LESSON PLAN YEAR 4

Date/Day
Time/Duration
Class
Proficiency level
Enrollment
Theme
Unit
Topic
Focused skill
Integrated skill
Content standard

Learning standard

7th August 2015 (Thursday)

10:10 am - 11:10 am (60 minutes)
4 Cemerlang
Low ability
27 pupils
World of Knowledge
Unit 11
Caterpillar : A Poem
Language Arts
Reading
By the end of the 6-year primary schooling, pupils will be able
to :
4.1

Enjoy and appreciate rhymes, poems and songs

1.1

Pronounce words and speak confidently with the

correct stress, rhythm and intonation.

4.1.2

Able to sing songs and recite jazz chants and

poems with correct stress, pronunciation, rhythm
and intonation.

1.1.3

Able to talk listen to and recite poems, tongue

twisters and sing songs, paying attention to
pronunciation, rhythm and intonation.

Behavioural objectives

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

a) List at least 6 words that rhyme
b) Create a poem about an insect containing at least 2 words
that rhyme

Previous Knowledge
Educational emphases
Moral Values
Instructional materials
CCTS

Pupils have read poems before

Constructivism, Multiple Intelligences
Cooperation
Powerpoint presentation
Generating ideas, applying new knowledge to produce work

Stage/Time

Teaching / Learning Activities

Remarks

Set
Induction
(10
minutes)

Teacher's activity
1. The teacher shows the
poem to the pupils.

Content
Multiple intelligence : Verbal
linguistic

2. The teacher reads the

poem out loud to model good
reading to the pupils.

Learning
strategy/approach/techniqu
es : Audio-lingual

3. The teacher asks pupils to

read the poem out loud
together.

Teaching aid(s) :
Powerpoint presentation

Integrated skills :
Reading, Listening
and speaking

Learning content :
Brown and furry
Caterpillar in a hurry,
Take your walk
To the shady leaf, or stalk,
Or what not,
Which may be the chosen
spot.
No toad spy you,
Hovering bird of prey pass
by you;
Spin and die,
To live again a butterfly.
Presentation
(15
minutes)

1. The teacher tells the pupils

that they will be looking into
words that rhyme.
2. The teacher shows
examples of rhyming words
to the pupils.

Multiple intelligence:
Linguistic

CCTS : Identifying
words

Learning
strategies/techniques/appro
ach : Teacher-centered

Integrated skills :
Reading, Listening
and speaking

Learning content :
3. The teacher reads out loud
each word to emphasize their
rhyming sound.

Practice
(10
minutes)

1. The teacher tells the pupils

that the poem contains
rhymes.

Learning
strategies/techniques/appro
ach : Task-based learning

2. The teacher asks the

CCTS : Identifying
words

pupils to find what words

rhyme in the poem.
3. The teacher asks pupils to
list down the words.
3. Read out loud the words.

Production
(20
minutes)

1. The teacher divides the

pupils into groups of 3.

Multiple intelligence :
Interpersonal

2. The teacher instructs each

group to create a short poem
about any insect containing
rhyming words.

Moral value : Cooperation

2. The teacher guides each

group as they create their
poem by checking if the
words they choose rhymes
together.
Closure
(5 minutes)

1. The teacher asks the

groups to volunteer to read
out loud their poem.

Learning
strategies/techniques/appro
ach : Task-based learning,
cooperative

Moral value : Confidence

Learning
strategies/techniques/appro
ach : Pupil-centered

Educational
emphases :
Constructivism
CCTS : Generating
ideas, applying
new knowledge to
produce work