Lesson Plan Year 4 (Writing)

Subject
Date
Time
Class
No. of pupils
Pupils level
Theme
Unit / Topic
Focused Skill
Integrated
Skills
Content
Standards

Year 5 Listening and Speaking Lesson Plan

English Language
7 August 2015
8.30 a.m. 9.30 a.m. (1 hour)
4 Bestari
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Mixed abilities
World of Knowledge
Unit 13 / Harmony In The Jungle
Writing
Listening, Speaking and Reading
By the end of the 6-year primary schooling, pupils should be able to:
1.1 pronounce words and speak confidently with correct stress, rhythm
and intonation
3.2 write using appropriate language form and style for a range of
purposes
3.3 write and present ideas through a variety of medias.

Learning
Standards

3.2.1 able to transfer information with guidance to complete linear texts

CCTS
Habits of Mind
(HOM)
Grammar
Vocabulary

Identifying, Classifying
11. Creating, imagining, and innovating
15. Thinking interdependently
Wh-questions
tame, wild, habitat, carnivorous, herbivorous, omnivorous

Teaching Aids

VCD- Lion King, pictures, flash cards, picture cards, graphic organizer,
worksheets
Be kind to animals, protect animals
Pupils have learnt about wild animals in Year 3.

Moral Values
Previous
Knowledge

3.3.1 able to create simple texts using a variety of media with

guidance: linear and non-linear
1.1.4 able to talk about related topics with guidance

General
Objectives

Pupils should be able to identify and name some animals living in the
wild.

Specific
Objectives

By the end of the lesson pupils should be able to:

i.
state and write the names of at least 8 out of 10 wild animals
taught
ii.
ask and answer at least 4 out of 5 questions pertaining to
pictures of animals orally through pair-work
iii.
design an appropriate graphic organizer on classification of
animals
iv.
identify and classify the animals correctly into three different
categories through listing out

STEP
Set
Induction
+5 minutes

CONTENT
Movie - Lion King

TEACHING & LEARNING

ACTIVITIES
1.Teacher tells the class that they
are going to watch a short movie
clip.

Sample of Teachers
questions:
2. Teacher plays the clip.
1. What is the title of 3. Pupils watch carefully.
this movie?
4. Teacher stops the movie and asks
2. How many
questions about it.
animals did you
see just now?
5. Teacher introduces the topic
3.Can you name
Wild Animals by relating it to the
the animals
pupils answers
shown in the
movie clip?

Presentation Build up a list of

names of animals
through the activity,
+20 minutes Now you see it,
now you dont.

REMARKS,
RATIONALE AND
NOTES
To set the mood and
mentally prepare pupils
for the lesson.
To integrate movie as a
motivating component
Teaching aids:
VCD - Lion King
Whole class activity

1. Teacher gets the pupils to sit in

pairs.

To activate pupils
previous knowledge

2. Teacher tells pupils that he is

going to flash some pictures of
wild animals on the screen for
three seconds.

Teaching aids:
Pictures of animals
CCTS - identifying

3. Pupils in pairs have to memorise

the names of the animals and
write them down on a piece of
paper.

Pair activity

4. Teacher discusses the answer by

calling each pair to read out a
name of an animal and gets a
pupil to write it on the
blackboard.
5. Teacher helps the class to build
up the list by giving clues if
7. necessary.
REMARKS

STEP

CONTENT
Pronunciation
drill and
explanation of
meaning of
words

TEACHING & LEARNING

ACTIVITIES

2. Pupils repeat after the teacher.

(Rationale, CCTS, AVA,

Moral values, HOM)
To introduce new
vocabulary and practice
pronunciation with
correct rhythm, stress
and intonation

3. Teacher explains the meaning of

words

Teaching aids:
Flash cards

1. Teacher puts up the flash cards

and reads the word.

Whole Class activity

Sentence Structure
for questions
1. What animal is
this?
2. Is this a wild or a
tame animal?
3. Where is its
habitat?
4. What does this
animal eat?
5. Is it a carnivorous
or a herbivorous
animal?
Practice

Question and
answer drill.

+15 minutes Sample Sentence

Structure for
questions expected
from pupils same as
in Step 3 of
Presentation stage

1.Teacher pastes a picture of a lion

on the board and asks pupils some
questions at random.

To introduce sentence
structures for questions
and responses.

2. Pupils answer the questions and

write down their answers properly on
the worksheet.

Teaching aids:
Picture of a lion

3. Teacher writes students

responses on the board.

Whole Class activity

4. Teacher repeats the above activity,

by showing pictures of other
animals.
1. Teacher distributes to each pupil
a picture of an animal.
2. These pictures have sample
questions that pupils can use as a
guide.
3. Pupils work in pairs
(Pupil A shows picture to pupil B
and asks questions about the
animal shown in the picture )
4. Pupi. B answers the questions
Roles are then reversed.

To enable students to
practice structures for
questions and
responses.
To provide
communicative practice.
Teaching aids:
Picture cards.
(Two cards for a pair)
Questions on the
reverse of the cards)
Pair activity

5. Teacher monitors the whole

process and corrects wherever

necessary.
6. Pupils are required to write a
short paragraph on my favourite
animal according to the guided
task sheet.

STEP

CONTENT

Production

Classification of
animals into three
categories such as:

+15
minutes

a. Carnivores
b. Herbivores
c. Omnivores

TEACHING & LEARNING

ACTIVITIES
1. Teacher divides the class into
groups of five.
2. Teacher shows a model of a
graphic organizer that has
answers and example written.
3. Each group is given a piece of
mahjong paper to design an
appropriate G. O. to classify
animals according to the three
given categories.

REMARKS
(Rationale, CCTS, AVA,
Moral values, HOM)
To apply and transfer
knowledge learnt in the
lesson
To integrate science in
language learning
To encourage discussion
among peers
Teaching aids:
Mahjong paper, marker
pens

4. In groups, pupils classify the

animals accordingly and write the HOM :
name of each animal.
11. Creating, imagining,
and innovating
5. Teacher assists the weaker
15. Thinking
groups.
interdependently
7. Each group then displays their
answers in front of the class.

CCTS: Classifying
Group activity

8. Teacher makes a quick cross

check of the answers with the
pupils.
Closure
+5 minutes

Follow-up activity
(homework):
Remedial work.
-Identify and write
the names of the
animals correctly.
Enrichment activity
-Making a scrap
book on animals

1.Teacher explains the homework

tasks for different sets of pupils.
2.Teacher summarises what has
been taught, HOM and also
instills values like being kind to
animals and the conservation of
wild animals.
3. Pupils respond appropriately and

To reinforce content
knowledge learnt.
Teaching aids:
Remedial worksheets.
To help students realize
the value of kindness
towards animals and the

and their young

submit their task sheets to be

marked by the teacher.
5 Lesson ends

importance of
conserving them for the
future generation.

Summary of lesson
Moral Values:
Be kind to animals,
Protect our animals