Teaching Practice: Lesson Plan
ROUTINE INFORMATION
Name of School:
Mhlumeni Primary School
Student surname and name: Nyawo Sibusisekile
Student number:
217034606
Grade:
5
Subject:
English
Topic:
Reading and Writing
Content/ Concept Area:
CAPS page no:
65
Duration of lesson:
1 hour
Date
26 July 2018
SPECIFIC AIMS:

guide learners to achieve their full physical, intellectual, personal, emotional and social
potential

teach learners to exercise their constitutional rights and responsibilities and to respect the
rights of others

develop skills such as self-awareness, problem-solving, interpersonal relations, leadership,
decision-making, and effective communication
LESSON OBJECTIVES:
KNOWLEDGE
Learners should gain
knowledge and
understanding of the
following:
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Writing words and
be able to spell
them
Listening
attentively to any
kind of a listening
comprehension
SKILLS
Learners should be able to do the
following:
VALUES/ATTITUDE
Learners should acquire
values and attitudes
conducive to promoting:

Read with understanding


Listening for highlighting the
most important information

Effective
construction of
sentences
Good range of
writing text with
understanding
APPROACH/TEACHING STRATEGY:

Questioning

Explanation
RESOURCES:
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Textbooks

Learners’ workbook

Chalkboard
LESSON PHASES:
INTRODUCTION
To introduce the lesson, I will tell a short story about the life of a Lion in a jungle. I will ask
them to listen carefully because after the story there would some questions which will lead
them to a topic of the day. Learners will shortly write a spelling test which will be based on
the story I have told.
DEVELOPMENT
STEP 1
Learners will quickly read again the story of Richard Simelane so that they could remember
what was the story about. In that way, I will be creating a smooth transition from what we have
done from the previous lesson. Moreover, I will encourage learners with expression (learners
should indicate if a person is shouting or excited from the reader’s voice projection.
STEP 2:
I will write the questions based on the story in chalkboard and tell learners to write the answers
in their exercise books. Questions would be as follows:
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When did the story happen?
Where did it happen?
What happened in the story?
How did Richard get through the rock fall?
The above questions will be asked and then I will go around and learners to work in pairs to
answer the questions.
STEP 3:
Learners would be orally asked follow up questions which would help them understand how
to write a good summary. To check where they listened , I will ask any learner to come forward
and present what he or she heard from the audio play and thereafter I will let learners work in
pairs to write a short summary about the story we read about for about 15 minutes.
CONSOLIDATION/LESSON CONCLUSION
I will conclude the lesson by taking each pair to present what they have done in class and
then I will quickly wrap up the lesson. I will give explain the homework activity so that they
can do what I am expecting.
ASSESSMENT:
Assessment type: Summative
assessment
Homework
Assessment instruments/tools:
Exercise books and textbooks
Assessment method:
Informal assessment
Assessment task and instructions: Learners would be instructed to work individually
EXTENDED/ENRICHMENT:
To support learners who struggle to understand the lesson of the day, I will provide an
extra
activity for them to assist and those who are early finishers will continue to read for
enjoyment.
PLANNED QUESTIONS:
1. Why did Richard go back underground?
2. What happened when Richard got a medal?
3. What did the rescuers do?
REFERENCES:
Platinum English textbook Grade 5
English workbook
Platinum English teachers’ guide
Professional Practice
REFLECTION SHEET
(Single Lessons)
Grade: 5
Successes Experienced …
Reasons
Date: 27 July 2018
Challenges Encountered …
Reasons
I managed to get learners prior knowledge
activated and successfully engaged
It found it challenging to construct activities that help
learners who struggle to understand
I introduced the lesson in a very introducing way I had some pause because learners made annoying
and learners became willing to learn.
noise
Possible Revisions …. (how can I improve)
Interesting incidents
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It was when learners listened to the
audio and then actively engaged in
follow up questions
It was when l gave the important factors
in summary writing and they listened
I need to work with my mentor teacher so

that I can be able to deal with under
issues
 I must get an alternative way to engage
learners because sometimes they
become bored.
What did you learn from this particular experience?
In this lesson, I have learnt that as a teacher I should use any teaching method to assist learners
understand the lesson.