LEISURE TIME

Listening and Speaking

Conversational Skills - Negotiation Skills

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
- Identify words and phrases used during negotiations
- Use verbal and non-verbal cues during negotiations
- Acknowledge the importance of negotiation skills in communication

The learner is guided to:
- Watch a video clip in which people are engaged in a negotiation
- Pick out words and phrases that facilitate a negotiation
- Simulate a negotiation scene using verbal and non-verbal cues

- Which words or expressions would one use when negotiating? - How can one enhance their negotiation skills?

- KLB Top Scholar pg. 104
- Digital devices
- Video clips
- Chart paper
- Lesson notes
- Teacher's Guide

- Observation - Oral questions - Role play assessment - Checklists - Peer assessment

Listening and Speaking
Reading I
Reading I

Conversational Skills - Negotiation Practice
Reading Fluency - Reading Speed and Accuracy
Reading Fluency - Expression and Comprehension

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
- Apply negotiation skills in various contexts
- Conduct negotiations using appropriate language
- Value the importance of effective negotiation in communication

The learner is guided to:
- Engage in a hot seat negotiation for the freedom of a prisoner or a favour
- Perform a conversational poem in which people are negotiating
- Create and record dialogues featuring negotiation skills

- How can we show good citizenship with regards to passenger safety? - Why is negotiation an essential life skill?

- KLB Top Scholar pg. 106
- Recording devices
- Digital platforms
- Sample dialogues
- Lesson notes
- KLB Top Scholar pg. 107
- Grade appropriate texts
- Timer/stopwatch
- Flash cards
- Digital texts
- KLB Top Scholar pg. 109
- Conversational poems
- Audio recordings
- Reader's theatre scripts

- Oral presentation - Role play assessment - Video recordings evaluation - Checklists

Grammar in Use
Reading II

Comparison of Adverbs - Degrees of Comparison
Comparison of Adverbs - Using Adverbs in Context
Intensive Reading: Play - Themes

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
- Identify the degrees of comparison in adverbs
- Distinguish between positive, comparative and superlative degrees
- Appreciate the importance of correct usage of adverbs

The learner is guided to:
- Identify positive, comparative and superlative degrees of adverbs
- Listen to an audio clip featuring the comparison of adverbs
- Discuss the rules for comparison of adverbs in small groups

- How do we compare things? - Which words are used to make comparison?

- KLB Top Scholar pg. 111
- Audio clips
- Substitution tables
- Chart paper
- Lesson notes
- Digital devices
- KLB Top Scholar pg. 113
- Crossword puzzles
- Recording devices
- Role play scripts
- Digital platforms
- KLB Top Scholar pg. 115
- Class reader (Play)
- Teacher's Guide

- Written questions - Oral questions - Substitution exercises - Checklists - Peer assessment

Reading II
Writing

Intensive Reading: Play - Themes and Real Life
Mechanics of Writing: Spelling - Homonyms and Homophones

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
- Analyse the themes in a play
- Relate the themes in a play to real life
- Value the importance of themes in understanding society

The learner is guided to:
- Relate themes to real life experiences
- Role play some of the scenes in a play
- Record video clips as they dramatise sections of a play and share online

- How do themes in plays reflect real-life situations? - Why is it important to relate literature to our lives?

- KLB Top Scholar pg. 117
- Class reader (Play)
- Recording devices
- Props (optional)
- Digital platforms
- KLB Top Scholar pg. 121
- Dictionaries
- Digital devices
- Word lists
- Lesson notes
- Internet access

- Written analysis - Role play assessment - Video presentations - Peer assessment - Oral questions

Writing
Listening and Speaking
Listening and Speaking

Mechanics of Writing: Spelling - Double Consonants and Vowels
Listening Comprehension - Listening for Details
Listening Comprehension - Recalling Specific Information

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
- Spell commonly misspelt words for writing fluency
- Identify words with double consonants and double vowels
- Appreciate the importance of correct spelling in communication

The learner is guided to:
- Listen to a dictation of words with double consonants and vowels
- Engage in spelling games such as spelling bee and crosswords
- Fill in crossword puzzles and word games and share them online

- Why is it important to spell words correctly? - How can spelling games improve our writing skills?

- KLB Top Scholar pg. 123
- Crossword puzzles
- Word games
- Digital platforms
- Spelling lists
- Recording devices
- KLB Top Scholar pg. 126
- Audio recordings
- Digital devices
- Listening passages
- Lesson notes
- Teacher's Guide
- KLB Top Scholar pg. 128
- Video clips
- Internet access
- Question sheets

- Spelling bee results - Game completion - Written tests - Peer assessment - Checklists

NATURAL RESOURCES: MARINE LIFE

Reading I
Grammar in Use
Grammar in Use

Intensive Reading - Summarizing and Note Making
Relative Pronouns and Interrogative Pronouns - Identification
Relative Pronouns and Interrogative Pronouns - Application

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
- Summarize information in a reading text
- Make detailed notes of texts they have read
- Value the role of evaluation in learning

The learner is guided to:
- Read and summarize digital texts related to marine conservation
- Make detailed notes of digital and print texts
- Paraphrase portions of texts in small groups

- How does summarizing help us understand texts better? - Why is note making an important reading skill?

