THE ENGLISH ADVENTURE
BY CLARA ARGÜELLES MARTÍNEZ
EMAIL: CLARA.ARGUELLESMARTINEZ@EDUCA.MADRID.ORG
unit 12: Regent's park
Listening
In this unit, 3rd grade students are in Regent's Park station. Near the station, it is London Zoo.
Flashcards: Animals in the zoo
Listening: Video: Queen Elizabeth II shows the students the areas and animals in the London Zoo.
Listening exercises
Speaking
Teacher shows the students the itinerary in a day of Queen Elizabeth II in the zoo using comparatives, superlatives and adverbs of sequence.
Speaking exercise 1: A pair of students has the itineraries of Mister Clock and the Guard in the zoo. One student has to tell where Mister Clock has to go in the zoo and the other has to mark the path. Later, the other student does the same with the Guard.
Speaking exercise 2: With the map, one student gives commands of comparatives and superlatives about the animals in the zoo, and the other student circles the animal. For example: The giraffes are taller than the monkeys. Student circles the giraffes which are taller.
Reading
Teacher tells the most famous fable of the hare and the tortoise and explains the comparatives and superlatives in (big/small, fast/slow, and tall/short, best/worst and arrogant/modest).​
Reading exercise 1: Student reads fragments of the fable of the hare and the tortoise related with superlatives and comparatives. One student reads out loud and the other follows the reading with the finger.
As a pair, they must:
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put the fragments in order.
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underline the superlatives and comparatives.
Reading exercise 2: Once they have read the fable, individually they are going to read some sentences related to superlatives and comparatives and they must correct the mistakes. Later, they co-evaluate in pairs.
Writing
Teacher explains that we can describe animals on how they play, move and behave.​
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In groups, teacher gives the students some images and they must match the images with the adverbs (ly) that describe how the animals move/behave/play.
Writing exercise:
Students read their description and the rest guess which animal is he/she talking about.
Promotion of reading + Education in values
Whole class reads the book “Can I be your dog?” written by Troy Cummings and answers some comprehension questions.
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What is the story about?
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What happened to Arfy?
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What is the moral of the story?
Moral: We have to treat others as we would like to be treated. We have to adopt animals instead of buying them.
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Activity: Students write five things we have to do when we adopt.
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We have to take care of the animal
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We have to give food to the animal.
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We have to play with the animal.
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We have to take the animal to the vet.
ICT (Information & Communication Tecnhology)
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What is an endangered animal? Can you think of an example?
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What is an extinct animal? Can you think of an example?
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Video: Endangered and extinct animals.
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Students in Ed Puzzle answer questions in groups.
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In groups, they must look online two endangered animals and two extinct and write them in Mentimeter in a WordCloud.
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Also, they must look information online about two animals and write it down in a poster.
Project
Problem: Queen Elizabeth II has told the teacher that in English-speaking countries there are endangered animals. She wants us to tell her what humans have to do to protect them.
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Each group is going to read about one endangered animal and why it is endangered.
In groups, students must think and write four things humans have to do to protect the endangered animal they have read about.
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As groups of experts, each one will present the information to the rest of the class.
The rest of the class, in groups, has to listen and indicate in a map where each animal comes from.
Review: Board Game
