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Class
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Duration
Theme
Topic
Focused Skill
Integrated Skill
Learning Outcome
Curriculum Specification
Language Focus
Behavioural Objectives

: English
: Year 4 (Low Proficiency)
: 40 students
: One hour (60 minutes)
: World of Knowledge
: Malaysia, My Country (Unit 10)
: Speaking
: Reading
: 2.2 Ask questions politely to obtain information and clarification.
: 2.2.1 Ask Wh questions to seek information
: Grammar (WH Questions: Where, When, Who)
:

At the end of this lesson, pupils should be able to:

i.
practise and use Wh questions by matching questions with answers correctly.
ii.
answer Wh questions orally during the Poison Box game.
Previous Knowledge
Instructional Materials
Educational Emphases

: Pupils are familiar with wh sounds, which are taught in the previous topic.
: Map, three pictures on interesting places, flashcards, envelopes, box, LCD projector, blank A4 papers, glue
: CCTS: Matching
Moral Values: Love for country, Cooperation

STAGE/ TIME

CONTENT
Aural-Oral Activity:

TEACHING LEARNING ACTIVITIES

RATIONALE

REMARKS

Set Induction
(+ 5 minutes)

1. Where did you go for

1. Teacher shows a map and three

To arouse pupils interest

pictures on interesting places in

your holiday?

Malaysia. (refer to Appendix A)

2. Teacher talks about his holiday trip

2. When did you go?

3. Who went with you?

that he went to recently.

3. Teacher elicits responses

Materials:
(Appendix A)

questions.
5. Teacher reminds

daily

life

experience into lesson

To encourage pupils to
participate actively in the
discussion.

the

pupils

to

appreciate the beauty of our own

Todays Topic:

relate

from

pupils about their own holiday trips.

4. Teacher asks questions using Wh

Map, Pictures

To

To instill moral value

country.
6. Teacher tells to pupils about todays

Unit 10: Malaysia, My

Country

topic.
To lead pupils into todays
lesson

Presentation
(+ 20 minutes)

Materials:
A dialogue text
(Appendix B)

1.

Teacher pastes a text (refer to

To provide a clear view

2.

Appendix B) on the board.

Teacher tells pupils that the text is

for all pupils

about Upin and Ipin are talking

about their holiday trips recently

Stick puppets
(Appendix C)

3.

To provide a context for

the lesson

with their own family.

Teacher reads aloud the text using

To

stick puppets of Upin and Ipin. (refer

skill

develop

integrated

Flashcards with
4.
5.

descriptions
(Appendix D)

questions on the text and reminds

6.

pupils to love our own country.

Teacher then highlights the usage of

7.

Wh questions in the text.

The pupils read aloud the Wh

8.

questions.
Teacher pastes flashcards of wh-

Wh questions:
-

to Appendix C)
The pupils read after the teacher.
After reading, teacher asks some

Where (place)
When (time)
Who (people)

questions with its descriptions on

To

check

pupils

understanding
To integrate moral value
To bring pupils attention
into todays lesson
To apply pupils previous
knowledge in the lesson

the board. For example, where is

used for place, when is used for
time and who is used for people.
9.

(refer to Appendix D)
Teacher explains the usage of each

To

provide

clearer

explanation on the Wh
questions

Wh questions used in the text.

To prepare the pupils for
the practice stage

Practice
( + 20 minutes)

Materials:
Question

strips

in

Envelope A (refer to

1. Teacher divides the pupils into

To

pairs.
2. Teacher provides each pair with two

among pupils

instill

cooperation

Appendix E)

envelopes. Envelope A consists of

To let students practice

in

question strips (using Where, When

what they have learnt

Envelope B (refer to

and Who) meanwhile, Envelope B

during presentation stage

Appendix E)

contains

Paper (Appendix F)

questions in The Envelope A. (refer

Answer

Glue

strips

answer

strips

to

the

to Appendix E)
3. Teacher tells pupils that now, Upin
and Ipin would like to go for a
holiday together and asks the pupils
to match the question and answer

To develop CCTS

strips correctly by pasting them on a

paper given. (refer to Appendix F)
[The first question has been done
for the pupils]
4. After matching the questions with
the answers, teacher asks pupils to

To provide guidance for

the pupils
To develop speaking skill

practise speaking.
5. Then, teacher picks any pair of
pupils randomly to present their
work.
6. After few presentations from pupils,
teacher restates the use of Wh
questions.
To reinforce the usage of
Wh questions

Production
( + 10 minutes)

Materials:
Instructions

on

the

1. Teacher tells pupils that now, Upin

game

and Ipin have decided to go to

(Appendix G)

Malacca. In order for them to get

Questions

the ticket, they need to win in a

(Appendix H)

To

link

the

lesson

accordingly

game, called Poison Box.

2. Teacher asks pupils to help Upin
and

Ipin

to

get

ticket

by

participating in the game.

3. Then, teacher explains about the

To arouse pupils interest

in the game

game by pasting the instructions on

To

the board (refer to Appendix G) and

explanation on the game

provide

clearer

demonstrating on how to play.

4. After explaining to pupils, teacher
plays the music.
5. The pupils start to pass around the
box.
6. When the music stops, the pupil
who is holding the box at that time
needs to pick a number from the
box.
7. The pupil

tells

out

aloud

the

number.
8. Then, the teacher displays the
question according to the number
To reinforce what they

chosen

by

that

pupil.

(The

questions

learnt during presentation

and practice stage

are related to what they have learnt

earlier.) (refer to Appendix H)
9. The pupil needs to answer the
question in order to continue playing
in the game.
10. Teacher allows other pupils to help
in answering the questions as well.

Closure
( + 5 minutes)

1.

Aural-Oral Activity:
1. Can you tell me what
are

the

three

Wh-

questions that you have

2.

used

3.

4. Can you tell me

(refer

to

Appendix I) on the board.

At the side of the flashcards,

when and who.)

Teacher asks the pupils (the whole
class) to match the flashcards with

who is used for what?

4.
Materials:

taught

flashcards

taught earlier, which are where,

for

what?

WHERE

Wh questions:
-

Where (used to

refer to place)
When (used to

refer to time)
Who (used to

uses the wh-questions that are

3. Can you tell me

is

To recap the lesson

jumbled up. (The question strips

is used for what?

teamwork

among pupils

(refer to Appendix J) which are

2. Can you tell where

when

instill

Teacher pastes WHEN, WHO and

teacher pastes three question strips

learnt today?

To

the correct form of question.

Then, teacher asks the pupils about
what they have learnt in todays

refer to people)

Flashcards
Question strips

lesson.