This lesson plan is for a 5th grade class in Argentina. The lesson aims to review vocabulary like demonstratives and possessives through reading a short Twitter post by a girl named Aiko from Japan. Students will develop reading skills and identify cultural elements. During the warm-up, the teacher introduces Twitter and shows sample posts to contextualize the reading. In the presentation, students read Aiko's post and relate images to the text. They then indicate things they like. Students play games to practice the vocabulary. The closure has the teacher thank the students for their work.

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ALUMNO RESIDENTE: Dario Bressan
Período de Práctica: Nivel Primario
Institución Educativa: Colegio Santa Eufrasia
Dirección: Maria Olguín 653 Río Cuarto - Córdoba
Sala / Grado / Año - sección: 5to grado A Turno Mañana
Cantidad de alumnos: 33 estudiantes
Nivel lingüístico del curso: Elemental
Tipo de Planificación: Clase
Unidad Temática: Revisar lo aprendido en la unidad mediante una Lectura Corta.
Clase Nº: 3
Fecha: 22/10/2015
Hora: 12 a 13 hs.
Duración de la clase: 60 minutos
Teaching points: Revise all learnt so far trough a short reading (Demonstratives,
Possessive 'S, vocabulary)
Aims or goals:
During this lesson, learners will be able …
- To revise the already learnt vocabulary in the previous class, Demonstratives, Possessive
'S
- To develop their reading skills by reading a short twitter post.
- To identify different elements belonging to a certain culture and relate them to the
reading.
Language Focus:
Lexis Function Structure Pronunciation
Revision This - These
That - Those
" 's " in some
words
Smartphone -
beautiful -
clothes - pet
Talking about
belongings
trough the use
of possessive "
's ".
This is Japan's
flag These / i:z /
New Sunglasses
Flag
Aiko's pet
Pat's favourite
color
Japan / p/
Flag / æ/
Teaching Approach: The lesson is based on Krashen's Natural Approach and organized
under PPP as proposed by Jeremy Harmer.(Third Edition 2001)
Materials and resources: Class book "Sign up" with some activities. Mini LED projector.
Use of the board to make the lesson more graphic. Different images to create context.
flashcard with the name of the main character.

2. Pedagogical use of ICT in class: Use of images to enhance motivation.
Seating Arrangement: Students will be seated in groups of four students as they usually
work in regular classes. According to the school policies, this improves communication and
group working among mates.
Possible problems/difficulties and their possible solutions during class: Children
tend to talk if the class gets boring, so it is quite important to maintain their attention
activated trough the use of miming, clear instructions, making the classroom interactive
with students and using the board for instance. Using a book each, facilitates the visual
work and help students to concentrate. Teacher always assists kids during the class.
Potential problems students may have with the language: They may have problems
with the meaning of some words, so I will helping them while they read the short text. It is
important to contextualize the text so this improves students' understanding.
Assessment: What will be assessed and how: I will check understanding by listening to
them and correcting with examples related to the topic which is being worked when
reading answers and when they work alone in the reading stage. Peer correction is always
a good method to encourage them to feel comfortable with assessments. I will also
encourage them by saying "Very good" "Excellent" "Well done" among others.
Procedures:
Routine: 5 minutes
Purpose: To greet students and let them know the class has started.
T: Hello everybody!! Sts: Hello teacher!! T: How are you today??!! Sts: We are doing fine!!
T: That is great!! Ok, let's start learning!!
I will show them some pictures to create context, the first one is the Twitter's symbol.
Warm up: 20 minutes
Purpose: To contextualize the topic of the lesson and begin with the class.
T: Ok, do you know this logo??
Sts: Yes!!! It is the Twitter logo.

