Subject Day/Date Time Class Level Theme Topic Focused Skill Integrated Skills Curriculum Specifications

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English Tuesday / 20 April 2010 9.15 am 10.25 am (70 minutes) 2 Zuhud Average/Weak Students People and Social Issues Peoples ability Speaking and Listening Reading and Writing 1.0 Language for Interpersonal Use 1.1 Make friends and keep friendship by: b. taking part in conversations and discussions; Level 1 ii. Asking questions politely to get information. 2.0 Language for informational use 2.2 Process information by: c. following sequence of ideas; f. getting meaning of unfamiliar words by using word attack skills. A. Processing texts listened to by Level 2 iii. Following sequence of ideas. 2.3 Presenting information to different audience by: d. reading aloud written materials clearly and fluently Level 2 xviii. Writing descriptions.

Learning Objectives

By the end of the lesson, students will be able to: 1) Listen to a song and arrange the lyrics in the correct order 2) Find meaning of words/phrases used in the song using contextual clues 3) Complete sentences by using the correct words/phrases found in the song 4) Answer drill related to modal verb can or cannot 5) Match the appropriate meaning of words related to baseball games 6) Use the modal verb can or cannot to describe what the characters in the movie are able to do 7) Ask questions politely to get information from classmates 8) Write 5 sentences about their classmates 1) Sentence patterns to ask questions politely: Can you ~? / Thank you, 2) Grammar: Modal verbs can or cannot 3) Vocabulary: used to / go on / lean on /everlasting / theres nothing to it / wing / soar / be on the verge / miracle / achieve / Pitch / Hit / Run / handle / Jump 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) PowerPoint slides Handouts Movie clip Song clip Strips of papers containing lyrics of song

Language Content

Teaching Aids / Materials

Educational Emphases

1) Thinking Skills: Giving opinions 2) Multiple Intelligence: Interpersonal, Verbal-linguistic, Kinesthetic 3) Moral Values: Asking questions politely, appreciating someones ability or inability A verb is an action word (1) Students may take more than the time limit to do a task given. Teacher will be firm with students so they will work within the time allocated. (2) Students might use Bahasa Melayu to carry out the activities. Teacher must always remind students about using English when conducting the activities. (3) Students may lack proficiency in English to respond to teachers questions. Teacher needs to provide simple questions prompts.

Previous Knowledge Anticipated Problems

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Stage/Time Set Induction (5 minutes) 9.15 am 9.20 am

Content Showing pictures of famous sports celebrities

Teaching-Learning Activity 1. Teacher shows pictures of famous sports celebrities. Teacher asks questions. For example: (i) Do you know who these persons are? Can you name them? - Nicole Ann David/ Lee Chong Wei/ Messi (ii) What can they do? What are they famous for? - Nicole: Squash - Chong Wei: Badminton - Messi: Football star (iii) Does anybody in this class would like to be like them? - Yes/No (iv) How are going to make sure that your dreams come true? - Have passion in the game/Train hard/etc (v) Do you know any human with special powers / humans who can fly? Where? How? - Yes/No. 2. Teacher relates this activity to the lesson of the day.

Rationale To get students attention To get students to talk

Resources PowerPoint slide

Introduction (20 minutes) 9.20 am 9.40 am

Listening to a song Arranging lyrics in the correct sequence Vocabulary building - used to - go on - lean on - everlasting - theres nothing to it - wing - soar - be on the verge - miracle - achieve Grammar: introducing Modal Verbs can, cannot to show ability

1. Teacher tells students that they are going to listen to a song titled I Believe I Can Fly by R. Kelly. 2. Teacher distributes the strips of papers containing lyrics of the song. 3. Teacher tells students that they need to listen carefully to the song and arrange the strips of papers in the correct sequence of the songs lyrics 4. Teacher plays the song twice. Teacher shows the correct sequence of the lyrics from a Word Document. 5. Teacher distributes the handouts. Teacher asks questions. For example: (i) How did you feel while you were listening to the song? - Sad/happy/motivated/etc (ii) Why were you feeling sad/happy/etc.? - I dont like the song/ etc. 6. Teacher asks students to write down their feelings with a reason in the handouts. 7. Teacher asks students to find the meaning of words/phrases that are used in the song. 8. Teacher divides students into groups where different groups will find different meanings of the song. Row 1 - used to Row 2 - go on Row 3 - lean on Row 4 - everlasting Row 5 - theres nothing to it Row 6 - wing Row 7 - soar Row 8 - be on the verge Row 9 - miracle Row 10 - achieve

To start off the lesson with a fun and relaxing activity

Song clip Strips of papers containing lyrics of the song PowerPoint slides Handouts

To have a fun listening activity

To save time finding meaning of words

9. Students, in pairs, complete the sentences in the handouts with the words/phrases learnt previously. 10. Teacher discusses the following question with the whole class: (i) The singer is a person, so he cant really fly. What do you think he means when he says he can fly? - If he works hard, he can achieve his dreams 11. Teacher brings students attention to the modal verb can by asking students to underline the phrase can + verb that can be found in the song. 12. Teacher discusses and explains the rules for model verbs can and cannot. 13. Teacher applies the rules in drills. Development (40 minutes) 9.40 am 10.20 am Watching a movie Reinforcing the usage of modal verbs can and cannot Vocabulary building: - Pitch - Hit - Run - Handle - Jump Playing human bingo 1. Teacher shows a Twilight movie poster. Teacher asks questions: (i) What is the name of the movie? What is the movie about? - Twilight - Vampires/love story (ii) What do you know about vampires? - Drink human blood/etc. (iii) What can they do? - Run fast/etc. (iv) What's good and bad about being a vampire? - Good: - Bad: 2. Teacher tells students that they are going to watch a movie clip from Twilight. 3. Teacher introduces some words related to the movie with the aid of pictures.

To test students understanding of the words/phrases

To use the didactic approach to introduce the modal verbs

To get students attention by using a movie which is attractive to teenagers

Movie clip PowerPoint slides Handouts

4. Students match the appropriate sentence to the words introduced. For example: (i) Pitch the ball precisely (ii) Hit the ball hard (iii) Run extremely fast (iv) Handle the bat with agility (v) Jump - high (vi) Smell different perfumes easily 5. Students observe the movie segment. While watching, students need to write down sentences saying what the vampires can do that we, humans, cannot. Students may use the matching exercise items and others. 6. Teacher discusses the activity with the whole class. 7. Teacher tells students that they are going to play Human Bingo to find out what their classmates can do. 8. Teacher explains how the game is played. 9. Students walk around the classroom and ask their classmates questions as indicated by the prompts. If a student answers yes, the student asking the question writes that students name after the prompt. If the student answers no, the questioner continues asking until he/she finds someone who answers yes. For example, A: Can you sing an English song? B: Yes, I can. (A will write Bs name in the grid) If the answer is: No, I cannot. (A will find another student to complete the task.) A: Thank you. 10. Teacher explains that the first student who gets five names in a row wins.

To introduce some vocabulary related to baseball game

To practice the modal verb CAN for ability.

11. From the interview in the Human Bingo, students write four sentences about their classmates. 12. Teacher selects students at random to read the sentences aloud to the whole class. Closure (5 minutes) 10.20 am 10.25 am Inculcating the importance of appreciating someones ability and inability 1. Teacher shows a picture of successful students. Teacher asks questions: (i) Why do think they are happy? - Successful in examination (ii) Do you think you can be like them? How? - Yes / study hard 2. Teacher sums up the lesson and ask students to sing along the song by R. Kelly titled I believe I Can Fly. Song clip

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