Children’s Literature in the Primary School (CLiPS)

Unit Plan
Unit Overview
Unit Title
WHAT A FRIEND!
Unit Summary
By the end of the 9 lessons, pupils will be able to show understanding of the elements of literature
such as characters, theme, plot, setting and aesthetic appreciation of the text.
Subject Area
Language, Science, Art, Music, Physical Education, Geography & Civics.
Grade Level
Year 5
Approximate Time Needed
4 months
Unit Foundation
Targeted Content Standards and Benchmarks
Syllabus Specifications:
1.2 Listen to and understand words and phrases in context.
1.3 Listen to and follow instructions and directions in activities, processes and procedures.
1.4 Listen and understand text and extract information:
*main ideas
*sequence
*cause and effect relationship
1.5 Listen to stories and predict outcomes
1.6 Listen to and enjoy songs rhymes, poems and jazz chants.
1.7 Listen to stories and give names of people, animals and places.
1.8 Listen to stories, give details, sequence of events and predict outcomes.
1.9 Talk about feelings and the moral of the story.
2.2 Ask questions to obtain information and clarification.
2.3 Singing simple songs with expressions and appropriate gestures.
2.4 Convey a simple message accurately.
2.5 Tell the continuity of the story.
2.6 Retell the story by changing the voice to indicate narrator and character.
2.7 Name the good and bad characters and tell why they are good or bad.
2.8 State whether one likes or does not like the story and give reasons..9
3.3 Read aloud stories clearly and expressively.. 22nnnnnnnnnnnn
3.4 Read and understand different types of texts.
4.2 Create greeting cards and posters.
4.3 Write simple messages for a purpose.
4.4 Write recounts with minimal guidance.
4.6 Complete a menu from a picture given.

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Student Objectives/Learning Outcomes

Students will be able to:
• Identify and write the details pertaining to the book cover.
• Talk about the characters depicted on the cover of the book.
• Read aloud the story with different voice modulation.
• Identify the main characters and the plot in the story in a word web.
• Mime scenes to recall reading from the previous lesson
• Express emotions through illustrations in a worksheet
• Identify the plot and show understanding by completing a ‘plot grid’
• Complete the speech bubbles according to the plot in the story
• Read and act out dialogues from the story
• Produce a menu on the food served in the story and able to write their preferences of the
food
• Apply principles of science to predict the ending of the story
• State table manners other than the ones found in the book
• Produce a ‘Good Table Manners’ scrap book.
• Produce a ‘Diorama’ on two different settings of the story
• Design an invitation for Anansi in the form of sms, email, card , memo or a telephone call
• Write their reflections pertaining to interests, characters, food portraying personal growth
• Appreciate parts of the text by transforming the text into different genres, such as songs,
dance, sms, email, telephone conversations, menus, invitations, scrap book and diorama.
Curriculum-Framing Questions
Essential
Question 1. What are friends for?
Unit 1. Should we take revenge if people offend us?
Questions 2. Should we show hospitality to an unexpected guest?
1. What did Anansi cook for dinner?
2. Did Anansi let the turtle into his house?
Content
3. What elements of reality are in it?
Questions
4. Why did Anansi make turtle wash his hands before he could eat?

Student Assessment Plan

Assessment Summary
1. Worksheet on cover review to assess understanding of details about author, illustrator etc.
2. Worksheet on word web to assess understanding of the characters’ nature.
3. Plot Grid and to assess understanding of plot
4. Creating a menu to assess understanding of the food served in the story
5. Performing a skit to evaluate pupils’ understanding of the plot
6. Predicting the resolution by applying principles of Science

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7. Good Table Manners’ scrap book to assess understanding of the table manners highlighted in
the story.
8. ‘Diorama’ to assess understanding of setting.

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Assessment Timeline

Before project work begins Students work on projects After project work is
and complete tasks completed

Project 1 Project 2 Project 1 Project 2 Project 1 Project 2

•Discussion •Access internet • Cutting and • Painting / • Presentin • Presenting
•Brainstorming for pictures to pasting colouring the g their the diorama
•Searching for be used in the suitable background scrap in the
materials from diorama pictures and in the box. books in classroom
other media eg. •Search for captions to • Cutting and the • Exhibiting
Newspapers, shoe box and form scrap pasting the classroom the diorama
magazines. other materials book pictures from • Exhibiting during the
needed for the the internet. the English week
diorama • Assembling scrapbook or in the
the materials during the library/SAL
to form the English
diorama week or in
the
library/SA
L
Unit Details
Prerequisite Skills
• Literature
Instructional Procedures
Prior to Instruction
Month One Review of the cover page, reading text (Pg 3-6), identifying characters and
plot.
Month Two Reading text (Pg. 7 -10), identifying setting, identifying human emotions &
feeling
Reading text (Pg.11-14), identifying plot, main ideas and details.
Month Three Reading text (Pg.15-16), identifying resolution through cross-cultural
themes,
identifying plot, theme and extension project ‘Good Manners’ scrap book.
Month Four Extension project ‘Diorama’

Optional Extension Activity

Accommodations for Mixed Ability Instruction
• Vocabulary worksheet, Jigsaw puzzle, Illustration on feelings about
At Risk Student
story, singing and dancing, producing masks.

EFL Student
• Word web, Designing a menu, Character Grid, ‘Good Manners’ scrap
book, Diorama
Composing a new song, ‘Good Manners’ scrap book , Diorama,
Advanced Student transforming from 1 genre to another. 21st century skills – accessing
internet for pictures for the diorama

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Materials and Resources Required For Unit

Technology – Hardware (Click boxes of all equipment needed)
Camera Laser Disk VCR
Computer(s) Printer Video Camera
Digital Camera Projection System Video Conferencing Equip.
DVD Player Scanner Other
Internet Connection Television
Technology – Software (Click boxes of all software needed.)
Database/Spreadsheet Image Processing Web Page Development
Desktop Publishing Internet Web Browser Word Processing
E-mail Software Multimedia Other
Encyclopedia on CD-ROM

Printed Materials • Worksheets. Lyrics of song, Cartoon strips, Jigsaw Puzzle

Supplies • Stationery

Internet Resources Pictures from internet

Other Resources Books from RELC library

Unit Plan template adapted from the Intel Essentials v10 Programme
• *Legal Information | Privacy Policy Presenting their scrap books in the classroom Exhibiting the scrapbook during
the English week or in the
library/SAL

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