Term: 3

Unit 5 Lesson 58.

"Entertainment and media".

Teacher’s name:

Date:

Grade: 7

Number present:

Number absent:

Theme of the lesson:

Adjectives: qualities.

Learning objectives(s) that this lesson is contributing to

7.1.6.1- organise and present information clearly to others

7.6.3.1- use common participles as adjectives and order adjectives correctly in front of nouns on a growing range of familiar general and curricular topics

7.4.2.1- understand most specific information and detail of supported, extended talk on a range general and curricular topics

Lesson objectives

By the end of the lesson the students will be able to:

• use adjectives describing animals.

• identify main and specific information in a conversation about animals.

Stages of the lesson/ Time

Teacher’s activity

Student’s activity

Assessment

Resources/ materials

Greeting.

Organisation moment.

The teacher sets the lesson objectives, letting students know what to anticipate from the lesson.

Greeting.

Warm up

Warm up.

• With books closed, ask students to work in pairs and write down as many animals in English as they can in two minutes.

• Point to one of the words and ask students what they know about this animal.

• Ask students which animals they think are clever.

Students brainstorm names of animals, they try to give a descriptive characteristic to some animals and express their opinion about which animals are considered to be clever.

Observe learners when participating in use of English activities.

Record what they considered they had learned from the lesson. Could they express what they had learned about content and language? Could they express which skills they had developed?

Formative assessment is held through observation/ monitoring.

Main activities

Exercise 1 p.68 CD 2.18.

• Focus on the example. Ask students to work in pairs to find pairs of adjectives.

• Ina weaker class heck that students understand all the adjectives, for example by asking them to translate the words into their own language. In a stronger class encourage students to put the words into a sentence to show understanding.

• Model and drill the pronunciation of any new adjectives.

Exercise 2 p.68

• Read the instructions with the class. Check that students understand the animal words, and check that they understand the difference between not very, quite, very and really.

• Students prepare their sentences in pairs. Ask students to report back to the class on how they described the animals.

Exercise 3 p.68 CD 2.19.

• Explain to students that they are going to listen to two people talking about animals. Before you play the CD, look at the photos and identify the animal in each one.

• Tell students that there is one extra animal in the conversation which is not pictured.

Students find pairs of opposite adjectives.

Answers:

aggressive - peaceful common - rare domesticated - wild fast - slow heavy - light intelligent - stupid

Students working in pairs, write sentences about each animal using adjectives from ex.1.

Students listen to a conversation about animals and find out the answer to the question “Which animal mentioned is not in the photo?”

Answers:

Monkeys

Descriptor:

- work in pairs to find pairs of adjectives.

-translating the words and put them into a sentence to know if they understood the theme correctly.

Total; 2 points

Descriptor:

-make sentences with adjectives

-describing animals

Total; 2 points

Descriptor:

-practice listening

Total; 2 points

Student’s Book “English Plus 7.

Physical training exercise

A break for physical activity.

Teacher plays the video with physical exercises.

Students watch and do physical exercises.

Descriptor:

-watch videos

Total; 2 points

Main activities

Exercise 4 p.68 CD 2.19.

• Read through the sentences.

• In a weaker class play the CD again before students choose the words. In a stronger class ask students to choose as many words as they can from memory before listening again.

Exercise 5 p.68 CD 2.19.

• Allow students time to read the sentences.

• After students have completed the sentences, allow them to compare their answers in pairs before you check answers with the class.

Optional activity: Listening

Dictate these questions to the class. Put students into pairs and ask them to answer the questions from memory.

1 What do octopuses enjoy doing?

2 When do they change color?

3 What have elephants and octopuses both got?

4 Which animals does Sophie think are amazing?

5 What kind of animal is Betsey?

6 Why is it a prodigy?

Play the recording again, pausing to allow students to check their answers.

Students choose the correct words, then listen again and check their answers.

Answers:

1 faces 2 can 3 can 4 vocabulary

Students listen again and complete the sentences with one or two words.

Answers:

1 artistic than 2 intelligent 3 Monkeys are 4 whale's 5 most stupid

Students answer the questions based on the recording.

Answers:

1 They like having fun.

2 When they are happy, sad or angry.

3 They've both got good memories.

4 Elephants.

5 A dog.

6 Because it can understand 340 different words.

Descriptor:

-listening the CD and match the words from the memory

Total; 2 points

Descriptor:

-comparing their answers and check them.

Total; 2 points

Descriptor:

-answering to the questions from the memory about the animals

Total; 2 points

The end of the lesson

Giving the homework. SB ex.6 p.68.

SS write their homework for the next lesson.

Self-assessment.

“ Five”. Children draw a picture of their hand and write the most important things about the lesson on each finger. The thumb - something interesting, the index finger - something difficult, the middle one - something that was not enough, the ring finger - the mood, the little finger - the suggestions.