DAILY LESSON PLAN YEAR 6

SUBJECT English Language YEAR 6

DAY / DATE Monday, April 10, 2023 4
WEEK / LESSON 10
TIME DURATION 60 minutes
THEME World of Stories UNIT 1. It's an emergency!
FOKUS SKILLS Main : Speaking Complimentary : Writing
Main: 2.3 Communicate appropriately to a small or large group
CONTENT STANDARDS Complementary: 3.2 Understand a variety of linear and non-linear print and
digital texts by using appropriate reading strategies
Main: 2.3.1 Narrate short basic stories, events and experiences
LEARNING STANDARDS Complementary: 3.2.2 Understand specific information and details of simple
longer texts
By the end of the lesson, most of the pupils will be able:
LEARNING OBJECTIVES 1. Narrate short stories, events and experiences
2. Understand specific information and details of simple longer texts
Pupils can:
SUCCESS CRITERIA 1. Create and tell a short story to the class.
2. Match the actions to the correct activities.
LANGUAGE / GRAMMAR
Past simple & continuous for interrupted actions with when/while
FOCUS
Pre-lesson:-
1. Use the clock/clock face to show different times. Ask pupils to tell their partner what
they were doing at that time yesterday/on Saturday/etc. Monitor and remind pupils of the
use of past continuous if necessary.
Lesson development:-
2. Introduce the pupils to the dictionary in the Pupil’s Book.
3. Pupils listen Audio 1.3 and say (Activity 1). Pupils are introduced to the dialogue.
4. Pupils read and complete the text with when or while (Activity 2).
ACTIVITIES 5. Pupils match actions and activities (Activity 3).
6. Pupils work in pairs. They take one or two ideas from Activity 3 or from the unit as a
whole, or they use their own ideas to create a story. Pupils make detailed notes about
their story in pairs and practise telling their story. Remind pupils to use the target
language with when and/or while. (HOTS) (21st CA)
Post-lesson:-
7. Choose some pupils to tell their stories to the class. Have the class decide which story
is most exciting/interesting/frightening etc. If you have a large class or time is short,
pairs could tell their stories in larger groups. (CBA)
Academy Stars Year 6 Pupil’s Book: Page(s): 12
TEACHING AIDS
Exercise(s): 1–3
Values
21st CENTURY ACTIVITY Pair / Group Discussion CCE
(cooperation)
CLASSROOM BASED
HOTS Analysis ASSESSMENT (CBA)
Tell Stories

pupils able to achieve learning objectives and given enrichment exercise (s).
REFLECTION
 DAILY LESSON PLAN YEAR 6
SUBJECT English Language YEAR 6
DAY / DATE Tuesday, April 11, 2023 4
WEEK / LESSON 10
TIME 60 minutes
DURATION
THEME World of Stories UNIT 1. It's an emergency!
FOKUS SKILLS Main : Language Art Complimentary : Writing
Main: 5.3 Express an imaginative response to literary texts
CONTENT STANDARDS
Complementary: 2.1 Communicate simple information intelligibly
Main: 5.3.1 Respond imaginatively and intelligibly through creating simple
LEARNING STANDARDS stories and simple poems. Other imaginative responses as appropriate
Complementary: 2.1.5 Ask about and describe personality
By the end of the lesson, most of the pupils will be able:
3. Respond imaginatively and intelligibly through creating simple
LEARNING OBJECTIVES stories and simple poems
4. Ask about and describe personality.
Pupils can:
SUCCESS CRITERIA 1. Create their own name plate.
2. Describe personality using suitable statements.
LANGUAGE / GRAMMAR
Adjectives: describing personalities (e.g. cheerful, angelic)
FOCUS
Pre-lesson:-
1. Pupils recap the events from the poem.
Lesson development:-
1. Drill on the alliteration in the poem e.g. Mad Mickey, Fat Fred
2. Pupils brainstorm adjectives that start with the same letter as their first name e.g.
3. Angelic Adam, Funny Farah, Sleepy Sarah. (21st CA)
ACTIVITIES
4. Pupils take turns to talk about their names and adjectives. (HOTS)
5. Pupils chant their new names with actions. (CBA)
Post-lesson:-
6. Each pupil gets a race template. (See Appendix 1)
7. Pupils fill out the race template with adjectives using the first letter of their names.
8. In pairs, pupils do peer-assessment and count the stars collected.
Anthology of Poems for Year 4,5, and 6 Messing About by
TEACHING AIDS
Michael Rosen Page: 27
Values
21st CENTURY ACTIVITY Brainstorming CCE
(cooperation)
CLASSROOM BASED
HOTS Evaluation ASSESSMENT (CBA)
Observation

