This document provides teaching materials for a unit on animals as pets. It includes vocabulary words related to pets, such as "favorite", "scratch", and "train". It also lists example pets like cats, dogs, and hedgehogs. Students are instructed to complete matching, writing, and discussion activities about pets. They are asked to brainstorm the appearances of animals, write an essay about their limited edition pet, and have their essay reviewed using an online grammar checker. The goal is for students to improve their writing skills while learning English vocabulary connected to pets.

1. Teaching Writing

2. Unit: My Interest/ Opinion
Topic: Animals
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5. favorite
(adj.) preferred
to all others of
the same kind
My favorite pet
is a dog.

6. scratch
(v.) score or mark
the surface of
something with a
sharp or pointed
object
The cat
scratched me
with it’s a claws.

7. train
(v.) teach a
person or animal
to do something
well
He is training a
horse for the
race.

8. quadruped
(n.) an animal
which has four
feet, especially
an ungulate
mammal
Dogs are
quadruped
domestic animals.

9. domestic
(adj.) relating
to the running
of a home or
to family
relations
Dogs and cats
are domestic
animals.

10. tame
(adj.) (of an animal)
not dangerous or
frightened of people;
domesticated
This tiger is
very tame.

11. quality
(n.) the standard of
something as
measured against
other things of a
similar kind; the
degree of excellence
of something
People today enjoy a
better quality of life.

12. faithful
(adj.) that you
can trust; always
ready to help
Cat is a faithful
friend.

13. bark
(v.) cry of dog or fox
The dog barked at the stranger.

14. playful
(adj.)wanting
to play; not
serious
These cats are
playful.

15. joyful
(adj.)
feeling, expres
sing, or
causing great
pleasure and
happiness
It is a joyful pet.

16. Pet lists

17. Hedgehog
Capybara

18. Hamster
Skunk

19. Llama
Sugar Glider

20. Iguana
Crocodile

21. My
Favorite Pets

22. My favorite pet is a little cat. Her name is Lilly
her color is black and white and her color of eyes is
blue. I like to play with me. I feed Lilly some dry
food and water. I take Lilly for a walk and usually
we go back home afterwards.
The cat likes to play by scratching its favorite
toy which is a small tree branch. I also like to play
with the cat when I have some free time.
I’m July

23. My cat likes to go out in our garden all by itself.
I trained the cat by first taking the cat to the hole
and leave the flap open. Once it has jumped through
several times, wedge flap open slightly until it is
used to pushing it open.
My cat likes to play with his friends. His friends
are Cloe, Linda and Bianca. Cloe, her color is
brown, black and white. Linda, her color is grey and
white. Bianca, her color is white. I like to play with
my cat very much.
I’m July

24. Dogs are quadruped domestic animals. They are
tamed by many people. I have dog too. It is my pet
dog. I call it Tom.
Tom looks pretty. It is brown is color. It is two
feet high and three feet long. It has a curved tail.
It has four paws. They are all white. Tom has a
good health. It is never sad. It is jolly and joyful.
Tom is a dog of qualities. It is quite faithful to me.
It seldom sleeps at night. It keeps watch on my
house.
I’m John.

25. It barks at the stranger, whenever it sees
him. It scares the cows. It scares the jackal and
the stray dogs. Tom likes me very much. It
follows me wherever I go. It knows me well. It
knows my voice. Tom runs to me, whenever I call
it. It gets playful and wags the tail. Tom knows
my mind too. When I am sad, it wails aloud.
I’m John.

26. I like my dog. So I take care of it. I keep it
neat and clean. I wash its body with soap and
warm water. I keep it I a neat place. I feed it
properly. I give it healthy food. I give it rice and
milk. In summer, I keep it cool. In winter, I keep
it warm. I play with it, whenever I get time.
Dogs are very faithful. They like their
masters. But my dog is more faithful than any
other dog. It makes me much more than others.
Tom is the best of the lot.
I’m John.

27. Structure
Present Simple Tense
S
V1
We use present simple to talk about things
that are generally true.

28. Affirmative form
- Tom looks pretty.
- I speak English.
Negative form
- Tom doesn’t look pretty.
- You don’t work very hard.
Yes/No question
- Do you speak French?
-Yes, I do./ -No, I don’t.

29. Pre-Writing
activity

30. Matching Game
Direction:
1. Get in pairs.
2. Receive answer sheets.
3. Read the definitions and try to find the
words related with the meaning.
4. Write the correct words in the answer
sheets.

31. 1. preferred to all
others of the same
kind
favorite

32. 2. teach a person or
animal to do
something well
train

33. 3. an animal which has
four feet, especially
an ungulate mammal
quadruped

34. 4. not dangerous or
frightened of people;
domesticated
tame

35. 5. cry of dog or
fox
bark

36. 6. wanting to play;
not serious
playful

37. 7. that you can
trust; always ready
to help
faithful

38. 8. relating to the
running of a home
or to family
relations
domestic

39. WHILE
ACTIVITY
Brainstorming

40. Direction:
1. Make a group of three.
2. Read the text 3 for 5 minutes.
3. You have 5 minutes to brainstorm
about the appearance of animals in
the text.
4. Sharing your information with other
groups.

41. Essa
y

42. Direction:
1. Individual work.
2. Everyone receive a sheet of paper.
3. You have 35 minutes for writing your first
draft in the topic “My limited edition pet”.
4. Submit your first draft for checking the
mistake by using Paper Rater program.
5. Check the mistake on Paper Rater together.
6. Receive your first draft to make the revise
and hand in the next class.

43. Guideline
I have a pet dog named Bobo and is three
years old. He belongs to the Dobermann
Pinscher breed. He is black in colour.
He loves playing with the ball and the both
of us spend a lot of time. He also accompanies
me in my morning walks.
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44. http://www.paperrater.com/