There are 3 steps for TPRS, according to a fantastic handout written by Susan Gross in 2007. They are:
Step 1= Establishing meaning
Step 2 = Story
Step 3 = Literacy
and this week I aimed to cover all three using the story Pleased To Meet You.

My years 3-7 lessons this week were based on a simple adaption of the Jim Tripp’s story, Pleased To Meet You. This adaption was suggested to me by my amazing mentor, Catharina. The beauty of her adaption is that the story is pared down to a level whereby it contained just a small amount of vocabulary with the fun twist at the end clearly understood.
While I did essentially the same lesson with all middle and upper primary classes, I did tweak it slightly for the older students. Here is an outline of the two 50 minute upper primary lessons.

Lesson # 1
Roll using class dojo

Introduce the jobs of ‘tukang foto” (photographer), “tukang film” (Filmer) (year 6/7’s) or ‘tukang foto” (photographer) & “penghitung” (counter) (yr 5/6’s)

Target Language focus – (1,2,3)
1,2,3 =
1. introduce the words
2. Say, repeat and discuss gesture to illustrate meaning
3. translate

siapa nama – what’s your name?
nama saya – My name is….
ya – yes
bukan – no
pak – Mr
bu – Mrs/Ms
senang sekali – very happy
dari – from
bertemu – to meet (right hand shake)
dengan – with (hands come together in a clasp)

Brain Break – piccadilly circus extension: as the ball is handed to another person, one student asks siapa nama & the other replies with nama saya (and their name). Time and record lowest score on board.

Storytelling –
Before the story, point to and go through quickly, the extra vocabulary and their meaning: (helpful extra vocabulary)
kemarin – yesterday
juga – also
di – in,at,on (with at circled)
berkata – said

Kemarin Bu Turley (class teacher) di Macdonalds.
Kemarin Will.i.am di Macdonalds juga
Will.i.am berkata, “Halo. Nama saya Will.i.am. Siapa nama?”
Bu Turley berkata, “Nama saya Bu Turley.”
Will.i.am berkata, ” Bu Turley? Bu Turley dari PEPS? Astaga!! Senang sekali bertemu dengan Bu Turley! Autograf?”
(after accepting Bu Turley’s autograph, Will.i.am faints!)

Tell the story using monyet as the class teacher and the laminated picture of Will.i.am, hand gesturing/pointing to word list when using a word with the meaning on the board. Stopping for frequent comprehension checks and encourage students to use the stop sign.
Retell the story using actors who only act it out physically, following along with my retelling.

Lesson close – sampai jumpa murid murid/ sampai jumpa Bu Cathy.

Lesson # 2
Roll using class dojo

Target Language Review
Bola kenalkan – using a soft ball, throw to each student one by one asking, “Siapa nama?” as they return the ball to me, they answer with “Nama saya ….” encouraging complete answers and stopping for comprehension checks (What does ‘Siapa nama?’ mean?)

Storytelling –
With a completely blank board except for the 4 extra words & their translations,
kemarin – yesterday
juga – also
di – in,at,on (with at circled)
berkata – said,
ask students to retell the story in Indonesian. Write it up on the board as they go, constantly checking for comprehension.

Kemarin Bu Turley (class teacher) di Macdonalds.
Kemarin Will.i.am di Macdonalds juga
Will.i.am berkata, “Halo. Nama saya Will.i.am. Siapa nama?”
Bu Turley berkata, “Nama saya Bu Turley.”
Will.i.am berkata, ” Bu Turley? Bu Turley dari PEPS? Astaga!! Senang sekali bertemu dengan Bu Turley! Autograf?”
(Will.i.am faints)

Reading
1. ‘Echo Read’ the story with me. I say a line at a time and students echo it.
2. I say a sentence in Indonesian and students repeat it in English. Bu Cathy Bahasa Indonesia, murid murid Bahasa Ingriss.
3. Introduce the reader leader job. Do several read throughs using the microphone.

Free Write
Rub out the story completely, but NOT the 4 extra words.
kemarin – yesterday
juga – also
di – in,at,on (with at circled)
berkata – said
Introduce the concept of Free Writes and explain that today’s free write is purely a practice to make sure students understand the procedure. Outline the aim is for students to write non-stop for 5 minutes and there will be 10 bonus points for each sentence written!
Choose a few helpers to distribute paper and lead pencils while everyone else finds somewhere to work. Set the timer on class dojo for 5 minutes. Name and date at top of page.
Afterwards students count both the number of words and the number of sentences, the totals of which I will collect and collate on the smart board.

Lesson close – sampai jumpa murid murid/ sampai jumpa Bu Cathy.

Reflections on my week will be in my next post! I am looking forward to getting some feedback on my two lesson plans!! What do you think of them? Would they work with your upper primary students? Have you taught Please to Meet You and do you have some ideas on how I can extend it further next week?

Salam dari,
Bu Cathy