CALL WWW Lesson Plan

TOPIC : Fascinating Whales

LEVEL : Form 4

TIME : 1 hour and 10 minutes

AIMS :

· To locate information on a website and transfer them into the table;

· to practise vocabulary associated with whales, and

· to present findings based on information found.

TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS:

· A projector and a screen.

· One computer per group (4 students)

· Internet connection

· Web browser

Websites:

· http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/whales/alphawhales.shtml

· (Video on Beluga Whale) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuBGnfaDLX8

PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE -- Students must have already learnt:

· On writing skills (pre-writing, while writing, and post-writing)

PREPARATION:

1. Prepare the main computer with the projector and the screen. Make sure the video on Beluga Whale is loaded or the teacher can download the video in advanced (optional).
2. Locate the website based on the link; the link located is particularly about whales (for each computer).
3. Based on the information on the website, prepare a worksheet.

PROCEDURE:

Set Induction

1. Ask the students what do they know about whales and write them on the board.
2. Play a video on Beluga Whale. Then, ask the students what they think about whales after they have watched the video.

Activity 1

3. Distributes the worksheet prepared for each group. Explain to them how they are supposed to compete it.
4. Ask the students to open the Web Browser prepared for them. Ask them to choose a species of whale available in the website, click on one and complete the worksheet based on the information available about the whale species they have chosen.
5. While they are completing the worksheet (worksheet 1), they are encouraged to ask the meaning of the words that they do not understand. Teacher guides the discussion on the meaning with the class and write them on the board.
6. They are given about 15 minutes to complete the task.

Activity 2

7. When they have completed the task, four groups, chosen randomly will be presenting their findings on the species of whale that they have chosen.
8. Each group must also tell the class the reason why they have chosen the species of whale instead of the others.

Conclusion

9. Teacher wraps up the lesson by telling the students about the importance to preserve whales as they are endangered species.

FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITY:

• Students are needed to write an informal letter to their best friend about the whale species that they have chosen based on the table they have completed in the worksheet.