The Perfect Present

Title : Feeling negative

Lesson Plan 2

Class Level: Primary 6

Time: 30 min
Genre: Short Story
Literary Focus: Prose
Plot Characterization 
Setting Point of View
Theme

Poetry
Tone / Mood
Rhyme
Rhythm
Persona
Figurative language – simile / metaphor/
personification / onomatopoeia

Integrated Language Skills: Speaking, reading , writing

Higher Order Thinking Skills: Literal Comprehension

Recall of character traits

Reorganization
Summarizing by paraphrasing

Inferential
Provide theme in the selection

Multiple Intelligences: Verbal / linguistic

Intra personal, musical / rhythmic, bodily/kinesthetic

Learning Objectives:

At the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

• Read and respond to story

• Write simple phrases by expanding words given
• Relate words learnt to express feeling

Prior Knowledge: Pupils had experienced on being angered by others

Procedures:
Teacher’s Task/ Teaching
Students’ Tasks Rationale
Procedures Resources

Preparatory Activities
(5 min)

Display the pictures of Pupils present Pupils’ work To refresh the

characters by the pupils in their picture and pupils about the
the previous lesson. invite comments story being taught
on their work previously and
(Recalling and refreshing ) engaging
constructive
discussion through
peer comments.

Main Activities (15 min)

Tr introduces the next Listen to the Pre-prepared To enhance the

character in the story by story . picture of Sam’s aural-oral skills in
adding a picture of Sam’s sister the pp
sister to the pictures on
the board.

Tr tells the story from pg

6-9

Word list Choose Word cards with To detect the

loving, unsupportive, descriptive descriptive words understanding of
discouraging, kind, words to match to be matched to pupil through
friendly, uncaring the sister’s Sam’s sister listening
behaviour after
listening.

Shared reading Pp do shared

( Page 6 to page 9 ) reading with the
teacher

Pick out words

that affect Sam To identify
physically and relevant words
emotionally from
the text read
Tr guides the pupils to Pupils make Sample of mime
phrase the verbs using a simple phrases activity:
sentence pattern with patterns as
given: Bad, bad Molly,

Display the rhyme and Snatched the Grabbed the

show the pupils how to picture portrait,
mime it
Grabbed the Sneered at it.
portrait Recognition of
Sad sad Sam, details of
Threw it in the characters, main
bin Fought the tears, ideas, sequence
and comparison
Scrunched it up Grabbed the found in the story
picture,
Fought the tears

Sneered at it Scrunched it up,

Create a mime Threw it in the bin.

using similar
phrases

Closing Activities
(10 min)

Tr asks the pp to express Pupils respond To engage pupils

their opinions on subjects to the teacher. in a scenario filled
as followed : with negativity to
Pupils create a bridge continuity
a. What does the mime similar rhyme for the next lesson.
show? using the
negative words
( advanced )
b. How do you express
your anger through Compile a list of
action? ( Mime it ) negative words
or phrases
( average )

Draw or make a
collage
based on
negative words
( weak )
Items for portfolio

( Advanced group )

Task : a.Think of other negative words.

b. Create a similar rhyme
c. Do you feel or act negative sometimes?
Why?

( Average group )

Task : a. Take down the negative phrases from the

text
b. Classify them according to their forms:
i. descriptive ii. Action

c. Do you feel or act negative sometimes?

Why ?

( Weak group )

Task : a. Take down the negative words from the text

b. Draw to express the meaning of the words
c. What do you do when you feel negative ?
Draw it.

Assessment : ( Peer comment )

a. Pupils put up their work on the notice board

b. Peers take a gallery walk and write comment on their friends’ work.