Professional Documents
Culture Documents
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Name of Teacher(s):
MISS LIM SIEW HEOH, MISS LEE CHAI YIH, MISS JUANITA LIM SUE LYN, MISS LEE LAY TEEN, MISS NUR AJIRAH
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Domain (s) Theme Topic
Personal People and Culture A Bundle of Joy
EXPECTATIONS
(questions/statements to be answered while and after lessons-similar to objectives)
Students are able to understand and describe ceremonies / celebrations of newborns by different cultures
Students are able to respect other cultures and religions
CROSS-CURRICULAR ELEMENTS
Language
Values
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Listening and Speaking
Duration: 45 mins
Content Standard(s):
1.3 Listen to and respond critically to a wide range of spoken, audio and visual texts
1.4 Speak intelligibly, eloquently and appropriately for different purposes, audiences, contexts and cultures
Learning Standard(s):
1.3.1 Listen to spoken, audio and visual texts to:
(i) retrieve main ideas
1.4.1 Express feelings and give simple descriptions of personal experiences orally
1.4.2 Participate in simple conversations using speech acts:
(iii) invitation
(vii) refusal
Activity(ies):
1. Role-play a telephone conversation
2. Convey a telephone message on an invitation to a family member
2. Accept or decline an invitation through telephone
3. Listen to a text and complete a given passage
Formative Assessment:
1. Oral presentation
2. Teacher’s observation
Resources:
1. Textbook Pg 52-53, Pg 202
Reflection:
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Reading Duration: 1 hour
Content Standard(s):
2.2 Apply a range of strategies to comprehend texts related to everyday living
2.3 Analyse and evaluate various texts
Learning Standard(s):
2.2.1 Demonstrate understanding by:
(i) identifying main ideas in given texts
2.2.2 Locate and organise information by:
(i) using graphic organisers
2.3.1 Read various texts and retrieve information by:
(i) skimming and scanning
Activity(ies):
1. Read the given text silently and underline the main ideas
2. Match appropriate expressions to meanings
3. Tick the correct statements
4. Match the main idea to the correct paragraph
5. Complete a flow chart
6. Complete a crossword puzzle
7. Complete a tree map after brainstorming for details
Formative Assessment:
1. Exercise evaluation
Resources:
1. Textbook Pg 54-56, 62
Reflection:
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Writing Duration: 1.5 hours
Content Standard(s): hours
3.1 Apply appropriate writing skills and strategies
3.2 Produce a variety of texts for creative, personal, academic and functional purposes
Learning Standard(s):
3.1.3 Apply pre-writing strategies
(iii) outlining
3.2.2 Write for creative and personal expressions:
(ii) journals
Activity(ies):
1. Read a journal, placing emphasis on the outline
2. Write a journal based on suggested outline
Formative Assessment:
1. Gallery walk
2. Peer evaluation
Resources:
1. Textbook Pg 57
2. Internet
Reflection:
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Grammar Duration: 1 hour
Content Standard(s):
4.1 Identify and use language structures appropriately according to context
Learning Standard(s):
4.1.1 Identify and use nouns appropriately according to context:
(v) singular nouns
(vi) plural nouns
(vii) Subject Verb Agreement (SVA)
Activity(ies):
1. Identify singular and plural nouns
2. Complete a diagram with the plural forms of the nouns given
3. Complete a bridge map on singular and plural nouns
4. Complete sentences with the plural forms of the nouns
5. Study the rule for subject-verb agreement
6. Underline the correct form of verb in a passage
7. Complete a message
Formative Assessment:
1. Exercise evaluation
Resources:
1. Textbook Pg 58-59
2. Worksheet
Reflection:
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ACTION-ORIENTED TASK(S)
(These action-oriented tasks ensure that all the four language skills and the Grammar elements
Duration: 1.5 hours
taught are integrated to emulate real-life situations. These tasks and experiences will be the bridging that helps students to overcome
challenges in real life which require them to communicate in English.)
Content Standard(s):
3.1 Apply appropriate writing skills and strategies effectively
4.2 Apply grammatical rules at word, phrase and sentence levels correctly and meaningfully
Learning Standard(s):
3.1.1 Write simple sentences correctly
4.2.1 Construct simple sentences correctly and meaningfully
Activity(ies):
1. Divide the class into groups
2. Each group select a cultural celebration
3. Research on the cultural practices and interesting information
4. Present on posters
Formative Assessment:
1. Gallery walk
2. Peer evaluation
Resources:
1. Textbook Pg 61
2. Internet
3. Interviews
Reflection:
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Literature in Action Duration: 3 hours
Content Standard(s):
5.1 Engage and respond to a variety of literary texts to express understanding of the broader world of ideas and concepts
Learning Standard(s):
5.1.1 Listen to and respond orally to various literary works
5.1.2 Read and understand various literary works
5.1.3 Share personal responses of issues related to literary works and develop new ideas or solve problems
Activity(ies):
1. Read a short story
2. Relate ones own experience to the short story
3. Answer questions based on the short story
4. Dramatise the short story
Formative Assessment:
1. Exercise evaluation
Resources:
1. Textbook
2. Worksheet
Reflection: