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WK LSN STRAND SUB-STRAND LESSON LEARNING OUTCOMES LEARNING EXPERIENCES KEY INQUIRY QUESTIONS LEARNING RESOURCES ASSESSMENT METHODS REFLECTION
2 1-2
TOURISM: DOMESTIC

Listening and Speaking
Listening and Responding: Oral Narratives - Myths
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Identify the characters in a given myth
- Narrate the key events in a given myth
- Explain the moral lesson in a set myth
- Acknowledge the role of oral literature in lifelong learning
The learner is guided to:
- Predict events in a myth from the title or pictures in the story
- Listen to a narration of a myth from the community then retell the myth to peers
- Watch a video recording of a myth
- Identify the characters in the myth
- Collaborate to answer questions from the story
- Discuss the lessons learnt from a myth
- Discuss the relevance of the story to real life
How can you tell what is going to happen in a story? How are the characters or events in the story related to the people or happenings around us?
Moran - Skills in English pg. 111
Audio recordings
Digital devices
Video recordings
Myth "How Wechakhulia Hill was formed"
Oral presentations Retelling of myths Question and answer Group discussions Role play
2 3
Listening and Speaking
Listening and Responding: Oral Narratives - Myths
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Relate the characters in a myth to real life
- Retell a myth using appropriate verbal and non-verbal cues
- Value the importance of myths in preserving cultural heritage
The learner is guided to:
- Take turns to retell the story they listened to, ensuring events are in correct order
- Search from the Internet for a video recording of a myth, watch it and narrate key events
- Identify the characters in the myth
- Discuss the consequences of characters' behaviors in the story
- Explain moral lessons learned in the myth
- Identify alternative statements characters could have made
Why are oral narratives important in society?
Moran - Skills in English pg. 112
Digital devices
Video recordings
Audio recordings
Teacher's guide
Oral presentations Narration skills assessment Peer assessment Written reflections Group discussions
2 4
Reading
Intensive Reading: Poem
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Select required information from a text
- Use nonverbal cues to bring out the message in a poem
- Appreciate the importance of comprehension in life
The learner is guided to:
- Read the poem "Local tourists"
- Identify characters, themes and aspects of style such as repetition from the poem
- Infer the meaning of words from the context
- Rap/recite the poem in turns using relevant non-verbal cues
- Answer direct and inferential questions based on the poem
- Retell events depicted in the poem in own words
How can one tell the meaning of unfamiliar words used in a text? Why should one support an opinion about a story or person with evidence?
Moran - Skills in English pg. 112
Poem "Local tourists"
Digital devices
Reference materials
Charts
Teacher's guide
Poem recitation Written exercises Oral presentations Peer assessment Group discussions
2 5
Reading
Intensive Reading: Poem
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Select required information from a text
- Use nonverbal cues to bring out the message in a poem
- Appreciate the importance of comprehension in life
The learner is guided to:
- Read the poem "Local tourists"
- Identify characters, themes and aspects of style such as repetition from the poem
- Infer the meaning of words from the context
- Rap/recite the poem in turns using relevant non-verbal cues
- Answer direct and inferential questions based on the poem
- Retell events depicted in the poem in own words
How can one tell the meaning of unfamiliar words used in a text? Why should one support an opinion about a story or person with evidence?
Moran - Skills in English pg. 112
Poem "Local tourists"
Digital devices
Reference materials
Charts
Teacher's guide
Poem recitation Written exercises Oral presentations Peer assessment Group discussions
3 1-2
Reading
Intensive Reading: Poem
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Make judgement on the information in a text
- Infer the meaning of unfamiliar words using contextual clues
- Value the role of poems in conveying messages
The learner is guided to:
- Retell the main events in the poem "Local tourists" using gestures and facial expressions
- Recite the poem using non-verbal cues to bring out the message
- Discuss meaning of statements used in the poem
- Conduct a class debate explaining what they like or do not like about the poem
- Scan through the poem for new words and discuss how to determine their meaning
- Find the meaning of each new word based on how they are used
Why do we repeat some sounds, words and lines in a poem?
Moran - Skills in English pg. 115
Poem "Local tourists"
Digital devices
Dictionary
Visual aids
Teacher's guide
Debates Poem recitation Oral presentations Written exercises Vocabulary assessment
3 3
Grammar in Use
Word Classes: Simple prepositions
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Identify prepositions of position, time and place correctly
- Use prepositions of position correctly in sentences
- Appreciate the role of prepositions of position in communication
The learner is guided to:
- Study pictures showing different positions of objects
- Answer questions about the position of objects in the pictures
- Identify the words used to provide information about time, position and place
- Identify prepositions in the paragraph "A week of touring"
- Find a text and identify prepositions of position, place and time
How do we show where somebody or something is?
