Basic 5 Second Term English Studies Lesson Notes

Abbreviations and Acronyms

Review of Reported Speech (Command)

Students should be able to mention the rules guiding the reported speech Form command sentences iii.

Reading to Comprehend

Students should be able to identify the topic sentence in each paragraph.

Responding to a Formal Invitation E.G Weddings

Dictations for the Week

Oral Composition Talking About Myself, Family, and Environment

Students should be able to say and pronounce relevant word about the topic.

Word Bank and Sentence Building

Students should be able to make many words from the given words ii.

Law and Order

Students should be able to identify words that are related to law and order in a given passage ii.

Formal Invitation as Opposed to Letter Writing

Students should be able to write a formal invitation.

Dictation for the Week

Students should be able to write a formal invitation.

Dialogue on the Experience of National Issues

Students should be able to identify words that are related to the japa syndrome in a given passage ii.

Making and Responding Requests (Sentence Building)

Students should be able to define modal verbs and their functions in making requests.

Children's Novel

Letter Writing, Informal Letter

Dictation for the Week

Discussion on Roles of Individual Members of the Family

Students should be able to read fluently.

Children's Poems

Students should be able to read the selected children's poems rhythmically Identify the key words or lines that introduce the main ideas in the poems iii.

Acknowledging Receipt of Letters of Congratulations and Sympathy

Students should be able to explain the features of acknowledgement letter ii.

Dictations for the Week

Speech Work Consonant Contrast /S/ and /Z/

Students should be able to recognize and pronounce the sounds correctly ii.

Types of Clause:-Independent and Dependent Clause

Students should be able to explain the meaning of the term - clause ii.

Emphasis on New Words, and Meaning/Purpose

Letter Asking for Special Favours

Students should be able to explain the following features of the letters of requests or favours ii.

Dictation for the Week

Folktale on Reward and Punishment

Structure Comparing Objects and People Using "Same As"

Students should be able to use "same as" correctly in sentences.

Emphasis on New Words and Meaning, Simile and Metaphor

Letter of Absence from School

Students should be able to explain the following features of the Letter of Absence from School ii.

Supplementary Reading: Play

Dictation for the Week

Speech Work: Expressing Function of Object

Structure: Expressing Consequences or Cause and Effect with Use of "So...That"

Students should be able to identify the use of "so.

Deriving New Words and Meaning

Students should be able to draw inferences from reading the passage ii.

Writing Formal and Informal Invitation Letter

Supplementary Reading: Poems

Dictation for the Week

Intonation Practice Passage

Structure: Articles

Teaching New Words and Meaning

Writing-Letter of Congratulations

Dictation for the Week

Children's Novel

Students should be able to differentiate between main ideas and and supporting ideas in each paragraph ii.

Construction with the Past Tense, Then Past Perfect Tense

Health: Sickness and Cure for Human Ailments

Writing Indicating Direction

Dictation for the Week

Speech Work Diphthongs Contrast /Ie/ and /Ei/

Verb Phrase as Verb Phrase Compliment

Reading for Further Understanding of Relationship Between Ideas

Writing-Letter of Appreciation

Dictations for the Week