WEEK 5

WEEKLY LESSON PLANS

          SUBJECT: ENGLISH

WEEK 5

DATE/DAY	02.02.2015 (Monday)
CLASS	3B
TIME	2.00 – 3.10 pm
SUBJECT	English
UNIT	Writing
TOPIC	Imaginative short essays
LEARNING OBJECTIVES	At the end of this lesson, students should be able to: a) compose an introduction using 2 sentences b) compose a content paragraph using 3 sentences c) expand notes using simple past tense d) use adjectives to describe nouns
LEARNING EMPHASIS	Learning how to learn
INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES	a) The teacher distributes another essay writing task on worksheets which she distributes to everyone in the class. e) She drills them to follow the 7 steps to writing better essays. So, she begins by getting the students to read the instruction once and then for the second time, to highlight or underline the key words. After that, she gets them to identify the tense and 6 useful words for the essay. f) After that, she gets them to organise the ideas for the essay. She shows a layout of ideas for all 6 paragraphs for the essay. g) Then, she asks them to identify possible ways to begin an introduction. For the purpose of this lesson, the five ways are to talk about the weather, about snakes, about the benefit of helping other people, to begin a sentence with a remembrance or to use an idiom. The students are told to construct two sentences for the introduction. h) The teacher reads a few examples from the students and improves them further on the board. i) Then, she moves to the second paragraph by illustrating how to write the required three sentences. Once more, the teacher stresses on the usage of synonyms, sequence connectors and adjectives. j) Once this is done, she gives them 15 minutes to complete the third paragraph on their own. k) At the end of this time, she reads two paragraphs from the students and improves the sentences further if there are any errors. The students are to take this down into their books. l) Before the lesson ends, the teacher assigns homework for the students to do at home, which is to complete the fourth and fifth paragraphs as well as the conclusion at home. They are to submit their books on Friday to the teacher. The teacher also reminds them to bring their Form 3 novel on Friday for a lesson on literature.
REFLECTION	This lesson was completed. The teacher was able to complete the second paragraph only. This was because the teacher spent more time correcting students’ errors on the board so that they could see how it was done.  However, the teacher has decided not to give any homework to the students. She intends to get them to write the third paragraph on the coming Thursday lesson.

DATE/DAY	02.02.2015 (Monday)
CLASS	3D
TIME	3.25 – 4.00 pm
SUBJECT	English
UNIT	Writing
TOPIC	Learning how to write content paragraphs
LEARNING OBJECTIVES	At the end of this lesson, students should be able to: a) elaborate points in a content paragraph b) expand notes using simple past tense c) write 3 sentences for a content paragraph
LEARNING EMPHASIS	Learning how to learn
INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES	a) The teacher begins the lesson by asking the students what they have learned on Tuesday last week during the writing lesson. The students are expected to say that they learned about how to write an essay using 7 steps and how to write an introduction for an imaginative essay. b) The students are given the same worksheets that they used last week. The teacher continues her lesson of getting the students to expand notes for the fourth content paragraph of the previous essay. c) When this is done, she tells them to work in pairs where they are to construct 3 more sentences for the fourth paragraph by looking at the third picture. They are given 15 minutes to do this on their own before the teacher discusses the sentences. e) At the end of this given time, the teacher calls for volunteers to write their answers on the board. She checks for grammar and structural errors. Then she rewrites the correct sentences and explains the corrected versions. f) Students are given the options to choose the best paragraph and to take it down into their exercise books. g) This process is repeated for the fifth paragraph. The students are also to write their paragraphs on the board to be checked by the teacher. h) Before the lesson ends, the teacher illustrates on the board how the conclusion for the essay is written.
REFLECTION	This lesson was completed. The students were excited to write their paragraphs on the board. They were able to construct 3 sentences but with some grammatical errors.

