Lesson Plan: Tuesday, June 5

School: Samuel Ntsiko Primary (Class 6A)
Grade: 6
Subject: English
Lesson Topic: Vocabulary
Class size: 36
Teachers: Ms. Victoria and Ms. Julie

Objective:

• Learners will be able to construct one sentence for each of the ten vocabulary words in its appropriate context.

Materials:

• Student folders
• Vocabulary note cards
• Writing utensil buckets
• English/Xhosa vocabulary charts
• Sentence example charts
• Fill-in-the-blank charts
• WWW What=2 How=2 chart
• Who
• When
• Where
• What do character do?
• What happens next?
• How do characters feel?
• How does the story end?
• "The Black Cow" story copies

Opening Activities:

• Brain Dance (energy up)
• Xhosa/English word of choice paper chain link
• Review vocabulary words with their designated motions
• mourning
• cautious
• sufficient
• greedy
• despair
• glide
• sob
• secret
• delicious
• obliged

Procedure:

• Begin working on sentences for vocabulary words
• Students copy two example sentences for each word onto their note cards
• Students write their own sentence for each word on their note cards
• Move at a slow pace, focusing on one word at a time and giving students a sufficient amount of time to create their own sentence
• Sentences should demonstrate the learners' understanding of the meaning of the word. For example, rather than simply stating "The cake was delicious," students should write something like, "The cake was delicious because it was sweet and moist."
• Have 10 students share their sentences (one for each word) by sticking a numbered post-it to their desk and having them go to the board to write it and read it aloud
• Present five fill-in-the-blank sentences on charts (include a word bank) and review answers by having students volunteer to come to the board and fill in the correct word:

1. The baby _______ when her mother took the toy away.
2. She was _______ to complete her homework assignment.
3. Miss Victoria felt _______ after her favorite rugby team lost the tournament.
4. Birds _______ gracefully through the sky.
5. When Miss Julie's dog died she was in _______.

• Review WWW What=2 How=2 with motions
• Pass out "The Black Cow" stories; one for each students
• Have learners read the first paragraph individually and underline the who, when, and where in specific color code

Assessment/Evaluation:

• Circulating the room to check on learners' sentences, allowing several students to share, and the fill-in-the-blank activity are all methods of assessing vocabulary retention and word comprehension
• Color-coding the WWW in the first paragraph of "The Black Cow" serves as a good way to both introduce the story and assess students' ability to recognize parts of a story

Closure:

• Finish  reading "The Black Cow" aloud; have students perform vocabulary motions upon hearing them in the story
• Brain Dance (energy down)
• Round of applause

-Victoria Nolan