Subject: English Language

Class: Year 4

Level: Moderate

Date: 17/08/2015

Time: 1 hour

Enrolment: 17/17

Theme: World of Knowledge

Topic: The Insect Investigators
Focused skill: Writing
Integrated skill: Reading
Content Standard:
2.3

By the end of the 6-year primary schooling, pupils will be able to read independently for information and enjoyment

3.2

By the end of the 6-year primary schooling, pupils will be able to write using appropriate language, form and style for a range of
purposes.

Learning Standard:
2.3.1

Able to read for information and enjoyment with guidance:

(a) fiction

3.2.1

Able to transfer information with guidance to complete:

(a) linear texts
(b) non-linear texts

Able to write with guidance

Learning objectives: By the end of the lesson 80% of the pupils will be able to:
1. Read with correct pronunciation and stress.
2. Answer by writing 5 out of 7 questions correctly.
Educational Emphases: Thinking skills
Previous Knowledge: Pupils have learnt about the name of the insects.
Moral Values: Obedience, cooperation, helpfulness.

Teaching Materials:

1.

Video

2.

PowerPoint

3.

Worksheets

Steps / Phase
Time

Content

Teaching Learning Activities

Set Induction

Vocabulary in the song

1. Teachers play the videos of the insects.

(+ 5 mins)

Head

2. Teacher asks a few questions about the insects.

Thorax

3. Pupils respond to the teacher

Remarks

Video

Abdomen
Antennae

Presentation
(+ 15 mins)

Insects
-

1. Teacher shows the PowerPoint.

All insects have six legs
Skeleton outside of the body
Three body parts
Eat plants, fruits, others

2. Teacher reads the slides.

3. Teacher explains about the characteristics of the
insects.
4. Teacher reads the texts.
5. Pupils follow after the teacher.

PowerPoint

Practice

1.

Teacher

asks

the

pupils

to

read

(+ 15 mins)

characteristics of the insects by themselves.

the

2. Teacher asks the boys to read the text.

3. Teacher asks the girls to read the text.
.

Production

Answer the questions below.

1. Teacher distributes the worksheet to each of the

(+ 20 mins)

How many legs do the insects have?

pupils.

_______________________________

2. Teacher explains the instruction to the pupils.

How many body parts do the insects have?

3. Pupils answer the worksheet.

_______________________________

4. Teacher discusses the answers together with the

teacher.

Closure
(+ 5 mins)

Characteristics of insects
-

All insects have six legs

Skeleton outside of the body
Three body parts
Eat plants, fruits, others.

1. Teacher recalls about the characteristics of the

insects.
2. Teacher instils the moral value.
2. Teacher asks the each pupil to find one insects
and state their characteristics.

Worksheet

Reflection: