LESSON PLAN

Subject : English
Class : Year 5
Enrollment : 35 pupils
Level : Intermediate
Date/Day : 6 July 2016
Time : 8.10 am – 8.40 am
Theme : World of Knowledge
Topic : Unit 9: Space Exploration
Focused Skill : Listening and Speaking
Integrated Skill : Reading, Writing

Content Standards Learning Standards

1.1 By the end of the 6-year primary schooling,
pupils will be able to pronounce words and speak
confidently with the correct stress, rhythm and
intonation.
1.3 By the end of the 6-year primary schooling,
pupils will be able to listen and respond
appropriately in formal and informal situations for
a variety of purposes.
1.1.2 Able to listen to and respond to a given
stimulus by using appropriate words, phrases
and expressions with the correct stress, rhythm
and intonation.
1.3.1 Able to listen to and demonstrate
understanding of oral texts by:
(b) giving main ideas
(c) giving supporting details

Lesson Objectives : By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
I. Identify the solar system according to the pictures shown.
II. Describe 3 out of 4 planets in our galaxy with appropriate adjectives.
III. Listen and respond to the questions asked by filling the blanks correctly.
Cross Curricular Elements :
I. Creativity and collaboration.

Educational Emphasis:
I. Multiple intelligences: Verbal-linguistic, Visual, Interpersonal
II. Thinking skills: Critical and creative thinking skills, describing pictures.
III. Moral value: cooperation

Language Content :

Vocabulary : Astronaut, earth, moon, stars, sun, planets, asteroids, comet

Teaching aids : Video, models of planets in 2D, black box, pictures and audio.
Anticipated problems : Pupils may not be able to create the correct words and phrases using adjectives.
Possible solutions : Teacher facilitates the pupils by speaking the examples of sentences to them.
Assessment : B6DL2E1 (Able to produce any creative works by listening to simple instruction.)
 Stage/Time Content Teaching-Learning Activity Rationale Remarks

Set Induction Video: 1. Teacher plays a video about the To get the students’ Video
(5 minutes) The introduction of space exploration by Malaysian attention to be
astronaut
Sheikh Muszafar Shukor, prepared for the
first Malaysian 2. Pupils try to capture the information lesson.
astronaut to outer space from the video.
giving the reports in the To introduce the
3. Teacher introduce the topic of the
space shuttle. topic of the day.
day.

Presentation Visual materials: 4. Teacher displays a box with black To familiarize the Black interior
(5 minutes) interior. pupils with the box, glow in
Space features glow in words that they are the dark
the dark items: 5. Teacher generates questions from
going to learn. items
moon, comets, the pupils based on the items
asteroids, planet, shown.
meteor To give them
6. Teacher explains some unfamiliar chance to speak
Adjectives: items to the pupils. . about the
small, irregular, huge, characteristics
beautiful, fiery, bright, 7. Pupils help to describe the
glowing, hot
characteristics of each items shown To elicit responses
using appropriate adjectives. from pupils and
check their
8. Teacher introduce the items while
understanding.
presenting appropriate adjectives.

9. Pupils follow teacher to describe the

items shown.

Practice Group work 10. Teacher divides the pupils into 5 To help transfer Audio
(5 minutes) groups. the ideas. (Example of
sentence
11. Teacher distributes picture of
different planets to each group. To prepare for the and phrases
role play activity. to use as
12. Each group were given a name from dialogue in
planets in the solar system. To enhance their role
Multiple intelligences 13. Pupils describe the planet given pupils’ listening play
CCTS with simple adjectives in a group. skill. activity)

14. Pupils follow the example shown by

To develop
the teacher using audio on how to
creativity.
describe the planets.

15. Teacher facilitates the lesson.

Production Thinking skills: 16. Teacher tells pupils that they are To check pupils’ Fill in the
(10 minutes) - Critical and creative going to present their description as understanding blank task
thinking skills a representative from the planet. during the lesson. sheet.
17. Teacher distributes a simple task
sheet to each group. To promote B6DL2E1
critical and
18. Each group takes turn to describe creative thinking
their planets through role play of
skills among
galactic space meeting.
pupils.
19. Every group needs to fill up the task
sheet with blank space to be filled To instill moral
with correct adjectives. values to pupils.
Moral Value:
20. Teacher reminds the pupils to listen
Teamwork carefully to the role play
presentation from each group.

21. Pupils role play is around 5 minutes

to describe the details of their
planets.

22. Teacher gives some time for each

group to describe the other groups'
planet in the task sheet given.

23. Teacher discusses the possible and

accurate answers for each question
in the task sheet.

Closure "What have you 24. Teacher recalls the lesson for today.
To consolidate
(5 minutes) learnt today?" what they have
25. Teacher asks pupils to identify the
learned.
solar system and characteristics of
the planets based on the role play.

26. Teacher asks the students to write

down the fill in the blank task sheet
with the answers in their exercise
book.