week 1 : 4-6 Jan 12

Form Four Orientation 4 Jan 2012
Date	4 .1. 2012
Class	6AS
Time	8:50am – 9.25am
Subject	MUET
No. of  Ss.	7
Level	Average
Topic	New Year’s Resolutions
Skill	Reading skills integrated with Speaking, Listening and Writing
Curriculum Specification	a.       extracting specific information b.      identifying main ideas
Objectives	By the end of the lesson, the students are able to: 1.   know what New Year’s Resolutions are by referring to the text heard or read, and through discussion. 2.    List out one’s New Year’s Resolutions accordingly.
Activities	a. Listening to an article entitled “New Year’s Resolutions” adapted from the Reader’s Digest (RD). b. Discuss the meaning of the title. c. The students read on the resolutions of other RD’s editors. d. The students list out their New Year’s Resolutions.
Teaching Aid	Reader’s Digest( January 2012 edition)
Reflection	The students could apply the term learnt by thinking of their own resolutions appropriately.

Date	5 .1. 2012
Class	6AS
Time	7.05am – 8.15am (Double periods)
Subject	MUET
No. of  Ss.	7
Level	Average
Topic	How to Avoid Online Dating Scams
Skill	Reading skills integrated with Speaking, Listening
Curriculum Specification	a.       extracting specific information b.      identifying main ideas
Objectives	At the end of the lesson, the students are able to: 1.    know the main ideas of the article read by telling the main points discussed. 2.    Understand the text read by giving correct answers for the questions asked.
Activities	a. The selected students read aloud the article provided. b. Discuss the article read point by point. c. The students answer the questions given. d. Homework: Explain “What is a forum?”
Teaching Aids	An article adapted from Reader’s Digest( January 2012 edition)
Reflection	Satisfactory feedback. There was one student who was unsure with the main idea of the article. He, finally, understood after the discussion.

Class	4K1
Date	5 .1. 2012
Time	9.45- 10.20a.m.
Theme	English
Topic	Grammar: Compare and Contrast
Learning Outcome	2.3    i. using appropriate format, conventions and grammar when presenting information.
Behavioural Objectives	By the end of the lesson, students are able to differentiate the meaning between compare and contrast by giving examples of expressions correctly.  form a sentence for each expression learnt.
Activities	1. The teacher briefs the students about the Form Four syllabus and plan of the year for English lessons. 2. The teacher discusses the concept of compare and contrast with the ss. 3. The ss copy the notes. 4. The ss give appropriate expressions of compare and contrast without     reference.   5.  Homework: Build a sentence for each expression learnt.
PS/ Skills/Domains	Mastery skills, CX, I/ L,R,W/ CCTS
Moral Values	Discipline, responsibility.
Reflection	The students were not responsive. There were only around 20% of them participated during the discussion. The rest paid attention to the teacher.

Class	4K4/ 4K7
Date	5 .1. 2012/ 6.1.2012
Time	10.55- 11.30a.m./ 10:40-11:40a.m.
Theme	English
Topic	New Year’s Resolutions
Learning Outcome	2.4    i. using appropriate format, conventions and grammar when presenting information.
Behavioural Objective	By the end of the lesson, students are able to understand the meaning of the term by listing out their resolutions accordingly.
Activities	1.   The teacher briefs the students about the Form Four syllabus and plan of the year for English lessons. 2.   The tr discusses about New Year’s Resolutions with the class. 3.   The ss list down their resolutions.
PS/ Skills/Domains	Mastery skills, CC,IP/ L,S,W/ CCTS
Moral Values	Discipline, responsibility, determination.
Reflections	4K4: The ss were quite passive for this first lesson. They knew what to do after listening to the examples given by the teacher. But, there were still few students i.e. around 10% did not understand the task. Further explanation was given to them personally. It was taken home as homework. 4K7: The objective achieved.

Date	6 .1. 2012
Class	6AS
Time	9.40am – 10.10am
Subject	MUET
No. of  Ss.	7
Level	High
Topic	A forum: Factors Contribute to Online Dating Scams and Ways to Overcome It
Skill	Speaking skills integrated with listening skills
Curriculum Specifications	a. giving reasons b. stating and justifying points of view c. making suggestions and recommendations
Objectives	At the end of the lesson, the students are able to: 1.        understand the meaning of ‘forum’ by designing a group performance in the form of a forum.  2.        know the role chosen by providing factors and ways based on task given accordingly.
Activities	a. The students tell the meaning of ‘forum’. b. The teacher clarifies the meaning. c. The teacher gives the instruction of the task given. d. The ss choose the roles for the task written on different paper strips. e. The ss discuss the task based on the topic and role given. f. The tr facilitates the ss.
Teaching Aids	The article used in the previous lesson ( How to avoid online dating scams?), paper strips.
Reflection	The ss were able to give different interpretation towards the word ‘forum’ correctly. However, they were confused with the exact task for the role chosen. The ss understood better after the teacher’s explanation. They are advised to look for more information on the topic and role given. The group presentation will be performed in the next lesson.