Teaching of Grammar for Primary ESL Classroom

Target group

: Year 4 (intermediate to weak students)

Time

: One hour

Theme

: World of knowledge

Topic

: Living skill

Focussed Skill

: Writing

Integrated Skill(s)

: Reading

Learning Outcomes

4.4 Complete texts with the missing word, phrase or sentence.

Curriculum Specifications

4.4.2 Complete simple instructions, recipes, descriptions, rhymes with the missing word(s) with guidance given in the form of words and
pictures.
Behavioural Objectives

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

1. Arrange at least 3 out of 5 jumbled-up sentences correctly
2. Write at least 3 simple sentences.

Language Focus

: Grammar (simple sentences)

Teaching Aids/Materials

: A video, worksheet, coloured papers, manila cards, beads, glue, ribbon

Educational emphases

: Preparation for the Real World

Moral value

: Independence

Title of video

: How to Make a Creamy Banana

LESSON PLAN
Stages

Contents
Audio-visual aid
Teachers questions
1. What are we going to
learn for today?
2. What the video is

Set Induction

5 minutes

about?
3. The ingredients are
two ripe bananas,
condensed milk and
a spoon of crushed
oreo.
4. We slice the banana
into half
5. We put the sliced
banana on a plate
6. We pour a small
amount of
condensed milk on
the banana
7. We sprinkle the
crushed oreo all over
the banana for
decorations.

Activities

Rationales

Remarks

To get the pupils to

Video on how to make

a video on a person who

be focussed in the

Creamy Banana.

demonstrates on how to make creamy

lesson by gaining

(Appendix 1)

1. Teacher tells pupils that she will show

their interest
- Perrott (1982)

banana. (Refer to Appendix 1)

2. Teacher asks pupils on what they will
learn for that day.

To give the pupils a

hint or expectation
on what is going to
be learnt. Then,
they will be
prepared to learn
more.
- Perrott (1982)

Teachers Questions
Presentation

1. What did the person

10 minutes

in the video say?

2. What should we do
next?
3. Identify the subject or
who is doing the
work.
4. Know what he is
going to do.
5. Know what he will
do.

1. Teacher asks what the person in the

video says.
2. Then, seacher shows some simple
sentences on the board (Refer to

5. Help the pupils to

understand the
structure of simple

Appendix 2). The sentences are taken

sentences
6. To guide the pupils

from the instructions on how to make

to understand

creamy banana.
3. Teacher uses the simple sentence
structure used in the video to teach
simple sentences to pupils.
4. Teacher shows how the sentences
are formed.

Examples of simple
structure on manila card
(Appendix 2)

more on simple
sentences by
looking at
examples given by
the teacher.
7. Help children
notice pattern of a
language (Moon,
2005)

Teachers Instructions

1. Each pupil will be given a task sheet.

4. To ensure that the

students listen to

Sentence parsing

1. Please complete the

Practice

25 minutes

task sheet.
2. Write the sentences
in the right order

In the task sheet, there will be 5

parsed sentences
(Refer to Apppendix 3).
2. In pairs, the pupils need to rearrange

the audio

(Appendix 3)

attentively.
5. To check students
understanding on

the parsed sentences according to the

the rule used in

right order.
3. Teacher discusses the answer with

writing simple
sentences.

the students by asking random pairs

to share their answers.
Teachers instructions
1. Please form 5
groups.
2. Please write a
new recipe based
on the creamy
banana recipe
Production

15 minutes

earlier.
3. First write what
the ingredients
are.
4. Secondly, write
what you would
do to the fruit
first.
5. Write what you

7. The class will be divided into five

groups.
8. Each group will be given various

curriculum
specifications

colour papers, manila card, ribbon,

glue, and beads.
9. Then, each group will be given an
envelope that contains a set of
pictures on how to make either
creamy strawberry, creamy mango,
creamy blueberry, creamy watermelon
or creamy honeydew.
(Refer to Appendix 4).
10. Using the picture, they need to come
up with their own recipe by referring to
the creamy banana recipe.
11. Then, each group will gather their
recipe and come up with a recipe

To achieve the

1.
2.
3.
4.

Colour papers
Manila card
Ribbon
Glue

chosen.

Students get to
communicate in
the language with
their friends.
- More practice
in the language
is done.

Task Sheet (Appendix 4)

want to do next.
6. You may add new

book.
12. Each group has to present their

lines.

recipe with the rest of class.

Questions:
Closure
5 minutes

1. What have you learnt on

todays lesson?

1. Teacher asks to students to recap the

lesson.
2. Teacher asks what they have learnt that
day.

To ensure that the

teacher has taught

well.
To ensure that the
students
understood that
days lesson

Appendix 1 (Video)

Appendix 2 (Sentence Parsing)

1.

The ingredients are two ripe bananas, condensed milk and a spoon
of crushed oreo.

2.

We slice the banana into half

3.

We put the sliced banana on a plate

4. We pour a small amount of condensed milk on the banana

5. We sprinkle the crushed oreo all over the banana for decorations.

Rearrange the words to form complete sentences

1) two ripe bananas/ The ingredients /condensed milk/and a spoon of crushed oreo /are.

2) slice /We/ the banana /into half.

3) put /We/the sliced banana/ on

a plate

4) pour/ a small amount of

condensed milk/ We/ on the banana.

5) all over the banana/ sprinkle the crushed oreo /We/ for decorations.

Appendix 4

Recipe:
1. Ingredients
2. Firstly
3. Secondly,
4. Thirdly,
5. Fourthly,
6. Lastly,

Recipe:
1. Ingredients

2. Firstly
3. Secondly,
4. Thirdly,
5. Fourthly,
6. Lastly,

Recipe:
1. Ingredients
2. Firstly
3. Secondly,
4. Thirdly,

5. Fourthly,
6. Lastly,

Recipe:
1. Ingredients
2. Firstly
3. Secondly,
4. Thirdly,
5. Fourthly,

6. Lastly,

Recipe:
1. Ingredients
2. Firstly
3. Secondly,
4. Thirdly,
5. Fourthly,
6. Lastly,

References

1. Best Recipe Collection. (n.d.). Strawberry. Retrieved September 11, 2013, from Best recipes CoOllection: http://tastydishes.com/encyclopedia/fruits/strawberry.html
2. Fanpop. (2013, July). Blueberry. Retrieved September 3, 2013, from Fanpop:
http://www.fanpop.com/clubs/fruit/images/34914645/title/blueberry-photo
3. Fanpop. (2013, July 2013). Honeydew Melon. Retrieved September 3, 2013, from Fanpop:
http://www.fanpop.com/clubs/fruit/images/34914723/title/honeydew-melon-photo
4. Mango Maven. (n.d.). Ataulfo Mango. Retrieved September 3, 2013, from Mango Maven: http://www.mangomaven.com/tasty-tasty-tasty/
5. Moon, J. (2005). Children Learning English. Thailand: Macmillan.
6. Tracy, M. (2012, July 13). Our Local Watermelon Grower in Texas. Retrieved September 3, 2013, from Souplantation & Sweet Tomatoes:
http://blog.souplantation.com/texaswatermelon/