Subject : English

Topic : Explorers Unit 10

Level : Pr 4

Duration : 2 periods

 

Pre-requisites :

Pupils to have covered Pages 22-23 of PET Coursebook 4B

 

Specific Instructional Objectives :

Pupils are able to

1. relate what the different explorers do

2. complete a flow-chart on time and

3. decide which one of the explorers was the most outstanding.

 

Thinking Skills :

  1. Associating
  1. Categorizing
  1. Comparing
  2. Decision making
  3. Sequencing

 

Learning & Teaching Materials

1. Courseware : Random House Kid’s Encyclopedia

Researched on.
  1. Worksheets
  2. Textbook : PETS Coursebook 4B

Learning Environment :

  1. Computer laboratory with 21 multimedia computers
  2. LCD Projector

 

Instructional Strategies

1 Apply the Classic Jigsaw strategy – pupils form learning home

groups of four. They are then each assigned a number to research / read up on one of the 4 following exploreres :

Yuri Gagarin , James Cook , Amelia Earhart and Genghis Khan.

2 Pupils handling the same explorer (similar number), pair up to

browse / learn the explorer in detail on the CD-ROM
  1. Give specific instruction on what they have to find out :

4 After they had collected the relevant data, pupils return to their

learning home group to impart their knowledge and learn from

each other and to complete Worksheet 1

  1. Each learning home group to complete one flow chart on The

    2. Great Explorers. (Worksheet 2)

  2. Each learning group to discuss and decide which one of the

explorers do they think was the most outstanding and to list down

the reasons for their choice.

 

 

Prepared by: Mrs Goh Huan Cher & Mrs Judy Kong

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Worksheet 1

English

Primary 4 : Explorer (Unit 10)

 

Group : _______

Members : 1)_______________

2) _______________

3) _______________

4) _______________

 

Complete the table below.

S/n

Name of explorer

How did he/she travel ?

When did he/she explore ?

What did he/she do ?

1

Yuri Gagarin

 

    

 

 

 

 

2

James Cook

 

    

 

 

 

 

3

Amelia Earhart

    

 

 

 

 

4

Genghis Khan

    

 

 

 

 

 

Worksheet 2

Arrange the great explorers in order, begin with the earliest. Write down their achievements and the kind of

Explorers they were.

 

The Great Explorers
  1. Name : __________________________________

    2. Kind of explorer : _________________________

    Achievement :__________________________________
 

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  • Name : ___________________________________

    • Kind of explorer : ___________________________

    Achievement :___________________________________

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  • Name : ____________________________________

    • Kind of explorer : ____________________________

    Achievement : __________________________________

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  • Name : ____________________________________

    • Kind of explorer : ____________________________

    Achievement : _________________________________

     

    Which of the explorers do you think was the most outstanding ? Why ?

    _____________________________________

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