Unit 1- Eureka!
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knowledge-Content:
- Elements of a story(characters/ setting/plot-conflict)
- Vocabulary expansion-band I&II ( main, problem,solution,cause, effect, crown, displace, gold, precious, bath…)
- Using the present and past tenses correctly.
- Reinforcing reading comprehension skills.
- Using adjectives to describe people.
- Writing simple sentences.
Skills:
- Working in groups.
- Comparing and contrasting.
- Inferring
- Creativity(Drawing the main characters.)
- Problem Solving.
- Using Technology.
Values:
- Iformality- Learning anywhere and at anytime- Classroom
- Personalization-to customize learning for each student’s strengths, needs, skills and interests.
Density – I found it
Lesson Plan -1-
Stage 1: Core – A story
Date:
Grade:
Period: 2 lessons
Domains |
Benchmarks |
| Access to Information
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· Identifying the features of a story.
· Finding the main idea in the first sentence of a paragraph. |
| Social Interaction
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· Students answer and discuss questions.
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| Presentation | · Students present information and ideas in an organized and planned manner in a variety of formats, in both spoken and written English.
-Describing characters. |
| Appreciation of Literature | · Identifying the elements of a story:
setting /characters / plot-conflict |
Lesson Objectives:-
By the end of the lesson students will be able to:
- learn new lexical items .
- identify the elements of a story.
- describe characters.
- learn the higher order thinking skill-problem solving.
- put the events in the correct order.
- use the past simple correctly.
- Teaching aids: A worksheet, PPT,
- Prerequisite knowledge, skills and strategies:
| *Topic related lexis vocabularychunks | Scientist, king of a land, golden crown, goldsmith, weight, weigh, worried, find out, truth, steal/stole, problem, bath, bathtub, notice, full, brim, noticed, suddenly, metal, volumes, displace, equal, bowl, bottom, measured, quantity, vessels, difference, overflow, space, reported, demanded, confess/ed |
| *Grammar | Past Simple |
| *Text type | A story |
| *Questions Item Types | -Wh Questions, multiple choices, Sentence completion, sequencing-a flow chart
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| *HOTS | Comparing and contrasting
Problem solving Sequencing |
| *Reading ListeningWriting And Speaking Strategies | Main idea, supporting details, |
Lesson Procedure
| Time | Stage of lesson | Activity | Mode of interaction | Materialstools |
| 15min. | Opening | v Greeting: 2 min
– Teaching new Vocabulary. |
Whole class |
|
| 45 | Body | – Reading a story.
– Completing a worksheet |
Individual |
Slideshow
|
| 25mins | closure | Problem solving
-Identifying the problem -what caused it -Ways to solve it – The best solution Who had a problem in the story? · The king- he wanted to know if the crown was made of pure gold. · Archimedes- He had to prove if the crown was made of pure gold or that goldsmith cheated the king. |
Independent work | |
| 5 mins | Assessment | Draw the main characters and describe them using 5 adjective for each character. | In Pairs |
Scoring key
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Lesson Plan
Stage 2: Enrichment
Teacher:
Day &Date:
Grade: 7
No.of pupils: 31
Course book: Sky high Unit : 1
Topic : Will it sink or float?
External text: based on the TOS
Domains |
Benchmarks |
| Access to Information
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· Students Draw inferences.
– Which objects sink? – Which objects float? |
| Social Interaction
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· Students answer and discuss questions.
· Students express their opinions and engage in conversations to classify things that sink or float. |
| Presentation | · Students present information and ideas in an organized and planned manner in a variety of formats, in both spoken and written English.
|
- Lesson Objectives :-
By the end of the lesson students will be able to:
- use previously learned lexical items .
- predicting based on their background information.
- compare and contrast between objects in terms of sinking or floating.
- Teaching aids: PowerPoint slideshow, worksheet, vocabulary game.
- Prerequisite knowledge, skills and strategies:
| *Topic related lexis vocabularychunks | Object, sink, float, paper clip, log, stone, pencil, candle, eraser, spoon, ball, leaf, density. |
| *Grammar | Present simple |
| *Text type | |
| *Questions Item Types | -filling in a chart/ open ended/ writing sentences/ classifying
|
| *HOTS | Predicting
Comparing and contrasting Classifying |
| *Reading ListeningWriting And Speaking Strategies | Brainstorming |
Lesson Procedure
| Time | Stage of lesson | Activity | Mode of interaction | Materialstools |
| 20mins. | Opening | v Greeting: 2 min
· Reviewing previously learned lexical items by different activities; throwing a ball, matching words to their meanings, asking for synonyms and opposites |
Whole class |
PowerPoint slide show
A ball
cards |
| 50 | Body | – T gives students a worksheet which includes different objects then shows them the real objects to make sure that they know all of them.
– T asks students to predict whether these objects float or sink by putting a tick in the right column.
– T puts the objects that are mentioned in the worksheet on the table and brings a bowl of water, T divides the class into group each group check one object, if it sinks or floats – T explains the HOTS of comparing and contrasting: “When we compare, we see how things are similar. When we contrast, we see how things are different”. Useful words: like, unlike, while, different than, similar. |
Whole class
Individual work
Group work |
Slideshow
worksheet
|
| 20mins | Closure | – | Independent work | |
| 5 mins | Assessment | – T asks students to write 4 sentences comparing and contrasting these objects.
For example: – The log floats while the stone sinks.
|
Independent |
Scoring key
| Communicative Ability | |
| ¨ All information is relevant to the topic
¨ Message is clear and easy to follow |
6 |
| Vocabulary | |
| ¨ Vocabulary is varied and appropriate | 5 |
| Accuracy |
| ¨ Correct simple sentence structure (subject, verb, and correct word order)
¨ Mostly correct use of compound or complex sentences, if attempted ¨ Mostly correct subject- verb agreement, tense, pronouns, articles and propositions ¨ Mostly correct spelling, punctuation and capitalization |
Published: Feb 6, 2020
Latest Revision: Feb 6, 2020
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