Daily Lesson Plan 1 (Single Period-Informal Letter Writing)

Day
:
Wednesday
Date
:
5th February 2014
Subject
:
English language
Time
:
8.20-9.00 am
Duration
:
40 minutes
Class
:
1 Anggerik (Set C)
Level
:
Weak students
No. of Students
:
/35
Topic
:
Informal letter writing
Learning Outcomes
:
Students should be able to:
1. Understand the correct format for writing an informal letter.
Activities
Phase
Induction Set
(5 mins)
Development
(30 mins)

Conclusion
(5 mins)

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Activities
Teacher displays a few items-envelope, stamp and a piece of paper.
Students guess the use of these items.
Teacher introduces the topic.
Students are asked to volunteer to write out on the whiteboard any parts of an
informal letter that they remember from previous knowledge.
2. Teacher checks on the format.
3. Other students are asked to rectify their peers mistakes if there were any.
4. Students refer to p12 of the English Language Text Book.
5. Students compare the format in the text book to that of the one written at front.
6. Students copy the format into their exercise book.

1.
2.
3.
1.

1. Students understanding is reinforced by saying out the format-senders address,

date, salutation, introduction paragraph, main paragraph, conclusion, closing and
signature.

Teaching Resources

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Objective Achievement :
Reflection
:

Envelope, stamp, a piece of paper

Dictionary
English Language Form 1 text book
/35

students achieved outcome.

Daily Lesson Plan 2 (Double Period-Informal Letter Writing)

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Date
Subject
Time
Duration
Class
Level
No. of Students
Topic
Learning Outcomes

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Activities
Phase
Induction Set
(5 mins)

Development
(65 mins)

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2.
3.
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4.

Conclusion
(10 mins)

5.
1.

Teaching Resources

Activities
An outline of an informal letter on a mahjong paper is displayed at the front by
the teacher.
Students voluntarily come and pick a word card and paste on the mahjong paper.
Students and teacher checks the answers.
Teacher divides students into groups of four and distributes handouts.
Teacher explains the activity and sets a time frame (approx.-25 mins) to complete
the activity.
Students discuss in their groups and complete the allocated task. Students are
encouraged to look up in the dictionary meaning of words they are not familiar of.
Students in their respective groups read out answers together according to the blank
numbers.
Teacher reads out the correct answers and students mark their handouts.
Students write out the entire informal letter in their exercise books as
reinforcement.

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Objective Achievement :
Reflection

Friday
7th February 2014
English language
8.20-9.40 am
80 minutes
1 Anggerik (Set C)
Weak students
/35
Informal letter writing
Students should be able to:
1. Match the word cards correctly to the outline of an informal letter.
2. Fill in at least 15/20 spaces correctly in an informal letter.

Chart (outline of an informal letter) (refer attachment below) to be

written on a mahjong paper.
Word card (refer attachment below)
Handouts (refer attachment below)
Dictionary
/35
/35

students achieved outcome 1,

students achieved outcome 2.

ATTACHMENT 1 (OUTLINE OF AN INFORMAL LETTER-to be written on a mahjong paper)

20, Jalan 3,
Taman Irama Jaya,
71600 Kuala Klawang
5 February 2014
Dear Anne,
_____________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________

Yours sincerely,
Mary

ATTACHMENT 2 (WORD CARDS-PRINT IT ON COLOUR PAPER AT A LARGER SIZE

APPROPRIATE FOR YOUR CLASS USE)

Senders Address,

Main Paragraph,

Conclusion

Introduction
Paragraph,

Date,

Salutation

Signature

Closing

ATTACHMENT 3 (SAMPLE HANDOUT)

Fill in the format correctly. Use the following words to fill in the blanks correctly.
tips
regards
think
going

Would
letter
sincerely
join

tuition
organising
dad
know

received
end
well
convey

coming
study
and
May

___________________
___________________
___________________

______________________

_________________________,
Thanks for your ___________(1) . I __________ (2) it two days ago. I am glad that you did
_________ (3) in your mid-term exams. Maybe you can give me some _________ (4) on how to
__________(5) and score for my exams too.
My class is ______________(6) a field trip to Penang. We will be going _________(7) there on
the 9 of June and _________(8) back on the 11th. _________ (9) you like to __________ (10) us ? Please
let me ___________ (11) by the 20th of __________ (12).
th

Well, I __________ (13) I will _________(14) here. I have to go for my B.M. ___________(15).
Please ______________ (16) my _________ (17) to your ________(18) and mum ___________ (19)
sister too.
Yours ___________ (20),

________________