LESSON PLAN

Date: 14 July 2016

Time: 10.20 a.m. 11.20 a.m. (1 hour)
Class: Year 4
Level of English Proficiency: Mixed ability
No of Students: 19
Theme: World of Knowledge
Unit/Topic/Syllabus Reference: English Year 3 Textbook
(Unit 9: Our Solar System).
Focused skill: Listening and Speaking
Curriculum Specification: 1.1.4 Able to talk about related topics with guidance.
General Objective (Aim/s): By the end of the lesson, students should be able to talk
and write based on the stimulus given.
Specific Objective (Learning Objectives):
By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
1. Write at least 3 out of 4 sentences correctly based on the guided words given.
2. Fill in the blanks with at least 8 out of 10 answers correctly.
Previous Experience/Knowledge: Students know about the existence of our solar system.
Moral value: Grateful of Gods Creation, Teamwork
Teaching Resources/Aids: pictures, word cards, envelopes, worksheet
Stages/time

Contents

Teaching/Learning
Activities/Rationale

Set Induction
(5 minutes)

Whole Class Activity

1. Teacher starts off

the class by bringing
the students out of
classroom and get
them to see the sky.
2. Teacher asks several
questions.
Questions:

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None

i. What can you see in

the sky?
ii. What can you see in
sky at night?
3. Teacher then
introduces the lesson
on solar system.
4. Teacher randomly
chooses students to
name the planets in
our solar system
Rationale:
1. To get students to
have an idea about
the lesson.
2. To stimulate
students interest
towards the lesson

Presentation
(20 minutes)

Whole Class

1. Teacher shows a
video on the solar
system explains in
brief about it.
2. Teacher also
highlights the
vocabularies.
Examples

AVA:
Video, PowerPoint
slides

- Earth
- Mercury
- Venus
- Mars
- Jupiter
- Star

- Uranus
- Neptune
- Saturn
- Moon
- Sun

3. Then, using
examples of planets
teacher guides the
students in writing
sentences with
guided words.
4. Teacher briefly
demonstrates the

guided writing of
sentences.
5. Teacher also
randomly chooses
students to construct
sentences based on
the guided words
given.
Rationale:
1. To expose to
students
about the solar
system.
2. To enable students
to write sentences
correctly with
guidance.
Practice
(18 minutes)

Group Activity

1. Teacher divides the

class into groups of
four.
2. A picture and guided
words will be
displayed on the
slide.

AVA:
Guided writing activity

3. Students are to work

in groups to write
the four sentences
based on the words
given.
4. Teacher guides the
students as they are
doing the task.
5. Teacher then
discusses the
answers.
6. Students are to copy
the sentences on
their comprehension
book.
.

Rationale:
1. To ensure students
are able to construct
sentences based on
the guided words
given.
Production
(15 minutes)

Individual Activity

1. Students will be
given a worksheet
consisting of a
rational cloze.

AVA:

2. Students have to
read the passage and
fill in the blanks
with the correct
answers.

Worksheet

3. Teacher guides the

students as they are
doing the task.
4. Teacher then
discusses the
answers with the
students by asking
them to read the
passage.
5. Students are to
paste the given
passage on their
work book.
Rationale:
1. To enable
students
to practice
reading
comprehension

Closure
(2 Minutes)

Whole Class

1. Teacher concludes
the lesson by
recapping what is
learnt.

ABM : None

2. Teacher randomly
ask questions.

3. Teacher gives
spelling.
Rationale:
1. To reassure the
students
understanding on the
topic learned.