A DREAM COMES TRUE & TOMKIN TO THE RESCUE

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NAME: Amberin Rizvee SUBJECT: English UNIT: Oxford Reading Circle TOPIC: A Dream Comes True & Tomkin to the Rescue PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE: Simple Past Tense METHODOLOGY TEACHING: Formative-Lecture, Pictures, Oral & Written Work GENERAL OBJECTIVE: To develop four basic skills of learning; Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE: To give a lesson on various aspects of life.

INTRODUCTION Author Vivian French is a British lady who came forward as a children’s author in 1991. Her famous books are: Singing to the Sun Sparkle Street The Tiara Club Mrs. Floss and Mrs. Fleece

A Dream Comes True and Tomkin to the Rescue It is a fantasy story of dreams, friendship, promises being forgotten and remembering to fulfill them. It has two main characters: Tomkin --- the tailor boy The Stool --- Tomkin’s friend and advisor

LEARNING OBJECTIVES To develop the four basic skills of learning Listening Speaking Reading Writing

LEARNING OBJECTIVES To introduce new words and develop vocabulary To show different aspects of life e.g. to keep promises, to accept mistakes and rectify them

RESOURCE MATERIAL Pictures Handouts Flash Cards Blackboard and chalk PowerPoint slideshow

Requisites/ Linkage with Previous Lecture Story is in simple past tense, which was our last lesson Thought of the Day (for blackboard) – Always keep promises Name the person who cuts and stitches clothes- tailor What do you do when you are in trouble – think a lot/ eat a lot / seek advice

RECAP The Recap will be done in the form of sequenced questions for active participation of the student. What dream does Tomkin have? What does his friend advise him? What is the promise made by Tomkin? Etc.

Individual Reading Individual reading will be done and the correction in pronunciation will be made individually.

Written Work Written work is done according to the scheme of DHA schools, which includes Word/meanings, question/answers, sentences and objectives.

Assessment / Evaluation Students will be asked questions about the story to assess their comprehension of the story They will be asked meanings of the words after they have finished the written work They will be asked questions about the moral of the story and the different aspects of life, like making promises, keeping promises, accepting mistakes etc. Worksheet will be given in the form of multiple choice questions.

Assignment To read the lesson before it is started in class Underlining the difficult words and finding their meanings from the dictionary To make Title Page of any picture from the story and describe the picture in their own words.

Bridge To discuss the assignments given to the students To discuss the moral of the story and give the next lesson to read

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