Year 4 English Lesson Plans
Year 4 English Lesson Plans
Main: 1.2.2 Understand with support specific information and details of longer simple texts
LEARNING STANDARDS Complementary:
3.2.3 Guess the meaning of unfamiliar words from clues provided by title and topic
By the end of the lesson, mostof the pupils will be able to understand with support specific
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
information and details of longer simple texts.
PERFORMANCE LEVEL 6
CLASSROOM BASED Tell Stories
ASSESSMENT (CBA)
Attendance: /
/ pupils able to achieve learning objectives and given enrichment exercise (s).
REFLECTION
/ pupils not able to achieve learning objectives and given remedial exercise(s).
Lesson is postponed due to : _____________________________________________________
DAILY LESSON PLAN YEAR 4
SUBJECT English Language YEAR 4
By the end of the lesson, mostof the pupils will be able to read independently for information
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
and enjoyment
Main:
4.3.1 Use capital letters, full stops, question marks and commas in lists appropriately in guided writing at discou
LEARNING STANDARDS
Complementary:
3.2.2 Understand specific information and details of simple texts of one or two paragraphs
By the end of the lesson, mostof the pupils will be able to use capital letters, full stops, question
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
marks and commas in lists appropriately in guided writing at discourse level
SUCCESS CRITERIA Pupils can read and answer the questions correctly.
LANGUAGE / Questions with Whose..?; personal possessive pronouns :e.g. mine/yours; possessive apostrophe
GRAMMAR FOCUS ‘s; personal object pronouns: e.g. me/him
Pre-lesson
1. Review the story using a short whole class quiz orally. (CBA)
Lesson delivery
2. Pupils look at the Grammar Box at the top of page 73. Read the questions and answer out loud
and pupils repeat.
3. Teacher explains about the possessive’s (e.g. Mei’s bag) with short activity.
ACTIVITIES
4. Pupils read again and answer the questions for Activity 3. Remind pupils to use capital letters
and full stops. (HOTS)
5. Draw attention to the difference between the pronouns in this lesson and in earlier lessons.
Discuss in groups. (21st CA)
Post-lesson
6. POST-LESSON TASK 2: MAKE CONNECTIONS- To review topic vocabulary and grammar
TEACHING AIDS Get Smart Plus 4 Activity 3 Student’s Book (page 73) and Teacher’s Book (page 111).
PERFORMANCE LEVEL 6
CLASSROOM BASED Quiz
ASSESSMENT (CBA)
Attendance: /
/ pupils able to achieve learning objectives and given enrichment exercise (s).
REFLECTION
/ pupils not able to achieve learning objectives and given remedial exercise(s).
Lesson is postponed due to : _____________________________________________________
DAILY LESSON PLAN YEAR 4
SUBJECT English Language YEAR 4
SUCCESS CRITERIA Pupils can talk about the characteristics of the animals.
LANGUAGE /
Vocabulary
GRAMMAR FOCUS
Pre-Lesson
1. Ask pupils to talk about the front and back covers of the book.
e.g.: the attire, facial expression of the boy and the setting, author, blurb, etc.
2. Elicit pupils’ understanding from the title of the book.
Lesson delivery
3. Pupils work in groups. Distribute a display sheet and an envelope containing jumbled up body
parts of five animals that pupils will come across in the novel (bear, wolf, panther, tiger and
ACTIVITIES snake).
4. In their respective groups, pupils are to arrange and paste the body parts correctly on the
display sheet provided. (HOTS)
5. Get pupils to talk about the characteristics of the animals. Have pupils guess the relationships
between the animals. (CBA)
Post Lesson
6. Have pupils draw their favourite animal(s) that live in the jungle. (21st CA)
7. Get pupils to share their feelings about their animal(s)
Year 4 Graphic Novel – The Jungle Book
TEACHING AIDS
Contemporary Children’s Literature Teaching Guidebook (BPK) - Graphic Novel
21st CENTURY ACTIVITY Stretch to Sketch CCE Creativity and Innovation
PERFORMANCE LEVEL 6
CLASSROOM BASED Tell Stories
ASSESSMENT (CBA)
Attendance: /
/ pupils able to achieve learning objectives and given enrichment exercise (s).
