crawling so it wont be seen.

Poem :Farmyard
Little hen
yellow beak, bodily red
pecking round for
scraps of bread.
Little goat
fierce and brown
with its sharp, grey horn.
Little calf
cute and shy
peeking out with one brown eye.
Little cat
orange and clean

LESSON PLAN

Subject

: English Language

Class/Year

: 2A

Date/Day

: 21.3.2013 (Thursday)

Time

: 7.45 8.45 a.m.

Theme

: World of Knowledge

Topic

: On the Farm

Content Years

: 4.1

By the end of the 6-year primary schooling, pupils

will be able to enjoy and appreciate rhymes, poems and
songs, through performance.

4.3

by the end of 6-year primary schooling, pupils will be

able to plan, organize and produce creative works for
enjoyment.

Learning Years

: 4.1.2 Able to sing action songs, recite jazz chants and

poems with correct pronunciation, rhythm and intonation
4.3.1 Able to produce simple creative works with guidance
based on:
a)
b)
c)

action songs
jazz chants
stories

4.3.2 Able to take part with guidance in a performance based

on:
a)
b)
c)
Objectives

action songs
jazz chants
stories

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

i)
ii)
iii)

recite the poem with correct pronunciation

produce a mask of animals characters
perform the actions of their respective animals
groups

Vocabulary

: Feathered, pecking, scraps, fierce, peeking, shy, clean,

orange, brown crawling, cat, goat, calf

Moral values

: Cooperation and love the animals

Teaching aids

: Mah-jong paper with the poem, poster, paper plate,

A4 papers with the shape of the parts of animals
heads (horn, whiskers, black eye), string, cotton wool, feather,
scissors, glues, magic pens

Thinking skill

: Expressing oneself creatively in simple language

Multiple intelligences

: Naturalistic, kinesthetic

Stage/Time
Set Induction

Content
1. To arouse pupils

Activities
1. Teacher shows the poster

interest
2. Elicit pupils

of the animals on the farm

2. Teacher asks oral

Resources
Poster

(5 minutes)
responses:
What can you

i)

see in the
ii)

picture?
What animals

questions pertaining to the

poster shown.
3. Pupils answer the
question verbally.

can you see

iii)

in the picture?
What are the
sounds of the
animals?

Presentation

1. Demonstration
2. Copying actions

1. Teacher shows the poem

Mah-jong paper

on the board.
2. Teacher reads the poem
line by line and pupils
follow.
3. Teacher read the poem
with actions and pupils
follow.

Practice
(20 minutes)

1. To produce a
mask

1. Pupils are divided into four

groups representing
different types of animals.
2. Each group is assigned

Paper plates
A4 papers with the
parts of the animals
faces

with a stanza and they are

String

asked to practise their

Feathers

respective stanza.
3. Pupils are asked to
decorate the paper plate
and produce a mask.

Production
(15 minutes)

1. Each group takes turn to

1. To perform the
poem with their
animals
actions while

perform their part of the

poem with appropriate
actions while wearing their
masks.

wearing their
respective
masks

Closure

1. To instill the

1. Pupils read the whole poem

(5 minutes)

moral values
2. To close the

again.
2. Teacher discusses values

lesson

such as love the animals.

Scissors
Glues
Cotton wool
Magic pens