Lesson Plan Format

Class: Year 5

Date: 20/10/15

Time: Start: 9.05

Finish: 10.07

Key Learning Area: English

Lesson Topic: Creative Writing

Recent Prior Experience (specific relevant concepts, skills and values the school students have experienced prior to this lesson):

Syllabus Outcome(s):
One or two only. Please note the syllabus
reference number AND write out in full.

- Communicates effectively for a variety of

audiences and purposes using
increasingly challenging topics, ideas,
issues and language forms and features
EN3-1A

Indicators of Learning for this lesson:

Behaviours that contribute toward achievement of outcome(s).
Quote syllabus numbers. Must be clear, specific, observable.
Curriculum Content Strands may be used as headings.
By the end of this lesson, the students will:
- Responds to different writing prompts to composes their
own creative writing piece
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Apply knowledge of language forms to compose texts

Uses a variety of emotive and descriptive language

Assessment:
Strategies which will be used to assess
learners attainment of learning outcomes.
Should be linked to each learning indicator.

Formal observation on students

100 word stories and creative
writing piece. Assessing the
language used (emotive,
descriptive) and whether the
writing prompt is used.

- Composes, edits and presents wellstructured and coherent texts EN3-2A

Any safety issues to be considered:

- Movement around the room

Resources:
List resources you used in preparing the lesson AND those used in the lesson implementation.

Being hit with the ball

Tennis Ball/ beanbag ball

Link to video
Padlet link
LESSON SEQUENCE

Lesson Content / Indicators of

Learning (What is Taught):
Note key skills, concepts and values
addressed in each section. Link to your
Indicators of Learning.
INTRODUCTION
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Timing
(mins)

Introduction game
10 mins

Teaching Strategies / Learning Experiences:

(How it is taught)
Write detailed steps showing what the teacher (T)
will do and what students (Ss) will do.

Warm up game for Ss Fortunately, unfortunately.

Ss are given a sentence e.g. the plane crashed into
the ground. A beanbag is thrown to one other
student and they need to continue the sentence with
either fortunately and a positive (e.g. fortunately the
passengers had parachutes)

Resources and Organisation:

Tennis Ball

DEVELOPMENT
20 mins
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Creative writing stories

25mins

100 word challenge: Ss are given the writing prompt

.. all at once they fell over.. Ss use the prompt to
write a creative writing piece of only 100 words.
Students share their work on the padlet.

Ss watch the Atlantis trailer and use this as

inspiration to write a creative writing piece on how
they think the story will develop. Ss compose story
as a narrative.

CLOSURE
Ss present some of their 100 word stories to the

http://padlet.com/akcarroll/xouo0im8cygf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZXNBq1AOoc/

class.
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Presentation

5mins

Student Teachers Evaluation (write reflections on the following):

Assessment of Learning Outcomes
To what extent did the learners achieve the intended learning outcomes?

Describe the evidence you have for this.

Outline the follow-up to this lesson for the learners.

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Evaluation of Teaching
Identify the teaching strategies / learning experiences that were most effective. Explain why.

Identify the teaching strategies / learning experiences that were least effective. Explain why.

How appropriate was the timing throughout the various sections of the lesson? Why?

Describe how the selection and use of resources supported learning in the lesson.

Identify what motivated the students. Explain why.

Identify the classroom management strategies that were most effective. Explain why.

What was most satisfying about the lesson?

Based on these reflections, outline the steps you should now take to improve your teaching in future lessons.

Colleague teachers comments: (Reference could be made, for example, to planning and preparation,
knowledge of curriculum, organisation, motivation of pupils, strategies used, interaction with students, classroom
management, catering for individual needs, use of resources, etc.)

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