DATE/DAY	03.02.2015 (Tuesday)
CLASS	3D
TIME	12.50 – 2.00 pm
SUBJECT	English
UNIT	Writing
TOPIC	Imaginative short essays
LEARNING OBJECTIVES	At the end of this lesson, students should be able to: a) compose an introduction using 2 sentences b) compose a content paragraph using 3 sentences c) expand notes using simple past tense d) use adjectives to describe nouns
LEARNING EMPHASIS	Learning how to learn
INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES	a) The teacher distributes another essay writing task on worksheets which she distributes to everyone in the class. e) She drills them to follow the 7 steps to writing better essays. So, she begins by getting the students to read the instruction once and then for the second time, to highlight or underline the key words. After that, she gets them to identify the tense and 6 useful words for the essay. f) After that, she gets them to organise the ideas for the essay. She shows a layout of ideas for all 6 paragraphs for the essay. g) Then, she asks them to identify possible ways to begin an introduction. For the purpose of this lesson, the five ways are to talk about the weather, about snakes, about the benefit of helping other people, to begin a sentence with a remembrance or to use an idiom. The students are told to construct two sentences for the introduction. h) The teacher reads a few examples from the students and improves them further on the board. i) Then, she moves to the second paragraph by illustrating how to write the required three sentences. Once more, the teacher stresses on the usage of synonyms, sequence connectors and adjectives. j) Once this is done, she gives them 15 minutes to complete the third paragraph on their own. k) At the end of this time, she reads two paragraphs from the students and improves the sentences further if there are any errors. The students are to take this down into their books. l) Before the lesson ends, the teacher assigns homework for the students to do at home, which is to complete the fourth and fifth paragraphs as well as the conclusion at home. They are to submit their books on Friday to the teacher. The teacher also reminds them to bring their Form 3 novel on Friday for a lesson on literature.
REFLECTION	This lesson was partially completed. The students were only able to construct sentences for the introduction and the second paragraphs. The remaining paragraphs will be continued on Monday next week. The teacher found out that students were very slow when it came to writing their own introduction but less problems when writing the second paragraph. The teacher had to remind them continuously of the steps to writing an introduction.

DATE/DAY	03.02.2015 (Tuesday)
CLASS	2L
TIME	2.35 – 3.10 pm
SUBJECT	English
UNIT	Unit 2: Reach For The Stars
TOPIC	Having Fun
LEARNING OBJECTIVES	At the end of this lesson, students should be able to: a) describe a personality they admire by telling the person’s achievements
LEARNING EMPHASIS	Verbal intelligence, interpersonal, interacting
INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES	a) The teacher draws the students’ attention to a picture in their textbooks. She asks them several questions that will get them to describe what is being shown in the picture. b) She also asks the students to identify the contributions of the people in the picture. c) Next, the teacher explains that they are going to present their favourite personality. They are to choose from 4 personalities that the teacher lists on the board. She also includes important details about each person. d) Then, the teacher models the sentences that the students will use in their short presentation of their favourite personalities. e) The students are to listen and to repeat after the teacher. f) Once they have understood the sentence patterns, they are given 10 minutes to choose their favourite personality and to prepare 3 sentences for their presentation. g) At the end of this time, the students are to sit in their own group. Each group member is to present 3 sentences. The teacher listens and monitors the group presentation. h) Before the end of the lesson, the teacher asks the students to repeat the sentences that they have used in their presentation.
REFLECTION	This lesson was completed. The lesson was also a Band 3 assessment. The teacher recorded that 14 out of 31 students were able to carry out this assessment. The rest stuttered and paused a lot during their presentation. More practice is needed to get the students confident in pronouncing words.

