WRITING YEAR 4

Date

: 10th February 2015

Subject

: English Language

Class

: 4 Zamrud

Day

: Tuesday

Time

: 9.00 10.00 am

Enrolment

: 28 pupils

Level of Proficiency

: Mixed ability

Theme/Context

: World of Self, Family and Friends

Topic

: Unit 4: Be Safe

Focused Skill

: Writing

Integrated skill(s)

: Reading

Language Content

: Simple and Compound Sentences

Content Standard

: 3.3 By the end of the 6-year primary schooling, pupils will be able to write and present ideas through a variety
of media using appropriate language, form and style.

Learning Standard

: 3.3.1 Able to create simple texts using a variety of media with guidance:
(a) non linear

Objectives

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

1) sequence sentence strips according to the story
2) write the safety tips according to the keywords given.
3) produce Safety Tips Book.

Moral Values

: Be careful of your surroundings.

Teaching Aids

: stick puppet, audio of the goat and wolf sound, maze, sentence strips, sentence cards, template of safety tips
book, rope

Stage/Time

Content

Teaching/Learning activity

Rationale

Set induction

Whole class activity

1.

1. To arouse pupils'

Questions:

sound of a wolf and a goat.

2. Teacher plays the audio while

( 5 minutes)

Teacher plays the audio of the

attention and prompt

Remarks
Element Across
Curriculum:
Multiple Intelligence

1. What do you think

the animal is?

showing the puppet stick to the

pupils.
3. Teacher asks the pupils to guess

them with the content

of the lesson.

Teaching aids :
Speaker, puppet stick

what the animal is.

Presentation
(20 minutes)

Whole class activity

Story telling

1. Teacher sits in front of the class

and asks the class to listen to her.
2. Teacher does a story telling of the
Red Riding Hood using a maze to
show the process of the story to the
pupils.
3. Teacher uses puppet sticks to help
them know the characters in the
story.
4. Teacher uses various intonations to

1. To prepare pupils for

writing activity.
2. To prompt them for the
writing activity.
3. To give input to
students about the
content of the text.

Focused Skill: Writing

Integrated skill :
Listening and speaking
Element Across
Curriculum:
Knowledge Acquisition
Teaching Aids:
Maze, stick puppet,
sentence strips

make story telling more interesting.

5. Teacher introduces safety tips that

Moral Value:
Politeness

can be taken to make sure the

safety of the characters in the story.
6. Teacher pastes the sentences on
the board.
7. Teacher drills the sentences.
Practice

Group activity

1. Teacher divides the pupils into six

( 15 minutes)

Solve the maze

groups.
2. Teacher provides each group with a
maze and sentence strips.
3. Each group need to solve the maze

1. To improve on the
pupils writing
skills.
2. To test the pupils
ability to write the

Focused Skill: Writing

Element Across
Curriculum:
Multiple Intelligence

by sequencing the sentence strips

safety tips that they

according to the story that teacher

have learnt before

have read before.

4. In the maze, there are empty box at

this.

Teaching Aids: Maze,

sentence strips
Integrated Skill: Reading

certain stage where pupils need to

write the safety tips that they have
learnt before this.
5. Teacher picks one or two group to
present their story in front of the
class.
Post writing

Individual activity

1. Teacher provides each pupil with a

( 20 minutes)

Safety Tips Book

template of a book.
2. Teacher asks each pupil to produce
a Safety Tips Book.
3. Teacher asks the pupils to decorate
their book.
4. Teacher provides each group with a
rope and asks the pupils to paste
their book on the string after they
have finish.
5. Teacher asks each group to show
their book to the class.
6. Teacher picks the prettiest book
and rewards the pupil.
7. Teacher paste the rope of book at
the back of the class.

Focused Skill: Writing

1. To ensure that
students are able to

Element Across

produce simple and

Curriculum:
Multiple Intelligence

compound sentences.
2. To expose to students
on how to produce a
simple book.
3. To ensure able to write
the safety tips that
they have learnt.

Teaching Aids:
Template of Safety Tips
Book, rope

Closure
(5 minutes)

Whole class activity

1. Teacher conduct gallery walk in the

class.
2. Teacher provides each pupil a
sticker.
3. They have to move around and
look at their friends work and if
they like it they give the sticker .

1. To ensure pupils
understandings and
instil moral values.

Moral Value:
Politeness