pupils able to achieve learning objectives and given enrichment exercise (s).
REFLECTION
 DAILY LESSON PLAN YEAR 6
SUBJECT English Language YEAR 6
DAY / DATE Wednesday, April 12, 2023 4
WEEK / LESSON 11
TIME 60 minutes
DURATION
THEME World of Stories UNIT 1. It's an emergency!
FOKUS SKILLS Main : Reading Complimentary : Writing
Main: 3.2 Understand a variety of linear and non-linear print and digital
texts by using appropriate reading strategies
CONTENT STANDARDS
Complementary: 4.3 Communicate with appropriate language form and style
for a range of purposes in print and digital media
Main: 3.2.2 Understand specific information and details of simple longer
texts
LEARNING STANDARDS
Complementary: 4.3.1 Use capital letters, full stops, commas in lists, question
marks and speech marks, appropriately at discourse level
By the end of the lesson, most of the pupils will be able:
1. Understand specific information and details of simple longer texts
LEARNING OBJECTIVES Use capital letters, full stops, commas in lists, question marks,
2. and speech marks appropriately at discourse level
Pupils can:
SUCCESS CRITERIA 1. Match the questions to the corresponding responses.
2. Write directed speech with the correct punctuations.
LANGUAGE / GRAMMAR
Direct speech, e.g. Lena said, ‘I was playing badminton at 5 o’clock.’
FOCUS
Pre-lesson:-
1. Elicit the topic of the text pupils read at the beginning of the unit. Read the sentences
you prepared and ask pupils to vote if they are true or false.
Lesson development:-
2. Pupils find and analyse direct speech in the text. (Activity 1)
3. Ask pupils to read the text in detail to find more examples of direct speech in the text.
Focus in particular on punctuation as well as use of direct speech.
4. In pairs, pupils ask each other some questions: What were you doing at 8 o’clock
ACTIVITIES yesterday evening? How did you feel? What else happened to you yesterday? Pupils
make notes about their partner’s answers. (21st CA)
5. Pupils report on one or two answers in their notebooks using direct speech, e.g. Hasan
said, ‘I was having dinner at 8 o’clock.’ Ask fast finishers to write more answers. (HOTS)
Alternatively, they could help you monitor their peers and check their punctuation.
6. Pupils read for detail to match the questions to the notes. (Activity 2)
Post-lesson:-
7. Finish the lesson with a quiz or reading race based on the text on p.9 of the Pupil’s
Book. (CBA)
Academy Stars Year 6 Pupil’s Book:
TEACHING AIDS Page(s): 9, 14, Exercise(s): 1–2
Values
21st CENTURY ACTIVITY Pair / Group Discussion CCE
(cooperation)
CLASSROOM BASED
HOTS Analysis ASSESSMENT (CBA)
Quiz

