1. LESSON PLAN Nº 2
School: Bilingual
Class: 4th Form
Teacher: Espósito Florencia; Paslawski Elisa
Date: Thursday, June 9th
Time: 40 minutes
Communicative Goal: Describing animals
Grammar Focus: Have got 1st person plural affirmative
Vocabulary Focus: Parts of the body (neck, legs, trunk, …)
Recycled Language: abilities (can/can´t); continents (Asia, Africa…); different
habitats (jungle…); What’s this?
ACTIVATION (5 minutes)
The teacher will show five different animals. First she will ask general questions
such as “ which animals can you see?”, “where do they live?”and then the
teacher will ask five students to make two sentences for each animal, using one
with can and another with can’t.
COMPREHENSION AND CLARIFICATION (15 minutes)
The teacher will stick a big poster of two elephants on the blackboard. She will
hand in a short photocopy with a description about them:
Elephants have got four short
legs.
Elephants have got two big ears.
T: Look at the blackboard. Which animals can you see?
S: elephants (expected answer)
T: Very Good! They are elephants. Do you like them?
S: yes!!!
S2: nooo!!!
T: Ok! Now, Look at the photocopy. What does it say about them? Can you
dictate the sentences to me?
S: Elephants have got four short legs. Elephants have got big ears.
T: (she will write the sentences on the board as soon as they say them)
What’s the meaning of “have got”?
S: tienen

2. S2: no se
T: if the students do not know the meaning she will translate them into Spanish
“los elefantes tienen cuatro piernas cortas y orejas grandes”” have got es tener”
What do the sentences have in common?
S: elephants, have got
T: Very good! She will write the structure on the board. What are we expressing
with this sentences?
S: lo que los animales tienen
T: Very good! We are describing animals. Let’s write two more examples. What
about the tail?
S: short
T: Ok!so the teacher will write another example on the board.And what about
the trunk?
S: elephants have got long trunks.
T:Excellent! Very good! And then she will write on the board.
Blackboard Synopsis
Elephants have got four short legs.
Elephants have got two big ears.
Elephants have got short tails.
Elephants have got long trunks.
ANIMALS + HAVE GOT + ADJECTIVES+ NOUNS( PARTS OF THE BODY)
APPLICATION (15 minutes)
Activity 1
Focus: Reading and Writing
Grouping Scheme: Pairs
Brief description: The children will have to order the sentences using different
animals and have got.
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REFLECTION (5 minutes)
The teacher will write five sentences on the board. The students will have to
decide if they are describing animals or not.
1) The children have got two bags
2) Lions have got four legs
3) Zebras have got stripes
4) The house has got three windows
5) Birds have got small legs