LESSON PLAN

Class:

6 Brilliant

Level:

Mixed Abilities

Enrolment:

35 students

Date:

11 August 2014

Time:

9.00 a.m. 9.30 a.m. (30 minutes)

Topic:

Fun with Punctuation Make Sense of Writing

Lesson objectives:

At the end of the lesson, students will be able to:

1. Identify and name at least 4 out 5 punctuations correctly.
2. To sequenced at least 80% of the collage containing non-sequenced
dialogues with missing punctuations accurately.
3. Enhance the speaking and writing skills of the students.
4. Motivate the students to think creatively and innovatively.
5. Evaluate the level of mastery of the student on the lesson learnt.

Language Aspects:

English Language punctuation such as the capitalization, full stop,

comma, question mark and exclamation mark.

Teaching Aids:

Video clip, speakers, projector, Power Point slides, collage, Creative &
Innovative ICT Teaching Aid ( CIITA), A4 blank papers and
Worksheets

Stage / Time
Set Induction
(2 minutes)

Activity / Content
Whole class activity.

AVA: Video clip on

Rationale:
punctuation The
To stimulate their interest
Electric Company
and
activate students
expressing question
cognition
marks, periods and
exclamations.
(Appendix A)

Presentation
1. Teacher instructs the students to
watch the video clip carefully and
take note on what the video is trying
to tell.
2. Teacher then shows the video clip.
3. Teacher asks students few questions
based on the video they have
watched.
Example of questions:
a. What can you see from the video
shown?
b. Identify and name the punctuations
found in the video clip?
Expected answers?
a. Two people illustrating punctuations
by asking questions, expressing
exclamations and full stops.
b. Question mark, Exclamation mark and
Period (Full stop)

Explanation (5 minutes)

Whole class activity.

1. Teacher introduces to the students

the title of the lesson.

Rationale:
AVA: Power Point slides on
To present the grammar Punctuations.(Appendix B) 2. Teacher starts the lesson by
element and to help
explaining what punctuations are
students understand the
story with reference from the slides.
punctuations better.
3. Teacher emphasizes the five main
punctuations which are capitalization,
full stop, comma, question mark and
exclamation mark.
Explanation:
Punctuation

Punctuation means making points.

Putting the right kind of points in
the right place to make sentences
meaningful. For instance capital
letters (A,B,C,.Z) is used for the
first letter of a sentence. The bird
is flying. Then, for proper nouns:
names of people, places, days of
the week. Lee Chong Wei, Kuala
Lumpur. Lastly for the pronoun
I. May I go out now?
4. Students listen attentively.
5. Teacher may attempt to asks questions
randomly.

Practice (5 minutes)

Group work.

1. Teacher divides the students with 5

in a group.

Rationale:
To test the students
understanding on the
input they get from the
explanation stage.

AVA: Collage containing

non- sequenced dialogues 2. Teacher asks the students to complete
with missing punctuations
the non-sequenced collage by filling
(Appendix C)
in the missing punctuations using the
dialogues provided as a guide.
3. Students try to sequence the dialogues
with the correct punctuations
according to the storyline.

Metacognition
(5 minutes)

Group work.

1. Teacher randomly selects groups to

present their completed sequenced
AVA: Students completed
collage.
Rationale:
sequenced collage.
To provide a platform for
2. The students are to present their
students to express and
collage with dialogues by using role
present their work orally.
play.
3. The teacher detects the errors of the
dialogues presented by the students on
a general basis.

Application (6 minutes)

Group Activity

Rationale :
AVA: Creative &
To develop and enhance
Innovative
students creativity in
ICT Teaching Aid
presenting unique and
(CIITA)
innovative ideas.
(Appendix D ), A4
blank papers.

1. The teacher divides the students

into groups of 5.
2. The teacher shows a video clip
(CIITA) as an example or guide
as to what is expected from the
students in the activity.
3. The video clip will be featuring
all the punctuation and the ways
to use and apply it in our daily
lives with authentic situation.
( (Appendix D)
4. The teacher briefly explains and
gives instructions while the
students listen attentively.
5. Taking the video as a guide, the
students brainstorm and plan a
creative method to show the
application of punctuations in
their daily life. ( The expected
ideas : Song, Role playing,
Sketch)
6. The students will show their
completed work in the next class.

Evaluation (6 Minutes)

Individual Activity.

Rationale :

AVA : Worksheet

1. The
teacher
distributes
worksheets which contains simple
sentences and also two passages.

To evaluate formatively
in order to ensure that the
students have mastered
the lesson of the day.

( Appendix E )
2. The teacher asks the students to
identify and fill in the missing
punctuation correctly in the
worksheet provided.
3. The teacher facilitates the
students in completing their
formative exercises.

Closure (1 Minute)

Class Discussion

1. The teacher consolidates and

recaps the lesson of the day.
2. The teacher gives opportunity
to the students to ask any
questions on the lesson.