LESSON PLAN

Subject

: English

Theme

: World of Knowledge

Topic

: Unity in Diversity

Class

: 4 Cemerlang

Enrolment

: 30 pupils

Time

: 11.00 a.m 12.00 p.m

Date

: 20th April 2014

Focused skill

: Reading

Previous knowledge

: Pupils have learnt about celebrations in Malaysia in the

previous lesson. (LS)

Content Standard

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

will be able to read independently for information and
enjoyment.

Learning Standard

: 2.2.3 Able to read for information and enjoyment with

guidance:
(b) non-fiction

Lesson Objectives

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

1 Answer at least 8 out of 10 vocabularies based on the
meaning given.
2 Read and complete the table and answer at least 5
out of 6 information based on the text given.
3 Participate in conversation with peer and answer 5 out
of 6 questions asked.

Educational Emphasis

: Thinking skills, knowledge acquisition,

Teaching Aids

Stage/

Content

: Pictures, word cards, task sheet

Teaching/ Learning Strategies

Remarks

Time
Set

See the Pictures!

Induction
(3 minutes)

Pictures of

1 Teacher shows three pictures

Teaching aids:

of celebrations in Malaysia.
2 Teacher asks questions to

Pictures of

a Chinese New

the pupils.
Questions:
a What can you see in the

Year
b Thaipusam
c Hari Raya

picture?
b What celebration is this?
c Have you ever celebrate

celebrations:

celebrations:
-Chinese New Year
-Thaipusam
-Hari Raya

(Chinese New Year/

Thaipusam/ Hari Raya)?

Pre-

Pre teach

1 Teacher shows a set of

reading

Vocabularies

word cards to the pupils.

2 Teacher pronounces and

(20
minutes)

Vocabularies:
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j

Festival
Celebrate
Vegetarian
Cave
Ancestors
Graves
Offering
Incense
Spirit
Belief

pupils repeat after

teacher.
3 Teacher tells the meaning

Teaching aids :
Word Cards
Worksheet (appendix
3)

of each word to the

pupils.
4 Teacher distributes
worksheet to the pupils.
(refer to appendix 3)
5 Teacher checks the
answers together with the
pupils.

Educational
Emphasis : unity

While-

Lets Read

1 Teacher distributes the text

reading

about important festival for

(25

Hindus and Chinese to the

minutes)

Teaching aids:
Text / task sheet

pupils. (refer to appendix 4).

2 Teacher reads the text and
explains important details to
students.
3 Teacher asks the pupils to
read on their own and asks if
there is anything they do not
understand.
4 Teacher gives a task sheet
based on the text and shows
how to answer the questions.
5 Teacher allocates ten
minutes for the pupils to
answer the questions.

Post-

1 Teacher puts the pupils in

Reading

pair.
2 Teacher gives instruction

(9 minutes)

before giving the worksheet.

3 Teacher distributes the
worksheet and asks the
pupils to fill in the blanks in
the sentences.
4 After the pupils have finished

Work sheet

the worksheet, teacher

checks the answer together
with the pupils.
5 Teacher asks the pupils to
talk to their friends based on
the dialogue given.
6 Teacher corrects the pupils
pronunciation if they make
any mistakes.
Closure
(3 minutes)

Quiz

1 Teacher asks the pupils to be

in groups of four.
2 Teacher asks the pupils to
rise up their hands to answer
the questions.
3 The groups that able to
answer more questions than
the other group win.
Questions:
1 Who is celebrating
Thaipusam?
2 Where are they
celebrating Thaipusam?
3 What is the important
festival for the Chinese?
4 Why are they celebrating
the Ching Ming day?