English lesson plans for Grade 5

5.4Writing a non-chronologicalinformation text: ElephantsObjectivesGrade 5 curriculumstandards 1.2, 5.4, 7.5,9.4Pre-writingVocabularyan elephanttusksa trunka brainRevision vocabularya horsea whalea camela tigeran eaglea gazellea dolphina snakea liona froga lizarda pawa clawa beak• Revise animal vocabulary.• Use the simple present tense to write about facts and habits.• Write a short, non-chronological information text.HangmanChoose an already known animal to introduce the topic.gazellePut up the number of letters in the word as dashes on the board._ _ _ _ _ _ _Get students to call out a letter they think is in the word. If they guess correctly, fillin that letter in the right place (or places, if it appears more than once in the word).a student calls the letter L_ _ _ _ L L _a student calls the letter E_ _ _ E L L EIf a student calls a letter that does not belong in the word draw one part of the‘hangman’ picture. The aim for the students is to complete the word before you‘hang’ them by completing the picture. The picture you are trying to complete isbuilt up of single strokes – one for every wrong letter.B C R S N PQ D F H J KFor each wrong letter called, record the letter underneath the hangman so studentsdon’t call it again. Once the students get your word, have one of them choose anew animal word, come to the board and put the number of dashes up. Play a fewrounds in this way.PyramidIn pairs, get students to remember and write down all the animal words they know,and the parts of animals, like paws, claws, beak, trunk. Put pairs together into141 | English sample lessons | Grade 5 © Supreme Education Council 2004