- KLB Top Scholar pg. 129
- Digital texts
- Print texts
- Note-making templates
- Chart paper
- Internet access
- KLB Top Scholar pg. 130
- Text passages
- Digital devices
- Lesson notes
- Sample sentences
- KLB Top Scholar pg. 132
- Crossword puzzles
- Recording devices
- Role play scripts
- Digital platforms

- Summary assessment - Note-taking evaluation - Paraphrasing tests - Peer assessment - Written questions

Reading II
Writing

Intensive Reading: Play - Characters
Intensive Reading: Play - Character Performance
The Writing Process - Pre-writing and Planning

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
- Identify the characters in a play
- Analyze the characters and their relationships
- Value literary appreciation in developing critical thinking

The learner is guided to:
- Watch muted video clips and discuss what characters are saying
- Read excerpts of a play and identify characters
- Identify conflicts between characters in a play

- Why should we establish relationships between characters? - How does understanding character relationships help us understand the play?

- KLB Top Scholar pg. 135
- Class reader (Play)
- Video clips
- Digital devices
- Character maps
- Lesson notes
- KLB Top Scholar pg. 137
- Recording devices
- Props and costumes
- Performance space
- Digital platforms
- KLB Top Scholar pg. 140
- Chart paper
- Brainstorming templates
- Sample outlines

- Character analysis - Oral discussions - Written responses - Observation - Checklists

Writing
Listening and Speaking
Listening and Speaking

The Writing Process - Drafting, Revising and Publishing
Oral Poetry - Performance Techniques
Oral Poetry - Collaborative Performance

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
- Create a composition following the writing process
- Revise and edit written work
- Value the importance of systematic writing

The learner is guided to:
- Write a factual composition by following the writing process
- Share compositions among groups for peer assessment
- Make corrections based on feedback received

- How does revision improve the quality of writing? - Why is peer assessment helpful in writing?

- KLB Top Scholar pg. 142
- Composition paper
- Peer assessment checklists
- Editing guides
- Digital devices
- Noticeboard
- KLB Top Scholar pg. 144
- Audio recordings
- Oral poems
- Performance space
- Lesson notes
- KLB Top Scholar pg. 146
- Recording devices
- Chart paper
- Digital platforms

- Composition assessment - Revision evaluation - Peer assessment - Self-assessment - Rubrics

TOURISM: INTERNATIONAL

Reading I
Reading I
Grammar in Use

Reading for Interpretation - Point of View
Reading for Interpretation - Analyzing Point of View
Complex Prepositions - Recognition

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
- Identify the point of view in a poem
- Distinguish between first, second and third person perspectives
- Acknowledge the importance of point of view in understanding poetry

The learner is guided to:
- Read a given poem and identify the point of view
- Search for poems with different points of view from the internet
- Relate the subjects of different poems to real life

- Why is it important to understand the point of view in a poem? - How does point of view affect the meaning of a poem?

- KLB Top Scholar pg. 147
- Poetry anthologies
- Digital devices
- Internet access
- Sample poems
- Lesson notes
- KLB Top Scholar pg. 149
- Writing materials
- Audio recordings
- Chart paper
- KLB Top Scholar pg. 150
- Text passages

- Oral questions - Written analysis - Point of view identification - Group discussions - Checklists

Grammar in Use
Reading II
Reading II

Complex Prepositions - Application
Poetry: Characters - Identifying the Persona
Poetry: Characters - Analysis and Performance

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
- Use complex prepositions in sentences
- Form sentences using complex prepositions correctly
- Value the importance of prepositions in written communication

The learner is guided to:
- Form sentences using complex prepositions
- Collaboratively correct mistakes in sentences formed by peers
- Search for more examples from the internet and other sources

- Why are complex prepositions important in descriptive writing? - How do prepositions improve clarity in sentences?

- KLB Top Scholar pg. 152
- Sentence construction exercises
- Digital devices
- Internet access
- Chart paper
- Peer work samples
- KLB Top Scholar pg. 153
- Poetry anthologies
- Adjective lists
- Character trait charts
- Lesson notes
- KLB Top Scholar pg. 155
- Poems for analysis
- Recording devices
- Character trait tables
- Performance space
- Digital platforms

- Sentence construction tests - Error correction assessment - Peer assessment - Written exercises - Checklists

Writing

Assessing Writing - Understanding Quality
Assessing Writing - Evaluating Compositions

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
- Identify the qualities of a well written composition
- Understand assessment criteria for compositions
- Appreciate the need for clarity and cohesion in writing

The learner is guided to:
- Read a passage about the qualities of a good composition
- Write down a criterion for assessing compositions
- Read samples of well written compositions from the coursebook

- What are the qualities of a good composition? - How can one make a composition interesting?

