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«Theme: “The Call of the Wild”»
Lesson Plan
Date: 13/01/2015
Class: 7
Theme: “The Call of the Wild”
Aims:
1. The educational aim: To acquaint students with new material and consolidate it.
2. The developmental aim: To develop the students’ oral speech.
3. The educative aim: To cultivate love for literature and reading, and a critical approach to it.
Objectives:
1. To talk briefly about the American writer Jack London;
2. To introduce his book “The Call of the Wild”
Type of the lesson: Introduction
Literature: “The Call of the Wild” by Jack London. (Penguin Active Reader, England)
Lesson Materials: The book “The Call of the Wild”, CD, dictionary, board and chalk.
The outline of the lesson
1. Organizational moment
Teacher:
-Good morning, students! I am very glad to see you again.
-Take your seats. How are you today?
Warming-up
Teacher:
-Do you like reading? (Elicit answer: Yes!)
-What kind of books do you like to read? (Students’ answers)
-Have you heard about the author Jack London? (Students’ answers)
-Can you name me any books by Jack London that you have read? (Students’ answers)
2. Presentation
Teacher:
-This term we are going to read this book (hold the book so the front cover is visible). It is called “The Call of the Wild”. And the author is Jack London.
- Well, Jack London, whose real name was John Griffith Chaney, was born in San Francisco, in United States, in 1876. He had little formal schooling, but his extensive life experiences included being a laborer, a factory worker, a sailor, a rancher, a journalist, and a gold prospector. He married twice but his one child lived for only a few hours. By his death at the age of forty in 1916, Jack had suffered a vast number of health problems for years. London was in favor of socialism and women’s suffrage. He was a controversial personality who was often in the news, as well as a best-selling and prolific writer. Millions of readers have been thrilled by his stories of adventure, often based of personal experiences, where he shows the struggles of people and animals against adversity.
Teacher:
- Can you predict what the story might be about by looking at the cover illustration? (Students’ answer)
Teacher:
-Are you interested in:
Stories about animals?
Stories of loyalty between a dog and its master?
Stories set in the wilds of nature?
Stories of survival?
Stories of action and adventure?
-Would you ever:
Be able to navigate a dog sled across Alaska?
Be willing to search for gold alone in the wilderness?
Fish for your dinner?
Be able to build a shelter to last the winter in the snow?
Trust your pet with your life?
Teacher:
-And now, I would like you to create your own story of a dog’s loyalty to its master. (Students have to write about 10 sentences. Give them about 7-10 minutes and then ask a couple of students to read it to the class).
-Well done! Take your seat!
-Well the reason I asked you to write about a dog because the book we are going to read is actually about a dog. Buck is a strong dog who lives a comfortable life with a family in California. One day his world is changed forever. A man who works for his owner steals Buck and sells him. It is the time of the gold rush and people pay lots of money for dogs to work in wild and dangerous regions of Alaska and western Canada. After some unpleasant experiences, Buck finds himself in Alaska, where his new owners train him to pull a sledge. Buck learns the ways of his tough new life, fights for survival, and becomes the top dog on the sledge team. Then the team of dogs is bought by a mail company and has to work so hard that after a month the dogs are worn out. Two cruel and inexperienced men buy Buck. The result of the men’s ignorance is a terrible disaster that Buck luckily escapes thanks to Thornton, a man he comes to love. But when Thornton is killed by Indians, Buck becomes a completely wild animal, living in the forest and mountains with his friends, the wolves.
Teacher:
-Did you like story? (Students’ answers)
Home Task
Teacher:
-Please, write down your home task. You have to read chapter 1. Next lesson we are going to discuss some themes and ideas from it.
3. The end of the lesson
Teacher:
-Did you like today’s lesson? (Elicit answer: Yes!)
-What was interesting for you? (Students’ answers)
-What have you learnt today? (Students’ answers)
-The lesson is over. Good-bye! (Good-bye, teacher!)
