Subject : English

Topic : Courageous People - PETS Coursebook 5B

( A Follow-up Enrichment Lesson)

Level : Primary 5 (EM3)

Duration : 2 periods

1. Pupils must have completed Unit 6 of their PETS Coursebook 5B.

2. They must be familiar with the courseware Random House Kid’s Encyclopedia

1. Pupils learn about the lives and exploits of 10 other courageous personalities not

covered in the coursebook.

2. Pupils are able to extract relevant information from the encyclopedia to complete

a given worksheet or project on "Courageous People".

1. Knowledge acquisition
2. Gathering and organizing information

1. Courseware: Random House Kid’s Encyclopedia

• Type : Informational/Reference
• Characteristics: Contains vast amount of information. Promotes collabora-

tive learning and helps the user to do project work. It also

promotes basic research skills as well as higher order skills

such as retrieval and organization of information, analysis,

synthesis and evaluation.

2. Worksheet 1

1. Computers with CD-ROM drive

2. LCD projector

1. Oral recapitulation of courageous people learnt in lessons so far.

2. Using the LCD projector, demonstrate to pupils how to navigate the courseware,

Random House Kid’s Encyclopedia.

• Insert the reference CD-ROM into the drive and follow the instructions on the screen until you are at the A - Z screen.
• Click on the required letter and use the scroll down button to go to the chosen

3. Distribute Worksheet 1 to the pupils.
1. Either individually or in pairs, pupils click on the personalities mentioned in the

worksheet, listen to the narrative or read the information on the screen and

retrieve the relevant information to complete the worksheet.

5. Go over the answers with the pupils at the end of the lesson.

Name:_____________________ Date:__________

Fill in the blanks with the correct words.

1. Sir Edmund Hillary overcame many difficulties to reach the top of ___________

____________ in 1953. (Hint: Click Everest, Mount more

Hillary, Sir Edmund)

2. Helen Keller overcame her physical handicaps to become a well-known author

and lecturer. Before the age of two, an illness had left her ____________,

____________ and ____________. (Hint: Click Keller, Helen)

3. Roald Amundsen braved fierce weather conditions to be the first person to reach

the ____________ ____________ in 1911. (Hint: Click Antarctica

more Amundsen, Roald )

4. Joan of Arc was a heroine who led the ____________ army in many battles

against the English. (Hint: Click Joan of Arc)

5. Mohandas Gandhi, who suffered much to help bring an end to British rule in

____________ was killed in 1948. (Hint: Click Gandhi, Mohandas)

6. Alexander the Great, one of the greatest generals and leaders in history, had an

empire that stretched from _______________ to _______________.

(Hint: Click Alexander the Great)

7. Ferdinand Magellan, a _______________ explorer, braved strong winds and stormy seas to lead the first voyage that sailed round the world. (Hint: Click Magellan, Ferdinand)

8. Genghis Khan, a fearless Mongol leader who lived from 1167 to 1227, built a

huge empire by conquering many countries in _______________ and

_______________ . (Hint: Click Genghis Khan)

9. Abraham Lincoln, the 16^th President of the United States, was a brave man who

ended _______________ in the USA. (Hint: Click Lincoln, Abraham)

10. Neil Armstrong braved the unknown and became the first person to walk on the

_____________ in July 1969. (Hint: Click Space Exploration more