Educational: - to learn about the birds Developing:
- to enable pupils to make posters;
- to enable pupils to make a presentation;
- to develop pupils' creative abilities
Socio-cultural: - to raise awareness of birds
Competence: SC1, FLCC and PC in talking about birds and insects
By the end of the lesson, pupils will
be able to: - make a poster about a bird using a model;
- make a group presentation.
Recycle the vocabulary related to
birds and insects
Pupil's book, Workbook, the DVD, contour pictures
of: penguin, ostrich, peacock, eagle, sparrow
Activity 1 Listen and repeat. Objective: to warm up
STEP 1: Play the DVD. Ask the pupils to listen to the song and say what the song is about (answer: butterfly). Ask what the "butterfly" is in mother tongue.
STEP 2: Play the DVD again and ask the pupils to sing together with the DVD.
DVD script:
Fly, fly, fly, the butterfly, In the meadow is flying high In the garden is flying low Fly, fly, fly, the butterfly.
(The couplet above is repeated four times)
Activity 2 Consolidate insects and birds.
Objectives: to consolidate the last lesson ; to prepare for the next activity.
Ask the pupils look at the pictures and say what is it. If they feel difficulty, help with the vocabulary.
Activity 3 Work in pairs. Play "Two little butterflies". Objective: to have fun
Ask the pupils to repeat the poem/song the second/third time together with you without the DVD. Then the pupils do the activity in pairs.
Activity 4 GAME: throw the ball and say if the insect is fast or slow
Fast
Slow
Butterfly
Ladybird
Grasshopper
Spider
Bee
Mosquito
ant
Activity 5 Write the sentences about the insects and their activities
INSECTS
ACTIVITIES
GRASSHOPPER
JUMP
LADYBIRD
RUN
ANT
SWIM
CATTERPILLAR
CLIMB
BUTTERFLY
FLY
SPIDER
WALK
MOSQUITO
HOP
BITE
Activity 6 Read and correct
GRASSHOPPER CAN RUN AND SWIM
MOSQUITO CAN JUMP AND BITE
BUTTERFLY CAN WALK AND JUMP
BEE CAN SWIM AND FLY
Activity 6 Work in groups. Look and write about birds.
Objectives: to read for detailed information; to develop the pupils' creative abilities; to prepare for the next activity. STEP 1: Prepare contour pictures of the following birds beforehand: penguin, ostrich, peacock, eagle, sparrow. STEP 2: Divide the class into five groups and allocate birds one for each group. Make sure that there is a pupil who is good at drawing in each group.
STEP 3: Ask the pupils to open their Workbooks at Page 33 and find information about their bird in the table. After the pupils look through the information, explain that they must discuss and write a text about their bird like the one in Activity 2 on a sheet of paper.
STEP 4: When the text is ready, the groups write their texts on flip chart paper stick and color the contour pictures you have given them.
Work in groups. Look and write about birds
Activity 3b Make a presentation about birds.
Objectives: to make a presentation about a bird; to develop the pupils' presentation skills.
The groups make a presentation about their bird that they prepared in Activity 3a. You can put the groups' posters around the classroom, and if time allows, ask the groups to go and read the other groups' posters.
Homework.
Ask the pupils to revise Unit 6 and get ready for the revision lesson.
Deputy director on educational affairs: ___________________