Subject : English

Topic : Unit 9 – Detectives, Clues and Suspects

Level : Pr 4

Duration : 2 - 3 periods

 

Pre-requisites : Pupils are already acquainted with the meaning of the words in the PETS Course Book Unit 9

 

Specific Instructional Objectives : Pupils should be able to:

1. Identify words related to acts of crime

Thinking Skill :

1. Classification
2. Invention

 

Learning & Teaching Materials :

  1. Courseware : Creative Writer
2. PETS Coursebook 4B

  1. Crime Reports from the newspaper

4. Worksheet 1

Learning Environment : Computer Lab with 40 PCs and 1 LCD Projector

 

Instructional Strategies :

  1. Trigger Activity :
(a) Pupils brainstorm for words related to acts of crime from the newspaper.

(b) Before going to the Lab, pupils work in groups of six to

classify the words that they have brainstormed into

the types of crimes.

(c) Presentation by group leaders.

(d) Pupils to do Worksheet 1 on Classification of words.

(e) Lab Work - Pupils are to write a short story using Creative Writer

(f) Pupils self-edit their work for punctuation and grammar. (g) Pupils add in relevant graphics.
    1. Pupils to print out their work for peer editing.

 

EXERCISE: Write a short story based on any of the crimes reported in the newspaper.

( Pupils are instructed not to lift the story directly from the newspaper reports.)

By Judy Phua

East Coast Pri School

 

Unit 9 - Vocabulary List

Name : _____________________________ Date : ________

Class : Pr 4 _______

 

Study the groups of words in the box and match them with the words given below.

A robber _____________________________________________________________

A smuggler ___________________________________________________________

A forger _____________________________________________________________

An investigator ________________________________________________________

An extortionist ________________________________________________________

A detective ___________________________________________________________

A pickpocket __________________________________________________________

A robber _____________________________________________________________

A confidence trickster ___________________________________________________

A police officer ________________________________________________________
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