Teaching descriptive composition in 5 Bukhari

Dear all, am sharing this lesson plan that I carried out last week in 5 Bukhari. Do try it in your classroom and see how it goes. You know it would be nice to get some feedback on what challenges you face in carrying this out. It would be very professional teacher talk! Hope to hear from you :)

DAY/DATE	TUESDAY		17/1/2017
FORM	5 BUKHARI	TIME	2.30-4.00	NO. OF SS	20
THEME	People
TOPIC	Descriptive Composition
LEARNING OBJECTIVES	By the end of the lesson, you will be able to: 1. Describe a place using descriptive words in about 80 words.
SUCCESS CRITERIA	I will be successful if I can 1. Write a description of a place in 80 words in grammatically correct sentences.
TEACHING & LEARNING ACTIVITIES	1. Hi-5 warmer activity: T distributes a pink sheet of paper to each ss. 2. SS trace their left or right hand on the paper. 3. T sensitises SS with the five senses in writing a descriptive composition: sense of touch, sight, hearing, taste and smell and SS label them on the five fingers. 4. T writes a description of a room on whiteboard and get SS to identify words/phrases that depict the five senses. e.g. smell of urine, small and dark, loud opera music. Use red marker pen to circle the words/phrases. 5. SS individually choose from a choice of 9 topics and write a short description using the five senses. 6. Teacher evaluates SS work in the class period.
TEACHING AIDS/RESOURCES	Pink papers, Rahmah HS, English SPM Module, Nilam Publication
21ST CENTURY ELEMENTS	Collaboration / Creativity / PBL SS centeredness / Communication / Critical thinking / I-THiNK Maps Task-based /
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(What SS in Bukhari came out with)

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FORM 2 LESSON PLAN: Simple Present and Simple Past

Here's the Form 2 lesson plan for next week. We are going to revise simple present and simple past. From my experience is it always good to contrast the two tenses in one lesson so that SS see the difference. A little extra care is needed to explain irregular verbs though! Feel free to use and share. It would be nice to get some feedback with your classes too. Teaching is an art so don't worry about making mistakes! 

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DAY/DATE	SUNDAY		8/1/2017
FORM	2 KATHIR	TIME	11.00-12.30	NO. OF SS	26
THEME	Social Issues
TOPIC	Simple present and simple past
LEARNING STANDARD	By the end of the lesson, you will be able to: 1. revise the simple past tense and irregular verbs
LEARNING OBJECTIVES	I will be successful if I can 1. Listen to a song and complete the lyrics correctly 2. Provide the simple present of the simple past verbs in the song
SUCCESS CRITERIA	1. T writes some words from a song lyric on the whiteboard and get SS to guess what the song is about. 2. T distributes a handout with gapped lyrics (verbs) of the song 3. SS listen to the song twice and fill in gaps. 4. Teacher provides answers by listing the verbs on whiteboard 5. T calls individual SS to provide the simple present tense of the verbs e.g. “stood = stand” 6. SS change the present tense to the past (handout) 7. SS do reinforcement exercises on the simple past (handouts)
TEACHING &  LEARNING ACTIVITIES	Tape recorder, song by Celine Dion, handout with gapped lyrics, handout with irregular verbs, extra tasks
21ST CENTURY ELEMENTS	Collaboration / Creativity / PBL SS centeredness / Communication / Critical thinking / I-THiNK Maps Task-based /
SCHOOL-BASED ASSESSMENT	1 2 3 4 5 6
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MATERIALS
1. Simple present and simple past 




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RAP it! Active reading in the house

Next week am using the workbook that the panel has bought. I will be dealing with a reading passage adn have decided to employ one of the active reading strategies in the HEBAT module. In the HEBAT course, we were exposed to some ACTIVE reading strategies but some are suitable for whole chapters instead of passages. I discovered that the most suitable for a reading passage would be RAP. You may not use the same workbook but you can apply the same strategies. Feel free to use and share. 

DAY/DATE	SUNDAY		8/1/2017
FORM	5 BUKHARI	TIME	9.00-10.00	NO. OF SS	20
THEME	People
TOPIC	Reading Comprehension
LEARNING OBJECTIVES	By the end of the lesson, you will be able to: 1. Understand the gist of a reading passage on Randy Pausch
SUCCESS CRITERIA	I will be successful if I can 1. Provide correct answers to 4/5 open-ended questions based on the text 2. Provide 7/10 summary points based on two aspects given 3. Use the correct tense in writing my answers
TEACHING & LEARNING ACTIVITIES	1 SS do intensive reading of a passage on Randy Pausch, a famous motivator. 2. In pairs, SS use RAP (active reading strategy: READ, ASK QUESTIONS, PARAPHRASE) to show understanding of paragraphs assigned to them and complete a RAP sheet. 3 SS provide answers to open-ended questions using the correct tense. 4 SS locate summary points based on two aspects: dreams and setbacks and messages from Rand Pausch. 5 Feedback and discussion.
TEACHING AIDS/RESOURCES	Fokus KBAT SPM English 1119, Form 5, Sasbadi workbook, RAP sheet
21ST CENTURY ELEMENTS	Collaboration / Creativity / PBL SS centeredness / Communication / Critical thinking / I-THiNK Maps Task-based /
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MATERIALS

1. Lesson Plan, What is RAP 1,  What is RAP 2.....here 



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