Grade 4 - Lesson Plan - Unit 19 - Lesson 1 - Animal World
Grade 4 - Lesson Plan - Unit 19 - Lesson 1 - Animal World
1. Objectives
By the end of this lesson, students will review vocabulary of animals at the zoo and a structure to ask
and answer about the names of the animals.
Language knowledge and skills: Review the related vocabulary items and structures to talk about
names of animals at a zoo.
Vocabulary: Review vocab about animals at a zoo.
Sentence pattern: What animals are these? – They’re…
1.1. Competences
Self-control and independent learning: Building up an awareness of taking care of others in their
family or community.
Communication and collaboration: Being collaborative and supportive in teamwork.
Critical thinking and creativity: Building up responsive and independent-working characteristics
to be a life-long learner.
1.2. Attributes
Kindness: Knowing how to share joyfulness or sympathize with others.
Diligence and Honesty: Being hardworking in studying.
Accountability: Becoming responsible for others.
2. Teaching aids and materials
- Teacher’s aids: Supplementary English Book – Grade 4, Class CDs, Flashcards, ,
Projector/Interactive Whiteboard /TV (if any), PowerPoint slides.
- Students’ aids: Supplementary English Book – Grade 4, Workbook, Notebook.
3. Procedures
A. Greeting & Warm-up (5 minutes)
Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
- Teacher says hello and introduces him-/herself (name, - Say Hello to teacher
nationality...)
- Teacher introduces the game “Teacher says” and - Students stand up and do actions
instructions. following teacher’s commands.
B. Lead-in (5 mins)
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Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
- Divide the class into groups of 4 - Work in groups of 4
- Tell the groups they’re watching a video and what they - Focus on the task
should do while watching
- Play the video - Watch video. Take notes
Kruger National Park, South Africa | Safari365
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wh-aeugBA3E\
- Ask Ss to name the animals they see in the video
- Answer the question.
C. Main Content
1. Vocabulary (11 mins)
Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
Guess: What animals are these? - Look at the pictures
- Have Ss look at the picture and ask the question. - Work in groups of 4, talk
- Have Ss listen and repeat: - Look and say
It’s a hot, sunny day.
There are two hippos.
They like being in the water. - Look, listen and repeat
Talk!
- Have Ss listen to a dialogue and repeat in chorus. - Listen and repeat
A: What animals do you like?
B: I like monkeys.
A: Why?
B: Because they are funny.
A: What do they like?
B: They like bananas.
A: What sound do they make?
B: They say “chatter, chatter”.
- Call 2 pairs of students to role-play: ask and answer questions - Role-play
in the dialogue.
- Have Ss work in pairs, asking and answering questions - Work in pairs
according to the example. Ss have 2 minutes to talk in pairs
then the teacher will call some pairs to present in front of the - Present
class.
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are. Then the teacher corrects their answers.
- Show all pictures of animals in a slide and have Ss
answer in chorus. - Answer the questions in chorus
While-Listening:
Listen for main ideas
- Play the recording the whole through, have Ss listen - Listen and identify the main idea of
and tell what the main idea is. the recording
- Listen again to check the answers if necessary.
Listen for details
- Play the recording again, one part at a time. - Listen
- Ask Ss questions to check comprehension. - Answer comprehension questions
Listen & number
- Play the recording again, the whole through for Ss to
listen and number the pictures in their books. - Listen and number the pictures
Post-Listening:
- Have Ss draw animals in a zoo. Then Ss work in
groups, asking and answering what animals they are in
the zoo.
- Have Ss stand up and do action along with a song in a
video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga9jC0CJ_AM
2. Wrap-up (3 minutes)
Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
- Go through the vocabulary and grammar structure in the
lesson
- Assign homework
- Say Goodbye
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