LESSON PLAN 4:

NAMES: Schiel Yicarean, Juan Pedro

DATE: Tuesday, September 13th (5to C from 10:45 to 11:30 and 5to A from 11.30 to 12:15)

CLASS: Fifth Grade A-C

LENGTH OF THE LESSON: 40 MINUTES

CLASS DESCRIPTION: There are twenty-three students in this group, all between ten and eleven

years old. They have English classes twice a week, each class lasts forty minutes. This group of

students work at its pace, which is rather slowly. Their proficiency level is A1.

SKILLS TO BE EMPHASIZED: Listening, speaking, reading and writing.

LANGUAGE:

Vocabulary: Party’ vocabulary and numbers (already taught)

Present Simple/Existential structures: There is…… There are … (already taught)

AIMS:

By the end of this class, students will have reinforced vocabulary regarding parties. They will have

also reviewed existential structures. Besides, we aim at going through the story ‘The Tortoise and

the Hare’ one more time to explore the values present in it in a deeper way.

MATERIALS:

- whiteboard

- markers

- flashcards

- photocopies

- posters

Anticipated problems: Some students could have problems in the understanding of some new

structures presented-

Possible solutions: We will provide them the necessary help in order to overcome that problem

using visual aids, gestures and making a wise use of L1 and L2.

Procedures

Stage/stage aim Description Interaction Timing

Warm-up

We are going to start the class

singing Yellow, red, green and

blue… Hello Teacher, how are

you? I’m fine, thank you. We

are going to ask them for the

date, birthdays, holidays, and

we are going to choose an

assistant.

T –Ss 5 minutes

Speaking

Oral discussion about the fable

The Tortoise and The Hare.

Asking Ss about setting,

characters, values and moral.

T-Ss 5 min.

Choose the correct

option

We will give them a

photocopies in which they have

to choose the correct option

about the moral of the fable.

We will check on the board and

we will discuss why the other

options are wrong.

Ss

(Individual/cla

ss as a group)

10 min.

Production

We will revise vocabulary

connected to parties plus

existentials (we’ll show them a

sample poster). Then, Ss will

make their own poster in

groups of four about the

Tortoise’s victory celebration

and they’ll describe it using

there is/are.

T-Ss

(Groups)

20 min.

The Tortoise and the Hare

1- Discussion

1) Where does the story happen?

2) Who are the main characters?

3) What do they do?

4) Who is the fastest?

5) Who is the slowest?

6) Who is the winner?

2- The Tortoise and the Hare is a fable, and fables have a moral lesson.

What is the moral lesson of this fable? Choose the correct options

a) Hares can´t win.

b) Walking slowly you can’t win a race.

c) We must not make fun of others.

d) If you take a siesta, you will have bad dreams.

e) Tortoises are good and hares are bad.

f) We shouldn´t underestimate anyone.

g) Don´t be so confident!

3- Imagine the tortoise’s celebration: Guests? Family and friends? Snacks? Presents?

Music? Banners? Balloons? Snacks?

Let’s make a poster! Draw it and describe it!