Level: A1
Students: primary school
Topic: pets
Transversal skills: critical thinking, decision making
Materials required: story book, note books, stationery
Trinity College London exam: GESE 2
Before reading:
- review vocabulary relating to pets
- introduce and explore "pet shop" concept
- explain this is a story about making a difficult decision, talk about difficult decisions your students have had to make
Reading:
- we believe it is always better to tell a story, rather than reading it. However, you can use the book as a story canvas and tell students what is happening in each page
- observe and discuss story characters
- ask questions about the strange pets that appear in the story
- play with the repetition "make up your mind"
After reading: check understanding
- discuss protagonists, where are they, what are they doing, what pets appear in the story
Apply to a different context:
- ask students to imagine they are getting a pet
- draw a chart with pros/cons of getting each pet that appears in the story
- take a class vote on what pet it would be best. Create a diagram with the results
Evaluate:
- discuss which is the best pet
- guess what pet the protagonists got and why
This is a great lesson plan to explore the decision-making process which could help your students decide what's best for them in future. Let us know how it goes!
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