Plays & Drama for Young Learners LGA3043E

Plays & Dramafor Young LearnersLGA3043EPrepared by :Celine Clare MatthewPISMP TESL (SK)

Individual taskSelect a topic from the KSSR curriculumSelect a short play from any suitable source (DVD version) that fits your chosen topic. Justify your justification.Devise suitable activities to develop language skills with your learners.Using the same play, suggest how you would help develop aesthetic and moral values. (800 words)

Subject: EnglishClass: Year 5 PerdanaNo. of pupils: 30Level of Proficiency: Mix abilitiesDate: 9th March 2015Time: 7.00 a.m-8.00a.mFocus: Language ArtIntegrated skill(s): Listening and SpeakingTheme: World of StoriesTopic: What Are Friends ForContent standard: 4.3 By the end of the 6-year primary schooling, pupils will be able to plan, organise and produce creative works for enjoyment.

1.2 By the end of the 6-year primary schooling, pupils will be able to listen and respond appropriately in formal and informal situations for a variety of purposes.

Learning standard:4.3.2 Able to plan, prepare and participate in a performance with guidance based on literary works .

1.2.1 Able to participate in daily conversations: (a) make suggestions (b) respond to suggestions (c) volunteer to complete a task (d) show appreciation

Added values: Creativity, helpfulnessTeaching aids:PowerPoint Presentation, Laptop, Video, LCD.Behavioral objectives: By the end of the lesson, all of the pupils will be able to:Perform a role-playAble to respond appropriately to situations

ACTIVITY Teacher shows video to students.After that, teacher explains on the value of helping friends as shown from the scene when Finn the Human says Homies help homies, always to Jake the Dog, who was in trouble.

*watch video*

ACTIVITYTeacher provides examples of similar situation from the Adventure Time clip.Teacher picks a few pair of students to role-play according to the situations.The chosen pair will pick whether he/she act as :Role A: The one in troubleRole B: The helping friend

ACTIVITYExample of situations for Role A:You forgot to bring your lunch box to school and you are very hungry.You lost your pencil case and cant do any school work.You accidentally scraped your knee while playing in the playground.

ACTIVITY

The student doing Role A will be given a piece of paper by the teacher, describing the trouble she/he is facing and act it out.

The student doing Role B will observe whats going on and act what he/she will do to help their friend out.

JUSTIFICATION FOR VIDEOMost of the young learners in language classrooms are digital natives (Prensky, 2001). Using cartoon film in teaching English does improve the students speaking skill. ( Aninda, 2008)Imagination and stories which involve an element of fantasy help children make sense of the real world. (Halliwell, 1992)Cartoons create a world to which kids can relate to. (Kaur, 2013)Kids love funny things and cartoons provide them all of that. (Kaur, 2013)

JUSTIFICATION OF ACTIVITYRole play is an active, social activity where children can get into character and use role play to reflect on and develop their knowledge of a topic.Develops communication and language skills.Allows children to act out and make sense of real-life situations.Allows children to explore, investigate and experiment.Develops social skills as children collaborate with others.

JUSTIFICATION OF ACTIVITYEncourages childrento express their ideas and feelings in a relaxed environment.Develops children's awareness of themselves and others.Gets children learning more as learning is disguised as play.Sparks creativity and imagination

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