REFLECTION
/ pupils not able to achieve learning objectives and given remedial exercise(s).
Lesson is postponed due to : _____________________________________________________
DAILY LESSON PLAN YEAR 4
SUBJECT English Language YEAR 4
LEARNING OBJECTIVES By the end of the lesson, mostof the pupils will be able to
SUCCESS CRITERIA Pupils can do a guessing activity in pairs using pictures story.
LANGUAGE / Questions with Whose…? & Which…?; Personal possessive pronouns: e.g. mine/yours; possessive
GRAMMAR FOCUS ‘s
Pre-lesson
1. PRE-LESSON TASK 2: GUESS THE ANSWER - review the camping theme.
Lesson delivery
2. Teacher review language and grammar focus (Possessive ‘s)’ again.
3. Set the scene for the listening activity (CD2-Track 23) and review key vocabulary using the
flashcards. (HOTS)
ACTIVITIES 4. Pupils listen to the CD and tick the correct answer for Activity 4 (Track 25).
5. Ask pupils to give feedback on the answers in pairs and ask pupils to explain their answers
using descriptive language. (CBA)
6. Ask pupils to do a guessing activity in pairs using pictures story or activities in the Student’s
Book to ask and answer questions using the target language. (21st CA)
Post-lesson
7. POST-LESSON TASK 3: TEST MY FRIENDS - To review topic vocabulary or language
Get Smart Plus 4
TEACHING AIDS
Activity 4 Student’s Book (page 73) and Teacher’s Book (page 111).
21st CENTURY ACTIVITY Games CCE Language
PERFORMANCE LEVEL 6
CLASSROOM BASED Others
ASSESSMENT (CBA) Exercise book
Attendance: /
/ pupils able to achieve learning objectives and given enrichment exercise (s).
REFLECTION
/ pupils not able to achieve learning objectives and given remedial exercise(s).
Lesson is postponed due to : _____________________________________________________
LEARNING OBJECTIVES By the end of the lesson, mostof the pupils will be able to
Pupils can take turns asking and answering questions with their partner about whose personal
SUCCESS CRITERIA
item they have.
LANGUAGE /
Questions with Whose…?; Personal possessive pronouns (e.g. mine/his)
GRAMMAR FOCUS
Pre-lesson
1. PRE-LESSON TASK 6: FINGER-WRITING* to review vocabulary for classroom items (e.g.
notebooks, pens, rulers etc.).
Lesson delivery
2. Collect some items from pupils (e.g. pens, notebook, etc.). Use the items to ask Whose… is
this? for pupils to answer It’s mine.
3. Pupils guess what the girls in the picture doing (Activity 5). Play the CD (Track 26) and have
ACTIVITIES pupils chorally repeat the exchange. In pair, pupils take turns asking and answering questions
with their partner about whose personal item they have.
4. Have pupils do a further practice activity in pairs or small groups. You could ask pupils to draw
something which is theirs on a piece of paper. Their group/classmates then have to guess whose
it is.
Post-lesson
5. POST-LESSON TASK 4: CORRECT THE MISTAKE- To review topic language, and to review
spelling and punctuation
Get Smart Plus 4
TEACHING AIDS
Activity 5 Student’s Book (page 73) and Teacher’s Book page 111
21st CENTURY ACTIVITY Read and highlight CCE Language
PERFORMANCE LEVEL 6
CLASSROOM BASED Others
ASSESSMENT (CBA) Exercise book
Attendance: /
/ pupils able to achieve learning objectives and given enrichment exercise (s).
REFLECTION
/ pupils not able to achieve learning objectives and given remedial exercise(s).
