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LESSON PLAN (WRITING LESSON)

Subject : English

Class : Year 2 Gemilang

Enrollment : / 35 pupils

Level : Mixed ability pupils

Date/Day : 23 August 2013 / Friday

Time : 7.40 am 8.40 am

Theme : World of Knowledge

Topic : Unit 14: Precious Drops

Focused Skill : Writing

Integrated Skill : Reading, Listening and Speaking

Learning Outcomes Specifications

3.2 Pupils will be able to write using appropriate

language, form and style for a range of purposes.

3. 2.1 Able to complete with guidance:

(b) poster

3.3 Pupils will be able to write and present ideas

through a variety of media.

3.3.1 Able to create simple non-linear texts using

a variety of media with guidance:

(a) poster

Lesson Objectives : By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:

I. Rearrange the water cycle sentence strips correctly by referring to the poster.II. Fill in the blanks with correct nouns.

III. Label the pictures with correct sentence strips.Educational Emphasis :

I. Multiple intelligences: Visual-spatial, Intrapersonal, InterpersonalII. Thinking skills: Critical and creative thinking skills, making association

III. Moral values: We must save water, Do not waste water.Language Content :

Vocabulary: Nouns (sun, cloud, rain, water vapour)

New knowledge : The water cycle (The process of how rain is formed)

Teaching aids : Itsy Bitsy Spider song lyrics, picture and word cards, the water cycle diagram, sentence

strips, posters, task sheet.

Previous knowledge : Pupils are already familiar with some words such as rain, cloud and sun.

Anticipated problems : Pupils may not be able to identify the stages of the water cycle correctly.

Possible solutions : Teacher asks pupils to refer to the poster or the diagram shown on the board.

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Stage/Time Content Teaching-Learning Activity Rationale Remarks

Set Induction

(5 minutes)

Eency Weency Spider

Eency Weency spider

went up the water spout

Down came the rain

And washed the spider

out

Out came the sun and

dried up all the rain

And the eency weency

spider went up the spout

again

1. Pupils get ready as they are goingto sing a song entitled Itsy Bitsy

Spider.

2. Pupils pay attention and listen tothe teacher as she shows how to

sing the song with gestures.

3. Pupils are asked to stand up andsing the song by referring to the

lyric pasted on the board.

4. Pupils sing along to the tune of thesong and make gestures.

5. Pupils are introduced to the topicof the day by the teacher.

To consolidate

previous lesson.

To make learning

becomes more fun

and interesting.

To attract pupils

attention.

To inculcate fun

and enjoyable

learning lesson.

Eency

Weency

Spider song

lyrics

Presentation

(10 minutes)

Picture and word cards

sun cloud rain water vapour

Stages of the water cycle

1. The sun heats theearth.

2. Water changes towater vapour.

3. Water vapour formsclouds.

4. Water falls from theclouds as rain.

6. Pupils look at the picture cardsshown on the board.

7. Pupils are asked to write theanswer on the word cards and

match them to the pictures.

8. Pupils are informed that they aregoing to learn the water cycle by

looking at the diagram that the

teacher has prepared.

9. Pupils listen attentively as teacherexplains the water cycle and how it

works using the pictures in the

diagram.

10.Pupils read aloud the stages of thewater cycle.

To prepare pupils

for next activity.

To elicit what

pupils already

know.

To teach essential

vocabulary from

the context.

To describe the

water cycle

process.

To enhance pupils

understanding of

the water cycle

process.

Picture and

word cards

The water

cycle

diagram

Practice

(25 minutes)

Arrange the water cycle

sentence strips

- Look at the diagramon the board, read

the descriptions of

each stage in the

water cycle on the

11.Pupils listen to teachersinstructions attentively.

12.Pupils will be divided into sixgroups and each group will receive

a poster and a set of water cycle

To engage pupils in

motivating and

meaningful

activities.

To enable pupils to

collaborate in

Envelopes

(Sentence

strips)

Posters

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strips of paper and

arrange them in

order on their desks.

sentence strips.

13.Pupils should look at the poster,read the descriptions of each stage

in the water cycle on the strips of

paper and arrange them in order.

14.After that, pupils paste the correctstage of the water cycle on theposter.

15.When the pupils have ordered thesentences, teacher pastes the six

posters on the board and checks

the answers with them.

groups.

To develop interest

and awareness of

the water cycle.

To describe the

water cycle

process.

Production

(15 minutes)

Task sheet

Label the pictures and

complete the sentences

for each stage in the

blanks below.

16.Pupils listen to teachersinstructions attentively.

17.Pupils are given a task sheet eachand they need to label the pictures

and complete the sentences for

each stage in the blanks below.

18.Teacher collects the task sheet tobe checked.

To improve pupils

writing skills.

To make learning

become fun and

meaningful.

To improve their

understanding of

the water cycle.

Task sheet

Closure

(5 minutes)

1. What have youlearned today?

2. How rain is formed?Can you tell me the

first stage?

19.Pupils are asked to tell the stages ofthe water cycle that they have

learned.

To consolidate

what they have

learned.

.