Week 5: Speech Work, Reading, Structure, Grammar, Writing, Dictation – Basic 4 English Lesson Note (First Term)

1. TOPIC: FURTHER PRACTICE IN THE USE OF TENSE

LEARNING AREA

1. Past Tense
2. Present Tense
3. Future Tense
4. Lesson Evaluation

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, most of the pupils should have attained the following objectives – use the following correctly.

1. identify the past tense, present tense and future tense.
2. use the the past tense, present tense and future tense correctly.
3. make sentences with the past tense, present tense and future tense correctly.

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of:

1. Course book

2. Substitution tables.

METHOD OF TEACHING

Choose a suitable and appropriate methods for the lessons.

Note – irrespective of choosing methods of teaching, always introduce an activities that will arouse pupil’s interest or lead them to the lessons.

REFERENCE MATERIALS

• Scheme of Work
• 9 = Years Basic Education Curriculum
• Course Book
• All Relevant Material
• Online Information

CONTENT OF THE LESSON

INTRODUCTION TO TENSE

Tense is an action verb that tells the time.

For example.

1. Present tense = something happening now, I eat rice everyday – present tense.
2. Past tense = something happened earlier, I ate rice yesterday – past tense.
3. Future tense = something going to happen, I will eat rice tomorrow – Future tense.

1. TOPIC: AS STATE IN Recommended Reading Passages 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, most of the pupils should have attained the following objectives –

1. identify new and difficult words.

2. read the passage.

3. skim for the main points in passage.

4. scan for the specific information.

5. answer the questions in complete sentences.

ENTRY BEHAVIOR

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of:

1. Course Book
2. Dictionary
3. Pictures

METHOD OF TEACHING

Choose a suitable and appropriate methods for the lessons.

Note – perspective of choosing methods of teaching, always introduce an activities that will arouse pupil’s interest or lead them to the lessons.

REFERENCE MATERIALS

• Scheme of Work
• 9 – Years Basic Education Curriculum.
• Course Book
• All Relevant Material
• Online Information

CONTENT OF THE LESSON

FOCUS LESSON

1. New Words and their meaning.
2. Reading Comprehension – A reading passage selected from the course book based on regard and concern for interest of others.

D: Topic: READING TO FIND THE MAIN POINTS

Note – For reading focus, let pupils read the passage first.

PRESENTATION

To deliver the lesson, the teacher adopts the following steps.

1. To introduce the lesson, the teacher revises the previous lesson. Based on this, he/she asks the pupils some questions.

2. Teacher organizes pupils in groups or pairs depending on the size of the class.

3. Teacher make list of new words or difficult words on the board.

4. Teacher guides pupils in groups or pairs for find the meaning of each word using dictionary.

Pupil’s Activities – Find the meaning of the new words.

5. Teacher uses the new and pupil’s responses to introduce the lesson.

Pupil’s Activities – Pay attention to the lesson to the lesson introduction.

6. Teacher allows groups or pairs reading before independently reading.

7. Teacher reads and discussion the content of the passage.

Pupil’s Activities – Participate actively in the discussion.

8. Teacher highlights the main points.

Pupil’s Activities – Read the passage to skim for the main points.

9. Teacher distinguishes the theme and subject matter of the passage.

10. Teacher summarizes the lesson on the board with using appropriate lesson evaluation and guides pupils to answer in a complete sentence.

Pupil’s Activities – Participate actively in the summary of the lesson by responding to questions in-complete sentences and write as instructed.

CONCLUSION

To conclude the lesson for the week, the teacher revises the entire lesson and links it to the

following week’s lesson.

LESSON EVALUATION

Teacher asks pupils to:

1. read the passage correctly.

2. skim for the main points.

3. state the specific information in the passage.

4. answers questions in complete sentences.

E: TOPIC – ORAL COMPOSITION – NARRATIVE (DESCRIPTION)

LEARNING AREA

1. A Visit to my Village
2. An Interesting Experience

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, most of the pupils should have attained the following objectives –

1. narrate the highlights of “a visit to my village”.
2. narrate a story.
3. describe how things are been done or a place, e.g “my father’s house” and;
4. pick out important features in any event with emphasis on time, place, occasion and significance.

ENTRY BEHAVIOUR

The pupils

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of:

1. Text books showing various events.
2. Video clips of events.
3. Real objects to describe how things are done.

METHOD OF TEACHING

Choose a suitable and appropriate methods for the lessons.

Note – irrespective of choosing methods of teaching, always introduce an activities that will arouse pupil’s interest or lead them to the lessons.

REFERENCE MATERIALS

1. Scheme of Work
2. 9 – Years Basic Education Curriculum.
3. Course Book
4. All Relevant Material
5. Online Information

CONTENT OF THE LESSON

FOCUS TOPIC

1. Narrating an interesting experience with the following –

• “A visit to my village”.
• “My first day in school”.

2. Describing places or how things are done –

• “My school”.
• “How to cook rice”.

PRESENTATION

To deliver the lesson, the teacher adopts the following steps:

1. To introduce the lesson, the teacher revises the previous lesson. Based on this, he/she asks the pupils some questions:
2. leads discussions dramatization based on “a visit to my village” or an interesting experience in my school” or any descriptive topic.

Pupil’s Activities – Describe their memorable days individually.

3. Organizes out of class activities to visit places of interest and asks the pupils to narrate or describe their experiences.

Pupil’s Activities – Narrate some events they witnessed or Describe their memorable days individually.

CONCLUSION

• To conclude the lesson for the week, the teacher revises the entire lesson and links it to the following week’s lesson.
• Next Lesson –

LESSON EVALUATION

Ask pupils to:

1. describe some events accurately and
2. narrate interesting experiences they have witnessed.