Moran - Skills in English pg. 116
Pictures showing positions
Digital devices
Charts
Reference materials
Teacher's guide
Gap filling exercises Sentence construction Oral questions Written exercises Group discussions
3 4
Grammar in Use
Word Classes: Simple prepositions
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Use prepositions of time and place in sentences correctly
- Construct sentences using prepositions of position, time and place
- Value precise use of prepositions in communication
The learner is guided to:
- Fill in gaps in sentences using appropriate prepositions
- Construct sentences using prepositions of position, place and time
- Display sentences on a chart
- Search in newspapers, magazines or the Internet for sentences that use prepositions
- Create a crossword puzzle using prepositions and give it to peers to solve
How do you show the position of a thing or the time something happens?
Moran - Skills in English pg. 117
Charts
Newspapers
Magazines
Digital devices
Crossword puzzles
Sentence construction Gap filling exercises Crossword puzzles Peer assessment Written exercises
3 5
Grammar in Use
Word Classes: Simple prepositions
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Use prepositions of time and place in sentences correctly
- Construct sentences using prepositions of position, time and place
- Value precise use of prepositions in communication
The learner is guided to:
- Fill in gaps in sentences using appropriate prepositions
- Construct sentences using prepositions of position, place and time
- Display sentences on a chart
- Search in newspapers, magazines or the Internet for sentences that use prepositions
- Create a crossword puzzle using prepositions and give it to peers to solve
How do you show the position of a thing or the time something happens?
Moran - Skills in English pg. 117
Charts
Newspapers
Magazines
Digital devices
Crossword puzzles
Sentence construction Gap filling exercises Crossword puzzles Peer assessment Written exercises
4 1-2
Reading
Intensive Reading: Poetry
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Identify inanimate characters in a given poem
- Describe traits of inanimate characters present in a given poem
- Value the role of inanimate characters in poetry
The learner is guided to:
- Read the poem "We won't let you!"
- Discuss what the poem is about
- Search from the Internet or books for the meaning of inanimate characters
- Present findings to classmates
- Identify inanimate characters in the poem or any other poem of choice
What makes stories interesting to read? How can the characters in a poem be described?
Moran - Skills in English pg. 118
Poem "We won't let you!"
Digital devices
Reference materials
Teacher's guide
Character analysis Oral presentations Written exercises Group discussions Recitation
4 3
Reading
Intensive Reading: Poetry
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Identify the traits of inanimate characters in poems
- Relate inanimate characters with individuals in real life
- Appreciate the creative use of inanimate characters in poetry
The learner is guided to:
- Discuss the inanimate characters that are likely to be used in poems
- Describe the traits of the inanimate characters
- Read the poems "You lied to me" and "Trembling in magic"
- Identify and describe the traits of the inanimate characters in the poems
- Recite the poems using appropriate non-verbal cues
- Role-play the inanimate characters in the poems
- Relate the characters to people they know in real life
Which qualities of a person can animals or objects be given?
Moran - Skills in English pg. 119
Poems "You lied to me" and "Trembling in magic"
Charts
Digital devices
Teacher's guide
Character analysis Poem recitation Role play Written exercises Oral presentations
4 4
Writing
Assessment of writing
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Identify errors in an essay written by self or peers
- Suggest corrections for identified errors
- Value the importance of assessment in improving writing
The learner is guided to:
- Read the composition "The visit of my life"
- Identify errors in the composition using the guidelines in a provided table
- List the errors identified
- Rewrite the composition, correcting the errors
- Identify errors in compositions provided by the teacher
- Rewrite the compositions, correcting the errors
How does a text with errors make you feel? What are some of the common mistakes we make in our writing?
Moran - Skills in English pg. 121
Sample composition "The visit of my life"
Assessment guidelines
Digital devices
Teacher's guide
Error identification Editing exercises Peer assessment Rewriting exercises Self-assessment
4 5
Writing
Assessment of writing
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Identify errors in an essay written by self or peers
- Suggest corrections for identified errors
- Value the importance of assessment in improving writing
The learner is guided to:
- Read the composition "The visit of my life"
- Identify errors in the composition using the guidelines in a provided table
- List the errors identified
- Rewrite the composition, correcting the errors
- Identify errors in compositions provided by the teacher
- Rewrite the compositions, correcting the errors
How does a text with errors make you feel? What are some of the common mistakes we make in our writing?
