Lesson Plan Module 3

Central Focus:
Subject:
The students will retell a folktale based on a video in order
ESL class-pull out
to enhance their listening and speaking abilities.
Essential Standard/Common Core Objective:
Essential Standard: English language learners
communicate for Social and Instructional
purposes within the school setting. Date submitted: N/A
With visual, graphic or interactive support, as Date taught: N/A
necessary, students can sequence pictures of
stories read aloud (e.g., beginning, middle, and
end).
Daily Lesson Objective:
Students will be able to use sequence words when retelling a story.
Students will be able to understand a story through images and videos.
21st Century Skills:
Vocabulary: one day, once upon a time, then, after, finally,
Communication: when sharing and retelling the
hollow gourd, clutched, spill, wisdom, wise.
story.
Prior Knowledge:
Sequence words

Activity Retelling a folktale

Focus or Retelling stories to improve listening and speaking skills.

Review

Teacher Input: Students listen to a folktale from Africa. if necessary, repeat the story to facilitate 10 m
comprehension.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zG9eknk6mqw
The teacher helps students understand the story by asking questions such as:
What is the title of the story?
What is the name of the main character?
Where does the story happen?
What is the problem of the story?
What was your favorite part of the story?

Guided The teacher displays a PTT presentation 10m.

Practice/Applic https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxdSKye9PI6VbHpNTi0tWlZPTjRwZDZVbUVIS
ation * mFxTS12Vmhj/view?usp=sharing.
The slides have some pictures and key words from the story that will help them
retell the main events. Students take turns to retell the folktale.

Teacher reviews this vocabulary for students to use it while retelling the story: one
day, once upon a time, then, after, finally, hollow gourd, clutched,
spill, wisdom, wise.
 Independent Students draw the ending of the story and decide if they want a happy or tragic 5 m.
Practice/Applic ending.
ation

Formative/Sum Students share their drawing and endings using the key words provided to retell. 5m.
mative
Assessment

Closure Students decide what ending was their favorite. 2m.