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Teaching Organiser Chapter 1
Teaching Organiser Chapter 1
Chapter 1
New Year New You
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Name of Teacher(s):
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EXPECTATIONS (content to be covered)
(questions/statements to be answered while and after lessons-similar to objectives)
1) Listen to a talk programme on New Year resolutions.
2) Speak about your New Year resolutions.
3) Read a brochure on New Year celebrations.
4) Create a poster on an event
5) Learn about common nouns, proper nouns and articles
6) Practice the sounds // & / a: /
7) Appreciate a poem
1) Inquiry-based Learning
2) Cooperative Learning
3) Pupil centeredness
CROSS-CURRICULAR ELEMENTS
1) Language
2) Values
3) Creativity & Innovation
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Listening and Speaking Duration: 1 hour
Content Standard(s): 1.1 Listen to and use correct pronunciation, stress, rhythm and intonation patterns to communicate
1.3 Listen to and respond critically to a wide range of spoken, audio and visual texts
1.4 Speak intelligibly, eloquently and appropriately for different purposes, audiences, contexts and cultures
Learning Standard(s): 1.1.1 Listen to, discriminate & pronounce accurately (i) long & short vowels
1.2.1 Listen to & respond to directions, instructions & procedures
1.3.1 Listen to spoken, audio and visual texts to: (i) retrieve main ideas (ii) retrieve supporting details
1.4.1 Express feelings and give simple descriptions of personal experiences orally
Activities:
1) Listen to a Morning Talk Programme and complete the tree map (individual)
2) Read the resolutions in the textbook and practice saying them aloud (individual)
3) Ask questions to their partners about their New Year Resolutions and write the resolutions in the tree map (pair)
4) Respond appropriately to questions asked by their friends about their New Year Resolutions (individual)
Formative Assessment:
Resources/teaching aids: Drawing paper, Water Colours, exercise books, whiteboard, marker pen Mahjong papers, English Form 1 textbook
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Reflection:
Learning Standard(s):
Activities:
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Formative Assessment:
Resources:
Reflection:
3.2 Produce a variety of texts for creative, personal, academic and functional purposes
Learning Standard(s):
3.2.2 Write for creative and personal expressions
(iii) posters and slogan
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Activities:
Formative Assessment:
Resources:
Reflection:
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Grammar Duration: 1 hour
Content Standard(s):
Learning Standard(s):
4.1.1 identify and use nouns appropriately according to context i) common noun ii) proper nouns iii) articles
4.1.4 Identify & use articles appropriately according to context: (i) indefinite articles a & an
Activities:
1) Identify Common Nouns and Proper Nouns from the wordlist given (individual)
2) List down other examples of Common Noun and Proper Noun and share with other pupils (pair)
3) Complete the exercise to differentiate between Definite and Indefinite article (pair)
4) Complete the dialogue with the correct article (individual)
Formative Assessment:
Grammar Quiz
Resources:
Reflection:
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ACTION-ORIENTED TASK(S) Duration: 3 hours
(These action-oriented tasks ensure that all the four language skills and the Grammar elements
taught are integrated to emulate real-life situations. These tasks and experiences will be the bridging that helps students to overcome challenges in real
life which require them to communicate in English.)
Content Standard(s):
1.4 Speak intelligibly, eloquently and appropriately for different purposes, audiences, contexts and cultures
4.2 Apply grammatical rules at word, phrase and sentence levels correctly and meaningfully
Learning Standard(s):
Activities:
Class is be divided into five groups and work on their roles (group work)
Produce a short sketch about various New Year celebrations to be presented to their friends from other classes
Assessment:
A short sketch
Resources:
Reflection:
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Literature in Action Duration: 1 hour
Content Standard(s):
5.1 Engage and respond to a variety of literary texts to express understanding of the broader world of ideas and concepts
5.2 Use a wide range of literary texts to convey views for different purposes & audiences & relate them to real life situations
Learning Standard(s):
5.1.2 Read and understand various literary work
5.1.3 Share personal responses of issues related to literary works and develop new ideas and solve problems
5.2.4 Share personal responses to literary works through performances
Activities:
Read the poem silently and recite with correct pronunciation and intonation (individual)
Act out the poem based from the line strips given (group work)
Formative Assessment:
Resources:
Reflection:
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