Basic 2 English Language Term 1 Week 12 Lesson Plan

Have learners recite familiar rhymes. FIVE LITTLE DUCKS Five little ducks went out one day, Over the hills and far away, Mother duck said “Quack, quack, quack” But only 4 little ducks came back.

Learners select one printed photograph of Ghanaian community life, plan with the printed presentation cue cards, and place key vocabulary on the chalkboard with chalk before presenting. Put learners in pairs to share their holiday plans with each other. Have each person share his/her friend’s plans with the class. Use probing questions to get learners give additional information: e.g. i. Where will he go first? ii. What will he be doing there? etc.

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 familiar rhymes LITTLE TOMMY TITTLEMOUSE Little tommy tittle mouse Lived in a little house, He caught fishes In other men’s ditches.

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. Model reading aloud with the focus on pace and expression. and word and sentence cards, have learners, in group/pairs, read short texts aloud with the appropriate pace, accuracy and expression.

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 learners play games and recite familiar rhymes to begin the lesson Using questions and answers, review their understanding of the previous lesson.

Learners study the printed emotion photographs of Ghanaian children and name the feeling shown in each situation. They use the locally made puppet to act out one situation and explain why the character may feel that way. Learners write simple feeling sentences in exercise books with pencils and share them with a partner.

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 learners play games and recite familiar rhymes to begin the lesson Using questions and answers, review their understanding of 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) Have learners play the pick and spell game to spell phonetically irregular words. e. g. the, face Have learners use these words in oral and written sentences.

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 recite a few rhymes with actions 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 word and sentence cards, use the Author’s chair to introduce the reading/ library time. Introduce narratives, pop-up and flip- the-page texts to learners. Introduce e-books to learners, if available.

Call learners in turns to tell the whole class what they read. Let Learners draw parts of the story they read