Subject: English Date: 2 August 2011 (Tuesday) Class: 4PD Time: 7.00am 7.

.40am (40minutes) Level: Low Intermediate to High Intermediate Number of Pupils: 35 Theme: Homonyms (Homophones & Homographs) Unit / Topic: Grammar Focus skill: Speaking and Listening Integrated skills: Writing Content: Sound System Previous knowledge: Students have adequate knowledge of vocabulary. Moral Values: Respect, co-operation Thinking skills: Rational Teaching aids: Handout (Word search puzzle) Learning outcomes: 2.0 Language for Informational Use: 2.1 Obtain information for different purposes by a. listening to spoken texts (sentences) 2.2 Process information by: a. skimming and scanning for specific words, information and ideas b. extracting main ideas and details d. getting the explicit and implicit meaning of the spoken texts

Curriculum specification: 2.1 (a) i. Listening to and understanding spoken texts. 2.2 (a, b, d) ii. Noting important details v. Taking notes of the text heard

Behaviour objectives: By the end of the lesson, students should be able to: i. explain what are homophones and homographs and give examples ii. know the different meanings of homophones and homographs iii. improve their pronunciation of the words STAGES TEACHING AND LEARNING PROCEDURE/ ACTIVITIES 1) Teacher greets the students. 2) Teacher recaps on previous grammar lesson, which is on consonant cluster and jazz chants. RATIONAL/ REMARKS

Set Induction (3 minutes)

Respect

Activity 1 (15 Minutes)

1) Teacher introduces the students to homophones (words with same pronunciation but have different meanings) 2) Teacher provides some examples of homophone. 3) Teacher distributes a handout (word search puzzle) to each student. 4) Students are provided with a list of words and they are assigned to search words in the puzzle with the same pronunciation. 5) Teacher allocates time for students to complete the task.

Rational and critical thinking, analyzing, synthesizing

6) Teacher discusses the answers with the students.

Activity 2 (20 Minutes)

1) Teacher moves to another grammar item: homographs (words with same spelling but have different meanings and pronunciations) 2) Teacher provides some examples of homograph. 3) Teacher asks students to take out a piece of paper and draw a table of 5x5 grids. 4) Teacher lists down some definitions of homographs on the whiteboard. 5) Students fill in their table with the definitions in random orders. 6) Teacher plays the game Bingo with the students. 7) Teacher says out a few words and read sentences in which the words are used. 8) Students listen to the words and sentences. 9) Students search for the correct definition of the words and cross out the definitions/boxes. 10) The first student who gets five boxes crossed out in a line calls out and wins the game. 11) Teacher discusses the other definitions and provides examples.

Listening skill, analyzing, synthesizing

Closure (2 Minutes)

Teacher recaps the lesson of the day.

Reflection

Place to save or borrow money

Instrument for moving air

Contest

Look at

Dogs cry

Opposite of right

Arranged in place

Timepiece

Keen follower

Noise

Command

Tiny stick for lighting fire

Edge of river

Shape

Past tense of leave

Outer layer of tree

Fall

Class in school

A dry, hot and sandy place

Documents with blanks to be filled up

Safe

Gentle

Run away

Short journey

Fit