The document outlines a lesson plan for teaching students about the story "The Lucky Octopus" which focuses on identifying adjectives, making predictions, discussing character qualities, and learning about moral values such as honesty and bravery. Students will work individually and in groups to read excerpts from the story, underline adjectives, answer questions about characters, and identify qualities they look for in a friend. The lesson integrates skills like reading, writing, speaking, and aims to develop students' thinking abilities and knowledge.

1. 1. Choose the best answers for the question.
What do you think will happen if Ollie doesn’t get her leg after her eighth birthday?
a. She will feel sad
3.Excerpt
Based on the exceprt above, why do you think Ollie doesn’t make a wish for herself?
DEVELOPING MORAL VALUES
Date : 7 September 2013

2. Day : Thursday
Time : 30 minutes
Class : Year 5 Topaz
No. of students : 30
Students’ ability : Lower and Upper Intermediate
Theme : World of Stories
Topic : The Lucky Octopus
Main skill : Reading
Integrated Skills : Listening, Speaking & Writing
Learning outcomes : 2.5 Talk about the people, places and moral values
of the stories heard, read and viewed in simple
language.
4.4 Complete text with the missing words,, phrase
or sentence.
Curriculum Specification : 2.5.3 Name the good and bad characters and talk a
a little about them.
4.4.2 Complete simple instructions, recipes,
descriptions, rhymes with the missing
words ( with guidance given in the form
of words and pictures).
Learning Objectives : By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to :
i. state the moral of the story.
ii. Make prediction based on the given excerpt
from the story.

3. Language Focus : reading, writing, speaking
Prior knowledge : The pupils have read and understand the storyline.
Teaching – learning Materials (TM) : Power Point slides and worksheets.
Moral Values (MV) : Honesty, sincere, brave,
Thinking skills (CCTS) : describing, inferring, generating ideas,
Educational Emphases (EE) : Thinking skills and knowledge acquisition.
STAGE /
TIME
CONTENT TEACHER’S
ACTIVITY
PUPILS’’ ACTIVITY RESOURCES
Set induction
( 5 minutes )
Example:
Alia: Can I
play with you?.
Siti: Of course
you can.
1.The teacher uses a
puppet to role play a
dialogue.
1.The pupils state the

4. Alia: Thank
you
Siti: You’re
welcome
Presentation
( 10 minutes)
Example:
Ps - “Ollie only
has seven legs
because she
isn’t part of our
family, said
Olivia.
Example:
Tr: What
qualities of
Olivia’s
character are
revealed in this
sentence?
Ps: cruel,
selfish
Example:
An adjective is
a word that
describes a
1. The teacher divides
the pupils into groups
of four and gives each
pair a worksheet.
The teacher asks
each pair to read the
sentences and asks
other pupils to
describe the character
in the sentence.
2. The teacher writes
the pupils’ responds
on the board.
3. The teacher
explains the usage of
adjectives and asks
the pupils to give
1. In pairs, the pupils
study and read the
sentences/ dialogue
aloud.
Other pupils respond
verbally.
2. The pupils read and
spell the words.
3. The pupils discuss
and write the
adjectives.
Sentence strips
( Appendix 1 )

5. noun.
Example –
i. b
l
u
e
–
blue bag
etc.
more examples based
on their previous
knowledge.
Practice
(15 minutes )
A story
entitled: The
Lucky Octopus
Example:
a. Octopus –
tiny octopus
b. Cake –
delicious cake
etc.
1. The teacher
distributes the story
and asks the pupils to
read silently and
underline more
adjectives from the
story.
2. The teacher and
pupils discuss the
answer. The teacher
explains the meaning
of a few adjectives.
The teacher asks the
pupils to read and
spell the adjectives.
1. The pupils read and
underline the
adjectives in pairs.
2. The pupils read and
spell individually or as
a whole.
PPT slides
(Appendix 2 )
Production
(15 minutes)
Instruction:
1.Choose
suitable
adjectives to
1. The teacher
distributes the
worksheets .
1.The pupils read the
story and write the
answer in pairs.
Worksheets
(Appendix 3
and 4)

6. describe the
characters in
the story.
2. Complete
the adjectives
of the
following
topics;
Example:
1.colours- red,
yellow, blue
2. The teacher
discusses the
answers with the
pupils.
2. The pupils read
their answers
individually or as a
whole.
Closure
(2 minutes)
Instruction:
1.List three
qualities you
look for in a
friend.
1. The teacher asks
the pupils to write
three qualities that
they look for in a
friend.
2. The teacher and
pupils discuss.
1. The pupils answer
individually.
Worksheet
( Appendix 5 )