ENGLISH

YEAR 4
READING LESSON
Get Smart Plus 4 page 46
Modules 3 and 4
 METHOD

TARGET GROUP READERS'

THEATER
YEAR 4
PRIMARY
SCHOOL

STRATEGY

DIFFERENTIATED
LEARNING
 The Original Text from
Get Smart Plus 4 Page 46
 The Adapted Version , A1 Fiction
Read and act out The Wishing Fish story in your group.

Scene 1

Narrator : Once upon a time, there was a lazy boy, named Omar.
Omar : Hi, I’m Omar.
: I’m a lazy boy.
: I don’t like to work. Urrrrgh! I want to play. I want to
sleep.
Sheep : Mbeeeekk.. Mbeeeekk.
Omar : Aaaarrgh! Silent you stinky sheep. Wolf! Wolf! Please eat
my sheep.

Scene 2

Narrator :The next day, Omar went fishing by the lake.

Omar : I’m happy today. La la la la la
: I will catch a big fish. Yeeeehaaa!
Wishing fish : Aucchh! My pouty lips. Help!
Omar : What? You can talk?
Wishing fish : I’m a wishing fish. Please let me go. I will grant your wish.
Omar : Really? Hmm. Hmm. Then please make all my sheep
disappear and never come back forever!

Scene 3

Narrator : The wishing fish granted Omar’s wish. The weather was
scorching hot. The water dried up. The sheep were all
died.
Omar : La la la la (singing happily)
Omar : Mom, dad. Why are you sad?
Mother : Our sheep died.
Father : No more wool to sell.
Omar : What? This is all my fault! I’m sorry mom, dad. I
will fix our problem. I will catch the wishing fish
again. I promise you.
 Note : Pupils have read the story with teacher prior to the lesson.

PRETEST

Teacher recalls some words in the story The Wishing Fish like fishing rod, wool, pull and catch.

Teacher does quick choral and chain reading.

From the pretest, teacher identifies 3 types of pupils' abilities and their performa

SMART INTELLIGENT GENIUS

Respond clearly Respond creatively

Respond clearly to
to given tasks
given tasks with to given tasks.
most of the time.
ease.

Performance Performance Performance

Level Level Level
4 5 6
 Differentiated Learning

Genius

Smart Intelligent

Content Read chosen dialogues appropriately in respective groups and produce big
books.

Readers' Theater Readers' Theater Readers' Theater

Read at least 3 Read at least 3 simple Read at least 3
Process
simple dialogues and complex complex dialogues
with guidance dialogues independently and
independently. creatively.

-A graphic comic -A short story -A creative ending

Product -The Wishing Fish big book -The Wishing Fish big book -The Wishing Fish big
book

Setting In the classroom.

 Content Standard

3.2 Understand a variety of linear and non-linear print and digital texts
by using appropriate reading strategies

Learning Standard :

3.2.2 Understand specific information and details of simple texts of one or two paragraphs

Objectives

Genius

Smart Intelligent

Pupils read and
understand the story by
dramatising at least 3
simple lines in The
Wishing Fish story with
correct pronunciation,
with guidance.
Pupils read and understand the
story by dramatising at least 3
simple and complex lines in
The Wishing Fish story with
correct pronunciation and
expression independently.
Pupils read and understand the
story by dramatising at least 3
complex lines in The Wishing
Fish story with correct
pronunciation and expression
creatively and independently.
 The Process

-Pupils were put in groups with mix abilities.

-Each were given a script.
-The autonomy to decide the lines were fully given.
-Pupils rehearsed in their respective groups.
-Pupils performed readers' theater

SMART INTELLIGEN GENIUS

Scene 1 youtube linkT: https://youtu.be/VXIGIbmJWdI

Scene 2 youtube link : https://youtu.be/c-q_vBdZtBc

Pupils read and Scene
Pupils read and Pupils read and
understand the
3understand the :
youtube link understand the
https://youtu.be/8uiOXuH_lJo
dialogue and
dialogue and dialogue and
choose at least 3
choose at least 3 choose at least 3
simple or complex
simple lines. complex lines.
lines.

Pupils practice the

Pupils practice the Pupils practice the
lines with correct
lines with correct lines with correct
pronunciation and
pronunciation and pronunciation and
expression
expression with expression
independently and
guidance. independently.
creatively.

Pupils perform Pupils perform Pupils perform

readers' theater readers' theater readers' theater
 The Product

-Pupils remained in the same groups.

-Pupils were given a task, based on their abilities.
-Their tasks were combined to become their group Wishing Fish big
books.

SMART INTELLIGEN GENIUS

T

Graphic Short story

Creative
comic
ending
Pupils match and
Pupils identify the sequence the events
Pupils imagine and
correct dialogues to become a
create a creative
based on pictures meaningful short
ending for the story.
given. story.

-The Wishing Fish big -The Wishing Fish big -The Wishing Fish big
book book book
 SMART
GRAPHIC COMIC

Example 1
 SMART
GRAPHIC COMIC

Example 2
 INTELLIGENT

SHORT STORY

Example 1
INTELLIGENT

SHORT STORY

Example 2
 GENIUS

CREATIVE ENDING

Example 1
 GENIUS

CREATIVE ENDING

Example 2
GENIUS

CREATIVE ENDING

Example 2

Example 3
Group 1 Wishing Fish big book
Group 1 Wishing Fish big book
Group 2 Wishing Fish big book
Group 2 Wishing Fish big book
Write the correct dialogue based on the pictures.

Wishing fish, Help! It’s so We have I’m so I catch a

please make my hot. I need no more lazy wishing
sheep go away. some water. wool to today. fish? Great!
sell.
Match the story correctly and write it in the space provided.

Once, there was a He caught a wishing

lazy boy. fish.

One day, he went All the sheep died.

fishing.
The wishing fish No more wool to
asked to be free. sell.
His wish came true.
He was a shepherd.
His parents were
upset. The wishing fish
would grant his
wish.
Read and act out The Wishing Fish story in your group.
Scene 1

Narrator :Once upon a time, there was a lazy boy, named Omar.
Omar :Hi, I’m Omar. I’m a lazy boy. I don’t like to work. Urrrrgh. I
want to play. I want to sleep.
Sheep : Mbeeeekk.. Mbeeeekk.
Omar : Aaaarrgh! Silent you stinky sheep. Wolf! Wolf! Please eat
my sheep.

Scene 2

Narrator : The next day, Omar went fishing by the lake.

Omar : I’m happy today. La la la la la
I will catch a big fish. Yeeeehaaa!
Wishing Fish : Aucchh! My pouty lips. Help!

Omar : What? You can talk?

Wishing Fish : I’m a wishing fish. Please let me go. I will grant your wish.
Omar : Really? Hmm.Hmm. Then please make all my sheep
disappear and never come back forever!

Scene 3

Narrator : The wishing fish granted Omar’s wish. The weather was
scorching hot. The water dried up. The sheep were all died.
Omar : La la la la (singing happily)
Omar : Mom, dad. Why are you sad?
Mother : Our sheep died.
Father : No more wool to sell.
Omar : What? This is all my fault! I’m sorry mom, dad. I will fix our
problem. I will catch the wishing fish again. I promise you.
Predict the ending of the story. Write the dialogue below.

Scene 4

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