LESSON PLAN - ENGLISH LESSON Date Class Time Number of Pupils Topic Focus Skill Integrated Skills Curriculum

Specification : : : : : : : 15th Sept 2010 (Wednesday) Year 4 Dahlia 10.50 am 11.50 am 36 [Average to LEP] Come Rain Or Shine Four Seasons Speaking Listening and Reading

: 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 : 6.3.4 Interrogative Pronouns - Simple Wh questions : Pupils have seen and heard about the four seasons : Graphic organizer, worksheet, flash cards, paper strips

Language Input Previous Knowledge Teaching Aids/Resources Educational Emphases Moral Values Thinking Skills Multiple Intelligences Learning Outcomes

: Gratitude and love for the environment : Classify, predict, look for patterns : Bodily-kinesthetic, visual-spatial, interpersonal, verbal-linguistic

: Pupils will be able to: i) read aloud simple rhymes with correct pronunciation, stress and intonation based on a poem Changing Seasons ii) read and interpret correctly, simple paragraphs on Four Seasons iii) rearrange words to form questions and answers based on the poem read.

Stage / Time Set Induction (5 minutes)

Content Poem

Teaching and Learning Activities 1. Teacher shows pupils a poem on the four seasons. 2. Teacher asks pupils to listen carefully while teacher recites the poem. 3. Pupils recite the poem. 4. Teacher introduces the topic.

Rationale To allow pupils to enjoy and appreciate reciting poems Four Seasons selected to expose students to seasons not experienced in Malaysia To widen pupils knowledge on the four seasons.

Remarks Resources: Graphic Organizer

Multiple Intelligences: Verbal-linguistic

Presentation Stage Pre-reading (15 minutes)

Power-point Slides

1. Teacher shows Powerpoint slides showing the scenes of four seasons. 2. Teacher introduces words randomly, to describe the four seasons. 3. Pupils repeat the words after the teacher. 3. On the board Teacher draws a chart with 4 columns for each season. 4. Pupils read words written on flashcards , classify and paste them into the correct column on the board.

To encourage pupils to read about other countries

Resources: Graphic Organizer Multiple Intelligences Visual-spatial Moral Values: Love for the environment Gratitude

To encourage pupils to speak in English

Practice Stage While reading (15 minutes)

1 Teacher ask pupils to read the paragraphs that describe the four seasons. 2. Pupils match the paragraphs to the correct season. 3. Pupils to talk about the four seasons, the colours & things associated with each season guided by mind maps. 4. Pupils give examples of countries having the four seasons.

Examples of countries having the four seasons Switzerland, Ireland, France, England, Germany, Britain

Stage / Time Production Stage Post reading (20 minutes)

Content Wh- questions 1. Which season is cold, white and chilly? Winter is cold, white and chilly. 2. Where do the Eskimos live? Eskimos live in cold and snowy places in

Teaching and Learning Activities

1. Teacher divides the class into two

sides left and right. 2. Four groups on the right will be given envelopes containing scrambled Wh-questions. 3. Four groups on the left will be given envelopes containing scrambled answers.

Rationale Remarks To let pupils match the Resources words to form Flash Cards, paper questions and strips answers CCTS: Look for patterns

Moral Value:

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.

4. The groups with Wh- questions

will read aloud their questions one at a time.

Co-operation

5. The groups with the correct answer

will respond to the questions. 6. Teacher asks the pupils to read the questions and the answers. 7. Teacher encourages peer correction before correcting the pupils mistakes. 8. Pupils write questions and answers in legible script into their exercise book. Teacher asks pupils to use the appropriate Wh- questions and answers in their daily interaction

Multiple Intelligence: Bodily-kinesthetic

Closure (5 minutes) Follow- up : Remedial Activities for LEPs: Enrichment activities for EPs:

Riddles Worksheet

1. Teacher shows a slide a simple Riddle on seasons and asks pupils to guess the answers. 2. Teacher distributes worksheet as homework to pupils. 3. Teacher praises the pupils

To reinforce pupils understanding on the topic.

Resources: Worksheet Multiple Intelligence: Verbal-linguistic CCTS: Predicting

Reflection: