LESSON PLAN: WRITING AND SEND A POSTCARD

SUGGESTED GRADE LEVEL: YEAR 3-6

AND YEAR 2 WITH GUIDANCE

YEAR 2 UNIT 1 PAGE 7

YEAR 3 UNIT 8 WAYS TO COMMUNICATE (POSTCARD)

ENGLISH KSSR

PREPARED BY: CAMILLE MORRISON

ESTIMATED TIME: 2-3 CLASS PERIODS

With input and classroom and classroom practice by:

Ramalah, Suher, Juwita, Juliewati

Resources provided by C.Morrison and internet resources:

www.readwritethink.org

www.eslprintables.com

INTRODUCTION:

The exercise is for students to be able to write and receive postcards from their friends and families domestically or internationally. They will learn how to write on a postcard with simple grammar, the fundamentals of writing, reading and speaking, how to address a postcard and brainstorm ideas to write about. The students will learn about geography from various countries and places. They can make their own postcard on a computer with a template or can use a ready-made postcard. The students can collect the stamps, postcards and chart where all the postcards come from on a classroom map. It’s a fun activity that you and the students will love!

LESSON OBJECTIVES:

1. Develop letter writing skills and learn to address correspondence.

2. Brainstorm words and questions to use.3. Focus on appropriate content of expression in writing.4. Develop ideas and categorize them in a paragraph.5. Students learn language arts, literary skills, geography,

reading, comprehension, and social studies.

MATERIALS:

1. POSTCARDS2. BLANK INDEX CARDS WITHOUT LINES3. STAMPS4. PENCILS/PEN5. PAPER6. BOOK ON OTHER COUNTRIES OR MALAYSIA7. COMPUTER

PROCEDURES:

*Writing Skills: Need to produce multiple drafts and edit them in a group or individual before producing the final one.

*Speaking Skills: To communicate clearly and be able to explain what they should be writing about.

*Reading Skills: To improve their reading skills by reading aloud and to themselves learning about new places.

DISCUSSIONS:

1. What is a postcard used for?2. What can you put on a postcard?3. Where do you find postcards?4. Who uses postcards?5. Who can you send postcards to?

ACTIVITIES:

1. List topics you can talk about on the board and brainstorm.

2. Discuss proper way to write on a postcard.3. How to address a postcard and have students practice

addressing their own postcards.4. How to use capital letters and full stops.5. Students can learn about different places around the

world. 6. Students can collect stamps and postcards from various

places and countries.7. The students can develop a postcard journey, tracking

its locations.8. Students can make a collage of various postcards or a

postcard mobile.

EVALUATION:

Base the student’s evaluation on their participation in class discussion, answers, and on their creativity and writing skills.

KEY WORDS:

Famous places to visit (beaches, shopping, and museums)

Traditional foods

Holidays

Weather

The History

Religion

Sight seeing

EXAMPLES:

PHOTOS: