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Age: 6-7
Topic: Farm Animals
1st-Start the class: with "Old MacDonald" in the background: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6HzoUcx3eo (during this students are writing down the date and/or get out settled in their seats with paper and pencil )
2nd-Warmer: Sing the days of the week with the Hello PPT (=a PowerPoint that goes over the days of the week and other quick review verbal exercises)
3rd-Game 1: Telling Timehttps://www.gamestolearnenglish.com/telling-the-time/
(Students shout out the correct option by saying A, B, or C. This is a game that covers a topic we have reviewed in the warmer.)
4th-Speaking 1: Video-Learn the Farm Animals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bV8MSaYlSbc
(Have students listen and repeat. Ask what it is in their language. For older kids, you can have them write down the translation from English to their own language. Have students mimic the sounds of the animals they see. Keep stressing the phrase: This is a..... Encourage students to use the whole phrase after a few times of completing your sentence.)
5th-Game 2: Group Wordsearch (I've been working online since the quarantine so I place a word search about the vocabulary the class will be using. Before starting the word search, we go over the words in their own translation. Then students use the computer's pen to find the answer to the word search on the screen.)
6th-Speaking 2: Show students the worksheet from https://en.islcollective.com/english-esl-worksheets/vocabulary/animals/farm-animals/9021 Ask: "How many animals do they see?" Have them say what the animals are. Encourage the phrase: This is a... Ask: "Which is their favorite animal?" Have students do a round-robin of answering you in a complete sentence. This goes back to practicing a previous language point (A habit you should get into when teaching YL. Always have parts in your lesson where students are encouraged to use old phrases so as to refresh their memory and continue their English education.)
7th-Writing: (Some students are still slow at this stage when it comes to writing. At this age of 6-7, I minimize the writing. Otherwise, it will take all class period for three of them to complete writing 5 sentences.) We complete the worksheet as a class. Then I have students comply and complete 2 or 3 sentences from the worksheet that I give them. Example: (1) This is a ... , (2) It is ....(color); (3) My favorite animal is a...
8th-Game 3:Online memory game:https://www.eslgamesplus.com/farm-domestic-animals-vocabulary-esl-memory-game/
(Put the students in teams and have individual pick the cards. Score points when a team member gets a pair. To make it less boring and fairer, I only allow a turn per student, even if the student has won a pair for his/her team.)
***I put in more games than normal because I am teaching online and it helps keep my young learners' attention.
End the class with "Old MacDonald" in the background: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6HzoUcx3eo as students get ready to leave.
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