- KLB Top Scholar pg. 156
- Sample compositions
- Assessment checklists
- Coursebooks
- Chart paper
- Lesson notes
- KLB Top Scholar pg. 158
- Composition paper
- Peer work samples
- Noticeboard
- Digital devices

- Criteria development - Quality identification - Oral discussions - Written analysis - Checklists

HEROES AND HEROINES: WORLD

Listening and Speaking
Listening and Speaking
Reading I

Diphthongs and Sentence Stress - Pronunciation
Diphthongs and Sentence Stress - Applying Stress
Extensive Reading - Selecting Fiction Texts

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
- Identify words with the diphthongs /aʊ/ and /ʊə/
- Pronounce words with diphthongs accurately
- Advocate the need for accurate pronunciation in communication

The learner is guided to:
- Identify the diphthongs /aʊ/ and /ʊə/ in words
- Read a passage featuring the diphthongs
- Read aloud words with the diphthongs from flashcards

- Why is it important to pronounce words correctly? - How does pronunciation affect communication?

- KLB Top Scholar pg. 163
- Flash cards
- Audio recordings
- Dictionaries
- Digital devices
- Lesson notes
- KLB Top Scholar pg. 165
- Poems
- Recording devices
- Digital platforms
- Stress pattern charts
- Audio files
- KLB Top Scholar pg. 166
- Library books
- Digital texts
- Video clips
- Selection criteria
- Internet access

- Pronunciation tests - Oral reading assessment - Peer evaluation - Self-assessment - Checklists

Reading I
Grammar in Use
Grammar in Use

Extensive Reading - Reading for Enjoyment
Conjunctions - Correlative Conjunctions
Conjunctions - Application

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
- Read a text for information and enjoyment
- Make notes on what has been read
- Value extensive reading as a lifelong skill

The learner is guided to:
- Read independently and silently
- Infer meanings of unfamiliar vocabulary from context
- Make notes and discuss topics with peers

- How does independent reading improve our skills? - Why is reading for enjoyment important?

- KLB Top Scholar pg. 168
- Fiction texts
- Note-taking materials
- Dictionaries
- Reading logs
- Lesson notes
- KLB Top Scholar pg. 169
- Text passages
- Chart paper
- Digital devices
- Internet access
- KLB Top Scholar pg. 171
- Sentence exercises
- Role play scripts
- Matching charts
- Peer work samples

- Reading comprehension - Note-taking assessment - Peer discussions - Self-assessment - Reading logs

Reading II
Writing

Play: Style - Identifying Features
Play: Style - Relating Style to Meaning
Narrative Compositions - Structure

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
- Identify features of style used in a play
- Highlight aspects such as flashback and personification
- Appreciate the importance of stylistic features

The learner is guided to:
- Read excerpts of a play and pick out stylistic features
- Highlight aspects of style such as flashback and personification
- Discuss the role of memories and dreams as flashback

- Why do authors use flashback and personification in plays? - How do stylistic features enhance the message?

- KLB Top Scholar pg. 172
- Class reader (Play)
- Style identification charts
- Digital devices
- Lesson notes
- Teacher's Guide
- KLB Top Scholar pg. 174
- Recording devices
- Props and costumes
- Performance space
- Digital platforms
- KLB Top Scholar pg. 175
- Sample compositions
- Textbooks
- Chart paper
- Brainstorming templates

- Style identification - Oral discussions - Written analysis - Group presentations - Checklists

Writing
Listening and Speaking

Narrative Compositions - Creating Stories
Impromptu Speeches - Preparation

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
- Use the elements of narrative composition in a story
- Plan and write a narrative composition
- Value the importance of background information in stories

The learner is guided to:
- Plan a narrative composition following the writing process
- Write a narrative composition and edit it
- Read peers' compositions, obtain feedback and make corrections

- How can we make our narratives interesting? - Why is the writing process important in composition?

- KLB Top Scholar pg. 177
- Composition paper
- Peer assessment checklists
- Editing guides
- Gallery walk space
- Digital platforms
- KLB Top Scholar pg. 179
- Dictionaries
- Digital devices
- Audio recordings
- Lesson notes
- Teacher's Guide

- Composition assessment - Planning evaluation - Peer review - Self-assessment - Rubrics

SOCIAL AND MASS MEDIA

Listening and Speaking
Reading I
Reading I

Impromptu Speeches - Delivery Techniques
Note Making - SQ4R Reading Method
Note Making - Graphical Representation

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
- Make an impromptu speech on a selected topic
- Apply delivery techniques such as voice projection and gestures
- Value effective communication in public speaking

The learner is guided to:
- Make an impromptu speech on a topic related to social and mass media
- Record speeches and discuss strengths and weaknesses
- Practice using natural gestures and maintaining eye contact

- What makes an impromptu speech effective? - How can body language enhance speech delivery?

