LESSON PLAN - ENGLISH LESSON Date Class Number of Pupils Time Topic Main Skills Integrated Skills Curriculum

Specification : 18.5.2011 (Wednesday) : Year 4 Cemerlang : 20/20 : 10.00a.m-11.00am : Rain and Shine : Listening : Speaking, Reading and Writing : World of Knowledge-Level 3 1.2.3 Listen to and repeat simple rhymes and paying attention to pronunciation, stress and intonation correctly. 2.3.3 Talk about personal experiences. 3.3.3 Read and understand simple paragraphs 4.3.2 Match words to signs : 1.2 Listen to and repeat accurately the correct pronunciation of words, correct intonation and word stress of phrases, expressions and sentences. 2.3 Give relevant information politely in response to enquiries made. 3.3 Read and understand phrases, sentences, paragraphs, and whole texts. 4.3 Match words to linear and non-linear representations. : 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) Match words to pictures pertaining weather correctly. : Pupils have seen and heard about the different types of weather : Simple Wh - questions : : Gratitude and love for the environment : Matching, predicting, and looking for patterns : Bodily-kinesthetic, visual-spatial, interpersonal, verbal-linguistic

Learning Outcomes

Objectives

Previous Knowledge Language Input Teaching Aids Moral Values Educational Emphasis / Thinking Skills Multiple Intelligences

Stage / Time Set Induction (5 minutes)

Content Nursery Rhymes Song

http://www.youtub e.com/watch? v=ku4hwFh5tr4

Presentation (15 minutes)

Poem Unsuitable Weather Video powerpoint

Teaching and Learning Activities 1. Teacher plays the song I Hear Thunder 2. Teacher asks pupils to watch and listen carefully while teacher plays the song. 3. Teacher asks pupils to talk about the weather based on the song. 4. Teacher introduces the topic. 1. Teacher reads aloud a poem on weather. 2. Teacher asks pupils to listen carefully while teacher recites the poem. 3. Teacher asks pupils to recite the poem. 4. Teacher corrects their mistakes 5. Teacher writes the key words in the poem on the white board and explain to the pupils.

Pupils Activities 1. Pupils watch and listen to the song carefully. 2. Pupils share their thoughts of weather based on the video clip.

Rationale To allow pupils to enjoy and appreciate reciting nursery rhymes song To widen pupils knowledge on the four seasons.

Remarks Resources: Video clip Multiple Intelligences: Verbal-linguistic Resources: Graphic Organizer Multiple Intelligences Visual-spatial Moral Value: Gratitude

1. Pupils recite the poem.

To refresh pupils grammar on Whquestions.

Stage / Time Practice ( 15 minutes)

Content

Teaching and Learning Activities 1. Teacher gets few pupils to share their experiences based on the poem. Examples: Have you been caught in the rain? Where you were at that time? What types of weather you like? Why you like it? 2. Teacher divides pupils into 4 groups. One of them will be the group leader. 3. Teacher prepares 4 stations in the class. Station 1- rearrange sentences Station 2- jigsaws Station 3- match words to signs Station 4-puzzles 4. Each group will be given 2 minutes to solve the problems in each station. 5. Teacher blows whistle to indicate that the time given has finished. 6. Teacher asks leader of the

Pupils Activities

Rationale

Remarks

group to present their answers to the class. Production ( 20 minutes) 1. Teacher distributes worksheet that contains weather folklore and pictures. 2. Teacher ask pupils to do the task independently and guide the pupils who needs help to complete the task. Production (15 minutes) Wh- questions 1. Which season is cold, white and chilly? Winter season is cold, white and chilly. 2. Where do the Eskimos live? Eskimos live in cold and snowy places in the Arctic. 3. What happens during spring? Flowers bloom during spring. 4. When do the leaves turn brown and fall from the trees? The leaves turn brown and fall from the trees 1. Pupils complete simple sentences with the missing word (s) with guidance of pictures. 2. Pupils construct simple sentences independently by looking at the pictures. To let pupils match the words to form questions and answers Resources Flash Cards, paper strips CCTS: Look for patterns Moral Value: Co-operation Multiple Intelligence: Bodily-kinesthetic

1. Teacher gives four envelopes containing scrambled Whquestions to four groups and four envelopes containing scrambled answers to four more groups. 2. Teacher asks the latter groups to unscramble the flash cards into sentences and paste them on the paper strips. 3. Then, teacher asks the groups with Wh- questions to find the groups with the correct answers. 4. After that, teacher asks groups with questions and groups with the answers to show their sentences in front of the class. 5. Teacher asks the pupils to read the questions and the answers. 6. Teacher corrects their mistakes and asks them to use the

during autumn. Closure (5 minutes) Riddles Worksheet

appropriate Wh- questions and answers in their daily interaction. 1. Teacher shows a slide on simple riddles and asks pupils to guess the answers. 2. Teacher distributes worksheet as homework to pupils. 3. Teacher praises the pupils

To reinforce pupils understanding on the topic.

Resources: Worksheet Multiple Intelligence: Verbal-linguistic CCTS: Predicting