LESSON PLAN

SUBJECT : ENGLISH
YEAR/FORM : 4
DURATION : 60 minutes
THEME : Science and Technology
TOPIC : Let’s Chat
FOCUS SKILLS: : Reading
L/S/R/W/LA/LiA
CONTENT STANDARD : Reading 3.1 Understand a variety of texts by using a
range of appropriate reading strategies to construct
meaning.
Speaking 2.1 Communicate information, ideas,
opinions and feelings intelligibly on familiar topics.
LEARNING STANDARD : Reading 3.1.1 Understand the main points in
extended texts on a wide range of familiar topics.
Speaking 2.1.4 Explain and justify own point of view.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES : By the end of the lesson, pupils will be able to:
1. understand information by looking for someone’s
opinion in four short texts.
2. explain and justify their answers and opinions.
CROSS CURRICULAR : Information and Communications Technology
ELEMENTS
ACTIVITIES : PRE-LESSON (10 : 1. Pupils are asked whether they know about social
minutes) networking sites.
2. Pupils are shown a few social networking
application icons such as Facebook, Twitter,
WhatsApp, etc.
3. Pupils refer to the icons and give their responses.
4. Pupils are then told that the icons are social
networking sites, SN sites.

DEVELOPMENT: LESSON (40 : Activity 1 (Jigsaw Reading)

minutes) 1. Pupils are divided into groups of four.
2. Every pupil is assigned as Alicia, Adrian, Rayyan or
Emma.
3. They have to form a new group according to their
assigned name. Those named Alicia will read text A,
Adrian: text B, Rayyan: text C and Emma: text D.
4. In their group, they read their assigned text silently
for 2 minutes and discuss the gist. [Differentiation by
support: by peer or teacher]
5. Pupils get back to their previous groups and share
their findings.
6. They are then given a set of 8 questions covering
three types of questions (questions of literal
comprehension, personal response and questions
 involving organisation or interpretation)
e.g : Why does Adrian’s friend stop using an SN site?
Whose opinion that you agree with and why?
Who likes and dislikes using SN sites?
[Differentiation : for fast finished group/s, they are
given extra 2 or 3 questions]
7. Pupils discuss and justify their answers. [FA :
talking chips]

Activity 2 (Gap Fill)

1. Still in groups, pupils are given a cloze text
whereby they have to complete it using the
highlighted words taken from the four reading texts.
2. Pupils are selected using Dojo application to share
their answers [FA : peer assessment/thumbs up,
thumbs down, thumbs sideways] which will be
confirmed by the teacher.

POST LESSON (10 minutes) : 1. Pupils are asked, “Would you like to use new and
unfamiliar SN sites?” (e.g blog, vlog and Wikipedia)
[FA : Traffic lights]
2. Pupils are selected at random using lollipop sticks
to explain their answers and opinions to the above
complex question.
TEACHER’S REFLECTION