PART A

Date : 23 November 2017

Time : 8:00-8:40 am (40 minutes)

Form : Form 4 Gemilang

No. of students : 30 students

Proficiency Level : Intermediate

Topic : Descriptive writing

Curriculum
Specification : 2.3 Present information to different audiences by;

a. writing recounts, descriptions, explanations,

speeches, reports, and articles;

b. instructing, describing, narrating, explaining,

and reporting orally.

Level 3

vii. Writing brief report, descriptions.

Prior knowledge : This is an introductory lesson for descriptive

writing.

General objective : To introduce students to descriptive writing by

using five senses.

Learning outcomes : By the end of the lesson, students should be able

to:
1. Write a short descriptive essay using all five
senses.

Moral values : To be cooperative

References : Ministry of Education Malaysia. (2003).

Curriculum specifications for English Form 4. Kuala
Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka.
Stage/ Time Activity / Content Presentation / Rationale

Set Induction Whole Class Activity

(5 minutes)
Instructions :
Touch the objects in the box
without looking and describe
them.
Questions :
1. What does the objects feels
like to your touch?
2. What shapes are the objects?
3. Does it have any distinct
smell?
Teaching Aids :
‘Touch but don’t Look’ box
Three objects
1. Teacher gives instruction.
2. Teacher asks for three volunteers
to come up to the front.
3. Teacher asks each volunteers
to touch the objects in the box
without looking.
4. Teacher asks students a few
questions based on the objects
that they have touched.
5. Teacher gives feedback and
introduces the topic of the
lesson.
Rationale:
 To raise interest of the students.
 To focus students’ attention on
the lesson of the day.

Presentation Teaching Aids : 1. Teacher provides input on

(15 minutes) descriptive writing that uses
Power Point Presentation
sensory details.
(Appendix 1)
2. Teacher provides more
examples.
‘Descriptive Writing and the Five
3. Teacher asks questions to the
Senses’ diagram
students.
(Appendix 2)

Rationale:
 To provide input on descriptive
writing that uses sensory details
and to give more examples.

Practice 1 Group Work Activity 1. Teacher informs that it is a

(15 minutes) group activity.
Instructions :
 1. Divide yourselves into five
groups.
2. Write a short paragraph
describing a ‘haunted house’
by using all the five senses.
3. You may draw and sketch to
make your writing more
interesting.
4. Write your answers in the
mahjong paper provided.
5. You have 15 minutes to finish
the task.
6. Present your writings to the
class.
Teaching Aids :
Mahjong paper
Markers
Closure Whole Class Activity
(5 minutes)
Questions :
1. What have you understood 2. Students answer the questions
with the term “descriptive”?
2. How do we describe 3. Teacher sums up the lesson by
something?
3. What are the five senses used
to describe something?
4. Why is descriptive writing
important?
Teacher’s Comments:
Lecturer’s Comments:
2. Teacher distributes mahjong
paper and markers to each
group.
3. Teacher gives instructions.
4. Teacher monitors the progress
of the activity.
5. Teacher gives comments and
feedbacks to the students’
presentation.
Rationale:
 To provide more practice on
descriptive writing using all five
senses.
 To consolidate the focused skill.
1. Teacher asks students some
questions regarding the
activities they have done so
far.
orally.
discussing the term
“descriptive” and how it is
used in writing.
Rationale :
To summarize the main teaching
point and to conclude the lesson.