Week 8 Plan

Foundation Public School
Lesson Plan Template (III to Grade XI)

English Language Lesson Plan
Grade & Section: VI (A-E) Week: 8 th
Day & Date: 25th - 29th September, 23 No. of periods: 1/2 Lesson Materials & Resources: : Cambridge Primary English Learner’s
Book, Workbook.
Topic: People in the News. Sub-topic: Unit-2.4, Report a story
Learning objectives: Students will be able to,

 Identify the language features of a news article.
 Write a mini report.
Look Fors:
 Students can identify the language features of a news article.
 Students can write a mini report.
Methodology/Pedagogical Outline (Engage & Explain) Duration

Starter Activity (Minds on Activity):
Ask the learners about the purpose, audience layout and language of a news article. They will discuss the link between purpose, 10mins
audience, layout and language. Have a class report back to share ideas and give examples then ask the following questions,
How would you greet a friend? Your teacher? An adult you do not know? The emperor?
Teacher will then inform the learners that both fictional and non-fictional texts have different language features.
Also educate the learners on the term Register as it refers to the degree of formality of language.
Main Activity (Teaching / Exploring):
Identify language features of a News report: 25mins
 Teacher will then discuss with the learners the features of fictional and non-fictional text and can make comparison with the
other texts that they read throughout the year. (refer to the picture on the last page of planner)
 Now teacher will discuss the language features of a news article. Learners will be asked to take notes or built a concept web
related to it. It should cover the details of Narrative voice, Tense, type of speech used (direct or reported or both?), kind of
punctuation and register (formal or informal language).
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Group Activity:
 Organize the learners into groups and ask them to roughly draft a mini report on any past event which is newsworthy and was
of interest to their friends and family. Task to be done on a loose sheet.
 Ask the learners to check their work for Headline, 5W1H, Language, tense and punctuation and they can also be referred to
use the structure of inverted pyramid for their mini report.
Student Practice (Classwork): 15mins

Learners will discuss and write a mini report on any event. They will write this report in their booklets later.
Formative Assessment⃰ (AFL strategies & tools to gauge learning):

Learners mini report will serve as an assessment of their learning.
Wrap Up/Plenary:
Ask the learners, how are we doing? 5mins
What differentiated activities will you use to facilitate learning?

How will you differentiate for learners who require additional support?
Each member of the group has to be a part in discussion.
How will you differentiate for learners who require additional opportunities to deepen their learning?
They can be asked to write their own news report on India’s recent visit to the Moon. Chandaryan-3
Reflection:
What went well?
Even better if…
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Day & Date: 25th - 29th September, 23 No. of periods: 2/2 Lesson Materials & Resources: Cambridge Primary English Learner’s
Book, Workbook.
Topic: People in the News. Sub-topic: Unit 2.4, Report a story
Learning objectives: Learners will be able to,

 Compare a news broadcast with a news article
 Conduct a live news broadcast
Look Fors: Learners can,

 compare a news article with the news broadcast
 Conduct a live news broadcast
Methodology/Pedagogical Outline (Engage & Explain) Duration

Starter Activity (Minds on Activity):
Quick Recall, 10mins
Carry out a quick recall with the learners of the news article and report that they did in the previous lesson.
encourage each learner to share his understanding and then introduce the Topic of this lesson to the learners.
Main Activity (Teaching / Exploring):

What is Broadcast, 30mins
 Ask your learners that what is a broadcast or who is a broadcaster and what is their role. Record their verbal responses on the
board, then inform your learners that a broadcast is a transmission of a program of information by radio or television. Other
mediums could also serve the role these days.
 Discuss with them the register of a broadcast and how they should sound? Let them know that, a broadcaster is called a
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presenter and they need to sound very clear and use expressions along with the formal language but in moderation.
 Now ask few learners to role play a news broadcast using their mini reports form the prior lesson. They will asked to don it
following the conventions and the way they have witnessed it on TV. Encourage them to look and sound like a news reporter.
If time permits, each group can present their broadcast to the class.
Student Practice (Classwork): 15mins
Learners will do Focus Ex-1 of Unit-2.4 in the Workbooks.
Formative Assessment⃰ (AFL strategies & tools to gauge learning):

Focus Exercise will serve as an assessment. Also, learner’s participation in the broadcasting activity.
Wrap Up/Plenary:
Learner’s broadcast is the plenary for the lesson.
What differentiated activities will you use to facilitate learning?

How will you differentiate for learners who require additional support?
They can be asked to co broadcast with a fellow learner.
How will you differentiate for learners who require additional opportunities to deepen their learning?
They will be asked to assess the broadcasting of the fellow learners if its up to the criteria, they will also provide the feedback.
Reflection:
What went well?
Even better if…
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Lesson Plan Template (III to Grade XI)

Topic: People in the News. Sub-topic: Unit-2.4, Report a story

Learning objectives: Students will be able to,

Methodology/Pedagogical Outline (Engage & Explain) Duration

Student Practice (Classwork): 15mins

Formative Assessment⃰ (AFL strategies & tools to gauge learning):

What differentiated activities will you use to facilitate learning?

Even better if…

Topic: People in the News. Sub-topic: Unit 2.4, Report a story

Learning objectives: Learners will be able to,

Look Fors: Learners can,

Methodology/Pedagogical Outline (Engage & Explain) Duration

Main Activity (Teaching / Exploring):

Student Practice (Classwork): 15mins

Learners will do Focus Ex-1 of Unit-2.4 in the Workbooks.

Formative Assessment⃰ (AFL strategies & tools to gauge learning):

What differentiated activities will you use to facilitate learning?

Even better if…

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