3. T: Great!! Do you know what Twitter is? Do any of you have a Twitter profile?
Sts: No!! T: OK, Twitter is a social network where you show your feelings, thoughts,
desires, things that happened to you and the like by doing a "post". You can use images
too. I have a twitter account, do you? Sts: Yes - No!!
T: I'll show you some things I posted recently. Look at these images...
The first pic is: my dog wearing glasses!! and the second: Me and my trendy smartphone!!
T: Ok, you have just seen some photos from my Twitter, let's see someone else's profile!!
But before going on, look at this image
T: What is this?? This is Japan´s flag!! (I will write in on the board, so they practice their
reading) This flag represents people from Japan. What is Japan?? Sts: A country!! T:
Great, that is correct! So, how can this related to the topic we are talking about? Sts:
Perhaps the person we are going to talk about is from Japan... T: Ok, do you all agree?
Sts: Yes - No!! Ok, it is correct!! (Here I use prediction, so this is one possible answer)
T: Now, let's see this name
Aiko Tsuru

4. @pinkaiko
T: What do you think? Sts: It seems Japanese, quite difficult!! T: Good, it is Japanese, and
would be a boy or a girl?? Sts: A girl!! T: Good, she is a girl!! Let's now look the whole
photo of her profile, open your books at page 26.
T: OK, look at the images, do you find them known?? Sts: Yes, they are the same that you
showed us!! T: Yes, very similar, we posted very similar photos!!
Transition: OK, good job kids!! Now we will start reading.
Presentation: 20 minutes (there is some time they work by themselves)
Purpose: To expose students to the target language and the previous work done in a pre
reading stage.
T: Look at the images at the left side of the profile, what can you see? What does she like
doing?? Sts: Biking, taking selfies, riding cars... T: Great, now pay attention to the words
you already know and those which are capitalized, which means they are proper nouns.
Let's start reading!!! I will read at first so can follow the words with your sight, I will do it
one post at a time, try to pay attention and follow reading even if you do not know the
meaning of every word, just keep with the other ones (skimming) Once you did this,
please try to relate each paragraph with the image that appears in the corresponding post.
(Here I will help them with the reading by walking around the tables saying them how to
relate words with images for instance, since it is not an easy task most of times, but
always trying them to do it by themselves) You have two minutes to do it!!
T: Ok, was it difficult?? Sts: No!!. T: Great, now answer this, who is Kendy? Sts: The dog!!
T: Good!! Whose 's the trendy smartphone?? Sts: Aiko's!! T: Very good!! Now, while you
read the text again, please tick those things you like as Aiko and cross those you don't
like. Do it on the margin of your book!! You have two more minutes to do it.
T: OK, let's share what you did. Can you tell me some things you liked? In my case, for
instance, I liked Kendy's sunglasses because they are quite similar to my dog's!!! Sts: I

5. liked her smartphone, it is beautiful!! I like pink also!! (and so on...We will do some
discussion here about likes and dislikes)
Transition: Very good!! Now, let's play a game related to….
Development: 15 minutes
Activity 1: 5 minutes
T:We will play a game. You have to pay attention. I will read a sentence and you have to
find what the sentence stands for. You will also have to say whose it is. This word/s is/are
inside the text!! For instance, if I say: "It is round and grey" (pointing to my watch) Sts:
Dario's watch!!!! T: Perfect!! Let's begin:
1. "It is white" Sts: Aiko's smartphone!!
2. "A super cool thing..." Sts: Kendy's sunglasses!!
3. "They are all pink..." Sts: Aiko's clothes!!
4. "Purple" Sts: Pat's favourite color!!
5. "It is new and beautiful" Sts: Aiko's smartphone!!
Transition: Great!!! Now, let´s move to the bottom of your book's page
Activity 2: 5 minutes
T: Ok, now read the post again if it is necessary, then you have to read these sentences
and write a T for true and an F for false. Pay attention to the sentences!!
1. Aiko´s favourite color is different from Pat's ( )
2. Kendy's favourite color is purple ( )
3. Aiko's smartphone is old but beautiful ( )
4. Aiko and Kendy love pink ( )
5. Aiko's clothes and accesories are the same color ( )
Students will read their sentences out loud, so they all can check their answers.
Transition: Very good job kids, you have worked really nice!!
Closure: 5 minutes
Purpose: Here I tell students the class has finished.
T: Ok kids, we will stop here. Now pick all your stuff up and put it in your bag. You have
worked quite well!!
See you next class!!
Sts: Bye!!
Sources: Images downloaded from the Internet
This lesson plan was done under intensive reading frame. I used pre-reading, while-reading and
post-reading stages inside the rubric I always work with. So, the pre-reading is inside warm-up,
while reading inside presentation and post-reading inside activities.