Secondary School Lesson Plan

Date : 17th

February 2012

Time/Duration : 80 minutes (Double periods)

Class : Form 1 Epsilon

No. of student : / students

Proficiency level : Intermediate

Theme : Social Issues

Topic : Hospitality

Language skill focus : Reading

Integrated skills : Writing, Speaking, Listening

Language focus : Vocabulary

Learning outcomes : By the end Form 1, students should be able to:

1.0 LANGUAGE FOR INTERPERSONAL USE

1.1b Take part in conversation and discussion

iii. responding appropriately to questions.

2.0 LANGUAGE FOR INFORMATIONAL USE

2.2f Using dictionary

iv. using dictionary to find the meaning of unfamiliar words.

3.0 LANGUAGE FOR EASTHETIC USE

3.2 Dramatizing a text

i. acting out sections of a text.

Learning objectives : By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

1. respond to teacher’s explanation and answer the questions

asked by the teacher appropriately. ( Observable)

2. work in pair to search for meaning of unfamiliar words

found in the text. (Observable)

3. work in group to act out a section from the text regarding

table menace. (Achievable)

3. Work individually and answer at least 5/7 comprehension

questions based on the text given correctly. (Measureable)

Educational emphasis:

a) Thinking skills:

Students are taught to think critically and use their background knowledge to guess the

figurative meaning posed in the poem given.

b) Values and citizenship:

Students are taught to be a moral person by being helpful, responsible and friendly when they

are working in a group.

Moral values : Students are taught to, be helpful, work hard and cooperatively to

achieve the goal.

Resource Materials : Form 1 Text book, whiteboard, and marker

Vocabulary list : Watery, broadly, molasses, piled, pitcher, kitchen, dinner, rude, guest, host

STAGE/

DURATION

CONTENT/ SKILL TEACHER/ PUPIL

ACTIVITY

AVA/

RATIONALE

SET INDUCTION

(5 MINUTES)

Whole class.

Questions.

1. Have you ever

received any guest

to your home?

2. How do you great

them?

3. Have your parents

taught you on how

to great a guest?

Skills

Speaking

Listening

1. Teacher greats

students and asks

students on how they

greet their quest at

home?

2. Students answer

teacher’s question.

To tap students’

background

knowledge and create

students’ interest into

the lesson.

AVA

White board and

marker

PRE-READING

(10 MINUTES)

Individual

Whole class.

Skills

Reading

Listening

1. Teacher asks

students to take out

their English Form 1

text book and turn to

page 27.

2. Teacher then calls a

student randomly and

tells the person to read

a section of the text

aloud.

3. Other student will

be called to continue

reading the text until

the end.

4. Teacher will tap on

students’

pronunciation if

necessary.

To ensure that

students are able to

read out text using the

correct intonation.

AVA

English form 1

textbook,

White board and

marker.

WHILE-READING

(25 MINUTES)

Pair work

Skills

Listening

Reading

Individual Work

Skills

Reading

Writing

Task 1

1. Teacher asks

students to identify

any unfamiliar words

from the text.

2. Teacher asks

students to read the

sentence and try to

understand the

meaning using

contextual clues.

3. Students are then

told to search for the

meaning of the word

in the dictionary and

teacher compares the

word with what

students have given.

Task 2

1. Teacher asks

student to turn to page

27-28 in their English

Text book.

2. Students’ are

required to answer all

the questions

individually in their

work book.

Rationale

To ensure that

students are able o use

the dictionary to

search for meaning of

unfamiliar words.

AVA

Text book page 27

AVA

Text book page 27

POST-READING

(20 MINUTES)

WHOLE CLASS

GROUP WORK

Skills

Listening

Speaking

Content

1. Teacher divides

students’ into groups.

2. Students’ are then

given different

situations at home

where they will need

to receive their guest

and greet them.

3. Students will be

given 10 minutes to

discuss and act it out

according to their task

in 2minutes time.

4. The best group

which performs will

be praised.

Rationale

To help student

understand the lesson

much better.

AVA

White board, marker

pen.

CLOSURE

(5 MINUTES)

Whole class

Skills

Listening

Speaking

1. Teacher recaps the

lesson of the day.

2. Teacher asks the

students on the moral

value that they have

learned.

Rationale

To ensure that

students learns the

moral values gotten

from the poem to be

practiced in their daily

lifestyle.

AVA

Homework

Evaluation :

Follow-up Activity : Students are asked to write short sentences on how their parents have

taught them to greet their guest at home.

Self-Reflection :

Supervisor’s comment :

Appendix 2

Cue card which contains an extract of a line in the stanza taken from the

poem

The river’s a wanderer

A nomad, a tramp,

He doesn’t choose one

place

To set up his camp.

The River’s a winder,

Through the valley and

hill

He twist and he turns,

He just cannot be still.

The River’s a hoarder,

And he buries down

deep

Those little treasures

That he wants to keep.

The River’s a baby

He gurgles and hums,

And sound like he’s

happily

Sucking his thumbs.

The River’s a singer

As he dances along,

The countryside echoes

The notes of his song.

The River’s a monster

Hungry and vexed,

He’s gobbled up trees

And he’ll swallow you

next.