Class

Students level
Students
Topic
Focus Skill
Integrated Skills
Theme
Content
Standards

1 Wawasan
Low to intermediate proficiency
27 students
Animal-So Hairy and Scary (Language Arts)
Reading
Writing, listening and speaking
World of Knowledge
4.3 By the end of the 6-year primary schooling, pupils will be able to plan, organize,
and produce creative works for a range of purposes.

Learning
Standard
Objective

4.3.1 Able to take part with guidance based on: c) jazz chants

Time
Language
content

1hour
Names of animals such as elephant, crocodile, lion, giraffe and zebra.
Adjectives to describe features of animals such as hairy mane, striped body, long tail,
spotty legs, big ears.
Language to describe an animal This animal has.
Associating words with pictures, Making actions to associate with words
Thinking skills
Knowledge acquisition
Multiple intelligences (Linguistic, Musical, Visual, Bodily Kineastatic, Interpersonal)
Appreciation towards animals

CCTS
Educational
Emphases
Moral values

By the end of the lesson students should be able to:

a) Match five animals to their correct features.
b) Sing the jazz chant song I see with actions.
c) Spell five words (adjectives) that describe the features.
d) Write the features of 1 Wawasans Animal to make five complete sentences.

Set/ Content
Set induction
Names of animals
such as elephant,
crocodile, lion, giraffe
and zebra.

Teaching and Learning Activities

Teacher shows the Madagascar trailer.

Teaching Materials/ Notes

Trailer of the movie
Madagascar.

Based on the trailer, teacher asks the students to

name the animals that they can see.
Teacher lists down the name of animals.

Questions: What can

you see from the
video?
Presentation
Names of animals
such as elephant,
crocodile, lion, giraffe
and zebra.
Adjectives to describe
features of animals
such as hairy mane,
striped body, long tail,

Teacher puts five pictures of animals which are

elephant, crocodile, lion, giraffe and zebra.

Picture of the animals

Teacher asks questions about the animals such

as their habitat, food and lastly their features.

Pictures together with the

adjectives describing the
features.

Teacher together with students label certain

features of the animals.

Flashcards containing the

phrase This animal has

Teacher focuses on these features which are

spotty legs, big ears.

Language to describe
an animal This animal
has.
Questions:
Where does a
(animal) live? What
does a (animal) eat?
What .. can do?

hairy mane, striped body, long tail, spotty legs,

big ears.
Teacher asks students to spell the features.
Teacher explains that they are going to match the
animals with their features.
Teacher first demonstrates the activity as the
students also have to form a sentence such as:

This animal
has

Practice
Names of animals
such as elephant,
crocodile, lion, giraffe
and zebra.
Adjectives to describe
features of animals
such as hairy mane,
striped body, long tail,
spotty legs, big ears.
Production
Spelling of the
animals features such
as
h_i_ _ m _ _e,
str_ _ _d b_dy,
l_ _g t _ _l,
sp_ _ty l_ _s,
b_g e_ _s

a hairy
mane.

Teacher chooses students to match the animals

with their features.

The song is written on

mahjong paper

Once done, teacher continues to the next activity.

Teacher reads aloud the lyrics of the song I see
with the students.

*Teacher can repeat to sing

the song to help students
familiarize with the lyrics.

Teacher first sings the song with actions and

students have to listen.
Teacher repeats to sing the song for the second
time and then students follow.
Teacher asks few students to perform in front of
the class in groups.
Once done, teacher continues to the next activity.
Teacher divides students into five groups.
Teacher explains that they are going to make their
own 1 Wawasans animal .
Teacher shows an example.
Students have to solve a picture puzzle.

Language to describe
an animal This animal
has.

Each group has to colour a part of the animals

body such as the head, body, tail and legs. They
also have to spell the adjective to describe the
features.
Each group will also receive a sentence strip that

A3 paper
Coloured pencils
*Teacher can ask one or
two students to repeat the
instructions.
*Teacher moves from one
group to one group to
ensure students can do the
activity.

they have to complete based on part of the

animals body such as

This animal has a(hairy

mane)
.
Once students have understood the instructions,
they start the activity.

Closure
Language to present
We would like to
present our work

Students present their work with teachers

guidance and reveal the spelling.
Teacher checks the answers.
Teacher with students solve the picture puzzle by
combining all the body parts of the animal and the
sentence strips.
Students and teacher recall vocabulary learned in
the lesson.
Students sing the song.

Teacher asks one or two

groups to present their
work.