RPH 1

YEAR 6: WORLD OF SELF, FAMILY AND FRIENDS - AT THE PLAYGROUND

Class: Year 6

Level: Elementary

Date: 22 September 2011

Time: 12.00 p.m. 1.00 p.m. (60 minutes)

Teaching Context: World of Self, Family and Friends

Topic: At the Playground
Learning Outcome: 4.3 Construct simple and compound sentences with guidance
Learning Objectives: By the end of this lesson, pupils in their respective levels will be able to:
1. identify and list action verbs shown in pictures.
2. write simple sentences to show what people in the pictures are doing.
3. combine simple sentences to form compound sentences.
Pedagogical Emphases: Multiple Intelligences, CCTS
Previous Knowledge: Pupils have been taught how to use conjunctions
Moral Values: Healthy lifestyle, cooperation
Teaching Materials: A kite, pictures in envelopes, a picture of children playing at a playground, mahjong paper, handout, picture
dictionaries,

Lesson Stages
Set

Content
Talking about flying a kite

Induction
(5 minutes)

Teachers Activities
1. Teacher shows a kite to the
class and asks a few,

Language skills:

questions pertaining to flying a

WH-questions

kite.

Pupils Activities
1. Pupils respond to the
Wh-questions.

Notes/Remarks
Multiple
Intelligences

Possible questions
1. What is this?
(This is a kite)
2. Do you like to fly a

2. Teacher introduces the topic of

the lesson activities at a
playground

kite?
(Yes / No)
3. Where can you fly a
kite?
(at the school field/at a
playground)
Pre writing

Activity 1 - Group work

Development

Vocabulary building

1. Teacher tells pupils to work in

1. Pupils form the

Brainstorming

(50 minutes)

Identifying action verbs in

groups of five.
2. Teacher distributes an

groups.
2. Pupils look at the

Dictionary skills

Lesson

pictures
(10 minutes)

envelope containing pictures

pictures given and

to each group. (refer to

identify the action

Appendix 1)
3. Teacher tells each group to

verbs depicted.
3. Pupils use

look at the pictures given and

dictionaries and list

to list the action verbs

the action verbs

depicted in the pictures.

4. Teacher informs the groups to

depicted in the
pictures.

use picture dictionaries to

help them complete the task.
5. Teacher instructs each group
to write the action verbs on a
piece of mahjong paper.
6. Teacher instructs each group

4. Pupils write the

answers on mahjong
paper.
5. The pupils display

Action verbs

Handout 1
Cut and put the pictures into envelopes

Handout 2
Task: Complete the table below. Use the verbs that you have listed. The first one has been done for you.
No.

Subject (S)

Verb (V)

1.

The lady

is jogging

2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.

Handout 3
Task: Write at least three sentences to describe the picture below.