DATE/DAY	03.02.2015 (Tuesday)
CLASS	2E
TIME	3.25 4.35 pm
SUBJECT	English
UNIT	Unit 2: Reach For The Stars
TOPIC	Having Fun
LEARNING OBJECTIVES	At the end of this lesson, students should be able to: a) describe a personality they admire by telling the person’s achievements
LEARNING EMPHASIS	Verbal intelligence, interpersonal, interacting
INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES	a) The teacher draws the students’ attention to a picture in their textbooks. She asks them several questions that will get them to describe what is being shown in the picture. b) She also asks the students to identify the contributions of the people in the picture. c) Next, the teacher explains that they are going to present their favourite personality. d) Then, the teacher models the sentences that the students will use in their short presentation of their favourite personalities. e) The students are to listen and to repeat after the teacher. f) Once they have understood the sentence patterns, they are given 10 minutes to choose their favourite personality and to prepare 3 sentences for their presentation. g) At the end of this time, the students are to sit in their own group. Each group member is to present 3 sentences. The teacher listens and monitors the group presentation. h) Before the end of the lesson, the teacher asks the students to repeat the sentences that they have used in their presentation.
REFLECTION	This lesson was completed. This was also a Band 3 assessment. The teacher found out that 5 students did not pass this assessment as they relied heavily on notes that they have made. The rest of the students did very well in their group presentation as they were more spontaneous in their presentation.

DATE/DAY	04.02.2015 (Wednesday)
CLASS	2L
TIME	12.50 – 2.00 pm
SUBJECT	English
UNIT	Unit 2: Reaching for the stars
TOPIC	Fun In Sharing
LEARNING OBJECTIVES	At the end of this lesson, students should be able to: a) plan a community project b) present a community project using the targeted sentence patterns
LEARNING EMPHASIS	Verbal intelligence, interpersonal, interacting
INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES	a) The teacher asks the students to look at a picture in their textbooks. She asks them to describe what the students in the picture are doing. b) Then, the teacher tells the students that they are going to plan a community project in 6 groups. Each group is assigned as a different uniformed body. She gives them 5 community projects that can be carried out at school. She also explains what they are and what to include in their presentation. c) The teacher also models the sentence patterns needed to describe each of the items for their presentation. d) She gives them 15 minutes to discuss and plan their presentation. e) At the end of this time, the teacher tells the students to begin their presentation. Each group is to stand at their chosen place while the rest of the class is to listen. f) Once all of the group presentation finishes, the teacher asks the students to vote on the best project to be carried out in the school.
REFLECTION	This lesson was partially completed. The students were not able to conduct their group discussion as the teacher had to drill the students on the sentences that they can use to describe the community projects. It was quite difficult for them to understand the sentences as the teacher did not want to write anything on the blackboard. This lesson will be continued.

DATE/DAY	04.02.2015 (Wednesday)
CLASS	3D
TIME	4.00 – 5.10 pm
SUBJECT	English
UNIT	None
TOPIC	Language game using songs and cards
LEARNING OBJECTIVES	At the end of the lesson, students should be able to: a) fill in blanks in a song lyric with the correct words b) explain a verb using a sentence or an action
LEARNING EMPHASIS	Vocabulary development, Individual presentation
INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES	a) The teacher brings ETA John Nicholas to conduct this lesson in the class. b) He introduces himself and explains what the students will do. c) ETA John distributes a worksheet to each student. The worksheet contains a song lyric but with some missing words. d) The students are to listen to a song played on the ETA’s laptop. The song will be played more than once in order to get them to identify the correct words. e) The students are given ample time to discuss and listen to the song as they fill in the blanks. f) Then, the ETA gets the students to read their answers. He discusses the correct words and asks them to identify any difficult words. g) Next, the ETA conducts a game where two teams will compete against each other. The students are first required to write a verb on a piece of paper which they will fold. The ETA will collect these papers. h) Then, the collected papers are placed on a table. Each team is to send a representative where the student will act the verb out while his or her team member is to guess the verb. Each correct answer is awarded 1 mark. i) The next activity is getting a student to describe the verb using sentences. In other words, no action is required but the student needs to use synonyms in the form of a sentence in order to describe the verb further. His or her team members are to guess the correct verb. One mark is awarded for each correct answer. j) Before the lesson ends, ETA John asks the students what they have learned in class and reminds them to be ready for another lesson with him on Wednesday next week.
REFLECTION	This lesson was completed. The students took part actively in class and the game went on very well. The teacher also recorded the activities in a video for future reference.

