First class. I felt really nervous and insecure, but it was not so hard. I can say I enjoyed my first day teaching.

1. PRACTICE II, DIDACTICS OF ELT
LESSON PLAN Nº1
Teachers: Prof. Estela N. Braun, Prof. Vanesa Cabral, Prof. Luján Ramos, and ETA
Fulbright John Brakke
Trainees: Mara Barbieri and Mariel Matta
School: School N°6 “Dr. Ricardo Gutierrez”
Courses: 5th grade C & D
Textbook: “Howdy Friends” Level 1, Santillana
Date: August, 1th 2017 from 13:15 to 14:50
Topic: Bugs
Classes: N° 1 & 2
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
 Introduce vocabulary aboutbugs:butterfly,ladybird,caterpillar,bee,beetle,
cockroach, ant,spider, locust.
 Recognize bugsaccordingtotheircharacteristics.
ROUTINE
Singinggreetingsong“Yellow,red,greenandblue.Helloteacher,how are you?”.Giving
studentsbadgeswiththeirnames.Writingthe date onthe board.
WARM UP
 The teacherwill presentnine differentbugsbystickingflashcardsonthe boardand
writingthe name of the bug nextto the picture.Thenshe will askstudentstorepeat
the namesof the bugs.
 The teacherwill askstudentsif theylike bugsornot,and why.Thenshe will provide
interestingfactsor characteristicsaboutsome of the bugs.
TYPE OF INTERACTION: teacher– students
MACRO-SKILLS: listeningandspeaking
TIMING: 7 minutes
MATERIALS: flashcardswithbugs,board

2. DEVELOPMENT:
First Activity:
The teacherwill showa scene from“A Bug’sLife”.Afterwatchingit,she will askstudents
aboutthe survival of bugsinnature and the time theylive.Then,she will give studentsan
activitytocomplete whilewatchingthe scene again.Afterwardsshe will correctthe activity
orally.
TYPE OF INTERACTION:teacher– students
MACRO-SKILLS: reading- writing- speakingandlistening
TIMING: 10 minutes
MATERIALS: computer,projector,screen,printedhandoutactivities
SecondActivity:
The teacherwill give studentsachartto create a picture glossaryaboutbugs.She will sticka
posterwiththe chart on the board. She will asknine studentsperturntocome to the board,
take the name of a bug randomlyandput itnextto the right image.Aftercompletingall the
names,the teacherwill askstudentstocomplete theirowncharts. Thenshe will readthe lines
fromthe thirdcolumn,andexplainthe firstasa model.The restwill be assignedashomework.
TYPE OF INTERACTION:teacher– students
MACRO-SKILLS: speaking–reading– listening
TIMING: 8 minutes
MATERIALS: blackboard– poster– namesof the bugsin separate piecesof paper –tape –
handoutwithcharts forthe students
Third Activity:
The teacherwill askstudentstoopenthe bookon page 22 and describe the scene theycansee
there.Thenshe will askone studenttoreadaloudthe questionsatthe top of the page and
theywill all answer.Thenthe teacherwill providethe right answers.

3. TYPE OF INTERACTION:teacher- students
MACRO-SKILLS: speaking- reading- listening
TIMING: 5 minutes
MATERIALS: textbook

4. Fourth activity
The teacherwill askthemto go to page 23 and she will explainactivity3.Thenshe will playthe
audiofile sothatstudentscan complete the exercise. She willreadthe shortparagraphs
checkingthatall studentsunderstandthe meaningandshe will checkthe answersorally.
TYPE OF INTERACTION:studentsindividually&teacher - students
MACRO-SKILLS:listening
TIMING: 5 minutes
MATERIALS: textbook,textbookCD andCD player
Fifthactivity
The teacherwill explainactivity4frompage 23. If studentsdon’thave time todoit inclass,it
will be assignedashomework.

5. TYPE OF INTERACTION:studentsindividually
MACRO-SKILLS:writing
TIMING: 4 minutes
MATERIALS: textbook
CLOSING UP:
• The teacherwill assignas homework tocomplete the thirdcolumnof the chart usedat
the beginningof the class.
• The teacherwill collectthe badgesandsaygood-bye.