1. Teacher: Zully Roque School: Colegio Principe de Asturias
Grade: 7th Proficiency level: Beginners Program Model: Pull Out
Content: English
Content and/or Language Objectives
As a result of each 80-min. lesson, following the TESOL standards of learning, students will be able
1. Goal 1, Standard 1: To use English to communicate in social settings: Students will use English to
participate in social interactions
2. Goal 2, Standard 1: To use English to achieve academically in all content areas: Students will use
English to interact in the classroom
DAY 1: Activating Prior Knowledge of the Four Seasons
PLANNING PHASE
Vocabulary
1. Season
2. Weather
3. Summer
4. Fall
5. Winter
6. Spring
Materials
1. 2 sets of Flashcards: one with illustrations related to the weather and one with activities we do
according to the weather.
2. CD and CD player
3. Handouts with the lyrics of the song
4. Worksheets
5. Poster papers and masking tape.
6. Flashcards with vocabulary words

2. 7. Notebooks
Lesson Outline
Content: Science/The seasons – Vocabulary
National/State/Local Standards: Virginia Standards of learning 1.7: The student will investigate
and understand the relationship of seasonal change and weather to the activities and life
processes of plants and animals.
TEACHING PHASE SEQUENCE
Warm up Activity
Hand out the flashcards with illustrations and activities randomly and have students move around the
classroom to find their match. When the groups are formed, students present their cards to the whole
class, and explain why or what relationship in the illustrations gathered them together.
Transition
Each group pastes the illustrations as a collage in different poster papers on the board, and as they go
back to their places, they are asked to sit together in the same groups and copy the vocabulary
displayed on the board in their notebooks.
Activities
Activity 1
Students listen to the song of the four seasons to the tune of “Here we go round the Mulberry bush”.
Using the handout with the lyrics, students sing along with CD. Then, as the song is played again several
times, students will sing the part of the song that corresponds to the weather characteristics of their
group, and during the chorus, everyone sings together
Activity 2
Think, pair, share. Students go back to their places and complete a worksheet where they have to match
the words of the vocabulary to their corresponding picture, and then write a sentence about their
favorite activity during each one. Then, they work in pairs with a partner and read their sentences to
each other. At the end, each pair shares their work to the whole class.
Activity 3
Students go back to their places and either write a definition using their own words or draw a picture for
each word of the vocabulary in their notebooks.
Differentiated Instruction

3. Starting up: In activity one, students are guided through the song with the CD and work in small
groups. In activity three, they can draw a picture instead of writing a definition.
Beginning: In activities one and two, students can be helped by the interaction with other
students with higher level of proficiency or by the guidance of the teacher.
Developing: Students associate the vocabulary with the song and the practice in groups and
pairs.
Expanding: Students review the vocabulary in activity 3.
Bridging: Advanced students may write a short paragraph using the vocabulary words.
Assessment
Students write in their notebooks: 3 words of the vocabulary they learned, 2 things or activities they did
in class that day, and 1 thing they learned about the seasons.
Closure
Review of this lesson:
Students brainstorm to explain the concepts covered in this lesson, using their own words.
Preview for the next lesson:
Introduce students to the season to be taught the next class: Summer, through the homework.
Homework
Journal entry: Write a short paragraph or draw a picture of your favorite activities during the summer.
DAY 2: Summer
PLANNING PHASE
Vocabulary
1. Summer
2. Beach
3. Barbeque
4. Sun
5. Bathing suit

4. Materials
1. Big charts/illustrations of the sun, a beach, bathing suit
2. CD and CD player
3. Worksheets with a web graph, crayons, markers, pencils, board, masking tape, etc.
4. Laptop and overhead projector
Lesson Outline
Content: Science/The seasons – Summer
National/State/Local Standards: Virginia Standards of learning 1.7: The student will investigate
and understand the relationship of seasonal change and weather to the activities and life
processes of plants and animals.
TEACHING PHASE SEQUENCE
Warm up Activity
Think. Pair. Share. Students review and think about the paragraph or picture they did for homework,
then they share it with a partner and finally, with the whole class.
Transition
Students listen to a song about summer: “Summertime” by Will Smith, and jot down the activities and
descriptions they hear, like in a list. Then, they tick the ones that they do and share with the whole class.
The song is played more than once.
Activities
Activity 1
Students create a graph like a web connecting the word summer with the words of the vocabulary and
the illustrations they see on the board. Below each illustration, they write a sentence related to it (e.g. I
go to the beach when it’s summer, or I wear a bathing suit, etc).
The teacher models the first input with one of the words or illustrations and students work
independently. At the end, some students volunteer to share their webs.
Activity 2
Students gather in groups of three and read a short passage about a boy relating his last summer
vacations. Then, they are asked to identify the characteristics of summer in nature: the days are hot and

