Design properties
- Name
- Dinosaur Adventure
- Topic
- How do we know about the past?
- Learning time
- 4 hours
- Designed time
- 4 hours
- Size of class
- 24
- Description
- A mixed ability class of 9-10 year olds who are learning English as a foreign language. Students will practice past simple tense and new vocabulary through listening, speaking, reading and writing activities. They will write a story at the end of the topic.
- Mode of delivery
- Blended
- Aims
- To teach vocabulary related to the unit, to revise past simple tense, to write a story.
- Outcomes
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- Knowledge To recognize simple phrases and words related to the topic.
- Comprehension To show understanding of vocabulary and past simple tense using online games. To predict what a short simple text is about from the title, picture. To use the time and place of a story to help you understand.
- Analysis To use target vocabulary and grammar to create a story.
- Application To apply/transfer learning to own life by discussing about dinosaurs in the past and what if dinosaurs lived today.
- Synthesis To write a story using gained knowledge.
- Evaluation To evaluate and amend their own and peers stories.
- Editor
- Nevra
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Timeline
BIG QUESTION
40 minutes)
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Investigate101Show students the augmented reality app DINO PARK, they will see the dinosaur in the classroom and talk about what it is doing. (The links for the apps are attached above)
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Discuss1524Ask students if dinosaurs really exist today. Discuss when they lived, why they became extinct, what would happen if dinosaurs existed today. Teacher leads the discussion and makes sure to model past simple tense is used.
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Produce156In groups they make an A4 poster about dinosaurs with all the info that was discussed as a class. Remind them that they should use past tense verbs. If there is extra time, they can present posters to their peers. Teacher monitors work. Students will receive ClassDojo points upon completion of their poster to get digital badges throughout the lesson plan. https://www.classdojo.com/en-gb/?redirect=true
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VOCABULARY
65 minutes)
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Read Watch Listen151Students learn words to describe dinosaurs by listening & repeating for pronunciation, listening for specific information.
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Investigate104Students practice vocabulary by making a colourful mind map using the learned vocabulary as headings and writing animals/dinosaurs under those headings. They will use iPads to research and find out more dinosaurs and animals that relate to the headings.
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Produce51Students write sentences with the new vocabulary in their notebooks. Students will get ClassDojo points based on how many sentences they can write in 5 minutes.Students will receive ClassDojo points to get digital badges throughout the lesson plan.
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Practice204Students use iPads to practice the new vocabulary set ( How do I know about the past?) on Quizlet. https://quizlet.com/en-gb Teacher does not need to be present as students will work independently.
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Practice151Students play a game on Quizalize to practice past simple tense. https://www.quizalize.com/Teacher does not need to be present as students will work independently.
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READING
25 minutes)
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Read Watch Listen151Use the reading strategy; to make predictions about the text by looking at picture and the title. Elicit student ideas. Students read and listen to the story. Link to Dinosaur World story from NOW I KNOW 3( Pearson)
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Collaborate102Students work in pairs to buddy read and answer the questions. Early finishers can underline all the past tense verbs in the text. Award ClassDojo points to students that finish work on time to get digital badges. Teacher does not need to be present as students will work independently.
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WRITING
110 minutes)
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Discuss1524Brainstorm ideas for a dinosaur adventure story. Focus on time, place, and beginning, middle, end. Use popplet.com to create the mind map. (Link)
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Collaborate252In pairs students come up with their own original dinosaur time travel story and create a Padlet using the headings, CHARACTERS- SETTING(TIME/PLACE - BEGINNING-MIDDLE-END
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Produce402Students use Book Creator to write their story and will also add audio to read their story. Once they finish they will create and print a QR code for their story and give it to the teacher. https://bookcreator.com/
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Investigate2024Teacher sticks the QR codes around the classroom and students scan the codes to watch their peers stories. Students will award classdojo points to their peers so they can receive digital badges.
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Discuss106Students discuss each other's stories and give positive feedback in groups.
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Learning Experience
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