Animal Life
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Animal Life

This dynamic ESL lesson plan for kids aged 12-14 enhances speaking and reading skills through interactive group activities. Students will explore animal habitats, needs, and behaviors while expanding their vocabulary. Engaging tasks include picture discussions, matching exercises, text analysis, sentence completion, and creative writing. Tailored for A2 learners, this lesson helps students justify their viewpoints and comprehend descriptive texts, making language learning both fun and meaningful.

Skills

  • Can understand texts describing people, places, everyday life and culture.
  • Can give simple reasons to justify a view point on a familiar topic.
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1

Work in pars. Look at the pictures­. What animals do you see in them? Where do you think they are? What do animals need to be happy and healthy? Then share your ideas with the rest of the group.

2

Let's learn some new words! Guess what these words mean and match them to their definitions.

3

Read the text. In pairs, find the words from the previous exercise in the text and read the sentences with those words aloud to each other.

4

Choose the correct option according to the text.

5

Match the correct halves of the sentences.

6

Write an answer to the question below in 3-4 sentences. Use the vocabulary from Exercise 2. Share your answer with your partner and listen to their answer. Do you think the same or are your answers different?

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