Volcanoes (4th grade)

Unit:

Hot and Cold

Teacher`s name:

Date:

Grade: 4

Number present:

Number absent:

Theme of the lesson:

Volcanoes 2

Learning objectives(s) that this lesson is contributing to

4.W1 plan, write and check sentences with support on a range of basic personal, general and some curricular topics

4.W2 begin to use joined-up handwriting in a limited range of written work

Lesson objectives

Learners will be able to:

recognise and use some target language correctly and show comprehension of some written and spoken familiar words in simple sentences To revise weather and camping; to talk about I I volcanoes; to write about a campsite in my country; to develop the pupils' listening skills through a song.

Planned timings

Teacher's actions

Pupils` actions

Assessment

Resources

10

minutes

ORGANISATION MOMENT:

Teacher greets students

Students respond to greeting and take their places

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25

minutes

MAIN PART

Step 1 Activities to develop the pupils' reading and writing skills.)

Read and underline. Then listen and check.

Explain the activity. Allow the pupils some time to read the text and underline the correct words. Play the CD.

Step 2 Listen and circle.

Read aloud the title and elicit from the pupils what they know about volcanoes. Explain the activity. Go through the sentences and elicit/explain any unknown words. Play the CD. Check their answers.

AUDIOSCRIPT

And now let's talk about volcanoes. Did you know that the word Volcano comes from the word Vulcan, the Roman god of fire? Yes, that's right. As for the largest active volcano, that's Mauna Loa and it's in Hawaii. So if you want to see it up dose, then you have to visit Hawaii. And when you are in Hawaii, you can visit other volcanoes, too. Why? Because most volcanoes are in the Pacific Ocean. There are more than 1,000 volcanoes, but there aren't any volcanoes in the UK. And did you know that the

Answer key

Hawaii 4 There aren't any

Pacific 5 Etna

largest volcano in Europe is Mount Etna in Italy? Well that's all about volcanoes

The pupils listen and check their answers.

Then individual pupils read out the text. Answer key

eighty 4 have 6 up

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Then individual pupils read out the text.

The pupils listen and circle the correct word/phrase.

Formative assessment

Pupils book p 72

(Track 9 CD2)

Pupils book p 72

(Track 10 CD2)

10

minutes

ENDING THE LESSON:

Well what did we do in our lesson?

- Evaluation of the lesson

Give the home task

Sing a Good bye song

Children sing a Good bye song

Feedback

https://www.youtube. com/watch?v= Xcws7UWWDEs