This lesson plan is for a 6th grade beginner level class and focuses on animals and what they can or cannot do using the language exponents "can/can't". The main activities include a listening comprehension activity where students complete blanks in a song about animal actions. Students will then write sentences about 3 animals from a chart describing what they can and cannot do, using "but" to show contrast. Finally, students will practice asking and answering questions about animal abilities using "can/can't".

1. Lesson Plan N° 2
Date: 25/08/2014
Class: 6th grade “C” & “D”
Level: Beginner
Time: One class
Language Exponents: can / can’t
Language Skills: Reading, Writing, Speaking, Listening
Main Aims:
 Students will review animals, actions and can/can’t and they will also learn
the use of ‘but’ to show contrast.
Personal Aims:
 We will try to use more English during our classes, especially when giving
instructions. Also, Samanta will try to speak louder and Camila to write the
date on the board.
Materials:
 Photocopies from last class + new ones
 Animal images
Anticipated problems:
 Students may get distracted or find the task difficult.
Possible Solutions:
 We may call the students’ attention and explain the task as many times as
they need.
PROCEDURES
1) Warm-up activities:

2. a) We will hand in the badges to the students so that they can write their
names to help us remember them. These badges have drawings of
different animals and they could paint them at home. (5’)
b) We will check the homework on the board (write the date) because we
will then work with an activity that requires the information from the
chart we worked with last class. (10’-15’)
2) Main Activity:
a) We will work with a listening comprehension activity called “Act like
the animals”. Students have to listen carefully to the song and
complete the gaps with action verbs. They will have options to
choose from. We will listen to the song first to know what it is about.
Then, again to give students time to complete it. After that we will
ask them to get with the person next to them and compare their
answers. Finally, we cross check all together and listen to the song
once more.(’20)
b) Now, we will work again with the information in the chart from last
class. Students have to choose three animals from the chart to write
short sentences. We will use commas and ‘and’ to show what the
animal can do. We will use ‘but’ to express contrast with the actions
it cannot do. We will do an example on the board. “The vicuña can
run and jump but it can’t fly, climb, swim and crawl.” Then, students
work for a couple of minutes alone and we share. They read aloud
what they wrote so as to check the content of the sentence and the
student’s pronunciation.( 15’ – 20’)
c) Once the previous activity is checked we will introduce the pattern to
form questions and answers. This will be also done with examples
using the information from the chart. “Can the snake fly? No, it can’t”
“Can the jaguar run? Yes, it can” After we have introduced the

3. structure, students will have to ask each other questions to practice
it. (25’)
3) Follow up activity:
a) Students have to write three questions and answers for three different
animals.