03b Lp1 Shorty

LESSON PLAN 1 Class Level:

Primary 6 (Advanced)

Time:

1 hour

Genre:

Short Story (SHORTY) Page 1-4

Literary Focus:

Prose Characterization Setting Theme

Plot Point of View

Integrated Language Skills:

Speaking, Writing, Listening, and Reading

Higher Order Thinking Skills:

Literal Comprehension: Recognition of details

Multiple Intelligences:

Verbal Linguistic & Bodily Kinesthetic

Learning Objectives: At the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to: 1. say words associated with the key word. 2. learn the characters in the story. Prior Knowledge:

1.

1. Pupils have been exposed to short stories in Year 4 and 5.

PROCEDURES: Teacher’s Task/ Procedures

Students’ Tasks

Teaching Resources

Rationale

Preparatory Activities ( 10 minutes) 1.Teacher puts up the word “short” and asks pupils to give words associated with it.

Pupils say out the words associated with “short”.

Word card

To enrich pupils’ vocabulary

2. Teacher flashes the

Pupils watch the screen

LCD Projector

To arouse pupils’ interest in reading the book.

cover of the book ‘SHORTY’ on the screen.

3. Teacher asks the pupils to elicit the names of the author and the illustrator.

Pupils say out the names of author and the illustrator.

Main Activities (20 minutes) 1. Shared reading (10 min) Teacher reads the first part of the story using power point to the pupils with appropriate stress, intonation, gestures and expressions.

Pupils listen to the story read by teacher.

LCD Projector

To enable pupils to pronounce the words correctly

Pupils listen attentively to teacher’s explanation.

Storybook

To enable pupils to know about characters of a story.

2. Explanation on the element of character ( 10 minutes) Teachers explains the four characters in the story.

3. Individual work ( 30 minutes) A4 papers

3.1 Teacher distributes A4 papers to the pupils 3.2 Teacher asks the pupils to draw the characters.

Pupils draw the character based on pictures seen.

To enable pupils to show creativity.

3.3 Teacher asks pupils to choose and write a sentence related to each of the characters.

Pupils choose a sentence each which relate to the four characters..

To show understanding of the element of character. .

Closing Activities (10 minutes) 1. Sing a song

1.1 Teacher flashes the lyric of the

Pupils read the lyric shown..

LCD projector

To enable pupils to cooperate with

song on the screen. ( To the tune of: This Old Man) 1.2 Teacher sings and asks the pupils to sing along with her.

each other Pupils sing along with teacher and perform relevant actions while singing,

LYRIC: Raise both arms, point your finger, stretch your neck and hold your head With the body tight, stand right, Tips of both your toes Raise both arms And off you go (pg 4 paragraph 2)

Write words associated with short

Short