4th Grade Unit 7 Pets

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PRONUNCIATION TEACHING

Grade: 4th

Unit 7: Pets

Textbook: Primary School English Student’s Book

Language Point: correct pronunciation of pets’ names

Materials: video about pets, flashcards, worksheets

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PRESENT

Watching a song video

Materials: a video about pets, flashcards

Aim of the activity: Learners are motivated thanks to the video. Learners become aware of sounds and basic words’ pronunciation.

Stages:

Ø  The teacher wants learners to watch video and to listen to the song.

Ø  The teacher asks them to sing the song together.

Ø  After the video, teacher asks them to tell which animals they see and helps them to predict by using flashcards.

Ø  The teacher puts name of pets on the board and writes name of the pets under the pictures. Then s/he asks learners to repeat the name of the pets.

PRACTICE

 Rhyming words

Materials: worksheets 

Aim of the activity: This activity provides to recognize similarities and differences between sounds.

Stages:

Ø  The teacher explains the activity and gives an example on the board.

Ø  Learners become pairs.

Ø  The teacher asks learners to look pictures on the worksheets and then s/he wants them to write names of the animals in the blanks correctly.

Ø  Learners try to make short sentences by using given rhymes. The teacher encourages learners.

Ø  Volunteers share their rhyming words and teacher write rhyming sentences.

Ø  The teacher pronounces them and learners repeat them all together.

Ø  At last, volunteers try to memorize rhyming words or the teacher asks some learners to say.

  PRODUCE

 Dialogue

Materials: short dialogues

Aim of the activity: To practice the use of intonation and word stress as a way of expressing meaning.

(a) A: Have you got a pet? B: Yes! A: Is it a cat? B: No, it isn’t a cat. It is a dog.

(b) A: Have you got two parrots? B: No, I haven’t. I have a rabbit. A: What is its name? B: Sissy. A: So cute! B: Thank you!

(c) A: My brother buys a fish for me. B: Great! What is its color? A: Blue and pink. Do you want to see it? B: Yes!

 

                                                            

  

Stages:

Ø  The teacher writes the dialogue on the board or projects it.

Ø  Teacher asks the learners to work in pairs and to try to say utterances in different contexts.

Ø  Finally, teacher asks volunteers to perform one of dialogues in front of the class.

Reference : http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/