WWW Lesson Plan

Form: 4 (advanced) Date: March 2010
Subject: English Day:
Theme: People Time: 70 minutes
Topic: Zodiac Number of students:


SUMMARY OF LESSON
This lesson is an integration of reading and speaking lesson. The teacher will start the set induction by showing a video clip of various constellations in the night sky and later on initiates a brief discussion on the topic. In the first activity, the students will be assigned to log on to http://twelvezodiac.com and find out which zodiac sign each of them belongs to. They will be told to note down important characteristics associated with the people who belong to the same zodiac as they are. From the information they retrieved in the website, the teacher will direct students to do a brief reflection about their own characteristics and compare them with the characteristics described in the website. In the second activity, teacher will ask students to form 12 groups representing each zodiac sign. The students will get into the groups according to their own zodiac sign. Teacher will assign each group to discuss on their own thoughts and opinions based on the reflections they made in order to come up with a conclusion to the characteristics the group members share in common. After that, each group will present the findings from their discussion in front of the class. In the third activity, the teacher will distribute a handout of reading exercise to each student. The students will be assigned to answer the questions based on the text given. In the end, the teacher will conclude the lesson by asking the students to reflect on what they have learnt from the overall lesson.


LEARNING OUTCOMES:
1.0 LANGUAGE FOR INTERPERSONAL USE
1.1 Make friends and keep friendships by
exchanging ideas, information and
opinions on topics of interest. LEVEL:

Level 3
Reading articles and giving opinions in
the following ways:
- agreeing with the writer
- disagreeing with the writer and giving
reasons.

BEHAVIOURAL OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
i) Retrieving specific information regarding zodiac signs from a website
ii) Discuss their opinions about their own characteristics based on self-reflection activity
iii) Answer all 10 questions correctly in the reading exercise

TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS
Internet Connection, computers, LCD, and white screen
PREPARATION
1. Teacher needs to log on to www.twelvezodiac.com and plans the lesson. Teacher should also make a few other references to gain better understanding of the topic.
2. Teacher needs to construct worksheets for students.
3. Teacher needs to book the computer lab in advance and ensures that there are sufficient computers for all the students as well as checking the internet connection.

PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE
Adjectives, and Subject-verb agreement in forming sentences.

LANGUAGE SKILL(S)
Speaking, reading, and writing.

LANGUAGE CONTENT(S)
Revision on adjectives

Sound Systems:
1.0 Consonants
1.5 x / z / - xylophone; anxiety

Vocabulary :[To be used in the speaking and reading activities]
Inhumane, innate

TEACHING AID(S)
Computer lab (computer with internet connection), handouts.

MORAL VALUE(S)
Gratitude, Respect, and Rational

LEARNING EMPHASES:
THINKING SKILL(S): making hypothesis, making inferences, analyzing
Multiple Intelligence

ACTIVITIES

Set Induction (± 5 minutes)
i. Teacher shows interesting video clip of beautiful constellations in the night sky.
ii. Teacher initiates discussion about star constellations and zodiac based on the video clip.

Activity 1(± 15Minutes)
Thinking Skill:Multiple Intelligence, Analyzing
Moral Value:gratitude, rational
Procedure:
i. Teacher assigns students to log on to http://twelvezodiac.com and find out which zodiac sign each of them belongs to.
ii. Teacher tells students to note down the characteristics associated with the people who belong to the same zodiac as they are.
iii. Teacher directs students to do a brief reflection about their own characteristics and compare them with the characteristics described in the website.

Activity 2 (± 30minutes)
Thinking Skill:making hypothesis, making inferences, analyzing
Moral Value:Respect
Procedure:
i. Teacher asks students to form 12 groups representing each zodiac sign. The students will get into the groups according to their own zodiac sign.
ii. Teacher assigns each group to discuss on their own thoughts and opinions based on the reflections they made in order to come up with a conclusion to the characteristics the group members share in common.
iii. Teacher asks each group to present the findings from their discussion in front of the class.

Activity 3(± 15 minutes)
Thinking Skill:making hypothesis, analyzing
Procedure:
i. Teacher assigns students to work individually.
ii. Teacher distributes handout of reading exercise on the same topic (zodiac) and comprehension questions to each student.
iii. Teacher directs students to complete the task given.
iv. Teacher discusses the answers to the comprehension questions with the students.

Closure(5 minutes)
Teacher recaps the lesson by asking students to reflect on what they have learnt in today’s lesson. Teacher concludes the lesson by highlighting the overall objectives of the lesson.

Follow up Activity:
teacher assigns students to log on to http://twelvezodiac.com and gather zodiac information of one person they care most. The information will be used in the writing activity in the next lesson.

Reflection:

Supervisor’s comments