SNAPSHOT elementary – class 6, L2, Pre-intermediate Teacher: Laura Denisa Ion No. of students: 29 Date: 29th May 2014 Text: The princess and the dragon – story, provided by British Council - http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/short-stories/the- princess-and-the-dragon Type of lesson: Revision & consolidation Topic / Theme: travelling / science fiction Lesson focus: integrated skills: Reading –Speaking - Listening - Writing Main aims: The students will be able to: Get the general meaning from a spoken & written text Read correctly, fluently, expressively Recognize / revise structures: past tense regular and irregular verbs, adjectives, the Comparison of the adjectives Subsidiary : To provide Ss with enough opportunities to re-discover literature for children and stir their interest in finding out more about the topic, using the modern means provided by the latest technology Personal aims : T – to act more as a facilitator and a monitor, to reduce echoing, to give clear instructions and have good time management, to open Ss perspective on a proper use of using media in learning. Assumptions: Ss are interested in new vocabulary and they like learning being introduced to new lexis in a different, attractive manner. I assume they will enjoy the topic of the lesson and will manifest interest in literature as an alternative of spending their free time.
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SNAPSHOT elementary – class 6, L2, Pre-intermediate Teacher: Laura Denisa Ion
No. of students: 29 Date: 29th May 2014
Text: The princess and the dragon – story, provided by British Council - http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/short-stories/the-princess-and-
Main aims: The students will be able to: Get the general meaning from a spoken & written text Read correctly, fluently, expressively Recognize / revise structures: past tense regular and irregular verbs, adjectives, the Comparison of the adjectives
Subsidiary : To provide Ss with enough opportunities to re-discover literature for children and stir their interest in finding out more about the topic, using the modern means provided by the latest technology
Personal aims : T – to act more as a facilitator and a monitor, to reduce echoing, to give clear instructions and have good time management, to open Ss perspective on a proper use of using media in learning.
Assumptions: Ss are interested in new vocabulary and they like learning being introduced to new lexis in a different, attractive manner. I assume they will enjoy the topic of the lesson and will manifest interest in literature as an alternative of spending their free time.
Anticipated problems and solutions:
Some Ss might not be familiar with many of the words mentioned in the lesson and might find it difficult to understand their meaning.Solution: I will use a varied and involving way of presenting vocabulary with the help of photos and dictionary entries.Many of the Ss might struggle with the pronunciation of certain words mentioned in the lesson: “Jules Verne”, “scientist”, “leagues”. Solution: I will drill the pronunciation of challenging words and make sure they are used multiple times throughout the lesson.
Materials and sources of materials :
Materials: Worksheets Pictures from Google images
Fairy tale - provided by British Council - http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/short-stories/the-princess-and-the-dragon Video projector, laptop, Internet connection verbs’ diskette to check up for irregular verbs
Specific aims : informative: - new vocabulary acquisition – fairy tales formative: - get confidence in using structures
- integrated skills educational: - love and interest for reading
Procedure : the students will be able to: use past simple in a different, integrated context listen to /read a story and solve given tasks (match, fill in the gaps, answer the questions) write a short paragraph read and find required information deal with predicative and attributive adjectives
Homework check – 5’: pg. 79 / Snapshot starter workbook – communication using the comparison of the adjectives (worksheets) 7 mini dialogues > 14 students are to role-play those
A1: Warm up: - 2’ – T/S-S
What do you see in this picture ? (project fairy tale’s definition)
FAIRY TALE also FAIRY STORY
1. a children's story in which magical things happen
2. a story that someone has invented and is difficult to believe
What’s more interesting: a film or a book? Is it exciting to listen to a story and to read it in the same time ?
A2: Announcing the topic: - 1’ - T/S – title: The princess and the dragon
Listen (http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/short-stories/the-princess-and-the-dragon) to the story and write down who the main characters are
o What about the minor characterso Who was the hero ?o Who was its opposite ? The negative character ?
