This document provides information about an English course to teach students about using the modal auxiliary verb "can" to describe animals' abilities. The course uses a combination of teaching methods and aims to improve students' writing, speaking, and thinking skills through interactive exercises. By the end of the class, students will be able to use "can" to describe animals' abilities in conversations and writing. They will practice forming sentences with "can" through games, videos, and group activities where they invent new pets and their abilities. Student participation and use of "can" will be evaluated throughout the class.

1. I. GENERAL INFORMATION
USE OF AUXILIARY CAN, AND ANIMALS’ ABILITIES.
SECTION 01
TEACHERS : Vilma Natali Dinarte.
Jannet Noemi Marinero.
CLASSROOM GG-3
DAYS : TUESDAY, MAY 14TH SCHEDULE: 6:30 – 08:00 AM
90’ class
II. COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course has been designed for students of an advanced English
level, in order to develop their writing, speaking and thinking skills in
different ways.
The course contains a variety of exercises in order that students know
how to use the modal auxiliary “can” and using it with animals’ abilities.
The activities are designed in an interactive way so that the student
learns and develops skills sociable.
III. GOAL
At the end of the class students will be able to implement their
knowledge of grammar in real conversations.

2. LEARNING OBJECTIVES
 Students will be able to describe some abilities that animals have
using the auxiliary can in a spoken way.
 Students will be able to use the content learned by writing about
animals and their abilities.
 Students will be able to extend their knowledge about the use of
auxiliary can
IV. METHODOLOGY
The methodology that is going to be use to develop this course is a
combination between two methods, “the Audio Lingual method and the
Communicative approach”.
Students need to be exposed to the language as much as possible. Also
because of the level that the students have, it is necessary to teach
them about some grammar structures regarding to this auxiliary, during
the development of the course student will be expose to technology,
(multimedia projector, computer, online games, videos, an power point
presentations).
Students perform during the class needs to be at 100%, in order to get
them familiar with the use of this auxiliary.

3. Development Resources. Time. Evaluation.
Warm up:
Teacher will ask to Multimedia Online quiz,
students to pass in front of Projector. using the
the class, and he will auxiliary “can”
command some actions Laptop.
Flashcards. 5 minutes.
that every student has to
perform for example Board.
(Jump, scratched). Markers.
Games.
Introduction. (Video Videos. Check students’
about finniest things participation.
Power Point 10 minutes.
animals do.)
Presentation.
 Presentation:
Demonstrate the use of
“can” by showing some
flashcards, using animals’
abilities. (Positive, Check the
20 minutes.
negative and questions accuracy of
forms.) (Grammar.) students
according to the
use of the
Auxiliary “can,” will be auxiliary can.
presented using a power
point presentation. 10 minutes.
 Practice:
Fill in the blanks (through
some exercises on the
board

4. Students will make groups 5 minutes. Quiz about what
(3 – 5 students), then they some animals
will- express which can do and what
abilities their pets have or they cannot do.
don’t have, using can, or
can’t. 10 minutes.
In groups students will
imagine/invent a new kind
of pet, and they will assign
it some abilities, then they
will present the new pet to
the rest of the class, the 15 minutes.
most creative pet will be
the winner, (a gift is being
giving to the group.)
 Product:
A learner will pick up a
flash card, and will talk 10 minutes.
about it in front of the
class.
5 minutes.
The student will describe
the animal abilities using
auxiliary can.

5. VII. BIBLIOGRAFY
 Author: Dooley, Jenny; Evans, Virginia
 Title: blockbuster student book. 1.
 Publishing company: Express
Publishing. ISBN: 1845581989
 Type: English language - text books for foreign speakers.
Grammar, vocabulary, reading, writing, dialogues.