LESSON PLAN - ENGLISH LESSON

Date : 8th September 2006 (Monday)

Class : Year 4 Dahlia
Number of Pupils : 36 / 36
Time : 10.50 am – 11.50 am
Topic : Come Rain Or Shine – Four Seasons
Main Skills : Reading
Integrated Skills : Listening, Speaking and Writing
Curriculum Specification : World of Knowledge – Level 3
1.2.3 Listen to and repeat simple rhymes and
songs paying attention to pronunciation,
stress and intonation correctly.
3.3.3 Read and understand simple paragraphs
4.3.3 Match words to other words
Learning Outcomes/
Objectives : By the end of the lesson, pupils will be able to:
i) Read simple rhymes with correct pronunciation,
stress and intonation
ii) Read and interpret simple paragraphs
iii) Rearrange words to form questions and answers
based on the poem read
Previous Knowledge : Pupils have seen and heard about the four seasons
Language Input : Simple Wh - questions
Teaching Aids : Graphic organizer, worksheet, flash cards, paper strips
Moral Values : Gratitude and love for the environment
Educational Emphasis /
Thinking Skills : Classify, predict, look for patterns
Multiple Intelligences : Bodily-kinesthetic, visual-spatial, interpersonal,
verbal-linguistic
 Stage / Time Content Teaching and Learning Activities Rationale Remarks
Set Induction Poem 1. Teacher shows pupils a poem on To allow pupils to enjoy Resources:
(5 minutes) four seasons. and appreciate reciting Graphic Organizer
2. Teacher asks pupils to listen poems
carefully while teacher recites the
poem. Multiple
3. Teacher ask pupils to recite the Intelligences:
poem. Verbal-linguistic
4. Teacher introduces the topic.
Presentation Power-point Slides 1. Teacher shows the scenes of four To widen pupils’ Resources:
(25 minutes) seasons. knowledge on the four Graphic Organizer
Examples of countries 2. Teacher ask pupils to read the seasons.
having the four paragraphs that describe the four Multiple
seasons seasons. Intelligences
Switzerland, Ireland, 3. Teacher talks about the four Visual-spatial
France, England, seasons, the colours and things
Germany, Britain associated with each season.
4. Teacher gets few pupils who Moral Value:
have been to foreign countries to Gratitude
share their experiences.
5. Teacher gives examples of
countries having the four
seasons.
6. Teacher emphasizes the WH – To refresh pupils’
questions. grammar on Wh-
7. Teacher shows the Wh-words questions.
that are used to ask the Wh
questions.
8. Teacher shows a few examples
of simple Wh -questions
 Stage / Time Content Teaching and Learning Activities Rationale Remarks
Production Wh- questions 1. Teacher gives four envelopes To let pupils match the Resources
(20 minutes) containing scrambled Wh- words to form questions Flash Cards, paper
1. Which season is cold, questions to four groups and four and answers strips
white and chilly? envelopes containing scrambled
Winter season is cold, answers to four more groups.
white and chilly. 2. Teacher asks the latter groups to CCTS:
2. Where do the Eskimos unscramble the flash cards into Look for patterns
live? sentences and paste them on the
Eskimos live in cold paper strips.
and snowy places in 3. Then, teacher asks the groups Moral Value:
the Arctic. with Wh- questions to find the Co-operation
3. What happens during groups with the correct answers.
spring? 4. After that, teacher asks groups
Flowers bloom during with questions and groups with Multiple
spring. the answers to show their Intelligence:
4. When do the leaves sentences in front of the class. Bodily-kinesthetic
turn brown and fall 5. Teacher asks the pupils to read
from the trees? the questions and the answers.
The leaves turn brown 6. Teacher corrects their mistakes
and fall from the trees and asks them to use the
during autumn. appropriate Wh- questions and
answers in their daily interaction.
Closure Riddles 1. Teacher shows a slide on simple To reinforce pupils’ Resources:
(10 minutes) riddles and asks pupils to guess understanding on the Worksheet
Worksheet the answers. topic.
2. Teacher distributes worksheet as Multiple
homework to pupils. Intelligence:
3. Teacher praises the pupils Verbal-linguistic

CCTS:
Predicting