Lesson is postponed due to : _____________________________________________________
Main: 3.2.1 Understand the main idea of simple texts of one or two paragraphs
LEARNING STANDARDS Complementary:
3.2.2 Understand specific information and details of simple texts of one or two paragraphs
By the end of the lesson, mostof the pupils will be able to understand the main idea of simple
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
texts of one or two paragraphs
SUCCESS CRITERIA Pupils can read a text and talk about recycling.
LANGUAGE /
Indefinite pronouns: e.g. someone/ everything
GRAMMAR FOCUS
Pre-lesson
1. PRE-LESSON TASK 7: BEAT THE TEACHER - Introduce the topic of recycling.
Lesson delivery
2. Use the flashcard for ‘recycle’ to elicit materials that can be recycled. Ask pupils what they
recycle. (21st CA)
3. Play the CD Vocabulary (Track 27). Pupils point and repeat.
4. Show pupils the paragraph headings (These could be as questions, e.g. What is recycling? /
ACTIVITIES
What can we recycle? / How can we recycle?)
5. Have pupils read the text about recycling and match the paragraphs to the headings. (HOTS)
6. Pupils listen to the CD (Track 28) and read. (Activity 1)
7. Pupils look at the grammar box at the top of page. Explains to pupils.
8. Pupils read again and write T for True or F for false (Activity 2). (CBA)
Post-lesson
9. PRE-LESSON TASK 10: SAY WHAT’S MISSING-To review topic vocabulary
Get Smart Plus 4 Activities 1-2 Student’s Book (pages 74-75) and Teacher’s Book (pages 112 –
TEACHING AIDS
113).
21st CENTURY ACTIVITY Brainstorming CCE Environmental Sustainability Awareness
PERFORMANCE LEVEL 6
CLASSROOM BASED Others
ASSESSMENT (CBA) Exercise book
REFLECTION Attendance: /
/ pupils able to achieve learning objectives and given enrichment exercise (s).
/ pupils not able to achieve learning objectives and given remedial exercise(s).
Lesson is postponed due to : _____________________________________________________
DAILY LESSON PLAN YEAR 4
SUBJECT English Language YEAR 4
LEARNING OBJECTIVES By the end of the lesson, mostof the pupils will be able to describe basic everyday routines
SUCCESS CRITERIA Pupils can write about their own recycling habits.
LANGUAGE / Indefinite pronouns (e.g. someone, everything); present tense review; adverbs of frequency
GRAMMAR FOCUS review
Pre-lesson
1. PRE-LESSON TASK 6: FINGER-WRITING- reviews the theme of recycling.
Lesson delivery
2. Have pupils play a spelling game to review and consolidate the spelling of the indefinite
pronouns. (HOTS)
3. Review the target language by repeating steps of Grammar Box.
4. Pupils look at pictures and write the correct answer (Activity 3).
5. In groups, pupils do an interactive, communicative writing activity where they write about their
ACTIVITIES own recycling habits. For example, pupils could write true and false sentences about what, when
and how they recycle (e.g. I always recycle every glass bottle I use.) / Everyone in my family puts
bottles in the recycling bin). Note the use of present simple for routines. Other pupils read the
sentences and decide which are true/false. (CBA)
6. In pairs, pupils take turns describing the picture using the compound someone, something,
everyone, everything. (21st CA)
Post-lesson
7. Talk to pupils more about recycling as an environmental concern. Find out what pupils can do
more of to help global or local problems with rubbish and recycling.
Get Smart Plus 4
TEACHING AIDS
Activities 3-4 Student’s Book page 75 and Teacher’s Book page 113.
21st CENTURY ACTIVITY Think– Pair– Share CCE Environmental Sustainability Awareness
PERFORMANCE LEVEL 6
CLASSROOM BASED Games
ASSESSMENT (CBA) Exercise book
Attendance: /
/ pupils able to achieve learning objectives and given enrichment exercise (s).
REFLECTION
/ pupils not able to achieve learning objectives and given remedial exercise(s).
