Sel: Deforestation Lesson Plan

Subject : Life Skills Topic : Deforestation – Who is responsible? Level : Secondary 3 / 4 Duration : 1 hour Prior Knowledge : Students should know  De Bono’s Hats  What deforestation is and its effects Learning Objective : At the end of the lesson, students will be able to  See the problem from different perspectives Duration Teaching Procedure 10 mins Tuning in  Students will be encouraged to share with the class what deforestation is and its effects  What have you learnt about deforestation?  What are the effects of deforestation?

Resources

 To activate students’ prior knowledge

 To make the problem more relevant to the students

 Students are prompted to raise some examples in the region  Which are the countries that have encountered the problem?  How have the effects affected you? 20 mins

Development  Students are split into groups of 4  Students are to read the article individually  Students to do think-pair-share to elicit facts from the article  Students are to write down their findings on post-it notes  Students are to paste their post-it notes on the whiteboard  Teacher to facilitate in the categorising of all the post-it notes under facts or opinions  Using all the facts, students are to identify the main issue and the parties involved  Each group is to take on the perspective of the consumer/supplier or countries that are indirectly affected

Rationale

 Newspaper Article

 Post-it notepads

 To check on the students’ comprehension of the article

 To allow the students to distinguish between facts and opinions

 Students are to analyse the issue and evaluate whether Indonesia’s proposed solution is a good one  Who are the ones affected by this proposal?(white)  What is wrong with the proposal? (black)  What are the disadvantages of implementing the proposal?(black)  What are the advantages of implementing the proposal?(yellow)  How would the proposal solve the problem?(yellow)  How has the article changed your views?(blue)

 De Bono’s Hats worksheet

 Using De Bono’s Hats to facilitate students’ thinking process

 The groups will present their point of view based on their roles  How do you feel about the proposal? (red)  Who do you feel is at a disadvantage?(red) 20 mins

10 mins

Consolidation  After hearing everyone’s perspective, students are to negotiate for a win-win solution  Students to resolve their conflicts in an amicable manner Conclusion  Students are to use 3-2-1 to indicate what they have learnt for the day.

Created by: 1) Alan Leong 2) Tan Li Leng 3) Clara Wong 4) Choong Pei Chin

 To develop students’ negotiation skills

 3-2-1 Worksheet

 To assess students’ ability to see a problem from different perspective

3 – 2 – 1 Worksheet

List 3 facts that you have learnt from today’s lesson.

Give 2 insights which you have gained.

Give an example of a similar situation that you had experienced and how you can use what you’ve learnt today to resolve the problem.

Newspaper Article (The Straits Times, World, 5th June 2007)