Secondary School Lesson Plan

Date : 28th February 2012

Time/Duration : 80 minutes (double period)

Class : Form 1 Epsilon

No. of student : / students

Proficiency level : Intermediate

Background knowledge: Students are exposed to the summary of the story.

Theme : Literature component

Topic : Flipping Fantastic by Jane Langford (extraordinary superb)

Language skill focus : Writing

Integrated skills : Reading, Speaking and Listening

Language focus : Characters and characteristic.

Learning outcomes : By the end of 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. vi. participating in teacher-guided class discussions by giving one’s opinion.

2.0 LANGUAGE FOR INFORMATIONAL USE

2.2a Skimming and scanning for specific information and ideas ii. scanning for certain details.

3.0 LANGUAGE FOR AESTHETIC USE

3.1b Recognizing elements in a story such as characters vi. talking about the characters in a story and writing a paragraph on one or two characters.

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

1. interact and participate actively in class during discussion and question and answer session. (Observable)

2. answer at least 6 out of 10 questions on the characters of the story correctly by themselves (Measureable)

3. act out to show the characteristic of the given character for the rest of the classmates to guess in groups. (Achievable)

Educational emphasis: a) Thinking skills b) Preparing for real world c) Multiple Intelligence

Moral values : Helpful, cooperative, respecting one and another.

Resource Materials : Pictures, handouts, worksheet, whiteboard, mahjong paper and marker

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STAGE/DURATION

CONTENT/ SKILL TEACHER/PUPILACTIVITY

AVA/RATIONALE

SET-INDUCTION

(5 MINUTES)

Whole class

Question:

1. Can you still remember what the story is all about?

2. Who are the main characters in the story?

SkillsSpeaking

1. Teacher writes the title of the story entitled ‘Flipping Fantastic’ on the whiteboard

2. Teacher asks students questions related to the characters in the story.

Rationale

To create interest in the topic of the lesson by eliciting their feedback.

To determine whether students had already read the story or not

AVA Whiteboard marker

PRE- WRITING

(10MINUTES)

Whole class

SkillsReadingSpeaking

1. Teacher exposes students with the characters of the story.

2. Teacher pastes the picture of the main characters on the whiteboard.

3. Teacher asks students opinion on the characteristic of each character.

4. Students are called to write the characteristics beside the picture.

5. Teacher discusses the whole characteristics with all students.

Rationale

To reinforce students understanding on the character and characteristics of the story.

AVA

Pictures of characters of the story. (Appendix 1)

WHILE- WRITING

(25MINUTES)

Whole class

Skills ReadingSpeaking

Individually

SkillsReadingWriting

Task One:

1. Teacher divides students into group of 4.

2. Each group will be given Worksheet (Appendix 2).

3. Students will have to match the correct characteristics with the respective character in the story.

4. Teacher discusses the answer with all students.

Task Two

1. Teacher distributes Worksheet 2 (Appendix 3) to all students.

2. Students will have to answer all questions individually.

3. Teacher discusses the answers with all students.

Rationale

Allow students to work in group to complete a group task.

AVA Worksheet 1

(refer to Appendix 2)

Whiteboard Marker

Rationale

To persuade students to work individually and complete the task given.

AVA Worksheet 2

(refer to Appendix 3)

Whiteboard Marker

POST- WRITING

(20MINUTES)

Individually

SkillsListeningSpeaking

1. Student remains in their same group.

2. Each group will be given a name of a character with their characteristic and they must act out a situation which shows it for the whole class to guess.

Rationale

To make the class more interesting and to involve the students in the class itself.

AVA

CLOSURE

(10MINUTES)

Whole class

SkillsSpeaking

1. Teacher will recap and review the lesson with the students.

2. Teacher discusses on the moral values attained from the story.

Rationale To ensure the

students learn some values from the lesson.

AVA

Homework

Evaluation :

Follow-up Activity : Students are asked to write a journal on their characteristics in a

short paragraph.

Self-Reflection :

Supervisor’s comment :

Appendix 1

Appendix 2Match the characteristic of each character below.

Tristan ---------

James ---------

Boy’s Mother --- --- ---

confident shy adaptable loving

strong responsible has initiative observant

lack self-confidence

Appendix 3