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Module Name: LEARNING AND TEACHING

Module Code: 5FHE1051

Student Name: NESAMANI D/O RAJA RETANAM

Student ID Number: PLPPIP2011/036/KIC

Lecturer Name: DR. SUNIL KUMAR

Tutor Group: A6

Assignment No./Name: Assignment 3

Due Date: 22nd APRIL 2014

Date Submitted: 22nd APRIL 2014

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Assignment 3
Part A
The text I have chosen is an adaptation of animal fable The Greedy Crow. This story is
appropriate for Standard 4 learners as it has an interesting plot and characters involved will be
entertaining and engaging at the same time for learners throughout the learning session. This
text contains simple vocabulary and language structures which enable learners to comprehend
the story easily. The story has a simple concept in which pupils will be able to relate well to their
background knowledge. It also assists teacher in teaching of new words and grammatical
structures to pupils. A range of communicative tasks can be carried out using this short text.
My teaching plan is as follows:

Lesson 1: Reading comprehension (60 minutes)

The learning outcomes of this lesson are to help learners to teach reading based on the text, to
help learners to read silently and understand the story, enrich learners language structure and
guess words using contextual clues. Listening and writing skills will be integrated in this lesson. I
will introduce the story to the learners by showing them a short video of the story. Before
showing the video, I will ask the learners to turn to page 45 on their English textbook and
examine the story based on looking at the title and illustrations and ask them to predict the
storyline. After listening to the learners responds, I will ask them to watch the video and discuss
their initial opinions. Subsequently, I will ask students to read the text silently for five minutes.
While

reading the text silently, I will ask learners to jot down new vocabulary which they stumble upon
in their vocabulary notebook. After that, I will read aloud the text. I will then explain what the

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story is about. Next, I will assign each group in the class to read each sequence of the story
respectively. Later, I will give learners a worksheet on fill in the blanks based on the story.
Learners need to extract suitable sentence from their textbook and write it in the space
provided. As homework, I will ask the learners to paste the worksheet in their exercise book
copy down the correct sequencing order and colour the pictures in the given worksheet.

Lesson 2: Vocabulary activity (30 minutes)

The objectives of this lesson are to identify the meanings of the given words and able to
use it appropriately in a complete sentence both written and verbally. In this lesson, I
will integrate writing skills. Some example of new vocabulary will be flew, ground,
claws, chasing, branch and reply. First, I will ask them to guess the meaning of the
words using the contextual clues by rereading the text. Next, I will discuss the meaning
of words learners find hard to understand through using word cards. I will paste the new
vocabulary on the right side of the board and there will be a selection of meanings for
the new vocabulary to be identified on the left side of the board. I will randomly pick
several students to come in front and paste the meanings according to the new
vocabulary. Then, I will ask the learners to read aloud the words and its meaning
repeatedly for twice and copy the meaning of the new word that they have learnt in their
vocabulary notebook. Through learning some new vocabulary, learners will receive

comprehensible input. Subsequently, I will use flashcards to demonstrate the picture

and action of each vocabulary. After that, I will select two representatives from each
group to come in front to draw lots. The lots consist of the vocabularies that I have

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taught earlier. The learners needs to find the correct flashcard according to the lots they
have drawn and they are required to paste the flashcards on the board. They are also
required to write the vocabulary with its meaning below the flashcards. After the activity
ends, I will give a matching exercise worksheet, in which learners need to match the
words with correct pictures or actions. For homework, I will ask students to construct
two sentences for each vocabulary that had been taught.

Lesson 3: Speaking and listening activity (30 minutes)

I will be using this text to exploit listening activity as well. The purposes of this lesson
are to practice learners to listen attentively, learners will be able to listen, understand
and extract information and to develop their speaking skills. First, I will read the text
aloud while the learners listen to the way I pronounce each word. After I have finished
reading the text, I will ask the whole class to read aloud for twice. Next, I will ask some
questions based on the story verbally and will encourage learners to answer it in a
complete sentence. For example, I will ask them questions like Why Mr Crow chased
Mr Hawk?, When did Mr Crow drop the meat?, Is Mr Eagle bad?, What message did
the learners learnt through this story? and so on. I will motivate students intrinsically
when they answer the questions correctly and reinforce them if there is any mistake
made. Later, I will give students to do a worksheet on sequencing the story based on
listening to the audio of the story that they have read. Once the listening session
completed, I will check the answers with the learners. If time permits, I will ask
volunteers to come in front and tell any stories that they have read before. Lastly, I will

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assign students to bring paper-cutting or any article that they like to class for next
lesson.

Lesson 4: Grammar activity (30 minutes)

The learning objectives of my next lesson are to identify the use of past tense in the
story, know the rules of using past tense and able to use past tense in daily
conversation. The story basically uses simple past tense. For example, the words used
are was, flew, saw, took, had, decided, wanted, and did not. After introducing
the grammar rule, I will conduct a speaking activity with the learners to help them to
understand the use of past tense and practice using it. For instance, I will ask questions
like, Who was absent yesterday?, Who did not complete the homework I gave
yesterday?, Who saw the accident which happened in front of school and encourage
learners respond to the questions using past tense form. Then, I will hand out a
worksheet based on the simple past tense words chosen from the story and they have
to identify the root word. Next, I will use strips cards which contains the past tense
words I have taught. For this activity I will ask five learners to take turns to come in front
and each learner has to construct a correct sentence using the past tense strips cards.
Later, I will ask them to take out the paper-cuttings and articles they have brought and
ask them to find as many past tense words as they can. Lastly, as homework learners
are required to write the list of past tense words they have found.