DATE/DAY	04.02.2015 (Wednesday)
CLASS	2E
TIME	5.45 – 6.20 pm
SUBJECT	English
UNIT	Unit 2: Reach For The Stars
TOPIC	Fun In Sharing
LEARNING OBJECTIVES	At the end of this lesson, students should be able to: a) plan a community project b) present a community project using the targeted sentence patterns
LEARNING EMPHASIS	Verbal intelligence, interpersonal, interacting
INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES	a) The teacher asks the students to look at a picture in their textbooks. She asks them to describe what the students in the picture are doing. b) Then, the teacher tells the students that they are going to plan a community project in 6 groups. Each group is assigned as a different uniformed body. She gives them 5 community projects that can be carried out at school. She also explains what they are and what to include in their presentation. c) The teacher also models the sentence patterns needed to describe each of the items for their presentation. d) She gives them 15 minutes to discuss and plan their presentation. e) At the end of this time, the teacher tells the students to begin their presentation. Each group is to stand at their chosen place while the rest of the class is to listen. f) Once all of the group presentation finishes, the teacher asks the students to vote on the best project to be carried out in the school.
REFLECTION	This lesson was completed. The students were able to carry out a short group presentation on a community project. The teacher noticed that 5 students were still having trouble to present in the class. Most of the students wrote down what they wanted to present but most of them did not refer to their notes, which was an encouraging to the teacher.

DATE/DAY	05.02.2015 (Thursday)
CLASS	3B
TIME	2.00 – 3.10 pm
SUBJECT	English
UNIT	Writing
TOPIC	Imaginative short essays
LEARNING OBJECTIVES	At the end of this lesson, students should be able to: a) compose an introduction using 2 sentences b) compose a content paragraph using 3 sentences c) expand notes using simple past tense d) use adjectives to describe nouns
LEARNING EMPHASIS	Learning how to learn
INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES	a) The teacher continues last Monday’s essay writing task on worksheets which she distributes to everyone in the class. b) She gets them to work on the third paragraph for the essay by giving them 10 minutes to work individually. c) At the end of this time, she gets three students to write their paragraphs on the board. Then, she gets the students to check for any errors as this helps them to learn how to identify mistakes. The teacher also improves the sentences further if there are any errors. The students are to take this down into their books. d) The same process is repeated for the fourth paragraph which the students do on individually. At the end of 10 minutes, the teacher calls for volunteers to write their paragraphs which the students help to correct. e) Before the end of the lesson, the students choose the best paragraph to be taken down. Then, the teacher tells the students that they will complete the rest of the essay on Monday and reminds them to bring their novel for a lesson on Literature on Friday.
REFLECTION	This lesson was completed. The students completed the third and fourth paragraph. The corrected paragraphs only contained errors in sentence structure.

DATE/DAY	05.02.2015 (Thursday)
CLASS	2L
TIME	4.00 – 5.10 pm
SUBJECT	English
UNIT	Literature
TOPIC	Poem: Heir Conditioning
LEARNING OBJECTIVES	At the end of this lesson, students should be able to: a) identify the persona in the poem b) identify one moral value in the poem c) identify one theme in the poem
LEARNING EMPHASIS	Vocabulary enrichment,
INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES	a) The teacher asks the students a few simple questions that will get the students ready to learn about the poem, “Heir Conditioning”. She asks them what makes the river dirty or the sky filled with haze. Students are expected to respond with their own answers. If they are able to answer, the teacher strengthens their answers by giving further facts. If they are unable to provide any answers, the teacher will explain by giving the answers. b) Next, she plays them a video that shows the poem being recited accompanied by colourful pictures. She asks them to identify things that are mentioned in the poem. c) Then, she tells them to listen to her as she recites the poem. She pauses after each line to explain what it means. d) After that, she gives them some notes to take down into their exercise books. e) The teacher explains the notes and later asks the students to identify the persona in the poem, the reason for his questions, one moral value and also one theme. f) Before the end of the lesson, the teacher reminds them to bring their Literature exercise books again on Friday.
REFLECTION	This lesson was completed. The students were shown a video of this poem being recited. They also saw pictures in it that helped them to anticipate the meaning of the poem. At the end of the explanation of the poem, the teacher showed the video again. Most of them could identify with what was shown on the video with what was mentioned in the poem.

