Lesson Plan

English Language - Form 2

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8 May 2014 (Thursday)

2B
40
Intermediate
7.40 a.m. 8. 20 a.m. (Single Period Class)
Environment
Major Pollution at Beach
Listening and Speaking
Reading
Articles (A, An, The)

Curriculum specifications:

1.0 Language for Interpersonal Use

Level 1

1.1 Make friends and keep friendships by:

iii. Responding appropriately to questions by stating,
b. take part in conversations and discussions refuting and giving details.
Level 2
v. Asking questions and making statements with the
correct intonation, word stress and sentence rhythm
and pronouncing words clearly and correctly.
2.0 Language for Informational Use
2.1 Obtain information for different purpose by
b. reading materials in print such as reports
and articles and using other electronic
media such as the Internet.
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Levels 1, 2 and 3
ii. Reading silently a variety of materials in print and
from the Internet.

2.2 Process information by

a. skimming and scanning for specific
information and ideas;
d. predicting outcomes;

Learning outcomes/ Objectives:

Teaching aids:

Moral value:

By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:

1. Complete the graphic organiser by getting at least 4 out of 6 questions correctly.
2. Complete the song lyric by getting at least 5 out of 11 gaps- filling space correctly.
3. Construct or speak at least a sentence correctly using definite and indefinite articles.
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1. Pictures
2. Newspaper Article
3. Worksheets of comprehension exercise

Activities
Teacher

( 5 minutes)

4. Handouts ( definite articles: the ; indefinite

article: a, an)
5. VCD (song)
6. VCD Player

Expose the students to the issue of pollution and how to take care our environment.

Stage/Time
Set induction

B. Processing texts read by

Level 3
x. Identifying cause and effects in simple texts.
xi. Making simple predictions of outcomes, giving
reasons.

Rationale

Teaching Aids

Students

1. The teacher shows

pictures of different of
water pollution

1. Students will see some

interesting pictures
about pollution.

2. Teacher will ask and

describe what are in
these pictures.

2. Students will state their

opinion about the topic.

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1. To engage students
attention.
2. To introduce the topic of
the lesson.

1. Pictures of water
pollution
(Refer to Appendix D)

3. The teacher will ask

students to guess the
topic of the lesson.
Presentation
(15 minutes)

1. The teacher will

distribute a newspaper
article reading
comprehension exercise
to the students.
2. Teacher will ask
students to stand up and
read the article in the
class.

1. Students will read the

article together.
2. Students will complete
the reading
comprehension exercise
in pairs.

3. Students will respond

orally to questions
posed by the teacher
3. The teacher will ask the
about the grammatical
students to complete the
aspect of the lesson
reading comprehension
(Articles: A, An, The)
exercise in pairs.
4. The teacher will discuss
the answers of the
reading comprehension
exercise with the
students.
5. Grammatical input
(articles: a, an, the) in
the form lecture and
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1. To incorporate the
grammatical aspect of
the lesson in the topic
of the lesson.

1. Newspaper article
(Refer to Appendix E)
2. Worksheets of
Comprehension
exercise
(Refer to Appendix F)
3. Hand outs
(Refer to Appendix G)

explanation will be
provided to the whole
class using handouts.
(Refer to Appendix G)
Practice and Production
(15 minutes)
Activity 1

1. The teacher will ask the

students to listen to a
song and complete the
song lyrics while
listening.

1. Based on the
worksheets provided,
students will identify
the articles used in the
song and complete the
song lyric.
2. The teacher will monitor
(Refer to Appendix H)
students progress and
written work
3. Students progress will
throughout the session.
be monitored by the
teacher throughout the
3. Teacher will check the
session.
answers together with
students.
4. Students will check
their answers together.
4. Teacher will explain the
importance of keeping
the natural habitat from
pollution, so that, for
example, as mentioned
in the theme of the
song, fireflies can live
freely without
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1. To guide students how

to identify the articles
in a song.
2. To practice listening
skills of students

1. Owl City Fireflies

(VCD)
2. VCD player
3. Owl City- Fireflies
(song lyric)
(Refer to Appendix H)

pollution.
Activity 2

1. Teacher will ask students to form a circle around the

room.
2. Students will then in turn go round the room saying
the following sentences:

1. To apply the
grammatical knowledge
in real life situations.

1st SS - "What is this?"

2nd SS - "This is a/an ________." (must think of an
object in the classroom or school to say.)
3rd SS - "How many ________ do you have?"
4th SS - "I have 3 _______." (SS must choose a
number between 1-5)
Depending on the number choose, the next X
number of SS sits down. In this case, the next 3.
8th SS - "This is the ________ i like." (Student goes
and taps one of the students who are sitting down.
They can now stand up again.)
9th SS - Starts from "What is this?" again.
3. Those who are sitting down are out of the game. The
2 remaining students win the game.
*SS = Student
Closure

1. Teacher will ask the

1. Students will be able

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1. To reinforce the

1. Pictures of water

(5 minutes)

student to state
what they learn
during the lesson.
2. Teacher will recall
the moral value in
this lesson.

Extended Activity

1. Teacher will ask the

students to write
one sentence for
each word in the
glossary (Newspaper
Article) in their
exercise book

to state what they

learn in the lesson.

understanding of the
topic.

pollution
(Refer to Appendix

2. Students will gain

moral values from
the lesson.

2. to make an overview
of what the students
have learnt and also
to instil moral value

D)

1. Students will write

one sentence for
each word found in
the glossary of
newspaper article.

1. To strengthen the
vocabulary learnt
throughout the
lesson

1. Newspaper article

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(Refer to Appendix E)

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