Lesson Plan

Date / Day

4th October 2016 / Tuesday

Time

8.10 am 9.30 am

Class

2 Jaya

Language Proficiency :

Low Intermediate

Number of Students :

25

Subject

English Language

Topic

Poem My Hero by Willis Hall

Learning Objective

To enable students to understand the meaning of the

highlighted vocabulary.

Success Criteria

Stage / Duration
Set Induction
(10 minutes)
Whole class
activity

By the end of this lesson, students should be able to

i)

Fill in the blanks with at least 8/10 correct words in the

task sheets given.

ii)

Read aloud the poem My Hero with the correct

pronunciation.

iii)

Write at least 4 qualities of a hero in a group.

iv)

Write at least 4 reasons for their choice of a hero.

Content / Skill
Montage video of super heroes
in famous movies.

Teacher and Student Activity

1. Teacher chooses 5 students
randomly as group leaders and
assigns a colour card to each
Questions
of them.
2.
Teacher asks the rest of the
1. Do you know who are they?
2. Can you tell me their names?
students to find their own
3. In what ways are they alike?
colour cards that are hidden
4. Who is the hero in your
under their chairs.
family?
3. Students sit according to their
5. What can the person do?
own colour group. There will
6. Can they do everything?
be 5 groups.
4. Teacher explains the function
Expected Answer
of traffic light cards and the
The people in the videos are
score chart.
super heroes from famous
5. Teacher plays a montage video
movies. They are strong, they
of superheroes and elicits
can fly and they help people
responses from students.
6. Teacher explains to students of

Rationale
Class
management

To attract
students interest
towards the
lesson.
1

in need.
The hero in my family is
father / mother. He / She can
do a lot of things but not
everything.

the learning objective and

success criteria of the lesson.

Skills
Observation, critical thinking,
reasoning, making association
Exploration
Stage
(5 minutes)
Individual
activity
Group
activity

Listening to the recording of

the poem My Hero
Read aloud

1. Teacher distributes Task Sheet

1 to students and asks students
to read the task sheet silently
for a minute.
2.
Teacher gives instructions to
Instructions
students about their task.
1. Read task sheet 1 silently for
3.
Teacher plays the recording of
one minute.
the poem My Hero twice.
2. You are going to listen to a
4. Students fill in the missing
recording of the poem My
words while listening to the
Hero. You are going to listen
recording.
to the recording twice.
5.
Teacher explains about the
3. While listening, fill in the
rules for each group to answer
missing words with correct
and score points.
spelling.
6. Teacher asks all the students
4. Each correct answer will
to read the poem aloud with
score 1 point for the group.
correct pronunciation.

Preparation for a
listening activity

To highlight the
targeted
vocabulary of
the lesson.
(Task sheet 1)

Skills
Listening, speaking, identifying
details, team participation
Input
and
Practice
Stage
(20 minutes)

Group
activity
Individual
activity

Discovering meaning of targeted 1. Teacher distributes an

vocabulary and strengthening
envelope containing targeted
activity
vocabulary and its meaning to
group leaders.
2. Teacher gives instructions to
students about their task as a
group.
Instructions
3.
Teacher asks volunteers from
1. In a group, try to match the
students to match the meaning
10 vocabulary with the
with the targeted vocabulary
correct meaning within 5
on the whiteboard.
minutes.
4.
Students check through their
2. You can use the sentences in
own answers and group
the poem My Hero to help

Encourage
active learning
among students

Strengthening
2

you guess the meaning of

leaders report back to teacher
targeted
each word.
the number of correct answers. knowledge
3. The fastest group to complete 5. Teacher distributes Task Sheet (Task sheet 2)
the matching activity scores 2
2 to students.
6.
Students fill in the blanks with
points and the second fastest
the most suitable words from
group scores 1 point.
4. Each group will score 1 point
the targeted vocabulary within
for each correct answer.
5 minutes.
7. Teacher explains about the
rules for each group to answer
Skills
and score points.
Problem-solving, making
inferences, working with others
Production
Stage
(40 minutes)
Group
activity

