Date: Day: Subject: English Language Class: Year 3 Blue Level: Advanced Time: 30 minutes Theme: World of Knowledge

Topic: Animals Specifications: 1.4. 2 Listen to and follow simple instructions to do something or make something. 2.3.1 Responding to Wh questions. 4.7.2 Write simple descriptions with guidance. Learning outcomes: By the end of the lesson, the pupils should be able to: i) ii) discuss and talk about animals. construct 5 simple sentences about a cow.

Thinking skills: Making associations or connections. Elaborating.

Previous Knowledge: 1. Students have learnt about animals in Year 2. 2. Students have learnt the Simple Present Tense in their previous lessons. Moral values: Love and respect for animals. Teaching aids: Song chart, Worksheets, Picture of a cow,

Teaching and learning activitiy: STAGE/TIME PRE-WRITING ( 3 minutes) Rational To stimulate pupils interest towards the topic. ACTIVITIES/CONTENT 1. Sing a song related to animals. 2. Oral questions based on the song. PRESENTATION/AVA 1. Teacher displays the lyric of the song on the board Old MacDonald (Appendix 1). 2. Pupils sing the song. 3. Teacher asks Wh questions about the song. Questions 1. What animals are mentioned in the song? (duck, cow, dog, cat) 2. Where do you think these animals are? ( in the farm) 3. Which animal is the biggest/ smallest? WHILE WRITING STAGE 1 (7 minutes) 1. Group-work: Mindmapping a picture of a cow. 2. Discussion. 3. Read out the key words Rational To enable the pupils to work collaboratively relating to the picture. 1. Teacher instructs pupils to get into groups of 5. 2. Teacher distributes Worksheet ( 1 ) consisting of a picture of a cow to each group. 3. Pupils discussed the key words related to the picture Cow. E.g. big, long tail, four legs, tame, meat, milk, grass, farm. 4. Teacher calls out the group leaders at random to read out STAGE 2 (5 minutes) Rational To build pupils confidence to construct sentences. 1. Group work: Construct 5 simple sentences about the picture. the words. 1. Teacher distributes some newsprint papers and markers to the groups formed earlier. 2. In the same group, pupils are asked to construct 5 simple sentences based on the words

2. Read out the finished work.

that they have written earlier. 3. Teacher calls out the group leaders at random to read out the sentences that they have constructed. 1. Teacher distributes Worksheet (2) to each pupils. 2. Teacher instructs the pupils to write about 5 sentences about the picture individually. 4. Teacher facilitates pupils activity. 3. Pupils do peer checking. 1. Teacher wraps up the lesson in stressing the importance of taking good care and love the animals. 2. Pupils listen attentively to teachers explanation.

POST WRITING (10 minutes) Rational To evaluate pupils ability to construct sentences.

1. Individual Activity: Write 5 sentences about the picture. 2. Peer checking

Closure ( 5 minutes)

1. Whole Class Activity - Talk about the moral

Rational To enable the pupils to know the importance of taking care and love the animals. Extended Activity Rational To cultivate ICT skills among the pupils and to enhance their knowledge on animals. Teachers Reflection

values.

1. Whole Class Activity - Surf the internet to find out more about other animals.

1. Teacher asks the pupils to surf the internet to get more information on other animals to be shared with other pupils. 2. Pupils jot down the instructions in their notebook to do it as homework.

Appendix 1 Old MacDonald

Old MacDonald had a farm, ee-eye, ee-eye oh And on that farm he had a duck, ee-eye, ee-eye oh With a quack, quack here and a quack, quack there Here a quack, there a quack Everywhere a quack, quack Old MacDonald had a farm, ee-eye, ee-eye oh

Old MacDonald had a farm, ee-eye, ee-eye oh And on that farm he had a cow, ee-eye, ee-eye oh With a moo, moo here and a moo, moo there Here a moo, there a moo Everywhere a moo, moo Old MacDonald had a farm, ee-eye, ee-eye oh

Old MacDonald had a farm, ee-eye, ee-eye oh And on that farm he had a dog, ee-eye, ee-eye oh With a woof, woof here and a woof, woof there Here a woof, there a woof Everywhere a woof, woof Old MacDonald had a farm, ee-eye, ee-eye oh

Old MacDonald had a farm, ee-eye, ee-eye oh And on that farm he had a cat, ee-eye, ee-eye oh With an mew, mew here and a mew, mew there Here a mew, there a mew Everywhere a mew, mew Old MacDonald had a farm, ee-eye, ee-eye oh

Worksheet 1

Date:_________________

Group:_________________

List out the words related to the picture.

tame

Worksheet 2

Name:________________

Class: ________

Date:_________________

Write 5 sentences about the picture.

e.g. 1. This is a cow. 2. _______________________________________________ 3.________________________________________________ 4.________________________________________________ 5.________________________________________________ 6.________________________________________________

Reference: http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/kids/songs/oldmac.html