Animal and Nature
Level: Form 4 (Intermediate)
Topic: Animal Characteristics
Theme: Environment
Time: (40 Minutes)
Language content: Adjectives
Aims: By the end of the lesson, students should be able to improve their writing skills by using the information that they can get from the website and should be able to describe the characteristics of the animals using adjectives.
Technical requirement:
a) Three students per-computer
b) Internet connection and web browser
Preparation:
a) Teacher browses the http://www.ringling.com to learn more about it and generate a lesson from the information obtained.
b) Teacher focuses more on the amazing animal section and generates work sheets from the information gathered.
Website: http://www.ringling.com.
Procedure:
Set Induction (5 Minutes)
1) Teacher talks about random animals with the students.
2) Teacher asks a few random students to give a few examples of animals and describe their characteristics using adjectives.
3) Teacher reveals the topic of the day which is to write an essay using adjectives.
Task 1 (15 Minutes)
1) Teacher asks students to sit in a group of three and choose one computer for each group.
3) Teacher asks students to focus on the amazing animal section.
4) Teacher distributes the work sheet and explains to the students what they should do.
5) Students need to match each of the characteristics of the animal that stated in the boxes with the right animal.
6) Teacher observes and assists students whilethey complete the task.
Task 2 (15 Minutes)
1) Teacher asks students to create their own circus by stating what kind of animal that they would like to have in their circus. They need to choose at least five animals.
2) Teacher asks students to write down simple sentences about the animals that they chose for their circus. Students need to use the adjectives given in the box to describe the animals that they chose.
3) Teacher guides students while they completing the tasks.
4) Teacher discusses the answers with the class and makes corrections for any mistakes that occur.
Conclusion (5 Minutes)
1) Teacher recaps the lesson.
2) Teacher inculcates moral values.
Follow-up Activity: Teacher asks students to prepare a presentation slides using the information that they had wrote in tasks two and they will present it in next class.
Self Reflection:
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