esl teaching pets

Unit 6

The best pet!

Aims

• To teach all new adjectives and use them in active sentences.

Paired conversation

• When are you helpful?• When are you obedient?• When are you active?• When are you independent?• When are you sociable?• When are you gentle?

Paired conversation 2

• What pets do you have?• Where do they live?• What can they do?• Do you like your pets?• Do you want a pet? What do you

want?• Do your friends have any pets? What

do they have?

Paired conversation 3

• What do you have to do at home?• What do you have at school?• What do you have to do with dogs?• What do you have with cats?• What do you have with alligators?

Homework check

Adjectives• Friendly• Helpful• Obedient• Active• Independent• Loving• Small• Cute• Quiet• Clean• Sociable• Gentle• Naughty

Helpful

• He always washes the dishes. He is very helpful.

• She does my shopping. She is very helpful.

Obedient

• He does what he is told. He is obedient.

Active

• She runs everywhere! She is really active!

• The dog is always jumping; he is so active!

Independent

• She is good at working alone. She is really independent.

• He has his own money. He is independent.

Sociable

• He likes making friends. He is very sociable.

Gentle

• He is gentle with animals.

• She is gentle with babies.

Gap fill

• He always sweeps the floor. He is _____ .

• She runs all the time. She is _____ .• He does whatever the teacher says.

He’s very ____ .• He likes to work alone; he is very

________ .• She loves making friends; she is very

_______ .Independent, obedient, helpful, active, sociable.

Running dictation

• He often washes the dishes. He is very helpful. He always does what his mum says; he is very obedient. He loves running, he is very active. He spends lots of time alone; he is quite independent. But he also likes making friends, he is very sociable.

• What a clever dog!

As…as

• I am not as fat as him; he eats too many cakes!

• He is not as tall as my dad.

• I am not as old as him; I am only 4.

• She is not as smart as him; he is the smartest in the class.

Adjectives charades

Pets circle game

Lesson 2

Homework check

Flashcard battle: Boys vs girls

Guess the animal

Eye Spy

Page 58

• Complete.

Listening

Past tense race

Swim

See

Go

Buy

Choose

Recommend

Feed

Clean

Lick

Train

Food

• Pictionary

• Flashcard battle

Word race

• Food.

Pictionary

Potatoes Salt and Pepper

Beef Pork

Durian Meat pie

Dim sum Shrimp

Curry Dessert

Picnic Breakfast

Lunch Dinner

Snack Takeaway