CONTENT Type : Song Title : The Family Genre : Pop Ive got a mother, a father a sister and a brother

grandma and grandpa and we all love each other This is my, this is my This is my family Ive got a mother, a father and two brothers grandma and grandpa and we all love each other This is my, this is my This is my family Ive got an uncle named Jimmy and an aunt named Jane and a cousin named Jenny who flies on a plane Ive got a mother, a father a sister and a brother grandma and grandpa and we all love each other This is my, this is my This is my family Ive got an uncle named Ray and an aunt named Pat and a grandma named Ruby whos got 12 cats *This is my, this is my This is my family (5x)

ACTIVITY

Procedure :

1) Teacher asks pupils about their family such as grandparents, parents, siblings, aunt, uncle and cousins. 2) Divide pupils into groups of eight. 3) Paste the lyrics on chalkboard and show a video of The Family song. 4) Teacher sings aloud the song followed by students. 5) Teacher distributes figurines of family members on a manila card to every group. 6) Ask pupils to cut out the figurines of family members (father, mother, sister, brother, grandpa, grandma, uncle, aunt and cousin). 7) Each student takes one picture and tapes it at the bottom of ice-cream stick. 8) Pupils sing aloud together and raise the figurines puppets of family members according to what they sing. 9) Teacher tells how to treat family members nicely.

Based on the Malaysian Curriculum Specifications of English for Year 3, one of the most important aspects in the topic of People around me that a teacher should consider is integrations. The song entitled The Family Song allows a teacher to integrate daily life happenings with the pupils. The content of the song reveals the The world of self, family and friends which is one of the themes in the curriculum, allows the young learners to differentiate members by relating to their own family. By creating and using activity based on language arts skill which is preparing figurines puppets for 60 minutes, the creative sides of intermediate pupils can be identified and developed.

The words used in this song are very simple by using only simple words and simple sentences. It consists of one to three syllable words only which makes it easy to be understood. Being a pop genre song, it is written to be easily understood and enjoyed which tend to use high frequency lyrics that have emotional content as we can see in line and we love each other. Also, with the catchy melody, it helps pupils remember the words better and make them as strong candidates for word study or for reinforcing words already learned through written means. The word choices in the lyrics like mother, father, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, cousin, grandma and grandpa are used repetitively, allows the pupils to not only develop their pronunciation, but also their intrapersonal qualities. As they would know the people around them, like in the song which consists of the family tree, it helps them to realise the relationships among family members and coherently develops interpersonal traits. For instance, respect to the elders. By all means, this song allows the pupils intra and inters personal development contently. Besides, this song is rich of sources whereby pupils indirectly learn grammar on how to use articles a and an correctly such as a mother and an uncle. Besides, the repetition used will develop pupils must know vocabulary of noun as the song mentions about the family members that they are familiar with that able to attract pupils attention. Furthermore, another purpose of using this song in the primary school is, we can integrate the moral values in our lesson. From The family song, we can teach them to love and treat their family members well, as they are the people that will help when you are in needs.

The activity where pupils need to prepare figurines puppets and raise it while singing the song is not only develop their creativity but at the same time, it improves their speaking and listening skills. By doing it, their focusing skill could also be improved. Through arts and craft, pupils will indirectly be instilled with the spirit of cooperation which we can see when they work together with their group members that will enhance promote positive attitudes.