lesson plan for proverb essay SPM

1. LESSON 1
THEME/TOPIC People and Culture/Introduction to Proverbs
LEARNING STANDARD 2.1.1 Explain information on familiar topics
3.1.1 Understand the main points in
extended texts on familiar topics
OBJECTIVES Students will be able to:
1. Restate the features of proverbs
2. Match the proverbs and their
meaning
ACTIVITIES 1. Set induction – jumbled up letters
2. Students share their views on
proverbs’ features
3. Students solve the jumbled up
proverbs
4. Students match the proverbs with the
correct meaning
TEACHING AIDS 1. PowerPoint slides
2. Handout
3. Dictionary
REFLECTION
LESSON 2
THEME/TOPIC People and Culture/Proverbs in SPM
Questions
LEARNING STANDARD 3.1.2 Understand specific details and
information in extended texts
3.1.5 Guess the meaning of unfamiliar
words based on clues
2.1.3 Explain and justify plans
OBJECTIVES Students will be able to:

2. 1. Choose the correct proverbs that
match the contexts
2. Restate the meaning of the proverbs
from the SPM questions
3. Share ideas on the relevant stories
related to the questions
ACTIVITIES 1. Set induction – a recap on
previously learnt proverbs
2. Students read the passages of
different contexts
3. Students write the proverbs that
match each context
4. Students share ideas on the possible
storyline for the displayed SPM
questions
TEACHING AIDS 1. Handout
2. PowerPoint slides
3. Dictionary
REFLECTION
LESSON 3
THEME/TOPIC People and Culture/No Limbs, No Limit! –
Getting Started
LEARNING STANDARD 1.1.6 Understand independently longer
narrative on familiar topic
2.1.1 Explain information on familiar topic
based on the visuals
4.1.1 Explain and evaluate visual
information
OBJECTIVES Students will be able to:
1. Fill in the table with words related to
the video

3. 2. State and write the suitable proverb
for the video
3. Write at least three sentences on the
main points they get from watching
ACTIVITIES 1. Set induction – pictures of limbless
man is displayed
2. Students describe the picture
3. Students watch the video twice
while filling in the table with related
words
4. Students write sentences by using
the words
TEACHING AIDS 1. PowerPoint slides
2. Handout of the table
3. Video
4. Dictionary
REFLECTION
LESSON 4
THEME/TOPIC People and Culture/Writing Out – Brain
Blooming
LEARNING STANDARD 1.1.6 Understand independently longer
narrative on familiar topic
4.1.1 Explain and evaluate visual
information
OBJECTIVES Students will be able to:

4. 1. Write the draft of the proverb essay
by answering WH- questions
2. Write the storyline in simple
sentences
ACTIVITIES 1. Set induction – revision on WH-
questions
2. Students answer WH- questions
based on the video
3. Students writes sentences to
complete the draft of the storyline
TEACHING AIDS 1. PowerPoint slides
2. Dictionary
REFLECTION
LESSON 5
THEME/TOPIC People and Culture/First Thing First –
Writing introduction and body paragraphs
LEARNING STANDARD 4.1.1 Explain and evaluate visual
information
4.1.5 Organise, sequence and develop ideas
within a text of several paragraphs
OBJECTIVES Students will be able to:
1. Write at least three sentences for
introduction
2. Write at least four sentences for one
or two body paragraphs
ACTIVITIES 1. Set induction – revision on narrative
essay features (the plot structure)
2. Students write sentences related to
each plot stage
TEACHING AIDS 1. PowerPoint slides

5. 2. Dictionary
REFLECTION
LESSON 6
THEME/TOPIC People and Culture/Summing up – Writing
the ending
LEARNING STANDARD 4.1.1 Explain and evaluate visual
information
4.1.5 Organise, sequence and develop ideas
within a text of several paragraphs
OBJECTIVES Students will be able to:
1. Write the ending paragraph consists
of at least three sentences
2. Fill in the blanks with suitable words
discussed throughout the lessons
ACTIVITIES 1. Set induction – types of ending that
students know
2. Students write the ending based on
the video
3. Students fill in the blanks of the
sample essay (enrichment, a quick
recap of the whole lessons)
TEACHING AIDS 1. PowerPoint slides
2. Handout
3. Video
4. Dictionary
REFLECTION