- KLB Top Scholar pg. 181
- Recording devices
- Digital platforms
- Speech topics list
- Feedback forms
- Performance space
- KLB Top Scholar pg. 182
- Argumentative passages
- SQ4R method charts
- Digital texts
- Note-taking templates
- Lesson notes
- KLB Top Scholar pg. 185
- Chart paper
- Markers
- Sample notes
- Peer assessment checklists
- Digital devices

- Speech delivery assessment - Recording evaluation - Peer feedback - Self-assessment - Rubrics

Grammar in Use
Reading II

Determiners: Numerals and Ordinals - Recognition
Determiners: Numerals and Ordinals - Usage
Play: Project - Elements of Performance

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
- Identify numerals and ordinals used as determiners
- Distinguish between cardinal and ordinal numbers
- Acknowledge the need for well-formed sentences

The learner is guided to:
- Search for ordinals and numerals from digital or non-digital sources
- Recite poems with numerals and ordinals
- Read short passages and underline numerals and ordinals used as determiners

- How are quantities of nouns expressed? - Why is it important to quantify nouns? - What is the difference between cardinal and ordinal numbers?

- KLB Top Scholar pg. 185
- Poems
- Text passages
- Number charts
- Digital devices
- Lesson notes
- KLB Top Scholar pg. 187
- Sentence construction exercises
- Fill-in worksheets
- School objects
- Chart paper
- KLB Top Scholar pg. 188
- Class reader (Play)
- Video clips
- Sample scripts
- Drama festival recordings

- Written identification - Oral recitation - Text analysis - Peer assessment - Checklists

Reading II
Writing

Play: Project - Performance
Filling Forms: Application Forms - Understanding Forms

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
- Identify simple props and costumes that create mood
- Present dramatized parts of a play to an audience
- Value the effectiveness of performance in delivering the play's message

The learner is guided to:
- Select simple props and costumes for performance
- Write story charts and rehearse with props
- Dramatize simple scenes and record the performance

- How does an acted play differ from a written one? - What makes a performance successful? - Why is rehearsal important?

- KLB Top Scholar pg. 190
- Class reader (Play)
- Props and costumes
- Recording devices
- Performance space
- Story charts
- KLB Top Scholar pg. 192
- Sample application forms
- Digital devices
- Internet access
- Form comparison charts
- Lesson notes

- Performance assessment - Video recording evaluation - Peer feedback - Self-assessment - Rubrics

Writing
Listening and Speaking

Filling Forms: Application Forms - Practical Application
Conversation Skills: Job Interviews - Preparation

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
- Fill in bursary and scholarship application forms following conventions
- Provide accurate and sufficient information
- Appreciate the importance of accuracy in form filling

The learner is guided to:
- Fill in different forms requiring data on various issues
- Share filled forms for peer observation and feedback
- Discuss the importance of providing accurate data in forms

- Why is it important to fill in all parts of a form? - How can we ensure information provided is accurate? - What are supporting documents?

- KLB Top Scholar pg. 194
- Application forms
- Sample documents
- Peer assessment checklists
- Digital devices
- Correction materials
- KLB Top Scholar pg. 197
- Digital devices
- Video clips
- Internet resources

- Form completion assessment - Accuracy evaluation - Peer assessment - Self-assessment - Checklists

INCOME GENERATING ACTIVITIES

Listening and Speaking
Reading I

Conversation Skills: Job Interviews - Practice
Extensive Reading: Fiction - Distinction

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
- Answer appropriate questions in mock job interviews
- Record interview sessions
- Appreciate how success in job interview leads to income generation

The learner is guided to:
- Role-play asking and answering questions in mock job interviews in pairs
- Record the session electronically or as written dialogue
- Share recorded interviews for peer review and discuss how job interview success leads to income generation

How does preparing for interviews help in income generation?

- KLB Top Scholar pg. 197
- Recording devices
- Sample interview questions
- Peer work samples
- KLB Top Scholar pg. 201
- Fiction books
- Digital devices
- Internet resources

- Role play assessment - Peer assessment - Oral presentation

Reading I

Extensive Reading: Fiction - Portfolio

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
- Keep a portfolio of subject matter read
- Write cards with title and subject matter
- Value reading fiction for lifelong learning

The learner is guided to:
- Take photos of readers' gallery display and keep soft and hard copies in portfolio
- Write cards with title and subject matter of material read and keep in portfolio
- Discuss why reading fiction materials is important

How does keeping a portfolio help track reading progress?

