LESSON PLAN - ENGLISH LESSON

Day : Monday

Date : 7th September 2009

Class : Year 4 Aman

Number of Pupils : 30/30

Time : 9.00 am – 10.00 am (60 minutes)

Theme : World of Knowledge

Topic : Poem: The Four Seasons

Main Skill : Reading

Integrated Skills : Listening, Speaking and Writing

Type of Reading Problem : Inadequate Comprehension Skills

Focused Disability : Unable to answer factual questions based on the material read

Curriculum Specification : Level 3

: Listening
- 1.2.3 Listen to and repeat simple rhymes and
songs paying attention to pronunciation,
stress and intonation correctly.
: Reading
- 3.3.3 Read and understand simple paragraphs.
: Writing
- 4.8.2 write simple sentences with word and picture cues
Learning Outcomes/ : By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:

Objectives i) Read simple rhymes with correct pronunciation,

stress and intonation

ii) Read and understand simple paragraphs

iii) Rearrange words to form questions and answers

based on the poem read

Previous Knowledge : Pupils have seen and heard about the four seasons
- Summer, winter, autumn, spring.

Language item : Simple Wh – questions

Vocabulary : Appear, melts, snowflakes, skate, ski, snowballs

Teaching Aids : Graphic organizer, worksheet, flash cards, paper strips, video, computer

Moral Values : Love the environment, confident, co-operate

Educational Emphasis / : Identify, classify, predict, and look for patterns

Thinking Skills

Multiple Intelligences : Bodily-kinesthetic, visual-spatial, interpersonal,

verbal-linguistic
 Stage / Time Content Teaching and Learning Activities Pupils’ Activities Rationale

Set Induction Poem 1. Teacher shows pupils a poem on 1. Pupils look at the To allow pupils to
(5 minutes) four seasons. poem entitled ‘The Four enjoy and appreciate
2. Teacher asks pupils to listen Seasons’. reciting poems
carefully while teacher recites the 2. Pupils listen to the
poem. teacher's recitation of the Resources:
3. Teacher ask pupils to recite the poem. Graphic Organizer
poem. 3. Pupils read the poem Multiple
4. Teacher introduces the topic. together. Intelligences:
Vocabulary 5. Teacher asks pupils about the 4. Pupils write down the Verbal-linguistic
Difficult words in the poem. words that they do not Moral Value:
know. Confident

Pre-reading Power-point Slides 1. Teacher shows the scenes of four 1. Pupils look at the To widen pupils’
(15 minutes) seasons. Power-point slides. knowledge on the
Examples of countries 2. Teacher ask pupils to read the 2. Pupils read the related four seasons.
having the four paragraphs that describe the four paragraph that describe
seasons seasons. the four seasons in the To refresh pupils’
Europe countries such as 3. Teacher talks about the four poem. grammar on Wh-
Germany, England and seasons, the colours and things 3. Pupils react to the questions.
Belgium. associated with each season. instruction given by the
In Asia, Japan 4. Teacher gets few pupils who teacher.
have been to foreign countries to 4. Pupils listen to the
share their experiences. explanation given by the
5. Teacher gives examples of teacher about the four
countries having the four seasons and about the
seasons. ‘Wh’ questions.
6. Teacher emphasizes the WH –
questions.
 7. Teacher shows the Wh-words Resources:
that are used to ask the Wh Graphic Organizer
questions. Multiple
Intelligences
Visual-spatial
8. Teacher shows a few examples Moral Value:
of simple Wh –questions Confident

Stage / Time Content Teaching and Learning Activities Pupils’ Activities Rationale

While reading Wh- questions 1. Teacher gives four envelopes 1. Pupils move into eight To let pupils match
(20 minutes) containing scrambled Wh- groups, four question the words to form
1. How many times the questions to four groups and four groups and four answer questions and
Seasons change? envelopes containing scrambled groups. answers
The seasons change answers to four more groups. 2. Each group gets their
Four times in a year. 2. Teacher asks the answers’ group envelope containing
2. Which is the coldest? Present their materials. whether question or
Winter season is the 3. Then, teacher asks the groups answer envelope.
Coldest. with Wh- questions to find the 3. The answer’s group
3. Which season do groups with the correct answers. will paste the answer in
Flowers bloom? 4. After that, teacher asks groups front of the class. Resources
Flowers bloom during with questions and groups with 4. The question’s group Flash Cards, paper
Spring season. the answers to show their will find the correct strips
4. What happen to the sentences in front of the class. sentences base on the CCTS:
leaves when Autumn 5. Teacher asks the pupils to read answer given by the Look for patterns
Season come? the questions and the answers. answer’s groups. Moral Value:
The leaves fall down 6. Teacher corrects their mistakes Co-operation
from the trees. and asks them to use the Multiple
appropriate Wh- questions and Intelligence:
 answers in their daily interaction. Bodily-kinesthetic

Post reading Pair works. 1. Teacher asks pupils to do this 1. Pupils sit in pairs. Language activity
(10 minutes) Graphic organizer activity in pairs. 2. Pupils prepare to carry related to the
2. Teacher explains pupils on how out the task. language item.
Activities: to carry out the worksheet. 3. Pupils listen attentively
Identifying ‘Wh’ question to the explanation given.

3. Teacher asks all the pairs to list 4. Pupils complete the Resources:
down all the Wh question and build worksheet. Worksheet
one simple sentence based on the Multiple
Wh question that have been listed. Intelligences
3. Teacher assists the pupils in Interpersonal
carry out the worksheet. Moral Value:
4. Teacher elicit answer from pupils Co-operation

To reinforce pupils’
Closure Riddles 1. Teacher shows a slide on simple 1. Pupils look at the slide understanding on
(10 minutes) riddles and asks pupils to guess and try to answer the the topic.
Worksheet the answers. questions given by the Resources:
2. Teacher distributes worksheet as teacher. Worksheet
homework to pupils. 2. Pupils keep the Multiple
3. Teacher praises the pupils worksheet as homework. Intelligence:
Verbal-linguistic