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📘 “The Lady with the Lamp – Florence Nightingale”
(Blossom Class 3 – Pages 63–65)
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Transactional Plan Format
Grade: 3
Month:
Subject: English
Week:
Lesson No.:
Lesson: The Lady with the Lamp
Competency:
• Listening and reading comprehension
• Understanding the life of a great personality
• Speaking and expressing ideas
• Moral development: kindness, service, empathy
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Teaching Materials:
• Textbook (Blossom Class 3)
• Pictures of Florence Nightingale caring for patients
• Flashcards of key words: nurse, care, service, kindness, lamp
• Video/photo slide of nurses (optional)
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Pre-Knowledge Test:
Ask:
• “Who takes care of us when we are sick?”
• “Have you seen a nurse in a hospital?”
• “What do nurses do?”
• “Why should we help sick or injured people?”
This helps introduce Florence Nightingale’s role.
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Introduction:
Show students the picture of Florence Nightingale with the lamp.
Ask:
• “What do you see in the picture?”
• “Why is she holding a lamp?”
• “What is she doing?”
Tell them:
Today we will learn about Florence Nightingale, a kind and brave nurse who helped many people.
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Concept Building:
Teacher reads the lesson aloud with explanation.
Important points:
1. Florence Nightingale was born on 12th May, 1820, in Florence, Italy.
2. She wanted to help people from a young age.
3. She spent her life caring for the poor and the sick.
4. She set up a nursing school in London.
5. She helped injured soldiers during the Crimean War.
6. She carried a lamp at night while visiting the sick—so she was called “The Lady with the Lamp.”
7. Her birthday, May 12, is celebrated as International Nurses’ Day.
Explanation of vocabulary:
• Suffering, illness, service, brave, lamp, nurse.
Oral Questions:
1. When was Florence Nightingale born?
2. Why was she called The Lady with the Lamp?
3. What did she do during the Crimean War?
4. Why do we celebrate 12th May?
5. How did she help people?
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Consolidation and Reinforcement:
• Students repeat key facts about Florence Nightingale.
• True or False:
1. Florence Nightingale was born in 1820. (True)
2. She did not help sick people. (False)
3. Florence is a city in Italy. (True)
• Fill in the blanks:
4. Florence Nightingale was called the Lady with the ______.
5. She helped soldiers during the ______ War.
6. International Nurses’ Day is on ______.
• Match the following:
– Florence Nightingale → Nurse
– Lamp → Night care
– May 12 → Nurses’ Day
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Practice:
• Students draw Florence Nightingale holding a lamp.
• Write 3 sentences about Florence Nightingale.
• Role play:
– One student as a nurse,
– Another as a patient (simple, classroom-safe activity).
• Group discussion:
“How can we show kindness to people who are sick?”
• Vocabulary writing: Students write 5 new words from the lesson.