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Ahmad Syawqi Asywaq Yunus English Year 5 Lesson 5 Bestari SK Bukit Jalil 25 July 2012

Subject: English Language

Year: Year 5 Bestari

Enrolment: 35 students

Date: 25/07/2012

Time: 10.20-11.20 a.m.

Level of Proficiency: Average - High

Theme: World of Knowledge

Topic: What games do you play? Constructing Simple Paragraphs

Focused Skill: Writing

Integrated Skill: Reading

Learning Outcomes: 3.3 Read and understand phrases, sentences, paragraphs, and whole texts.

4.4 Construct simple and compound sentences with guidance and independently.

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Curriculum : 3.3.3 Read and understand simple paragraphs.Specifications

4.4.4 Construct simple paragraphs that contain main ideas and supporting details.

Behavioural Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

1. Write a topic sentence.

2. Write at least 4 supporting sentences to elaborate a topic sentence.

Language Content:

Educational Emphases: Knowledge acquisition

Teaching Aids: Big picture, reading handouts, mind-map work sheet, blank A4 papers

Previous Knowledge: Constructing mind-maps, simple & compound sentence structures.

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Anticipated Problems:

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Stages (Time) Content Teaching/Learning Activities Rationale Remarks

Set Induction

(5 min)

What is happening in the picture?

Why do you think the boy received the

trophy?

When did this take place?

1. Students have their tables

cleared and ready to begin the

lesson.

2. Students are shown a picture of

a boy wearing medals and receiving

a trophy.

3. Students are asked to try and

figure out the story behind the

picture.

4. Students are told that telling a

good story requires elaboration and

details.

5. Students are told that they will

be looking at a simple paragraph of

a story.

To gain students

attention and

getting them

ready.

To prepare

students with the

right mindset.

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Pre-writing

(10 min)

Class, can you tell me, what is the text

about?

Can you tell me, which is the topic

sentence of this short paragraph?

That is what we call the topic

sentence.

Which sentences help to elaborate

and tell us more about the topic?

So, how do we write a simple

paragraph? How do we start it off? With

a topic sentence? Or with a supporting

sentence?

Introducing topic sentence and

supporting sentence

1. Students receive the handouts

for reading.

2. Students are told to read the

handouts silently and underline

words that they do not understand.

3. Students are given the

opportunity to ask questions

regarding the text.

4. Students are asked to indicate

the main idea of the text.

5. Students attention is then

directed towards the supporting

details of the main idea.

6. Students are then asked how a

simple paragraph is structured,

while teacher asks questions to

guide their understanding.

To ensure

students

understand how to

use a topic

sentence and

supporting

sentences in

writing a

paragraph.

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While-writing

(25 min)

Drawing mind-maps

1. Students are asked to think

about what they did in the past

weekend or month that they can

recall.

2. Students receive the mind-map

work sheets and are asked to draw

a mind-map and write at least 4

supporting details to the title that

they have chosen.

3. A few students are then asked

to volunteer and share their mind-

maps with the class.

4. Students are asked to write their

short paragraph based on their

mind-maps.

Students are given

the freedom to

choose any topic,

as they are

proficient English

speakers and do

not require much

guidance in

choosing a topic.

Post-writing

(15 min)

Creating mini booklets

1. Students are given blank A4 To provide

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papers.

2. Students are told to fold the A4

paper according to the teacher.

3. By the end of folding and cutting

the paper, students will have

produced empty mini booklets.

4. Students are told to write their

short paragraphs in the booklets that

they have just made.

5. Students are given the freedom

to decorate the booklets by

colouring and drawing anything

related to their short paragraph to

make the booklets interesting.

6. Students are told to submit the

booklets during the next lesson.

students with a

creative work to

explore.

Closure

(5 min)

So, what did we do today class? Yes,

we looked at how to write a simple

paragraph. Can anyone tell me how do

1. Students are asked what they have

done in the lesson in order to

conclude it.

To summarise the

lesson.

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you start your simple paragraph?

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