LESSON PLANNING

1st PRIMARY UNIT 14. MY EASTER BUNNY! TOPIC Easter TERM 2nd
1.
UNIT LEARNING GOALS
- To use the target language for:
- asking for/giving information about Easter.
- interacting with the group.
- To spell out core vocabulary (Easter, colours and numbers).
- To show curiosity for knowledge and sensitivity towards socio-cultural celebrations.
- To use verbal and non-verbal strategies to show understanding.
- To show interest in communicating with others.
2.
UNIT COMMUNICATIVE UNIT LEARNING CONTENTS
FUNCTIONS
- asking for/giving information about Easter. KEY LANGUAGE STRUCTURES: How many (eggs) can
- interacting with the group. you see?/I can see (four eggs); What’s this?/It’s an (egg);
What colour (are the flowers)?/(red, yellow…).
KEY VOCABULARY: Easter: Easter, Easter Bunny, Easter
egg, chocolate egg, eggs hunt, flower, Spring; Colours;
Numbers.
3.
PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE ENGLISH ACROSS THE CURRICULUM
Numbers; Colours; How many…?; What’s Arts and crafts, Knowledge of natural, social and cultural
this?; What colour…?; Size. environment, Maths.
4.
ASSESSMENT1
CRITERIA UNIT STAGES & ASSESSMENT FOCUS
STRATEGIES
1. Using the target language for asking 1. Practice and 1. Listening, speaking, reading,
for/giving information about Easter. activate/observation and writing.
2. Using the target language for checking activities.
interacting with the group. 2. Practice and 2. Listening, speaking.
3. Spelling out core vocabulary (Easter, activate/observation.
colours and numbers). 3. Practice and activate/checking 3. Reading and writing.
4. Showing curiosity for knowledge and activities.
sensitivity towards socio-cultural 4. All stages/observation. 4. Listening, speaking.
celebrations.
5. Using verbal and non-verbal
strategies to show understanding. 5. All stages/observation, 5. Listening, speaking, reading,
6. Showing interest in communicating checking activities. writing.
with others. 6. Activate/observation. 6. Pair and small group
activities.
5.
MIXED-ABILITY STRATEGIES
Reinforcement and extra-practice activities have been planned to deal the group mixed-ability. The most
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Consider both teacher and students assessment.
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important activity has been adapted by taking into account students’ different learning styles. Besides,
activities in the Internet will be used as reinforcement or extra activities so that students use the current I.C.T.
technologies.

6.
UNIT FINAL TASK
Easter wheel. Teacher groups the class in pairs and gives each child an Easter wheel. They write the names
behind/under each picture. Then, they play by asking/answering each other “What’s this?”/”It’s a...” ”What
colour is it?/It’s... ”.

7. SEQUENCE OF LEARNING ACTIVITIES2 (described in the annexes)

8. RESOURCES (included in the unit lesson planning template)

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See unit lesson planning template

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