Module 4 – Resources for learning in the primary classroom
Portfolio task – Plan, teach and evaluate a coursebook activity.
Task focus – Making more effective use of your coursebook; adapting materials for learners.
Date
07.07.2022.
Name of teacher
Afag Gasimova
Name of trainer
Gulnar Hasanova
Part 1 – Before you teach the lesson Provide details of the activity including the aim of the activity you adapted (for example, the language or skills learners will practise) and details of your class.
Description of activity in the coursebook
The text about animals ( unit 7, p. 55“ At the Zoo “) was too easy for students ( it was below their level )
I chose more difficult reading task and real videos to challenge them and develop their vocabulary base.
Reason for adapting this activity
The level of the text was low and it was boring for students.
Class
Number of learners
8
Level
A 1
Age
8-9
Aim for learners
Practise skimming and scanning skills in reading. Enlarge their vocabulary base.
Lesson Procedure – Write the stage aim for the adapted activity in the Aim: Why you are doing this task column. (Does it involve vocabulary, grammar, listening, reading, speaking or writing? What outcome do you want for your learners? For example, Reading for gist: to help learners get a general idea of the text.) Write the procedures you will follow at each stage when you use the activity.
Stage/Task
Aim: Why you are doing the task
Procedure: What you and the learners will do
Introduction/
Lead-in
To prepare learners for the activity and get them interested in the topic
The students watched the video about animals in brainpop and solved the interactive quiz about animals.
https://jr.brainpop.com/science/animals/classifyinganimals/
It was whole class activity
Pre-teach vocabulary
To help learners understand the activity
We listened to the different sounds of the animals first. I asked the students in pairs to discuss and say the name of the animal and how their babies called. For example: it is a horse and its baby is foal. For each correct answer they got one point.
Adapted activity
To get more interested in the text and to get more encouraged.
I divided students into 2 groups and gave different animal’s pictures to the students and ask them to group them according to their classification (reptiles, mammals, amphibians ) and make a poster. Then students in groups came to the middle of the class with their posters and presented them to classmates.
Interaction patterns – Tick () to show how learners will work at each stage.
