1. Unit 1: Four Seasons Teaching Plan Lesson 1 Class 2B
Duration: 35mins/lesson Venue: 2B Classroom Number of students: 25
Objectives in this lesson:
1. Able to tell the names of the 4 main seasons in English (i.e. spring, summer, autumn, winter)
2. Able to tell the names of 4 main adjectives for temperature in English (i.e. hot, warm, cool, cold)
3. Able to match the corresponding adjectives with the correct seasons (i.e. hot summer)
Section objective(s) Activities Duration Materials needed Assessment criteria
1 ♦ Briefly introduce the ♦ Tell students there are four seasons in a year 10 mins ♦ Picture cards and word cards ♦ Students are able to
four seasons (spring, summer, autumn, tell the name of the 4
♦ Show them the picture of spring. Start by winter) seasons in English
♦ Figure out the difference asking simple Qs like ‘Look at the picture.
between the 4 seasons by What can you see?’ to help brainstorming
the help of picture cards more ideas out
♦ Finish by showing students the ‘spring’ word
card. Students look and read aloud
♦ Do the same for the other 3 seasons
2 ♦ Giving students more ♦ Using the projector, go through the ‘textbook’ 10 mins ♦ Four Seasons online e-book ♦ Students are able to
ideas about 4 seasons of the online e-book once. Stop whenever choose the correct
explanations are needed ♦ (http://www.cookie.com/kids/ga answer in the game
♦ Strengthen students’ mes/seasons.html)
memory of 4 seasons ♦ Click and play games Level 1 and 4 only, and
invite students to come out and click the
correct answer for each game
♦ When playing Level 2, start a new question by
clicking the ‘reply’ button whenever the
random Qs are out of student’s syllabus
2. Section objective(s) Activities Duration Materials needed Assessment criteria
3 ♦ Introduce hot, warm, ♦ Show students Picture - word cards of hot, 5 mins ♦ Picture - word cards (hot, ♦ Students are able to
cool and cold warm, cool and cold. Students look and read warm, cool, cold) hold up correct
aloud weather cards to
describe different
♦ Explain their subtle ♦ Project the online thermometer on screen, and ♦ Online Thermometer
temperatures
differences by using the use it to explain the difference of the 4 (http://www.mathsisfun.com/flash.
online thermometer adjectives by rising / lowering the temperature php?path=
bar. (i.e. 30ºc hot) %2Fmeasure/images/thermometer.
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4 ♦ Match the corresponding ♦ Distribute the small cards of the 4 adjectives to 5 mins ♦ Small cards for students (hot, ♦ Students are able to
adjectives with different students. Each of them will have 1 set of 4 warm, cool, cold) match the
temperatures cards (i.e. hot, warm, cool, cold) with pictures corresponding
♦ Picture cards and word cards adjectives with
♦ Using the online thermometer, ask students to (spring, summer, autumn, different
temperatures
choose and hold up the correct small card winter)
when teacher changes the temperature bar ♦ Online Thermometer
5 ♦ Match the corresponding ♦ Put the ‘spring’ picture-word card on board. 5 mins ♦ Small cards for students (hot, ♦ Students are able to
adjectives with the Ask students ‘What is the weather like in warm, cool, cold) match the
correct seasons spring?’ corresponding
♦ Picture cards and word cards adjectives with the
♦ Encourage the whole class to answer by using (spring, summer, autumn, correct seasons
‘It is …’ and hold up the correct small card at winter)
the same time
♦ Do the same for the other 3 seasons
♦ Collect the small cards from students