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Primary Year 3 SK Scheme of Work
SCHEME OF WORK: NON-TEXTBOOK BASED LESSON (Unit 5)

LESSON: 73 (Writing 14) MAIN SKILL FOCUS: Writing THEME: World of self, family and friends

WEEK: TOPIC: My new house CROSS-CURRICULAR ELEMENT: LANGUAGE/GRAMMAR FOCUS: Present tense There
is/are: Singular & plural
Environmental Sustainability; Creativity &
Innovation

CONTENT LEARNING LEARNING OUTLINE MATERIALS / DIFFERENTIATION
STANDARD STANDARD REFERENCES STRATEGIES
Pictures of
Main Skill Main Skill Pre-lesson traditional style Differentiate learning
Writing 4.2 Writing 4.2.4 1. Choose an appropriate pre-lesson activity from the list in the introduction that suits your local/national according to the
Communicate basic Describe people pupils’ needs and interests and that will review key language to prepare pupils for the houses needs of your pupils
information intelligibly and objects using lesson on the topic of homes and houses. Include key words such as wood, water, light. and class. Please see
for a range of suitable words and Lesson delivery Poster paper, the seven
purposes in print and phrases pens, rulers etc. differentiation
digital media 2. Show the pictures of the Japanese house from Lesson 72. Elicit some differences strategies listed in the
between this and pupils’ own homes. If possible a introduction. Please
Complementary 3. Show the pictures of traditional Malay houses. Talk to the pupils about how the houses template for also consider the
Complementary Skill are traditionally built to respect the natural environment. (this may be in first language) design of a following:
Skill Writing 4.3.3 (For an interesting article see: traditional house Pupils can write
Writing 4.3 Plan, draft and http://unossc1.undp.org/GSSDAcademy/SIE/Docs/Vol4/Malay_house.pdf) Note that sentences according
Communicate with write an increased you will need to choose and simplify the information given here. card for each to their own level.
appropriate language range of simple 4. Ask pupils what key features make an environmentally friendly home (e.g. natural group for making Encourage them to try
form and style for a sentences building materials, use of natural energy and resources – water, light etc). houses and write something a
range of purposes in little above their level
print and digital 5. Tell pupils they will design an eco-friendly house. Assign pupils to work in groups on a and support them in
media poster or a model (if possible). They should design a house and then each pupil writes this.
a sentence about the house (in their notebooks as a draft, and then, after checking, on
the poster or as a label) using There is/are. The houses will be conceptually simple.
Monitor carefully and support pupils as they try to write their sentences. If pupils are not
able to finish their houses in this lesson, you could have them continue at the end of the
next few lessons, perhaps in place of the post-lesson task.
Post-lesson
6. Have pupils look at each other’s posters and comment on them. Provide some general
feedback on their efforts.

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