Language Development Lesson Plan Form
Teacher: Lu Donghua
Grade: 6-7
Topic: 十二生肖
Content Objectives: Students will be able to know what the twelve Chinese zodiacs are and how to
know the exact zodiac for a year, what is the character of each zodiac.
Standard: Culture, Communication, connection, communities
Language Objectives: Students will be able to pronounce the key words correctly and understand the
meaning of these key words..
Cultural Objectives: Students will be able to know the twelve Chinese zodiacs, how to know the exact
zodiac for a year and what is the character of each zodiac.
Vocabulary: 聪明、勤劳、勇敢、温柔、冒险、
Materials: word cards, pictures, powerpoints
Procedure: (Part I)
I. Greetings (1 min)
Warm-up: Show the pictures of each zodiac.
T: What’s this? S: ...
T: How many animals did you see?
Ss: Twelve.
T: Yes, they are the twelve zodiacs of China.
II. 1. T: Each zodiac stands for each year. Such as the year 2010, we can also say it’s a Tiger year.
What year is the other years called? Ss: answer the question according to the twelve zodiac
orders.
T: Every twelve years is a cycle. 2010 is a tiger year, which year is also called tiger year?
Ss: answer the question.
Group work: Teacher asks the students to write out the years in accordance with each
zodiac. (Fill out a form)
2. Dialog: 我的生肖是。。。
你的生肖是什么？
3. Learn to write the words of each zodiac.
Homework: Fill out the form of the zodiac of my family members.
(Part II)
1. Presentation: the homework of last class.
2. Go to the internet and search the character of each zodiac. Summarize each of them
with two words. Ss can look up the dictionaries.
3. Learn the words in groups.
4. Make zodiac turning plate together.
Homework: Finish the worksheets.