Basic 5 English Studies Lesson Notes

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The Basic 5 English Studies year plan

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No.	Topic	Read
First Term45 notes		Open First Term
1	Intonation Patterns, Stress, and Rhyme
2	Review of Tenses
3	Reading to Comprehend Main Ideas
4	Words Associated with Family Relations
5	Essay Writing on "How I Spent My Last Holiday”
6	Vowel Sounds /Æ/ and /A:/
7	Making Sentences with Modal Auxiliaries
8	Letter Writing: Guided Informal Letter
9	Dictation for the Week
10	The Consonant Sounds /W/, /N/, and /Ng/
11	Active Voice and Passive Voice
12	Consumer Rights
13	Dictation for the Week
14	Speech Work:Sound /U/ and /U:/
15	Using Adjective in Speaking and Writing
16	Paragraph from Children's Novel
17	Writing: Descriptive
18	Dictations for the Week
19	Minimal Pairs Vowel Sounds /E/ and /O:/
20	Adverbs
21	Emphasis on Supporting Details, Tone, Mood and Purpose
22	Guided Formal Letter Writing
23	Dictation for the Week
24	Speech Work Making Polite Requests
25	Using Direct and Indirect Speech
26	National Social Service Institutions
27	Descriptive Guided Composition on Bicycle/ Automobile
28	Supplementary Reading: Play
29	Speech Work Contrasting Consonant Sounds /P/ and /F/
30	Making Reported Command and Reported Questions
31	Comprehension Reading on Education Such as Moral, Value Etc
32	Writing: Descriptive Essay. Describe Your House or School
33	Supplementary Reading: Poems
34	Dictation for the Week
35	Speech Work Contrast Sounds /S/ And/Ts/
36	Sentence Building
37	Comparison of Formal And-Informal Letters
38	Dictation
39	Intonation Practice in Statements, Questions, Commands and Request
40	Present Perfect Tense
41	Attribute of Truthfulness
42	Speech Work: /P/ and /B/
43	Reading a Nonfiction Passage
44	Reply to Formal and Informal Invitations
45	Dictation for the Week

Second Term51 notes		Open Second Term
1	Abbreviations and Acronyms
2	Review of Reported Speech (Command)
3	Reading to Comprehend
4	Responding to a Formal Invitation E.G Weddings
5	Dictations for the Week
6	Oral Composition Talking About Myself, Family, and Environment
7	Word Bank and Sentence Building
8	Law and Order
9	Formal Invitation as Opposed to Letter Writing
10	Dictation for the Week
11	Dialogue on the Experience of National Issues
12	Making and Responding Requests (Sentence Building)
13	Children's Novel
14	Letter Writing, Informal Letter
15	Dictation for the Week
16	Discussion on Roles of Individual Members of the Family
17	Children's Poems
18	Acknowledging Receipt of Letters of Congratulations and Sympathy
19	Dictations for the Week
20	Speech Work Consonant Contrast /S/ and /Z/
21	Types of Clause:-Independent and Dependent Clause
22	Emphasis on New Words, and Meaning/Purpose
23	Letter Asking for Special Favours
24	Dictation for the Week
25	Folktale on Reward and Punishment
26	Structure Comparing Objects and People Using "Same As"
27	Emphasis on New Words and Meaning, Simile and Metaphor
28	Letter of Absence from School
29	Supplementary Reading: Play
30	Dictation for the Week
31	Speech Work: Expressing Function of Object
32	Structure: Expressing Consequences or Cause and Effect with Use of "So...That"
33	Deriving New Words and Meaning
34	Writing Formal and Informal Invitation Letter
35	Supplementary Reading: Poems
36	Dictation for the Week
37	Intonation Practice Passage
38	Structure: Articles
39	Teaching New Words and Meaning
40	Writing-Letter of Congratulations
41	Dictation for the Week
42	Children's Novel
43	Construction with the Past Tense, Then Past Perfect Tense
44	Health: Sickness and Cure for Human Ailments
45	Writing Indicating Direction
46	Dictation for the Week
47	Speech Work Diphthongs Contrast /Ie/ and /Ei/
48	Verb Phrase as Verb Phrase Compliment
49	Reading for Further Understanding of Relationship Between Ideas
50	Writing-Letter of Appreciation
51	Dictations for the Week

Third Term48 notes		Open Third Term
1	Intonation Practice Passage (Request)
2	Linking Words: Such as Although, Because, But, So-That. Etc,
3	Composition Involving Expression of Personal Opinion
4	Dictations for the Week
5	Passage Based on Illustrating 'When' Adverbial Structure
6	Emphasis on New Words and Meaning/Purpose
7	Expository Essay: Basic Concept of Drug Abuse
8	Dictation for the Week
9	Observing and Reporting Things, Complete Action
10	Passage Based on Conversation with 'That / Which' Adjectival Clause
11	Road Safety
12	Descriptive (Elements of Soil)
13	Supplementary Reading: Story Book
14	Dictation for the Week
15	Speech Work: Contrasting Diphthongs in Pairs /Au/And /Ui/ and /Iu/
16	Construction, the Past Tense, Past Perfect Tense
17	Emphasis on New Words. Tone, Mood and Meaning/Purpose
18	Debate: "A Farmer Is More Important Than a Teacher'
19	Dictation for the Week
20	Contrasting Diphthongs and Monopthongs in Pairs /Ai/ and /Au/, /Ie/ and Lei/ Ia:/ and /Ai/
21	Construction with Prepositional Verbs Vs. Phrasal Verbs: Position of the Object
22	Emphasis on New Words and Meaning/Purpose
23	Descriptive Essay. Write Composition on 'My School"
24	Dictation for the Week
25	Passages on National Values Using Correct Stress and Intonation
26	Family Needs and Resources.
27	Composition on 'Girls Are More Useful in the Family'.
28	Supplementary Reading: Play
29	Dictation for the Week
30	Oral Composition ( Talking About Self and Family)
31	Phrasal Verbs
32	Deriving New Words and Meaning
33	Write Composition on "My Environment'
34	Supplementary Reading: Poems
35	Dictation for the Week
36	"Exposition Basic Concept of Drug Abuse "
37	Teaching New Words and Meaning(Inter-House Sport Day)
38	Composition on 'Town Life Is Better Than Village Life'.
39	Dictation for the Week
40	Managing Agriculture
41	Descriptive Adjective
42	Health-Sickness, Cures for Human Ailment
43	Composition on "My Grandma"
44	Dictation for the Week
45	Using the Telephone
46	Structure: 'Must ' 'Have To'
47	Reading for Further Understanding of Relationship Between Ideas
48	Dictations for the Week

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Basic 5 English Studies lesson notes are arranged by term: 45 in First Term, 51 in Second Term and 48 in Third Term.

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Name	Author	Publisher
English Studies for Primary SchoolsAnambra State Govt (Ministry of Education)	Ayo Banjo et al	University Press PLC
Nigerian Primary EnglishAnambra State Govt (Ministry of Education)	F. Ademola	Learn Africa
Intensive English for PrimaryAnambra State Govt (Ministry of Education)	Okolo Nonso	Noble Publishers
Modular English Course for Primary Schools Book 6School booklist – Noble Foundation School, Ibadan (private)	S.O. Ayodele et al	Evans

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There are 144 notes across three terms: 45 in First Term, 51 in Second Term and 48 in Third Term. When a new note is published, these numbers update on their own.

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The 144 notes run from Intonation Patterns, Stress, and Rhyme in First Term to Dictations for the Week in Third Term, split as 45 in First Term, 51 in Second Term and 48 in Third Term. The full list is in the year plan at the top of this page, each topic linked to its note.

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