LESSON PLAN 8 Subject: English

Trainee: Duaa Topic or Theme: The needle tree (a story).

Abdelrahman

Class: 6 G 1 Date & Duration: 30/4/2020

Trainee Personal Goals

I am working on:

- Use simple language.

- Use clear voice.

-Make sure all students participate during the online session.

Lesson Focus

The main focus is listening and writing.

Lesson Outcomes

Students will be able to:

-Listen and understand the overall meaning of simple texts or stories.

-Identify the story elements (Characters, settings, plot, conflict, resolution and theme).

Links to Prior Learning

-Students are familiar with some of the story elements, such as the characters and the sittings.
-Students are able to discuss various topic using simple and present tenses.

21st Century Skills

-ICT literacy: Introduce learning to apply digital technologies effectively.
-Communication: students will communicate and discuss together and with the teacher.
Key vocabulary: Characters, settings, plot, conflict, resolution and theme

Possible problems for learners Solutions to possible problems

-Difficulties to understand and memorize -Use repetition strategy and provide examples.
the all elements.

Resources/equipment needed

PowerPoint, worksheet of story elements, pictures, laptops.

 TASKS/ACTIVITIES
Resources
Introduction
& Time
Students will: Teacher will:

3 minutes -Great the teacher -Great students

-Answer teachers' questions. -Ask the students oral questions
to introduce the topic of the
lesson (for example, what can
you see? Can you guess our
story title? What do you think
our story will be about?).
Resources
Main activities
& Time
Students will: Teacher will:
-Listen to the teacher explanation. -Explain the story elements (meaning
20 minutes -Listen to the story. with pictures).
-Answer the teacher questions. -Play the video of the story.
-Ask the students to watch and listen
carefully.
-Ask them questions related to the story
to check their understanding (for
example, what do you think will happen
next? Why the tree did this for the elder
brother? Was a happy end?).

Differentiation activities (Support): Use pictures, examples and definitions to explain the
elements of the story

Differentiation activities (Stretch): Ask them more critical thinking questions (for example,
what do you think will happen next? Why?).

Resources Plenary/Conclusion
 & Time
Students will Teacher will
7 minutes
-Work on the task individually. -Ask the students to do the worksheet
-Finish on time. of the story elements individually.
-Share their answers with the -Give them five minutes to finish.
teacher. -Discuss the answers with them.

Homework -
Assessment The last activity will be used to check their understanding of the meaning of
Strategies: the story elements.

☐ Observation ☐ Student self- ☐ Oral questioning ☐ Peer assessment

assessment

☐ Quiz ☐ Student presentation ☐ Written work ☐ Verbal feedback

and feedback

This is the link of the story

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c84RqJvVL8g

The pictures that I will present to introduce the topic of the lesson (the story).

The last activity of the story elements

Reflection:
This was my second experience in online teaching practice. I prepared a short story for grade six
students, which was "The Needle Tree". My objectives were to listen, understand the overall
meaning of simple texts or stories and to identify the story elements. I started the by presenting
some pictures to give the students an idea about the topic of the lesson. Then, I explained the
elements of the story using pictures, examples and definitions, which was one of my strength
points. Studies emphasized that visual aids are an effective tools, which can be used to attract
students' attention, engage them and enhance their comprehension (Jandhyala, 2017).

In addition, after allowing the students to watch and listen to the story, I asked them some
questions relevant to the story to check their understanding, which I believe it was another point
of my strengths. Because Moss (2019) clarified that asking questions is a powerful device that
teachers can use to assess their students' prior knowledge and understanding of the new
concepts. Moreover, I prepared a summative assessment based on my objectives, in which
students needed to understand the overall meaning of the story and its elements to be able to do
the final worksheet. Because I did not have the time to check all of students understanding
during the online class, I asked them to email me their worksheet, in which I grade them and
provide them with feedback.

Unfortunately, technology is something that cannot be trusted; I faced a problem with playing
the video. When the video started, students could not hear anything, which made me send the
link of the story to students and asked them to watch it by themselves and this wasted my time.
Therefore, in my future online lessons, I will make sure that everything is working such as, the
PowerPoint and the sound of the videos to save my lesson time on implementing something
useful.