1. Workshop
Lesson Notes
Year : 6
Time : 30 mins
Topic : Sea Turtle
LearningStandards : 2.2.3 Able toread and demonstrate understandingof textsby:
a) gatheringdetailsandsummarizingmainideas
LearningObjectives : By the endof the lesson, pupilswill be able todemonstrateunderstandingof
textbydrawingthe scenes accurately.
Teachingaids : Turtle dolls, PowerPointpresentation slides,Happy VideobyPharrell Williams
Activity
Step Activity Questions/Sentence
Patterns/Notes
Pre-reading
(3 mins)
Teacher reads a short passage on sea turtles
using turtle dolls.
Pupils are seatedintogroups
While reading
(15 mins)
Each group will geta scenariopertainingtothe
turtles.
Teachersharesthe SQ3R in reading.
1. Skim the passage.
2. Scan the questions.
3. Read it bybreakingitintochunks.
4. Use a coloured pencil tobreak into chunks.
5. Recall onthe passage mainideas.
6. In group, pupils draw the picture.
7. Reviewthe picture basedonthe passage.
8. Pupils needtothink onthe waysto helpthe
turtles andwrite iton the board.
Delegate groupworkby
1) 1 Artist
2) 2 Readers
3) 1 Reviewer
4) Leader
Notice thatwhen we talk, we pause
and stop.
To understand a text, you need to
break the chunks. Give example…
We can helpthe turtles by……….
for no. 8 (feel-ittechnique)
Post-reading
(10 mins)
Teacherdirectsthe classtowards the exhibition of
work, fromone passage to another.
(Gallery Walk)
Teacherdistributes the questions for
pupils toanswerpostsession.
Closure
(2 mins)
Pupilsrecaponthe lessonandtechniques.
Pupilsdance to‘Happy’song