This lesson plan is for a 4th grade class focusing on describing animals at the zoo. It will begin with activating prior knowledge about monkeys and their characteristics. Students will then read a paragraph about a trip to the zoo and provide descriptions of other animals. They will complete several activities using online tools to match animals to descriptions, order words to form sentences about animals, fill in a crossword, and complete a paragraph about the zoo. The lesson will conclude with students identifying sentences that describe animals by making animal sounds.

1. Lesson Plan
Trainee teachers: Nappi Daiana, Benedetti Ludmila
Class: 4th grade
Communicative goal: describing animals at the zoo
Grammar focus: animals+are+ adj
Vocabulary focus: general
Recycled language: can, like
ACTIVATION (3 min.)
The teacher will show the students some flashcards and she will try to elicit the names of the
animals from the students, then she will ask:
T: can monkeys climb trees?
St: Yes, they can
T: Do they like bananas?
St: yes!
COMPREHENSION AND CLARIFICATION (15 min.)
The teacher will read a short paragraph about Tom and his day in the zoo, then she will write
on the board some sentences like “monkeys are brown and small”
She will then ask students for other animals they may like or dislike and for them to provide
some of their characteristics.
APPLICATION
Activity nº1: Answer the questions about the animals
Brief explanation: Sts will answer some multiple choice questions, using HOT POTATOES (Jquiz).
Time allotted: 10 minutes.
Activity nº2:
Brief explanation: Sts will match the description of an animal with its name.
Ss will have to use HOT POTATOES (Jmatch).
Time allotted: 10minutes
Activity nº3: Order the words to make sentences
Brief explanation:
Sts will order the words to ask sentences about the different animals, using HOT POTATOES
(Jmix).
Time alotted: 10 minutes
Activity nº4: Crossword
Brief explanation: Students will have to complete the crossword on animals and their
characteristics using HOT POTATOES (Jcross)

2. Time alotted: 10 minutes
.
Activity nº5
Brief explanation: Ss will have to use HOT POTATOES (Jcloze) to complete the paragraph about a
day in the zoo.
Time allotted: 15 minutes
REFLECTION (2 minutes)
The teacher will write some sentences in the board and students have to meow like a cat if
they are describing animals or roar like a tiger if not.
Cats are pretty pets
I like elephants
Pigs are dirty animals
Fish can only live in water
My mother hates snakes
Snakes are long, scary animals