Fifth assignment : Lesson plan

SINGULAR  AND  PLURAL NOUNS

LEVEL: Form 2 (Beginner to Intermediate)

THEME: PEOPLE AND ENVIRONMENT

TIME: 60 minutes

AIMS:

To be able to learn and understand singular and plural nouns, identify them and answer the exercise on the website given by the teacher. 

  TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS:

One computer per pair of students with an Internet connection, and a Web Browser.

Websites:

http://explorer.justenglish.com/magazine/biography/pablo-picasso (1)

http://www.better-english.com/grammar/sinplu.htm (2)

  

 

PREPARATION:

1. Find suitable websites for the activities.
2. Create an exercise for the students based on the information on the site.

PROCEDURE:

Introduction (10 minutes)

1.     Teacher tells a story and asks the students to identify the singular and plural    nouns in the story.

2.    Teacher introduces the topic and explains the rules of singular and plural nouns.

Pre Activity (15 minutes)

1.    Teacher asks the students to browse on the first (1) website and read the article about Pablo Picasso.

2.   The students are required to find at least 5 examples of each singular and plural nouns in the article.

3.   Teacher asks volunteers to give their answers and discuss it with the students.

While Activity (15 minutes)

1.   Based on the article, the students are required to identify 5 sentences that have singular and plural nouns.

2.    They are required to change the nouns form from the sentences.

(eg. From plural forms to singular forms and vice versa)

3.   Teacher will call out pair to present in front of the class.

4. Teacher discusses the answers with the students.

Post Activity (10 minutes)

1.    Teacher asks the students to browse on the second (2) website.

2.    The students are required to complete the exercise given in the website.

3.    They are given 5 minutes to finish the online exercise.

4.    Students will report their scores to the teacher.

5.    Teacher discusses the correct answer with the students.

Conclusion (10 minutes)

1.    Teacher receives feedbacks from the students regarding the lesson of the day.

2.    Teacher instils the moral values.

3.    Teacher congratulates the students on their effort.

Follow – up activity

The students are required to construct 10 sentences using singular and plural nouns. They need to email it to the teacher rodhiahamzah@yahoo.com

Fourth Assignment : The History of the Pencil

             History of the Pencil by Mark Marchant 

     The history of the pencil dates back to the 16th century at Borrowdale . A thunderstorm toppled some trees and uncovered a black substance that marked the hands of people who touched it. This was graphite. In its natural form, graphite is messy and soft. To make it easy to use, people first wrapped a sliver of graphite inside a roll of sheepskin or rope. Today, the graphite is inserted into a wooden case for easy handling.

   Graphite melts at very high temperatures. This made it perfect to use in cannons. Graphite-coated cannon balls continue to fire with great accuracy, even when a cannon gets very hot. This made graphite a very valuable weapon. So the British Government took over the graphite mine at Borrowdale. For many years, armed guards took the precious graphite all the way down to the weapon factories in the naval shipyards in the south of England. Local people tried to smuggle out the graphite, which was nearly as valuable as gold. To stop this, the British Government created a law in 1752 to punish people caught smuggling graphite to hard labour in prison colonies overseas. However, this harsh new law did not stop the smuggling!  

   The Borrowdale mine remains the only major source of graphite in its near-pure form in the world. Smaller graphite mines exist in parts of China, which now produces most of the world’s pencils. Nowadays, the best grade graphite at Borrowdale is totally exhausted. But England’s pencil industry continues to thrive in the nearby town of Keswick. Keswick’s first pencil factory opened in 1832. This is now owned by the Cumberland Pencil Company and still produces a wide range of high quality pencils.