WEEK 6

WEEKLY LESSON PLANS

          SUBJECT: ENGLISH

WEEK 6

DATE/DAY	09.02.2015 (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 a content paragraph using 3 sentences b) expand notes using simple past tense c) use adjectives to describe nouns
LEARNING EMPHASIS	Learning how to learn
INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES	a) The teacher continues previous Thursday lesson by getting the students to complete the essay in the class. With so many lessons geared to help them to write individually, they are expected to know what to do. The students are also encouraged to discuss with each other while doing the essay in the class. b) Before the end of the lesson, the students are to hand in their exercise books to be checked by the teacher.
REFLECTION	This lesson was completed. The students worked on the essays individually. High number of grammatical errors are noticeable present in their essays upon checking. The teacher plans to focus on helping the students to learn how to write correct English sentences after the one week holidays.

DATE/DAY	09.02.2015 (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) compose a content paragraph using 3 sentences b) expand notes using simple past tense c) use adjectives to describe nouns
LEARNING EMPHASIS	Learning how to learn
INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES	a) The teacher continues previous Thursday lesson by getting the students to complete the essay in the class. With so many lessons geared to help them to write individually, they are expected to know what to do. The students are also encouraged to discuss with each other while doing the essay in the class. b) Before the end of the lesson, the students are to hand in their exercise books to be checked by the teacher.
REFLECTION	This lesson was completed. However, the 3D students were slower than the 3B students. They were only able to complete paragraphs 3 and 4 of the essay. The teacher will continue this work in the class on Tuesday.

DATE/DAY	10.02.2015 (Tuesday)
CLASS	3D
TIME	12.50 – 2.00 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 is postponed to after the Chinese New Year holidays. The reason for this is the teacher needed to complete the previous writing task where the students worked on the remaining 2 paragraphs of the essay. They completed it and handed in their books to the teacher.

DATE/DAY	10.02.2015 (Tuesday)
CLASS	2L
TIME	2.35 – 3.10 pm
SUBJECT	English
UNIT	Unit 3: City Life, Kampong Life
TOPIC	Stimulus
LEARNING OBJECTIVES	At the end of this lesson, students should be able to: a) describe what can be seen in a city and in a kampong by using the targeted vocabulary b) describe where they live using the targeted vocabulary
LEARNING EMPHASIS	Verbal intelligence, intrapersonal, interacting
INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES	a) The teacher directs students’ attention to the title of Unit 3 and asks them to read it aloud. She also asks them to explain what the title means. b) Then, she asks them to look at the pictures shown on the page. They are expected to describe the objects that can be found in a city and in a kampong. They are also required to choose an ideal place to live which is either to live in a city or in a kampong. The teacher asks them to explain reasons for their answer. c) Next, the teacher tells them to describe where they live by using the words brainstormed from the given pictures. d) Before the end of the lesson, the teacher tells them to cut pictures from magazines or newspapers. The pictures are to show sceneries at a kampong or in a city.
REFLECTION	This lesson was completed. The students could give some reasons for their preference.

DATE/DAY	10.02.2015 (Tuesday)
CLASS	2E
TIME	3.25 4.35 pm
SUBJECT	English
UNIT	Unit 3: City Life, Kampong Life
TOPIC	Stimulus
LEARNING OBJECTIVES	At the end of this lesson, students should be able to: a) describe what can be seen in a city and in a kampong by using the targeted vocabulary b) describe where they live using the targeted vocabulary
LEARNING EMPHASIS	Verbal intelligence, intrapersonal, interacting
INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES	a) The teacher directs students’ attention to the title of Unit 3 and asks them to read it aloud. She also asks them to explain what the title means. b) Then, she asks them to look at the pictures shown on the page. They are expected to describe the objects that can be found in a city and in a kampong. They are also required to choose an ideal place to live which is either to live in a city or in a kampong. The teacher asks them to explain reasons for their answer. c) Next, the teacher tells them to describe where they live by using the words brainstormed from the given pictures. d) Before the end of the lesson, the teacher tells them to cut pictures from magazines or newspapers. The pictures are to show sceneries at a kampong or in a city.
REFLECTION	This lesson was completed. The students gave a lot of reasons for their preference.

