ANIMALS

Stage

Procedure

Prepare flashcards before class e.g. dog, cat, hamster, rabbit, goldfish,

Lead in

mouse, turtle, parrot, horse, elephant. Play a sound of one of the

animals - the children race to touch the correct animal.

Use the flashcards to elicit the animal names by slowly revealing each

card from behind the back of the other card. Encourage the children to

Presentation

shout the animal name. Make sure that you then drill pronunciation in

(meaning,

different ways. (give lots of encouragement and praise) You can have

form &

some sts record the TL on the board, e.g. by mounting the flashcards,

pronunciation)

so that the image corresponds to the word to clarify meaning. Ask

CCQs pointing to the cards: T’ Is this a dog or a cat?’ Sts ‘It’s a cat’. T: ‘Is

this a horse?’ Sts; ‘ Yes, it ‘s a horse’/ yes, it is.’ T; ‘Is this a parrot?’ Sts:

‘No, it’s a turtle’

Put the class into teams, so you have 2 to 4 teams in total. Each team

selects one person.

Practice

Teacher shouts out the word for one of the animals on the board and

(controlled)

one student from

each team must run up to the board and write the word (anywhere

on the board is ok). The first person to write the word, spelt correctly,

wins a point for his/her team.

You need to be in control of the group. If you have some early finishers-

swap the children around and create new groups, or combine existing

Production

groups or pairs to keep the activity going.

(freer)

Distribute animal flashcards; tell the sts not to show them to each

other. Sts then try to guess what animals they have on their flashcards.

In stage 2 of the activity you can distribute pictures with many animals

and play the same game.