Basic 2 English Language Term 1 Week 7 Lesson Plan

Engage learners to sing songs and recite familiar rhymes LITTLE POLLY FLINDERS Little Polly flinders Sat among the cinders Warming her pretty little toes! Her mother came and caught her, And whipped her little daughter, For spoiling her nice new clothes.

Read the printed Ghanaian story or dialogue aloud while learners listen, let them arrange the printed story-sequence cards to show key information, and have them record brief answers in exercise books with pencils. Activate the previous knowledge of the learners by making them think pair and share with their friends. Discuss illustrations accompanying the text. Have them predict the content of the text. Teach key vocabulary. Using word and sentence cards, read the text aloud to learners. Pause often and have learners talk about the content of the text and answer simple questions based on the text. Have learners retell the story. Let learners role-play the story.

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

Engage learners to play “Get Out Of The Wagon” game. Three words are placed in a wagon/table. Example: cake rake king The child determines which word doesn’t rhymes and

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 selected sight words, one at a time, in context and write them on the board. Using word and sentence cards, start from the basic words they already know. assessment: Have learners repeat the words aloud a number of times.

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.

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.

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

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, stamping of feet, crazy dance, etc.

Learners examine the printed Ghana calendar and match the printed day-and-date cards to suitable dates. They combine the cards with printed local-place cards to make sentences using in, on and at correctly for months, days, dates and familiar places. Pairs read the sentences aloud and correct any unsuitable preposition.

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 a variety of age and level-appropriate books for learners to make a choice. Guide learners to select books.

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