Basic 1 English Language Term 1 Week 5 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.

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. Revise daily greetings by having learners identify greeting times in the day. e.g. Morning-Good morning, Afternoon-Good afternoon, Evening-Good evening. Discuss the correct responses to these greetings. Let learners take turns to demonstrate greetings at different times of the day and also practice the appropriate responses. Discuss the importance of greetings.

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 to sing songs and recite rhymes Round and Round the Garden Round and round the garden Like a teddy bear. One step. Two step, Tickle you under there.

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. have learners play alphabet games to practice recognition of letter names at random. e.g. Lucky Dip game, Treasure Hunt. Let learners use letter cards to order the letters of the alphabet. Have learners find out which letter comes before the other, among a given set of letters. Select letters whose sound you intend to teach, e.g. two letters at a time. Say each sound first in context and then in isolation, e.g. ants-a

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 to sing songs and recite rhymes Sea shells She sells seashells by the seashore The shells she sells are surely seashells So if she sells shells on the seashore, I am sure she sell seashore shells

Learners copy and arrange examples from the printed alphabet or word cards, then practise the target writing neatly in their exercise books with pencils. Show a chart of letters (small and capital). e.g. A B C D E… a b c d e… Place letter cards (small and capital letters) on teacher’s table. Put learners into groups and ask representatives of the groups to take turns to pick and match the letter cards to the letters on the chart. Those who are able to match them correctly win points for their groups and receive stars. Let learners write the letters in their books.

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 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.

Learners identify actions in the printed action-picture cards, complete the printed sentence cards with suitable verbs or modifiers, and share correct examples on the chalkboard with chalk. GRAMMAR USAGE Introduce the activity and demonstrate it. Guide learners with questions to describe the state of given things or situations, e.g. My bag is red.

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