Lesson Plan Format
Class Form 1
Venue 1 Wisdom
Date 29/8/2019
Time 10.00 am – 11.30 am
Topic The Amazon Rainforest
Theme Health and Environment
Focus Skill Reading skills
CONTENT/LEARNING STANDARDS
3.1 Understand a variety of texts by using a range of appropriate reading strategies to
construct meaning
3.1.1 Understand the main points in simple longer texts
3.1.4 Use with some support familiar print and digital resources to check meaning
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end 1. Solve the worksheet based on the reading passage and get at least six
of the out of seven correct individually.
lesson, 2. Explain at least three usage of the item drawn based on the situation
students given by the teacher in group.
should be
able to:
SUCCESS CRITERIA
Students 1. Skim and scan the reading passage for the main ideas and supporting
can details.
2. Draw an item and justify its usages
Cross Curricular
Elements
Language/Gramm Vocabulary on environment
ar Focus
Thinking Skills Create and understand
Moral Values
Stage Teaching and Learning Activities Resources
1. Teacher shows pictures of Amazon Appendix 1
rainforest. Pictures of Amazon
Set Induction 2. Teacher asks students to describe what rainforest
they see in the picture.
3. Teacher asks students questions such as:
“Have you ever been into a forest
before?”
“Do you know anything about the
Amazon rainforest?”
4. Teacher introduces the lesson’s topic and
the skills.
Lesson Development Stage
1. Teacher distributes a reading passage to Appendix 2
the students on The Amazon Rainforest. Reading passage
Presentation 2. Teacher give input by teaching the
students on how to skim and scan for the
main ideas in a paragraph.
3. Teacher will also help students with
words that they are not familiar with.
1. Teacher distributes worksheets to the Appendix 3
students based on the reading passage. Worksheets
Practice 2. Students are instructed to answer the work
sheet individually.
3. Teacher will discuss the answers with the
students.
1. Students are instructed to get into groups of Mahjong papers
Production 5.
2. Teacher will provide each group with a mah-
jong paper and markers.
3. Teacher instructed the students to draw any
item they like on the middle of the mah-jong
paper.
4. Teacher asks the students to imagine that
they are lost in the Amazon forest and the
thing that they draw earlier is the only thing
they got.
5. Students is instructed to write down the
usage of the items they have drawn and their
usage for their survival.
6. Teacher will asks students to do a gallery
walk.
7. Students with guidance from the teacher will
give comments on their friends work.
1. Teacher poses questions such as:
Conclusion “Do you think the Amazon rainforest
can last much longer with human
destroying the forest”
“What are the things that we can do
to ensure the longevity of our forest?”
Extended
Activity
Formative Practice stage, students will answer the work sheet given.
Assessment
Resources/Teachin T&L Strategies Assessment for
g Materials learning
Main Strategy: e.g. Collaborative Learning
Students will be
assess during the
practice stage.
21st Century Skills:
Think-
Pair-
Share
Mix-
Pair-
Share
Gallery /
Walk
Number
ed
Heads
Togethe
r
All
Write
Round
Robin
Jot
thoughts
Others:
i-Think Map:
Circle Tree map
map
Bubble Flow map
map
Double Multi
bubble flow map
map
Brace Bridge
map map
HOTS:
Apply
Analyse
Evaluate
Create /
Teacher’s Reflection
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
The Amazon Rainforest
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:
The Amazon is the world’s largest tropical rainforest. It is roughly the size of the continent of
Australia and covers an area of nearly 2.8 million square miles. The Amazon rainforest gets its life
from the majestic Amazon River which runs through the heart of the region. Amazon is also the
second largest river in the world. The rainforest is simply the drainage basin for the river and its
tributaries. The vast forest consists of four layers, each featuring its own ecosystems and specially
adapted plants and animals.
The forest floor is the lowest region. Since only two percent of the sunlight can filter through
the top layers to the understory very few plants grow there. The forest floor, however, is rich with
rotting vegetation and bodies of dead animals which quickly break down and get integrated into the
soil as nutrients. Tree roots stay close to these available nutrients and decomposers such as
millipedes and earth worms use these nutrients for food.
The understory is the layer above the forest floor. Much like the forest floor, only about 2 to
5 percent of the sunlight reaches this shadowy realm. Many of the plants in the understory have
large, broad leaves to collect as much sunlight as possible. The understory is so thick that there is
very little air movement. As a result, plants rely on insects and animals to pollinate their flowers.
The layer above the understory is the canopy. This is where much of the action in the
rainforest occurs. Many plants growing in this layer have specially adapted leaves with drip tips. Drip
tips allow water to flow off the leaves and thus prevent mosses, fungi and lichens from infecting the
leaves. Leaves in the canopy are very dense and filter about 80 percent of the sunlight. The canopy is
where the wealth of the rainforest’s fruits and flowers grow.
Appendix 3
Answer the following questions.
1. Which is the world’s second largest river?
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2. How important is the Amazon River for Amazon rainforests?
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3. Why do very few plants grow in the understory of the rainforests?
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4. Why is there very little air movement in the understory?
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5. What is the layer above the understory called?
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6. Find the word from the passage which means ‘grand’.
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7. In your opinion, why is the Amazon Rainforest is important to human kind?
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