Reading Lesson Plan: The Ant and The Dove

                            

"On a hot day of summer, an ant was searching for some water. After walking around for some time, she came near the river. To drink the water, she climbed up on a small rock. While trying to drink a water, she slipped and fell into the river.

There was a dove sitting on a branch of a tree who saw an ant falling into the river. The dove quickly plucked a leaf and dropped it into the river near the struggling ant. The ant moved towards the leaf and climbed up onto it. Soon, the leaf drifted to dry ground, and the ant jumped out. She looked up to the tree and thanked the dove.

Later, the same day, a bird catcher nearby was about to throw his net over the dove hoping to trap it. An ant saw him and guessed what he was about to do. The dove was resting and he had no idea about the bird catcher. An ant quickly bit him on the foot. Feeling the pain, the bird catcher dropped his net and let out a light scream. The dove noticed it and quickly flew away."

Class:4th Grade

Level: Pre-Intermediate

Number of student: 22

Time: 40 minutes

Date: 18.11.2018

Topic: The Ant and  The Dove

Dove and Ant kid story for listening plan

OVERALL OBJECTIVES:  To teach how to read a passage to understand the detailed information 

 -To give knowledge about main topic and prepare them for reading details.

- To teach the meaning of new words

- To use them for producing new ideas

BEHAVIORAL OBJECTIVES:  At the end of the lesson students will be able to:

- Get the general idea about the text in a short time.

- Find the specific information in the text by answering  true/false questions.

- Answer the questions about the text.

- Use their imaginations

     WARM UP                                                                                                                                                    
T-Good morning classSTS-Good morning teacherT-How are you today ?                                
STS-Fine thanks and you?T-I am fine thanksT-Today I have an interesting story for you. I hope you will like it. Are you ready?STS- Yes

Pre-reading(15 minutes)

T-Our first activity is picture prediction which is related  to today’s topic. (showing them a  picture). 

Let’s start with your predictions about the Picture. What do you think?

STS-hmmm…(and raises their hands)

T-Yes,Hasan.

S1- Ant.

T- Good, there is an ant. What else?

S2- Owl.

T- Oh ,no. It is not an owl and you can predict again.

S2-Dove.

T- Correct, there is an owl on the branch of tree. Other ideas?

S3- River.

T- Well done,I want you to predict the topic of the text. Now,quickly run your eyes across the whole text to predict the topic of the text.You have 15 seconds and do not focus on the details just focus on your predictions whether are correct or not.

STS- ( sts read the text silently)

T- Ok.What are your predictions about the topic of the text?

S1- Dove wants to eat the ant.

T- Not exactly, any other prediction?

S2-They look each other  friendly.

T-Good job. What else?

S3- Ant waits help from Dove.

T-  Well done,anyone else?

S4- Ant wants to swim.

 [T writes the predictictions on the board]

S5-Trust of two friends.

                           

 DURING ACTIVITIES

Activity 1- True or false activity(knowledge level) (10 minutes)

(Teacher gives activity sheets.)

T-Ok. Class, in this activity you will write  whether true or false. Read the following questions and  focus on answers. Then, read the passage silently with details. 

STS - (students read the text)

T – Did you finish reading?

STS: Yes .

1-   The ant comes to the ocean to drink water. (           )

2-    Dove pushes the ant into the river.  (           )

3-   The story happens on a hot day of summer(  )

4-   The ant bites the catcher on the foot (       )

Teacher gives examples and after answering put thicks on the right ones.

Activity 2 -Answer the questions [comprehension Level]

In this activity you are going to answer the questions.I will give 8 minutes to you.You can start  from now on.

 1) Why does ant want to go to the river?

2)Why does the ant thank to Dove?

3)  How does the ant save the dove’s life?

(students answer the questions) 

Activity 4

A: Matching the words (vocabulary)

In this activity we are going to match  the words to their synonyms .You have 5 minutes.

1- Catcher              a) sting

2- Struggle             b) bough

3-branch                c) hunter

4- bite                    d) captain

                               e) effort

                                f) hug

B:Fill in the blanks. (5 minutes)

bite        catcher             branch          struggle

1-   The bird……. throws down a stone to crows.

2-   The crows………to get out of their nest.

3-   The man cut a……of the apple tree and the owls fly.

4-   Mosquitos……the man’s arm.

                                

POST-READING 

Activity 1: Imagine yourself in the same situation. (10 minutes) (discussion)

T- Time to make something different. I want you to make a group of 2 students and each student will represent one animal in the text. Imagine as ‘’What would you do if you were a dove or ant ?