Comprehension/ Vocabulary Development – JSS1 English Lesson Note (First Term)

Vocabulary development helps students learn the names of jobs and what each worker does. In this lesson, students read “Tolu’s New School” in Effective English, Unit 2, page 31, and learn seven job words: butcher, carpenter, cashier, electrician, labourer, tailor and hawker.

Behavioural objectives

By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

• read the passage “Tolu’s New School” (Effective English, Unit 2, page 31);
• say what a butcher, carpenter, cashier, electrician, labourer, tailor and hawker each do;
• match each job to the work it describes.

Tolu’s new school

Content: Effective English, Unit 2, page 31.

What are the names of some jobs?

The vocabulary for this lesson is to learn about some jobs.

Evaluation

Do practice 2, 3 and 4 on page 32.