EXPLORE ENGLISH 6 Lesson plan Lesson Unit 2 Preview & Language focus 1 Language focus Adjectives and comparatives 2 Lesson objectives By the end of this lesson, Ss will be able to use adjectives to de[.]
EXPLORE ENGLISH Lesson plan Lesson: Unit Preview & Language focus Language focus: Adjectives and comparatives Lesson objectives: By the end of this lesson, Ss will be able to: - use adjectives to describe animals - make correct comparative forms of adjectives - use comparative adjectives to compare animals Resources: - Audio (1-13, 1-14, 1-15) - Textbooks - Ppt slides - Handouts Stage Time Aims Activities Greetings 2’ - Settle the class - Greet Ss - T says “Good morning class Now sit down, class.” Warm-up: Listen and guess the animal! 3’ - Revoke Ss’ knowledge of common animals - Introduce the topic - T asks Ss to look at the pictures of animals in their textbook - T asks Ss to + listen and guess the animals by writing numbers in the circle + shout “Bingo” when all pictures are numbered => T checks understanding - T picks the first S to shout “Bingo” to answer => T shows the correct answers on the slide Lead-in Preview: Animal vocab 1’ B Name matching 5’ - T introduces Unit 2’s topic and lesson objectives - Introduce new animal vocab - T asks Ss to match the words in the box to the pictures in 3’ Interaction Individual - After 3’, T asks Ss to discuss the answers in groups of in 2’ Groups of - T picks a S to answer => T plays the audio and confirms the answers => T asks Ss to listen and repeat C Favorite animal 4’ - Practice with new animal vocab - T asks Ss to look at the slide (section C) - T asks Ss to work in pairs Pairs to ask and answer about their favorite animals Ss can only choose an animal on this page => T checks understanding - T picks a S to help demonstrate - T asks Ss to start working in pairs for 3’ - After 3’, T picks a pair to demonstrate Language focus: Adjectives & Comparatives A Listen & read 5’ - Get familiar with - T asks Ss to spend 2’ to a conversation read the conversation on about animals page 20 - After 2’, T asks Ss to listen and read the conversation - T asks questions to elicit word meanings from Ss B Practice 5’ - Practice making a conversation about animals - T asks Ss to work in pairs for 4’ to (1) role-play the conversation, (2) replace the words in blue with the suggested words => T checks understanding - After 4’, T picks a pair to demonstrate C Describe animals 5’ - Listen & recognize the - T asks Ss to look at section C to listen and circle the Pairs E Memory game 5’ adjectives - Understand the meaning of the adjectives correct answers - T picks some Ss to answer => T asks follow-up questions to make sure Ss understand the meanings of the bolded adjectives - Practice using adjectives to describe animals - T asks Ss to work in groups Groups of of in 5’ to make sentences describing the animals in the unit The next S has to repeat the previous sentence - After 5’, T picks a group to demonstrate What are comparatives? 5’ - Understand the concept of comparing - Recognize comparatives - T shows the slide of elephants and bees - T asks Ss: “Are elephants big or small?, “Are bees big or small?” - T makes comparisons and explains the meaning of the sentences => T asks Ss what T is doing => T introduces comparatives Adjectives & Comparatives 5’ - Convert an adjective to a comparative - T asks Ss to read the table on page 20 in 2’ - After 2’, T asks Ss to listen - T asks Ss questions to make sure Ss understand the meanings of the comparatives - T asks Ss to identify the similarity and difference among the comparatives in the right column => T introduces short & long adjectives Comparatives: Short & long adjectives 5’ - Recognize the Game: Compare these correct animals! comparative form Groups of - T asks Ss to work in groups of in 3’ T gives each group a sheet of paper T asks Ss to circle the correct answer - T calls some Ss to check the answers Wrap-up Homework Comparatives: Questions & answers 3’ - Revise the main points of today’s lesson - T asks: “What animals/adjectives did you learn today?” 2’ - Write down homework - T assigns section D as homework