Week 31-2011

Date Class Time	2 Aug 2011 MUET 6RS 7.05-8.05a.m.
Topic Sub-topic Objectives	Writing Component Form and Style of Essays By the end of the lesson, students are able to 1. understand what expository essay is by choosing the best way to advise a friend based on the question given. 2. know how to plan an argumentative essay by referring to an sample outline 3. write a suitable thesis statement based on the question given.
` Activities	1.Recap the previous topics of presentation by discussing the notes and exercises in the handouts given. 2. The teahers selects students to give answers. 3. Correction.
Reflection	Out of the nine students, there were seven of them could recognize the correct way to advise based on the question given. They needed to write in order to master the skills in writing an argumentative essay. Most of them were still poor in providing a clear and strong thesis statement. Some of them misinterpreted the question given. More exercises are needed as their own revision purpose in the sense of improving themselves.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class	5S4
Date	2 Aug 2011
Time	9.25-9.55a.m.
Theme	English
Topic	What A Waste
Learning Outcome	1.2 a.ii. Asking one to think about / decide on something.
Behavioural Objective	By the end of the lesson, students are able to 1. categorize things based on the pictures cut from the newspaper into two categories i.e. biodegradable and non-biodegradable correctly.
Activities	1. The teacher revises the topic of solid waste: define the meaning of vocabulary learnt. 2. Discuss the answers of group work. 3. The ss jot down the answers in their exercise book. 4. Homework: Complete the tables given by giving the time taken to degrade for each type of waste.
Moral Values	Responsibility, love on environment.
Reflection	The ss were able to categorize things around correctly. However, some of them were confused with paper and cloths. They were asked to find out the explanation on why they are non-biodegradable wastes.

 

Date Class Time	3 Aug 2011 MUET 6RS 7.05-8.05a.m.
Topic Sub-topics     Objectives	Writing Component 1. writing paragraph 2. writing introduction 3. writing conclusion By the end of the lesson, students are able to 1. know the techniques of writing paragraph by jotting down notes based on their friend's presentation. 2. write an introduction by choosing an appropriate technique learnt based on the topic given. 3. write a suitable conclusion by using a technique learnt based on the topic given.
` Activities	1.Recap the previous topics of presentation by discussing the notes and exercises in the handouts given. 2. Presentations. 3. Discussion and giving handouts on writng introduction and conclusion. 4. Homework: Writing introduction and conclusion.
Reflection	The topic of writing paragraph was not clearly presented. More notes and exercise will be given in the next lesson. The topics of writing introduction and conclusion were well presented but more exercises are given as homework to improve the students' writing skills.

 

 

Class	5K1
Date	3 Aug 2011
Time	9.55-10.55a.m.
Theme	English
Topics	1.What A Waste 2. NILAM
Learning Outcomes	1.2 a.ii. Asking one to think about / decide on something. 3.1 a. understanding and telling in one's own words the story and poem heard and read, and giving one's opinion of the text.
Behavioural Objectives	By the end of the lesson, students are able to 1. categorize things based on the pictures cut from the newspaper into two categories i.e. biodegradable and non-biodegradable correctly. 2. understand the text or story read by extracting its main ideas and specific information as required. 3. learn at least a moral lesson/ value from the text read.
Activities	1. The teacher revises the topic of solid waste: define the meaning of vocabulary learnt. 2. Discuss the answers of group work. 3. The ss jot down the answers in their exercise book. 4. The ss choose an English reading material they like. 5. Read silently. 6. Fill in the NILAM form.
Moral Values	Responsibility, love on environment, Politeness, diligence, discipline.
Reflection	Most of the ss were confused with biodegradable and non-biodegradable wastes. The discussion helped them to understand the difference by identifying the things in the pictures and put it into a correct category. On the other hand, the NILAM activity was satisfactory.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class	5K7
Date	3 Aug 2011
Time	10.55-11.55a.m.
Theme	Literature
Topic	The novel: The Curse – Chapter 7
Learning Outcome	3.1 b. recognizing elements in a story such as characters and setting.
Behavioural Objectives	1. know the events in Chapter 1-6 in general based on the pictures shown. 2. know the places and its events in Chapter 7. 3. know the list of characters involved in Chapter 7.
Activities	1. Revise Chapter 1-6. 2. The teacher explains the plot of Chapter 7 in class. 3. Discussion on the exercise given.
Moral Values	Respects, family love, friendship, politeness.
Skill/PS/CCTS	R, S, W/ CX
Reflection	The ss could only respond according to the pictures shown. However, it was unclear and uncertain with their answers. They did not revise the novel learnt at all.

