Lesson Plan 5 : Everyone is Good at Something

Class Level: Primary 4

Time: 60 minutes
Genre: Short story
Literary Focus: Prose
Plot Characterization 
Setting Point of View
Theme

Poetry
Tone / Mood
Rhyme
Rhythm
Persona
Figurative language – simile / metaphor /
personification / onomatopoeia

Integrated Language Skills: Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing

Higher Order Thinking Skills:
Literal comprehension
- Recognition of details
- Recognition of sequence
Evaluation
Judgments of Adequacy and Validity

Learning Objectives:
At the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
-self reflect and list the abilities and qualities found.
-comment positively to build characteristics.
-listen and discuss actions of characters

Prior Knowledge:

Procedures:
Teacher’s Task/ Students’ Tasks Teaching Rationale
Procedures Resources
Preparatory Activities
(10 minutes)

Tr relates to the previous Pupils recall CCL Book Make complex

scenes as the climax their predictions choices and
starts and recaps the and exchange exercise the
pupils’ prediction. opinions. sound reasoning
in understanding.
Main Activities
(20 minutes)
Tr conducts Shared Pupils listen CCL Book Plot development
Reading on two chapters attentively and and introduction
where a more complex compare the of climax.
scene of climax is plot to their Understanding
developed. prediction. the
Pupils also interconnection
have brief among systems.
discussion on
actions of the
characters.

Tr incorporates individual Pupils look at Mirrors Exercise

values by asking pupils to themselves in Reflection reasoning and
reflect on their own the mirror to Sheets willingness to
characteristics and appreciate the share.
abilities. good qualities Self reflection
Tr gives pupils a few and abilities and evaluation.
mirror to self reflect and they have.
examine their strengths. Pupils write
Tr reminds pupils to be their qualities
honest in their reflections. they find.
Tr encourages the
development of the
abilities and help those
who do not recognise
their abilities.

Tr asks pupils to comment Pupils comment Evaluate critically

on their peers’ evaluations positively by and competently.
and discoveries. Tr agreeing or Possess a
encourages positive adding other fundamental
comments only. qualities they understanding on
find in their qualities and
friends. abilities10

Closure
(10 minutes)

Tr asks pupils to speak Pupils hold Exercising

out their qualities and hands and form flexibility and
ensures that everyone is a circle, taking willingness to
good in their own ways turn to take a share to
and at something. step ahead and accomplish
say their names satisfaction.
loudly and
followed by one
ability or quality
they have in
them.