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SPEAKING LESSON: TALKING ABOUT A SURVIVAL PLAN

LEVEL: Intermediate

OBJECTIVES: The students should be able to:

1. think of ways to survive in extreme situations
2. write details about their plans to survive

MATERIALS: Some concrete objects that can be used to survive in extreme situations, bag to hold the objects, bond paper, pens, markers, pencils

TIME FRAME: around one hour

PROCEDURE:

1.) Show ten concrete objects. Ask the class to identify each.

Suggested items: flashlight, matches, tissue paper, cup, scissors, knife, blanket, soap, mirror, comb

2.) Tell the class to imagine this scenario:

You used to be passengers of an airplane. The airplane crashed on an island but you do not know if there are people on that island or not. You found 10 objects left on the plane. You need to choose five objects to help you survive on that island. What will you choose and why?

3.) Pair off the students. Each pair should decide which five of the 10 objects they would choose to help them survive on the island.

4.) Ask each pair to tell the class which five objects they have selected and to explain why.

5.) Form groups of four. Put the ten objects inside a bag. Each group leader will pick five items from the bag without looking. Each leader will return the items inside the bag so that the other leaders can pick their group’s five items. Ask them to write the five items on a piece of scratch paper.

6.) Tell the students that they will try to survive on the island using the five objects. They should use each object in different ways (at least three, but encourage them to give more than three if they can). Model how to do the activity by picking a classroom object such as the whiteboard eraser as an example.

Example: Classroom Eraser
1. It can be used as a sponge to clean things and the body.
2. It can be used as a chopping block when cutting things.
3. It can be used as a pestle to pound soft food.

7.) They must write their ideas (sentences preferred) on scratch paper first before they use a piece of bond paper for the final draft. They should also illustrate the objects picked by their leaders. Divide the work among the members.

8.) Ask each group to present their survival plan. The presenters should act out how to use each object in different ways to prove their point. Let them use the concrete objects during their presentation.

9.) Let the other groups decide if the group who is presenting the survival plan will be able to survive on the island or not based on the report. The presenting group should be able to defend their answers.

GRAMMAR WORKSHEET: PERSONAL PRONOUN

Underline the correct pronoun.

1. The boy kicked the ball.(He,She,It,They) kicked it far.
2. Mother baked a cake. (He,She,It,They) gave me a slice.
3. My friends went home. (He,She,It,They) left me behind.
4. The dog barked at the visitors. (He,She,It,They) was very noisy.
5. The house is small, but (he,she,it,they) looks cute.
6. My mother got angry at my brother. She told (him,her,it,them) to stop playing computer games.
7. Grandpa talked to my elder sister. He asked (him,her,it,them) to cook dinner for us.
8. The basketball player caught the ball and passed (him,her,it,them) to his teammate.
9. The teacher showed a map of the world to the students. She taught (him,her,it,them) the seven continents of the world.
10. The man keeps a parrot in a cage. He feeds (him,her,it,them) every day.

Answer Key: 1. He 2. She 3. They 4. It 5. it 6. him 7. her 8. it 9. them 10. it

PRESCHOOL LESSON: STORYTELLING OF “THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR” BY ERIC CARLE

LEVEL: Nursery

OBJECTIVES: At the end of the lesson the pupils should be able to:

1. sequence events
2. contrast a caterpillar from a butterfly
3. create the life cycle of a butterfly
4. make a butterfly artwork

MATERIALS: White cartolina, markers, ruler, cut-outs of fruits and objects seen in the story, watercolor, masking tape, strips of paper for prepared answers, cut-outs of the life cycle of a butterfly, board paper, assorted crepe paper, paste, popsicle sticks

TIME FRAME: 50 minutes

PROCEDURE:

1.) Unlock five words taken from the story. Use pictures or concrete objects and act out action words. For describing words, you need to use either actions or more explanations to give the meaning.
caterpillar, hungry, through, cocoon, nibbled

2.) Ask questions that will prepare the pupils for the story.
What do you like to eat when you are hungry?
(Show the book cover before asking the following question.)
What kinds of food do you think the very hungry caterpillar ate in the story?

3.) Read the story with expression and stop every now and then for comprehension check and prediction.

4.) Sequence events by using chart paper and cut-outs of fruits and objects seen in the story. Ask volunteers to tape the objects on the chart paper to show the correct sequence of events. Put seven columns on this chart paper for the days of the week. These columns will act as the areas on the chart paper where the pupils will tape the cut-outs.

5.) Show another chart where the pupils will tape the characteristics of a caterpillar and those of a butterfly’s. The chart should have a table with two columns where the pupils will tape the prepared descriptions. Prepare descriptions that the pupils will use to distinguish a butterfly from a caterpillar. Read each description aloud and ask what is being described.

It is usually green and long.
It has wings.
It is beautiful.
It crawls on leaves.
It scares some people.
It is colorful.
It can fly.
It has a hairy covering.

6.) Ask the pupils which of the two looks better for them and ask them why. Explain the relationship between the caterpillar and the butterfly. Tell them that they are actually talking of the same thing even if the butterfly looks more beautiful than a caterpillar.

7.) Use another chart to show the life cycle of a butterfly. Ask the pupils to tape the cut-outs that will form the life cycle of a butterfly. Use a blank chart paper and decide if you prefer to make the life cycle from top to bottom or from bottom to top of the chart paper.

8.) Demonstrate the artwork related to the story. The students will make a colorful butterfly by pasting pieces of crepe paper on a pre-cut butterfly. Tape a popsicle stick at the back of the finished product.

(Note: Can be used with Preschool Worksheet: Storytelling of “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” by Eric Carle.)