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DIDACTIC UNIT
WILD ANIMALS
Ana Beneroso Rodríguez
2011
EDUCAR21
DIDACTIC UNIT
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4th YEAR (PRIMARY EDUCATION)
ENGLISH
FINAL PRODUCT:
We're going to listen to a song and then the students are going to rewrite that song with the
vocabulary we've taught They are going to describe several animals’ photographs (or pets If it’s
possible) they’ve taken in the zoo too. They will show the work to their parents in a festival.
CONTEXT AND JUSTIFICATION:
We have a class with 25 students. The purpose of this task is that pupils learn about wild
animals, their parts of the body, what they eat and where they live and the importance to keep
the environment using the 3Rs (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle).
OBJECTIVES:
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To recognize and identify words for the different animals.
To learn how to describe the different parts of the animal body.
To listen to and talk about ecology.
To practice the language using their bodies (Total physical Response).
To listen to and understand, with visual help, a story.
To sing, understand and learn a song.
To read and write key vocabulary words.
To form accurate sentences.
BLOCKS OF CONTENTS:
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BLOCK 1: Listening, speaking and conversing.
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BLOCK 2: Reading and writing.
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Use of greeting routines as ice-breakers.
Identification of the animals and their parts of the body.
Understand a story and participating in it with answers.
Communicative games.
Listening to and understanding a song.
Use visual context to recognize or spell words.
To be able to read and write key vocabulary words.
To complete sentences by filling gaps with the correct
words/phrases
BLOCK 3: knowledge of the language.
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Structures: What is it? It’s a/an….
It has got+ part of the animal body
It has got+ ( big / small/ short / long) + part of the animal body
Where is the (animal)? It’s in the………
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Vocabulary: a lion, a parrot, a zebra, a giraffe, an elephant, a monkey, a
crocodile, a snake, wings, fur, paws, beak, whiskers, spots, stripes, feathers, tail,
mane, claws, grass, tree, flowers, rocks, river, plants, recycle, to plant.
BLOCK 4: Socio-cultural aspects:
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Interest in finding out about animals and their environment.
Respect for keeping the environment.
Enjoying, interest and curiosity for learning the language.
Ability to evaluate his/her own progress.
EVALUATION PROCEDURES:
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The pupil acquires greetings routines.
The pupil recognizes, identifies and describes the different parts of the animal’s body.
Is able to say where animals live.
Knows how to answer simple oral instructions.
Is able to understand a story with visual support and answer questions about it.
Is able to participate in a board game which integrates
reading and speaking.
Is able to complete a sentence with the correct words or
Information.
Learns and sings songs.
DETAILED SEQUENCE:
SESSION 1
ACTIVITY 1
 INDIVIDUAL
 TIME: 20 minutes
 MATERIAL: Flashcards
http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/worksheets/animal-bodyparts-flashcards
http://www.mes-english.com/flashcards/animals.php
 CURRICULAR ADAPTATION:
 PRACTICE:
I stick the cards on the wall as the same time as I introduce the new words
They have to repeat after me. Then when all the cards are stuck I point to
one card and they repeat the name of the object. Then they point to the
correct card as the time as they hear the word. Then I'll explain the
structure Is this an elephant? Yes, it is/ no it isn’t. Has it got wings? (and I
move my arms)
ACTIVITY 2
 2 TEAMS
 TIME: 15 minutes
 MATERIAL: Gestures and visual support
 CURRICULAR ADAPTATION:
 PRACTICE:
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I start describing an animal and the pupils have to guess what animal is. If
they don’t know the animal I’ll show them the card and I’ll repeat the
description.
ACTIVITY 3:
 INDIVIDUAL
 TIME: 15 minutes
 MATERIAL: Worksheet
 CURRICULAR ADAPTATION:
 PRACTICE:
They have to do some worksheets.
SESSION 2
ACTIVITY 1:
 INDIVIDUAL
 TIME: 15 minutes
 MATERIAL: Digital board
 CURRICULAR ADAPTATION:
 PRACTICE:
We are going to read and listen to a story and then I’m going to make a few
questions about the story.
http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/surprise/level3/stories/story1
What colour is the plant? / Is the plant long or short?
What colour is the rock? / Is the rock big or small?
Is the crocodile brown?
ACTIVITY 2:
 MEETING
 TIME: 20
 MATERIAL: Flowers, plants, rocks, water (bottle), small tree (bonsai), grass…
 CURRICULAR ADAPTATION:
 PRACTICE:
We have to discover where animals live. We introduce the new vocabulary
with real things and we talk in class where do animals live and what they eat.
