Unit 6 — Animals and Pets

Track E · Klasse 5 · Niveau E

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau E (30 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

  • I can name 14 animals (pets, farm, wild).
  • I can use have got and the present simple together to describe a pet.
  • I can write 6 sentences about a real or imagined pet.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

  • 3.1.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
  • 3.1.3.2 Leseverstehen
  • 3.1.3.5 Schreiben
  • 3.1.3.7 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Wortschatz
  • 3.1.3.8 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Grammatik

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Lead-in story Link to heading

Pepper the cat does three things: sleep, eat, ignore. He is excellent at all three. Mia has known him for six years. He has known her since the day she carried him home from the shelter in a small cardboard box. Frida the fox once tried to make friends with Pepper. Pepper looked at her for thirty seconds, then walked away. Friendship: not yet.

1. Activate Link to heading

Animal sounds and habitats. Teacher names an animal; class shouts the sound; one volunteer names a habitat (forest, farm, ocean, house).

2. Input Link to heading

Vocabulary — animals Link to heading

Pets: cat, dog, hamster, rabbit, fish, bird, snake, turtle, parrot. Farm: cow, horse, sheep, pig, chicken, duck, goat. Wild: fox, wolf, bear, deer, owl, frog, lizard, spider.

Grammar — have got + present simple together Link to heading

Use have got for possession; present simple for habits.

  • Mia has got a cat. The cat sleeps a lot.
  • Theo has got a fish. The fish swims in circles.

Question patterns:

  • Have you got a pet? — Yes, I have. / No, I haven’t.
  • Does it bark? — Yes, it does. / No, it doesn’t.

3. Practise Link to heading

Niveau E — controlled Link to heading

  1. Have got — fill in: I __________ a hamster. Mia __________ a cat. Theo __________ a fish.
  2. Present simple: the cat / sleep / a lot → ___ ; the dog / bark / at the door → ___ .

Niveau E — productive Link to heading

  1. Pet portrait. Write 4 sentences about your pet or an imagined pet (have got + present simple).
  2. Question forms: build (you / a pet?), (your rabbit / eat carrots?).
Answer key

Controlled. 1. have got / has got / has got. 2. The cat sleeps a lot. The dog barks at the door.

Productive. 3-4. Open; check structures.

4. Produce Link to heading

Pet portrait poster. Draw on A4. Underneath, write 6 sentences using have got + present simple. Include name, age, colour, food, one habit, one feeling.

Sample Link to heading

This is Pepper. He is a grey cat. He has got soft fur and green eyes. He is six years old. He eats fish and dry food. He sleeps on my bed every afternoon. He doesn’t like dogs.

5. Reflect Link to heading

  • I can name 14 animals.
  • I can use have got + present simple in one text.
  • I can write a 6-sentence pet portrait.

One thing in your notebook: Write one sentence that uses something you learned in this Unit.

Exam example Link to heading

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)
Time. 45 minutes. Total. 30 points.

Task 1 — Listening (8 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“My grandmother has got two cats and a small dog. The cats are grey and white. The dog is black with a white spot on his chest. He is six years old.”

  1. How many cats: ___ . 2. Cat colours: ___ . 3. Dog colour: ___ . 4. Dog age: ___ .

Task 2 — Reading (8 BE) Link to heading

Read.

“Mia has got a cat called Pepper. He is six years old. He has soft grey fur. He eats fish and dry food. He sleeps on Mia’s bed every afternoon and ignores everyone he doesn’t like.”

  1. Pet: ___ . 2. Age: ___ . 3. Eats: ___ . 4. One habit: ___ .

Task 3 — Use of English (8 BE) Link to heading

Fill in have got / has got (pos / neg / Q).

  1. I __________ a hamster.
  2. Theo __________ a fish? (question)
  3. We __________ no pets. (negative)
  4. Mia __________ two cats.

Task 4 — Writing (6 BE) Link to heading

Write 6 sentences about a real or imagined pet (name, age, colour, food, habit, feeling).

Answer key
T1. 2, grey and white, black with white spot, 6. T2. cat / Pepper, 6, fish and dry food, sleeps on Mia’s bed. T3. 1. have got, 2. Has Theo got, 3. have got, 4. has got. T4. Open.
Notenschlüssel (von 30)
| 28–30 | 1 | 24–27 | 2 | 20–23 | 3 | | 15–19 | 4 | 9–14 | 5 | 0–8 | 6 |

Downloads Link to heading

**Slide deck timing.** 45 minutes total. Lead-in 3 min · Activate 4 min · Input 12 min · Practise 8 min · Produce 13 min · Reflect 5 min.

Differentiation. Below Niveau E (mixed group): provide a support card with the key structure. Above Niveau E: extension question linking to the next Unit’s grammar.

Common pitfalls Link to heading

  • The cat have got → ✗ / The cat has got → ✓.
  • Does the cat has → ✗ / Does the cat have → ✓.
  • L1 trap: German Mein Hund hat … → English My dog has (got) …, with a to be checked option (My dog is …).

Further reading / listening Link to heading

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