1. PERSATUAN : ENGLISH LANGUAGE SOCIETY
WEEK ACTIVITY PROCEDURE DETAIL DESCRIPTION OF
PROCEDURE
MATERIAL REFERENCE NOTES FOR
TEACHERS
1 Committee
Meeting
Members registration
Welcoming speech
Selecting the
committee members
Discussing the activities
to be carried out for the
year
The students register
themselves as the members
of the society.
The advisor gives welcoming
speech to all members.
Introducing teachers in
charge of the society.
Selecting the committee
members where students
have to nominate the
candidates followed by
voting session.
Discuss with the members
about the activities to be
carried out for the year. Get
members to give their
suggestions.
Registration
form
Whiteboard
Marker pen
- This is the time for
teacher advisor to
discuss activities with
students.
Activities are listed
down and teacher
takes note.
Suggestions from
members are very
important since we
want them to be
independent and
decide on what
interest them.
Teacher suits
members suggestions
with activities
suggested in this
module.
2 My Literature
Scrapbook
Students bring
newspapers and
magazines.
Students are given 3
assignment titles for a
scrapbook.
Students are asked to choose
an assignment title from the
3 given.
1.Find a character, an
article, a story, a picture in
the news that reminds you
Newspapers
Magazines
Glue
Scissors
- Reading Skills
When choosing
words and phrases,
students are not
allowed to create
own ‘spelling’. For
2. Students read
newspapers and
magazines to complete
the scrapbook.
of a character, a theme or a
message from any of your
literature component texts
2.Find words/phrases/
pictures/articles that are
associated with ‘SUCCESS’
3. Find pictures/
phrases/news/articles/adve
rtisements that are
associated with a place of
your dream.
Students browse through the
newspapers and magazines
and start cutting suitable
words, phrases, pictures,
articles that suit the
assignment chosen.
Once students have enough
materials, they put them
together in a scrap book.
Students are reminded to be
very creative in creating the
scrapbook.
example, when they
want to have a word
‘NICE’, students are
not allowed to spell it
by cutting out
individual letters. the
word ‘NICE’ has to be
found spelt as ‘NICE’
from the
newspaper/magazine
. This is to make sure
that students really
try hard looking for
words and phrases
from the newspapers
and magazines and
while doing that,
students actually
read them.
3 Draw the Story Students are given a
reading text to be read.
Teacher gives each member
a story titled ‘The Day The
Sun Did Not Sleep’. (refer to
appendix 1)
Drawing paper
Crayon
Water colours
Colour pencils
- Reading Skills
Dictionary work
This activity can also
3. Students draw the
story.
Students display the
product
To make members more
attracted to read the story, it
is photocopied on colour
papers.
Members read the story and
on a piece of drawing paper.
They draw the story to show
how far they understand the
story.
(There is no right or wrong
drawing. This is what we call
selective comprehension in
which members draw based
on their own level of
understanding)
Members display their
drawings on wall of activity
room and talk about it.
Members are encouraged to
ask each other about their
drawings.
Later, drawings are displayed
on English Language Society
notice board to be shared
with the rest of school.
Dictionary be done in pairs or in
groups.
Teachers may not use
the story suggested.
Teachers can use
own materials based
on students level and
are advised to look
for materials that suit
students own
background so that it
will be more
meaningful, more fun
and easier for
students to apply
‘Intelligent Guessing’
strategy.
4 Reading a Recipe
–making mini
sandwiches
Teacher divides
students into groups of
3 to 5.
Ingredients
depend to the
teacher’s idea
and budget
Reading Skills
Speaking Skills
Teacher prepares the
4. Each group is given a
recipe on how to make
mini sandwiches.
Students read the
recipe.
Students make the
sandwiches Students take the ingredients
from the teacher and start
making the sandwich.
Cooking
utensils
A4 papers
ingredients
Teacher can also
change the menu –
for example making
cup cakes, cookies
etc.
Teacher encourages
students
to present their
sandwiches
creatively.
5 Writing a Poem Teacher explains to
students about poems.
Teacher tells students
that they are going to
write a poem about
feelings.
Teacher puts on some
instrumental music to have
students in the mood.
Students talk to each other
about something that makes
them feel sad, happy, cross,
bored or worried.
