Nesaghanth Racenamoty, Shim Tet Chon, Tang Seng Chee, Gunaraj Ramalingam, Yong Jik Kam

Subject
Class
Time
Theme/ Topic

: English
: Form 4
: 40 minutes
: Looking for a rain god (Literature: Short Stories)

Focused skills
Integrated skills

: Reading
: Listening & Speaking

Learning outcomes/ :
1.0 Language for interpersonal use
1.2 (a) carrying out a variety of language functions;
1.2 (b) discussing plans and arrangements, solving problems, and making decisions;
2.0 Language for informational use
2.1. (a) Listening to spoken such as, speeches and viewing television documentaries and
multimedia.
2.2. (b). Extracting main ideas and details
2.2. (j). Making short notes and mapping out ideas.
2.3. (d). Presenting ideas in nonlinear forms.
2.3. (e). Expanding notes.
3.0 Language for aesthetic use
3.1 Listen to, read, view and respond to literature works by;
3.2 Express themselves creatively and imaginatively by;
Learning objectives : Students will be able to identify character traits by looking at clues
from the text
Educational Emphasis:
Knowledge acquisition information on the story
Multiple Intelligences interpersonal skills in social interaction
Language content :
Arranging and sequencing (mind map)
Making associations and connections (from story to mind map & from character to pie
chart)
Teaching aids
:
Power point presentation
Previous knowledge :
Students know how to go about mind mapping.
Anticipated problems :
PowerPoint failure work without it. Use student imagination and story book.
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Step

Content

Teaching learning
strategies

Impetus stage
min

Initiation of the
lesson

1. Students will be
shown a photo of an
African landscape &
asked to close their
eyes and imagine
being in the setting.
Teacher describes the
setting as vividly as
possible leading
towards the suffering
during droughts.
2. Students will be lead
to imagine being one
of the characters in
the short story
suffering from the
drought.
3. End with, sounds of
rain. Tell students
open eyes & ask
students how they
feel.

Input stage
min

Teacher focus

1. Teacher writes one of

the characters name
on the board and

Rationale

Remarks/Teaching
aids

Immerse students into

the setting & get them
to relate to the storys
characters.

Make sure powerpoint

is working & the sound
of rain can be heard
by all students.

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presents an excerpt
from the story.
2. Teacher asks the
students to shout out
the traits of the
character based on
the excerpt and
conducts a
brainstorm.
3. Teacher writes their
responses on the
board.
4. After brainstorm,
teacher will discuss
each response with
students; asking for
explanation and
justification.
Identification stage
min

Student practice

1. Teacher will ask the

students to recall the
steps they went
through to identify
character traits from
the excerpt.
2. Teacher writes those
steps on the board.
3. Get students into 5
groups.
4. Assign 1 character
per group & students

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will be instructed to
use the steps to
identify the
characters traits &
write them down.
5. Teacher will monitor &
assist discussions in
the small groups.
6. In the end, students
will share and justify
their findings to the
class.
Incubation
min

Further practice

1. Teacher will show

them a pie chart
representation of his
own character traits &
briefly explain how to
do a pie chart.
2. In groups, students
will be asked to do a
pie chart about the
character they have
been assigned to.
3. Collect the character
traits list & pie charts
from each group to be
uploaded in the class
blog.