Daily Lesson Plan -- Unit 6

My School

Subject: English | Class: 1 | Series: Leeds (SNC 2020)

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Overview

This unit features a passage about a child describing their school. Students learn about adjectives (describing words), fruits and vegetables vocabulary, directions (left/right), pronouns, indefinite articles (a/an), and practise a polite school dialogue.

Learning Objectives

• Use pre-reading strategies to predict the story by looking at pictures
• Interact with the text to locate specific factual information
• Respond to text through pantomime and simple role play
• Know about different types of people in school
• Comprehend and respond to simple wh-questions
• Use describing words showing quality, size, and colour (adjectives)
• Recognise categories of naming words (fruits and vegetables)
• Recognise directions (left/right)
• Recognise and use substitution words (I, we, you, he, she, it, they)
• Identify "a" or "an" as indefinite articles
• Recognise that plural nouns do not take articles "a" or "an"
• Demonstrate oral interactions to exchange social courtesies

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Day 1: Reading (40 minutes)

Materials

• Textbook pages 33-34, pictures of a school, chart paper

Warm-Up (10 minutes)

• Ask: "What is the name of your school?"
• Show pictures of a school building, classroom, garden, library
• Discuss: "What do you like about your school?"

Main Activity (20 minutes)

• Read the passage aloud:
  • "I study in Junior Model School. The school where I study is the best school of our city. It is situated on G.T Road in Lahore."
  • "There is a small garden in my school where lots of colourful flowers bloom in spring. I also play with my friends in the garden during recess time."
  • "There are sixteen teachers and three hundred students in our school. There are ten classrooms. Our classrooms are whitewashed. All the classrooms are also airy. Our school has also a library. There are books almost on all subjects in the library."
  • "All the teachers of our school are able and hardworking. Their method of teaching is very nice. That's why our school always shows 100 per cent result every year."
  • "Our principal is a noble man. He respects all the teachers. All the students like him very much."
  • "I always go to school on time. I like to go to school daily. I like my school very much."
• Ask while-reading question: "There are ___ classrooms in our school."
• Ask post-reading questions: "Do you go to school daily?" and "Do you follow classroom rules?"

Wrap-Up (10 minutes)

• Students share what they like about their own school
• Discuss the importance of going to school daily and on time

Differentiation

• Support: Ask simple yes/no questions about the passage
• Extension: Students write 2 sentences about their own school

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Day 2: Comprehension, Adjectives & Fruits/Vegetables (40 minutes)

Materials

• Textbook pages 35-36, adjective flashcards, fruit and vegetable pictures

Warm-Up (5 minutes)

• Quick review: "How many classrooms are in the school?" (Ten)

Main Activity -- Comprehension (10 minutes)

• Answer comprehension questions:
  1. In which school do you study?
  2. How many classrooms are there in your school?
  3. How many teachers are there in your school?
  4. Is there any library in your school?
  5. Do you like going to school daily?

Main Activity -- Adjectives (15 minutes)

• Introduce adjectives: "An adjective is a describing word. It tells you more about a noun."
• Examples: a beautiful bird, a big elephant, a green parrot
• Exercise: Encircle the adjective in each sentence:
  1. Aden is a good boy.
  2. The hen is a small bird.
  3. Russia is the largest country of the world.
  4. This is a white pigeon.
  5. There are many beautiful valleys in Azad Kashmir.

Main Activity -- Fruits and Vegetables (10 minutes)

• Fruits: apple, mango, apricot, grapes
• Vegetables: spinach, carrot, cauliflower, turnip
• Show pictures and name each one
• Exercise: Sort pictures into "Fruits" and "Vegetables" categories

Wrap-Up (5 minutes)

• Quick adjective quiz: teacher says a noun, students add an adjective

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Day 3: Directions, Pronouns, Articles & Oral Communication (40 minutes)

Materials

• Textbook pages 36-38, direction signs, article practice cards

Warm-Up (5 minutes)

• Review adjectives with a quick game

Main Activity -- Directions (5 minutes)

• Teach left and right using direction signs
• Exercise: Circle the direction each animal is facing (left or right)

Main Activity -- Pronouns (10 minutes)

• "A pronoun is a word used in place of a noun."
• Examples: Ayesha is a girl. She studies in class one. (She = pronoun)
• Pronouns: I, we, you, he, she, it, they
• Exercise: Choose the correct pronoun (He/She/It/They) for each picture

Main Activity -- Indefinite Articles (10 minutes)

• "A" is used before a singular noun beginning with a consonant sound: a boat, a cup, a pencil
• "An" is used before a word beginning with a vowel sound: an apple, an inkpot, an umbrella
• Exercise: Write "a" or "an" before: ___ apple, ___ cat, ___ igloo, ___ giraffe

Oral Communication (5 minutes)

• Practise the dialogue:
  • Rabia: "Assalaamu Alaikum, Shazia!"
  • Shazia: "Wa Alaikum Assalaam!"
  • Rabia: "How is your health now?"
  • Shazia: "I am fine now, thank you."
  • Rabia: "How was your final result?"
  • Shazia: "I got first position."
  • Rabia: "Congratulation on your success."

Wrap-Up (5 minutes)

• Recap: adjectives, directions, pronouns, articles

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Teaching Tips (from textbook)

• Help and encourage students to read the text with correct pronunciation
• Tell them the importance of school and school life in detail