Practice II: Didactics of ELT and practicum at primary school levelFourth lesson planBaldomé, Daiana; Huivan, Sabina

Lesson plan: PERSONAL INFORMATIONSchool: Remedios de Escalada Nº2Teacher in charge: Victoria GarcíaCoordinator: Estela Braun and Liliana MonserratTrainee: Sabina Huivan Class: Nº4-5Course: Sixth yearLevel: ElementaryLength: 40 minutesDate: 2nd, September

Class description:There are twenty-five students in this group between 10 and 11 years-old. They have English classes twice a week, for 40 minutes on Wednesdays and 35 minutes on Fridays. They have started studying English in 5th year. They come to classes after the break both times, usually with lots of energy but when they are assigned tasks they calm down and work effectively.

Main aim:By the end of the lesson the students will be able to continue talking about their personal information and answer wh-questions.

Subsidiary aim:

1. Revise the verb “to be” as well as the verbs in the present simple form.2. Revise some vocabulary. 3. Interact with one another.

Personal aims:

I will do my best to work on my voice quality in order to make myself audible and meaningful. I also expect to create a bond with the students and encourage them to participate.

Timetable fit:

In the last lessons, the students have been working on personal information about both themselves and a classmate.

Materials:

1. Board and board markers and chalk.

2. Pieces of paper for the game.

Practice II: Didactics of ELT and practicum at primary school levelFourth lesson planBaldomé, Daiana; Huivan, Sabina

3. Flashcards with pictures for the main activity.

Anticipated problems:

1. If some students do not come to the lesson, there will be an odd number for the “wheel”.

2. A noisy environment which may make this difficult for us to be listened to.

Possible solutions:

1. My partner will take part in the “wheel” if necessary.

2. I will do my best to speak louder and clearer.

Procedures:

Stage/stage aim Description Interaction Timing

Speaking/ Have the students engage in answering questions orally about personal information.

1. I will ask the students to have the questions we gave them last class to play the game. I will ask the question they picked and they will have to answer it.

What is your name?How old are you?

What is your favourite food?What is your favourite colour?

What are your hobbies?

2. The structures for their answers will be written in flashcards stuck on the board.

T- SS 15 mins.

Warm-up/ Get the students involved in the topic.

1. We will bring flashcards with pictures related to their identities as a group and to the identity about the language they are learning.

2. We will stick the pictures

T-SS 10 mins.

Practice II: Didactics of ELT and practicum at primary school levelFourth lesson planBaldomé, Daiana; Huivan, Sabina

randomly on one side of the board.

3. I will explain them that some of the pictures are about Argentina and others are about the language they are learning (England).

4. I will ask the students about which images they think that are related to Argentina and England. After that I will ask some of them to come to the board to order the pictures under each group: Our personal information (Argentina) and their personal information (England)

Lead in/ Reading Comprehension have the students think about their personal information as a group and that about the language they are learning.

1. I will copy a sentence next to each picture and they will have to circle in blue/green the similarities they found between each group and in red the corresponding differences.

2. We will check what they did all together.

T-SS 15 mins.

Homework/ Have the students continue writing

There will not be assigned homework since we will take their folders to correct.

T-SS 0 mins.

Practice II: Didactics of ELT and practicum at primary school levelFourth lesson planBaldomé, Daiana; Huivan, Sabina

Knowing us

1) Circle in blue/green the similarities between the groups. 2) Circle in red the differences between the groups.

Our personal information

We live in Argentina.

We speak Spanish.We like drinking mate.We usually eat barbecues and “empanadas”.The best known football teams are River Plate and Boca Juniors.We study English at school.We are 11/12 years old.We have friends at school.We go to school during the week.

Their personal information

They live in England.

They speak English.They like drinking tea.They usually eat fish and chips.The best known football teams are Manchester United and Liverpool.They study Spanish at school.They are 11/12 years old.They have friends at school.They go to school during the week.