DATE/DAY	11.02.2015 (Wednesday)
CLASS	2L
TIME	12.50 – 2.00 pm
SUBJECT	English
UNIT	Unit 3: City Life, Kampong Life
TOPIC	Building Blocks
LEARNING OBJECTIVES	At the end of this lesson, students should be able to: a) pronounce the targeted vocabulary describing things related to the city and the kampong b) describe the advantages of living in a city and in a kampong
LEARNING EMPHASIS	Verbal intelligence, interpersonal, interacting
INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES	a) The teacher draws the students’ attention to the picture in their textbooks. She gets them to describe two scenes where each one shows a picture of traffic near buildings in a city and a paddy field at a kampong. She encourages them to name the objects and the kind of activities that people do in the pictures. b) Next, the teacher plays an audio-video DVD and lets the students listen to words being played. They also pronounce the words aloud after each pause. c) After that, the teacher gets the students ready to do a pair work. The students are to describe the kinds of things that they can see in their kampong and the activities that people do. The teacher models the sentence patterns for the students to use in the pair work. d) She gives them 10 minutes to get ready. At the end of this time, the students carry out this task. The teacher monitors and makes sure that everyone takes part. e) Before the end of the lesson, the teacher asks the students to repeat the questions that they use in their pair work.
REFLECTION	This lesson was not completed. The reason is because the teacher has changed this lesson. After listening to the audio video DVD, she decided to get students to talk about why they like to live in their kampong or at home in the town of Serian. The students were told to brainstorm ideas to create 3 sentences that will describe their choice, 1 reason for their choice and 1 activity that people in their place do. This activitiy will be continued on Thursday.

DATE/DAY	11.02.2015 (Wednesday)
CLASS	3D
TIME	4.00 – 5.10 pm
SUBJECT	English
UNIT	Similes
TOPIC	Writing sentences using similes
LEARNING OBJECTIVES	At the end of this lesson, students should be able to: a) create a Valentine’s Day card b) write sentences that compliment someone c) use similes in their sentences
LEARNING EMPHASIS	Learning similes from a song, Creative art
INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES	a) The teacher and the ETA, Mr. John will conduct this lesson together. The ETA presents the students with his banjo, a musical instrument that most of the students have never seen before. b) The teacher helps the ETA to distribute a song lyric entitled, “Handsome Molly” on papers to each student. Then, Mr. John shows to the students how to play the banjo as he will sing the song on the paper. The students are to listen to him and study the song lyric. He may need to sing the song again slowly in order to help the students follow the song lyric. c) Next, he asks them to identify new words in the song lyric. He will write down the words on the board. d) After this, Mr. John will point out a few examples of short sentences that compare the girl in the song to objects such as a raven and lilies. He explains that these examples are similes. e) Using these examples, Mr. John gives other examples like as fast as a race car or as beautiful as a flower. He gets the students to give other interesting examples. f) Next, he distributes A4 size papers to each student. The next activity will be about designing a Valentine’s Day card using the similes that the students have learned. He provides each group of student with coloured pencils and directs the students attention to how a complimentary message is written to someone. Based on this example, the students are given 30 minutes to produce a card using the given materials. g) The teacher and the ETA monitor students’ work during this time. Those who have finished can show their cards to their friends. h) Before the end of the lesson, the teacher asks the students what they have learned. They are expected to say that they have learned similes and how to write complimentary messages for Valentine’s Day.
REFLECTION	This lesson was completed. It was a success as all of the students sang with the ETA and gave a lot of examples of similes which they used in their cards. However, most of them could not complete their Valentine’s Day cards. The teacher reminded them to complete it at home which will be submitted in another lesson.