pupils able to achieve learning objectives and given enrichment exercise (s).
REFLECTION
 DAILY LESSON PLAN YEAR 6
SUBJECT English Language YEAR 6
DAY / DATE Thursday, April 13, 2023 4
WEEK / LESSON 12
TIME 60 minutes
DURATION
THEME World of Stories UNIT 1. It's an emergency!
FOKUS SKILLS Main : Writing Complimentary : Writing
Main: 4.2 Communicate basic information intelligibly for a range of
purposes in print and digital media
CONTENT STANDARDS
Complementary: 4.3 Communicate with appropriate language form and style
for a range of purposes in print and digital media
Main: 4.2.3 Narrate factual and imagined events and experiences
LEARNING STANDARDS Complementary: 4.3.3 Produce a plan or draft of two paragraphs or more for
a familiar topic and modify this appropriately in response to feedback
By the end of the lesson, most of the pupils will be able:
1. Narrate factual and imagined events and experiences
LEARNING OBJECTIVES 2. Produce a plan or draft of two paragraphs or more for a familiar topic and modify this
appropriately in response to
feedback
Pupils can:
SUCCESS CRITERIA 1. Write a newspaper article using the template given.
2. Produce and modify a plan or draft of two paragraphs or more in response to feedback.
LANGUAGE / GRAMMAR
Past simple & continuous for interrupted actions with when/while; Direct speech
FOCUS
Pre-lesson:-
Play a mime game to review the words in Working with words (Pupil’s Book, p.15).
Lesson development:-
1. Pupils read out the examples and explain that the -ing word refer to the things that refer that
feeling and the -ed word refers to the person and how they feel. Extend this
activity with more examples if relevant, such as bored/boring; shocked/shocking.
2. Give pupils the worksheet. First, ask pupils to highlight the headline and underline any
direct speech. (21st CA)
3. Next, pupils read the jumbled sections of the newspaper article and decide which
ACTIVITIES paragraph(s) are the introduction/main body/conclusion. (HOTS)
4. Pupils order the pictures to tell a story. (Workbook Activity 1, p.14) (CBA)
5. Pupils organise ideas into the main sections (introduction, main body, conclusion) in Acitivity 2
and 3 (workbook).
6. Pupils write a newspaper article. Remind pupils to include adjectives, direct speech and
interrupted actions. (Workbook Activity 4, p.15.)
Post-lesson:-
7. Have pupils choose an adjective from Step 2 to make a sentence about their newspaper story.
Remind pupils to bring their writing to the next lesson.
Academy Stars Year 6 Pupil’s Book: Page(s): 15 Exercise(s): 3 & Working with words Workbook: Pages:
TEACHING AIDS 14–15, Worksheet: A newspaper article (around 100 words) based on Activity 3 in Pupil’s Book, p.15
with a headline and including direct speech.
Values
21st CENTURY ACTIVITY Read and highlight CCE
(cooperation)
CLASSROOM BASED
HOTS Analysis ASSESSMENT (CBA)
Tell Stories

pupils able to achieve learning objectives and given enrichment exercise (s).
REFLECTION
 DAILY LESSON PLAN YEAR 6
SUBJECT English Language YEAR 6
DAY / DATE Friday, April 14, 2023 4
WEEK / LESSON 13
TIME 60 minutes
DURATION
THEME World of Stories UNIT 1. It's an emergency!
FOKUS SKILLS Main : Listening Complimentary : Writing
Main: 1.2 Understand meaning in a variety of familiar contexts
CONTENT STANDARDS
Complementary: 2.1 Communicate simple information intelligibly
Main: 1.2.2 Understand with little or no support specific informationand
LEARNING STANDARDS details of longer simple texts on a range of familiar
Complementary: 2.1.3 Explain and give reasons for simple advice
By the end of the lesson, most of the pupils will be able:
1. Understand with little or no support specific information and
LEARNING OBJECTIVES details of longer simple texts on a range of familiar topics
2.Explain and give reasons for simple advice
Pupils can:
SUCCESS CRITERIA 1. Display understanding of specific information and details of longer simple texts.
2. Give reasons for simple advice.
LANGUAGE / GRAMMAR
Should(n’t) for giving advice
FOCUS
Pre-lesson:-
1. Review homework by asking pupils to review each other’s writing using the questions
in Activity 5 on p.15 of the Workbook.
Lesson development:-
2. Warm-up activity - Pupils share their ideas for how to ask for help in an emergency.
3. Pupils read and analyse a short text to identify parts of a problem (Activity 1).
4. Pupils anticipate problems based on pictures to predict what they will hear (Activity 2).
5. Pupils listen for detail to see if they were correct in Step 4 (Activity 3). (HOTS)
ACTIVITIES 6. Pupils work in pairs. Set up this activity as a role play, where one pupil plays the part of Mike
Dobbs, and the other pupil gives him advice to solve the problem using expressions such as I think
you should(n’t)… because… Remind pupils to explain the reasons for the advice they give. The
advice should be based on what they hear in the listening activity. (Activity 4). Replay this if
necessary. (CCE: Values, helping others) (21st CA)
7. Ask some pupils to perform their role play to the class. (CBA)
Post-lesson:-
8. POST-LESSON TASK 7: READ YOUR FRIEND’S MIND - To reviews the content of the listening or
language for giving advice.
Academy Stars Year 6 Pupil’s Book: Page(s): 17, Exercise(s): 1–4
TEACHING AIDS Workbook: Pages: 15
Values
21st CENTURY ACTIVITY Think– Pair– Share CCE
(cooperation)
CLASSROOM BASED
HOTS Analysis ASSESSMENT (CBA)
Role Play