Applying learnt vocabulary in 1. Teacher distributes a mahjong paper and marker pens
sentence level.
to every group of students.
Gallery Walk
2. Teacher asks students to
brainstorm in their group and
Instructions
decide on a person as their
1. In your group, decide on one
ideal hero.
hero that all of you agree as
3.
Teacher asks students to draw
an ideal hero. Write down at
a mind map in their group
least 5 qualities of your ideal
with the qualities of their
hero.
ideal hero and give reasons
2. Write at least 5 sentences to
for their ideal hero.
give reason why you choose
4. Teacher shows different
he/she as your ideal hero.
examples of mind maps using
3. The fastest group to complete
projector.
the mind map scores 2 points
5. Teacher gives students 20
and the second fastest group
minutes to brainstorm and to
scores 1 point.
draw their mind maps.
4. Present your mind map and
6.
Teacher facilitates students
share your ideas with your
group activity.
friends.
5. Each group will score 1 point 7. Students present their mind
map and share their ideas
for each correct response.
with the class.
8. Students put up their mind
Questions
map on the wall.
1. In your opinion, who is your 9. Teacher asks students to
ideal hero?
perform a gallery walk and
2. What are the qualities that
decide on the group
your ideal hero has?
presentation that they like the
3. Why is he/she your ideal
most.
hero?

Active and
Collaborative
Learning

Peer evaluation

Expected Answer
3

My ideal hero is my father. He is

brave and kind. The reason why
I choose my father as my hero is
because I love my father very
much.
Skills
Critical thinking, reasoning,
drawing conclusion,
communicate opinions, working
with others, making decisions

My Hero
by willis hall

Conclusion
Students reflections
(5 minutes)
Drawing moral conclusion
My dads as __________ as a dad can be,
WholeI class
rate him Number
One,
Questions
activity
1. What would
your
Hes not __________
of the you
deadtell
of to
night,
hero?
Or anything2.under
thehave
sun.you learnt today?
What
Hes not afraid
of a late-night
film,
Expected
answers
I would on
saythe
thank
you to my
Full of __________
telly,
hero. I learnt that being a hero is
And is he afraid of __________ ?
not easy.
Not dad, not on your Nelly!

1. Teacher compliments
students for their effort.
2. Teacher asks the students to
make use of the colour post-it
note that they had earlier to
write their opinions.
3. Students paste their post-it
notes at the parking lot.
4. Teacher concludes that
anyone can be a hero if they
are willing to do good and
help the others.

Self reflection

Instil confidence
in students

Skills
Hes not afraid
of meetingopinions,
ghosts, making
Communicate
inference,
drawing conclusion
Hed even smile
and __________
em,
And things that __________most dads the most,
My dad could just __________ em.
Hes not afraid of __________ ,
Or aSheet
wolf-man come
Task
1 to get him,
Frankensteins
monster
on our
door,fill in the blanks with the correct words.
Listen to If
the
recording of the
poemknocked
My Hero.
Then,
He wouldnt let that __________ him.
My dads as brave as a dad can be,
And hes always ready to __________ it,
So why, when a spiders on the bench,
Does Mum have to come and remove it?
4

Task Sheet 2

Te s t y o u r
understanding!
Fill in the blanks with the most suitable words from the white board.
1.
2.
3.
4.

There was a _____________ movie on the television.

Mike is _____________ because he failed his exam.
I _____________ my teacher every morning.
Coach Salman believes we can _____________ other team in the football

match.
5. The policeman is not _____________ of the thief with a gun.
6. Ali is a _____________ boy because he saved a man from the fire.
7. He is as thin as a _____________ .
8. He has the evidence to _____________ that he is not the killer.
9. The _____________ only comes out at night.
10. Faizal got a _____________ when he saw a ghost.

My score: