Oral and Written Comprehension – Basic 2 English Lesson Note (First Term)

Learning Objectives: By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:

1. Examine and label pictures in books
2. List and identify comprehension strategies
3. Apply comprehension strategies to text

Detailed lesson content

Comprehension strategies

Strategy 1: Picture Reading

• Look at all pictures before reading
• Pictures tell part of the story
• Use pictures to guess what might happen

Strategy 2: Predicting

• Guess what will happen next
• Use clues from pictures and words
• Think about what makes sense

Strategy 3: Questioning Ask questions while reading:

• Who is in the story?
• Where does it happen?
• What is happening?
• Why did it happen?
• How did it end?

Strategy 4: Retelling

• Tell the story in your own words
• Tell the most important parts
• Tell what happened first, then, and last

Sample reading passage

“My Dog Rex”

Rex is my dog. He is big and brown. Rex likes to play with a red ball. Every morning, Rex runs in the park with me. When Rex is hungry, he eats from his blue bowl. Rex is a good dog. He sleeps in my room at night. I love my dog Rex.

Comprehension questions

Who Questions:

1. Who is the story about? (Rex, a dog)
2. Who owns Rex? (the person telling the story)

What Questions:

1. What color is Rex? (brown)
2. What does Rex like to play with? (a red ball)
3. What does Rex eat from? (a blue bowl)

Where Questions:

1. Where does Rex run? (in the park)
2. Where does Rex sleep? (in the person’s room)

When Questions:

1. When does Rex run in the park? (every morning)
2. When does Rex sleep? (at night)

Why Questions:

1. Why does Rex eat? (because he is hungry)
2. Why do you think the person loves Rex? (because Rex is a good dog)

Picture labeling activity

Pictures to Label:

1. Picture of a brown dog → “Rex” or “dog”
2. Picture of a red ball → “ball”
3. Picture of a park → “park”
4. Picture of a blue bowl → “bowl”
5. Picture of a bedroom → “room”

Comprehension practice

True or False:

1. Rex is a cat. (False – Rex is a dog)
2. Rex is brown. (True)
3. Rex plays with a blue ball. (False – the ball is red)
4. Rex runs in the park. (True)
5. Rex sleeps outside. (False – he sleeps in the room)

Complete the Sentence:

1. Rex is _____ and _____. (big, brown)
2. Rex likes to play with a _____ ball. (red)
3. Every _____, Rex runs in the park. (morning)
4. Rex eats from his _____ bowl. (blue)
5. Rex sleeps in my _____ at night. (room)