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Lesson 5: Role-play activity (30 minutes)

My last lesson for this topic will be a role-play activity. The objectives of this activity are
to get learners to involve themselves in the lesson actively, create a natural environment
for learners to practise English and providing a conducive environment to decrease
students affective filter. First, I will divide learners into smaller groups. Then, I will
assign each of them with a role like the narrator, Mr Crow, Mr Eagle and Mr Hawk. The
learners will wear on a mask according to their roles and act the story out with their own
dialogues using their creativity. I will allocate 15 minutes for the preparation and
rehearsal session for the learners in their groups. After 15 minutes, each group will
come in front and perform the role-play.

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Skill focus: Reading, listening and speaking

Teaching Objectives:
The objectives of this lesson are to:

teach reading based on the text

help learners to read silently

help learners to read and understand the story

enrich learners language structure

Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this session, the pupil should be able to:

predict the story by examining at the title and illustrations

read aloud clearly and with correct stress and intonation of the story of The Greedy Crow

read and understand a short text

fill in the blanks with suitable sentences.

Step
Content
Teaching and Learning
Activities
Examine the story of The
Greedy Crow based on
Introduc
tion and
warm-up

examining the title and

1. Teacher asks learners to

turn to page 45 on their
English textbook
2. Teacher asks students to

Remarks
(Rationale,
Teaching
Resources)
Rationale:

Get learners ready for

the lesson.

illustrations.
examine the story based on

Attract pupils interest.

looking at the title and
illustrations and ask them to

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predict the storyline.

Questions:

Teaching resource:

1. What can you

Textbook

conclude about this

story by looking at
the title and the
illustration?
2. How many animals
are involved in the
story?
3. Why do Mr Hawk
carry the dead rat?
4. In your opinion, is
Mr Crow good or
bad?
1. Video on The
Greedy Crow in
Presenta
tion
(Teacher
-

cartoon version.
2. Textbook on page
45: story of The
Greedy Crow.

centered
)

1. Teacher shows a short

video on the story of The
Greedy Crow.
2. Teacher asks learners to

Helps learners to liste

attentively and

watch and listen to the video understand the short

carefully.
3. Teacher discusses learners
initial opinions.
4. Teacher asks learners to
read the text silently.
5. Learners are asked to jot
down vocabulary which they

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Rationale:

story.

Helps learners to read

silently.
Teaching resources:
1. Video on The

finds hard to understand in

Worksheet on fill in the

blanks of The Greedy
Practice
(Learner

Greedy Crow.
2. Textbook on pa

their vocabulary notebook.

6. Teacher read the text aloud

45.

and explains the story.

1. Teacher divides pupils into

Rationale: Check

smaller groups.
2. Teacher asks learners in

Crow.

learners sentence stre

and intonation while

each group to read the

reading.

sequence of the story

centered

respectively based on the

Ensure learners are a

story in the textbook twice.
3. Teacher will distribute
worksheet to learners.
4. Teacher asks learners to

to extract information
from the reading text.

extract suitable sentence

Contextual learning.
from the textbook and write
the answer in the blank
spaces provided in the
worksheet.
Learning resource:
worksheet.

Closure
and
homewo
rk

Follow-up activity
(homework)
Questions:
- Why Mr Crow was

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1. Teacher asks learners to

paste the worksheet in
their exercise book.
2. Teacher asks students to
copy down the fill in the

Rationale: To reinforce

the content knowledge

learnt.
Learning resource:

searching for food?

What did Mr Crow

blanks activity sentences

the correct order and

found to eat?
Is it a good choice
to be like Mr Crow?

worksheet as homework.
3. Teacher concludes the

Give reasons.
Will you share your
belongings with
your friends?

in the exercise book with

colour the pictures in the

Worksheet

Moral value integrated

Do not be greedy

lesson by asking a few

questions based on the
story they have learnt.
4. Teacher reminds
learners to be grateful
with what they have.

Reference
Lim, P. C., Azman Azlina Azmar, Gurnam Kaur Sidhu. (2012) English Year 4 Sekolah
Kebangsaan Textbook. Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka.

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Appendix
The Greedy Crow
Mr Crow was very hungry. He flew everywhere to look for food.
Suddenly, he saw a piece of meat on the ground. He flew down to get it.
Mr Crow: Wow! Thats a big piece of meat!
He took the piece of meat up to a branch of a nearby tree. He was very happy.
As Mr Crow was about to eat, he saw Mr Hawk. Mr Hawk had a dead rat in his claws.
Mr Crow: Hello! Where did you get that rat?

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Mr Hawk did not reply. He flew off as fast as he could. Mr Crow decided to follow Mr
Hawk. He wanted to eat the dead rat as well.
Mr Crow could not fly fast enough, so he did not get the dead rat. While chasing Mr
Hawk, his piece of meat fell to the ground.
Mr Eagle saw that incident. He quickly flew down to get the piece of meat.
Mr Crow: Stop! Thats mine!
Mr Eagle flew down towards Mr Crow. The piece of meat was between his claws.

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