ACTIVITY 3:
 INDIVIDUAL
 TIME: 15 minutes
 MATERIAL: Worksheet
 CURRICULAR ADAPTATION:
 PRACTICE:
They have to do some worksheets.
SESSION 3
ACTIVITY 1:
 GROUP
 TIME: 50 minutes
 MATERIAL: Cameras
 CURRICULAR ADAPTATION:
 PRACTICE:
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We go to the city zoo / park (Ceuta: S. Amaro) to learn about the animals
environment and to take some animals’ photographs to prepare our
descriptions.
SESSION 4
ACTIVITY 1:
 INDIVIDUAL
 TIME: 10 minutes
 MATERIAL: Notebook, pencil and crayons
 CURRICULAR ADAPTATION:
 PRACTICE:
They have to draw what they hear, and put the names.
ACTIVITY 2:
 2 TEAMS
 TIME: 30
 MATERIAL: Digital board
 CURRICULAR ADAPTATION:
 PRACTICE:
http://www.educa.madrid.org/binary/276/files585/
http://www.angles365.com/classroom/fitxers/4t/logicanimals.swf
http://www.angles365.com/classroom/fitxers/4t/animals/hangman.swf
http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/incredibleenglish/level3/games/fro
g_unit4
http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/incredibleenglish/level4/games/an
teater_unit5
ACTIVITY 3:
 GROUP
 TIME: 10
 MATERIAL: Computer and Speakers
 CURRICULAR ADAPTATION:
 PRACTICE:
Listen to the song and sing it doing the actions.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wAUxIVN_po
SESSION 5
ACTIVITY 1:
 INDIVIDUAL
 TIME: 10 minutes
 MATERIAL: Computer and Speakers
 CURRICULAR ADAPTATION:
 PRACTICE:
Learn the song and sing again.
ACTIVITY 2:
 GROUP (5 people)
 TIME: 30 minutes
 MATERIAL: photographs, pencils and papers
 CURRICULAR ADAPTATION:
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 PRACTICE:
Describe the flashcard and make a short poem for the song.
“It’s an animal with big big mane
It’s an animal with a long long tail
What is it?} Bis
I know } Bis
It’s a lion} 3 times
yes it’s”
ACTIVITY 2:
 GROUP (5 people)
 TIME: 10 minutes
 MATERIAL: Computer and Speakers
 CURRICULAR ADAPTATION:
 PRACTICE:
Sing the song that they have done.
SESSION 6
ACTIVITY 1:
 INDIVIDUAL
 TIME: 12 minutes
 MATERIAL: Portfolio and pencils
 CURRICULAR ADAPTATION:
 PRACTICE:
They have to do the portfolio worksheet.
ACTIVITY 2:
 GROUP
 TIME: 38 minutes
 MATERIAL: Computer room
 CURRICULAR ADAPTATION:
 PRACTICE:
We go to the computer room to find out some information about recycle,
what can we do with our rubbish and how to reduce and reuse it.
http://www.recyclezone.org.uk/home_fz.aspx.html
COMPETENCES:
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Competence in linguistic communication.
Competence in the knowledge and interaction with the physical world.
Treatment of information and digital competence.
Civil and social competence.
Cultural awareness and expression.
Competence to learn how to learn.
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SUCCESS INDICATORS:
Identifies and
names different
animals and
their parts of
the body.
Describe the
animals.
Describe his/her
body.
Answer to
orders with
actions.
Know the
meaning of the
tale.
Read and write
about animals
Work in group
and in pairs.
Look after the
environment
Work alone.
Show interest to
communicate in
English.
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BIBLIOGRAFÍA:
http://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2006/12/08/pdfs/A43053-43102.pdf
http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/worksheets/animal-body-parts-flashcards
http://www.mes-english.com/flashcards/animals.php
http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/surprise/level3/stories/story1
http://www.educa.madrid.org/binary/276/files585/
http://www.angles365.com/classroom/fitxers/4t/logicanimals.swf
http://www.angles365.com/classroom/fitxers/4t/animals/hangman.swf
http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/incredibleenglish/level3/games/frog_unit4
http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/incredibleenglish/level4/games/anteater_unit5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wAUxIVN_po
http://www.recyclezone.org.uk/home_fz.aspx.html
http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/surprise/level3/
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