Moran - Skills in English pg. 121
Sample composition "The visit of my life"
Assessment guidelines
Digital devices
Teacher's guide
Error identification Editing exercises Peer assessment Rewriting exercises Self-assessment
5 1-2
Writing
Assessment of writing
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Assess a composition written by self or peers and suggest corrections for errors
- Write a composition free of errors
- Appreciate the importance of feedback to improve a composition
The learner is guided to:
- Write a composition on the subject of domestic tourism
- Exchange compositions with other groups
- Read through the other group's composition and identify errors
- Suggest corrections to be made
- Assess the composition written in the previous activity
- Correct the errors identified
- Write the final draft after making necessary corrections
- Type the composition on a digital device and display it on the classroom gallery wall or noticeboard
- Conduct a gallery walk to view compositions by other groups
How can one improve their writing skills?
Moran - Skills in English pg. 122
Digital devices
Sample compositions
Assessment guidelines
Teacher's guide
Composition writing Error identification Peer assessment Self-assessment Editing exercises
5 3
Writing
Assessment of writing
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Assess a composition written by self or peers and suggest corrections for errors
- Write a composition free of errors
- Appreciate the importance of feedback to improve a composition
The learner is guided to:
- Write a composition on the subject of domestic tourism
- Exchange compositions with other groups
- Read through the other group's composition and identify errors
- Suggest corrections to be made
- Assess the composition written in the previous activity
- Correct the errors identified
- Write the final draft after making necessary corrections
- Type the composition on a digital device and display it on the classroom gallery wall or noticeboard
- Conduct a gallery walk to view compositions by other groups
How can one improve their writing skills?
Moran - Skills in English pg. 122
Digital devices
Sample compositions
Assessment guidelines
Teacher's guide
Composition writing Error identification Peer assessment Self-assessment Editing exercises
5 4
HEROES AND HEROINES: AFRICA

Listening and Speaking
Pronunciation: Sounds Vowels
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Identify words with vowels /ɑː/ /зː/ and the consonant /tʃ/ /dʒ/ from a sample text
- Pronounce the vowels /ɑː/ /зː/ and the consonants /tʃ/ /dʒ/ correctly
- Value correct pronunciation in communication
The learner is guided to:
- Practice saying sounds provided by the teacher
- Listen to words with highlighted vowel sounds in columns A and B
- Identify words in texts with the same vowel sounds as those in columns A and B
- Listen to sets of words and identify the common sounds
- Listen to a recording and identify words with target sounds
- Create a table with four columns for words with target sounds
Why are some words said with greater force than others?
Moran - Skills in English pg. 124
Audio recordings
Digital devices
Charts
Word lists
Teacher's guide
Pronunciation exercises Oral presentations Listening activities Group discussions Sound identification exercises
5 5
Listening and Speaking
Pronunciation: Sounds Vowels
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Identify words with vowels /ɑː/ /зː/ and the consonant /tʃ/ /dʒ/ from a sample text
- Pronounce the vowels /ɑː/ /зː/ and the consonants /tʃ/ /dʒ/ correctly
- Value correct pronunciation in communication
The learner is guided to:
- Practice saying sounds provided by the teacher
- Listen to words with highlighted vowel sounds in columns A and B
- Identify words in texts with the same vowel sounds as those in columns A and B
- Listen to sets of words and identify the common sounds
- Listen to a recording and identify words with target sounds
- Create a table with four columns for words with target sounds
Why are some words said with greater force than others?
Moran - Skills in English pg. 124
Audio recordings
Digital devices
Charts
Word lists
Teacher's guide
Pronunciation exercises Oral presentations Listening activities Group discussions Sound identification exercises
6 1-2
Listening and Speaking
Stressed and unstressed words
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Apply stress on content words while leaving the function words unstressed
- Use the correct intonation in declarative and exclamatory sentences
- Appreciate the importance of emphatic stress in communication
The learner is guided to:
- Practice pronouncing words with target sounds correctly
- In pairs, make a recording of voices reading words aloud
- Use each word in a sentence
- Practice pronouncing vowel and consonant sounds
- Read lines from the poem "If I knew"
- Underline nouns, main verbs, adjectives and adverbs
- Discuss whether underlined words help figure out what the poem is about
- Reread the poem aloud and identify emphasized words
Why do we pronounce some words differently from others in a sentence?
