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Going Online

Virtual Lesson Procedures
Lesson objectives. Learners will be able to:
• discuss their personal experiences with pets (e.g. dog, cat, ferret, ham-
ster, canary),
• read a description of a pet in English,
• write a description of a pet in English using simple sentence structures,
• analyse different online sources, collect and use the relevant informa-
tion about pets.

Procedure:

1. Start by showing a picture of your pet at home (if you do not have a
pet, use a photoofone). Useapictureofyourhomeorahouseand tell
YL:‘Ihave a dog. He livesinmy home.’Add a few of animals(e.g. acat, a
hamster) and form sentences: ‘A cat lives in my friend’s home.’ Discuss
with YL which animals they have at home. Which animal would be their
favouritepet? Ask themto think about thekindsofanimalsthat can live
at home and in the zoo (here you may discuss why some animals may
live in houses and some in the zoo (e.g. dogs can bark and guard the
house/tigers are wild and dangerous)).
2. Send pupils the link (QR code). Explain how the memory game works,
that they need to click on two cards to match the word and the picture.
If they match, the cards remain open. If the two cards do not match,
they are turned face down again.
3. Send pupils the link (QR code). The video clip is a cartoon of a dog
(who dreams to help blind people) but it requires an active participa-
tion from a viewer because (s)he has to select the right answer in order
to move on and see the next part. Let pupils watch the cartoon and
solve the tasks individually or share your screen and solve the tasks to-
gether. After watching the clip, discuss the main idea of the story, de-
scribe the dog, his emotions, talk about other pets.
4. Write a sentence (e.g. in Padlet) and share it with YL so that everyone
can see it.

My favourite animal is a .
My favourite animal is a
Pupils copy the sentence into their e-notebooks, and then try to write

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