Lesson 2 Class Level: Time: Genre: Literary Focus:
Integrated Language Skills: Higher Order Thinking Skills:
Primary 30 minutes Short story (The Caring Tree) Prose Plot Characterization Point of View Theme
Setting
Listening, speaking and reading Literal Comprehension – 1.11 Recognition of details 1.21 Recall of details
Multiple Intelligences: Visual / Spatial Learning Objectives: At the end of the lesson, students should be able to: 1.5 Obtain information from texts listened to in relation to main ideas, specific details, sequence, and cause effect relationships. 1.7.1 Listen to simple stories and recall the names of people or characters. Prior Knowledge: Procedures: Teacher’s Task/ Procedures Preparatory Activities (05) Step 1 Teacher recalls the story by giving the introduction of the story orally.
The pupils have read the story in the previous lesson.
Students’ Tasks Pupils take turns to continue the story.
Teaching Resources Story
Pupils listen to the teacher.
Teacher asks pupils to take turns in groups to continue the story. Step 2 Teacher tells the whole story. Main Activities (15) Step 1 Teacher asks pupils to list down all the characters found in the story.
Pupils list down the characters in a mind map.
Teacher then asks pupils to talk about the characters.
Pupils talk about the characters by answering to the questions posted by the teacher.
e.g. After reading the story what do
Pupils respond.
Mind map (Worksheet 2)
Rationale To enable pupils to recall what they have learnt in the previous lesson.
To identify the characters in the story.
you think about the man? Is he good or bad? Step 2 Teacher asks the pupils to talk about the characteristics of the man and the tree.
The Characteristics: Man – ungrateful, selfish, demanding, inconsiderate, dependable, thoughtless Tree – caring, supportive, loving, loyal
Closing Activities (10 mins) Teacher asks the pupils to put up their work on the board and the pupils compare their findings.
Pupils make comparison of their findings.
Teacher distributes the worksheet to be completed.
Pupils complete the mind map.
Teacher goes around to check and help pupils who need help.
To enable pupils to know about the characteristic of the characters.
MIND MAP WORKSHEET 2 CHARACTERISTICS THE TREE
THE MAN
THE TREE