1. Secondary School Lesson Plan
Date : 10th February 2012
Time/Duration : 80 minutes (double period)
Class : Form 1 Epsilon
No. of student : /
Proficiency level : Intermediate
Background knowledge: Students are already exposed to the format of writing a guided
essay.
Theme : Fishing experience
Topic : Guided Essay Writing
Language skill focus : Writing
Integrated skills : Reading, Speaking and Listening
Language focus : Sentence connector.
Learning outcomes : By the end of Form 2, students should be able to:
1.0 LANGUAGE FOR INTERPERSONAL USE
1.1b Take part in conversation and discussion
iii. responding appropriately to questions.
vi. participating in teacher-guided class discussions by giving
one’s opinion.
2.0 LANGUAGE FOR INFORMATIONAL USE
2.2d Predicting outcomes
xi. making simple prediction of outcomes.
Learning objectives : By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
1. interact and participate actively in class by answering
questions asked by teacher.

2. 2. write a simple essay not less than 120 words.
3. write a paragraph of prediction on how a story would
had ended.
Educational emphasis: a) Thinking skills
b) Preparing for real world
c) Multiple Intelligence
Moral values : Helpful, cooperative, respecting one and another.
Resource Materials : 1001 series Guide to Writing Composition
Vocabulary List :
1. Relaxing
2. Excited
3. Chest
4. Sheepishly
5. Envelope
6. Desire
7. Fishing rod
8. Line
9. Bait
10. Hook

3. STAGE/ CONTENT/ SKILL TEACHER/PUPIL AVA/
DURATION ACTIVITY RATIONALE
SET- Whole class 1. Teacher asks Rationale
INDUCTION students weather
Question: they still remember To create interest
(5 MINUTES) 1. Do you still how to write an in the topic of the
remember how to essay. lesson by eliciting
write an essay? their feedback.
2. Teacher explains to
2. What are the student that they
elements in an will be focusing on
essay? a guided essay
writing
Skills composition.
Speaking
PRE- Whole class 1. Teacher briefly Rationale
READING explains again on the
Questions. format of writing a To reinforce
(5 MINUTES) guided essay. students
1. understanding
2. Students respond to on the format
Skills teachers question based of writing a
Reading on what they have guided essay.
Speaking already learned.
WHILE- Whole class Task One: Rationale
READING
Vocabulary List 1. Teacher distributes the To help student
(35MINUTES) 1001 series Guide to understand the
relaxing Writing Composition pictures better.
excited book to all students.
sheepishly To clarify any
chest 2. Teacher divides difficult words
envelope students into 4 groups which students
desire and gives them a might not
picture with the guided understand.
fishing rod
key words for them to
line

4. work in their respective To persuade
groups and write down students to
a short paragraph. work together
Skills and establish
Reading 3. Teacher discusses the team work by
Speaking pictures and also any completing
difficult words in the group task.
keyword provided.
4. Each group will then AVA
present their paragraph Marker
on the whiteboard. Whiteboard
1001 series
5. Teacher then corrects Guide to
the paragraph together Writing
with all students. Composition
book.
Group work Task Two Rationale
Skills 1. Teacher then asks To persuade
Speaking students to complete students to
Writing their essay by copying work together
down all the and establish
paragraphs written on team work by
the board. completing
group task.
2. Teacher teaches
students on how to link
one paragraph to
another using proper
sentence connector.
POST- Whole class 1. Student remains in Rationale
READING their same group.
Skills To evoke
(15MINUTES) Listening 2. Students are asked to students
Reading predict the ending of creative
the story and write thinking skills.
their own version of
how the story would
have ended.

5. CLOSURE Whole class 1. Teacher will recap and Rationale
review the lesson with To ensure the
(10MINUTES) Skills the students. students learn
Speaking how to write a
guided essay.
AVA
Homework
Evaluation :
Follow-up Activity : Students are asked to write a short journal based on any of their
experience with their friends.
Self-Reflection :
Supervisor’s comment :