4th Grade Unit 7 Pets

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VOCABULARY TEACHING

Grade: 4th

Unit7: Pets

Textbook: Primary School English Student’s Book

Language Point: introducing new vocabulary about pets

Materials: slideshow, flashcards, colorful papers and pencils

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PRESENT

·                                  Watch and find game

Materials: slideshow and flashcards

Aim of the activity: Learners are encouraged and motivated thanks to slideshow and, according to flashcards their attention is drawn. Pets are also introduced briefly.

Stages:

Ø  The teacher prepares a slideshow about “Pets” and learners watch slideshow carefully.

Ø  The teacher also pronounces  the names of pets and introduces them.

Ø  The teacher uses their gestures and body language while introducing the pets  to atract learners.

Ø  The teacher sticks some colorful flashcards including different animals’ pictures on the board.Some of them are unrelated to slideshow.

Ø  The teacher want them to find pets they see at the slideshow.

Ø  After predictions, learners watch slideshow again and unrelated animals’ pictures are removed from the board.

Ø  The teacher writes name of pets under the pictures and asks learners to repeat the name of the pets.

PRACTICE

·         What’s missing?

Materials: flashcards

Aim of the activity: Learners involving learning process make strong memory connections by learning words in this way.

Stages

Ø  The teacher asks learners to look pictures carefully and then teacher wants them to close their eyes.

Ø  The teacher removes a flashcard including a pet picture from the board.

Ø  Learners open their eyes and teacher asks them to find missing pet.

Ø  Learners guess to find missing pet and end of the game teacher tells missing pet.

Ø  The game can also be played as a team.

PRODUCE

·         Preparing a poster

Materials: colorful papers and pencils

Aim of the activity: Learners are encouraged to create new things by using new words. They improve their social skills and interact with their friends.

Stages:

Ø  Learners become pairs.

Ø  The teacher explains the activity and hand out papers and pencils.

Ø  Learners choose an ordinary pet they have learned and draw its pictures.Then they write its features briefly such as its color, its appearance etc. Moreover, learners can also create a new pet they imagine and draw its picture. Then they introduce it by writing short sentences about it. In addition , learners give names their pets.

Ø  Learners paste their posters on the board and talk about their pets one by one.