Lesson plan for teaching Grammar

(For ELT in Primary Schools)

Class: Year 3 Alpha

Level: Average

Enrolment:

Date: 27 August 2013

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Time: 11.30- 12.30 pm

Teaching Context: World of Self, Family and Friends

Topic: Birthday Party! (Adjectives)
Specifications(s):
1.1.4 Able to talk about a stimulus with guidance
5.1.6 Able to use adjectives correctly and appropriately
a) colour
b) shape
c) size
d) opinion
Learning outcomes: At the end of this lesson, pupils in their respective levels should be
able to:
i) list at least 10 appropriate adjectives to describe things effectively
ii) describe the characteristics of things and objects using correct adjectives
iii) build at least 5 sentences with correct grammatical structure and semantic
Educational Emphases (EMK/CCE/EE): Thinking Skills, Mastery Learning, Values and
Citizenship, Multiple Intelligences, and Knowledge Acquisition.
Previous Knowledge: Pupils have experience on birthday party.
Moral values: Pupils will be able to know more about social events and appreciating other
people
Teaching Materials: Video on Birthday Party, 5 gift boxes containing --- chillies, pencil,
rock, flower, and leaves, marker pens.

Procedures:
Steps.

Content

Teaching /Learning Activities

Remarks

Phase Time
Set Induction

Singing-along

Teacher plays a Happy Birthday

-Teacher uses

song on a video.

song and video

Pupils listen and then sing together

as stimulus

with the teacher.

-Teacher creates

( 5 mins)

relaxed
environment
Presentation
Step 1:

Video

( 5 mins)

Teacher plays a video showing

-Mastery

Birthday Party scenario.

Learning

Step 2:

Highlighting

Teacher elicits briefly about the things

-Adjectives used

( 10 mins)

the things

featured in a birthday party (in the

must be clear

featured in the

video) which are:

and suitable for

video

Cakes, Presents, Friends, Games,

the pupils ability.

Costumes, Cone Hat, Food and

Snacks
Teacher explains that things can be
described using adjectives as in
colour, size, shape, flavour, taste
Teacher describes these nouns with
adjectives like :Delicious cakes
Practice

Group work.

Pupils are divided into 5 groups, each

-Teaching

( 15 mins)

Guessing

containing 5 members. Each group is

Materials

game.

going to pick a mystery gift box with

-Working in

contains mystery object.

group

E.g.: A gift box containing some

-Teacher act as

chillies.

facilitator and let

They are not going to reveal the

the pupils to

items inside to other groups.

decide on what

Teacher asks them to list down the

adjectives to be

adjectives that can be used to

used.

describe the object like red, hot,

-Guessing game

spicy.
Each group will go in front and say
out the adjectives of their mystery
object. Other member of the class will
try to guess the mystery object by
drawing the object on the board.
Production/

Music box

Teacher will get the pupils to be in a

-Teacher as

Evaluation

games.

big circle. Teacher will pass around a

facilitator

( 20 mins)

Forming

box containing strips of adjectives.

sentences

Music will be played as the pupils

pass it around. Music will be stopped
and the person who is holding the
box will have to open the strip.
He need to build a sentence using
the adjective picked.
E.g.: big
I want a big car for my birthday
present.
The sentence must be related to
birthday party.
Penalty will be given to those who
cannot construct a correct sentence
in a given time.

Closure

Summing up.

Teacher sums up the topic learnt.

-Enrichment

( 5 mins)

Worksheet

Teacher highlights on the moral

-Social events

values.

-Learn to

The teacher gives a worksheet

appreciate other

(Refer Appendix 1) for pupils

people

enrichment on the topic done

Appendix 1 : My Dream Birthday Present Outline

Ppppp

Pupils will draw their dream birthday present in this box.

Name of object:
Colour:
Shape:
Size:
Weight:
Height:
Material:
Best Features: