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Subject: English
Year: 5 AL
Date: 6/8/2019
Time: 7:45-8:45 am
Enrolment: 41 pupils
Content Standard:
1.2 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.
Learning Standard:
Prior Knowledge: The pupils know the name of the country: Japan
Learning Objectives: By the end of the lesson, pupils will be able to:
Vocabularies: custom, kimono, obi, hakama, sashimi, dango, momo, yuzu, Takayama Matsuri, ume,
shibazakura, sakura, sapporo
Resources/ Teaching Aids: Laptop, video about “JAPAN- When tradition meets the future”, Powerpoint slide,
Tic Tac Toe table, A4 paper.
Stages/ Time Content Teaching and learning activity Resources Rationale
Induction Set Video 1. Teacher plays the video Material: To arouse
(+5 minutes) “JAPAN- “JAPAN-When tradition meets Laptop, video students’
When tradition the future”. interest to the
meets the 2. The pupils give attention to topic of the day.
future” some things in the video which
are the costumes, religion and
food.
3. Teacher shows different
pictures using Powerpoint
slides.
4. The pupils choose the correct
pictures about Japan.
Presentation Teaching 1. Teacher shows the pictures Material: To prepare the
(20 minutes) about Japan about costumes, customs, Powerpoint slide pupils about the
food, fruits, flowers, and information of
festivals in Japan. Japan
2. The pupils are introduced to
the words of costumes,
customs, food, fruits, flowers,
and festivals in Japan.
3. The pupils learn to speak with
the guidance of sentence
structure.
Practice Board game 1. The pupils are divided into 6 Materials: To practise in
(10 minutes) groups. Board game speaking about
2. Each group will be given a (Please refer to Japan
board game, an envelope with Appendix A),
a set of questions, and a dice. dice, envelope
3. The pupils need to pick a (a set of
question and answer the questions about
question by speaking to their Japan)
team members with correct
answer.
4. Their team members will
check the correctness.
5. If the answer is correct, the
pupils can throw a dice and
move forward.
6. The pupils that collect the
question papers the most will
be the winner.
Production Tic Tac Toe 1. The pupils are divided into Materials: Tic To give
(20 minutes) pairs (pupil A and pupil B). Tac Toe table opportunity for
the pupils to
2. Every pupil is given a ‘tic tac (Please refer to
participate in
toe’ table. Appendix B) conversation.
3. Pupils A will take a role to
question pupil B about 6
aspects of Japan (listed in ‘tic
tac toe’ table).
Example: Can you list out some
of the fruits in Japan?
4. Pupil B will answer in full
sentence.
Example: They are momo,
yuzu, and nashi.
5. If pupil B could answer with
correct sentences, pupil A will
put a ‘X’ as a sign that pupil A
has answered the question
correctly.
We call Japanese There are What is sashimi? What is dango? Japanese sits upright We call pink moss as
peach as_______. _______________ Sashimi is Dango is on a ___________. __________. (flowers)
(fruits) during Takayama ____________. ____________. (customs)
Matsuri. (festival). (textbook pg 94) (textbook page 94)
We call cherry We call plum blossoms The flowers in Japan The customs in Japan List the customs in List the fruits in Japan.
blossoms as ________. as _________. (flowers) are __________, are ___________, and Japan. They are _________,
(flowers) __________, and ____________. They are ________, _______, and_______.
________. and _________.
List the festivals in List the flowers in List the food in Japan. Name the traditional The food in Japan are Japanese ________ to
Japan. Japan. They are _____, costume of Japanese ________, and ______ one another.
They are ________, They are _________, and______. women. _________. (custom)
and _________. ________, and ______. It is called __________.
_________ is worn over There is We call Japanese pearl We call Japanese We call Japanese There are
a kimono. (Costumes) _____________ in as_______. (fruits) lemon as_______. peach as_______. _______________
Sapporo. (festival) (fruits) (fruits) during Takayama
Matsuri. (festival).
What is sashimi? What is dango? Japanese sits upright We call pink moss as We call cherry We call plum blossoms
Sashimi is Dango is on a ___________. __________. (flowers) blossoms as ________. as _________. (flowers)
____________. ____________. (customs) (flowers)
(textbook pg 94) (textbook page 94)
Name the traditional List the food in Japan. List the customs in List the fruits in Japan. List the festivals in List the flowers in
costume of Japanese They are _____, Japan. They are _________, Japan. Japan.
women. and______. They are ________, _______, and_______. They are ________, They are _________,
It is called __________. and _________. and _________. ________, and ______.
Appendix B