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Unit 2 Lesson Plan

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Lesson title/topic Action Verbs Date 17th May 2023 Location Singapore

Learner group Kindergarten 2 (7-8 years old) Duration 90 minutes Group size 12

Lesson Aims The aim of the lesson is to introduce students to Action Verbs.

Learning objectives/outcomes By the end of the lesson, students’ will be able to:

1.Explain that Actions Verbs tell us what Nouns do

2.Identify Action Verbs during a game played in group of two with 80% accuracy
3.Classify Action verbs and Nouns into two groups using flash cards (4 groups of 3 students)
4.Use Action Verbs to complete sentences on interactive worksheets individually
5.Develop simple sentences (orally) using Nouns and Action Verbs in pairs

Time Topic content and teacher activity Learner activity Formative assessment Learning materials and resources

How are you explaining and illustrating What are the learners doing to help them How do you plan to assess learning as it What resources will you use that will
the topic? progress? is happening? support the teaching, learning and
assessment activities?

20 Mins Activities: administrative & Hook

1. Attendance is taken. The Students are listening quietly to their Teachers observes if the students are Attendance folder
students are introduced to the names being called out and wait for the paying attention
topic, aim & the objectives. lesson to begin. Marking pen for attendance.
Projector
2. The teacher turns to the white Teacher explains the spider-web.
board that has the lesson First the students attentively listen to the Laptop
objectives written on it in a teacher explain the objectives and then Teacher observes if everyone is
spider-web diagram. At the they repeat the objectives after her. repeating the lesson objectives.
centre of the spider-web in
Action Verbs written in a big
square and 5 lines are
connected to smaller sized
squares which have the words:
explain, identify, classify, use
and develop written in them

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3. Teacher begins the lesson by Teacher listens to the responses.

asking students: Students dig into their prior knowledge Teachers clears misconceptions if the
on what they learnt about Nouns in last responses are incorrect by asking
a) What are Nouns? week English Language lesson that questions
b) As the students respond Nouns are Names, Places, Animals and
that a Noun is a name, Things. They give real life examples of
place, animal and a thing, all the categories of Nouns. Students
the teacher writes these on actively participate and listen to each
the white board in columns. other’s responses.
 The teacher divides the
students into 2 groups of 6
students (group A and
Group B) and inform them
that they will be play the
game- Name, Place,
Animal thing.
 The teacher informs the
students that each group
will call out a letter and the
other group will have to
state a name, place, animal
and thing beginning with
that particular letter. For
example, Group A states
letter F so Group B will
have to respond by stating:
Name: Fatimah
Place: Finland
Animal: Fish
Thing: Fan
 With each correct answer
for the column, the
respective group will
receive one point. The
group with the highest point
will receive extra bonus
points on Dojo.
 Once the game is finished,
the teacher counts the
points and awards bonus
points on Dojo and
transitions to the next class
activity.

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Lesson Objective 1: Explain that

Actions Verbs tell us what Nouns do
Class activity 1: Let’s explain what
Action Verbs do!

Video about Action verbs is
played by the teacher (00:00 –
3:00 minutes). As the students
are watching, the teacher writes
‘Action Verbs tell us what
Nouns do/are doing/did’ under
the word explain.
1. The concept is reinforced by the
teacher from the video that
Action verb are words that
tell us what a nouns do..
The students are playing attention to the Teacher observes if the students are
video playing. By the means of the video, watching the video attentively.
the student develop a deep
understanding of Action Verbs.
Students are engaged in the video. With Teachers observes if students are paying
the help of the video, the students attention to the examples.
develop a deep understanding of the
topic introduced.

2. Video is un-paused and the

teacher pauses the video after
each noun is shown. For
example, first a picture of a rat
is shown in the video and the
teacher pauses and asks the The students think of action verbs.
students to think of an Action
Verb. This is followed by nouns;
dog, lady and man (video is
paused at 4:44minutes).
Teacher observes if everyone is
3. Lastly, the teacher asks what an repeating the definition of action verbs.
Action verb do? The students repeat after the teacher:
Action verb are words that tell us what a
nouns do.
15Mins Lesson Objective 2: Identify Action
Verbs during group discussion
Group Activity 1: ‘ Let’s play Action
Verb -Dumb charades’
1. The teacher divides the a) Timer
students into 2 groups (Group A Students attentively listen to the game Teacher listens to the discussions taking
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and B) of 6. Game guidelines guidelines. place within the group.

are provided:

a) Each group has to think of six Students collaborate on ideas and begin Teacher observes the actions verbs
Action Verbs. to act out the action verbs while taking carried out the students.
b) Each student from the group will turns.
come to the front of the class
and act out the Action Verb. Teacher observes the responses of the
c) The other group has to guess students.
the Action Verb within 1 minute.
Timer will be used.
d) Whichever group gets the
highest points will get extra ten
minutes at the play centre.
e) The game ends and the scores
are counted. Students cheer for the winning group.
f) The winning group is informed
and rewarded extra play time.
15 Lesson Objective 3: Classify Action
minutes verbs & Nouns into two groups using
flash cards in 4 groups of 3 students A) Baskets

Group activity 2: Let’s classify Action B) 10 Flashcards

Verbs and Nouns!

