Basic 5 First Term English Studies Lesson Notes

Intonation Patterns, Stress, and Rhyme

Review of Tenses

Students should be able to list the types of tenses.

Reading to Comprehend Main Ideas

Words Associated with Family Relations

Students should be able to list at least fifteen words related to family relationships.

Essay Writing on "How I Spent My Last Holiday”

Vowel Sounds /Æ/ and /A:/

Students should be able to identify and pronounce the vowel sounds /ae/ and /ar/ correctly.

Making Sentences with Modal Auxiliaries

Students should be able to explain and provide examples of modal auxiliaries (must, ought to, will, have to, shall, can, must, etc.

Letter Writing: Guided Informal Letter

Students should be able to identify informal letters.

Dictation for the Week

Students should be able to   Spell the given words correctly.

The Consonant Sounds /W/, /N/, and /Ng/

Students should be able to identify and pronounce the consonant sounds /w/, /n/, and /ng/ correctly.

Active Voice and Passive Voice

Students should be able to identify active and passive sentences.

Consumer Rights

Students should be able to define consumer rights and understand their importance.

Dictation for the Week

Students should be able to spell the given words correctly.

Speech Work:Sound /U/ and /U:/

Students should be able to identify and pronounce the vowel sounds /u/ and /u:/ correctly.

Using Adjective in Speaking and Writing

Paragraph from Children'S Novel

Writing: Descriptive

Students should be able to identify the characteristics of a descriptive essay.

Dictations for the Week

Minimal Pairs Vowel Sounds /E/ and /O:/

Adverbs

Emphasis on Supporting Details, Tone, Mood and Purpose

Guided Formal Letter Writing

Dictation for the Week

Students should be able to identify the main idea and supporting details in any reading passage and understand how these elements help in comprehension.

Speech Work Making Polite Requests

Using Direct and Indirect Speech

Students should be able to identify sentences in reported speech.

National Social Service Institutions

Students should be able to identify and spell National Social Service institutions in Nigeria.

Descriptive Guided Composition on Bicycle/ Automobile

Students should be able to highlight the features of a descriptive essay.

Supplementary Reading: Play

Speech Work Contrasting Consonant Sounds /P/ and /F/

Students should be able to recognize and pronounce the sounds /p/ and /f/ correctly.

Making Reported Command and Reported Questions

Students should be able to define reported commands and reported questions.

Comprehension Reading on Education Such as Moral, Value Etc

Students should be able to read and understand a passage about environmental conservation.

Writing: Descriptive Essay. Describe Your House or School

Students should be able to describe the features of their school.

Supplementary Reading: Poems

Students should be able to understand the nature of poems.

Dictation for the Week

Speech Work Contrast Sounds /S/ And/Ts/

Students should be able to recognize and pronounce the sounds /ɡ/ and /ŋ/ correctly.

Sentence Building

Students should be able to define and identify different types of sentences.

Comparison of Formal And-Informal Letters

Dictation

Intonation Practice in Statements, Questions, Commands and Request

Present Perfect Tense

Students should be able to explain the present perfect tense.

Attribute of Truthfulness

Students should be able to read a simple narrative from a children's novel.

Speech Work: /P/ and /B/

Students should be able to recognize and pronounce the consonant sounds /ɡ/ and /ʤ/ correctly.

Reading a Nonfiction Passage

Students should be able to identify difficult words from the passage.

Reply to Formal and Informal Invitations

Students should be able to write a card of invitation for formal occasions.

Dictation for the Week