Unit: I LOVE MY PUPPET

I love my puppet

LESSON 1
Learning outcomes

COMMUNICATION

CONTENT

COGNITION

CULTURE

Helping children
express in a FL
without being
worried about
mistakes.

Learning vocabulary
on emotions.

Learning words
through opposition.

Reflection on how
expressing feelings
make pupils feel
better.

INTRODUCTION.
REVISION

Teacher shows his/her puppet and asks if theyve ever gone to a

theatre, if they like masks or puppets and if they would like to make
their own puppet showing them a puppet.

WARM UP

Teacher explains what the session and the unit are all about with the
help of visual aids or objects-materials from the unit which might
help. They will learn that they are going to make a puppet and they
will introduce it to everyone. He/She introduces the words of the
materials they need: glue, book, crayon, pencil, rubber, etc.

MAIN
ACTIVITIES

Game: what object am I hiding? Teacher shows the game and then
children play it in pairs. They practice with the materials aforementioned.
Teacher introduces flashcards: sad, happy, excited, bored, good, bad,
explaining the drawing and the feelings linked with the flashcard.
Teacher introduces flashcards: Lesson one explaining in a simple
way the picture and reading out the word. Every word will be said
together with gestures (TPR) or body language to help learn it.
Written form is shown after repeating several times.
Children repeat words and copy gestures.
In pairs, student 1 mimes one word and student 2 says the word. Then
they switch and the second student mimes and student 1 says the word.

WANT TO KNOW.
REINFORCEMENT.
EXTENSION

Teacher circles the room and helps children who have problems with
the activity.

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LESSON 1
Learning outcomes

COMMUNICATION

CONTENT

COGNITION

CULTURE

Helping children
express in a FL
without being
worried about
making mistakes.

Learning vocabulary
of emotions.

Learning words
through opposites.

Reflection on how
expressing feelings
helps pupils feel
better.

ASSESSMENT.
REFLECTION

Teacher asks them if they liked the activity. They can use thumbs
up/down or words already seen, such as good /bad, exciting/boring.
Students are asked to bring an object they like or dislike for next day.

MATERIAL.
RESOURCES

Flashcards.

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LESSON 2
Learning outcomes

COMMUNICATION

CONTENT

COGNITION

CULTURE

Learning words
through opposites
and associated to
events or people.

Reflection on how
expressing feelings
helps pupils feel
better.

Helping children
express in a FL
without being
worried about
making mistakes.

Verbal description of
sensations.

INTRODUCTION.
REVISION

Teacher recalls words learnt in the previous lesson through gestures,

flashcards and class objects.

WARM UP

Children explain individually why they brought their objects and

teacher suggests an adjective, trying to repeat the ones already
shown, and providing them with some new ones.

Manipulation and
elaboration of shapes
and drawings.

Ex: Patri is happy because she's going to Disneyworld. Teacher holds

a leaflet she brought. Body language and intonation reinforcement
on happy.
Ex 2: Patri and Ral are happy. Mauri and Mara are excited
Do you remember how Paco feels?

MAIN
ACTIVITIES

Teacher asks How do you feel? Students reply according to what

they just said.
Children ask their partner how do you feel? They use the material
found in lesson two to cut out and glue/draw the mouth that fits
best the feeling the other student said.
Teacher gives instructions on English, using the words learnt.

WANT TO KNOW.
REINFORCEMENT.
EXTENSION

The teacher goes around the class with his/her own puppet saying
I feel. he/she will point one male student who would raise his
puppet, the teacher will continue he feels. Then will do the
same thing with girls She feels.. Order can be altered, mixing up
genders should be avoided at first to help students differentiate
between he and she.

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LESSON 2
Learning outcomes

COMMUNICATION

CONTENT

COGNITION

CULTURE

Helping children
express in a FL
without being
worried about
making mistakes.

Learning vocabulary
on emotions.

Learning words
through opposites.

Reflection on how
expressing feelings
helps pupils feel
better.

ASSESSMENT.
REFLECTION

Once the teacher has asked everyone, children are asked to do the
same without the help of the teacher.
The teacher points to one student who raises his/her puppet and
children say aloud S/he feels...

MATERIAL.
RESOURCES

Templates, flashcards, cutting, drawing and colouring set.

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LESSON 3
Learning outcomes

COMMUNICATION

CONTENT

COGNITION

CULTURE

Learning words
through opposites.

Reflection on how
expressing feelings
helps pupils feel
better.

Helping children
express in a FL
without being
worried about
making mistakes.

Making the children

aware of different
states of mind in
different situations.

INTRODUCTION.
REVISION

The teacher comes in class and says: Hello!! I'm..., I feel

How do you feel? Children reply one by one with the teacher's help.

WARM UP

Teacher asks everyone their names. Children are to answer:

I'm/my name is

MAIN
ACTIVITIES

Teacher asks them how do you feel today? They answer. Then in
pairs children work on their own, completing the puppets under the
supervision of the teacher.

Reflection on selfperformance.

We go to lesson two. Children customize the template according to

what they look like: glasses, hair colour, etc and find a mouth that fits
with the way they feel today.

WANT TO KNOW.
REINFORCEMENT.
EXTENSION

Children name their puppet and introduce themselves and their

puppet in pairs. The teacher does his/her own presentation before
the children. I'm... and this is my puppet...

ASSESSMENT.
REFLECTION

Teacher asks children if the lesson was boring, exciting, difficult.

MATERIAL.
RESOURCES

Templates, drawing, cutting and colouring set.

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LESSON 4
Learning outcomes

COMMUNICATION

CONTENT

COGNITION

CULTURE

Helping children
express in a FL
without being
worried about
making mistakes.

To experiment
mixtures of colours
on different
surfaces.

Learning words
through opposites.

Reflection on how
expressing feelings
helps pupils feel
better.

INTRODUCTION.
REVISION

The teacher tells them that today they are going to introduce their
puppet in front of the class.

WARM UP

Teacher uses the blackboard to categorize the ways students feel in

different situations through opposites. Chart will be used to show all the
words related to the drawing/colouring an gluing process.

MAIN
ACTIVITIES

Children use the following structures that will be presented by the

teacher and repeated by students:
I'm..., I feel... This is .(puppet's name) It feels... I love my puppet!

Reflection on self
performance.

Children use templates in lesson two to make their final puppet,

improving the final layout in comparison to the previous days. They
can complete it in a free style, colouring, drawing and gluing in an
original way.

WANT TO KNOW.
REINFORCEMENT.
EXTENSION

They practice the presentation in pairs.

ASSESSMENT.
REFLECTION

Students present their work in front of the class.

MATERIAL.
RESOURCES

Templates, drawing, cutting and colouring set.

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