Focus Writing

Year 3 (SJK)
Theme World of Stories
Unit 4
Topic A farm experience
Content 3.3. By the end of the 6-year primary schooling, pupils will be able to write
and present ideas through a variety of media using appropriate language,
Standard
form and style.

Learning 3.3. By the end of the 6-year primary schooling, pupils will be
able to write and present ideas through a variety of media using
Standard
appropriate language, form and style

By the end of the lesson, pupils will be able to:

Learning outcome 1. Individually, answer at least 3 fill-in-the-blanks questions correctly.

2. In pairs, complete a short paragraph with guidance with correct
tenses, spelling and sentence patterns.
3. Individually, write a short paragraph of at least 3 lines on holiday
experiences based on their own graphic organizers with correct
tenses, spelling and sentence patterns.

Time 60 minutes
Photos of holiday activities and worksheets

Teaching Aids
Pupils are aware of writing simple and compound sentences from previous
lessons
Previous Knowledge

Extra-Curricular Multiple Intelligence Verbal Linguistics, Visual Spatial

Elements Thinking Skills Generating Ideas, Information Processing

Creativity and Innovation

Contextual Learning
Lesson Plan
Activities Teaching Aids/Notes
Steps

Set Induction 1. Teacher displays a video on farm animals. Video (Appendix A)

(5 minutes) 2. Teacher asks wh questions regarding the
video.
- What are the animals that can be found in the
video?
- Which category do you think these animals
belong to?

Presentation 1. Based on the video/ power point slides, teacher Video / power point
(15 minutes) discusses the physical characteristic of the slides (Appendix A / B)
animals.
2. Teacher divides the pupils into groups.
3. Each group has to write the physical
characteristics of each animal on the mahjong Mahjong paper
paper given to them with the use of i-think map. (Appendix C)
4. Teacher discusses the answers with pupils.
5. Teacher provides model of sentences to
describe the animals.
- A cow has four legs.
- A cow has a short tail.
 Practice 1. Teacher displays boxes of pictures of which Pictures inside the
(15 minutes) contains different body parts of animals. boxes (Appendix D)
2. Teacher asks each group to send one
representative to take a body part from the
first box.
3. The second step is repeated till all the body
parts are distributed.
4. The pupils are required to paste body parts Mahjong paper
together on the mahjong paper provided and (Appendix E)
form a new species.
5. They have to name the newly formed species
and write down the physical characteristics of
the new species. (refer to appendix E)
6. They are also required to write the name and
characteristics of the new species using
sentences and the reason why the species is
special.
- This animal is called a cowgoken. (a mixture
of a cow, goat and chicken)
- This animal has cows head, goats horn and
body and chickens legs.
- This animal can protect itself because it has
horns.
7. The groups paste their mahjong paper
around the class to be displayed to and
edited by the teacher.

Production 1. Teacher provides each student with a sample Sample of letter

(15 minutes) of letter addressed to scientist. (Appendix F)
2. Teacher explains the format and purpose of the
letter to the pupils.
3. Teacher asks the pupils to write a letter to a
foreign scientist informing about the new
species of animal.
Closure 1. Jazz chant
(5 minutes)