LESSON PLAN - ENGLISH LESSON

Date: 8th September 2006 (Monday)

Class: Year 4 Dahlia

Number of Pupils: 36 / 36

Time: 10.50 am – 11.50 am

Topic: Come Rain Or Shine – Four Seasons

Main Skills: Reading

Integrated Skills: Listening, Speaking and Writing

Curriculum Specification: World of Knowledge – Level 3

1.2.3 Listen to and repeat simple rhymes and

songs paying attention to pronunciation,

stress and intonation correctly.

3.3.3 Read and understand simple paragraphs

4.3.3 Match words to other words

Learning Outcomes/

Objectives: 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) Rearrange words to form questions and answers

based on the poem read

Previous Knowledge: Pupils have seen and heard about the four seasons

Language Input: Simple Wh - questions

Teaching Aids: Graphic organizer, worksheet, flash cards, paper strips

Moral Values: Gratitude and love for the environment

Educational Emphasis /

Thinking Skills: Classify, predict, look for patterns

Multiple Intelligences: Bodily-kinesthetic, visual-spatial, interpersonal,

verbal-linguistic

Stage / Time / Content / Teaching and Learning Activities / Rationale / Remarks
Set Induction
(5 minutes) / Poem / 1. Teacher shows pupils a poem on
four seasons.
2. Teacher asks pupils to listen
carefully while teacher recites the
poem.
3. Teacher ask pupils to recite the
poem.
4. Teacher introduces the topic. / To allow pupils to enjoy and appreciate reciting poems / Resources:
Graphic Organizer
Multiple Intelligences:
Verbal-linguistic
Presentation
(25 minutes) / Power-point Slides
Examples of countries having the four seasons
Switzerland, Ireland, France, England, Germany, Britain / 1. Teacher shows the scenes of four
seasons.
2. Teacher ask pupils to read the
paragraphs that describe the four
seasons.
3. Teacher talks about the four
seasons, the colours and things
associated with each season.
4. Teacher gets few pupils who
have been to foreign countries to
share their experiences.
5. Teacher gives examples of
countries having the four
seasons.
6. Teacher emphasizes the WH –
questions.
7. Teacher shows the Wh-words
that are used to ask the Wh
questions.
8. Teacher shows a few examples of simple Wh -questions / To widen pupils’ knowledge on the four seasons.
To refresh pupils’ grammar on Wh-questions. / Resources:
Graphic Organizer
Multiple Intelligences
Visual-spatial
Moral Value:
Gratitude
Stage / Time / Content / Teaching and Learning Activities / Rationale / Remarks
Production
(20 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
during autumn. / 1. Teacher gives four envelopes
containing scrambled Wh-
questions 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
appropriate Wh- questions and
answers in their daily interaction. / 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
Closure
(10 minutes) / Riddles
Worksheet / 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 praisesthe pupils / To reinforce pupils’ understanding on the topic. / Resources:
Worksheet
Multiple Intelligence:
Verbal-linguistic
CCTS:
Predicting