- KLB Top Scholar pg. 201
- Camera/smartphone
- Portfolio folders
- Index cards

- Portfolio evaluation - Self-assessment - Peer assessment

Grammar in Use

Word Classes: Nouns - Formation
Word Classes: Nouns - Sentence Construction

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
- Identify nouns formed from verbs and other nouns
- Separate root word from suffixes
- Acknowledge necessity of forming words from other word classes

The learner is guided to:
- Read texts and underline nouns formed from verbs and other nouns
- Separate root word from suffixes (e.g., employment - employ and -ment)
- Search online or offline and compile list of suffixes for forming nouns

1. Which words can be formed from others? - What changes when a word is formed from another?

- KLB Top Scholar pg. 203
- Charts
- Digital devices
- Course books
- Flashcards
- Tables/charts
- Writing materials

- Written exercises - Oral questions - Word formation tasks

Reading II

Grade-Appropriate Play: Lessons Learnt - Identification

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
- Identify and illustrate lessons learnt from a play
- Search for information on deriving lessons from characters
- Perceive plays as sources of life lessons

The learner is guided to:
- Search online and offline for information on deriving lessons from words and actions of characters
- Read different excerpts of a play and discuss lessons learnt with illustrations
- Analyse lessons elicited by peers

1. What lessons can one learn from a play? - Which issues are addressed in a play?

- KLB Top Scholar pg. 205
- Class readers (Play)
- Digital devices
- Internet resources

- Observations - Oral questions - Group discussions

Reading II
Writing

Grade-Appropriate Play: Lessons Learnt - Real Life Connection
Mechanics of Writing: Abbreviations and Acronyms - Rules

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
- Relate lessons learnt to real life experiences
- Use graphic organisers to summarise lessons
- Appreciate plays as sources of entertainment and lessons

The learner is guided to:
- Relate lessons learnt to real life experiences
- Use graphic organisers to summarise lessons and present in charts for peer review
- Discuss sections of play that entertain and bring out lessons

How do lessons from plays relate to real life?

- KLB Top Scholar pg. 205
- Charts
- Graphic organisers
- Manila papers
- KLB Top Scholar pg. 206
- Digital devices
- Video clips

- Peer assessment - Written summaries - Checklists

Writing

Mechanics of Writing: Abbreviations and Acronyms - Practice

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
- Copy lists of abbreviations from electronic or print sources
- Write paragraphs containing abbreviations
- Value correct use of abbreviations and acronyms

The learner is guided to:
- Copy lists of abbreviations from electronic or print sources
- Write paragraph on how to make savings from income generating activities with abbreviations
- Assess correctness of paragraphs in groups

How do abbreviations make writing concise?

- KLB Top Scholar pg. 206
- Newspapers
- Magazines
- Writing materials

- Written exercises - Spelling tests - Peer assessment

PERSONAL GROOMING

Listening and Speaking
Listening and Speaking

Listening to Respond: Expressing Feelings - Words and Expressions
Listening to Respond: Expressing Feelings - Performance

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
- Identify words and expressions used to describe feelings towards a poem
- Recite poems with appropriate feelings
- Value importance of poem recitation for effective communication

The learner is guided to:
- Search digital and print sources for words and expressions used to describe feelings
- Recite and record a poem emphasising words that reveal feelings
- Watch live or recorded poem on personal grooming and describe feelings in groups

1. How can one express feelings towards a poem? - Why is it important to recite poems with feeling?

- KLB Top Scholar pg. 210
- Digital devices
- Audio recordings
- Video clips
- Poems
- Recording devices
- Social media platforms

- Observation - Oral questions - Recording assessment

Reading I

Intensive Reading: Comprehension Strategies - Drawing Conclusions

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
- Identify clues in passage from which conclusions can be drawn
- Infer information and meaning of words from passages
- Apply skills of making inferences in independent reading

The learner is guided to:
- Read passages on personal grooming and underline words/phrases that serve as clues
- Use clues to make inferences for information or meaning of vocabulary in groups
- Read passage and summarise ideas

1. Why is it important to summarise information? - How can one draw conclusions from a text?

- KLB Top Scholar pg. 213
- Course books
- Digital devices
- Dictionary

- Written questions - Oral questions - Summary assessment

Reading I
Grammar in Use

Intensive Reading: Comprehension Strategies - Summaries
Phrasal Verbs - Identification and Meaning

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
- Summarise ideas in a passage
- Present summaries on charts
- Appreciate role of correct interpretation in learning

The learner is guided to:
- Present summaries on charts and post on classroom noticeboard
- Participate in gallery walk and review peers' summaries
- Work in pairs to discuss any new information learnt

How does summarising aid comprehension?

