teaching songs unit 9 farm life

Lesson : English

Grade :5th

Time :40minutes

Unit: 9 (Farm Life)

Language Focus : ‘like,don’t like structure ‘,"What does a _____ say?’ Farm animals (cow, horse, pig, sheep, duck,chicken) and the sounds they make.

Materials: Flashcards, masks of some words (chickhen, sheep, cow, duck )picture of the Farm life. 

Objectives :

•  To teach the sounds of the alphabet with animal sounds.
• To teach the vocabulary of animals.
• To teach the grammar structure related to the unit

Procedure

Before the Song

Before singing song, teacher asks the children what they know about farms. Have you ever visited a farm? What's your favourite farm animal?She makes the children sensitive to the topic.

While Listening to Song

While singing the song,teacher creates her own gestures. While singing the song, teacher pauses the music at the part where it says, "What does a cow/horse/pig/etc. say?" She encourages the students to say, "No!" and give them the correct answer. Children listen to the song while miming.She has to "act" the dialogue that is said in the song.Teacher illustrates the key vocabulary of song with animal masks.

Song

It’s a wonderful day!
Let’s go to the farm!

Hi little cow,how are you ?

 I’m fine,Thank you

What do you like,you you ?

I like grass,moo moo

Hi,little duck,how are you ?

I’m great,thank you

What do you like,you you ?

I like swimming,quack quack

Hi,little horse,how are you ?

Very well,thank you

What do you like,you you?

I like running,neigh neigh

Hi little chicken,how are you?

I’m fine,thank you

What do you like ,you you ?

I like sitting,cluck cluck

Hi little pig,how are you ?

I’m great,thank you

What do you like ,you you ?

I like sleeping,oink oink

·         In the repeating activity,children repeat after teacher dark sentences.The song is formed to my topic.

Source:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQ0q3Vm6Spk

After Listening The Song

After the children listen to the song several times,the teacher invites them to express their first reactions and impressions.Then they repeat altogether

Activity

Children form a circle. One child is in center as "duck,cow,horse..etc". He/She  makes a motion while children sing the first verse. They asks questions and he/she responds. He/she chooses another child to replace him and takes that person's place in the circle.The game goes on in this way.

Reference: Brumfit, C. Et al (ed.). 1995. Teaching English to Children. Edinburgh: Longman.