5. sunny; people go to the beach and wear swimming suits, everything is green and full of life, some
people have barbeques, lemonade is a popular drink, etc.) They can either underline or write things
down in their notebooks.
Activity 3
Students watch the video “Summertime” by Will Smith. Then, they brainstorm to compare what they
read in the previous activity with what they saw in the clip. The list is written on the board and students
volunteer to discuss or give their opinion on how the weather is good for all these activities.
Differentiated Instruction
Starting up: In the warm up, students can read what they read previously; in activity one,
students are guided through the completion of worksheet by the teacher’s modeling. In the
transition, the song is played more than once to help students get a better understanding of it.
Beginning: In activities two and three, students can be helped by the interaction with other
students with higher level of proficiency and by the guidance of the teacher.
Developing: Students associate the vocabulary and the activities in general with their personal
experience.
Expanding: Students review the concepts related to summer and weather.
Bridging: Advanced students may write a short paragraph about how they relate to the story
from the passage in their notebook.
Assessment
Students write in their notebooks: 3 things they learned about summer, 2 activities they enjoy during
the summer, and 1 new word they learned from the vocabulary.
Closure
Review of this lesson:
Students brainstorm to explain the concepts covered in this lesson, using their own words.
Preview for the next lesson:
Introduce students to the season to be taught the next class: Fall/Autumn, through the homework.
Homework

6. Write a journal entry explaining or drawing what happens when the weather starts changing by the end
of summer, everything you have observed.
DAY 3: Fall/Autumn
PLANNING PHASE
Vocabulary
1. Fall/Autumn
2. Leaf/leaves
3. Rake
4. Wind
5. Squirrel
6. Acorn
7. Scarf
Materials
1. Leaf-shaped sheets of paper
2. Laptop and overhead projector
3. Worksheet and white sheets of paper, crayons, markers, pencils, board, masking tape, etc.
4. Handout with poem about autumn
5. Flashcards with the words of the vocabulary
Lesson Outline
Content: Science/The seasons – autumn
National/State/Local Standards: Virginia Standards of learning 1.7: The student will investigate
and understand the relationship of seasonal change and weather to the activities and life
processes of plants and animals.
TEACHING PHASE SEQUENCE
Warm up Activity

7. Think. Pair. Share. Students review and think about the paragraph or picture they did for homework,
then they share it with a partner and finally, with the whole class.
Transition
Students watch the video “Some call it autumn”. The words are pasted on the board and the teacher
points out each word as they appear in the video. Students copy the words in their notebooks.
Activities
Activity 1
Students are given numbers from 1 to 5 and are asked to form groups according to their number. Each
group is given a handout with the poem “Some call it autumn” and read it. Then they are asked to make
a rap or to put music to it. They are given some time to prepare and then, they present their rap to the
class.
Activity 2
Students are given a leaf-shaped piece of paper; they color it with autumn colors (brown, yellow, gold,
red, etc.), and write or draw what usually happens during autumn: the leaves change color and fall from
the trees, squirrels hibernate, people rake the leaves and children play with the fallen leaves, etc. Some
students volunteer to share their work and then, all the students paste their leaves on the board
simulating they are falling from a tree.
Activity 3
Students go back to their original groups from activity 1 and complete a worksheet where they
brainstorm their favorite activities during the autumn season and decorate it. Students paste their paper
in the tree simulating the bushes around it. Some groups might volunteer to share their work to the
whole class.
Differentiated Instruction
Starting up: Students are guided through the completion of all the activities by the teacher’s
modeling. The video may be played more than once to help slower learners.
Beginning: In activities one and two, students can be helped by the interaction with other
students with higher level of proficiency and by the guidance of the teacher.
Developing: Students associate the vocabulary with realia and the practice in groups and pairs.
Expanding: Students review the concepts of fiction and nonfiction in activity 3.

8. Bridging: Advanced students may help the ones having any trouble or the ones working at a
slower pace when they have finished.
Assessment
Students write in their notebooks: 3 things they learned about autumn/fall, 2 activities they enjoy during
the autumn, and 1 new word they learned from the vocabulary.
Closure
Review of this lesson:
Students brainstorm all the features and changes in nature and one student writes the list on the board.
Preview for the next lesson:
Introduce students to the season to be taught the next class: Winter, through the homework.
Homework
Journal entry: Write a short paragraph or draw a picture of your favorite activities during the winter.
DAY 4: Winter
PLANNING PHASE
Vocabulary
1. Winter
2. Scarf
3. Shovel
4. Sleds
5. Snowfall
6. Snowman
7. Hibernate
Materials
1. CD and CD player
2. Handout with word search puzzle

