Daily Lesson Plan

Subject English Class Year 5

Day / Date Monday, June 20, 2022 Time

Week 13 Lesson number 55

Theme World of Knowledge Topic Wildlife

pair work, class discussion, language
CCE Environmental Sustainability 21st CL
game.
Differentiation
Learning preferences and needs Thinking Skill Application
Strategy
Assessment Task Teaching aids Textbook, dictionaries, worksheet
Language / Grammar Focus: Present simple tense interrogatives: Does it, Has it got, How many, What colour / size is it? What
type of animal is it?
PUPILS’ ASPIRATION
Leadership Bilingual Ethnics and National
Knowledge / Thinking skills /
skills proficiency spirituality identity
SKILLS
Main Speaking Complementary Reading
MAIN CONTENT STANDARD COMPLEMENTARY CONTENT STANDARD

3.2 Understand a variety of linear and non-linear print

3.3 Read independently for information and enjoyment
and digital texts by using appropriate reading strategies
MAIN CONTENT STANDARD COMPLEMENTARY CONTENT STANDARD

3.2.3 Guess the meaning of unfamiliar words from clues provided3.3.1

by title,
Read topic,
and and
enjoy
other
A2 known
fiction/non-fiction
words print and digital texts of inte

MAIN LEARNING OBJECTIVE COMPLEMENTARY LEARNING OBJECTIVE

By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to guess the By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to read and enjoy
meaning of at least four words from clues in the text. Al non-fiction print text of interest.

SUCCESS CRITERIA
Pupils can:
a. guess the meaning of words.
b. use a dictionary to find the meaning of words.
c. read and enjoy the text.
d. explain why they enjoyed reading the text.
LEARNING OUTLINE

1. Put pupils in small groups.

PRE-LESSON

2. ABCs Game: Orally, give pupils a letter of the alphabet and a topic (e.g. M; Animals).
3. Pupils work in their groups to write one (or more) animal word beginning with letter M. (e.g. monkey).
4. Give a very short time limit, e.g. 10 seconds.
5. Repeat a few times. Have groups share their answers with the class.
 6. Activity 1:
a. Pupils look at the animals in the box. (Think! SB pg34)
b. Ask: Which animals do you think are ugly? Is there another animal you think is ugly?
c. Accept L1 and translate.
7. Activity 2:
a. Write on board: protect, species, become extinct, danger, help, rare.
b. Pupils use dictionaries or explain the meanings. (DS)
c. Read out the sentences and check that pupils understand everything. (Activity 1)
d. Read out the question and point out to pupils that for this task they need to think about the writer’s point of
view.
e. Pupils read the text and answer the question. They can compare their ideas in pairs.
LESSON DEVELOPMENT

f. Check answers with the class.

g. CCE: Environmental Sustainability – Ask pupils why it is important to protect animal.
8. Activity 3:
a. Read through the sentences with the class and make sure pupils understand rare.
b. Pupils read the text again and identify true or false statements.
c. Check and discuss the answers.
9. Activity 4:
a. Pupils guess the meanings of words in blue from the context, and then check with a partner. (Assessment)
b. They can use a dictionary or other resources if there are any words they are unsure of.
c. Pupils now use dictionaries to check ‘common’ and ‘dull’.
d. Ask: Which word in blue is the opposite of dull? (colourful).
e. Also, check they remember the meaning of. ‘rare’ (from Activity 3).
f. Pupils read the text again and say the two words that come before beautiful, interesting, common and colourful
(the most).
g. They find the word before ugliest, rarest, biggest, weirdest (the).
h. Ask pupils if they enjoyed reading the text and why. (Assessment)
LESSON

10. Pupils in small groups agree on the three most beautiful and the three most colourful animals they know.
POST-

11. Do pupils know if any of the animals are in danger of extinction?

FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITIES / TAKE-HOME TASKS

REMEDIAL REINFORCEMENT ENRICHMENT
Pair work: Pupils choose two words from Pupils choose two words from Activity 4 Pupils write a sentence for each word in
Activity 4 and write a sentence for each and write a sentence for each word Activity 4.
word. individually.
REFLECTION ATTENDANCE:
a. ___ /___ pupils are able to achieve the stipulated learning objective. REMARK:
b. ___ /___ pupils are not able to achieve the stipulated learning objectives and they
are given remedial activities / enrichment activities.

Name:
Activity 2: Check the meaning of the words in blue in sentences 1-3.
Then read the text. Which sentences does the writer agree with?

Disagre
Agree
e

1. It’s important to protect all animals because

they are all interesting.

2. It’s best to protect the beautiful species, not the

ugly ones.

3. A lot of species become extinct every year.

Animals in danger need out help.

Activity 3: Read the text again and write true or false.

1. The blobfish is quite rare.

2. The blobfish sometimes lives in rivers.

3. It’s good that there are photos and articles about the blobfish.

4. There’s a lot of information about pandas, but not whales.

5. The purple frog is on the ugliest animals list.

Activity 4: Guess the meaning of these words.

beautiful

common

dull

colourful

rare