DATE/DAY	06.02.2015 (Friday)
CLASS	3B
TIME	2.00 – 3.10 pm
SUBJECT	English
UNIT	Literature
TOPIC	The novel: Around The World In 80 Days – Chapter 2 and Chapter 3
LEARNING OBJECTIVES	At the end of this lesson, students should be able to: a) identify who challenged Phileas to travel around the world b) identify the amount of money wagered at the Reform Club c) identify the things that Phileas carried in a carpetbag
LEARNING EMPHASIS	Character analysis, vocabulary enrichment
INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES	a) The teacher begins the lesson by asking the students what they have learned in Chapter 1. In order to get them to be ready for the lesson, she also asks them a few revision questions on Chapter 1. b) Then, she moves on to reading Chapters 2 and 3. The teacher pauses while reading the two chapters in order to explain the meaning of words and phrases. She also asks them the meaning of certain important events that will help them to understand the characters of Phileas and his friends at the Reform Club. c) At the end of the reading, the teacher asks the students some revision questions. d) Before the end of the lesson, the teacher asks the students to identify who challenged Phileas to travel around the world, the amount of money wagered at the Reform Club and the things that Phileas carried in a carpetbag.
REFLECTION	This lesson was completed. The students could answer all of the questions that the teacher asked.

DATE/DAY	06.02.2015 (Friday)
CLASS	2E
TIME	4.00 – 5.10 pm
SUBJECT	English
UNIT	Unit 1: Uniquely You
TOPIC	Language In Use
LEARNING OBJECTIVES	At the end of this lesson, students should be able to: a) present a group work based on a talent contest b) use the targeted sentence patterns in the presentation
LEARNING EMPHASIS	Verbal linguistic, interpersonal interaction
INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES	a) This is a continuation of previous lesson on Unit 1 where the students are to sit in a group and present their talent contest. The students have earlier on produced a poster on different talent contests and are now required to present their talent contest in the class. b) The students are to sit in their group and to discuss for about 10 minutes on their presentation. c) At the end of the preparation time, the teacher calls for the first group to present their work. Each completed team is to call upon the next group to present. d) Before the end of the lesson, the students are to comment on what they have learned in the lesson.
REFLECTION	This lesson was completed. The students were able to present their group work by using the targeted sentence patterns.

DATE/DAY	06.02.2015 (Friday)
CLASS	2L
TIME	5.45 – 6.20 pm
SUBJECT	English
UNIT	Literature
TOPIC	Poem: Heir Conditioning
LEARNING OBJECTIVES	At the end of this lesson, students should be able to: a) answer comprehension questions on the poem
LEARNING EMPHASIS	Mastery learning
INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES	a) The teacher asks the students what they still remember about the poem, “Heir Conditioning”. She asks them to identify who the persona is and what the persona says in the poem. b) Then, the teacher gives them 10 comprehension questions on the poem. She explains what they mean to the students and tells them to answer the questions on their own for about 15 minutes. c) At the end of this time, the teacher asks the students to read out their answers. She writes the answers on the board and the students take down these answers into their books. d) Before the end of the lesson, the teacher reminds them to bring their OPS-E textbooks on Tuesday.
REFLECTION	This lesson was completed. However, the students did not answer most of the questions as they did not how to write the answers. The teacher had to write down some of the answers.