Moran - Skills in English pg. 125
Poem "If I knew"
Audio recordings
Digital devices
Charts with stressed and unstressed words
Teacher's guide
Pronunciation exercises Poem recitation Stress identification exercises Oral presentations Recording analysis
6 3
Reading
Extensive Reading: Grade appropriate fiction Materials - Characters
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Identify the characters in a given fiction text
- Describe the traits of a given character in a fictional text
- Value the role of characters in fiction
The learner is guided to:
- Discuss what makes reading enjoyable
- Read the passage "African heroes and heroines"
- Identify and list the characters in the story
- Take up roles of different characters in the story
- Role-play the different characters identified
- Dramatize the text using appropriate voice, gestures, facial expressions and movement
- Discuss why some people are considered heroes and heroines in communities
What makes reading enjoyable? How can the characters in a story be described?
Moran - Skills in English pg. 127
Passage "African heroes and heroines"
Digital devices
Reference materials
Character trait charts
Teacher's guide
Character analysis Role play Oral presentations Written exercises Drama performance
6 4
Reading
Extensive Reading: Grade appropriate fiction Materials - Characters
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Use appropriate words to describe character traits
- Relate characters in fiction to people in real life
- Appreciate the role of characters in conveying messages in stories
The learner is guided to:
- Discuss words used to describe characters
- Search for words to describe character traits from the Internet, books or dictionary
- Choose a character in the passage and identify what that character does or says
- Discuss how the character's words and actions help identify traits
- Complete tables for all characters in the passage
- Create a diagram showing how characters relate to each other
- Explain how characters in the passage relate to people or events in the community
Which stories are the most enjoyable to read? Which qualities do you admire in people?
Moran - Skills in English pg. 129
Character trait charts
Digital devices
Dictionaries
Reference materials
Teacher's guide
Character analysis Diagram creation Oral presentations Written exercises Group discussions
6 5
Reading
Extensive Reading: Grade appropriate fiction Materials - Characters
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Use appropriate words to describe character traits
- Relate characters in fiction to people in real life
- Appreciate the role of characters in conveying messages in stories
The learner is guided to:
- Discuss words used to describe characters
- Search for words to describe character traits from the Internet, books or dictionary
- Choose a character in the passage and identify what that character does or says
- Discuss how the character's words and actions help identify traits
- Complete tables for all characters in the passage
- Create a diagram showing how characters relate to each other
- Explain how characters in the passage relate to people or events in the community
Which stories are the most enjoyable to read? Which qualities do you admire in people?
Moran - Skills in English pg. 129
Character trait charts
Digital devices
Dictionaries
Reference materials
Teacher's guide
Character analysis Diagram creation Oral presentations Written exercises Group discussions
7 1-2
Grammar in Use
Word Classes: Conjunctions
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Identify the listed conjunctions from a group of words
- Use the conjunctions because, that, when, if, unless, and since correctly in sentences
- Value the correct use of conjunctions in communication
The learner is guided to:
- Discuss how one can join two or more sentences
- Identify the words used to refer to words that can join ideas or sentences
- Read the passage about African heroes and heroines
- Copy the text and identify and underline the conjunctions in the text
- Recite the poem "If you knew" and identify the conjunctions used
- Listen to a song played by the teacher and identify the conjunctions used
Why should we join sentences correctly? Why do we use conjunctions?
Moran - Skills in English pg. 130
Passage about African heroes
Poem "If you knew"
Songs
Digital devices
Charts
Teacher's guide
Conjunction identification Sentence construction Oral presentations Written exercises Group discussions
7 3
Grammar in Use
Word Classes: Conjunctions
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Construct sentences using the listed conjunctions
- Join sentences using appropriate conjunctions
- Acknowledge the importance of conjunctions in communication
The learner is guided to:
- Search from the Internet or in texts for examples of conjunctions
- Search from the Internet for sentences in which conjunctions are used
- Present findings to classmates
- Complete a passage by filling blanks with appropriate conjunctions
- Make sentences about African heroes and heroines using the conjunctions
- Complete sentences by filling in blank spaces using appropriate conjunctions
- Create dialogues using the conjunctions
- Create a crossword puzzle using conjunctions
How can one join two or more sentences?
