LESSON PLAN Subject Class/Year Date/Day Time Theme Topic Content Standards : English Language : 2A : 14.3.2013 (Thursday) : 7.

45 8.45 a.m. : World of Self, Family and Friends : Friends : 4.1 By the end of the 6-year primary schooling, pupils will be able to enjoy and appreciate rhymes, poems and songs, through performance. 4.3 by the end of 6-year primary schooling, pupils will be able to plan, organize and produce creative works for enjoyment. Learning Standards : 4.1.2 Able to sing action songs, recite jazz chants and poems with correct pronunciation, rhythm and intonation 4.3.2 Able to take part with guidance in a performance based on: a) Objectives action songs

: By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to: i) ii) sing the song with correct pronunciation follow the tempo of the song using instruments given iii) perform the song using instruments with correct rhythm

Vocabulary Moral values Teaching aids

: Friend, mine, shaking, hands, hips, stamping feet, clapping : Cooperation and friendship : Lyrics PowerPoint presentation, instruments (spoons, wooden spatulas, small plastic containers containing sand, brushes)

Thinking skill Multiple intelligences

: Expressing oneself creatively in simple language : Bodily kinesthetic, interpersonal

Stage/Time

Content 1. To arouse

Activities 1. Teacher says Hi and waves hands to the class 2. Teacher asks pupils to say Hi and wave their hands to the friends who sit on their left and right.

Resources

Set Induction (5 minutes)

pupils interest

Presentation

1. To present the action song (the tune of The Wheels on the Bus)

1. Teacher displays the lyrics of the song using LCD. 2. Teacher reads the lyrics line by line and pupils follow. 3. Teacher sings the song, accompanied by the minus one, line by line and pupils follow. 4. Teacher sings the song with actions and pupils follow

PowerPoint lyrics Minus one for the tune The wheels on the Bus

1. To practice Practice (20 minutes) the song using instruments given

1. Teacher divides the pupils into four groups. 2. Each member of the groups is given an instrument. 3. Teacher shows how to use the instruments with correct rhythm and tempo. 4. Teacher assigns a stanza for each group to practice. 5. Each group practices their parts using their instruments.

Instruments (spoons, wooden spatulas, small plastic containers containing sand, brushes)

Production (15 minutes)

1. To perform the song

1. Teacher randomly chooses a group to perform their parts of the song using their instruments. 2. Pupils sing the whole song with their respective instruments.

Closure (5 minutes)

1. To instill the moral values 2. To close the lesson

1. Teacher discusses values such as cooperation and friendship.

Justification The Friend of Mine song is chosen because it is suitable for Year 2 classes. The song can be categorized under the theme World of Knowledge on the topic Friends. The focused skill for the activity is Language Arts. Teacher could conduct this activity during 60minutes class. The song is suitable for the intermediate level of pupils proficiency since the lyrics is quite long for the group of Year 2 pupils with lower level of proficiency. The Friend of Mine song is chosen because it contains very simple vocabulary. Based on their level, words like friend, shaking, together and hands are suitable to be taught to them. These words are of one to three syllables only which suits their proficiency level. Besides, the song contains simple sentences, so that the pupils could easily understand the content. For example, the sentence Can you be a friend of mine is short, which suit their level. Apart from that, the lyrics contain repeated lines like a friend of mine, which is being repeated for four times in a stanza. Repetition helps them a lot in memorizing words. kbyueleven.org (2010), quoted the words by Perry (2004), repetition is the key to development of childs brain, which means it could help the pupils long-term memory. The Friend of Mine song is very interesting and enjoyable to be taught to the Year 2 pupils because it is a song that is using The Wheels on the Bus tune, which is quite familiar to them. When they sing the Friend of Mine song, they could easily follow the song and this could attract the pupils interests to sing together with their friends. Besides, the use of instruments like spoons and wooden spatulas to produce the rhythm for the song actually could give them opportunity to express themselves in music. According to Booth and Hachiya (2004), instruments could increase the expressivity of the human spirit to create, improvise and perform the music sounds. This means that the pupils are free to produce the music using instruments they have, but still with the teachers guidance. Then, pupils could develop their bodily-kinesthetic intelligence by doing the actions like shaking hands, shaking hips and stamping foot. Gardner (1983), quoted by Isbell and Raines (2013), described that bodily-kinesthetic is actually the ability to unite the body and mind in physical movement. Therefore, since this activity involves actions, the intelligence could be well developed.