This lesson plan is for a fifth grade English class with 23 students between ages 10-11. The class focuses on listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. Vocabulary about parties and existential structures like "there is" and "there are" will be reinforced. Students will discuss the values in the fable "The Tortoise and the Hare." They will choose the correct moral of the story and create posters describing a celebration for the tortoise's victory using targeted vocabulary and structures.

1. LESSON PLAN 4:
NAMES: Schiel Yicarean, Juan Pedro
DATE: Tuesday, September 13th
(5to
C from 10:45 to 11:30 and 5to
A from 11.30 to 12:15)
CLASS: Fifth Grade A-C
LENGTH OF THE LESSON: 40 MINUTES
CLASS DESCRIPTION: There are twenty-three students in this group, all between ten and eleven
years old. They have English classes twice a week, each class lasts forty minutes. This group of
students work at its pace, which is rather slowly. Their proficiency level is A1.
SKILLS TO BE EMPHASIZED: Listening, speaking, reading and writing.
LANGUAGE:
Vocabulary: Party’ vocabulary and numbers (already taught)
Present Simple/Existential structures: There is…… There are … (already taught)
AIMS:
By the end of this class, students will have reinforced vocabulary regarding parties. They will have
also reviewed existential structures. Besides, we aim at going through the story ‘The Tortoise and
the Hare’ one more time to explore the values present in it in a deeper way.
MATERIALS:
- whiteboard
- markers
- flashcards
- photocopies
- posters
Anticipated problems: Some students could have problems in the understanding of some new
structures presented-

2. Possible solutions: We will provide them the necessary help in order to overcome that problem
using visual aids, gestures and making a wise use of L1 and L2.
Procedures
Stage/stage aim Description Interaction Timing
Warm-up
We are going to start the class
singing Yellow, red, green and
blue… Hello Teacher, how are
you? I’m fine, thank you. We
are going to ask them for the
date, birthdays, holidays, and
we are going to choose an
assistant.
T –Ss 5 minutes
Speaking
Oral discussion about the fable
The Tortoise and The Hare.
Asking Ss about setting,
characters, values and moral.
T-Ss 5 min.
Choose the correct
option
We will give them a
photocopies in which they have
to choose the correct option
about the moral of the fable.
We will check on the board and
we will discuss why the other
options are wrong.
Ss
(Individual/cla
ss as a group)
10 min.
Production
We will revise vocabulary
connected to parties plus
existentials (we’ll show them a
sample poster). Then, Ss will
make their own poster in
groups of four about the
Tortoise’s victory celebration
and they’ll describe it using
there is/are.
T-Ss
(Groups) 20 min.

3. The Tortoise and the Hare
1- Discussion
1) Where does the story happen?
2) Who are the main characters?
3) What do they do?
4) Who is the fastest?
5) Who is the slowest?
6) Who is the winner?
2- The Tortoise and the Hare is a fable, and fables have a moral lesson.
What is the moral lesson of this fable? Choose the correct options
a) Hares can´t win.
b) Walking slowly you can’t win a race.
c) We must not make fun of others.
d) If you take a siesta, you will have bad dreams.
e) Tortoises are good and hares are bad.
f) We shouldn´t underestimate anyone.
g) Don´t be so confident!
3- Imagine the tortoise’s celebration: Guests? Family and friends? Snacks? Presents?
Music? Banners? Balloons? Snacks?
Let’s make a poster! Draw it and describe it!