1. Lesson plan
Teacher: Estela Braun
Trainees: Moggia Giovanna, Sala Yohanna
School: School N°6
Course: 6th
grade.
Textbook: Howdy Friends
Date: September, 12th
2016
Topic: Wild animals and their habitats
Class: N° 6
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
• To learn about endangered animals.
• 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 correct the homework altogether in the board.
Colour the animals using colour BLUE to VERTEBRATES, and colour RED to INVERTEBRATES. Write
the name of the animals.
2. Type of interaction: Teacher-students.
Macro-skills: speaking.
Timing: 5 minutes.
Materials: Blackboard
DEVELOPMENT
First activity:
• The teacher will read aloud the text about endangered animals and then they are going
to do a listening activity with the same text.
• The students will have to do a true or false activity.
Type of interaction: Students individually
3. Macro-skills: reading and writing.
Timing: 10 minutes
Materials: Textbook
Third activity:
• The classroom will be divided into 6 groups and the students will have to work on a
leaflet about endangered animals of La Pampa.
• The teacher will give to each group of students, information about an endangered animal
of La Pampa, an image of the animal and a posterboard.
• Students have to fold the cardboard into three parts to form the model of a leaflet.
• In one part of the leaflet they have to write the habitat of the animal. In the other part they
have to glue the image of the animal, write the name of it, write about its physical
appearance and write about what it can or can´t do. In the other part they have to write
what the animal eats.
Pumas are large wild cats. They live in the forest and in the mountains, they also live in the plain of La
Pampa. They are plain light-brown. They have got a compact body and a round head with upright ears.
Pumas can see very well to hunt. They are carnivorous, they eat others animals like rabbits, sheep, foxes.
They can run very fast and they can jump very high! They are endangered because they are hunted for their
fur.
Rheas are large birds. They live in open lands, like in the plain of La Pampa. Rheas have long legs, long necks
and big wings. They have grey and brown plumage. They eat fruits, grass and also small reptiles and
rodents. They can ran very fast but they can´t fly. They are under threat of extinction because they are
hunted for their skins.
4. Vizcachas are large rodents. They live in the pampas of Argentina. They live in groups in burrows. They
have long tails, small ears and black moustaches. They are gray and white. They are herbivorous; they eat
herbs and seeds during the night. They can run very fast and they can emit alarms calls when they are
endangered. They are hunted for their fur and for their meat.
Deer are ruminant mammals. They live in the forest and in open spaces, like in the plain of La Pampa. They
have strong legs, a small tail and long ears. All male deer possess antlers. They are brown. They can jump,
they can swim and they can run very fast. They are herbivores; they eat grass, leaves and fruits. They are
hunting for their fur, their antlers and for their meat. They are under threat of extinction.
Tatú Carreta – Armadillo are small mammals and they are solitary animals. They live in the woods. They dig
during the night to eat invertebrate animals such as spiders, ants, worms and vegetables. Armadillos have
short legs and they can move quite quickly. They cannot see well but they can smell to hunt their food.
They are in danger of extension because they are hunted down.
5. Oso Hormiguero- Anteaters are solitary mammals with brown hair and a long snout and a thin tongue
inside. They live in the forest and in the rainforests. They eat insects like ants and termites. They cannot see
well but they can smell and hear very well. They are hunted down because of their fur.
Type of interaction: In groups
Macro-skills: Reading and Writing
Timing: 25 minutes.
Materials: Cardboard-information and images- LEAFLET
CLOSING UP:
• The teacher will say goodbye.
6. Oso Hormiguero- Anteaters are solitary mammals with brown hair and a long snout and a thin tongue
inside. They live in the forest and in the rainforests. They eat insects like ants and termites. They cannot see
well but they can smell and hear very well. They are hunted down because of their fur.
Type of interaction: In groups
Macro-skills: Reading and Writing
Timing: 25 minutes.
Materials: Cardboard-information and images- LEAFLET
CLOSING UP:
• The teacher will say goodbye.