Subject: English

Class: 4 Budriah

Enrolment: 38 pupils

Level: Average

Date (Day):

Time: 60 minutes

Theme: World of Story

Topic: Unit 15: Going Places

Focused skill(s): Language Arts

Integrated skill(s): Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking.

Content standard: 4.3 By the end of the 6 year primary schooling, pupils will be able to plan, organize and produce creative works for
enjoyment.

Learning standard(s): 4.3.2 Able to plan, produce and display creative works based on literary texts using a variety of media with guidance.
Learning objectives:
By the end of the lesson, pupils will be able to :
1. Fill in the blanks on the task sheet with correct answers, based on the clues given about the killer of Red Riding Hood.

2. Produce a WANTED poster that describes about the suspect that killed Red Riding Hood.

3. Break the secret codes to know who the real killer is.

Educational emphases:

i) Assessment (formative assessment)

ii) Constructivism (pupils construct knowledge/understanding through participation in the activities given).
iii) HOTS (evaluating, analysing and creating)
iv) Moral Value (Safety)
v) Multiple Intelligence (Interpersonal intelligence - Interaction and communication with friends throughout the group discussion)

Teaching resources/aids:
1. Video
2. Powerpoint Presentation Materials
3. Pictures
4. Poster
5. Task Sheet

21st Century Learning: Communication, collaboration, creativity and critical thinking.

Anticipated problem(s): Some pupils might not show cooperation and participation when they do the group work. Teacher has to facilitate and
make sure that all pupils contribute and cooperate well when doing the activity.
Stages/Time
Content Activities Remarks
(Minutes)
Set Induction The video tells a story about 1. Teacher comes to the class as the detective, To arouse pupils’ interest.
(+/- 5 minutes) Red Riding Hood who went into introduces herself and shows a mysterious video
the forest and found dead. about Red Riding Hood.

2. After they watch the video, teacher (still acts as To engage pupils’ attention.
detective) tells pupils that she suspects that Red
Riding Hood had been killed by someone.

3. Teacher tells pupils that they are going to find out

who the killer is.
Pre-Task 1) Teacher shows a crime newspaper article (Appendix To prepare pupils for the task in
(+/- 15 A) that gives information on what happened to Red Practice Stage.
minutes) Riding Hood before she was killed.

2) Teacher shows the crime news article to the pupils, Material(s):

using Powerpoint Presentation. Newspaper article (Appendix A)

3) Pupils are required to read the news silently. They

will be given time to read the news on their own.

4) After they had finished reading the news, teacher will It is teacher’s responsibility to
 ask the pupils whether they had encountered any make sure that the pupils
difficult words in the newspaper article. understand what they had read.

5) Teacher will help to explain the meaning of the words To enrich pupils’ storage of
that the pupils find hard and unfamiliar with. vocabulary.

Meaning of the word “suspect”: 6) From the news article, teacher tells pupils that all
- a person/character who has characters other than Red Riding Hood, can be
the possibility of committing the considered as suspects. Teacher explains the
crime meaning of the word SUSPECT.

List of suspects: 7) Teacher tells pupils that she will introduce the
i) HUNTER suspects to them. Teacher states that there are 5
ii) WOODCUTTER pupils who are chosen to act as the suspects. To
iii) WOLF know who the “lucky” ones are, teacher asks them to
iv) GRANDMA check under their tables. Those who are chosen as
v) THIEF suspects will have an envelope pasted under their
tables.
Police Lineup activity:
8) Teacher calls the suspects (the 5 chosen pupils) to The suspects will be given a
come in front and do a Police Lineup activitiy in front “CARD” (Appendix B) which they
of the class. need to hold during the Police
Lineup activity.

Task The task sheet is adapted from
(+/- 25 the Einstein’s Riddle game. It is
minutes) in a form of a table/grid
(refer Appendix D).
Interpersonal intelligence
- Interaction and
communication with friends
throughout the group
discussion
9) Teacher shows 5 WANTED posters (Appendix C) to To prepare pupils for the activity in
introduce the suspects’ name and descriptions, one the next stage.
by one.
10) Teacher explains the descriptions of a WANTED
poster.
i) What is a WANTED poster ?
ii) The purpose of a WANTED poster.
iii) Important information to be put on the WANTED
poster.
1) After making sure that pupils understand what had To generate pupils’ ideas.
been taught in the pre-task stage, pupils will be given
an A3 size task sheet (Appendix D) to find the killer
of Red Riding Hood.
2) The task sheet requires pupils to read and look at the HOTS : Analysing
clues (Appendix E) given in order to find the killer.
After they read the clues, they must fill in the tables 21st Century Learning:
on Appendix D with correct statement/answer. Critical thinking skills
3) Pupils will be given time to finish the task sheet, in
their own groups. Cooperative and collaborative
4) After they finish completing the task given, teacher learning
 will provide answer for the pupils to check their Teacher assesses pupils by
works. If they make mistakes, teacher will help to looking at their answers.
correct them.

