LESSON PLAN

Class: 4 Jabar
Date: 03/10/2017
Time: 7.30 am 9.00 am
Theme: Literature
Topic: Leaving by M.G. Vassanji (short stiry
Skills: 3.1 Listen to, read, view and respond to literary works by:
a. understanding and telling in ones own words the story and poem heard and read, and
giving ones own opinion of the text;

Level 2 viii. Talking about values in the text and whether they are meaningful to ones
life and writing out a simple paragraph on this.

Learning Outcomes: By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:-
i. Match the moral values with the explanation based on the short story.
ii. Write about the most important moral value they have learnt from the
short story.

Materials: Crossword puzzle, anchor chart, a set of moral values with its explanation,
Worksheet 1.

Moral Values: Ambitious

Procedures:
Stages Teaching and Learning Activities Teaching Aids
Set induction 1. Teacher distributes a crossword puzzle to each - Crossword puzzle
5 minutes student.
2. Teacher instructs the students to complete the
crossword puzzle.
3. Teacher discusses the answers with the
students.
Explanation 4. Teacher explains about one of the literature - A set of moral
20 minutes components which are moral values to the values and the
 students. explanations
5. Teacher distributes a piece of paper which
contains an excerpt from the short story and
the moral values to each student.
6. Teacher instructs the students to find their pair
based on the excerpt and the moral value.
7. Teacher instructs the students to paste it on
the whiteboard.
Practice 8. Teacher distributes Worksheet 1 to the - Worksheet 1
30 minutes students.
9. Teacher explains on the template in
Worksheet 1.
Production 10. Teacher instructs the students to get into
30 minutes groups of four.
11. Teacher assigns each group with a station.
12. Teacher instructs each group to complete the
task at the station.
13. Teacher instructs the groups to move to other
stations and give feedbacks or comments to
the other groups.
14. Teacher calls each group to present the
feedback and comments that they get from
other groups.
15. Teacher conducts a discussion with the class
as a whole.
Closure 16. Teacher recaps on the lesson of the day.
5 minutes
 To achieve his dream of studying overseas, Aloo took
Initiative the trouble to write to universities in America to get the
necessary information

Both Aloo and Mother were strong and courageous to

stand up to what they believe in. Aloo felt that he should
Courage and be allowed to accept the scholarship and study overseas.
He pointed out his willingness to repay her and
strength to stand up promised not let his mother down. His mother also held

to ones principles to her beliefs that children who leave the country are not
likely to return. As a mother, she did not want to let go.
Both held on at the risk of upsetting one another,

Aloo wrote to many universities and his letter-writing

Determination took him the rest of the year meaning it involved a few
months. But he was determined to know as much as he
brings success could. Finally he succeeded in getting a satisfying reply
to his efforts.

Mother was initially against letting Aloo go for overseas

study. She was afraid he would not return after his
Letting go of family studies. Anyway, she was not willing to let him go she
had pinned hopes on him and the narrator. It would be
members to let them better for her if she could keep him close forever. But,
after talking with the school officer, she realized that she
become independent
could not be selfish. She had to give him a chance to
become independent, like his other siblings.

Mother was willing to sacrifice for the children. She

Parental sacrifice for moved them to a quitter part of town which was a lonely
and frightening place and she felt lonely sometimes in
family members the evenings. In their former place, she had friends and
was not so lonely.