Lesson Plan Date Time/Duration Class Proficiency Level Number of Students Theme Topic Background Knowledge Focus of Topic

Focused Skill Integrated Skills Learning Outcomes : 2 February 2011 : 8.30am-9.50am (80 Minutes, Double Period) : Form 2 A : Intermediate : 35 : Literature Component : Rumplestitskin : Students are already exposed to the drama Rumplestitlskin

: Character Analysis : Reading : Speaking and Writing : By the end of form 2, students should be able to; 1.0 Language for Interpersonal Use 1.1(b) Take part in discussions and conversations vi. Participating in teacher guided class discussions by giving opinions 2.0 Language for Informational Use 2.2(a) Skimming and scanning for specific ideas 2.2(f) Process information by getting meanings of words using word attack skills. 2.3(d) Presenting information to different audience by reading aloud written materials clearly and

fluently. xiv. Recounting orally events 3.0 Language for Aesthetic Use 3.1(b) Read and respond to literary works by, vi. Talking about characters in a story. 3.2(b) Express themselves creatively and imaginatively by role playing characters.

Learning Objectives

: By the end of the lesson, students should be able to; 1. Skim and scan 5 characteristics for each character and read aloud with correct pronunciation. 2. List 8 words that are provided in the worksheet regarding characters and their characteristics. 3. Role-play the characters using hand puppets. 4. Construct sentences using the words given.

Educational Emphasis: 1. Thinking Skills: Students require critical thinking skills when summarizing and characterizing the characters of the drama Rumplestiltskin for their presentation using hand puppets. 2. Multiple Intelligences: Elements of multiple intelligences are applied in the lesson activities which includes: a. Visual Spatial Intelligence b. Kinaesthetic Intelligence c. Linguistic intelligence

Moral Values

: Students are taught to:

1. Be humble 2. Be selfless 3. Be obedient 4. Be responsible 5. Keep promises Instructional Materials (IM): Pictures, Worksheets, Hand-puppets, Hand-outs, flash cards STAGE/ DURATION Set Induction (5 minutes) CONTENT/ SKILLS Whole Class Questions: 1. What do you see in this picture? 2. How do you describe the picture? Skills Speaking Pre-reading (15 minutes) Whole Class Vocabulary: 1. Greedy 2. Boastful 3. Beautiful 4. Obedient 5. Responsible 6. Loving 7. Trickster 8. Talented Skills Reading Speaking While-reading (20 minutes) 1. Teacher gives students handouts on the characteristics of The students must be able to apply 1. The teacher shows a series of flash cards to the students. 2. Students are required to spell and say out loud what is written on it. 3. Students repeat this activity until they pronounce and spell each word correctly. TEACHER STUDENT ACTIVITIES 1. Teacher shows a few pictures on the whiteboard. 2. Students talk about what they see in the pictures. 3. Students describe the pictures. 4. Students guess the topic of the day which is Character Analysis of the drama Rumplestiltskin. RATIONALE/ IM The objective is to trigger students schemata on the drama Rumplestiltskin and its characters previously learned in class. IM Pictures This activity includes words that will appear frequently in the text they will read. It is to help them identify characteristics and help students search their meanings. IM Flash Cards

Individual Skills Reading Writing Speaking

the characters in Ruplestiltskin. 2. Students are then required to volunteer and read the text aloud. 3. Students list the characteristics of each character that they find in the blank spaces provided. 4. Students read out their answers voluntarily.

skimming and scanning skills. IM Hand-out 1

Individual Skills Reading Writing

1. Teacher hands out a worksheet containing 8 words extracted from the text. 2. Students answer the worksheet according to the rubric given. 3. Students discuss their answers with the teacher. 1. Teacher divides the class into five groups of seven. 2. Each group is handed a handpuppet and a paper containing the rubric for the activity. 3. Students use their own dialogues to create a role-play where they become a character from the drama. 4. Students discuss on the activity in groups. 5. Students perform the activity in front of the whole class. 6. Teacher evaluates students performance and gives credit. 1. Teacher recaps the lesson with the students. 2. Students attempt a reinforcement exercise where they have to write their own opinions on the characters of Rumplestiltskin.

Students guess each meaning to form correct sentences by using contextual clues. IM Worksheet 1

Post-reading (25 minutes)

Group Work Skills Speaking Listening

The activity done here is puppet play. This helps in building good people skills in communicating and expands their creative thinking in literature. IM Hand-puppets Hand-out (Appendix)

Closure (5 minutes)

Whole Class Questions 1. What have you learned today? 2. What important moral values did you learn?

The teacher integrates some moral values. This will arouse students awareness.

Skills Speaking

Evaluation Follow-up Activity

: : Teacher gives them an essay of 180 words on the characters they like in the drama Rumplestiltskin

Self-reflection Supervisors Comments

: :

Appendix 1 Pictures to be shown on the whiteboard.

Appendix 2 Flash Cards

GREEDY BOASTFUL BEAUTIFUL OBEDIENT RESPONSIBLE LOVING TRICKSTER TALENTED

Appendix 3 Read the following text on the characteristics of the characters from the drama Rumplestiltskin carefully and fill in the blanks as follows. Lisa Lisa is a beautiful girl born to a normal family. She is very talented in doing house chores such as sewing and cooking. She also shows great love and is obedient towards her parents. Unfortunately, she was taken from her parents by the King to come to the palace and spin straw into gold. She is also very helpless, and so she accepts the help of Rumplestiltskin without considering what will happen to her in the future. Rumplestiltskin He is a cruel trickster that loves to trick others and gain profit and joy from it. He has a talent for spinning straw into gold. He offers help to Lisa in exchange for 3 items for each of the time he helps her. His cruellest trick on Lisa is asking her to guess his name in three days if she does not want to lose her newborn baby. The King He is the ruler of a faraway land. He is also very greedy and selfish. He thinks only for himself and not the effects on other people. He took Lisa away from her parents and threatens to kill her if she does not spin straw into gold. His greed is shown when he says that he needed more gold for his kingdom. He, being a king, has many riches but he is very greedy and asks for more. Father He is a loving father towards Lisa. Unfortunately, he is also very boastful about Lisas talents as a woman. This unfortunately lands Lisa in trouble. He is also very responsible as he tries to help Lisa when she was tricked by Rumplestiltskin. Mother

Lisas mother who is obedient to her husband and loves her family. She is a foolish woman who agrees to whatever her husband says without thinking of the consequence. In the end, she felt responsible to help Lisa. Based on the text you have read, fill in the blanks below with the appropriate characteristics that you found for each character of Rumplestiltskin. Lisa 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Rumplestiltskin 1. 2. 3. The King 1. 2. Father 1. 2. 3. Mother 1.

2. 3. Appendix 4 Using the words below, construct your own sentences on characteristics of other fairy tale characters that you may know. 1. Greedy

2. Boastful

3. Beautiful

4. Obedient

5. Responsible

6. Loving

7. Trickster

8. Talented

Appendix 5 Please read the following instructions. 1. Using the hand-puppet given to you, please perform a role play that explains the characteristics of the character. 2. You must create dialogues for the puppet using the words given in the exercise before this. 3. You have 10 minutes to prepare the dialogue, and five minutes to present the role-play. 4. The group with the highest level of accuracy and creativity will receive a reward from the teacher.

Appendix 6 Hand Puppets

FACULTY OF LANGUAGE STUDIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

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SECONDARY LESSON PLAN Character Analysis

Name Matric No I/C No Lecturer :Mohamad Faiz bin Mohamad Ali : 4082003711 : 870221-14-6601 : Madam Khatipah binti Abd Ghani