Lesson is postponed due to : _____________________________________________________
SUCCESS CRITERIA Pupils can retell the plot of the story in Chapters 1 & 2
LANGUAGE /
Simple Past Tense
GRAMMAR FOCUS
Pre-Lesson
1. Play sounds of the five animals that they have learnt from the previous Language Arts lesson.
2. Get pupils to name the animals and mimic the sounds. (HOTS)
Lesson delivery
3. Have pupils read Chapters 1 & 2.
ACTIVITIES
4. Explore the features in the graphic novel. (Teaching Guidebook pages 6-12)
5. Get pupils to sit in groups to retell the plot of the story in Chapters 1 & 2. (CBA)
Post Lesson
6. Have pupils predict the storyline in the following chapter. (21st CA)
7. Get pupils to share their predictions and state the reason(s).
Year 4 Graphic Novel – The Jungle Book
TEACHING AIDS
Contemporary Children’s Literature Teaching Guidebook (BPK) - Graphic Novel
21st CENTURY ACTIVITY Make Predictions CCE Environmental Sustainability Awareness
PERFORMANCE LEVEL 6
CLASSROOM BASED Tell Stories
ASSESSMENT (CBA)
Attendance: /
/ pupils able to achieve learning objectives and given enrichment exercise (s).
REFLECTION
/ pupils not able to achieve learning objectives and given remedial exercise(s).
Lesson is postponed due to : _____________________________________________________
DAILY LESSON PLAN YEAR 4
SUBJECT English Language YEAR 4
PERFORMANCE LEVEL 6
CLASSROOM BASED Others
ASSESSMENT (CBA) Exercise book
Attendance: /
/ pupils able to achieve learning objectives and given enrichment exercise (s).
REFLECTION
/ pupils not able to achieve learning objectives and given remedial exercise(s).
Lesson is postponed due to : _____________________________________________________
DAILY LESSON PLAN YEAR 4
SUBJECT English Language YEAR 4
LEARNING OBJECTIVES By the end of the lesson, mostof the pupils will be able to
Main:
3.2.4 Recognise and use with little or no support key features of a simple monolingual dictionary
LEARNING STANDARDS
Complementary: 3.2.1 Understand the main idea of simple texts of one or two paragraphs
By the end of the lesson, mostof the pupils will be able to recognise and use with little or no
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
support key features of a simple monolingual dictionary
SUCCESS CRITERIA Pupils can answer the questions and discuss the answer
LANGUAGE /
Review of forms from recent learning
GRAMMAR FOCUS
Pre-lesson
1. Pupils watch a video about 3R. (Reuse, Recycle, Reduce)
Lesson delivery
2. Teacher give pupils a simple text about a recycling project.
3. Ask two or three gist questions before pupils read the text.
ACTIVITIES 4. Pupils read and highlight the important words. (21st CA)
5. In groups, pupils talk about the financial impact as well as entrepreneurship of this project.
6. Teacher distributes worksheet. (CBA)
7. Pupils answer the questions and discuss the answer as a class. (HOTS)
Post-lesson
8. POST-LESSON TASK 12: LEARNING JOURNAL
TEACHING AIDS A short, simple text, Monolingual dictionaries
Attendance: /
/ pupils able to achieve learning objectives and given enrichment exercise (s).
REFLECTION
/ pupils not able to achieve learning objectives and given remedial exercise(s).
Lesson is postponed due to : _____________________________________________________
DAILY LESSON PLAN YEAR 4
SUBJECT English Language YEAR 4
Main:
4.3.1 Use capital letters, full stops, question marks and commas in lists appropriately in guided writing at discou
LEARNING STANDARDS
Complementary:
3.2.2 Understand specific information and details of simple texts of one or two paragraphs
By the end of the lesson, mostof the pupils will be able to revise and consolidate vocabulary and
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
structures in previous lesson.
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DAILY LESSON PLAN YEAR 4
SUBJECT English Language YEAR 4