Choose A, B, C Display pdf.1 – each team sends to the blackboard a representative to write the missing word (part 2-each team has a sheet on the desk from
Replay the story and arrange the story into the right order - let each team read (Arrange the story into the right order - http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/language-games/order-the-sentences/the-princess-and-the-dragon)
Individually, fill in the gaps to complete the story (part 3-pdf.2, the story)
Part 3Once upon a time there was a _________________ and a _________________ who lived in a golden _________________ with their beautiful daughter. One night an ugly _______________ locked the princess in his ____________________ . The king promised to give a bag of _______________ to the ____________________ that rescued the princess. All the knights in the land rode to the ogre’s tower. The ogre was so scary they rode away as fast as they could. The next day a friendly ____________________ saw ____________________ in the tower. The dragon blew the ogre into the ocean. The dragon put the princess on his back and flew into the sky.In the end _______________________________________________________________________________________________________
Find in the text 3 regular verbs; read them Circle in the text the past tense for ride, see, blow, put, fly (each team has to spot a verb and read the sentence while someone else goes to the BB
and writes the 3 forms of it – use the diskettes) On the BB – stick the sentences and the students are going to fill in the right verb in the past tense
1. The knights ……………. away when the ogre roared at them.2. The dragon …………. the princess in the tower.3. The dragon ……………………. the ogre into the ocean.4. The dragon ……………….. the princess on his back.5. The dragon and the princess …………………. Into the sky.
Underline three adjectives in the text – read them On the BB – stick the nouns on the right and the adjectives on the left
You get a worksheet where you will see many dragons. Worksheet - spot the dragon – read and match the description with the dragon (http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/practise-your-english/spot-the-dragon)
– Which dragons have got wings ?– Whose wings are wider ?– Whose wings are the smallest ?– Which dragon seems the most dangerous of all ?– Which dragon is the most beautiful of all ?– Which dragon is longer: e) or f) ?– Now: Match the dragons to their correct description. – team work.
A6: Homework – 2’ – Fairy tale with holes in it !!! - funny
PART 3
Once upon a time there was a _________________ and a _________________ who lived in a golden _________________ with their beautiful daughter. One night an ugly _______________ locked the princess in his ____________________ . The king promised to give a bag of _______________ to the ____________________ that rescued the princess. All the knights in the land rode to the ogre’s tower. The ogre was so scary they rode away as fast as they could. The next day a friendly ____________________ saw ____________________ in the tower. The dragon blew the ogre into the ocean. The dragon put the princess on his back and flew into the sky.In the end ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
PART 3
Once upon a time there was a _________________ and a _________________ who lived in a golden _________________ with their beautiful daughter. One night an ugly _______________ locked the princess in his ____________________ . The king promised to give a bag of _______________ to the ____________________ that rescued the princess. All the knights in the land rode to the ogre’s tower. The ogre was so scary they rode away as fast as they could. The next day a friendly ____________________ saw ____________________ in the tower. The dragon blew the ogre into the ocean. The dragon put the princess on his back and flew into the sky.In the end ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
PART 3
Once upon a time there was a _________________ and a _________________ who lived in a golden _________________ with their beautiful daughter. One night an ugly _______________ locked the princess in his ____________________ . The king promised to give a bag of _______________ to the ____________________ that rescued the princess. All the knights in the land rode to the ogre’s tower. The ogre was so scary they rode away as fast as they could. The next day a friendly ____________________ saw ____________________ in the tower. The dragon blew the ogre into the ocean. The dragon put the princess on his back and flew into the sky.In the end ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
a) FLY
b) SEE
c) RIDE
d) BLOW
e) PUT
1. The knights ……………. away when the ogre roared at them.
2. The dragon …………. the princess in the tower.
3. The dragon ……………………. the ogre into the ocean.
4. The dragon ……………….. the princess on his back.
5. The dragon and the princess …………………. into the sky.