 

Class	5S4
Date	4 Aug 2011
Time	9.55-10.55a.m.
Theme	English
Topic	Understand HIV and AIDS
Learning Outcomes	2.1c. reading materials in print such as reports and articles. 2.2a. skimming and scanning for specific information and ideas.
Behavioural Objectives	By the end of the lesson, students are able to 1. read aloud fluently. 2. understand the text read by extracting its main ideas and specific information as required.
Activities	1. The ss do a self-assessment quiz on general knowledge about HIV and ANDS by stating true or false based on the statements given. 2. Discuss the answers in general. 3. The selected ss read aloud the selected paragraphs. 4. The teacher discussed the main ideas of the paragraphs in class. 5. Exercise: Complete the information 6. Discuss the answers.
Moral Values	Responsibility, appreciation on life, determination, be considerate, perseverance.
Reflection	More than 60% of the ss managed to give correct answers for the statements given. There knew more about HIV and AIDS after reading the text. They were shocked to know the number of death due to AIDS.

 

Date Class Time	4 Aug 2011 MUET 6RS 8.05-9.05a.m.
Topic Sub-topic Objectives	Writing Component Writing Skills By the end of the lesson, students are able to 1. know the essay writing skills in general especially in generating ideas and developing paragraphs. 2. understand the task word of a question by knowing the requirement of key verbs. 3. use suitable organisation patterns based on the question given.
` Activities	1.Recap the previous topics of presentation by discussing the notes and exercises in the handouts given. 2. The selected student present the topic of generating ideas. 3. Discussion on the presentation topic. 4. The ss jot down the notes during the presentation and discussion.
Reflection	The handouts were useful reference for the ss. They did not explore in details and the information presented for generating ideas was lack of precision.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date Class Time	5 Aug 2011 MUET 6RS 7.05-7.35a.m.
Topic Sub-topic Objectives	Writing Component Topical Test 4 By the end of the lesson, students are able to 1. write a suitable thesis statement based on the topic given. 2. generate ideas by giving three appropriate topic sentences, respectively, with one supporting detail. 3. write a conclusion accordingly.
` Activities	1. The teacher gives the instruction on the Topical Test 4. 2. Topical Test.
Reflection	All of the ss managed to finish the test within the time limit except for two students were rushing with their final sentence at the last minute.

 

 

Class	5S4
Date	5 Aug 2011
Time	9.40-10.10a.m.
Theme	Literature
Topic	The novel: The Curse – Chapter 4
Learning Outcome	3.1 b. recognizing elements in a story such as characters and setting.
Behavioural Objectives	1. know the events in Chapter 1-4 in general based on the pictures shown. 2. know the places and its events in Chapter 4. 3. know the list of characters involved in Chapter 4.
Activities	1. Revise Chapter 1-3 2. Presentation on Chapter 4 by the selected group of ss. 3. The teacher discusses the plot of Chapter 4 in class. 4. The ss copy the notes. 5. Discussion on the exercise given.
Moral Values	Respects, family love, rationality, politeness, be thoughtful.
Skill/PS/CCTS	R, S, W/ CX
Reflection	The ss enjoyed the presentation by looking at the pictures shown. They could give correct answers and response based on the questions given. However, there were around 30% of them were still blurred with the plot of the story because they did not read beforehand.

 

 

 

Class	5K7
Date	5 Aug 2011
Time	10.40-11.40a.m.
Theme	Literature
Topic	The novel: The Curse – Chapter Summaries (Chap. 1-6)
Learning Outcome	3.1 b. recognizing elements in a story such as characters and setting.
Behavioural Objectives	1. know the events in Chapter 1-6 in general based on the pictures shown. 2. know the plot of Chapter 1-6 by copying the chapter summary for each chapter learnt.
Activities	1. Revise Chapter 1-6. 2. The ss copy the notes. 3. Discussion on the notes given.
Moral Values	Respects, family love, friendship, politeness.
Skill/PS/CCTS	R, S, W/ CX
Reflection	Chapter 7 & 8 will be further discussed in the next lesson due to the revision on chapter 1 to 6 had taken too much time i.e. copying the chapter summaries.