Daily Lesson Plan -- Unit 8

Family Chores

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

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Overview

This unit features a passage about a girl named Hania describing how her family shares household chores. Students learn about words with the same beginning and ending sounds, possessive pronouns, alphabetical order, and fill-in-the-blank creative writing.

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
• Recognise that household chores help children be responsible
• Comprehend and respond to simple wh-questions
• Identify words that begin with the same sound
• Identify words that end with the same sound
• Define and identify possessive pronouns (my, your, his, her, our, their)
• Arrange a list of words in alphabetical order
• Fill in missing information to complete simple sentences
• Demonstrate oral interactions and take turns in conversation

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Day 1: Reading (40 minutes)

Materials

• Textbook pages 48-49, pictures of household chores, chart paper

Warm-Up (10 minutes)

• Ask: "Do you help your parents at home?"
• Show pictures of chores: sweeping, washing dishes, watering plants, making bed
• Discuss which chores students do at home

Main Activity (20 minutes)

• Read the passage aloud:
  • "My name is Hania. I live with my family in a big house. We are two sisters and one brother. We share many chores with our parents."
  • "My brother and I take the garbage out. We also wash our father's motorcycle twice a week. Every Friday, I weed the garden and my brother waters the plants. I also make my bed in the morning."
  • "My mother sweeps the kitchen. She also washes the dishes daily."
  • "My father mops the drawing room floor. He also cuts the grass with lawnmower."
  • "My brother, Hashir, vacuums the rugs in the living room. He also empties the trash."
  • "After we finish the chores, we have dinner together and watch a cartoon or drama on TV. At dinner we reward ourselves with a big piece of chocolate cake for all our work at home."
  • "We are so exhausted daily that after dinner we just crash out."
• Ask pre-reading question: "Who cuts the grass with lawnmower?"
• Ask post-reading questions: "Do you help your parents in household chores?" and "What is your favourite household chore?"

Wrap-Up (10 minutes)

• Students share what chores they do at home
• Discuss why doing chores is important (responsibility, teamwork)

Differentiation

• Support: Use picture prompts to help students recall the chores from the story
• Extension: Students write 2 sentences about chores they do at home

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Day 2: Comprehension, Same Sounds & Possessive Pronouns (40 minutes)

Materials

• Textbook pages 50-51, word cards, picture cards

Warm-Up (5 minutes)

• Quick review: "What is Hania's brother's name?" (Hashir)

Main Activity -- Comprehension (10 minutes)

• Answer comprehension questions:
  1. Who cleans the house every day? (Mother sweeps the kitchen)
  2. Who washes the dishes daily? (Mother)
  3. Who vacuums the rugs in the living room? (Hashir)
  4. Do you know how to empty the trash?
  5. What do you do after finishing your household chores?

Main Activity -- Same Beginning and Ending Sounds (15 minutes)

• Same initial (beginning) sound: boy, bag, bus, box, bell -- all start with /b/
• Same ending sound: cat, rat, mat, bat, fat -- all end with /t/
• Exercise: Write the beginning and ending sound for each picture:
  • lion (/l/), lamb (/l/), log (/l/), lock (/l/) -- same beginning
  • fan (/n/), ban (/n/), ran (/n/), han (/n/) -- same ending

Main Activity -- Possessive Pronouns (10 minutes)

• A possessive pronoun indicates possession or ownership
• Examples: Your cat is adorable, but not as cute as ours. My washing machine does not work, can I borrow yours?
• Key possessive pronouns: mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs
• Exercise: Fill in the blanks:
  1. I have a new book. It is ___.
  2. She has a cat. It is ___.
  3. We have new shoes. They are ___.
  4. He has a new car. It is ___.
  5. You have a beautiful toy. It is ___.

Wrap-Up (5 minutes)

• Review possessive pronouns with quick oral questions

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Day 3: Alphabetical Order, Writing & Oral Communication (40 minutes)

Materials

• Textbook pages 51-52, word cards, writing notebooks

Warm-Up (5 minutes)

• Quick review of beginning and ending sounds

Main Activity -- Alphabetical Order (10 minutes)

• Explain: to put words in alphabetical order, look at the first letter
• Example: sun, apple, cat, zoo, umbrella becomes apple, cat, sun, umbrella, zoo
• Exercise: Arrange words in alphabetical order: fish, goat, table, wood, potato

Main Activity -- Creative Writing (15 minutes)

• Fill in the blanks using the word bank: bloom, long, morning, boat, bird
  1. Days are ___ in winters.
  2. A crow is a ___.
  3. Flowers ___ in spring.
  4. It is ___.
  5. Life is like a ___.
• Students write the completed sentences in their notebooks

Oral Communication (5 minutes)

• Practise the dialogue:
  • Student: "Assalaamu Alaikum, Teacher."
  • Teacher: "Wa Alaikum Assalaam!"
  • Student: "Can I ride the see saw, please?"
  • Teacher: "Yes, why not. Stand in queue and wait for your turn."
  • Student: "Thanks, teacher."

Wrap-Up (5 minutes)

• Recap: chores story, same sounds, possessive pronouns, alphabetical order

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Teaching Tips (from textbook)

• Help and encourage students to read the text with correct pronunciation
• Doing chores helps children learn about what they need to care for themselves, a home, and a family