Lesson Plan 1 : Everyone is Good at Something

Class Level: Primary 4

Time: 1 hour
Genre: Short Story
Literary Focus: Prose
Plot Characterization 
Setting Point of View
Theme

Poetry
Tone / Mood
Rhyme
Rhythm
Persona
Figurative language – simile / metaphor /
personification / onomatopoeia

Integrated Language Skills: Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing

Higher Order Thinking Skills: Literal Comprehension (Recognition Of Details, Main
Ideas)
Multiple Intelligences: Interpersonal, Visual, Linguistic and Logical
Learning Objectives:
At the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
-talk and predict the story based on the cover and the
title
-recognize and describe characters using adjectives

Prior Knowledge: Pupils have learnt about description of people and

characters.

Procedures:
Teacher’s Task/ Students’ Tasks Teaching Rationale
Procedures Resources
Preparatory Activities
(10 minutes)

Tr introduces the book and Pupils read the CCL Book – Stimulate the
encourages the pupils to talk title of the book Everyone is pupils’ interest and
about the title. and express their Good at previous
opinions and Something knowledge
ideas. (cover) regarding the
book’s cover.
Main Activities
(40 minutes)

Tr asks a few questions to Pupils read to CCL Book Introduce the

set a reading purpose story read and try beginning, initial
chapters 1 and 2. to grasp setting and
information. characters.

Tr asks for responses on the Pupils discuss on Infuse

main character (Ben) and values, understanding on
lists down all the relevant feedbacks and the chapters and
words and adjectives reflections. teaching of
gathered. adjectives.

Tr sets reading purpose - Pupils silently CCL Book – Identify other

Chapter 3. read chapter 3 to Everyone is characters and the
Tr asks pupils to find out gather more Good at shifts of setting.
Ben’s next action. information. Something

Tr groups pupils into 6 Group work. List of Develop list of

groups. Tr assigns task. Tr Using the letters adjectives and vocabulary and
encourages each group to of B E N, pupils words apply in various
describe the main character describe the associated with ways and styles.
using a appropriate verbs or character in Ben.
phrases in the form of acrostics form.
acrostics. Tr shows example
of it.

Closing Activities
(10 minutes)

Tr asks pupils to comment Pupils sit face to Dictionary Peer evaluation on

on the qualities of their face with their qualities.
peers. (positive comments partners and
only) write their
reflections and
comments
describing their
partners.