DATE/DAY	11.02.2015 (Wednesday)
CLASS	2E
TIME	5.45 – 6.20 pm
SUBJECT	English
UNIT	Unit 3: City Life, Kampong Life
TOPIC	Building Blocks
LEARNING OBJECTIVES	At the end of this lesson, students should be able to: a) pronounce the targeted vocabulary describing things related to the city and the kampong b) describe the advantages of living in a city and in a kampong
LEARNING EMPHASIS	Verbal intelligence, interpersonal, interacting
INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES	a) The teacher draws the students’ attention to the picture in their textbooks. She gets them to describe two scenes where each one shows a picture of traffic near buildings in a city and a paddy field at a kampong. She encourages them to name the objects and the kind of activities that people do in the pictures. b) Next, the teacher plays an audio-video DVD and lets the students listen to words being played. They also pronounce the words aloud after each pause. c) After that, the teacher gets the students ready to do a pair work. The students are to describe the kinds of things that they can see in their kampong and the activities that people do. The teacher models the sentence patterns for the students to use in the pair work. d) She gives them 10 minutes to get ready. At the end of this time, the students carry out this task. The teacher monitors and makes sure that everyone takes part. e) Before the end of the lesson, the teacher asks the students to repeat the questions that they use in their pair work.
REFLECTION	This lesson was completed. The students were told to present 3 sentences about their place to friends. Their sentences will contain their preference, reason for their choice and 1 activity that most people in their kampong or the area where they live do. Most of them could talk about these things confidently while there were still some who needed a lot of guidance from the teacher.

DATE/DAY	12.02.2015 (Thursday)
CLASS	3B
TIME	2.00 – 3.10 pm
SUBJECT	English
UNIT	Literature
TOPIC	The novel: Chapter 4 and Chapter 5
LEARNING OBJECTIVES	At the end of this lesson, the students should be able to: a) list the characteristic of Detective Fix b) identify two reasons why Detective Fix suspected Phileas Fogg c) identify how Detective Fix disguised his true identity d) identify how Detective Fix tried to stop Phileas Fogg in Bombay e) identify what happened to Passepartout in Bombay
LEARNING EMPHASIS	Vocabulary development, character analysis
INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES	a) The teacher divides the class into 2 teams – boys vs. girls for a short quiz on Chapters 4 and 5. The students have been informed to read the two chapters prior to this lesson. Hence, they are not to refer to their books during the quiz. b) The teacher will ask 20 questions on these chapters. The quiz begins with group leaders taking vote as to who will begin to answer the first question. Each correct answer is awarded 1 mark. c) The quiz ends when all 20 questions are answered. The winning team will be given prizes. d) Next, the teacher invites the students to look at important events beginning from Chapter 4. She directs their attention to Detective Fix in Chapter 4 to events that unfold in Chapter 5 where Passepartout gets into trouble in Bombay. e) At the end of the reading, the teacher gives some notes on Chapter 1 and 2 which the students take down into their notebooks.
REFLECTION	This lesson was not completely finished. The teacher conducted the quiz but could not complete the discussion of events in Chapter 5. The notes were not given as a lot of time was spent on conducting the quiz. The questions were tough for the students to answer as they did not read the two chapters properly at home. The teacher was only able to ask 9 out of 27 questions during the quiz.

DATE/DAY	12.02.2015 (Thursday)
CLASS	2L
TIME	4.00 – 5.10 pm
SUBJECT	English
UNIT	Unit 3: City Life, Kampong Life
TOPIC	Language In Use
LEARNING OBJECTIVES	At the end of this lesson, students should be able to: a) talk about a place that they prefer to live in by giving one reason for their choice
LEARNING EMPHASIS	Verbal linguistic, interpersonal interaction
INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES	a) This is a continuation of Wednesday lesson which the teacher could not complete in the class. b) The teacher gives the students some time to practise with their friends as this will be a pair work. c) During this time, the teacher models the sentence patterns that the students need to use. d) Once the students are ready, each student works with his or her partner. The teacher makes sure that everyone participates. e) When this is done, the teacher gets the students to sketch a picture of an ideal town or kampong for themselves. The students are given time to do this at home as they will present their work on Friday. The teacher models sentence patterns that they will use to present their sketch to their partners. The sentences must contain an introduction and reasons why their sketch of the city or kampong is ideal. She will get the students to repeat the sentence patterns until they understand what they need to do. f) Before the end of the lesson, the teacher reminds the students to complete this work at home before they carry it out on Friday.
REFLECTION	This lesson was completed. The teacher found out that only some of the students were confident in presenting their answers. The rest often forget or made structural errors. The teacher modeled the sentence patterns again once everyone had tried. For this, the teacher could not get them to sketch a picture of their ideal town or city.

