Lesson Plans and Resources
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On this page, you will find my lesson plans and materials used for each lesson.
Lesson: Family
Lesson Overview: Students learned about family members and their relationships to one another. They also learned about the possessive apostrophe and how to use it in a sentence. The objectives were for students to name the members of a family and use the possessive apostrophe in a sentence.
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Naming family members
Lesson: Sports
Lesson Overview: Students learned about the names of sports and how to express their likes and dislikes to explain which sports they enjoy. The objectives were naming Sports, asking questions using “Do you..?” and expressing likes and dislikes.
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Looking at the pictures and choosing the answer (like/don't like)
Answering a checklist about sports that they like and don't like by writing "yes" or "no" under the corresponding boxes.
Adding a tick under the box for the sports they like.
Lesson: Omar Abdulrahman
Lesson Overview: Students learned about the famous football player “Omar Abdulrahman” and what he does as a part of his routine. The main focus of the lesson was for students to complete sentences using the present simple tense and recognize when to add “s” to present tense verbs.
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A game that involves moving the snake character to the correct answer to complete the sentence
Lesson: Feelings
Lesson Overview: Students learned about different feelings and what situations bring upon each feeling. In addition, they practiced sharing situations in which they felt a particular way. The main objectives were for the students to be able to Identify feelings by the end of the lesson, determine the feeling from the situation, and differentiate between different feelings, such as happy, sad, sleepy, angry, and hungry.
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Students were asked to draw and write about a moment in which they felt sad.
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Students answered questions about their feelings.
Students read scenarios and chose the right feeling.
Students dragged the pictures to the applicable feelings.
Lesson: Favourite Things
Lesson Overview: The lesson focused on the topic of favourites. Students learned about the word “favourites” and the various topics in which they can form sentences on. The main objectives included students naming and describing their favourite things such as colours, people, sports, and days of the week.
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A questionnaire about things that students like, for example: "What is your favourite colour?"
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Students wrote down sentences about their favourite things, along with an explanation.
Students were asked to write one sentence about one of their favourite things.
Students were asked to record their voices and talk about one of their favourite things.
Lesson: The UAE Desert
Lesson Overview: Students learned about the different parts of the desert (sand, tree, camel, fox, snake, goat), and they were asked to label them. They looked at linking verbs (is, are) and used them to talk about the parts of the desert. The main outcomes were to be able to label the parts of a desert and to determine the correct linking verb (is, are).
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Students listened to a text and then wrote down the sentences that included "there are" and "there is".
Students completed the blanks with the correct linking verbs.
Students circled the linking verbs in the text.
Assessment
Students wrote down sentences or phrases about what they learned during the lesson.
Lesson: Desert Animals
Lesson Overview: The focus of the lesson was the identification of the UAE desert animals (camels, foxes, oryxes). Students looked at facts about each animal. As for language usage, students also learned to recognize the difference between using “They” and “It’ when talking about a group of animals, and when talking about one animal. The objectives were to identify desert animals, create an animal fact file, and to determine when to use “It” and They” in a sentence.
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Students drew one of the desert animals and wrote 3 facts about it.
Students drew one of the desert animals and then completed the sentences to write 3 facts about it.
Students drew one of the desert animals and circle three facts that were about this animal.
Assessment
Students did a quiz on Nearpod consisting of a few questions that test them on their knowledge of the topic.
Lesson: Ghaf Tree
Lesson Overview: The lesson focused on the ghaf tree. Students learned about the different parts of the tree (leaves, trunk, roots, fruits), and how to describe them using colour and size (tall, short, long, green, brown). The aim was for students to be able to identify the different parts of the ghaf tree, and be able to describe the ghaf tree.
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Nearpod Presentation
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Students wrote sentences to describe the ghaf tree.
Students played a matching game to match the descriptions with the parts of the ghaf tree.
Students circled the correct adjectives that matched each tree.
Lesson: Weather
Lesson Overview: Students explored the different types of weather (Dry, rainy, hot, cold, sunny, windy). They were asked to put this knowledge into action by creating weather reports where they had to talk about the weather each day of the week. The lesson objectives were to describe the weather and create a weather report.
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This activity required learners to create a weather report by writing down sentences after filling out the table.
Students created a weather report and filled in the blanks.
Students created a weather report and dragged the correct weather type to place it next to the question.
Lesson: Favourite Animals
Lesson Overview: The aim of the lesson was for learners to be able to describe animals by stating simple facts about them. Students practiced talking about animals by reporting about their favourite animals and sharing a few details about the animal, such as where it lives, how it looks like, and what it eats. The lesson objectives were to explore animal facts, report facts about favourite animals, and answer “wh” questions.
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Students drew their favourite animal and answered questions about.
Students drew their favourite animal and then completed the answers to talk about the animal.
Students drew their favourite animal and then used images to answer the questions.
Lesson: Yes or No Questions
Lesson Overview: Students learned about yes or no questions. They learned how to ask and answer questions while talking about daily routines and activities. The main goal of the lesson was for students to be able to ask and answer yes/no questions and to talk about routines.
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Students answered yes or no based on the pictures.
Students put the sentence in the correct sequence to ask a yes/no question.
Students listened to audio clips and answered by clicking the right images.