LESSON PLAN

Class: Year 2
Enrolment: 15 pupils
Level: Mixed ability class (below average and advanced)
Date/Day: 20 March 2012/ Tuesday
Time: 10.45 am-11.45 am
Theme: World of Knowledge
Topic: Do the right thing!
Focused skills: Listening and Speaking
Integrated skills: Reading and Language Art
Content Standard
1.1: By the end of the 6-year primary schooling, pupils will be
able to pronounce words and speak confidently with the
correct stress, rhythm and intonation.

1.2 : By the end of the 6-year primary schooling, pupils will be

able to listen and respond appropriately in formal and
informal situations for a variety of purposes
2.2: By the end of the 6-year primary schooling, pupils will be
able to demonstrate understanding of a variety of linear and non
linear texts in the form of print and non-print materials using a
range of strategies to construct meaning
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 the 6-year primary schooling, pupils will be
able to plan, organise ad produce creative works for enjoyment

Learning Standard
1.1.1 : Able to listen and respond to stimulus given with
guidance: rhythm and rhyme
1.1.3 : Able to listen to, say aloud and recite rhyme or sing
songs
1.1.4 : Able to talk about a stimulus with a guidance
1.2.2 : Able to participate in daily conservations : talk about
oneself
2.2.3 : Able to read and understand simple sentences in linear
and non linear text

4.1.2: Able to sing actions songs with correct pronunciation,

rhythm and intonation
4.3.2: Able to take part with guidance in a performance based
on action songs

Learning objectives: By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
v.

Answer simple Wh-Questions

Read the lyric with correct pronunciation and intonation
Sing the song and do the actions
Fill in the blanks correctly
Rearrange the lyrics into correct order

Educational emphasis:
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.

Multiple intelligence: Visual-spatial, Musical, Bodily-kinaesthetic

Knowledge acquisition
Moral values: Team work, helpful
Entrepreneurship: Activity (a song jumbled)

Language contents:
i.
ii.

Vocabulary (body parts) : teeth, hair, face

Sound system (new words) : warm, sunny, frosty

Teaching aids: Laptop, recorded music from the laptop, manila card, work sheets
Previous knowledge: Noun, Verb
Anticipated problem: Technical difficulties with the recorded music

Stage/Time

Content

Teaching-Learning Activity

Rationale

Remarks

Stage 1:
Pre (5 minutes)

Pictures of body

1. Teacher shows the

hygiene

pictures of body hygiene

Teacher asks some

and asks some questions

i.

ii.
questions about
hygiene
e.g.:
Do you take bath this

(refer to Appendix 1)
2. Pupils have to answer the

To introduce the

Pictures of

topic of the day

body

(body hygiene)
To arouse pupils

hygiene

interest by asking

questions based on their

questions based on

general knowledge

body hygiene that

morning?
How many times do
iii.

they already know

To check pupils

you brush your teeth

knowledge about
in a day?
How do you scrub
Stage 2:
While (30

your body?
Listening to the song

body hygiene
1. Teacher pastes the lyric of

i.

To introduce the

Recorded

the song on the board and

song (This is the

distributes the lyric

ii.

way)
To enhance pupils

music
A laptop
Work sheet
- Fill in the

iii.

reading skill
To promote critical

minutes)
passage to each pupil
(refer to Appendix 2)
2. Pupils need to read aloud

and creative
the lyric together with the
thinking skills
teacher

blanks

3. Pupils can ask the

among pupils. They

meaning of the unfamiliar

are making

words. Teacher explains

associations to sing

the meaning.
4. Teacher plays the
recorded music and sings

the song and fill in

iv.

the song with actions.

Pupils listen to the singing.
5. Teacher asks pupils to sing

the blanks
To discuss correct
meaning of the

v.

along with the teacher

6. Teacher distributes work

unfamiliar words
To provide correct
answers to the
pupils and develop

sheet to pupils (refer to

their confidence by
Appendix 3)
7. Pupils sing the song twice.

giving opportunities

Pupils have to fill in the

for them to do peer

blanks after sing the song

correction.
To make it easy for

vi.
for the second time
8. Teacher asks pupils to do

the teacher to

peer correction. Teacher

conduct the activity

discusses the answer

(a song jumble)

Stage 3:
Post
(20 minutes)

Activity: A song jumble

1. Teacher divides the pupils

i. Cut out the lyrics

into four groups

2. Teacher distributes an

into separate lines

ii. Rearrange the lyrics

i.

To cater for mixed

ability class

jumbled

envelope to each group

3. In the envelope, there are

ii.

into correct order

(activity)
To ensure that
pupils can

separate lines of lyrics

based on picture

sequence the lyrics

(refer to Appendix 4)
4. Pupils need to rearrange
iii.

into correct order

To check on pupils

the lyrics of the song into

ability read the lyrics
correct order
5. The fastest group that can
iv.

fluently
To facilitate pupils

complete the task is the

understanding of
winner
6. Teacher once pastes the
v.

the lyrics
To create fun

lyric on the board to

elements in the
discuss the answer with
lesson
Closure
(5 minutes)

What did you learn

today?
Can you tell me the
body hygiene you

pupils
1. Teacher asks questions

Sequencing
(a song

i.

To consolidate what

regarding the lesson

they have learnt
a. Body hygiene
ii. To create the fun element at
b. Vocabulary
2. Teacher asks pupils to sing
the end of the activity

envelope)

have learnt?

the song again

http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/songs/the-way