- KLB Top Scholar pg. 213
- Charts
- Manila papers
- Markers
- KLB Top Scholar pg. 215
- Dictionary
- Digital devices

- Peer assessment - Gallery walk assessment - Checklists

Grammar in Use

Phrasal Verbs - Sentence Construction

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
- Use given phrasal verbs in sentences
- Construct sentences on health education using phrasal verbs
- Appreciate phrasal verbs in spoken and written communication

The learner is guided to:
- Construct sentences on personal grooming and health using phrasal verbs and display in charts
- Post charts in class and conduct gallery walk assessing sentences
- Sing songs with phrasal verbs on health education

How do phrasal verbs enrich our language?

- KLB Top Scholar pg. 215
- Charts
- Song lyrics
- Writing materials

- Sentence construction - Peer assessment - Self-assessment

Reading II

Play: Characterisation - Identifying Traits
Play: Characterisation - Performance

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
- Outline clues for identifying traits of different characters
- Use clues to describe characters in a play
- Appreciate role of characterisation in determining virtues and vices

The learner is guided to:
- Search for clues in play to identify character traits (what character does/says, what is said about them)
- Brainstorm words and phrases to describe characters and make phrase book
- Watch video clips or read sections of play and identify clues for character traits

1. Which words can you use to describe one's character? - Why is characterisation important?

- KLB Top Scholar pg. 217
- Class readers (Play)
- Digital devices
- Video clips
- Props (optional)
- Performance space
- Recording devices

- Observations - Written exercises - Peer assessment

Writing

The Writing Process: Dialog - Stages

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
- Outline different stages of writing process
- Discuss tasks involved in each stage
- Emphasize importance of each stage in crafting dialogues

The learner is guided to:
- Read on stages: pre-writing, drafting, editing, revising and publishing
- Discuss in groups different tasks involved in each stage
- Brainstorm on different topics related to personal grooming

1. Why should you plan your writing? - Why is it important to learn dialogue writing?

- KLB Top Scholar pg. 219
- Charts
- Writing materials
- Lesson notes

- Observation - Oral questions - Group discussions

Writing
Listening and Speaking

The Writing Process: Dialog - Creation and Performance
Extensive Listening: Speeches - Main Idea

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
- Apply writing process in creating dialogue
- Dramatise selected dialogues
- Value importance of writing process in creating flawless dialogues

The learner is guided to:
- Select topic and write dialogue adhering to writing process
- Share dialogues, assess and correct each other's work
- Dramatise selected dialogues in pairs as others watch/record and suggest improvements

How does the writing process improve dialogue quality?

- KLB Top Scholar pg. 219
- Peer work samples
- Recording devices
- Performance space
- KLB Top Scholar pg. 222
- Digital devices
- Audio recordings
- Video clips

- Written dialogues - Peer assessment - Drama assessment

SEA TRAVEL

Listening and Speaking
Reading I

Extensive Listening: Speeches - Note Taking and Speech Making
Intensive Reading: Visualising and Summarising - Mental Images

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
- Take notes on points from speeches
- Use notes to write and make own speech
- Appreciate benefits of listening to different speeches

The learner is guided to:
- Listen to speeches again and take notes on points from each speech in pairs
- Compare notes and compile recurrent points
- Use points to write and make speech on same theme, record and share on class vlog or social media

Why is it important to listen to multiple speeches on same topic?

- KLB Top Scholar pg. 222
- Note-taking materials
- Recording devices
- Social media platforms
- KLB Top Scholar pg. 225
- Course books
- Digital devices
- Templates

- Note-taking assessment - Speech presentation - Peer assessment

Reading I

Intensive Reading: Visualising and Summarising - Summaries

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
- Summarise what a passage is about
- Identify main ideas in paragraphs
- Value role of visualising and summarising in comprehension

The learner is guided to:
- Read text on responsible sea travel and identify main ideas in paragraph/passage
- Summarise ideas in own words in charts and share for peer review
- Brainstorm how visualising and summarising aid comprehension

How do visualising and summarising work together?

- KLB Top Scholar pg. 225
- Charts
- Manila papers
- Peer work samples

- Summary assessment - Peer assessment - Checklists

Grammar in Use

Sentences: Complex Sentences - Subordinating Conjunctions
Sentences: Complex Sentences - Construction and Punctuation

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
- Identify subordinating conjunctions in sentences
- Distinguish between main and subordinate clauses
- Appreciate role of conjunctions in sentences

The learner is guided to:
- Pick out subordinating conjunctions from passage
- Use subordinating conjunctions to make sentences and display on chart
- Underline and label main and subordinate clauses in sentences in pairs

1. What is the role of conjunctions? - How can one differentiate between simple and complex sentences?

- KLB Top Scholar pg. 227
- Charts
- Course books
- Lesson notes
- Substitution tables
- Writing materials
- Peer work samples

- Written exercises - Sentence construction - Labeling tasks

Reading II

Grade-Appropriate Play: Style - Humour and Monologue

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
- Identify styles of humour and monologue in a play
- Search for examples from print and non-print sources
- Acknowledge role of humour and monologue in enriching literary work

