Practice II: Didactics of ELT and Practicum at Primary School Level Carolina Weigum

Lesson Plan N°2

25/08/2016

School N°246 “Quelulén”

Course: 2nd Grade

Teacher: Nadina Rodriguez

Timetable fit: Thursdays from 16:00 to 16:50

Class description:

Students are between 7 and 8 years old. They are 19 students (12 girls and 7 boys). The class starts

after the break.

There is a boy, Franco, that is integrated and he is usually accompanied by his special needs

teacher. When his teacher is not with him, he can sometimes get a little nervous or demand more

attention than usual. Sometimes he screams or hits his desk when he wants something and the

teacher does not respond immediately. The teacher in charge of the English class, Nadina, told us

that we should not praise Franco directly because he does not like it and he may get violent.

There is a girl, Emilia, who pretends to be an animal and hides under the desk. Until now, she never

got to work in the English class. The teacher tried in many different ways and tones of voice to

convince her to work as the rest of her classmates but she does not pay attention. We (trainees) also

tried to sit next to her and help her participate, but she does not answer, she does not look at us in

the eyes and she pretends that we are not there. Finally, the teacher decided to ignore her for a

while. The teacher told us that she was going to try to speak with Emilia’s mother about her behavior

in class.

The rest of the group is very participative and they work very well.

Most of the time they speak in Spanish, but when they have to answer questions in English or

participate in an oral activity all together they do it well. When they have to work in pairs orally, they

need the constant help/guidance of the teacher to do it.

The students have been working with numbers, colors, school objects, weather and seasons.

Lesson aims:

As teachers we’ll try to…

Focus on oral aspects (listening and speaking) considering learners’ ages to acquire language.

Use multisensory approach to favor learners’ motivation and acquisition of language.

Using games as a tool for learning as well as enjoying the class.

Objectives of the Lesson:

During the lesson students are expected to:

Revise the vocabulary related to winter clothes that was presented last class: jacket, coat,

trousers, shoes, boots, socks, scarf, hat, jumper, gloves.

Recognize new clothes items related to summer: skirt, t-shirt, shorts.

Listen and read a story and answer simple comprehension questions.

Practice II: Didactics of ELT and Practicum at Primary School Level Carolina Weigum

Listen and follow instructions

Language:

Lexis: vocabulary about clothes.

Functions: following instructions “Put on”, “Take off”

Activities:

Routine:

“Yellow, red, green and blue. Hello teacher, how are you?”

Give each student a label with their name so as to know who is present and who is absent.

Write the date and the weather on the blackboard.

Warm up

Choose two helpers (they could be Franco and Emilia, because Franco loves to help the

teacher and Emilia would maybe be engaged in the activity by actively helping).

Dress the helpers with winter clothes and ask the rest of the students if they remember the

names of the clothes.

Take off the clothes and students have to tell the helpers what to wear using the imperative

“put on your….” And the helpers have to put on whatever they are indicated.

Body of the class:

1. Present the new vocabulary with flashcards (skirt, T-shirt, shorts) and review the vocabulary

presented the previous class.

Stick on the blackboard the flashcards for summer and winter. Call some of the students to the

blackboard (one by one) to stick the flashcards of the clothes that we wear in winter and the

clothes we wear in summer. Make them repeat each vocabulary item so they get used to the

sounds.

2. Listen and read a story from the book “New Treetops 2”.

“Wake up, Bud!” Page 29, Tracks 6 and 7 from CD2.

Hand out photocopies of the story.

Call the students’ attention on the characters: Bud, Holly, Mum, Teacher.

Context questions:

“Is it winter or summer? Is it cold?”

“What clothes can you recognize?” Help them with the flashcards.

Listen and read.

Practice II: Didactics of ELT and Practicum at Primary School Level Carolina Weigum

3. Game:

The teacher reads a part of the dialogue and students have to guess who says it.

E.g.: “Who says ‘Put on your coat’?” “Mum”

Comprehension questions:

Did Bud put on his shoes?

Did Bud put on his gloves? Scarf? Coat?

Did Bud put on his jumper? trousers?

Bud was sleepy and he forgot to put on his jumper and his trousers.

Practice II: Didactics of ELT and Practicum at Primary School Level Carolina Weigum

4. Make a picture dictionary.

Closing of the Class:

Listen, sing and mimic the song “Put on your shoes”.

Practice II: Didactics of ELT and Practicum at Primary School Level Carolina Weigum