LESSON PLAN Nº 1School: BilingualClass: 4th FormTeacher s : Espósito Florencia; Paslawski ElisaDate: Tuesday, June 7th Time: 40 minutes

Communicative Goal: Talking about animal’s abilities

Grammar Focus: Abilities Can (affirmative and negative)

Vocabulary Focus: General activities that animals can or can’t do.

Recycled Language: Animals: “What’s this?”; plurals (lions, elephants) and adjectives (hot, wet…)

ACTIVATION (5 minutes)

The teacher will show the students different shapes of animals and they will have to guess which animal it is. The teacher will ask “What animal is this one?” and they will have to answer “It’s a/ an…”

COMPREHENSION AND CLARIFICATION (10 minutes)

The teacher will show the students the following dialogue and she will elicit the meaning of the words CAN and CAN’T from the context:

Hello, Lion! Can you crawl?

Yes, I CAN. Can you run?

Yes, I CAN. Can you fly?

No, I CAN’T. Can you hide?

No, I CAN’T. Ok, bye bye!

Bye!

APLLICATION (20 minutes)Activity 1 Focus: Reading, WritingGrouping Scheme: SoloTime: 5 minutesBrief description: Children will have to complete with can or can’t.

Name: ________________________

Complete the following sentences with CAN or CAN’T:

Elephants __________ run. They _________ hide.Koalas __________ sleep. They _________ sing.Gorillas ___________ walk. They _________ swim.Tigers _________ climb trees. They _______ write.Rhinos _________ walk. They _________ swing.Crocodiles __________ swim. They ________ jump high.Lions __________ crawl. They ________ fly.

Activity 2Focus: Reading and speakingGrouping Scheme: Two GroupsTime: 5 minutesBrief description: The class will be divided into two groups (boys against girls). The children will have to choose which animal they can see taking into account the realtionship between the picture and the text. (Hot Potatoes)file:///D:/INFORM%C3%81TICA/Hot%20potatoes/hichanimalcanyouseeinthejungle.htm

Activity 3Focus: Reading and speaking.Grouping Scheme: two groupsTime: 10 minutesBrief description: The class will be divided into two groups and they will have to match the animals with their abilities (Hot Potatoes)file:///D:/INFORM%C3%81TICA/Hot%20potatoes/animalsmatch.htm

REFLECTION (5 minutes)The teacher will write on the board some sentences and the children will have to decide if they are True or False:

The lion can dance.The elephant can’t swing.The tiger can crawl.Buirds can’t fly.