9. 3. Pictures and white sheets of paper, scissors, glue, pencils, board, masking tape, etc.
4. Handout with poem about autumn
5. Flashcards with the words of the vocabulary
Lesson Outline
Content: Science/The seasons – Winter
National/State/Local Standards: Virginia Standards of learning 1.7: The student will investigate
and understand the relationship of seasonal change and weather to the activities and life
processes of plants and animals.
TEACHING PHASE SEQUENCE
Warm up Activity
Think. Pair. Share. Students review and think about the paragraph or picture they did for homework,
then they share it with a partner and finally, with the whole class.
Transition
Students listen to the song “A Chubby Little Snowman”. Students jot down what they hear happens
during the winter in the song. The song is played more than once.
Activities
Activity 1
Students complete a word search puzzle with the words of the vocabulary. They exchange their
worksheet for peer correction with the guidance of the teacher. They may volunteer to give the answers
to the puzzle.
Activity 2
Students work in pairs to complete a cloze exercise in which they have to complete a short story with a
word from the word bank. The story relates the changes in nature when winter comes and explains
what some people do during this time. Then, they discuss with their partner what they have in common
with each other and with the story. Students take turns to share with the whole class their discussion
and check their work.
Activity 3

10. Students work in groups of three to complete a collage of winter. They cut and paste the illustrations to
create a landscape of a village near a mountain during wintertime. Each group presents their work to
the whole class and pastes their collage on the “winter wall”.
Differentiated Instruction
Starting up: Students are guided through the completion of all the activities by the teacher’s
modeling. The puzzle can be completed in pairs or with the help of the teacher.
Beginning: In activities one and two, students can be helped by the interaction with other
students with higher level of proficiency and by the guidance of the teacher.
Developing: Students associate the vocabulary and the story to their own lives and enrich it with
the sharing from other students.
Expanding: Students review the concepts taught in class in activities 2 and 3.
Bridging: Advanced students might write a short paragraph about their collage or form
sentences with the words from the puzzle.
Assessment
Students write in their notebooks: 3 things they learned about winter, 2 activities they enjoy during the
wintertime, and 1 new word they learned from the vocabulary.
Closure
Review of this lesson:
Students sing along with the CD, the song “A Chubby Little Snowman”.
Preview for the next lesson:
Introduce students to the season to be taught the next class: Spring, through the homework.
Homework
Journal entry: Write a short paragraph or draw a picture of how you prepare for spring, or how you
observe how the weather and nature change as spring comes.
DAY 5: Spring
PLANNING PHASE
Vocabulary
1. Spring

11. 2. Blossom
3. Rain
4. Umbrella
5. Flowers
6. Puddles
Materials
1. CD and CD player
2. Worksheet and white sheets of paper, crayons, markers, pencils, board, masking tape, etc.
3. Drop-of-water shaped sheets of paper
4. Post-it papers with statements for tea party.
Lesson Outline
Content: Science/The seasons – spring
National/State/Local Standards: Virginia Standards of learning 1.7: The student will investigate
and understand the relationship of seasonal change and weather to the activities and life
processes of plants and animals.
TEACHING PHASE SEQUENCE
Warm up Activity
Think. Pair. Share. Students review and think about the paragraph or picture they did for homework,
then they share it with a partner and, finally, with the whole class.
Transition
Students listen to a song about spring (“Spring Fever” by Elvis Presley) and jot down the activities and
descriptions they hear, like in a list. Then, they tick the ones that they do and share with the whole class.
The song is played more than once.
Activities
Activity 1

12. Students form groups of three and write an acrostic poem about spring with a drop-of-water sheet of
paper to color and illustrate. Then, each group presents their work and pastes their drops of water all
around the classroom. At the beginning of this activity, the teacher presents her own work to model it.
Activity 2
Tea party. Each student is given a small card with a statement about spring: Flowers began to blossom,
small drops of rain are coming down from the sky these days, everyone is wearing light clothes and
putting away their boots and coats, little birds sing all the time and animals seem to come out from their
hibernation, etc. They walk around the classroom to find someone to exchange their card with as many
times as possible. At the end, the teacher collects the gossip from the tea party and writes it down on
the board. Students share how they felt during this activity and relate to their own experience with
spring.
Activity 3
Students complete a worksheet in which they read a brief story (“Ana’s Great Day”) and answer the
after reading activities. Students exchange worksheets for peer correction as some volunteer to share
the answers to the whole class with the guidance of the teacher.
Differentiated Instruction
Starting up: In activity one, students are guided through the completion of the activity by the
teacher’s modeling. The song in the transition stage is played more than once to help students
get a better understanding of it.
Beginning: In activities one and two, students can be helped by the interaction with other
students with higher level of proficiency and by the guidance of the teacher.
Developing: Students associate the vocabulary with a short story and develop reading
comprehension strategies with the help and guidance of the teacher.
Expanding: Students review the concepts spring and the vocabulary in activity 3.
Bridging: Advanced students may write a short paragraph about how they relate to the story in
activity 3 in their notebook, and they may help other students complete their task.
Assessment
Students write in their notebooks: 3 things they learned about spring, 2 activities they enjoy during the
spring, and 1 new word they learned from the vocabulary.
Closure
Review of this lesson:
Students brainstorm all the features and changes in nature and one student writes the list on the board.

13. Preview for the next lesson:
Introduce students to the season to be taught the next class: Assessment (the four seasons).
Homework
Students complete a web worksheet: Cut and paste the illustrations according to the seasons. They have
to bring it in order to prepare a foldable disc or circle of the four seasons.