HERA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

WEEK 10
Teacher: Ms Tabassum Khan Grade/Subject: English Grade 3 Dates: 31st October to 4th November
Objectives for the week: Building communication and literacy skills as they read and listen to information about
deserts,desert animals and plants.
Refocus Standards: Grammar topics ( Comparative and superlative adjectives, Simple past was/were,regular and irregular
verbs, all,many, a few,a lot/lots –why/because)
Essential Questions: CCQ on the same topic

Instructional Resources: Assessment (s):

WHOLE GROUP INSTRUCTION

Opening/Mini Lesson Closing/Share Out
Day (Engage)
Lesson content
(Evaluation)
Mention the time With time for each point Book page numbers
 UNIT 3 – THE DESERT L-1
daySun What did you
learn in the
Warm up :
previous lesson?
2min
 Write DESERT on the board, Ask learners if they know what a desert
TB pg: 34,35
is. (Elicit ideas) AB pg: 28,29
 Desert – Dessert ( Desert- stress 1st Syllable, Dessert- stress 2nd
Syllable)
 Ask if there are deserts in their countries.
 Ask- Why are deserts special?

1. Talk about it -5 min

 LB-pg 34 Ask them to describe what they see in it. What sort of
animals and plants live there.
 Draw a Mind map- Record their ideas
 Critical Thinking: work with mind map to prompt and record
learners ideas. (It feels, You can see…., Desert animals)
 What would you like to know about the desert?
2. Listen

 What is the weather like in a desert?

 What is the land like in a desert?
 What is a cactus?
 What do the animals do when it is hot?
3. Let’s find out

 Display a map of word

 Ask them to locate each desert on the map.
( Atacama Desert- South America)
( Sahara Desert- Africa)
(Sonoran Desert- North America)
(Gobi Desert Asia)
4. Listen

 Read the questions- Discuss largest,tallest,wetter,colder)

 Questions on LB

5. Use of English

 Quantifiers – all,many,a few, a lot, lots of,

6. Word study
 Focus on the picture- Thermometer (Measures temperature in
Degree )
 Capital C for Celsius
 Listen to dialogues and record the temperature
 What’s the temperature? Is it hot/cool/cold/warm

Continue with the Activity book pg: 28,29

What did you learn in this lesson?

 UNIT 3 – THE DESERT L-2 Desert animals
Monday
Remind the TB pg: 36,37
Warmabout
information up : 2min
the desert . AB pg: 30,31
 Remind the class of the information about desert they read about in
L-1
 Ask- What animals they think live in the desert. Give some ideas and
encourage learners to describe possible for those animals to live in a
desert and give reasons. Eg: seal,cows,lizards,insects, polar bear.

What did you

1. Talk
learn in the
about it -5 min
previous lesson?  Ask – what they know about camels
 Show pictures of 2 species of camels that still exist.
 Name the parts of the animal
 Introduce the word hump
2. Read
 open page: 36 –Listen and
 read about camels.
 Play audio- ask what new information they have learned about
camels.
 Show pic of 2 species of camels and ask them to find out the
difference.
 Arabian camel – one hump Bactrian camel – two humps( central
Asia)
 Use of PRONOUNS (it/they)

3. Talk
 Read the instructions and ask questions .(work in pair/padlet)
 Why does a camel have? ….. a) long neck (b) wide round feet (c) long
eyelashes (d) hump (e) long legs (f) thick lips
4. Read
 Read about two other animals live in desert.
 Note style- compare
 Check that learners understand how big the given measurements
are. (look at them on the ruler)
 After they’re done reading- Draw a Venn diagram (compare and
contrast both animals)
 What information they should include in the common area of the
diagram.
Both: sleep underground during day
Do not drink water, get enough moisture from their food
5. Write
 Ask learners to choose one of the animals and answer the
questions using the information in Activity 4
 Model to learners how to turn notes back into full sentences. Eg:
re-insert name of animal or a pronoun. Include capital letter and
full stop. Point out the use of commas when making a list.
 Read questions and answer them.
Continue with Activity book pg: 30-31
What did you learn in this lesson?
Tuesday What did you TB pg: 38,39
UNIT
learn in the 3 – THE DESERT L-3 Desert plants
previous lesson? AB pg: 32,33
Warm up : 2min

 Ask what sort of plants do they find in a desert.

 Give some examples and encourage them to answer if its possible for
those plants live in the desert and why. Eg: roses, trees, fruit trees
1. Read
 Ask – If they have ever seen cactus and where. What do they look
like
 Focus on picture and read the labels . Ask them to describe the
cactus.
 Read the questions and ask them to predict the answers.
 Listen to the audio and follow the book
 Discuss – because, When we ask question with “why”
2. Use of English
 Focus on question and the adjectives
 Do the activity orally. Explain the spelling rules : Doubling of
consonant (biggest) changing y to i (driest)
3. Read and talk
 Ask – look at the picture and describe it.
 Look at the title of the poem. Ask them what they think the
relationship between the title and the picture.
 Read and listen to the poem
 Critical thinking: Discuss the meaning of the poem. The intention
and feeling of the poet. Discuss why the poet describes desert as
the place of danger. ASK: what might the danger be: in animals?
To humans? Ask them to find reasons for their answers in the text.

Continue with Activity book pg: 32,33

What did you learn in this lesson?

Wednesday UNIT 3 – THE DESERT L-4 Friendship TB pg: 40,41
What did you
learn in the AB pg: 34,35
Warm up :
previous lesson?
2min
 Ask the class who their best friend is. Ask them what they have in
common with their friend.
1. Read
 Focus on the picture. Describe it.
 Ask them to predict what it is about.
 Listen and read about the two children.
 Critical thinking: Remind the class that pictures and titles can help
them establish not only what a story is about but also what new
words mean.
2. Use of English
 Read VERBS on the list – find past simple of these verbs in story.
 Underline regular and irregular verbs in different colours

3. Talk and write

 Focus on the questions and ask them to ask the answers.
 Use QUESTION WORDS: What? Why? How and Where?
4. Values

 Read questions –Discuss questions-work in pair-

5. Word Study

 Focus on the words. Explain opposites.

 Read the story again and find the opposites
 Think of more opposites

Continue with Activity book pg: 34,35

What did you learn in this lesson?

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What did you

learn in the HOLIDAY
previous lesson?

What did you learn in this lesson?