LESSON PLAN FOR LANGUAGE ARTS YEAR 4

Subject: English

Year: 4 Al-Biruni

Date: 23/10/2018 (Tuesday)

Time: 8:45-9:45am

Enrolment: 39 pupils

Level of Proficiency: Mixed ability

Theme: World of Knowledge

Topic: Unit 11: The Insect Investigators

Focused Skill: Language arts

Integrated Skills: Listening and Speaking

Content Standard:

4.1 By the end of the 6-year primary schooling, pupils will be able to enjoy and appreciate rhymes, poems and songs

Learning Standard:

4.1.1 Able to enjoy jazz chants, poems and songs through non-verbal response

4.1.2 Able to sing songs and recite jazz chants and poems with correct stress, pronunciation, rhythm and intonation
Prior Knowledge: Pupils have been exposed to the body parts of the ant.

Learning Objectives: By the end of the lesson, pupils will be able to:

1. Sing the song ‘The Ants Go Marching’ with correct pronunciation.

2. Do the actions of the song.

Moral Value: Cooperation

Creative and Critical Thinking Skill: Application

Cross Curricular Element: Moral values

Resources/ Teaching Aids: Audio, speaker, guitar, lyrics

Stages/ Time Content Teaching activity Resources Rationale

Set Induction Showing 1. Teacher shows the pictures of Pictures of the ant, To arouse their interest about

(6 minutes) pictures and the ant, dragonfly and dragonfly and the lesson of the day
do actions of grasshopper. grasshopper.
the pictures. 2. Pupils do the action of the
walking ants, flying dragonfly
and hopping grasshopper.

Presentation Lyrics 1. Teacher shows the lyrics of the Lyrics “The Ants Go To learn the pronunciation

(20 minutes) reading and
sing the song
song ‘The Ants Go Marching’. Marching”, guitar and sing the song
2. The pupils read the lyrics with
the guidance of the teacher.
3. Teacher demonstrates by
singing the song with guitar.
4. The pupils learn the song
phrase by phrase.
Practice Do action 1. Teacher teaches the pupils to do Lyrics ‘The Ants Go To learn the action of the

(18 minutes) the action. Marching’ song.

2. The pupils learn the actions of the
song.

Production Group 1. Teacher divides the pupils into Lyrics ‘The Ants Go To encourage cooperative

(15 minutes) performance three groups which are ant, Marching’, guitar among the pupils
grasshopper and dragonfly.
2. Every group will sing the song
and do actions according to
their name of the insect.

Closure Sing the song 1. Teacher leads the pupils to sing Lyrics ‘The Ants Go To end the lesson in a fun

(1minutes) the song together with actions Marching’, guitar way.

The Ants Go Marching

The ants are marching on parade, hurrah, hurrah!

The ants are marching on parade, hurrah, hurrah!

The ants are marching on parade:

And everyone stops to yell “Hurrah!”

And they all go marching down, around the town.

The dragonflies are flying high, hurrah, hurrah!

The dragonflies are flying high, hurrah, hurrah!

The dragonflies are flying high:

And everyone stops to yell “Hurrah!”

And they all go flying high, around the town.

The grasshoppers are hopping far, hurrah, hurrah!

The grasshoppers are hopping far, hurrah, hurrah!

The grasshoppers are hopping far;

And everyone stops to yell “Hurrah!”

And they all go hopping far, around the town.