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1. Lesson plan
Teacher: Estela Braun
Trainees: Moggia Giovanna, Sala Yohanna
School: School N°6
Course: 6th
grade.
Textbook: Howdy Friends
Date: September, 5th
2016
Topic: Wild animals and their habitats
Class: N° 5
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
• To learn the differences about vertebrates and invertebrates animals.
• To reinforce information about habitats.
• To work with Present Simple.
• To practice the listening, speaking, reading and writing macro-skills.
WARM UP
• The teacher will begin the class writing down the date.
• The teacher will ask students what they talked about last class.
Type of interaction: Teacher-students.
Macro-skills: speaking.
Timing: 5 minutes.
Materials: Blackboard
DEVELOPMENT
First activity:
• The teacher will explain the differences between vertebrates and invertebrates by
asking the students what bones are.
• The teacher will introduce the activity in which the students have to classify and
match which animals are vertebrates and what animals are invertebrates.
• The teacher will check the activity with the students altogether on the board.

2. Type of interaction: Students individually.
Macro-skills: reading and writing.
Timing: 10 minutes.
Materials: Textbook
Second activity:
• The teacher will give an extra sheet of paper and individually students have to
complete the gaps with the words VERTEBRATES or INVERTEBRATES.
• The teacher will check the activity with the students altogether on the board.
Write VERTEBRATES or INVERTEBRATES:
1- Animals with bones are called………………………………………
2- Humans are………………………………………………………………….
3- Animas with no bones are called………………………………….
4- Insects are……………………………………………………………………
5- Mammals are……………………………………………………………….
6- Spiders are…………………………………………………………………..
7- Fishes are…………………………………………………………………….
8- Reptiles are………………………………………………………………….
9- Birds are………………………………………………………………………

3. 10- Worms are…………………………………………………………………
Type of interaction: Students individually.
Macro-skills: Reading and writing.
Timing: 10 minutes.
Materials: Extra sheet of paper
Third activity:
• The teacher will introduce a listening activity in which students are expected to tick
the correct image.
• The teacher will check the activity with the students altogether on the board.
Type of interaction: Students in pairs.
Macro-skills: Reading and writing
Timing: 10 minutes.
Materials: Textbook
Forth activity:
• The teacher will assign a reading activity with animals´descriptions and their
habitats in which students are expected to complete the gaps.
• The teacher will ask if there is new vocabulary that students do not know.
• The teacher will check the activity with students altogether on the board.

4. Type of interaction: Teacher-Students
Macro-skills: Reading and Writing
Timing: 10 minutes.
Materials: textbook
Fifth activity:
• The teacher will give an extra sheet of paper and individually students have to
colour the animals with colour blue to identify that they are vertebrates and with
colour red to identify that they are invertebrates.
• The students have to write the name of the animal in the boxes.
• The teacher will check the activity with the students altogether on the board.
Colour the animals using colour BLUE to VERTEBRATES, and colour RED to INVERTEBRATES. Write
the name of the animals.

5. Type of interaction: Students individually.
Macro-skills: Writing.
Timing: 10 minutes.
Materials: Extra sheet of paper.
Homework:
• The teacher will ask the students to bring images of endangered animals from Argentina
for next class.
CLOSING UP:
• The teacher will say goodbye.

6. Type of interaction: Students individually.
Macro-skills: Writing.
Timing: 10 minutes.
Materials: Extra sheet of paper.
Homework:
• The teacher will ask the students to bring images of endangered animals from Argentina
for next class.
CLOSING UP:
• The teacher will say goodbye.