LESSON DESIGN FOR YEAR 3

WEEK 30 23 to 27 August 2016/

DAYS MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY

Time 10:50–11:40 07:30– 8:20 07:30–08:20 07:55–08:45 10:25-11:25

Topic & Topic:LOOKING AFTER A HAMSTER 8

Class: Year 3A
Subtopics : Sub-topicdescriptive writing – MY PET Duration: PERIODS
Adjectives : e.g. small, short, cute,
beautiful, soft
Skills and  Pupils will be able to describe about their pets in Target
Pronouns: it, she, his
Language simple language (orally) Language:
I have/She has/He has…
Learning  Talking about different pets and possessions
Objectives: (using "I have ...")
√ Describing about their pet animals
Skills:

Teaching & Learning Activities Resources Summary Remarks

√ Before class, print off the flashcards for the

animals. (e.g. cat, hamster, rabbit, fish, √ NOTE: be sure
bird) to teach the
√ Your students will probably already know Pupils are able to plural for
some of the animal vocab, so rather than name some pet "mouse" –>
just holding up each picture you can play "mice".
animals
"Flashcard Reveal": take the first flashcard o Pupils’ prior
and place it behind the pack of the other knowledge (Optional): Play the
Pupils are able to
cards, so it is hidden from view. Slowly and "Write vocab on the
push the flashcard up so that the picture is spell the name of board race" game
experiences.
revealed, bit by bit, to the class. animals correctly. Put the class into
√ Encourage everyone to shout out what teams, (2 to 4
they think it is until someone gets the right teams). Each team
answer. Chorus each word three times and selects one person.
stick onto the board. Then write it clearly Teacher shouts out
Tuning in under the card. the word for one of
(Introduction) the animals on the
Determine prior Written : Wordsearch/Word puzzle o Worksheet board and one pupil
knowledge and from each team
prepare pupils must rush up to the
board, take a
marker, and write
the word on the
board. The first
person to write the
word, spelt correctly,
wins a point for
his/her team.
Continue playing
until everyone has
had a go and all the
vocab has been
practiced.

1
 √ Give everyone the text. Go through each o OHP Pupils are able to
picture and elicit vocab about the pets. o Pictures respond to the
e.g. “What is her pet?, What type of animal o Markers questions actively.
is the pet?”, Where does she keep her pet?” o Photocopied
√ Draw a table on the board and write in text (1)
Finding out & each column – names, type of pet, name of
Sorting out pet, body/colour, food, lives, likes.
(Lesson √ Read the first text, model how to enter the
Development) information into the correct column in the
Time to locate, table.
gather information, √ Make sure the pupils really involve in the
Pupils are able to
organise and discussion.
process ideas. √ Give out Worksheet (2) and tell the pupils transfer the
that they need to read text (1) to enable information from
them to complete the table. the text into the
Worksheet (2) given table.
Written : Photocopied worksheet (2)

√ Give out the survey worksheets (3) to each

student. Model how to do the first line – by
writing in their own names filling in their Optional : When
answers. Model the language e.g. “Do you everyone has
have a pet?” “ Where do you keep your Pupils are able to finished, tally up on
pet?” “What does your pet eat?” use the target the board the
√ Then get everyone to mingle and ask two number of pets
Consolidating o Worksheets language in this
of their friends about their pets. Remind everyone has to find
Consolidate (3) activity.
them to use the target language. out which is the
learning
√ For pupils who don't have pets, they can most popular pet.
fill in in an added column the "Which new Also, find out which
pet would you like?" section, so they have new pet most people
something to answer. would like.

Written : Worksheet (3)

√ Remind the pupils on text (1) that they

have read. Read the text again with the Pupils are able to
pupils. Highlight the structure use in the Text (1) use the target
text. language to
Go further
√ Tell them that they are going to write describe about
(Enrichment)
about their pet and their friends’ pets. their pets.
Apply knowledge
√ Ask the pupils to look at the information
to develop further
that they have written in worksheet (3) and Worksheet (3)
understanding
use the information to describe about their
pets.
√ Model the writing using the information
and the target language.

Taking Action

Evaluation (with respect to the Content Learning Objectives)

What worked well? What would make it even better next time?