DATE/DAY	13.02.2015 (Friday)
CLASS	3B
TIME	2.00 – 3.10 pm
SUBJECT	English
UNIT	Literature
TOPIC	The novel: Chapters 4 and 5
LEARNING OBJECTIVES	At the end of this lesson, the students should be able to: a) list the characteristic of Detective Fix b) identify two reasons why Detective Fix suspected Phileas Fogg c) identify how Detective Fix disguised his true identity d) identify how Detective Fix tried to stop Phileas Fogg in Bombay e) identify what happened to Passepartout in Bombay
LEARNING EMPHASIS	Vocabulary development, character analysis
INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES	a) The teacher revised the questions for the quiz which she conducted on Thursday before reading some of the important events in Chapters 4 and 5. b) At the end of this reading, the teacher asks the students to list the characteristic of Detective Fix, to identify two reasons why Fix suspected Fogg, how Fix disguised his true identity, how Fix tried to stop Fogg in Bombay and what happened to Passepartout in Bombay. c) If there is some time, the teacher gives them notes on Chapters 1 and 2. d) Before the lesson ends, the teacher reminds the students that Literature class will remain on Friday.
REFLECTION	This lesson was not fully completed. The teacher was not able to give any notes on Chapters 1 and 2. However, she was able to revise Chapters 4 and 5 with the students. Most of the students were also able to answer all 5 questions.

DATE/DAY	13.02.2015 (Friday)
CLASS	2E
TIME	4.00 – 5.10 pm
SUBJECT	English
UNIT	Unit 3: City Life, Kampong Life
TOPIC	Language In Action
LEARNING OBJECTIVES	At the end of this lesson, students should be able to: a) identify sentence patterns for expressing possibilities b) use the sentence patterns for expressing possibilities
LEARNING EMPHASIS	Verbal linguistic, interpersonal interaction
INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES	a) The teacher brings the students to look at a comic strip in a picture in their textbooks. They are to guess what the conversation will be about as they will listen to an audio video being played in the class. b) The teacher plays the audio video DVD in the class. She pauses to direct students’ attention to the targeted sentence patterns in the dialogue. She gets them to repeat the targeted sentence patterns. c) Next, she asks them to create some sentences to express possibilities after looking at the examples from the audio video DVD. She gives them 10 minutes to do this on their own. d) At the end of the given time, she asks the students to read out their sentences one by one. e) Before the end of this lesson, the teacher asks the students to identify words that will signal possibilities.
REFLECTION	This lesson was not carried out. The reason was because the teacher’s laptop was low on battery. Hence, she has decided to postpone this lesson to the week after the Chinese New Year holidays. The lesson for this day was to get each student to describe their ideal city or kampong in the class. This lesson was completed.

DATE/DAY	13.02.2015 (Friday)
CLASS	2L
TIME	5.45 – 6.20 pm
SUBJECT	English
UNIT	Unit 3: City Life, Kampong Life
TOPIC	Language In Action
LEARNING OBJECTIVES	At the end of this lesson, students should be able to: a) identify sentence patterns for expressing possibilities b) use the sentence patterns for expressing possibilities
LEARNING EMPHASIS	Verbal linguistic, interpersonal interaction
INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES	a) The teacher brings the students to look at a comic strip in a picture in their textbooks. They are to guess what the conversation will be about as they will listen to an audio video being played in the class. b) The teacher plays the audio video DVD in the class. She pauses to direct students’ attention to the targeted sentence patterns in the dialogue. She gets them to repeat the targeted sentence patterns. c) Next, she asks them to create some sentences to express possibilities after looking at the examples from the audio video DVD. She gives them 10 minutes to do this on their own. d) At the end of the given time, she asks the students to read out their sentences one by one. e) Before the end of this lesson, the teacher asks the students to identify words that will signal possibilities.
REFLECTION	This lesson was not carried out. The reason was because the teacher’s laptop was low on battery. Hence, she has decided to postpone this lesson to the week after the Chinese New Year holidays. The lesson for this day was to get each student to describe their ideal city or kampong in the class. This lesson was completed. However, not all of the students were able to carry out this task. Only those who had better vocabulary were able to communicate their ideal kampong or city.