Student-Teacher: Latefa Waheeb Ali

Date: 09.03.16

Primary EPC 2401 Lesson Planning Template Year 2, Sem

2
Grade Level: Year 3
Subject: Literacy
Learning Outcome/Objectives:
To plan an informal letter.
Resources

PowerPoint
Letter template
Letter writing checklist
Blue literacy book

Preparation
Prepare the PowerPoint.
Make sure that children are ready to start the
lesson.
Key vocabulary
Formal, informal, letters, paragraphs,
introduction/conclusion.

Time:15 20 minWhole

Opening

Review emotion word sentences and 2A sentences.

Ask children to generate good feelings and bad feelings.

(Move from the mat to the tables)

Ask children to work with a partner and take it in turns to say an emotion word sentences.
Ask children to work with a partner and take it in turns to say a 2A sentences.
Write on the white board the words that children said/suggested, as they are going to use it later during
activity time.

Remind the children about the lesson where Howard Carter was in the Hot Seat and what we learned
about him.
Make a list on the white board for some information that children said about H. Carter.

(Get back to the mat)

Give students some examples of the informal letter.
Introduce children to the planning sheet of the informal letter on the IWB.
Discuss with the children how they might fill in.
Model filling in details for the children.

Time: 5 minWhole

Time:35 40 minSmall

(Get to their
groups
and start working)
Independent
guided
activity
LA: letter template 1
Children will complete the letter template, with teacher support.
Independent activity

MA: letter template 2

Children will complete the letter template, and they could write a list of adjectives and vocabularies they
will use it in their letter.
Independent activity

HA: letter template 2

Children will complete the letter template, and they should write a list of adjectives and vocabularies
they will use it in the letter.

Closing

Children who didnt complete their work, will complete it later.

Have children to self-assess their plans by giving them a checklist.

Assessment
Make sure they can include paragraphs.
Make sure that children are able to use emotions and 2A sentences in their work.

Reflection:
What went well, is the children could identify the elements of the informal letter, they understand what is the emotional
words and 2A sentences are. The instructions for the first activity was clear, since the children understood what to do,
and some of them wrote lots of the 2A sentences, but I dont think they understood the emotional word sentences, only
one child gave me a sentence for it. For the second activity, I re-told the instruction since I said the wrong one at the
beginning, but that didnt affect too much, as the children were able to complete their informal letter template.
It would be better if I modeled for the children, what they can write in their informal letter, so they would carry on with
the activity without asking so many questions. So, next time I will model the writing for the children and give more
examples as many as the children will understand.
What did the children learn? How do I know this?
The children learnt the types of the informal letter, and the elements that a letter should include.
I knew it when they referred the types of the letter to the guided reading session, which I have done with them in the
past week, and they could fill up the template with the necessary information in its right place.