Lesson plan designed using Hot Potatoes.

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Student: Rocío Prado
Lecturer: Paula Ledesma
Subject: ICT
Year: 2013
Lesson Plan # 1
School: Instituto Beata Imelda
Course: 3rd
form
Class Book: English Print 3, Richmond Publishing
Unit: 3 The Living Forest
Timetable: 2 to 3 pm – 3.20 to 4 pm
Communicative goal: expressing direction
Grammar focus: prepositions (across, around, over, through, under, up)
Vocabulary focus: nature (bush, cactus, forest, hill, lake, mountain, river, rock, valley, waterfall), bridge,
house, path
Recycled language: present simple tense, prepositions of place (on, under, next to, near, behind)
Activation (10 minutes) In the classroom
T will stick a poster of a forest and will ask Ss to imagine they are walking through that place. T will ask Ss
to take a good look at the poster and try to spot as many details as they can. Then T will ask Ss to mention
all the animals, trees and flowers they can see there. T will ask Ss if they have ever been to a forest before
and if it looked like the one in the poster or if they could see other animals and plants.
Comprehension and clarification (30 minutes) In the classroom
T will ask Ss to open their class books at page 30, will tell Ss they are going to listen to and read a story. T
will ask them to read the title of the story, take a look at the pictures and predict what the story will be
about, where it will take place, who the main characters will be and what problem they may face in the
forest.
T will ask Ss to listen to the story again and will ask Ss what solution the children find for their problem and
if they can think of an alternative solution. Then T will stick two sentences retrieved from the story which T
will use to elicit from Ss the function of expressing direction and draw Ss attention to the notions used for
that purpose (across, around, over, through, under, up).

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Application (55 minutes) In the computer lab
Activity 1
T will ask Ss to read the statements in Activity 1 on page 30 from the class book and circle YES or NO next
to each statement.

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Activity 2
T will ask Ss to read the questions in Activity 1 on page 31 from the class book and match them with the
correct answers.
Activity 3
T will ask Ss to read the questions related to the story they have just read and choose the correct answer.

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Activity 4
T will ask Ss to read the statements that summarize the story they have read in the Comprehension
moment and to fill in the gaps with the correct word.

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Activity 5
T will ask Ss to read the sentences, identify the vocabulary related to nature and match the statements
with the corresponding picture.
Activity 6
T will ask Ss to read the words and put them in order so that statements about The Pinecone Solution story are
formed.

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Activity 6
T will ask Ss to read the clues and complete the crossword with the correct preposition.
Activity 7
T will ask Ss to work in pairs, imagine they live in the forest and write a path to their house. T will ask them
to read their paths to their partners who will have to draw them. Ss will then exchange roles. Finally Ss will
check their classmates’ drawings to see if they have done them correctly.

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Reflection (5 minutes)
Read and tick the statements that express direction.
1. The house is next to the river. ____
2. The boys go through the forest. ____
3. The squirrel runs around the lake. ____
4. The dog is barking. ____
5. The boy climbs up the tree. ____
6. The pinecones are under the trees. ____
7. The duck swims across the river. ____
8. The boys’ mother is calling them. ____