Topic Background knowledge Curriculum Specification

: More Stories /The selfish giant : The students are familiar with fairy tales. : 3.6 Acquire a wide range of vocabulary

Year

: 4 Jati

3.6.4 Understand words opposite n meaning 3.8.2 Scan for specific information in text. 3.8.4 Read and understand simple text by answering comprehension questions in relation to main ideas and details. Focus skill Language item Learning objectives : Reading : Synonyms : By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
a)

Reading level: Moderate

Read and understand the story by answering comprehension questions.

b) c)

Identify the synonyms of the words given from the text. Verbally state the moral value of the story.

CCTS Teaching Aids

: sequencing : picture card, word card, sentence strips, text book.

Stage Pre-reading pupils.

Teaching/Learning activities 1. The teacher shows a picture and the word giant to the

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2. Teacher elicits words associating to the giant from the

pupils. 3. Teacher writes the words on the board. Whilereading First reading 1. Teacher goes through the story paragraph by paragraph with the pupils 2. Pupils answer the questions as they read the story. 3. Teacher checks the answer with the students.
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Second reading
1. Teacher divides the class into groups of five.

2. Teacher distributes sentence strips to all the groups. 3. The pupils rearrange the sentence strips accordingly.
4. The group that has finished rearranging will come in front

and paste the story on the board. 5. Teacher carries out a class discussion to check the students work.
6. The fastest group with the correct answer will be given a

prize. Postreading Activity A

1. Teacher pastes a few words on the board. 2. Teacher asks the pupils to locate the synonyms of the

words in the passage.

3. The students who found the words will raise their hands

and say the word aloud.

Activity B 1. Pupils work in pairs. 2. Teacher asks the students to state the moral value of the story. 3. The representative of each pair come in front and present the moral value. Closure 1. Teacher distributes a dialogue pertaining to the story. 2. Pupils fill in the blanks with the words from the story.

Appendix A Questions (While-reading First reading activity) 1. Who has a beautiful garden? 2. What did the giant build around his garden? 3. What did the giant hear when he wakes up one morning? 4. What did he see when he look out his window? 5. What did he do to the wall he had built?

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