Name: Mr Timothy Ong

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Prepared for: Mrs Sharmiila Singh-

Lesson Plan on Reporting Verbs

Subject: English Language

Class: 106
Secondary 1 (Express)

Date: 4th April 2016

Monday (Odd Week)

Time: 12.40pm 1.40pm

(60 minutes)

Venue: Deyi Secondary School

(Classroom for 106)

No. of Periods for this lesson:

3 periods (20 minutes per period)

Class Size:
40

Learners Characteristics:
Mixed ability (Average to high ability learners)

Unit: Personal Recounts

Topic: Using Reporting Verbs effectively

Teaching Resources:
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Powerpoint slides on Reporting verbs

In-class worksheet on Reporting Verbs
(Hardcopy worksheet: 40 sheets)
Pictures/ comic strip frames depicting the use of reporting verbs
MCQ response cards

Prior Knowledge:
Students should already be able to:(1) Incorporate direct speech into their writing of personal recounts and/or narratives
Language skills or area:
Writing and representing [LO6]
Producing a variety of texts for creative, personal, academic and functional purposes,
using an appropriate register and tone
Specific Instructional Objectives:
By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:(1) State and explain the meaning of various reporting verbs
(2) Use reporting verbs to express meaning accurately through writing

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Lesson Phase and

Duration

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Procedures, Activities and Materials

In-class Procedures

Teaching strategies
and/or approaches

Pre-lesson
Buffer Time: 5 minutes

Students arrive from prior

Reinforcement of
classes and settle down for
routines. For students
the commencement of lesson. to be prepared.

1. Pre-activity
Total time: 15 minutes

Teacher to begin by eliciting

verbal responses from
students on last weeks
learning points.

[Recap of last weeks

learning points]

Expected responses:
Students to respond with
Oral communication- IBET
speaking framework (Paper 3
skills) and Summary writing
(Paper 2 skills)

Raising Awareness
(ACoLADE) To help
students make
connections to what
they already know

[Introduction for the

days lesson]

Teacher then contextualises

the days lesson focus to be
on Paper 1 writing skills,
specifically on reporting verbs
used in personal recounts/
narratives.

Contextualisation
(CLLIPS) - To motivate
learning and focus
students attention to
what is to be learned

[Pique interest in
reporting verbs
through exploring
singing verbs used in
pop/ jazz music]

Teacher to perform 2 or 3
songs for the class through
singing, to direct students
attention to the different ways
different artistes sing.
Students to answer 2 or 3
multiple choiced questions on
powerpoint slides using
flashcards. MCQ questions
are related to the appropriate
singing verb describing each
song/ artiste.
Expected responses
Q1: Belting (Adele)
Q2: Crooning (Michael Bubl)
Q3: Rapping (Wiz Khalifa)

Learner-centredness
(CLLIPS) To also
cater to students
learning needs and
interests

(Flashcards- 20 sets)

Guiding Discovery
(ACoLADE) Teacher
to facilitate discovery
of singing verbs
through MCQ exercise
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2. Main-activity
Total time: 30 minutes

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Teacher to bridge into this

segment by relating singing
verbs in performance to
reporting verbs used in
academic writing.

Instructing Explicitly
(ACoLADE)
Clarifying features of
language directly and
systematically

Teacher enlists help of

students to distribute the inclass Reporting Verbs
worksheet.

(Worksheet 40
sheets)

Teacher to ask students to

take out their cue cards with
assigned reporting verbs
(homework from previous
English lesson).
[Students to engage in
an oral presentation
on reporting verbs]

[For students to apply

learnt reporting verbs
to written practice]

Teacher to call upon 5 pairs of

students to present their
words and sentences. The
pairs of students are those
who have been assigned the
following words:
- Allege
- Bawl
- Harangue
- Snap
- Taunt

(Students completed
cue cards)

Process Orientation
and Structuring
Consolidation
(CLLIPS) To activate
students schema on
direct speech and to
scaffold students
acquisition of new
reporting verbs

Students to showcase their

cue cards and present their
findings verbally using the
class visualizer.

Learning- focused
Interaction (CLLIPS)
Incorporating student
participation and
cultivating language
communication

Teacher to discuss their

responses with the class.

Assessment for
Learning

Subsequently, teacher to
instruct students to attempt all
the Odd numbered
questions on their worksheet.
Teacher goes through Q1.

Achieves and fulfils

SIO 1

Enabling application
(ACoLADE)
Students may discuss their
Language is taught in
responses in pairs. Teacher to meaningful contexts
walk around to facilitate
and is honed through
students discussions,
the modelling of its
addressing any queries if any. use
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[Teacher to assess
students learning and
understanding of new
reporting verbs]

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Teacher to go through the

worksheet by calling on
students to read out their
answers accordingly.

Integrated approach
involving receptive and
productive skills

Teacher to ask probing

questions to check for
students understanding and
provide feedback on their
responses.

Reinforces SIO 1

Teacher to then assign the

even numbered questions
as homework.
3. Post-activity
Total time: 10 minutes

As a concluding activity,
teacher to showcase 2 comic
strip frames with blank
dialogue boxes.
3 reporting verbs will be
presented and students are to
use flashcards to select the
most appropriate reporting
verb to represent the frame.

[Written practice using

reporting verbs for
direct speech
(frequently used in
personal recounts/
narratives)]

Teacher to reveal the

corresponding reporting verb.
Students will then write down
a suitable utterance involving
direct speech and the
associated reporting verb.
Sample Student Response:
Picture of an adult scolding a
child.
Options: sigh, shout, snap
Correct reporting verb(s):
shout / snap

Enabling application
(ACoLADE) and
Spiral Progression
(CLLIPS) Writing
skills are hereby
revised and revisited
at increasing levels of
sophistication
Assessment for
Learning
Achieves and fulfils
SIO 2

Teacher to remind
class to complete the
even numbered
questions on the
worksheet as
homework.

Example sentence:
Youre grounded! Go to your
room now! snapped the
angry parent.

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Prepared for: Mrs Sharmiila Singh-