LESSON PLAN

Form
Topic
Curriculum
Specification

Learning Outcomes

Moral Value
Thinking Skill
Teaching Materials
Background
Knowledge

Stage
Set Induction
(10 minutes)

Factual analysis/
explicit meaning
(30 minutes)

4
Short Story - Tanjong Rhu by Minfong Ho
By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
3.1 Listen to, read, view and respond to literary works by:
b. recognizing elements in a story such as characters and setting;
vi) describing characters and writing simple descriptions
During the lesson, students should be able to:
i) correctly sort the characters and the characteristics with the given evidence by filling the graphic organizer
ii) compare and contrast the characters by filling the graphic organizer
ii) briefly make inference by answering the given questions
Acknowledgement
Analysing and evaluating
PowerPoint slides, laptop, projector, hand-outs, whiteboard, whiteboard markers
Students have read the story and have knowledge in detecting the elements of literature such as characters and
characteristics, themes, values, plot and setting.
Teachers activity
Begins the lesson by recalling the story
of Tanjong Rhu.
Shows the old and new pictures of
Tanjong Rhu.
Asks students to stand up and close
their eyes.
Asks students to pretend they are
holding a binoculars and imagine what
they see.
Calls up 2-3 students and ask to share
their imagination with the class.
Divides the students into 8 groups,
distributes handouts and asks them to
complete it within 10 minutes.

Students activity
Recall the story with teacher.
Look at the pictures shown on the LCD
projector.
Follow the teachers instruction: close
their eyes, pretend seeing with
binoculars, imagine Tanjong Rhu and
picture what they see.
Share what they have imagined.

Remarks
PowerPoint slides,
laptop, projector

First hand-out:
characters traits

Be in a group and complete the handout.

Sends out representative of their group
and do the Lat Tali Lat.

Deep implicit
(30 minutes)

Closure
(10 minutes)

Call out the representative of each

groups to do the Lat Tali Lat.
Whoever wins can choose the character
they would like to present and have to
act the evidence out.
If the group answered correctly, they
can proceed to choose any other group
to present.
If the answer is wrong, they will be
punished to freeze in 10 seconds.
Distributes the second hand-out.
In the same group, instructs them to
find similarities and differences
between the characters.
Allocates 25 minutes for them to
complete it.
Asks 2-3 groups to read out.
Ask students whether they have
experienced similar situations with their
parents (like Ah Ma and Ah Wah) and
what would they do to change it.
Select 2-3 well-done graphic organizers.
Paste them on the English board in the
classroom.
Dismiss.

Present their answers and act the

evidence out.
Choose other group if they managed to
answer correctly or freeze in funny
posture in 10 seconds if they answered
wrong.

Fill in the graphic organizer by stating

the similarities and differences between
the characters.
Make inference by answering the
questions provided.
Share their answer.
Actively participate in the discussion.
Paste their graphic organizers on the
subject board.

Second hand-out:
compare & contrast