The daily lesson plan summarizes an English lesson for a 2nd grade class about occupations. The lesson will involve students naming occupations from pictures and a song, reading lyrics that describe different jobs, playing a riddle game in groups, and completing a worksheet with sentences about pictures of occupations. The goal is for students to learn 5 occupations and be able to describe the nature of work for each.

1. Daily Lesson Plan
Subject : English
Date : 29 March 2012
Time : 9.00 - 10.00 a.m. (60 minutes)
Class : 2C (Intermediate Class)
No. of Pupils : 20
Age : 10 years old
Level : Average to advance
Theme : World of Stories
Topic : Occupations
Curriculum Specification :
3.7.1 ( Level 1)
Look at the pictures of a simple factual text and talk about them
3.7.2(Level 2&3)
Read and understand simple factual text by answering simple
comprehension question.
4.5.3(Level 3)
Construct simple sentences independently (3-5 words) by looking at a picture.
Recite simple poems and jazz chants with expression and appropriate gestures.
Focused skill : Reading
Integrated skill : Writing and listening
Language content : Vocabulary
Grammar : Simple sentences
Related knowledge : Social study
Previous knowledge : a) Pupils know some of the names of the occupations.
.
Instructional materials : Pictures, task sheets, slides (power point)

2. Educational emphases : Critical Thinking Skills : relating, classifying, generate ideas
Moral Values : listen to instructions, Obey the law,Better future, Cooperation,Never give
up,Honesty
Multiple Intelligences:Visual-spatial
Teaching Aids : Laptop, LCD, Video clip, a Song, Slide Show, Worksheet
Aim : a) Name the occupations.
b) Identify the meaning of the vocabulary.
Learning Outcomes : By the end of this lesson, pupils will be able to:
a) Name at least 5 occupations from the song.
b) Identify the nature of work of the 5occupations from

4. Stages / Topic / Content Learning and teaching activities Rationale Remarks
Time
Set ‘Slide Show’ 1. Teacher shows pictures of people To arouse pupils’ T/A :
Induction (Appendix 1) and theiroccupations in slides. interest. Slide Show
(5 minutes) LCD
2. Teacher asks pupils several To activate pupils’ Laptop
questions schemata CTS:
Generate ideas
Pupils name the occupations MI:
and tell their work. Visual-spatial
-policeman catch thieves and MV:
postmandeliver letters Obey the law
3. Teacher reminds pupils do not do To inculcate moral
things that against the law. value of obey the law
4. Teacher tells pupils the topic for To introduce topic for
today: today
Occupations
Questions :
a. -Who are they?
b. -What do they
do?

5. Presentation Stage
Pre-reading Activity 1. Pupils get into their group To create interest and T/A :
(10 minutes) ‘A song about 2. Pupils listening and watching the curiosity towards the Video clip
occupation’ video clip about the occupation. lesson and to draw Song
(Appendix 2) 3. Teacher questions to the pupils after pupils attention. LCD
watching the video clip. Laptop
Vocabulary 4. Teacher asks randomly to pupils CTS:
1. Fireman about their ambitions. Generate ideas
2. Mechanic 5. Pupils answer the questions MI:
3. Pilot spontaneously. Visual-spatial
4. Barber MV:
5. Postman Listen to the
6. Police instruction
7. Lifeguard
Better future
8. Teacher
9. Doctor
10. Nurse
11. Astronaut
12. Judge
13. Lawyer
14. Actor
15. Writer
16. Chef
17. Waiter
Questions:
1. What can you
see in the video
clip?
Ans: Man,
People,
Occupation,

6. Police, Doctor
etc.
2. What is yours
ambitions?
Ans: Police,
Doctor, Teacher,
etc.
While reading Activity 1 1. Teacher spread song lyrics about the To let pupils read and T/A :
(25 minutes) Reading occupation to each pupil. understand the topic. Slide show
(slide show) 2. Pupils read the sentences in the To enhance their Game
(15 minutes) lyrics guiding by teacher. thinking and reading LCD
3. Pupils repeat after teacher. skills. Laptop
Read simple 4. Pupils randomly choose by teacher To build pupils’ CTS:
sentences to read the sentences. vocabulary. Generate ideas
Relating
MI:
Activity 2 To encourage thinking Visual-spatial
Riddle / Puzzle skill. MV:
(hangman) 5. Pupils, each group are given one To develop pupils
Cooperation
(10 minutes) chance to answer the riddle. confident.
Never give up
Teacher show the riddle on To build a cooperation
the screen. and social skill among
Pupils read the clue and pupils.
discuss in their group about Motivation for pupils to
the answer. participate in
The representative from each classroom activity.
group will be given a chance
to solve the riddle.
If the riddle cannot be
completed, the chances will

7. be given to other groups.
6. Teacher compliment the group for
their involvement in the class activity.
Post reading Worksheet 1. Teacher distributes the worksheet to To integrate reading T/A :
(15 minutes) (individual activity) the pupils. and writing. worksheets
2. In the worksheet: To build pupils’ CTS:
There are three pictures about vocabulary. Generate ideas
occupation in the worksheet. Relating
Pupils need to construct two MV:
simple sentences for each Honesty
picture.
3. Pupils submit the worksheet.
Closure Summary of the 1. Pupils are selected randomly by To enable the pupils to CTS:
(5 minutes) lesson is: teacher to answer the questions. recall what did and Generate
2. Teacher gives a compliment to what they have learnt. ideas
Questions: pupils. Relating
1. Who are 3. Teachers summarize the today’s To give them an eyes
responsible to lesson after questioning pupils. view of their future.
catch a thief?
2. Who will help us
if we were sick
or fever?
3. Give me five
kind of
occupation do
you know.