KOLEJ MATRIKULASI JOHOR

THEME : ENVIRONMENT
TOPIC : DEFORESTRATION
WEEKLY LESSON PLAN (5 HOURS)
Learning outcomes:

At the end of the lesson, students will be able to :

i) state and justify opinions
ii) agree and/or disagree with other peoples opinions
iii) gather information from different resources
iv) write a report on deforestration
CCTS:
1. Rationalizing ideas
2. Exploring ideas
3. Evaluating information

Moral value(s):
1. Appreciating nature

Theme / Topic Tasks / Hour Procedures Skills and Sub-skills

Environment 1. State and justify Stating and justifying opinions. Listening

opinions orally 1. Video clip on Earth song by Michael Jackson is
Topic: played. 1.1 Listening for main ideas
Deforestration ( 1 hour ) 1.3 Listening for specific
2. Students fill in the blanks to complete the lyrics of information
the song while listening to the clip.

3. They are then divided into 5 groups.

4. Students are required to discuss the main idea of the

verse given.
 Theme / Topic Tasks / Hour Procedures Skills and Sub-skills

Environment 2. Gather information 5. Students are required to present the main ideas of the Speaking
from different song.
Topic: resources 2.5 Presenting factual
Deforestration information
(1 hours ) Gather information from different sources. 2.6 Stating and justifying
opinions
6. Students are to find more information on the topic 2.7 Expressing agreement
3. Debate from various sources such as newspapers, journals, and disagreement
periodicals, interview and others through library 2.8 Making suggestions and
( 1 hour ) research and field work (refer to Task Sheet). recommendations
2.9 Persuading
2.10 Speaking clearly and
4. Write a report on Debate confidently.
deforestration using appropriate
7. Video clip on an excerpt of Lord of the Ring is pronounciation,
( 2 hours ) shown (visual on deforestration) intonation, stress and
rhythm
8. Students answer the questions at the end of the clip.
Listening and Speaking
9. Students discuss the issue raised in the power point 3.1 Initiating conversation
(at the end of the clip) and discussion
3.2 Sustaining conversation
10. Students then, are divided into 2 groups: and discussion
government and opposition parties 3.5 Asking for and
responding to opinions
11. Students are given a motion (refer to Task Sheet) 3.9 Inviting others to speak
and to hold a big-group parliamentary style debate on and relinquishing ones turn
the issue by taking into consideration the points of using appropriate
view of 5 parties (local authority, developer, villagers, expressions, gestures
trees and animals) in arguing their case. and non-verbal
signals
 Theme / Topic Tasks / Hour Procedures Skills and Sub-skills

Environment **This is a very flexible debate aiming to encourage Reading & Writing
more students to take part in presenting opinion, 6.2 Assessing, collating,
Topic: arguing, refuting and supporting ideas impromptu organizing and presenting
Deforestration style. Lecturer acts as the chairperson and the information
moderator of the debate** 6.3 Paraphrasing
(refer to task sheet) 6.4 Synthesizing
information
Write a report on deforestration 6.6 Understanding thesis
statement
12. Students are divided into groups of 5. skimming and
scanning
13. Elicit from students the format and conventions of a developing thesis
report writing. statement
developing
14. Students are required to write a report on the topic paragraph
based on the information they gathered from their
presenting facts and
reading and interview by including the background of
opinions
the site, the causes and effects and provide suggestions
on how to solve the problem of deforestration in the
stated area.
15. They should also include the opinions of the people
they have interviewed.