5) Next, pupils need to create a WANTED poster on

who they think the killer is. Generating ideas - Generate
HOTS : Creating pupils’ ideas through the task given
Create a WANTED poster 6) Pictures of each suspect will be given to each group.
using own creativity They must decide who the killer is, pick the suspect’s
picture and paste it on the template of the WANTED
poster (Appendix F) provided by teacher.

7) Pupils will be given time to finish the task. Teacher

then will call all groups to show their work to their
friends by pasting the posters on the board. One
volunteer from each group must give reasons or
opinions on why their group members think that the
particular suspect is the killer.
Pupils are allowed to decorate the
poster according to their own
creativity
(21st Century Learning:Creativity)

8) Teacher will facilitate, observe and give feedback to

pupils’ works. Other pupils are also allowed to Formative assessment occurs
HOTS : Evaluating comment on their friends’ works. (Through observation from teacher
Evaluate friends’ works by and peer feedback)
 giving comments / judgements
Post-Task - Individual activity 1. Teacher tells pupils that she will reveal who the killer
(+/- 10 is. Before that, each pupil will be given a secret code
minutes) (Appendix G) that will help them to find the real killer.

2. The secret codes consist of several symbols. Pupils The symbols represent alphabets
need to break the codes and transforms it into a A to Z (1 symbol represents 1
phrase. The phrase will be the most important clue alphabet)
that will lead them to find the killer.
Example: = Alphabet A

Answer for secret codes: 3. The first pupil that is able to break the code correctly
will be considered as the winner.

Moral Value(s): Safety 4. The pupils now know who the killer is (The Hunter). Teacher scaffolds them until they
1. Children should never walk Teacher instils moral value or important lesson that realise the importance of safety in
alone without adults to they can get throughout today’s lesson. life.
watch over them.
2. We should never talk to
strangers (there is
possibility that Red Riding
Hood talked to the hunter
before she was killed)
Closure Sample of questions :
(+/- 5 minutes) i) How did today’s lesson
make you feel?
ii) If you want to go to a
nearby shop but your
parents are not there to
watch over you. What
should you do? Would you
go to the shop alone or wait
until your parents come
back home ?
iii) What was one thing that
you learnt from today’s
lesson?
iv) What did you find most
interesting in this lesson ?
1. Teacher concludes the lesson by asking the pupils to To summarize or conclude the
answer some random questions through a cube lesson.
game activity.
2. Teacher will roll the dice. The numbers shown on the
dice represents the number of the group in that class.
3. For example, if the dice shows number 3, then one
volunteer from Group 3 must answer a question
given by the teacher.
4. After that, teacher will roll the dice again so that
pupils from other groups can answer the questions
too.
APPENDIX A (Newspaper Article)
APPENDIX B (CARDS for Police Lineup Activity)
APPENDIX D (TASK SHEET)

SUSPECT
A B C D E
DESCRIPTION

NAME OF

SUSPECT

PET

HOBBY

LAST SEEN
APPENDIX E (CLUES)

CLUES
1. The name of suspect C is The Wolf.

2. Grandma owns a puppy and she loves to cook.

3. The Thief was last seen in front of Grandma’s house.

4. The one who loves to cook, is the fourth suspect.

5. One of the suspects does not have a pet.

6. The Hunter who loves singing is suspect A.

7. The Wolf and The Woodcutter love to play basketball.

8. The Woodcutter who was last seen by the river is between suspect A and C.

9. The Thief who’s hobby is to take photograph, likes to take photos of his pet fish.

10. The Hunter’s pet, cat always fights with the Woodcutter’s pet, dog.

11. Grandma was last seen at a tea party with The Wolf.

12. The owner of the cat was last seen in the forest.
APPENDIX F