The learner is guided to:
- Search for examples of humour and monologue from sources and read aloud or re-enact in pairs
- Identify and illustrate humour and monologue in play and display in graphic organiser
- Watch or read episodes containing humour and monologue

1. What is the role of humour in a play? - Which programmes do you find amusing?

- KLB Top Scholar pg. 230
- Class readers (Play)
- Digital devices
- Graphic organisers

- Observations - Oral questions - Written exercises

Reading II
Writing

Grade-Appropriate Play: Style - Dramatisation
Creative Writing: Idioms - Meaning and Usage

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
- Dramatise instances of humour and monologue
- Use humour and monologue in created contexts
- Appreciate how style helps pass message effectively

The learner is guided to:
- Dramatise episodes in groups and record themselves
- Use humour and monologue in created contexts
- Discuss how humour and monologue make play interesting and pass message effectively

How do humour and monologue enhance plays?

- KLB Top Scholar pg. 230
- Recording devices
- Props (optional)
- Performance space
- KLB Top Scholar pg. 233
- Dictionary
- Flashcards
- Graphic organisers

- Drama assessment - Video recordings - Peer assessment

Writing

Creative Writing: Idioms - Narrative Composition

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
- Use variety of idioms in writing narrative compositions
- Identify most popular idioms used
- Appreciate importance of using idioms in speech and writing

The learner is guided to:
- Read short narrative essays on sea travel containing given idioms
- Write narrative composition using given idioms
- Scan through compositions in groups and create checklist of idioms used while tallying most popular ones

How do idioms make writing more interesting?

- KLB Top Scholar pg. 233
- Sample compositions
- Writing materials
- Checklists

- Written compositions - Peer assessment - Idiom identification

SPORTS - WORLD CUP

Listening and Speaking
Listening and Speaking

Intonation in Sentences: Question Tags - Formation
Intonation in Sentences: Question Tags - Intonation Patterns

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
- Identify positive and negative question tags
- Match statements with correct question tags
- Appreciate importance of question tags in communication

The learner is guided to:
- Label sentences as positive or negative
- Choose correct question tags to complete sentences on FIFA World Cup
- Fill in blanks using correct question tags from given options

1. How do we form question tags? - Why do we use question tags?

- KLB Top Scholar pg. 237
- Digital devices
- Audio recordings
- Charts
- Audio clips
- Recording devices
- Lesson notes

- Observation - Oral questions - Written exercises

Reading I

Summarising: Argumentative Texts - Note Making

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
- Identify main ideas and supporting details in argumentative texts
- Make notes in point form
- Acknowledge importance of note making in summarising

The learner is guided to:
- Read passage on FIFA World Cup and identify main idea
- Identify main idea and supporting details in specific paragraphs
- Write main points in note form from given passages

1. Why is summary writing important? - How do we identify main ideas?

- KLB Top Scholar pg. 241
- Course books
- Newspapers
- Digital devices

- Written exercises - Note-taking assessment - Oral questions

Reading I
Grammar in Use

Summarising: Argumentative Texts - Writing Summaries
Sentences: Direct and Indirect Speech - Verb Changes

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
- Write rough drafts from notes
- Write fair copies observing word limits
- Value concise writing in communication

The learner is guided to:
- Use notes to write rough drafts ensuring all points are captured
- Count words and revise to meet target word count
- Write fair copies and indicate number of words used

How can we write concise summaries?

- KLB Top Scholar pg. 241
- Writing materials
- Sample summaries
- Peer work samples
- KLB Top Scholar pg. 244
- Charts
- Course books
- Lesson notes

- Summary assessment - Word count accuracy - Peer assessment

Grammar in Use

Sentences: Direct and Indirect Speech - Time and Place Changes

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
- Apply changes in time and place expressions
- Convert speech observing all conversion rules
- Value accurate speech reporting

The learner is guided to:
- Study changes in pronouns, time and place expressions (here/there, today/that day, etc.)
- Change sentences applying all relevant conversion rules
- Create sentences in direct and indirect speech and exchange for conversion in pairs

How do time and place expressions change in reported speech?

- KLB Top Scholar pg. 244
- Substitution tables
- Writing materials
- Peer work samples

- Peer assessment - Written exercises - Self-assessment

Reading II

Intensive Reading: Play - Relating to Real Life - Themes
Intensive Reading: Play - Relating to Real Life - Performance

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
- Identify themes in a play
- Relate themes to real life situations
- Appreciate plays as mirrors of society

The learner is guided to:
- Read excerpt from Aminata and identify themes (gender discrimination, change)
- Discuss traditions in society that discriminate against or favour one gender
- Talk about people in society who resemble characters in terms of being conservative or open-minded

1. How do plays reflect real life? - Which issues in plays relate to our society?

- KLB Top Scholar pg. 247
- Class readers (Play)
- Digital devices
- Internet resources
- Recording devices
- Props and costumes
- Performance space

