The aim of the lesson

Lesson 4 The longest, the biggest ...

The aim of the lesson:

Educational: - to learn about Brazil, its river and the animals that live there.

Developing: - to enable pupils to talk about the wild animals which live in Brazil; - to enable pupils to describe animals; - to enable pupils to read for gist and listen for detailedinformation.

Socio-cultural: - to raise awareness of Brazil, the animals that live there and its longest river.

Competence: SC1, SC2, LC, FLCC

Learning outcomes: At the end of the lesson pupils will be able to: - talk about the wild animals which live in Brazil;

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  describeanimals;
  

Type of the lesson: non-standard, mixed

Method of the lesson: group work, pair work

Equipment: Pupil‟s Book; the DVD of the book; cards with animals for Activity 2

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  TECHNOLOGICAL MAP OF THE LESSON:
  
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№	Part of the lesson	Tasks	Time
1	Organizational Moment	-to greet pupils. - to check up the register	5 min
2	Repeating last lesson	- to give pupils some questions about last lesson. – to ask words from previous lesson	5 min
3	Explaining new theme	- to explain to pupils new vocabulary and theme	20 min
4	Consolidating new theme.	- to consolidate new theme and new words of the theme.	10 min
5	Marking.	- To mark pupils	5 min
6	Homework.	- Giving homework.

The Procedure of the lesson:

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   Organizing moment: - Greeting.
   

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  Checking theregister
  
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  Checkinghomework
  

2. 
   Pre-Activity
   

Activity 1 Listen and sing. 10 min

Objectives: to warm up; to create a friendly atmosphere

STEP 1: Play the DVD. Ask the pupils to listen to the song and sing it. Look at Unit 9 Lesson 1 Activity 1 for the DVD script.

STEP 2: Check the homework with the whole class. First ask them to read the text with the answers they have chosen. Then the pupils ask the questions they have written at home.

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   Mainpart
   

Activity 2 Play “This is a Wild Animal.” 10 min

Objectives: to revise wild animals; to give practise in describing animals; to have fun

STEP 1: Revise the wild animals: e.g. an elephant, a giraffe, a tiger, a lion, a crocodile, a bear, a hippo, a hyena, a zebra, a kangaroo, a leopard, a wolf, a mandrill, a mouse, a cheetah, a hedgehog.

STEP 2: Put the cards with animals in a row or a line so the pupils can go along the cards.

STEP 3: Divide the class into 2 teams. In turn the pupils come to the beginning of the line. The pupil from the first team must go along the line and say the names of animals until the other team says “STOP!”. The pupil must stop, take the card next to him/her and describe an animal. If s/he can say at least three sentences, s/he can keep the card.

STEP 4: After 7-8 minutes, stop the game. Ask the teams to count the cards. The team with more cards wins.

Note: If your class is strong, you can add the birds: an eagle, a swallow, a sparrow, a penguin, a parrot, a peacock, etc.

Activity 3a Look, listen and repeat. 5 min

Objectives: to introduce the new words; to revise the old vocabulary: jungle, helicopter, river; to teach pupils to say the new words correctly

STEP 1: Ask the pupils to look at the picture. Ask: What can you see in the picture? Accept all answers. Encourage them to use the words they know: jungle, river, helicopter.

STEP 2: Ask the pupils to look at the new words. Ask the questions:

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   What‟s Brazil? (Answer key: acountry)
   
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   What‟s Amazon? (Answer key: ariver)
   

PointtoHeggyintheboatandsay:Heggy‟sintheboat.Checktheyknowtheword„boat‟inthemothertongue.Helpto establish the meaning of„scared‟.

STEP 3: Ask the pupils to repeat the words after you/the DVD in chorus, in rows/pairs, individually.

Activity 3b Read Heggy‟s letter. Match the animals and texts. 10 min

Objective: to practise reading for gist

The pupils read the text silently and match the parts with the pictures.

Answer key: 1c; 2d; 3a; 4b

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   Post-activity
   

Activity 3c Work in pairs. Play “Listen and Guess”. 8 min

Objectives: to practise describing animals; to practise listening for detailed information

STEP 1: Ask the pupils to read the example.

STEP 2: Explain that the pupils will work in pairs and play a guessing game as in the example: Pupil A describes an animal from the text in Activity 3b, Pupil B guesses the animal.

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   Homework 2 min
   

Ask the pupils to look at the homework on Page 105. Check that everybody understands what to do with the task. If necessary, explain that they must write about three animals but not write the animals‟ names.

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   Evaluation. Givingmarks
   

Lesson 5 Kiwis, koalas and kangaroos

The aim of the lesson:

Educational: - to learn about Australia and New Zealand and the animals that live there.

Developing: - to enable pupils to talk about and describe the animals that live in Australia and New Zealand; - to enable pupils to transfer information from text to a table and vice versa; - to develop reading and listening for detailed information. Socio-cultural: - to raise awareness of Australia and New Zealand and the animals that live there.

Competence: SC1, SC2, LC, FLCC

Learning outcomes: At the end of the lesson pupils will be able to: - talk about the animals that live in Australia and New Zealand; - describe animals; - transfer information from text to a table and vice versa; - read and listen for detailed information.

Type of the lesson: non-standard, mixed

Method of the lesson: group work, pair work

Equipment: Pupil‟s Book; the DVD of the book; cards with animals and their descriptions for Activity 3a

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  TECHNOLOGICAL MAP OF THE LESSON:
  
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№	Part of the lesson	Tasks	Time
1	Organizational Moment	-to greet pupils. - to check up the register	5 min
2	Repeating last lesson	- to give pupils some questions about last lesson. – to ask words from previous lesson	5 min
3	Explaining new theme	- to explain to pupils new vocabulary and theme	20 min
4	Consolidating new theme.	- to consolidate new theme and new words of the theme.	10 min
5	Marking.	- To mark pupils	5 min
6	Homework.	- Giving homework.