Name of the Teacher Date Level of the class Length of lesson
Chantal Vermeulen 24 November 2022 Secondary School Students, ages 60 minutes
between 12 – 13 years old
Topic: The Plant Kingdom – Classification and Photosynthesis
Learning Outcomes:
At the end of this lesson, most students will be able to:
• Gain an understanding of photosynthesis and the Kingdom Plantae
• Learn key vocabulary of words used in the classification and photosynthesis of the Plant Kingdom
• Be able to use the key vocabulary and information in a meaningful conversation
• Understand the content and be able to know the characteristics of vascular and non-vascular plants
• Be able to categorize and summarise the characteristics of flowering and non-flowering plants
Materials:
PowerPoint article, course book UNIT 3 worksheet, additional worksheets, questionnaire, fill in the blanks, quiz, video’s, interactive
activities
Content: Communication:
Students will learn, use, and understand…
Students will be able to…
• Describe how plants produce food through photosynthesis • Language of: tracheophytes, phyllodes, cryprogamae,
• Understand and memorize key vocabulary thallophyta, bryophyte, pteridophyta, phanerogamae,
• Learn how plants are classified pteridophyte, spermatophytes.
• Know the characteristics of non-vascular and vascular plants
• Know the characteristics between flowering and non- • Language for: describing and classifying plants, gaining
flowering plants and be able to categorize and summarise knowledge of the plant kingdom, how photosynthesis
them works, characteristics of non-vascular and vascular
, plants.
• Language through: Plants are living organisms that
belong to the ……….. All plants are ……. Organisms made
up of …... cells, where essential process called…….. is
performed.
• Plants are classified by their tissue structure into …………
plants or ………….., and ………….. plants or ………..
• ………. Are modified petioles or ……. Stems
• ………play two important roles in nature,
• …….. plants contain vascular tissue or vessels
• Ginkgoes also called……………
• On the underside of leaves, ferns have got ………… or
clusters of ………., which produce spores.
• Language through giving a presentation of a poster
created by the student to show they have understood
the lesson content and can apply their knowledge
learned.
,Cognition: (*remember to include the Bloom stages students will be using) Culture:
• Enable students to gain knowledge and understanding of • Identify photosynthesis and the importance it has in the
the characteristics of different kinds of plants through plant kingdom.
comparison and differences. • Importance of plants and their contribution to all living
• Equip students with thinking skills such analysing and organisms.
comparison, alongside activities that stipulate the • Recognition of various types and categories of plants and
differences between, for instance, vascular and non- their differences.
vascular plants. • Understanding the importance of global co-operation in
• Build on students oral skills for them to be able to express preserving plants and trees in nature.
the content learnt and to explain and summarise the
content in more detail.
• Apply memorized key vocabulary in various contexts and
phrases.
• Classification of plants once gaining knowledge of the
content.
• At the end of the lesson the students will be able to
remember, understand, apply, analyse and evaluate the
content of the lesson.
Assessment Criteria: Key vocabulary required in order to classify plants and distinguish between vascular and non-vascular plants,
flowering plants and non-flowering plants. The importance of photosynthesis and what factors are taken into account to create
photosynthesis.
