Subject

Date/Day
Time
Class
No. of pupils
Level
Theme/Topic
Focused Skill
Integrated Skills

: English
: 22nd April 2013/Monday
: 9.10 am 10.10 am
: Year 5 UITM
: 33 pupils
: Average (urban context)
: World of knowledge (Unit 5: Bountiful Harvest)
: Writing
: Reading

Curriculum Specifications:
3.4.3 Read aloud poems and stories clearly and expressively
4.4.2 Construct simple sentences and compound sentences based on a given stimulus
Learning Objectives:
By the end of the lesson, pupils will be able to:
1. Read the dialogue of the story The Little Red Hen expressively.
2. Rearrange words to make a correct sentence.
3. Write a sentence with correct use of verb to be.
Content:
Grammar
CCTS

: Subject verb agreement, simple present tense

: Interpreting, reasoning

Previous Knowledge:
Pupils had learned about singular and plural forms as well as subject verb agreement.
Anticipated problem:
Some pupils are reluctant to learn.
Solution:
Give a task sheet that suits the pupils level.
Teaching aid:
A dialogue of Little Red Hen, a set of jumbled sentences in 11 envelopes, task sheets for
production
Stage/Time
SET
INDUCTION
(5 mins)

Content
Questions:
What does
bread
is
made of?
Flour, eggs
What does
flour
is
made of?
Wheat

Teaching-Learning Activity
1. Teacher shows a bread to
pupils.
2. Teacher asks question to
pupils.
3. Teacher shows a picture
of wheat.

Remarks
Teaching aid
A picture of
wheat
A bread
Rationale
To
attract
pupils attention

PRESENTATIO
N
(10 mins)

PRACTICE
(20 mins)

Language
content
Subject verb
agreement

Language
content
Subject verb
agreement

1. Teacher distributes a
dialogue to each pupil.
2. Teacher distributes stick
puppets of the characters
in the story to pupils.
3. The pupils read the lines
according to the puppets
they are holding.
4. After a pupil finishes
reading, they pass the
puppet to pupil beside
them. The next pupil will
read the lines.
5. Step 4 is repeated until
the dialogue ends.
6. Teacher differentiates two
sentences from the
dialogue.

1.
2.
3.
4.

PRODUCTION
(20 mins)

1.
2.

CLOSURE/
(5 minutes)

Question
What is the
moral value
from
this
story?

1.

Teaching aid
A dialogue of a
story The Little
Red Hen

Rationale
To
ensure
each
learner
particip
ates in
reading
To
demons
trate
the
correct
use of
is and
are
Teacher divides pupils into Teaching aid
groups of three.
Jumbled
Teacher distributes an
sentences
envelope to each group.
Pupils rearrange words in Rationale
the envelope to make a
To get learners
complete sentence.
to practice the
Pupils find a correct verb use of is and
to match the subject in the are as a group
sentence.
CCTS
Interpreting
Teacher distributes a task Teaching aid
sheet to each pupil.
A task sheet for
Learners construct five
learners
to
sentences based on the
work on
given subject.
Rationale
To
enable
learners
to
practice their
knowledge
individually
Teacher inculcates moral
Moral value
values to pupils.
Cooperation
CCTS
Reasoning
2

*I was teaching simple present tense. I made two columns, one was Singular (refer to the
subject) and the other one was plural. I conducted jumbled sentences. I made a template
for each words in the sentences, learners rearrange the words, glue the papers so that
the papers wont peeled off. Then, pupils paste the sentences in the correct column.
Get it? If dont get it, ask me how! hehe
Task sheet
Look at the words in the hen below. Write a sentence for each word in the hen. One sentence
has been done for you.

The hen
The cat

The farm

Example :
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

The chicks
The hen and
chicks
The bread

The hen is very hardworking.

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dialogue
3

THE LITTLE RED HEN

The little red hen lives in a farm with her six little chicks. She loves to go for a walk in her
farm. Then, she finds some wheat grains. She takes the wheat back to her home. The little red
hen meets her friends, duck, bird, cat and dog. She asks her friends.
Little red hen :

Who will help me plant this wheat?

Duck

Not I.

Bird

Not I.

Cat

Not I.

Dog

Not I.

Little red hen :

Then my six little

chicks and I will plant
the wheat.

After some time, the plant grows healthily. It has long stalks of wheat. The wheat is ripe and
ready to be harvested. The little red hen and her little chicks are very delight. She meets
her friends again.
Little red hen :

Who will help me harvest the wheat grain?

Duck

Not I.

Bird

Not I.

Cat

Not I.

Dog

Not I.

Little red hen :

Then my six little

chicks and I will
harvest the wheat
grain.

So, the little red hen and her six little chicks harvest the wheat grain. After that, they take the
grain to the miller. She grinds the wheat to flour. Little red hen and her chicks bring the flour to
their home. At home, the little red hen meets her friends.
Little red hen :

Who will help me

bake a bread?

Duck

Not I.

Bird

Not I.
4

Cat

Not I.

Dog

Not I.

Little red hen :

Then my six
chicks and I will bake
this bread.

So, the little red hen and her six little chicks bake the bread. After half an hour, the bread is
ready. Little red hen takes the bread to her friends.
Henny

Who will help me to

eat this bread?

Duck

I will.

Bird

I will.

Cat

I will.

Dog

I will.

Little red hen :

Oh no, you wont. My

six little chicks and I
have done all the work. So, we will eat the bread.

Duck, bird, cat and dog are ashamed of themselves. They are very sorry for not helping the little
red hen.

JUMBLED SENTENCES (I differentiate the colour of the verb and other words.)
5

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

The chicks help/helps their mother bake a bread.

The little red hen and her chicks live/lives in a farm.
Duck does/do not help little red hen.
Duck, bird, cat and dog want/wants to eat the bread.
Little red hen bake/bakes a delicious bread.