Lesson Plan

School : SMK St. Xavier Penang

Date : 16 May 2017

Class : 1 Gregory

Enrollment : 26 Students

Language Proficiency : Low - Intermediate

Topic : Literature (Poem: News Break)

General objective : Students should be able to understand or comprehend the meaning of the poem News
Break.

Specific objectives : 1. By the end of the lesson, students should be able to verbally summarize the meaning
of the poem based on their understanding.
2. By the end of the lesson, students should be able to rearrange at least 3 out of 5
comic strips according to the sequences of stanzas in the poem correctly and complete
the comic strips with appropriate dialogues in groups of 5-6 members creatively.

Teaching aids : Whiteboard, mahjong papers, comic strips handouts and Poetry for Pleasure textbook.
Stage/time Learning outcome Teachers activity Students activity
Stage 1 1. Provide students with comic 1. Study the comic
Set induction strips that are related to the strips.
(5minutes) lessons topic. 2. Volunteer to
Suggested comic strips: suggest the
Short comic strips about a explanations on
boy who is always sleeping what happened in
during class and in the end, the comic strips.
he failed his examination. Expected answers:
2. Prompt questions and a. There is a boy
encourage the students to who failed his
suggest explanations on what examination
happened in the comic strips because he
3. Suggested answers should be sleeps during
written on white board for class.
future reference. b. The boy might
Suggested questions: face problem
a. What happened in the with his parent.
comic strips? c. The boy should
b. What do you think will stop sleeping in
happen to the boy? class and study
c. What do you think the hard.
boy should do?
Stage 2 Understanding and summarizing 1. Introduce the poem News 1. Volunteer to read
Activity 1 the meaning of poem based on Break to the students. the poem aloud.
(10minutes) stanza: 2. Encourage students to 2. Listen attentively
 volunteer to read the poem to the explanation
Stanza one: aloud by stanza to encourage of meaning given
The parent is confused when the students reading skills. by the teacher.
child suddenly behaving polite, 3. Explain the meaning of each 3. Reasons out the
showing love and offers to help stanza of the poem. meaning of the
around. 4. Based on the explanation, poem based of the
Stanza two: guide the students to reasons explanation given
The child shows more sign of out the meaning of the poem earlier with the
good behavior such as he keeps to enhance their whole class.
his face clean, saves his money understanding. 4. Volunteer to
and his clothes was not 5. Ask the students to volunteer verbally summarize
wrinkled. The parent wonder and verbally summarize the the poem to ensure
when will the miracles end meaning of the poem based their understanding
Stanza three: on their understanding to of the poem.
The child surprised the parent as ensure the achievement of
he didnt drop his school books students learning process.
or scream with anger. The parent
praises the child for behaving
like a gentle lamb and not going
against his parent.
Stanza four:
The parent jokingly asks if the
child is a stranger as the child
shows no anger or fusses.
Stanza five:
The parent wonders whether the
child has faced something
terrible causing him to behaving
nicely. It is then revealed that the
child has brought his school
report.

In short; the poem is about the

parents confusion when facing a
child that suddenly changes his
behavior. It is revealed that the
child was trying to please the
parent as he was worried about
handing in his school report.
Stage 3 Visualizing the poems meaning
Activity 2 by;
(15minutes)
Rearrange comic strips
according to stanzas of the poem
and complete the comic strips
with appropriate dialogues in
groups creatively.
1. Instruct students to form 4-5
groups consist of 5-6
members to encourage peer
learning activity.
2. Provide the groups with
appropriate handouts and
mahjong papers to conduct
the activity.
3. Explain the instruction of the
activity to the whole class to
1. Form groups of 5-6
members.
2. Listen to the
explanation of the
activitys
instruction. Enquire
the teacher to clear
up confusion and
misunderstanding.
3. Discuss and work
 avoid confusion and
misunderstanding. Issues
should be cleared before
starting the activity to ensure
effectiveness of the learning
process.
4. Encourage students to discuss
and work within their groups
to complete the given task;
rearrange and complete the
dialogue of the comic strips
provided.
5. Facilitate the students to
ensure their understanding
and to guide them to
complete their task.
Stage 4 1. Ask students to volunteer to
Closure share their groups final
(10 minutes) product with the whole class.
2. Guide the students to reasons
out their answer to enhance
their understanding.
in groups to
rearrange the comic
strips according to
the stanzas
arrangement in the
poem and complete
the dialogue of the
comic strips
arranged creatively.
1. Volunteer to share
their final product
with the whole
class through group
presentations.
2. Reasons out their
answers and
promote their
creative product
accordingly to their
friends.