Lesson Plan

Class:

2S

Date:

21th April 2014

Time:

11.50 12.50 P.M.

Theme:

World of Story

Topic:

Animal Stories

Focused Skill:

Listening and Speaking

Integrated Skill (s): Reading

Learning Outcomes: 1.1 By the end of the 6-year primary schooling, pupils will be able
to pronounce words and speak confidently with the correct stress,
rhythm and intonation.
1.2 By the end of the 6-year primary schooling, pupils will be able to
listen and respond appropriately in formal and informal situations
for a variety of purposes.
3.1 By the end of the 6-year primary schooling, pupils will be able to
form letters and words in neat legible print including cursive writing.

Curriculum Specifications: 1.1.2 Able to listen to and enjoy simple stories.

1.1.4 Able to talk about a stimulus with guidance.
3.1.1 Able to write in neat legible print:
(a) words
Language focus:

Vocabulary (mane, stripe, claw, horn, hoof)

Behavioural objectives: By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

Previous knowledge: Students know about the animals mentioned in the stories.
Instructional materials: Microsoft Powerpoint slides, videos, task sheets, jazz chant.

Educational emphases:
CCTS:

a)

Moral Value: Independence

Multiple Intelligence: Interpersonal, verbal-linguistic

Stage/Time

Content
Activity:

What

Teaching and Learning Activity

is

Rationale

Remarks

this 1. Teacher shows slides with pictures of - To arouse students

different animals.

animal?

interest

for

the

days

2. Teacher elicits for their names from the lesson.

Set Induction/ Pictures of animals with its
students.
name.
5 mins
- To activate their prior
3. Teacher asks students if they have
knowledge related to the
Sample question:
seen any of these animals before.
- Do you know what animal is 4. Teacher highlights the physical features days topic.
this? Have you seen one
of the animals.
before?
Activity: Story Time
Teacher plays two videos of

1. Teacher shows a video about the story - To make the students

The Lion and The Mouse.

more interested to learn

feature 2. Teacher goes through the story with the about the animals by first
students and highlights some of the listening to a story about
different animals. Once each
physical features of the animals them.
Pre-Listening/ video is done, teacher goes
mentioned in the story.
through their physical features
- To introduce the days
20 mins
3. Teacher shows a video of another
with the animals.
topic in a fun manner.
story, The Greedy Lion.
Sample question:
4. Teacher goes through the story with the
- What is this sharp thing
students and highlights some of the
called? Which animal has it?
physical features of the animals
- How about these lines of
mentioned in the story.
black? What are they called?
animal

stories

that

Stage/Time

Content

Activity:

What

Was

Teaching and Learning Activity

Rationale

That 1. Teacher gives out a task sheet to each - To test the students

Again?

student and gives them some time to ability in listening for main
go through the questions.

points/words.

Teacher reads a text while 2. Teacher reads a text while the students
students

circle

the

correct

answers.

circle the correct answers.

- To let students feel like

3. Teacher reads the text once again so they

contributed

that students can check their answers. something in class and

While-

Sample question:

This is followed by a discussion, in also

Listening/

- Which animal was asleep?

which the teacher will randomly choose height problem students

15 mins

Do you remember who woke

students to give their answers. Those face when writing on the

the lion up?

who get it right can come forward and blackboard in class.

type their answers onto the Powerpoint
slide.
4. Steps 2 and 3 are repeated for a
second text.

to

overcome the

Remarks

Stage/Time

Content

Teaching and Learning Activity

Rationale

Post-

Your 1. Teacher gives out another task sheet to - To let the students
each of them, in which they are required associate what they had
Favourite Animal?
to write about their favourite animal.
learned with something
Let the students write about 2. Teacher provides a word bank for the
they are familiar with.
their favourite animal using the
students at the front and walks around
features that they had just
to facilitate if needed.

Listening/

learned or the ones provided.

Activity:

Remarks

Whats

+ 15 minutes

3.

Teacher

randomly

chooses

some

students to share about their favourite

Sample Question

animal with the rest of the class.

- Do you have a favourite 4. Enrichment> Should the students finish

animal? What is it?
early, they are asked to write about an
animal that they dislike, then step 3 is
repeated again.
Stage/Time

Content

Teaching and Learning Activity

Rationale

1. Teacher shows a jazz chant to the

Activity: Jazz Chant

students.

- To end and recap the

Closure /

End the lesson by recapping it 2. After reading it together once, the lesson in a fun manner.

+ 5 minutes

through a jazz chant.

teacher and the students chant it

together.

Remarks