- Observations - Group discussions - Written responses

Writing

Descriptive Writing - Sensory Language

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
- Identify words appealing to five senses
- Use descriptive words in sentences
- Appreciate role of sensory details in writing

The learner is guided to:
- List words appealing to each of the five senses (sight, sound, smell, taste, touch)
- Write sentences describing classroom items using sensory words
- Exchange books and give feedback on spelling and application of five senses

1. Which words appeal to our senses? - How do sensory details enhance writing?

- KLB Top Scholar pg. 249
- Charts
- Writing materials
- Sample descriptions

- Written exercises - Peer assessment - Sentence construction

Writing
Listening and Speaking

Descriptive Writing - Composition (280-320 words)
Oral Reports: News (Role Play) - Parts of News Report

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
- Write descriptive composition within word limit
- Follow writing process stages
- Value descriptive writing for effective communication

The learner is guided to:
- Study photographs of FIFA World Cup events and write descriptive paragraphs
- Write descriptive composition (280-320 words) based on selected picture following writing process
- Exchange compositions for peer feedback, revise and display best work on noticeboard

How can we create vivid descriptions in writing?

- KLB Top Scholar pg. 249
- Photographs/drawings
- Writing materials
- Noticeboard
- KLB Top Scholar pg. 253
- Digital devices
- Video clips
- Internet resources

- Written compositions - Peer assessment - Word count compliance

TOURIST ATTRACTION SITES

Listening and Speaking
Reading I

Oral Reports: News (Role Play) - Body Language and Presentation
Reading Fluency - Pronunciation and Speed

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
- Use appropriate body language in presentations
- Present news reports with confidence
- Value effective presentation skills

The learner is guided to:
- Discuss importance of body language (gestures, posture, eye contact, facial expressions)
- Read news report on Machu Picchu using appropriate body language in pairs
- Prepare and present short news report on tourist site with partner (one as studio newscaster, other as reporter)

How does body language enhance oral presentations?

- KLB Top Scholar pg. 253
- Sample news reports
- Recording devices
- Performance space
- KLB Top Scholar pg. 256
- Library books
- Stopwatches/timers
- Digital devices

- Oral presentation - Body language assessment - Peer feedback

Reading I

Reading Fluency - Intonation and Expression

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
- Read with appropriate expression and intonation
- Record fluent reading performances
- Value expressive reading for comprehension

The learner is guided to:
- Read passage on world tourist sites (Grand Canyon, Great Wall, Eiffel Tower) with expression
- Answer quick comprehension questions using scanning skills
- Record themselves reading poem or text fluently and share for peer feedback

How does reading with expression aid comprehension?

- KLB Top Scholar pg. 256
- Poems
- Recording devices
- Peer work samples

- Recording assessment - Peer feedback - Self-assessment

Grammar in Use

Sentences: Imperative and Exclamatory - Imperative Sentences
Sentences: Imperative and Exclamatory - Exclamatory Sentences

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
- Form imperative sentences expressing commands and requests
- Distinguish between commands and requests
- Appreciate use of imperative sentences in instructions

The learner is guided to:
- Discuss situations where imperative sentences are used
- Come up with school rules stated in imperative sentences
- Listen to paragraph with instructions and rewrite in imperative form

1. How do we give commands politely? - When do we use imperative sentences?

- KLB Top Scholar pg. 259
- Charts
- Audio recordings
- Lesson notes
- Sample texts
- Writing materials

- Written exercises - Oral questions - Sentence construction

Reading II

Intensive Reading: Poems - Meaning

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
- Arrive at meaning of poems using various strategies
- Identify main ideas in stanzas
- Acknowledge value of poetry appreciation

The learner is guided to:
- Read poem "The Bahama Islands" and predict meaning from title
- Break down poem structure identifying natural breaks and main ideas per stanza
- Answer questions to confirm poem meaning (speaker, location, activities)

1. How can we understand what a poem means? - What strategies help in poetry interpretation?

- KLB Top Scholar pg. 261
- Poetry books
- Digital devices
- Lesson notes

- Observations - Written questions - Oral discussions

Reading II
Writing
Writing

Intensive Reading: Poems - Real Life Connection
Emails - Structure and Components
Emails - Composition and Sending

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
- Relate ideas in poems to real-life experiences
- Discuss overall meaning of poems
- Value poetry as reflection of human experience

The learner is guided to:
- Read poem "A Visit to Bangkok" and pick key ideas in each stanza
- Discuss overall meaning in groups
- Share personal experiences of places visited and liked, relating to poem themes

Why is it important to relate poems to real life?

- KLB Top Scholar pg. 261
- Sample poems
- Charts
- Internet resources
- KLB Top Scholar pg. 263
- Digital devices
- Sample emails
- Lesson notes
- Computers/tablets
- Internet access
- Email accounts

- Peer assessment - Group discussions - Written responses