NON-TEXTBOOK BASED LESSON

SUBJECT English
FORM 2 (Advanced learners)
DURATION 60 minutes
THEME People and Culture
TOPIC Time Management
FOCUS SKILL Speaking
LANGUAGE /
Modals
GRAMMAR FOCUS
2.4 communicate appropriately to a small group or large group
CONTENT STANDARD
on familiar topic
2.4.1 communicate opinions or feelings about a story, event or
LEARNING STANDARD
experience
By the end of the lesson, pupils will be able to:
LEARNING
2.4.1 by explaining on ways how their friend should spend
OBJECTIVES
their time in a day
CROSS CURRICULAR
ELEMENT
1. Jar of Life teacher shows the video or demonstrate in front
of the class
2. Teacher provides the materials (plastic or glass jar, big rocks,
pebbles, sand)
3. Ask for a volunteer among students to fill in the jar but the
big rocks must be put in last
ACTIVITIES
4. Expected result impossible to do because the big rocks
i. PRE-LESSON
need to be put in first in order to fill in everything else
5. Teacher explains : big rocks represent all the important things
in life, while the pebbles and sand represent all the less
important things in life
6. Lesson you have to know how to prioritize in life in order to
live fully
In groups of 4
1. Students discuss with group members and complete
handout 1 (Things To Do list)
2. Students exchange their list with other group
3. Students analyse their friends list and prepare a Time
ii. LESSON Budget
DEVELOPMEN 4. Each group present their Time Budget by explaining the
T rationale of choosing the activities in a day and persuading
their friend to follow their plan
5. The owner of the original list comments on the Time
Budget by sharing their feelings about it
6. Alternative: teacher prepares the Things To Do List in order
to save time
1. Each group pastes their Time Budget on the wall
iii. POST-LESSON 2. Gallery Walk students paste stickers on their favourite Time
budget
TEACHERS
REFLECTION
 THINGS TO DO LIST

Directions: In the left column, list down all the things you have to do each day and estimate
how much time each activity takes. Do the same thing in the right column for all the things
you want to do (watch TV, play video games, etc.).

DAY: Saturday

HAVE TO WANT TO
Get a good night sleep 6 hours Play video games 2 hours
 TIME BUDGET
Rules:
1. The budget has to include both "have-to's" and "want-to's"
2. Your budget has to add up to exactly 24 hours (one day)!
Your job is to "balance" the time budget!

HAVE-TO / DURATION IT
WANT-TO ACTIVITIES WILL IT TAKE IN
(circle) ONE DAY
H-T / W-T
H-T / W-T
H-T / W-T
H-T / W-T
H-T / W-T
H-T / W-T
H-T / W-T
H-T / W-T
H-T / W-T
H-T / W-T
H-T / W-T
H-T / W-T
H-T / W-T
H-T / W-T
H-T / W-T
H-T / W-T
H-T / W-T
H-T / W-T
H-T / W-T
H-T / W-T
H-T / W-T
H-T / W-T
H-T / W-T
H-T / W-T
H-T / W-T
TOTAL 24 HOURS
 NON-TEXTBOOK BASED LESSON

SUBJECT English
FORM 2 (Advanced learners)
DURATION 60 minutes
THEME People and Culture
TOPIC Time Management
FOCUS SKILL Writing
LANGUAGE /
GRAMMAR FOCUS
CONTENT STANDARD 4.2 communicate with appropriate language, form and style
4.2.3 Produce a plan or draft of two paragraphs or more and
LEARNING STANDARD modify this appropriately either in response to feedback or
independently
By the end of the lesson, pupils will be able to:
LEARNING OBJECTIVES 2.4.1 by giving two time management tips in response to a
problem
CROSS CURRICULAR
ELEMENT
1. Teacher initiates a discussion on normal problems faced by
students related to time management
ACTIVITIES
2. Students volunteers to share and list problems they are
iv. PRE-LESSON
having as a student on the board
3. Teacher shows a video on tips on how to manage time
1. Students are divided into groups of 4
2. Each group receive a short note/ message asking for
advice for different types of problems faced by student
(related to time management)
3. Students discuss in groups and come out with 2
suggestions to solve the problems
4. Students write a reply message to solve the problem on
v. LESSON mahjong paper by giving two advices
DEVELOPMENT 5. Each group takes turn to present their problem and
suggestions
6. Other groups are encouraged to question the
suggestions
7. Each group paste their mahjong papers on the wall
8. Other groups move around and correct grammatical
errors
9.
vi. POST-LESSON 1.
TEACHERS REFLECTION