Moran - Skills in English pg. 132
Digital devices
Reference materials
Crossword puzzles
Charts
Teacher's guide
Sentence construction Gap filling exercises Crossword puzzles Written exercises Poster creation
7 4
Reading
Intensive Reading: Similes and metaphors
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- List the similes and metaphors in a given short story
- Use similes and metaphors in their own sentences
- Value the importance of similes and metaphors in communication
The learner is guided to:
- Explain what makes short stories interesting
- Read the short story "Finding a hero"
- Answer questions based on the story
- Point out the main events in the story
- Discuss how the events make the story flow
- Learn about metaphors and similes
- Search for the meaning of simile and metaphor from a textbook or the Internet
- Identify and list similes and metaphors used in the story
How do events flow logically in a story?
Moran - Skills in English pg. 133
Short story "Finding a hero"
Digital devices
Reference materials
Dictionaries
Teacher's guide
Simile and metaphor identification Sentence construction Oral presentations Written exercises Group discussions
7 5
Reading
Intensive Reading: Similes and metaphors
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- List the similes and metaphors in a given short story
- Use similes and metaphors in their own sentences
- Value the importance of similes and metaphors in communication
The learner is guided to:
- Explain what makes short stories interesting
- Read the short story "Finding a hero"
- Answer questions based on the story
- Point out the main events in the story
- Discuss how the events make the story flow
- Learn about metaphors and similes
- Search for the meaning of simile and metaphor from a textbook or the Internet
- Identify and list similes and metaphors used in the story
How do events flow logically in a story?
Moran - Skills in English pg. 133
Short story "Finding a hero"
Digital devices
Reference materials
Dictionaries
Teacher's guide
Simile and metaphor identification Sentence construction Oral presentations Written exercises Group discussions
8 1-2
Reading
Intensive Reading: Similes and metaphors
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Explain the similes and metaphors used in the short story
- Relate the use of similes and metaphors to real life situations
- Appreciate how similes and metaphors enhance understanding in texts
The learner is guided to:
- List familiar similes and metaphors
- Use listed similes and metaphors to construct sentences about African heroes and heroines
- Discuss how to use similes and metaphors in a narrative composition
- Explain similes and metaphors identified in the story in a table
- Discuss the meaning of each simile or metaphor
- Discuss the importance of similes and metaphors used in the story
Why should short stories be read? How can one write a short story?
Moran - Skills in English pg. 134
Short story "Finding a hero"
Digital devices
Reference materials
Charts with similes and metaphors
Teacher's guide
Simile and metaphor explanation Sentence construction Written exercises Oral presentations Group discussions
8 3
Writing
Creative Writing: Narrative Compositions
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Recall a specific event, emotion or experience that affected them greatly
- Plan a narrative composition using prewriting techniques
- Value quality narrative compositions in communication
The learner is guided to:
- Read the story "Beyond achievements"
- Answer questions based on the story
- Identify what makes the story interesting
- Explain how to make compositions interesting
- Identify and discuss the parts of a narrative composition
- Recall and narrate to classmates a specific feeling, event or experience that stands out as memorable
- Explain how it greatly affected them
- Complete a table about their narration
Why do we enjoy reading stories? How can you make your composition interesting?
Moran - Skills in English pg. 136
Story "Beyond achievements"
Digital devices
Reference materials
Planning templates
Teacher's guide
Narrative composition planning Oral narratives Written exercises Group discussions Story analysis
8 4
Writing
Creative Writing: Narrative Compositions
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Create a narrative composition using revealing details
- Revise and edit a narrative composition for clarity and correctness
- Appreciate the value of quality narrative compositions
The learner is guided to:
- Answer questions as they plan to write a story about an event or experience that has affected them greatly
- Search for information on the parts of a narrative composition and present findings
- Identify the parts of a narrative composition in a provided text
- Use prewriting techniques to plan a narrative composition about one of their most memorable experiences
- Write a narrative composition of 240-280 words using revealing details
- Review each other's work using a provided checklist
- Revise and correct any mistakes
- Display final composition on a poster or share using social media
Which event excited you or made you sad recently? How can a good narrative be written?
Moran - Skills in English pg. 138
Digital devices
Posters
Assessment checklists
Reference materials
Teacher's guide
Narrative composition writing Peer assessment Self-assessment Editing exercises Oral presentations
8 5
Writing
Creative Writing: Narrative Compositions
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Create a narrative composition using revealing details
- Revise and edit a narrative composition for clarity and correctness
- Appreciate the value of quality narrative compositions
The learner is guided to:
- Answer questions as they plan to write a story about an event or experience that has affected them greatly
- Search for information on the parts of a narrative composition and present findings
- Identify the parts of a narrative composition in a provided text
- Use prewriting techniques to plan a narrative composition about one of their most memorable experiences
- Write a narrative composition of 240-280 words using revealing details
- Review each other's work using a provided checklist
- Revise and correct any mistakes
- Display final composition on a poster or share using social media
Which event excited you or made you sad recently? How can a good narrative be written?
