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Subject : English

Year : 4 / Advanced

Enrolment : 30

Date/Day : 18-03-2019 / Monday

Time : 30 minutes

Theme : World of Story

Topic : Unit 8 - The Prince and the Thieves

Focused skill : Reading

Integrated skill : Writing

Previous knowledge : Master in interactive reading

Content standard :

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.

Learning standard :

2.2.3 Able to read and demonstrate understanding of texts by:

(a) sequencing

Learning objective :

1. Able to read the story and arrange the list of events and picture allocated in correct
order on the task board provided.

2. Able to write an ending for the story in groups on the task board.

Learning contents : Vocabularies (palace, ruler, throne, loot, hypnotise,


befriend)
Educational Emphases :
Thinking skill - critical thinking in answering questions and creative thinking in writing
ending.

Constructivism - pupils construct their own understanding and learn new knowledge
through reflecting on their own experiences.

Moral value : Be brave to face challenges

Resources/Teaching Aids : task board, envelopes with 5 pictures and list of events in
random order

Stages Content Activities Remarks/Rationale


Preparation stage Pictures which shows to 1. Teacher paste 4 pictures Appendix 1
pupils: on the white board.
(Set induction)
2. Teacher asks the pupils
2 mins  Arouse their interest
to guess what they are
going to learn today.

Sample questions:

1. Pupils, can you name


these pictures?

2. Looking into these


four pictures, can you
guess what are we going
talk about today?

Imagination stage Vocabularies: 1. Teacher tell pupils that To prepare the pupils
they are going to read a for the next activity
(Pre-reading) palace
short story entitled “The and get them into the
7 mins  ruler Prince and the Thieves”. story.

throne 2. Teacher pre-teach some

loot difficult vocabularies in the


text.
hypnotise
3. Teacher writes the list of
befriend
vocabularies on the white
board and explain the
meaning.
5 pictures show to the
pupils: 4. Then, teacher shows 5
pictures of the story to the
Appendix 2
pupils.

5. Teacher asks pupils to


guess what is going to
happen in the story based
on the pictures shown.

Sample questions:

1. Looking at the title,


what do you think the
story will be?

2. What is the setting of


the story?

3. What characters will


be appear in the story?

4. What can you infer


from these pictures?

5. Looking at the next


photo, what do you think
will happen next?

Development 1. Pupils are given text of Appendix 3


phase the short story ‘The Prince
and the Thieves’ which do
(While-reading)
not have an ending.
12 mins 
2. Interactive reading is
being carry out between  To make reading
teacher and pupils. session more
3. Teacher will randomly interesting.
picks pupils to read aloud  Let pupils think
Sample questions: the story parts by parts and critically while
pause whenever necessary reading the story.
1. After the King died,
to ask questions.
why Prince Fariz wanted
to lock himself in the For example:
room?
Student A will read the first
2. After Prince Fariz paragraph, then teacher will
locked himself in the ask questions. Then,
room, what do you think student B will continues
will happen next? read the next paragraph
and teacher will ask
3. If you are in this kind
questions. This continues
of situation, what will you
until the last part of the
do? Will you be like
story.
Prince Fariz too?
4. Why did Prince Fariz
put on old clothes before
he went out?

Action phase Instruction: 1. Teacher gives instruction


Pupils, after you have to the pupils.
(Post-reading)
done reading the text,
2. Pupils are divided in
7 mins  please get yourself into
groups of 3.
group of 3, we are going
to create an ending for 3. Each groups are given a
task board and an envelope  Task board -
the story! Now, you will
with a list of events in a Appendix 4
get a task board, an
envelope with a list of random order and 5  List of events and
events in a random order pictures to allocate with the pictures -
and some pictures to specific sentences. Appendix 5
allocate with the specific 4. Pupils are required to
sentences. Then, discuss with group
discuss among your members and decide on the
group on the correct order and the ending of the
order of the story you story.
have read just now, and
5. Pupils paste their answer
write down an ending for
according to the
this story.
sequences.
Motivates pupils to
6. At the end of the task work collaboratively
board, there is an empty and think creatively.
column for pupils to write
their own ending for the
story.

7. After they have paste

Sample questions: their answer on the task


board and completed the
1. Pupils, I think all of
ending, every groups paste
you had done a very
their work (task board) on
good job in creating the
the wall and take turn to
ending for the story.
share their endings.
Among these endings,
which ending you like the 8. Teacher asks pupils to
most? Why? choose an ending which
they like the most.
2. Does the ending wrap
up the whole story 9. Teacher and pupils gives

creatively? feedback and comments.

Closure 1. Teacher wraps up the Let pupils learn to


class by asking the pupils think about the moral
2 mins 
“Do you think Fariz is brave value embedded in
to face challenges? Why do story rather than
you say so?”. teacher tells them.

2. Teacher emphasises on
the moral value.
Moral value:

Be brave to face
challenges

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