G6U1L2 Lesson Plan Online

Grade 6 Unit 1 Week 2
Learning objectives Agenda Key vocabulary Previous knowledge

Identify and correctly use different information Reading – Thomas Edison, to squat (v) Diagrams and charts to organise info
addled (adj)
sorting techniques Fact and Opinion temporary (adj)
Writing – Timeline agony (n) The difference between fact and
Identify Key points in a reading to roam (v)
Speaking and Listening - Types of individual (n) opinions
note making excessive (adj)
Distinguish between fact and opinion, using the abandoned (adj)
carcass (n) Key points usually answer the How,
can/cannot be proven standard. reintroduce (v) What, Where, Why and When
questions about the topic.
Timing Activities and description Differentiation (teacher to

complete)
10 1. Agenda and vocab test: Agenda on the screen , get the students to take it down and talk them through
today’s lesson while doing so. Vocabulary test of words given out at the end of last lesson. Do vocabulary quiz
with the students. Remind Ss to take notes throughout the lesson as they will have a content quiz at the end of
the lesson
5 2. Note-making: Speak about the importance of note making: Why do we need to make notes? How can we
make notes? Introduce the three methods, finding keywords, making mind-maps, and making timelines.
Remember to explain to Ss what chronological means.
30 3. Thomas Edison Biography: Play video: The History of Thomas Edison. mp4 (3min) as an introduction. Explain
to students that they will be creating a mind map and timeline of Edison's life.
Reading: Thomas Alva Edison biography and finding Keywords: Slides 21-54 After reading the biography the
T and Ss will go through the slides individually and find the key words and notes associated. The activity has
been broken down slide by slide to help weaker students. You can try to elicit answers from students before
revealing the keyword and notes . For example the first keyword is “curious” you could ask students what
keywords related to Edison's personality could we write in the grid. After that they look for examples to add
into the notes section to show he was a curious character. This process is repeated for five keywords. Don’t
spend too much time waiting for everyone to get the answer as this activity can become quite time consuming.
10 4 Mind Map: Students should be directed to their notebook to draw the mindmap on slide 55 and to fill in the
mind-map afterwards. They can use the keywords and notes from the previous activity to complete the
mindmap.
10 6. Timeline: Direct students to draw the timeline as seen on Slide 58 as they will be filling it out as we go along.
Slides 58-73 reveal the events of Edison's life, you can elicit answers from students , focusing on what
happened and why it happened. You could use slides 6-61 as an example and then get the students to give the
answers for the rest.
10 5. Writing a summary: Many students will be unfamiliar with summary writing, so this is a good opportunity to
introduce the skill and practice. This is well scaffolded, with the key words already identified. T needs to explain
that these main ideas and keywords, shown on the table provided, must be linked together into a paragraph to
create a summary of Edison’s life.
Give Ss 5 minutes to put a summary together in their notebooks or the chatbox. Teacher can nominate
students to read their summaries out once they are finished.
10 7. Active learning: Sequencing: Students need to read and place the paragraphs in the correct chronological
order. Good chance to reinforce that word - chronological. You can get students to send their answers into the
chatbox in a matching activity format e.g 1-E , 2-C.
10 6. Fact and opinion: T reads the introduction explaining what a fact and what an opinion is, and expands.
Explain what point of view is. T selects students to give a short fact or opinion and have others decide which it
is. Or you can present the example available in the presentation.
20 7. Reading: Shaun Ellis (Wolf Man) Biography: Textbook pg. 14-15 Before both the readings discuss TAP with
the students. After the reading, ask the students if they can identify text, audience and purpose. (A:
informative text, to inform the reader, for people who want more reliable information about Shaun Ellis.) (B:
persuasive text, to persuade people to watch the program, anyone who would like to know more about Shaun
Ellis’ life- for entertainment).
15 8. Questions & Question Types: Activity 1- Task 3 pg. 15: It is important for the teacher to explain precisely
what is meant by “Give evidence”, as this is a key question type in their upcoming exams. Students must copy,
EXACTLY, a word or phrase from the text, but NOT a complete sentence, to answer a “give evidence” type
question correctly.
Questions & Question Types: Activity 1- Task 4 pg. 15: Question 4 contains an equally important question type
for their exams, “In your own words”. Students must understand that they CANNOT copy directly from the
text, but must paraphrase, using synonyms, changing word order, etc. As T checks answers with the class, there
must be a special emphasis on ensuring students answered in the correct manner for these question types.
5 9. Plenary: Link tasks done to agenda and learning objectives. Remind students about post-lesson content:
vocabulary task, content quiz, summary matching
Success criteria Homework/marked work Resources
Thomas Edison – check answers Vocabulary task Workbooks, Textbooks

Shaun Ellis – Check answers
Fact vs opinion T clicks through examples Post-lesson tasks PPT presentation
asking students whether a statement is one
of fact or opinion, and asking them HOW they Video: 4. The History of Thomas Edison
know it is fact or opinion, checking that they - a Short Story.mp4
understand the can/cannot be proven
standard. Video: 5. Shaun Ellis A Man Among
Question and Question Types – go over Wolves.mp4
answers, AfL questioning

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Grade 6 Unit 1 Week 2

Learning objectives Agenda Key vocabulary Previous knowledge

Timing Activities and description Differentiation (teacher to

Success criteria Homework/marked work Resources

Thomas Edison – check answers Vocabulary task Workbooks, Textbooks

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