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SHS 3 English Language 1st Semester Week 9 Lesson Plan

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Weekly Learning Plan
SubjectEnglish LanguageWeek9
Duration60 minutesFormSHS 3
StrandORAL LANGUAGESub-StrandCONVERSATION/COMMUNICATION
Learning Outcome(s)3.1.3.LO.1 - Use effective strategies to engage in extensive talk on both local and global issues
Content Standard3.1.3.CS.1
Learning Indicator(s)3.1.3.LI.2 - Ask and respond to critical questions about topical issues happening both locally and globally. Building on What Others Say: In dialogues, learners question given structures in society and meaningfully interact with their peers on such local and global issues. Pick & Speak: • Learners, individually/in pairs/in groups, pick topic cards from a group of cards and speak to the issue written on the card. • Learners communicate using words carefully by considering the gender, ethnicity, status, and preferences of other speakers
Lesson FocusAsk and respond to critical questions about topical issues happening both locally and globally.
Previous KnowledgeLearners recall related ideas, vocabulary or experiences from earlier lessons and everyday contexts.
Lesson Objective(s)Describe the key idea in: Ask and respond to critical questions about topical issues happening both locally and globally. Apply the idea through guided and independent learning activities. Demonstrate understanding through oral responses, written work or practical performance.
Essential Question(s)What language/literary skill is central to Ask and respond to critical questions about topical issues happening both locally and globally. Building on What Others Say: In dialogues, learners question given structures in society and meaningfully interact with their peers on such local and global issues. Pick & Speak: • Learners, individually/in pairs/in groups, pick topic cards from a group of cards and speak to the issue written on the card. • Learners communicate using words carefully by considering the gender, ethnicity, status, and preferences of other speakers? What evidence from speech, text or context helps us understand or produce an effective response? How can the skill be transferred to a new communication, reading or writing situation?
Pedagogical StrategiesTalk for Learning Think-Pair-Share Collaborative Learning Modelled/Guided Practice Independent Practice
Teaching & Learning ResourcesEnglish Language textbook/reference materials Whiteboard/markers Learners' notebooks Audio recordings/teacher-read passages Phone/speaker where available Pronunciation/sound charts
Key Notes on Differentiation
ContentUse shorter texts, vocabulary support, sentence frames, pronunciation models or partially completed organisers for learners who need support. Extend proficient learners with denser texts, more independent writing, deeper inference or more demanding oral/literary responses.
ProcessUse rehearsal, guided practice and peer feedback before independent performance. Allow oral, visual and written scaffolds while keeping the same curriculum objective.
ProductAccept appropriate evidence such as oral performance, comprehension response, summary, edited paragraph, composition or literary analysis. Assess accuracy, clarity, fluency/comprehension, organisation and evidence-based explanation.
Success CriteriaLearners use correct subject vocabulary. Learners complete the main task with reasonable accuracy. Learners explain or demonstrate how the concept applies in a new situation.
HomeworkComplete a short reading, speaking or writing task that transfers the skill to a new context.
Lesson Activities
StageTeacher ActivityLearner ActivityAssessment / DoK
Starter10 minutesRead, play or display a short language sample connected to ask and respond to critical questions about topical issues happening both locally and globally and ask learners to identify the feature.Share prior knowledge, listen to peers and record the lesson question in their notebooks.Not provided.
Activity 115 minutesModel ask and respond to critical questions about topical issues happening both locally and globally using pronunciation practice, sentence examples, a short text, dialogue or guided reading.Listen or read, identify the feature and repeat or explain examples.Check accurate recognition or production of the language feature.
Activity 220 minutesGuide pairs to practise ask and respond to critical questions about topical issues happening both locally and globally through oral response, reading, writing, translation or role play.Practise in pairs or groups and improve responses using teacher and peer feedback.Assess pair or group practice using clear language-success criteria.
Activity 310 minutesAsk learners to produce an original oral or written response that uses ask and respond to critical questions about topical issues happening both locally and globally accurately.Create and present a short response that uses the feature accurately.Collect an exit response and check accuracy, clarity and transfer.
Lesson ClosureSummarise ask and respond to critical questions about topical issues happening both locally and globally and correct one common misconception using learner examples. State one thing learned and complete the exit response.

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