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Departamento de Lenguas
Facultad de Humanidades
Johanna Montaño
Bogotá D.C
2017
English lesson plan
Date: 12/01/2017
Objectives:
1. By the end of this lesson the students will be able to say what their favorite
tales are
2. Learners will be introduced to the structure of a tale “exposition –
complication - rising action, crisis…”
3. Learners will review verbs and nouns such as “Wood wolf see hear…and the
senses “smell”
Materials
Equipment
The teacher shows the poster on “Little Red Riding Hood” and then ask the students if they recognize the
Preparation / 5-10
picture. Brainstorm names of tales they have read before. Explain them what “Little Red Riding Hood” means
Opening mins
and the story they are going to work on today.
Activity 1. Read the story: for this part the teacher is going to ask the students to stand-up and follow his
movements while he reads the story. For example: - On her way Little Red Riding Hood met a wolf. ‘Hello!’
said the wolf. The teacher is going to act being Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf and the students are going
to do the same, this way the story is going to be performed by the students by acting it. Next, the teacher is
going to play the video of “Little Red Riding Hood” and then is going to ask the students to read the story with
Sequence After, the teacher is going to make clarifications about the new vocabulary on the board. Subsequently, the mins
teacher is going to introduce the structure of a tale; exposition (the introduction of setting, situation and main
characters), complication (the event that introduces the conflict), rising action, crisis (the decisive moment for
the protagonist and his commitment to a course of action), climax (the point of highest interest in terms of the
conflict and the point with the most action) and resolution (the point when the conflict is resolved). The teacher
and the students are going to identify each part of the story together.
Follow up / Activity 2. The students will be asked to make groups of three (3) and develop the activity (See Annex 4). 30-35
Then, the teacher is going to review and compare the answers using the board, for this part the students are
going to show the others their creation. Finally, the teacher is going to make a feed-back of the story, the
Closing mins
structure of a tale, the verbs and nouns seeing on the class and the teaching or moral of the story. Next, the
The teacher is going to write on the board the homework to hand-in for the next class:
5-10
Homework 1. Bring your favorite tale
2. Identify the structure of the tale “exposition, complication, crisis, climax and resolution” mins
3. Find and underline the nouns and verbs of the story
4. What is the teaching / moral of this story?
Lesson The teacher is going to assess the final activity from 1 to 5 where 5 is the highest grade. Then it is going to ask
assessment the students to cut their draws to stick them on the wall
Annexes
trees.
Granny’s bed.
again.
Annex 3. Video
Annex 4. Activity
Little Red Riding Hood Activity
1) Match them up! Draw a line to match the picture and the word.
Web sites
http://borderlandsnarratives.utep.edu/images/5E_Model_of_Instruction_CSCOPE_072002_1_1.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_story
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbzMC6qAzVU
https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/lesson-plans