Get students to write:
I feel happy
when….
I feel sad
A4 papers
Computer/Lapt
op
Writing Skills
Speaking Skills –
Poem Recitation
A poem can be about
anything that you
want to express
yourself about. A
poem can tell a story,
A poem can be about
feelings. A poem can
describe a sandy
beach, leaves falling,
a person. A poem can
try to capture a
particular moment in
words.
5. when…
etc
Students recite own poems
to the rest of members.
This type of poem is
called ‘Free Verse’,
where it does not
really follow any
specific rules.
To make it more
challenging, students
can be asked to write
a poem describing
something. For
example:
Students describe a
place, a setting they
see all the time in
school.
My Teacher’s Desk
Books left for
marking
Pens crammed in a
pot, letters, cracked
mug of cold tea.
6 Word Wise Students are asked to
form groups of 4.
Group members are
preferably a combination of
students from different
forms so that they can learn
from each other, and bring
into discussions varieties in
terms of ideas.
Pictures should depict events
Newspapers
Magazines
Mahjong
papers
Glue
Scissors
Vocabulary building
Speaking Skills
Writing Skills
If teachers feel that
students are very
enthusiastic
about their work,
follow up activities
6. Teacher provides each
group with a picture of
an event.
Students are asked to
label the picture – word
or phrase levels.
Students display the
product
that will attract members
and in colour.
Teacher can encourage
students to come up with as
many words as possible by
making this activity as a
competition. Groups with
the most words/phrases win
the competition.
Members display their work
on the wall of activity room
and talk about it. Members
are encouraged to ask each
other about their work,
especially meanings of words
or phrases used to label the
pictures.
Later, work is displayed on
English Language Society
notice board to be shared
with the rest of school.
would be:
• teacher gets
students to
describe the
events in
pictures
orally
• teacher gets
students to
write an
account of
the event in
the picture.
7 Sing Along Title of the songs:
I Believe I can Fly
Lemon Tree
Seasons In the Sun
Students listen to the
Play the CDs containing the
chosen song
Listen to the songs once
Distribute the incomplete
CD player
CD
Speaker
Lyrics
First, teacher must
familiar with the
songs
Teacher prepares
incomplete lyrics
7. songs
Completing the lyrics
Singing the songs
together
lyrics, and students try to
complete while listening to
the songs again.
Students sing the songs refer
to the complete lyrics
Teacher and students sing
together happily
Teacher sings
together with the
students
8 Caption -
Dialogues
Group work
Distributing and
studying the pictures
Group discussion
Teacher divides the students
into few groups.
(2-4 students)
Teacher distributes pictures
from many sources:
Eg: pictures of landscape,
house deco, events and etcs
Students are asked to come
out with caption based on
the pictures given (length-
more than 50 words)
Paste the pictures on the
mahjung paper with the
captions.
Display and ask the other
groups to come out with
Pictures
Mahjung
papers
Marker pens
Dictionaries
Teacher chooses the
suitable pictures
based on the
students ability.
Teacher guides them
on how to come out
with the captions.
8. Questioning and
answering session
comments.
9 SCRAPBOOKS eacher divides the
students into few
groups.
(4-6 students)
Teacher gives the
topic:
– Literature
Components
-Favourite
Personalities
-Prepare newspapers or
magazines to the students.
- Divide the students into
groups as this will allow them
to work collaboratively and
co-operatively.
-Prepare the questions on
literature components and
favourite personalities eg.
ask the students to cut as
many pictures from the
materials provided that are
associated to literature
component that they have
learnt.
Then, ask them to paste on
A4 papers with their own
creativity to create
scrapbooks.
A4 papers
Newspapers
Magazines
Scissors
Glue
NIE Teachers can make it
as a competition to
motivate members to
come out with the
best scrapbook.
-The scrapbooks will
be displayed in the
room.
10 Doctor the news
items
Cut the
newspapers(articles,
reports etc)
Provide newspapers to the
students
Newspapers
Log books
Scissors
Dictionaries
Teacher explains to
the students on how
to choose the good
materials from
9. Detect parts of speech
from the text
List down all the words
and try to compose
their own sentences
from the words taken
Presentation
Students underline or
highlight the words that
instruct by the teacher
(nouns, verbs, adverbs,
adjectives, pronouns etc)
Teacher guides the students
on how to compose simple,
compound and complex
sentences
Students come out with their
masterpiece
newspapers.
