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Lesson plan: English

Lesson title Flooding Date 1st February [year]

Learner group [group name] 12 to 13-year-olds Duration 45 minutes Group size 24

Learning objectives 1. Identify the environmental factors that cause floods

What are learners expected to learn in this
2. Empathise with victims of floods
lesson? These should be specific and 3. Write an essay on “How can we minimise the damage caused by floods?”
able to be assessed.

Time Content and teacher activity Learner activity Formative assessment Learning materials and resources

How are you explaining and What are the learners doing to help How do you plan to assess learning What resources will you use that will
illustrating the topic? them understand the topic? as it is happening? support the teaching and learning
activities?

5 min Show an image of damage caused Contribute to discussion Q&A about the topic Image
by floods. Ask whether anyone has
personal experience of flooding.
Explain groupwork activity and
remind of ground rules
20 mins Circulate and support activity In 6 groups, take on a role and Circulate and check understanding, Textbooks, journals.
research floods using the textbook:- redirect as needed.
1. Flood victims
2. Emergency services
3. Media reporters
4. Hydrologists
5. Disaster prevention team
6. Citizens of the country
Find relevant information and
consider how you would respond to
the flood. Prepare a short oral
presentation.
15 min Watch presentations, noting down Give short oral presentations and
key points on board. take notes.

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Time Content and teacher activity Learner activity Formative assessment Learning materials and resources

5 min Quick summary and setting Listen and note homework

homework (writing an essay) assignment
Use as many rows in the table as applicable – add rows if necessary

How will you make the lesson inclusive of different individuals and groups in the class?

Group work in mixed-ability groups will support all learners. Higher attaining learners will give the presentations.

Lesson Evaluation
1. Review the learning objectives. Was each one achieved? How do you know?
All groups presented. Some gave more detail than others. All pupils were involved in the groupwork. Some learners were a bit slow in reading the textbook, so did not
get through as much as I’d hoped.
2. What would you do differently another time? Why?
Needed more time at the end to explain the essay. Some groups found the time constraints really challenging.

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