Date : 27 th . October 2011 (Thursday) Time : 10.20-10.50. (30 minutes) Number of Pupils : 32 pupils Theme : World of Stories Topic : Animals (Snazzy The Hungry Snake) Main Skill : Reading Integrated Skill(s) : Listening, Speaking Learning Outcomes : 3.3 Read and understand phrases, sentences, paragraphs, and whole texts. 3.9 Read and enjoy simple poems and stories and respond to them by talking about the animals, and moral values in the story/ poem; and relate it to ones life. Curriculum Specifications : 3.3.3 Read and understand simple paragraphs. 3.9.3 Read and talk about the actions of people and animals in a story heard or read. Grammar Focus : Nouns Behavioural Objectives : By the end of the lesson, pupils will be able to: -perform the correct actions to show their understanding on each word taught (e.g roar and role play ) during the reading session; -rearrange the sentences to form paragraps Previous Knowledge : Pupils learnt the features of animals
Instructional materials : 1. Sounds ( sounds made by a lion, an elephant and a monkey) 2. masks 3. Picture flash cards 4. Story small book entitled Snazzy The Lazy Snake 5. sentence strips 6. worksheets
Educational Emphasis : Cooperation in group activities CCTS : Making association and connections, identifying the cause and identifying the effects/ consequences
Stages/Time Content Teaching/ Learning Activities Remarks Set I nduction ( + 5 minutes)
Vocabulary items: lion, monkey, elephant, bear, tiger 1. Teacher plays sounds made by lion, monkey and elephant one by one to let pupils guess what they are. 2. Teacher shows a picture of a giraffe and a picture of a tiger. 3. Pupils guess the animals that are related to the pictures.
Sounds Models of animals Picture cards
Listen and answer
To trigger pupils interest
Pre-reading ( +8 minutes)
lion, monkey, elephant, bear, tiger
Snazzy the snake is very hungry.It has not eaten since morning.It sees Fredo, the frog under a big leaf.Snazzy slowly glides 1. Teacher writes words and sentences on the blackboard. 2. Teacher asks pupils for the meaning of the words written on the blackboard. 3. Teacher reads and explains. 4. Pupils listen and repeat after the teacher. 5. Teacher has pupils to read
Wordcards
flashcards towards Fredo.
Fredo quickly jumps away.
aloud the words on the blackboard a few times. 6. Teacher has pupils to read the sentences again.
While- reading ( +8 minutes)
Story of Snazzy The Hungry Snake
1. Pupils read aloud the story and the related characters perform the actions. 2. Teacher calls a volunteer from each group to act in front of the class. 3. The rest of the pupils read aloud the story while the performers act. 4. Teacher asks if pupils love the act. If time allows, teacher has another group to act.