Moran - Skills in English pg. 138
Digital devices
Posters
Assessment checklists
Reference materials
Teacher's guide
Narrative composition writing Peer assessment Self-assessment Editing exercises Oral presentations
9 1-2
ART

Listening and Speaking
Oral Presentations
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Identify the items in the format of a speech
- Present a written speech using effective speaking skills
- Acknowledge the importance of good speaking skills for effective communication
The learner is guided to:
- Listen to a recorded speech provided by the teacher
- Identify how the speaker introduced the speech, what it was about, and words that indicated it was ending
- Search from the Internet and printed materials for the format of a speech
- Identify the items in the format of a speech
- Listen to a speech or watch a speech from a digital device
- Pick out the items in the format of a speech
How can you make a speech presentation interesting?
Moran - Skills in English pg. 140
Audio recordings
Digital devices
Sample speeches
Reference materials
Teacher's guide
Oral presentations Format identification Observation Question and answer Group discussions
9 3
Listening and Speaking
Oral Presentations
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Identify the items in the format of a speech
- Present a written speech using effective speaking skills
- Acknowledge the importance of good speaking skills for effective communication
The learner is guided to:
- Listen to a recorded speech provided by the teacher
- Identify how the speaker introduced the speech, what it was about, and words that indicated it was ending
- Search from the Internet and printed materials for the format of a speech
- Identify the items in the format of a speech
- Listen to a speech or watch a speech from a digital device
- Pick out the items in the format of a speech
How can you make a speech presentation interesting?
Moran - Skills in English pg. 140
Audio recordings
Digital devices
Sample speeches
Reference materials
Teacher's guide
Oral presentations Format identification Observation Question and answer Group discussions
9 4
Listening and Speaking
Oral Presentations
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Prepare a short speech on a given topic
- Deliver a speech using appropriate verbal and non-verbal cues
- Value effective oral presentation skills in communication
The learner is guided to:
- Take turns to give the introduction and conclusion of a speech
- Try different ways to make the speech interesting
- Present a speech that the teacher will provide using non-verbal cues
- Use gestures and facial expressions during presentation
- Discuss various aspects of heritage
- Write down points from the discussion
- Plan and prepare a speech based on the points
- Present the speech to the class
- Assess non-verbal skills used during presentations
What are some of the techniques for introducing or concluding a speech?
Moran - Skills in English pg. 141
Sample speeches
Digital devices
Assessment checklists
Reference materials
Teacher's guide
Speech delivery Non-verbal cues assessment Peer assessment Observation Group discussions
9 5
Listening and Speaking
Oral Presentations
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Prepare a short speech on a given topic
- Deliver a speech using appropriate verbal and non-verbal cues
- Value effective oral presentation skills in communication
The learner is guided to:
- Take turns to give the introduction and conclusion of a speech
- Try different ways to make the speech interesting
- Present a speech that the teacher will provide using non-verbal cues
- Use gestures and facial expressions during presentation
- Discuss various aspects of heritage
- Write down points from the discussion
- Plan and prepare a speech based on the points
- Present the speech to the class
- Assess non-verbal skills used during presentations
What are some of the techniques for introducing or concluding a speech?
Moran - Skills in English pg. 141
Sample speeches
Digital devices
Assessment checklists
Reference materials
Teacher's guide
Speech delivery Non-verbal cues assessment Peer assessment Observation Group discussions
10 1-2
Reading
Study Skills: Note Making
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Identify key points in a text
- Make notes from a written text
- Value the importance of note making in learning
The learner is guided to:
- Discuss notes made from a text previously read
- Determine what to include in notes
- Discuss the importance of note making
- Read the text "Creative careers"
- Answer questions based on the text
- Write the key points in the text
- Share and compare points with peers
- Identify words used to introduce the main points
- Discuss other words that could be used to introduce key points in writing
What are the features of good notes? What is the importance of note making?