pupils able to achieve learning objectives and given enrichment exercise (s).
REFLECTION
 DAILY LESSON PLAN YEAR 6
SUBJECT English Language YEAR 6
DAY / DATE Monday, April 17, 2023 5
WEEK / LESSON 15
TIME 60 minutes
DURATION
THEME World of Stories UNIT 1. It's an emergency!
FOKUS SKILLS Main : Speaking Complimentary : Writing
Main: 2.3 Communicate appropriately to a small or large group
CONTENT STANDARDS
Complementary: 1.2 Understand meaning in a variety of familiar contexts
Main: 2.3.1 Narrate short basic stories, events and experiences
LEARNING STANDARDS
Complementary: 1.2.5 Understand more complex supported questions
By the end of the lesson, most of the pupils will be able:
LEARNING OBJECTIVES 1. Narrate short stories, events and experiences
Understand more complex supported questions
Pupils can:
SUCCESS CRITERIA 1. Create and tell a short story to the class.
2. Listen to the questions in the audio and number the corresponding responses.
LANGUAGE /
Reporting verbs (ways of speaking (e.g. whisper) & questions in the past (e.g. how did you feel?)
GRAMMAR FOCUS
Pre-lesson:-
1. PRE-LESSON TASK 5: SIT DOWN, STAND UP to review key vocabulary for
storytelling and reporting, such as -ed/-ing adjectives.
Lesson development:-
2. Pupils work with definitions and use the dictionary at the back of the book. Remind them to use
this dictionary when they need to, especially when they are reviewing the lessons at home.
3. Pupils match the sentences to pictures and then listen to check their answers. (Activities 1 & 2)
4. Pupils listen and decide how the speaker is speaking then practice speaking in different ways.
(Activities 3 & 4) (21st CA)
ACTIVITIES 5. Pupils listen to the reporter’s questions and choose the best answers. (Activity 5)
6. Pupils listen again to the questions. They write the questions they hear next to the
answers in the Pupil’s Book (Activity 5, p.16). (HOTS)
7. Pupils act out the emergency in small groups (Activity 6). Have them act as well as they can,
showing emotion and using different voices. Encourage creativity in this activity (CCE: Creativity &
Innovation). (CBA)
8. Depending on time available, have one or more groups perform to the class.
Post-lesson:-
9. Write a quote on the board from the story, using correct punctuation. Ask pupils to say
the spoken text in different voices (e.g. whisper, shout, etc.)
Academy Stars Year 6
TEACHING AIDS Pupil’s Book: Page(s): 16, Exercise(s): 1–6
Values
21st CENTURY ACTIVITY Think– Pair– Share CCE
(cooperation)
CLASSROOM BASED
HOTS Analysis ASSESSMENT (CBA)
Role Play
/ pupils able to achieve learning objectives and given enrichment exercise (s).
REFLECTION / pupils not able to achieve learning objectives and given remedial exercise(s).
Lesson is postponed due to : _____________________________________________