Basic 1 English Language Term 1 Week 11 Lesson Plan

Flash letter cards to learners for them to make its sounds. Ask pupils to write some letters in the air as you mention them

Learners study the printed photographs of familiar Ghanaian settings, select suitable expressions from the printed dialogue cards, and use the locally made role-play props to practise the conversation. Give commands and instructions to learners. e.g. Command: Keep quiet, Hands up, Sit down, Bring your books, Start work, etc. Pair learners to give/obey commands. Have learners listen to simple instructions and act in response. let learners practice by giving commands in pairs.

Give learners task to complete while you go round the class to support those who might need extra help. Have learners to read and spell some of the keywords in the lesson

Engage learners in the “Change your style” game Teacher calls out different actions for learners to act. Student have to mimic the action continuously without breaking. After a while teacher speeds up the tempo. For example: jumping, jumping, crazy dance, heading a ball etc.

Learners read the Ghanaian storybook and the printed passage about a Ghanaian community, then record the target ideas or reading responses in exercise books with pencils. Gather learners in the community time circle. Using pictures, tell learners an interesting story. Example: Emma has a new dress. It is red in color. It was a gift from her uncle. He hid it behind one of the sofa to surprise her. Use the Simple Herring Bone strategy to guide learners to retell the story in their own words. i. who was the gift from? ii. what color is the dress? iii. Where was it hidden?

Ask learners to tell you what they have learnt and what they will like to learn in the next lesson. Have learners to read and spell the key words on the board

Have learners play a game or sing a song to review the previous lesson HOT CROSS BUNS Hot cross buns, Hot cross buns. One a penny two a penny. Hot cross buns. If you have no daughters Give them to your sons. One a penny two a penny. Hot cross buns

Display the printed substitution-table chart and read the choices in each column with learners. In pairs, learners select and arrange the movable sentence strips to form complete meaningful sentences, read them aloud and change one part to create new sentences. They copy their best sentences into exercise books with pencils and check capitals, spacing and full stops.

Give learners task to complete while you go round the class to support those who might need extra help. Have learners to read and spell some of the keywords in the lesson

Play games and recite rhymes that learners are familiar with to begin the lesson. Ask learners questions to review their understanding in the previous lesson.

Learners inspect and rearrange the printed sentence cards, discuss the target language feature on the chalkboard with chalk, and practise their own examples in exercise books with pencils. GRAMMAR USAGE (Spelling) Help learners to write two letter words correctly e. g. go, so, in, on. using word cards, help learners to write three letter words correctly, e. g. see, low, bow.

Give learners task to complete while you go round the class to support those who might need extra help. Have learners to read and spell some of the keywords in the lesson

Have a variety of age appropriate books for learners to make a choice from.

Learners read the Ghanaian storybook and the printed passage about a Ghanaian community, then record the target ideas or reading responses in exercise books with pencils. Using book tease or book talk, introduce the reading/ library time. Introduce picture or wordless books, pop-up and flip-the-page texts to learners. Using word and sentence cards, encourage them to read individually and in pairs, and provide support and encouragement.

Have learners to read and spell the key words on the board Learners to draw parts of the story they read