Moran - Skills in English pg. 142
Text "Creative careers"
Digital devices
Reference materials
Note making templates
Teacher's guide
Note taking exercises Key point identification Written exercises Oral presentations Group discussions
10 3
Reading
Study Skills: Note Making
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Make notes on the margin and space letters, words and sentences correctly
- Rewrite or re-read notes and reorganize into categories
- Appreciate the role of note making in comprehension
The learner is guided to:
- Identify verbal signposts in the text "Creative careers"
- Study the notes in the right column of a table made from the text
- Identify abbreviations in the notes and their meanings
- Carry out steps with a printed copy of the passage such as circling key points, making notes on the margin, paraphrasing, creating abbreviations
- Write down repeated ideas in the text
- Reread the notes and key points marked in the passage
- Write a clean copy of notes while organizing ideas
How do we determine what to include in our notes during note making?
Moran - Skills in English pg. 144
Text "Creative careers"
Digital devices
Note taking templates
Reference materials
Teacher's guide
Note organization exercise Abbreviation identification Written exercises Peer review Group discussions
10 4
Grammar in Use
Word Classes: Determiners
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Identify demonstratives in a given text
- Use demonstratives in sentences for clarity of communication
- Value the role of demonstratives in communication
The learner is guided to:
- Study pictures showing learners identifying items
- Identify the use of words in red (demonstratives)
- Discuss when such words are used
- Study a table showing demonstratives for singular and plural, near and far
- Use demonstratives to identify items correctly
- Read text "Talented Brothers" and fill in blank spaces with correct answers from the passage
Why do we use demonstratives? When do we use demonstratives?
Moran - Skills in English pg. 146
Pictures showing demonstrative use
Text "Talented Brothers"
Charts with demonstratives
Digital devices
Teacher's guide
Demonstrative identification Sentence construction Gap filling exercises Written exercises Group discussions
10 5
Grammar in Use
Word Classes: Determiners
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Identify demonstratives in a given text
- Use demonstratives in sentences for clarity of communication
- Value the role of demonstratives in communication
The learner is guided to:
- Study pictures showing learners identifying items
- Identify the use of words in red (demonstratives)
- Discuss when such words are used
- Study a table showing demonstratives for singular and plural, near and far
- Use demonstratives to identify items correctly
- Read text "Talented Brothers" and fill in blank spaces with correct answers from the passage
Why do we use demonstratives? When do we use demonstratives?
Moran - Skills in English pg. 146
Pictures showing demonstrative use
Text "Talented Brothers"
Charts with demonstratives
Digital devices
Teacher's guide
Demonstrative identification Sentence construction Gap filling exercises Written exercises Group discussions
11 1-2
Grammar in Use
Word Classes: Quantifiers
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Identify quantifiers in a given text
- Use quantifiers correctly in sentences
- Appreciate the importance of quantifiers in communication
The learner is guided to:
- Collect items representing count and non-count nouns
- Make sentences using quantifiers many, few, a few, little and a little
- Show the difference in meaning between the pairs: little/a little and few/a few
- Read the text "Art in my life" and identify quantifiers
- Fill in blank spaces in sentences using appropriate demonstratives
- Select appropriate demonstratives for different circumstances
- Read sentences and discuss differences in meaning based on quantifier use
How do count nouns differ from non-count nouns? Why is it important to express the quantity of something correctly?
Moran - Skills in English pg. 148
Text "Art in my life"
Charts with quantifiers
Real objects for demonstration
Digital devices
Teacher's guide
Quantifier identification Sentence construction Gap filling exercises Meaning differentiation Group discussions
11 3
Reading
Intensive Reading: Short story
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Identify the events in the story
- Relate the events in the short story to real life
- Value the role of literature in life
The learner is guided to:
- Describe different events in a story of choice
- Discuss the order of events
- Relate events to experiences
- Read the story "Loiyangalani Art Exhibition"
- Answer questions based on the story
- Point out the main events in the story
- Discuss how events make the story flow
- Copy and fill in a table with main events from the story
How do events flow logically in a story?
Moran - Skills in English pg. 151
Story "Loiyangalani Art Exhibition"
Digital devices
Event sequence charts
Reference materials
Teacher's guide
Event identification Written exercises Oral presentations Group discussions Event sequencing
11 4
Reading
Intensive Reading: Short story
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Identify the setting in the short story
- Analyze how setting contributes to story development
- Appreciate the importance of setting in fiction
The learner is guided to:
- Make a diagram highlighting main events of a story read
- Discuss types of art to include in a school exhibition
- Plan time at an exhibition with many things to view but limited time
- Relate events in the story to own life or lives of people known
- Search for the meaning of "setting"
- Reread the story and discuss the setting using guiding questions
- Talk about why the setting of the story is important to readers
Why is the setting of a story important to the reader?
