LESSON PLANNING

Lesson planning

This template can be used for individual lessons or a sequence of lessons in the
same topic.
Teacher’s initials: F. Essam School: Pakistan International School Cairo

Subject/age group: Year 3 Date:

Learning objectives:

Session: Learning intentions: Success criteria:

1.5 Looking at characters  Read and talk about  Learners can read and
character description. talk about character
description.
 Write a character
description using  Learners can write a
powerful adjectives. character description
using powerful
adjectives
1 Resources:
 Cambridge English Learners` book P. 20,21,22
 Powerful adjectives worksheet
 Powerful adjectives word mat
 Powerful adjectives PPP
 Creating character profile PPP
 Creating character profile graphic organizer
 Alternative adjective grid
 Character description word mat
 Vocabulary PPP
2 Language support, including any key vocabulary:
 Adjectives
 Vocabulary words (extraordinary- marvellously- alight- jerky)
3 Introducing the lesson: Timing:
Pre-reading: 15 min
 Learners will watch the video trailer of Charlie and the
chocolate factory movie to guess the topic of today`s
lesson:

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(34) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) Official Trailer

#1 - Johnny Depp Movie HD - YouTube
 Students will guess the meaning of some vocabulary
words through pictures in order to be able to read the
text.
4 Main activities Timing:
While Reading: 60 min
 Read Mr. Willy Wonka Description.
 Discuss Questions about Mr. Wonka as a whole class
collectively.
 Fill the character description graphic organizer.
Post reading:
 Ask learners to underline adjectives in Mr. Wonka
description.
 Ask learners to find synonyms for these adjectives.
 Display the PowerPoint presentation of strong adjectives
on the board and explain it to learners.
 Ask learners to answer strong adjectives Language
worksheets in pairs.
 Go back to the text and remind learners that when they
are describing a character they need to highlight:
Their looks?
Their personality traits?
Their actions?
Their feelings?
Their thoughts and words?
 Listen to Charlie`s description and fill the graphic
organizer about his character description.
 Learners will try to write their own character
description of Charlie.
 Students will share their work.
5 Assessment opportunities: Formative
 Learners will write one paragraph to describe each picture. Each paragraph should
include information about how the setting feels and the atmosphere it creates.
6 Differentiation opportunities:
 Differentiation happened as following:

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- Audio visual: video

- Visual: pictures, posters
- Kinesthetic: writing.
7 Plenary and reflection: Timing:
 The lesson will be wrapped up through questions: 10 min
- Why do we use strong adjectives?
- What are other strong adjectives with the same meaning
of sad, angry, happy?
- What do we need to include in our writing when we are
describing a character?
8 Homework (if required):
- Character description worksheet.

Notes:

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