Stage Name Time Interaction Teacher’s procedure Students will… Materials
Pattern • The teacher • Be informed of the Video 1.52 min called “The
Introduction 5 minutes T-S welcomes the lesson topic by photosynthesis song”
S students to the class playing a short video https://youtu.be/C1_uez5WX1o
Worksheet to T-S and asks how they clip song on
complete are. photosynthesis,
, (activity) • Teacher introduces reinforce
the topic of the memorization Worksheet page’s 7 to page 8
lesson “The Plant through a “catchy
Kingdom” by tune” played
showing a short • Start to think about
video on the different aspects
photosynthesis of the topic related
• Teacher asks 3 to what they already
students at random know about the topic
what to explain • Thinking skills
what they know • Communication skills
about development
photosynthesis • Development of
• The teacher hands listening skills
out a worksheet • Reading skills
from the development
coursebook • Students use page 8
• Teacher introduces of the worksheet to
the topic “The Plant provide answers to
Kingdom (Kingdom the activity
Plantae” worksheet on page 7
• Teacher asks
students at random
to read page 8 of
the worksheet
• Students complete
page 7 of worksheet
by writing the
Chantal Vermeulen 24 November 2022 Secondary School Students, ages 60 minutes
between 12 – 13 years old
Topic: The Plant Kingdom – Classification and Photosynthesis
Learning Outcomes:
At the end of this lesson, most students will be able to:
• Gain an understanding of photosynthesis and the Kingdom Plantae
• Learn key vocabulary of words used in the classification and photosynthesis of the Plant Kingdom
• Be able to use the key vocabulary and information in a meaningful conversation
• Understand the content and be able to know the characteristics of vascular and non-vascular plants
• Be able to categorize and summarise the characteristics of flowering and non-flowering plants
Materials:
PowerPoint article, course book UNIT 3 worksheet, additional worksheets, questionnaire, fill in the blanks, quiz, video’s, interactive
activities
Content: Communication:
Students will learn, use, and understand…
Students will be able to…
• Describe how plants produce food through photosynthesis • Language of: tracheophytes, phyllodes, cryprogamae,
• Understand and memorize key vocabulary thallophyta, bryophyte, pteridophyta, phanerogamae,
• Learn how plants are classified pteridophyte, spermatophytes.
• Know the characteristics of non-vascular and vascular plants
• Know the characteristics between flowering and non- • Language for: describing and classifying plants, gaining
flowering plants and be able to categorize and summarise knowledge of the plant kingdom, how photosynthesis
them works, characteristics of non-vascular and vascular
, plants.
• Language through: Plants are living organisms that
belong to the ……….. All plants are ……. Organisms made
up of …... cells, where essential process called…….. is
performed.
• Plants are classified by their tissue structure into …………
plants or ………….., and ………….. plants or ………..
• ………. Are modified petioles or ……. Stems
• ………play two important roles in nature,
• …….. plants contain vascular tissue or vessels
• Ginkgoes also called……………
• On the underside of leaves, ferns have got ………… or
clusters of ………., which produce spores.
• Language through giving a presentation of a poster
created by the student to show they have understood
the lesson content and can apply their knowledge
learned.
,Cognition: (*remember to include the Bloom stages students will be using) Culture:
• Enable students to gain knowledge and understanding of • Identify photosynthesis and the importance it has in the
the characteristics of different kinds of plants through plant kingdom.
comparison and differences. • Importance of plants and their contribution to all living
• Equip students with thinking skills such analysing and organisms.
comparison, alongside activities that stipulate the • Recognition of various types and categories of plants and
differences between, for instance, vascular and non- their differences.
vascular plants. • Understanding the importance of global co-operation in
• Build on students oral skills for them to be able to express preserving plants and trees in nature.
the content learnt and to explain and summarise the
content in more detail.
• Apply memorized key vocabulary in various contexts and
phrases.
• Classification of plants once gaining knowledge of the
content.
• At the end of the lesson the students will be able to
remember, understand, apply, analyse and evaluate the
content of the lesson.
Assessment Criteria: Key vocabulary required in order to classify plants and distinguish between vascular and non-vascular plants,
flowering plants and non-flowering plants. The importance of photosynthesis and what factors are taken into account to create
photosynthesis.
Stage Name Time Interaction Teacher’s procedure Students will… Materials
Pattern • The teacher • Be informed of the Video 1.52 min called “The
Introduction 5 minutes T-S welcomes the lesson topic by photosynthesis song”
S students to the class playing a short video https://youtu.be/C1_uez5WX1o
Worksheet to T-S and asks how they clip song on
complete are. photosynthesis,
, (activity) • Teacher introduces reinforce
the topic of the memorization Worksheet page’s 7 to page 8
lesson “The Plant through a “catchy
Kingdom” by tune” played
showing a short • Start to think about
video on the different aspects
photosynthesis of the topic related
• Teacher asks 3 to what they already
students at random know about the topic
what to explain • Thinking skills
what they know • Communication skills
about development
photosynthesis • Development of
• The teacher hands listening skills
out a worksheet • Reading skills
from the development
coursebook • Students use page 8
• Teacher introduces of the worksheet to
the topic “The Plant provide answers to
Kingdom (Kingdom the activity
Plantae” worksheet on page 7
• Teacher asks
students at random
to read page 8 of
the worksheet
• Students complete
page 7 of worksheet
by writing the