Explain in details the
difference of articles
and reports.
The lengths of the
sentences depend on
the ability of the
students
11 Adjective Wall
Display
Students find an
adjective to describe
them.
Students share the
adjectives chosen with
the rest of the
members.
Students are asked to take 2
pieces of A4 coloured papers,
of 2 different colours.
Students are asked to choose
an adjective to describe
them. Using the 2 different
coloured papers, students to
creatively paste, draw or
write down the adjective
chosen.
Students introduce the
adjectives to the rest of the
members. Students say it out
loud, for example:
‘Friendly Azrin’.
Mahjong
papers
Coloured A4
papers
Coloured pens
Scissors
Glue
Dictionary
Vocabulary building
To make it more
challenging, students
choose the adjectives
that have the same
first letters as their
names:
For example:
‘Robust Raina’
10. Students display their
work.
Students also are asked to
find as much information
regarding the adjective
chosen, for example its
opposite meaning, correct
spelling (by writing down the
phonetic spelling), its word
association etc.
The adjectives then are
pasted on a mahjong paper
and displayed
The mahjong paper is then
displayed on English
Language Society notice
board to be shared with the
rest of school.
12 School Photo
Gallery
Students are asked to
bring a digital camera
during meeting.
Students are asked to
walk around school and
take a picture of their
favourite spot/area at
school.
Students can share the use of
digital camera. But, teacher
must stress the importance
of each individual student
has a picture of his/her own.
Students are advised to
identify a spot/an area that
they find of an interest,
different, and would trigger a
discussion (not so obvious):
for example, favourite tree,
Digital camera
Printer
A4 papers
- Writing Skills
If students do not
have a digital camera,
they can sketch
/draw the spot/area
that they choose, and
they describe the
sketch/drawing.
11. Students print the
picture taken and
describe the picture.
favourite bench to sit on, a
graffiti on the wall, favourite
corner in the library.
Students print their pictures
and print them on bigger size
to make pictures clearer.
Students can use facilities at
computer lab.
When describing the picture,
students are advised to start
with:
‘I took this picture because…’
Or
‘This picture is very special to
me because…’
13 One Act Play –
Famous Folklore:
Ulik Mayang,
Mahsuri, Hang
Jebat, Si
Tenggang, Si
Luncai, Pak Kadok
etc
Reading and analyse
the whole story
Pick up the favourite
chapters
Reading and analyse
the chapters
Go for the favourite
characters
Jot down the characters
and the scenes in the
Teacher divides the students
into few groups
(8-10 students)
Teacher guides the students
to browse internet on the
famous folklore / Teacher
provides the story books
with different title and asks
the students to read
Teacher guides the students
to pick up the best chapters
Students analyse the
Net books
Story books
Mahjung paper
Marker pen
Teacher reminds the
students to bring
their own net books
before the meeting
12. mahjung paper
Display
characters in the chapters
chosen.
Jot down in the mahjung
paper and display to others.
14 One Act Play –
Famous Folklore:
Ulik Mayang,
Mahsuri, Hang
Jebat, Si
Tenggang, Si
Luncai, Pak Kadok
etc
Students remained in
the same group
Students do script
writing
Use the materials from
previous meeting
Go for the characters and
scenes
Teacher guides students to
write a script for a short play
for their own group
Previous
materials
A4 papers for
script writing
Dictionaries
15 One Act Play –
Famous Folklore:
Ulik Mayang,
Mahsuri, Hang
Jebat, Si
Tenggang, Si
Luncai, Pak Kadok
etc
Students remained in
the same group
Students read the
script and memorise
their lines
Practise their play
actively
Discuss to choose
suitable costumes and
props for the play
Teacher helps the students
especially on language
accuracy
Teacher shows students how
to act
Script
16 One Act Play –
Famous Folklore:
Ulik Mayang,
Mahsuri, Hang
Jebat, Si
Students remained in
the same group
Each group take turns
to perform their play
Teacher motivates students
to act out their talents
Script
Costume
Props
Teacher can make it
as a competition
Teacher should
criticize the students’