PDP LESSON topic: the insects

Warm up -

Tic tac toe

To start the class, the tic tac toe was taught to review the vocabulary. The teacher asked the students the previous topic which was the insects. He showed the flashcards without the insects´ names, so that students were challenged to remember them.  If any students gave the proper insects’ names, they were allowed to pass to the board and write an “X or O” in the game. 

Pre-listening -

In this stage, the teacher presented the vocabulary students may not know or understand in the listening such as the colors and the grammar structure “I like and I don't like.” Firstly, he presented the colors. Hopefully, students knew the meaning and the pronunciation. Then, the grammar structures “I like and I don´t like” were taught with the help of the Facebook emoji (see picture A1). Later, the grammatical structures and the insects were taught together (I like the bee/ I do not like the bee) to end up practicing the grammar structures, the colors and the insects (I like the red ladybug, I do not like the green grasshopper). Students were asked to repeat many times to get used with the topic. 

During 1 -

In this moment, students were asked to turn their desks to the window while the teacher pasted or drew three different pictures on the board.  Then they turned their desks to the board and the teacher played the listening. Students were asked to circle one pictures related to the listening. 

 

During 2 -

Worksheet

Some pictures and a worksheet were given to each of the students. In the worksheet, students had to paste the pictures that the audios mentioned in order. To do this, they were played one by one, so that students had time to paste the images. (There were 6 audios. Each one mentioned one insect in a sentence such as “I like the red ladybug”).

During 3 -

Worksheet

In this stage, students were given worksheets and some colors. They had to paint the insects they heard according to the color that described them. (I like the yellow bee).

Post-listening -

Students were asked to take one picture from a box. It was to be used in a sentence such as “I (do not) like the black fly mosquito.”

Wrap up -

Balloon

To conclude the class, students took a balloon. Inside of it was a paper so they had to burst it, take the paper and look for proper flashcard.  

Warm up -

The teacher presented a warm up called flyswatter in which students had to hit words (related to a topic for reviewing) on the board when the teacher mentioned them. The students or the teams that hits more words in the proper way win. 

                                      

Presentation -

In this stage, the insects were taught by using flashcards. The teacher tried to asked students to repeat after him, but unfortunately they were not paying attention. Also, the teacher taught them some adjectives. This should not have happened because his lesson was vocabulary. 

Practice 1 -

A worksheet was given to each of the students. They had to match the insects with the adjective.  The worksheet´s instruction was not clear for the students and the article “the” was missing. There was not modeling for this practice.

Practice 2 -

In this stage, the teacher presented herself. Also, she reviewed the vocabulary just to clarify students their pronunciation and meaning. Then, the flashcards were pasted on the board with insects’ names covered. She asked the students to find the proper name for each insect and paste it next to it. 

Note:  to do this, try to have the insects’ names with the same color of the flashcard, so that it is easier for the students to recognize the vocabulary.

      

Production -

In this stage, the teacher played a guessing game. She covered the flashcards and asked “what is this insect?” the flashcards were showed one by one slowly. The teacher discovered the insect´s flashcard when a student guessed it. The students all were asked to guess one of the insects. This activity was perfect for this stage because the students were willy to participate.