Lesson Plan for Primary 5: English Comprehension
**Topic: Teaching of New Words, Meaning, and Comprehension; How I Spent My Last Holiday; The Tenses**
**Grade Level:** Primary 5
**Subject:** English Comprehension
**Duration:** 60 minutes
### Objectives:
1. **Vocabulary Building**: Students will learn and understand new words related to holidays.
2. **Comprehension Skills**: Students will be able to read and comprehend a passage about how a holiday was spent.
3. **Grammar**: Students will identify and use past, present, and future tenses correctly.
4. **Writing Skills**: Students will be able to write a short paragraph describing their last holiday using appropriate vocabulary and tenses.
### Materials:
- Worksheet with a passage about a holiday
- Whiteboard and markers
- Flashcards with new vocabulary words
- Notebook and pens/pencils
### Lesson Structure:
**Introduction (10 minutes):**
1. **Greeting and Settling Down**: Welcome the students and ensure they are seated and attentive.
2. **Lesson Preview**: Briefly explain what the lesson will cover – learning new words, understanding a passage, working on tenses, and writing about their own holiday.
**Warm-Up (5 minutes):**
1. **Interactive Q&A**: Ask students a few questions about their recent holidays to warm up. For example:
- "Who traveled somewhere interesting during their last holiday?"
- "Did anyone learn a new activity or hobby during their holiday?"
**Vocabulary Building (15 minutes):**
1. **Introduction of New Words**:
- Present 5-10 new vocabulary words related to holidays (e.g., adventure, destination, explore, relaxing, memorable).
- Use flashcards to introduce each word, its meaning, and an example sentence.
2. **Repetition and Practice**:
- Have the class repeat each word aloud.
- Ask students to use each new word in a sentence. Write some of the best sentences on the whiteboard.
**Reading and Comprehension (15 minutes):**
1. **Reading Passage**:
- Distribute a worksheet with a short passage titled “How I Spent My Last Holiday”.
- Read the passage aloud to the class for initial exposure.
2. **Comprehension Questions**:
- After reading, ask simple comprehension questions to ensure understanding (e.g., “Where did the narrator go for their holiday?”, “What activities did the narrator do?”).
- Discuss the answers as a class.
**The Tenses (10 minutes):**
1. **Explanation**:
- Review the concepts of past, present, and future tenses with examples relevant to the topic (e.g., "I traveled", "I am traveling", "I will travel").
2. **Interactive Activity**:
- Write sentences on the board about holidays in different tenses, and ask students to identify the tense.
**Writing Activity (10 minutes):**
1. **Creative Writing Assignment**:
- Instruct students to write a short paragraph (5-6 sentences) about their last holiday, using at least three of the new vocabulary words and mixing different tenses.
2. **Sharing**:
- If time allows, invite a few students to read their paragraphs aloud.
**Conclusion (5 minutes):**
1. **Review**:
- Recap what was learned: new words, comprehension of the passage, use of tenses, and writing about holidays.
2. **Homework Assignment**:
- Ask students to finish or revise their paragraphs if necessary and bring them to the next lesson for sharing.
3. **Goodbye and Next Steps**:
- Encourage students to think about what they would like to learn in upcoming lessons and give a preview of the next class activity.
**Assessment:**
- Observation of participation in class activities.
- Evaluation of students’ comprehension through the Q&A.
- Checking the written paragraphs for appropriate use of vocabulary and tenses.
By the end of the lesson, students should be more confident in their ability to understand and use new words, comprehend passages effectively, identify different tenses, and write descriptively about their experiences.