Moran - Skills in English pg. 152
Story "Loiyangalani Art Exhibition"
Digital devices
Setting analysis charts
Reference materials
Teacher's guide
Setting analysis Written exercises Oral presentations Group discussions Story analysis
11 5
Reading
Intensive Reading: Short story
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Identify the setting in the short story
- Analyze how setting contributes to story development
- Appreciate the importance of setting in fiction
The learner is guided to:
- Make a diagram highlighting main events of a story read
- Discuss types of art to include in a school exhibition
- Plan time at an exhibition with many things to view but limited time
- Relate events in the story to own life or lives of people known
- Search for the meaning of "setting"
- Reread the story and discuss the setting using guiding questions
- Talk about why the setting of the story is important to readers
Why is the setting of a story important to the reader?
Moran - Skills in English pg. 152
Story "Loiyangalani Art Exhibition"
Digital devices
Setting analysis charts
Reference materials
Teacher's guide
Setting analysis Written exercises Oral presentations Group discussions Story analysis
12 1-2
Writing
Functional Writing: Thank you notes and Congratulatory notes
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Recognise the key elements and layout of a thank you note
- Write a thank you note correctly
- Value the importance of expressing gratitude in writing
The learner is guided to:
- Read a thank you note
- Identify the main purpose of the note
- Discuss how emotions are expressed in writing
- Make a list of occasions when such a note might be written
- Read a congratulatory note
- Identify the main purpose of the note
- Make a list of occasions when it would be appropriate to write such a note
- Search for samples of thank you notes and congratulatory notes
- Compare the notes and identify the layout and key parts
How are strong emotions expressed in writing?
Moran - Skills in English pg. 154
Sample thank you notes
Digital devices
Reference materials
Note templates
Teacher's guide
Note analysis Layout identification Written exercises Oral presentations Group discussions
12 3
Writing
Functional Writing: Thank you notes and Congratulatory notes
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Write a congratulatory note correctly
- Critique thank you notes and congratulatory notes for correctness and relevance
- Value the importance of expressing appreciation in writing
The learner is guided to:
- Discuss situations in which a thank you note is written
- Write a thank you note using the correct format
- Discuss the importance of appreciating someone or something done for you
- Discuss situations in which a congratulatory note is used
- Write a congratulatory note to a peer who has achieved something good
- Display notes on classroom wall
- Conduct a gallery walk to read displayed notes
- Give feedback on notes using provided criteria
Why should one write how they feel about something?
Moran - Skills in English pg. 155
Note writing templates
Assessment criteria
Posters for display
Digital devices
Teacher's guide
Note writing Peer assessment Gallery walk Written exercises Group discussions
12 4
Writing
Functional Writing: Thank you notes and Congratulatory notes
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Write a congratulatory note correctly
- Critique thank you notes and congratulatory notes for correctness and relevance
- Value the importance of expressing appreciation in writing
The learner is guided to:
- Discuss situations in which a thank you note is written
- Write a thank you note using the correct format
- Discuss the importance of appreciating someone or something done for you
- Discuss situations in which a congratulatory note is used
- Write a congratulatory note to a peer who has achieved something good
- Display notes on classroom wall
- Conduct a gallery walk to read displayed notes
- Give feedback on notes using provided criteria
Why should one write how they feel about something?
Moran - Skills in English pg. 155
Note writing templates
Assessment criteria
Posters for display
Digital devices
Teacher's guide
Note writing Peer assessment Gallery walk Written exercises Group discussions
12 5
Writing
Functional Writing: Thank you notes and Congratulatory notes
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Write a congratulatory note correctly
- Critique thank you notes and congratulatory notes for correctness and relevance
- Value the importance of expressing appreciation in writing
The learner is guided to:
- Discuss situations in which a thank you note is written
- Write a thank you note using the correct format
- Discuss the importance of appreciating someone or something done for you
- Discuss situations in which a congratulatory note is used
- Write a congratulatory note to a peer who has achieved something good
- Display notes on classroom wall
- Conduct a gallery walk to read displayed notes
- Give feedback on notes using provided criteria
Why should one write how they feel about something?
Moran - Skills in English pg. 155
Note writing templates
Assessment criteria
Posters for display
Digital devices
Teacher's guide
Note writing Peer assessment Gallery walk Written exercises Group discussions

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