Subject: English Language

Year: 5G

Enrolment: 40 pupils

Date/ Day: 19/6/2019

Time: 9:10AM – 9:40AM (30 minutes)

Theme: World of stories

Topic: The Peach Boy (Unit 8)

Focused skill: Listening & Speaking

Level of proficiency Intermediate

Content 1.1 By the end of the 6-year primary schooling, pupils will be
Standard: able to pronounce words and speak confidently with the
correct stress, rhythm and intonation.

1.3 By the end of the 6-year primary schooling, pupils will be

able to understand and respond to oral texts in a variety of
contexts.

Learning 1.1.3 Able to listen to and respond to a given stimulus by using

Standard: appropriate words, phrases and expressions with guidance.

1.3.1 Able to listen to and demonstrate understanding of oral

texts by:
(c) sequencing

Learning By the end of the lesson, pupils will be able to:

Objectives: a. Listen to and understand story entitled “Momotaro – The
Peach Boy” by arranging the listening text played by the
teacher in their group.

Language Vocabularies:
Contents: a. dumplings
b. pheasant
c. peach
d. ogres

Educational Constructivism: Pupils will learn new knowledge based on prior

Emphases: knowledge
 Mastering Learning: Pupils will be able to listen and demonstrate the
understanding of oral texts.
Contextual Learning: Context and teaching aids used is similar to pupils’
daily life.

Collaboration: Pupils will work together to arrange the pictures in

accurate sequence.

Moral Values: Bravery

Resources/ Picture word cards

Teaching Aids: Listening text (audio)
Book cover/ Illustrations of the peach boy
Pictures
Mahjong Papers

Language Focus: past tense

Stage/ Time Contents Teaching-Learning Activities Remarks
Sample questions: Rationale :
Set Induction 1. Teacher shows the pupils an 1. To provoke the students’
1. Do you know what this is?
curiosity and interest on
illustration of peach and a boy with
(3 mins.) 2. Have you ever tried it? the topic
Japanese traditional shirt. 2. To get students ready for
3. Where do you think the Peach
the lessons
2. Teacher asks the pupils some
Boy come from? 3. To preview and ready
questions. students for the next
activities

Teaching Aids:
Illustrations of peach and
Japanese boy. (Appendix 1)

Educational Emphases:

1. Constructivism – Build
new knowledge based
on existing
knowledge.
Sample Question: 1. Teacher shows the illustration of a Rationale :
Pre Listening  What can you see from the 1. To give input to the
Japanese boy with traditional shirt.
cover page? students
(8 mins)  What do you think the story is 2. Teacher elicits responses from the 2. To prepare students for
about? the next activities
pupils regarding the cover page.
3. Develop students’
 Who do you think Momotaro
3. Teacher introduces the title of the listening skills ( listen to
is? main point)
story.
4. To elicit pupils’ response
4. Teacher introduces some
Teaching Aids: Picture word
vocabularies that can be found from
cards (Appendix 2)
the listening text.
 Vocabularies/ picture word cards: Educational Emphases:

 Dumplings 1. Contextual learning:

 Pheasant the context and the
 Peach teaching aids used is
 Ogres similar to what happen
in students’ life every
day.
2. Mastery learning:
pupils will listen to and
demonstrate the
understanding of the
oral texts by response
to the picture.

While Listening Pictures: 1. Pupils are divided into groups of 5. Rationale:

2. Teacher distributes an envelope
(8 mins) 1. Develop pupils’
containing sentence strips. listening skills.
2. To make connection
3. Pupils have to arrange the sentence
between the lesson
strips in correct sequence on a board and real-life situation
prepared by the teacher. context.
4. Teacher plays the recorded audio of 3. To instill collaboration
the story. and self-learning
5. Pupils listen to the audio carefully and among the pupils.
arrange the pictures.
6. Then, the pupils paste the pictures on Teaching Aids:
the Mahjong paper.
Oral texts, pictures (Appendix
3), Mahjong paper

Educational emphases:
 1. Constructivism: build
new knowledge based
on existing schemata.
2. Contextual learning:
real-life situation.
3. Collaboration: Instill
collaboration between
the pupils.

Post Listening 1. Pupils present their answers to their Rationale:

peers.
(8 mins) 1. To review on what has
2. Pupils comment the arrangement of been carried out for
the whole lesson.
the pictures based on the listening
2. To ensure pupils are
text. able to follow what
has been taught.
3. Pupils retell the story.
3. To instill collaboration
4. Teacher provides feedbacks and in pupils.
comments. Educational Emphases:

1. Contextual learning:
pupils construct
sentences based on
their daily life
experience.
1. Teacher leads the pupils to discuss Rationale:
Closure Moral value
about the moral values.
To wrap up the lesson.
(3 mins) 1. Bravery
Appendix 1