In this lesson, learners will practise the alphabet, the letter names and writing upper-case and lower-case letters through a song and various games. For extension, they will watch a story about animals for every letter of the alphabet and work as a class to produce an alphabet wall frieze or a picture dictionary.

Aims

To develop and practise (depending on stages chosen):

• vocabulary: alphabet letter names, words which start with an upper-case letter, wild animals
• integrated skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing

Age

Younger primary (7–9 years)

Time

90 minutes approximately (depending on stages chosen)