Information for planning a Language Arts lesson

Use this information to plan a Language Arts lesson. Write your plan on the lesson plan
template provided by the Ministry of Education.

Theme: World of Self, Family and Friends

Topic: Poem: Messing About
Cross-curricular elements: Creativity and Innovation
Language/Grammar focus: Modal verbs for rules and obligations

Content Focus Learning

Standard Standard
Main skill Language Arts Language Arts
5.3 Plan, prepare and 5.3.1
Express an produce creative Respond imaginatively
imaginative response work with a focus and intelligibly through
to literary texts on language use creating simple stories
and simple poems

Other imaginative
responses as
appropriate

Complementary Speaking Speaking

skill 2.1 Find out simple 2.1.2
Communicate simple information from Ask about and express
information intelligibly others rules and obligations

Note: Language Arts lessons have Language Arts Content and Learning Standards as their main
focus. You can find all the Year 6 Content and Learning Standards in the DSKP curriculum document.

Refer to additional materials: Task sheet - Poem: Messing About Year 6 when planning
this Language Awareness lesson.