MICRO TEACHING – ‘SIX WEEK TAMBAH OPSYEN’ ENGLISH LANGUAGE COURSE

Lesson Plan
Class : 4C (Intermediate Class)
Date : 29 October 2009
Time : 9.00 - 10.00 a.m. (60 minutes)
Theme : World of Stories
Topic : Occupations
Language skill: Reading and writing
Language focus : Vocabulary: fishmonger, bread vendor, nurse, optician
and shopkeeper.
Curriculum Specification : 3.2.2 Read and learn the meanings of five key words
for each topic.
4.4.3 Complete simple instructions, texts, rhymes,
notices, recipes, stories with the missing word(s)(with
guidance given in the form of words and pictures).
4.6.1 Spell words that are given to be memorized
2.4.4 Recite simple poems and jazz chants with
expression and appropriate gestures.
Previous knowledge : a) Pupils know some of the name of the occupations.
- doctor, teacher, farmer and policeman.
Instructional materials : Pictures, task sheets, slides (power point)
Aim : a) Name the occupations.
b) Identify the meaning of the vocabulary.
Objective: By the end of this lesson, pupils should be able to:
a) name the occupations.
b) identify the nature of work of the occupations
c) transfer the main information to the grid provided.
d) get the answers for the riddles.
STAGES/TIME TEACHING LEARNING ACTIVITY RATIONALE

SET INDUCTION 1. Teacher shows pictures of people To arouse pupils’ interest.

and their occupations in slides.
(5 minutes)
2. Teacher asks questions. To activate pupils’
a. -Who are they? schemata
b. -What do they do?

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3. Pupils name the occupations and tell

their work.
-policeman and postman
- catch thieves and deliver
letters

4. Teacher reminds pupils do not do To inculcate moral value

things that against the law. of obey the law

5. Teacher tells pupils the topic for

today: To introduce topic for
- Occupations today

PRE-READING 1. Teacher distributes text 1(a) to the

pupils.
(15 minutes)
2. Teacher and pupils preview the text
together. To let pupils predict the
-Teacher asks questions to let the text.
pupils predict what is the text
about.

3. Pupils read silently text 1(a).

4. Teacher instructs pupils to underline

the unfamiliar words in the text 1(a)
while they are doing silent reading.

5. Teacher shows unfamiliar words

in slides, then elicits the meaning of
these words by using
pictures (slides).
-fishmonger, squid, prawn.

6. Teacher does shared reading by

asking WH-questions:
-Who is Mr Lee?
Mr Lee is a fishmonger. Help pupils to
-What does he sell?

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He sells fish, prawns, crabs and understand the text.

squids.

7. Teacher instructs pupils to underline

the main idea.

8. Teacher transfers the main To get main ideas from

information of the text into a grid
the text.
on the board.

Occupation Place of work Nature of work

fishmonger market sells fish,
squids, prawns
and crabs/fresh
produce

9. Teacher distributes text 1(b).

10. Teacher and pupils preview the text

together. To let pupils predict the
text.
11. Pupils read silently the text.

12. Teacher instructs pupils to underline

the unfamiliar words.

13. Teacher elicits unfamiliar words by To build pupils’

showing slides. .
- bread vendor vocabulary.
- customer

14. Teacher does shared reading of text

1(b) with pupils by asking WH-
questions.
- Who is Mr Ramasamy?
Mr Ramasamy is a bread vendor
- What does he do?
He sells bread and buns/products
from bakery.

15. Teacher instructs pupils to underline

the main idea.

16. Teacher distributes grid 1 to the To help pupils complete

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pupils. the grid.

17. Teacher and pupils transfer the

main idea into grid 2 together.

Occupation Place of work Nature of work

Bread vendor no specific place sells products
from the
bakery/bread
and buns.

18. Teacher recaps what have pupils

learnt.
-What is the text 1(a) and 1 (b) To let pupils revise what
about? have they learnt from text
1(a) and text 1 (b)

WHILE-READING 1. Teacher distributes

text 2.
(20 minutes)
2. Teacher and pupils To predict the text.
preview the text.
- Teacher asks questions based on
the text.
a)What is the text about?
- The text is about Mr Chen and
his children’s occupations.
b)Who is Mr Chen?
- Mr Chen is a shopkeeper.
c)What does he sell?
- He sells rice, flour, salt, sugar,
biscuits, tinned food, chocolate
and sweets/groceries.
.
3. Pupils read silently
text 2. To build vocabulary.

4. Teacher instructs
pupils to underline the unfamiliar
words.

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5. Teacher elicits the

key words by showing slides with
pictures and words.
-shopkeeper—sells rice, flour, salt,
sugar, biscuits, tinned food,
chocolate and sweets/groceries
-optician—tests eyesight
To get main idea for the
-nurse—takes care of the patients
occupations.
6. Teacher asks pupils
to underline the main idea from the
text.

7. Teacher distributes
grid 2 to the pupils.
To check their answers
8. Pupils get into pairs
and transfer the main ideas into grid
2.

9. Teacher discusses the

answers with pupils.

10. Teacher distributes

Task 1(comprehension questions) to
the pupils.

11. Teacher and pupils

go through the comprehension
questions by orally. To recap pupils what
have pupils learnt from
12. Pupils write the
answers in pairs. text 2.

13. Teacher discusses the

answers with pupils.

14. Teacher asks pupils

question.
- What is the text 2 about?

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POST-READING 1. Teacher forms pupils into group of

four.
(15 minutes)
2. Teacher distributes two riddles
(written in card) for each group.

3. Pupils discuss the answers among

their groups then read out the
statements to the others groups.

4. Pupils from the other groups guess to

To compete among the
get the answers.
group
5. Teacher shows a chant written on the
whiteboard.

6. Pupils read silently the chant.

7. Teacher instructs pupils to fill in the

blanks on the whiteboard.

8. Pupils read the chant after teacher.

To enable pupils to enjoy
9. Pupils and teacher chant the chant
together. themselves

CLOSURE 1. Teacher recaps the To recap what the pupils

lesson pupils have learnt.
(5 minutes) have learnt.
-What have you learnt today?

2. Pupils retell the

name of the occupation and their
works.

3. Pupils complete the

task 2 and are prepared for the
spelling words.
nurse, fishmonger, shopkeeper,
optician, and bread vendor. Preparing the pupils for
the next lesson.
4. Teacher reminds pupils ask the
occupation of their parents or
relatives.

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