will
be discussed, for example: "Have you ever been to a zoo?".
* The students answer “yes/no”.
Connect to prior Teacher: “do you like animals?”, “what kind of animals do
knowledge you like?”
Students: “yes/no”, “cat, bird, penguin, etc”
Presentation
Showing the audio visuals * “Now I am going to show you a video about animals, I
that related to the materials want you to pay attention to the video”.
* The students watch and listen to the video while the teacher
follow and sings the video to make the vocabulary easier to
understand for the students.
 Practice
Check comprehension * The teacher plays the video for the second time and the
student must follow the song and utter the vocabulary.
IMPROVEMENT #3: To get students’ attention after the practice activity, the
Use attention getter teacher uses :
The teacher says the name of an animal (or shows a picture)
and students respond with the matching sound, “An elephant
does what? A lion does what? A Monkey does what?
Controlled practice * The teacher asks the name of one of the student.
* Then the teacher asks that student to say one of the animals
that have been learned before.
* The teacher then asks other students too.
Application
Game The teacher divides the class into groups
* The teacher gives the instruction.
* The teacher teacher shows a picture (animals).
* The teacher will choose the fastest group that raise their
hands (speed game).
* The representative of each group will come forward and
write the answer on the board.
* The group that has the most answers will win the game.
Wrap up
Exercise * The teacher points some student randomly to say what the
teacher says loudly (this activity is done quickly).
IMPROVEMENT #5: Teacher says goodbye to each student at the door. Each
End class with routine student may have a special farewell (e.g., high five,
handshake, hug, etc.)