A) Teacher distributes two baskets Students receive the baskets. Teacher observes if each group has
to each group. Each basket is received the baskets.
labelled with Noun and Action
Verb tagged to it.

B) Teacher then provides the Teacher observes if each group has

students with flash cards which Students receive the flashcards. received the flashcards.
have 12 pictures of Nouns and
Action Verbs on it. Every
student will have a different
flash card in each group
Teacher walks around the groups to
C) Teachers informs the students Students discuss among themselves and eavesdrop on the discussions among the
that they have to classify (sort) classify each pictures into Nouns and students. Teacher gives clues to the
the pictures into each basket Verbs. students who are not confident/ unable to
based on whether it is a Noun classify.
or an Action Verb. Each correct
response earns extra 1 minute
to play on educational game
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on the class Ipad.
Students check correct placement of the Teacher walks around to examine the
D) The sorted out baskets will be flashcards in each basket ‘assessed’ baskets by the groups.
exchanged between the group
to check for the correct
responses

E) The minutes of each response

per group is written on the
whiteboard.
Students cheer for the winning group.
F) The teacher counts the total
minutes earned by each group
and writes on the whiteboard.

G) Group with the highest correct

classifying flashcards earns a
reward of extra 10 minutes to
play on the Ipad.
20 Mins

Lesson Objective 4: Use Action Verbs

to complete sentences on interactive
worksheets individually
Individual activity: Let’s complete
sentences! a) Worksheets.
b) Stationary
a) Teacher distributes worksheet c) Blue pen
The students receive the worksheet. Teachers observes if everyone has a
b) Teacher reads out the worksheet
instructions written on the Teacher observes if everyone is
worksheet. Students listen to the instructions. listening.

c) Teacher completes one

sentence using the Action Verb
d) Teacher informs the students
that they have 15 minutes to
complete the worksheet and to
take out their traffic light cups (3
cups: red, yellow and green)
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Teacher attempts to circle action verb in
collaboration with the students. (model)
Teachers completes a sentence using
action verb in collaboration with the
students
Students attempt to complete the
sentence using the Action from the
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students are informed that if
they understand the worksheet
they place green cup at their
desk, if they are confused then
they place yellow cup on the
desk and red cup if they do not
know the answer to a particular
part/section of the worksheet).
e) Once all the students have
completed the worksheet. They
exchange their worksheets with
their peer sitting next to them
and check the answers. The
students compare their checked
answered to facilitate peer
teaching and reviewing.
f) Once the peer-assessment has
ended, the teacher asks the
students “what action verds
are?’ and asks them to repeat
the definition collectively as a
class.
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Learner activity
worksheet with the teacher.
Students take out their stationary and
cups.
Students work individually on their
worksheet.
Students place the colour of the cup that
they think represents their learning
position while working on the worksheet.
Students use a blue pen to check the
work of their peer.
Student answers the question. Students
repeat the definition collectively
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Teacher walks around the classroom to
examine the work of the students.
Teacher also hints and clues to the
students with yellow and red cups at their
table.
Teacher walks around to ensure that the
students are checking the answers
correctly. If there a questions that are
checked incorrectly, the teacher asks
questions as to why the student thinks
the answer is incorrect. She then will ask
open-ended questions that will led the
student to the correct answer.
Teacher picks two children’s’ randomly
selecting two popsicles that has his/her
name written on it to answer the
question. One student will answer with a
definition and the second student gives
and example. The teacher will pick out
two/one other student name (if the
answer is incorrect)and assess if the
response is correct. If the responses is
correct then the teacher will move to the
next activity.
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10 mins Lesson Objective 5: Develop simple

sentences (orally) using Nouns and
Action Verbs in pairs
Pair activity 1: Let’s develop sentence
using Action verbs and Nouns!

Students attentively listen to the teacher. Teacher listens to the sentences.

a) Teacher informs the students
that they will be orally develop
sentences with another peer Students think of sentences with their
using a noun and action verb. peer.
(linking previous lesson)

b) 5 minutes are given to the

Representative students stands up and
students to think. Teacher listens to the sentence
say out the sentence.
c) Teacher asks one
representative from each pair to
stand up from their place and
orally speak out the sentence. Student raise their hand to identify the
action verb,
d) The remaining students have to
identify the action verb in the
sentence. The first to raise their
hand will speak out the correct
answer.

10 mins Conclusion:

a) Teachers refers back to the spider-
web with lesson objectives written.
The teacher and the students read
aloud the objectives. The students
clap if they have understood each
of the objective.
b) Students stick ‘self-evaluation’
stamp next to their name on the
board.
c) Students clean up their tables and
get ready for the next lesson
Students repeat the objectives learnt.
Students clap if they understand the
objective.
Students stamp next to their name.
Students take responsibility of their
belonging.
Teacher observes if all the students are Self-evaluation stamps.
reading out-loud the objectives.
Self-evaluation board
Teacher observes which students did not
clap when each objective is being read
out.
Teacher observes the stamp of each
students while they stamp.

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Use as many rows in the table as applicable – add rows if necessary

Lesson Evaluation: Reflect and briefly identify what you think went well and what you would like to improve in future practice.

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