Graded Assignment 3: WWW LESSON PLAN

Level:  Intermediate to Advance

Time:  2 periods (70 minutes)

Theme/Topic: People-Changing Scene “Life in the Slum”

Language Content: Grammar- Adjectives and Vocabulary

Educational Emphases:  Thinking Skills, Knowledge Application, Multiple Intelligence, ICT skills.

Previous Knowledge:

i)        Students have knowledge in present tense, and very basic knowledge of adjectives.

ii)      Students have learned on ways to obtain information from the internet.

iii)    Students have learned the formal letter writing format

Aims: By the end of the lesson, students should be able to

i)        Describe a particular environment.

ii)      Verbally present their opinion and views of an environment.

iii)    Use internet browser and search engine to look for information.

iv)    Practice their writing skills in formal letter writing

Technical Requirements:

i)        Preferably desktop computers shared among 2 or 3 students.

ii)      Internet connection.

iii)    Web browsers.

iv)    Microsoft 2003 or 2007.

Preparation:

1. Browse for picture of Slumdog Millionaire on Yahoo! Image.

2. Browse the definition of slum on Wikipedia.
3. Browse video of slum from YouTube.
4. Make sure the content is suitable for the students and matches the topic of the lesson.

5. Determine a search engine that can cater to all the students' need during the activity.
6. Design worksheets and activities according to the information from resources obtained.

Websites:

i)      Yahoo! Image (www.images.search.yahoo.com)

ii)    Wikipedia (www.wikipedia.com)

iii)  Youtube (www.youtube.com)

Procedures:

Set Induction:

(5 minutes)

1.      Teacher displays the image of 'Slumdog Millionaire' on the screen using the projector.

2.      Teacher asks students of things that come into their minds upon seeing the picture.

3.      Teacher elicits responses from students based on the picture.

Pre-Activity:

 (7 minutes)

1.      Teacher highlights the word ‘slum’ in the display image.

2.      Teacher asks the students if they know the meaning of the word ‘slum’.

3.      Teacher directs the students to launch the web browser and type in the word ‘Wikipedia’.

4.      Click on the link to the Wikipedia web (www.wikipedia.com)

5.      Type in ‘slum’ - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slum

6.      Teacher asks the students to read and explains in further details about slum.

7.      Then, teacher directs students' responses into the topic of the day on 'Slum'.

Developmental Stage

Activity 1:

(15 minutes)

1. Teacher instructs the students to sit in groups of 2 to 3 students per group per computer.
2. Teacher asks the students to open up a new tab.
3. Teacher gives the students link on a video and asks the students to copy down the link.

       http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SVNKwO3rdQ

4. Teacher directs the students to click on the link.
5. Together, teacher and the students watch the video on slum in India.
6. Teacher elicits the students’ responses upon watching the video by asking them to describe the environment of the slum settlement and the people living in the slum.
7. Teacher distributes a plain A3 size paper.
8. In groups, teacher asks the students to draw a mind map describing ‘slum settlement’.
9. Teacher asks the students to decorate the mind map creatively as marks will be given.

Activity 2:

(20 minutes)

1. Teacher re-directs the students to open up a new tab and type in the word ‘yahoo’.
2. Click on the link to the yahoo website (www.yahoo.com)
3. Type in 'slum settlements'
4. Teacher asks the students to goggle up for the information and search for other slum settlements apart from India.
5. * Teacher asks if the students have difficulty on searching the information.
6. Teacher distributes Worksheet 1 for each group.

7. Teacher explains the instruction for worksheet 1.

·        Given an enormous amount of 10, 0000 what the students can give in order to

      create for betterment.  

8. Teacher asks the students to discuss and complete worksheet 1 in group.
9. Teacher asks a pair of students to present their work to the class.

Activity 3:

(15 minutes)

1. Teacher distributes worksheet 2 to each student.
2. Teacher explains the instruction for task 3.
• By using the information they have discuss in task 1, the students will have to write a formal letter.
3. * Teacher offers assistance to students if necessary.
4. Teacher asks the students to complete worksheet 2 and submit it next week.

 Conclusion

(5 minutes)

1) Teacher elicits response from the students to recap the lesson of the day

2) Teacher discusses the moral values they learn on the lesson

3) Teacher congratulates students on their effort

Follow-up Activity

Teacher assigns students to browse if there is slum settlement in Malaysia. Make a comparison between slum settlement in Malaysia and other countries. Teacher will asks in the next lesson.