Basic 1 English Language Term 1 Week 3 Lesson Plan

Engage learners to sing songs and recite rhymes Row, Row, Row Your Boat" Row, row, row your boat, Gently down the stream. Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, Life is but a dream.

Read the Ghanaian picture storybook aloud; learners arrange the printed story-sequence cards and use the locally made puppets to retell the story. Mount appropriate story pictures. Guide learners to tell the story logically, using the pictures at each stage. Pause and show pictures for learners to ask questions or answer questions to predict the next stage. Let learners retell the story in a chain, using the pictures, if necessary.

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

Flash out word cards for learners to make its sounds. Have learners to form a big circle. Display letter cards in the middle of the circle. Learners are to pick the letter cards in turns and make its sound.

Learners name the familiar Ghanaian objects in the printed pictures, match their sounds or meanings to the printed word cards, and build further examples on the chalkboard with chalk. Introduce the lesson with alphabet songs paying attention to the letters as they sing. Using word and sentence cards, show an alphabet chart and have learners identify the letters of the alphabet (aA- zZ). Use alphabet cards, alphabet trees, picture cards, etc. to play alphabet games. Let learners play matching games with the cards,

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

Flash out word cards for learners to make its sounds. Have learners to form a big circle. Display letter cards in the middle of the circle.

Learners copy and arrange examples from the printed alphabet or word cards, then practise the target writing neatly in their exercise books with pencils. introduce learners to the lines and spaces they will be expected to write in. demonstrate the letter on the board and in the air several times. Give ample practice. let learners practice writing in the air, on sheets of paper or in jotters. Let learners execute the writing task. Give feedback after assessing learners’ work.

Give learners task to complete while you go round the class to support those who might need extra help.

Have leaners to write their names, starting with capital letters

Learners inspect the printed sentence cards and identify letters that should begin with capitals. They correct selected examples on the chalkboard with chalk and explain the rule used. Learners write their own correctly capitalized sentences in exercise books with pencils and exchange them for a final check.

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