Basic 3 English Language Term 1 Week 1 Lesson Plan

Select 10 words and write them two different times on word cards. Place all the cards face down on the floor. Learners will then flip over two at a time and say each word, if the words match the learner gets to keep the cards. • Did you enjoy the game? • What words did you hear in the game? • Make a list of ten words you heard. Share performance indicators with learners and introduce the lesson.

Display the printed song or rhyme cards for learners to follow, then let groups keep the beat with the locally made drum and calabash rattle as they sing or recite. Let learners identify some familiar songs e.g. patriotic songs such as ‘The National Anthem’. Teach the songs identified, e. g. ‘The National Anthem’ Let learners sing rhythmically, using claps, gestures and dance where necessary

Ask learners to tell you what they have learnt and what they will like to learn in the next lesson Take feedback from what have learnt and summarize the lesson. Next lesson: compose short rhymes and tongue-twisters and recite them

Engage learners to sing familiar rhymes. Ask learners; • Whether they enjoyed singing the songs? • What words did you hear in the songs? • Are these words food, animals, objects? Share performance indicators with learners and introduce the lesson.

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 revise writing out some words as you pronounce them. (You can also make them read words on the board or word cards). Provide activities for learners to use letter names and sounds to spell and sound out words

Ask learners to tell you what they have learnt and what they will like to learn in the next lesson Take feedback from what have learnt and summarize the lesson. Next lesson: understand the relationship between spelling of words and sounds of speech

Engage learners to sing familiar songs. E.g. Five little ducks Ask learners; • Whether they enjoyed singing the song? • What words did you hear in the song? • Are these words food, animals, objects? Share performance indicators with learners and introduce the lesson.

Learners copy and arrange examples from the printed alphabet or word cards, then practise the target writing neatly in their exercise books with pencils. model copying a short paragraph on the board drawing attention to features such as clarity, spacing and alignment of letters. Let learners practice copying a short paragraph legibly and correctly on the board.

Summarize the important points in the lesson with learners. Next lesson: use letter-sound relationships to represent most letters in words correctly

Review some adjectives with learners. Do an action for slow. Ask: What word is this? Pupils guess: slow. Do an action for loud. Ask: What word is this? Pupils guess: loud. Do an action for happy. Ask: What word is this? Pupils guess: happy Share performance indicators and introduce the 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. Introduce initials and abbreviations in context. Using word and sentence cards, provide learners with sentences or texts containing initials and abbreviations for them to identify. e. g. WHO – World Health Organization; K. S. Manu – Kofi Sakyi Manu Give texts having full names of people and organizations. Ask learners to rewrite the text and replace the full names of people and organizations with initials and abbreviations

Give learners a text with names of particular places and days of the week, beginning with small letters. Next lesson: demonstrate the ability to capitalize titles of texts.

Engage learners to sing familiar songs. E.g. Five little ducks Ask learners; • Whether they enjoyed singing the song? • What words did you hear in the song? • Are these words food, animals, objects? Share performance indicators with learners and introduce the lesson.

Learners read a suitable report in the Ghanaian newspaper, sort the printed main-idea cards from supporting details, and write a concise summary in exercise books with pencils. Using book tease or book talk, introduce the reading/ library time. Have a variety of age appropriate books for learners to make a choice from. Introduce picture or wordless books, pop-up and flip-the- page texts to learners. Encourage them to read individually and in pairs, and provide support and encouragement. Assessment Using think-pair-share, learners retell their story books to their partners. have learners draw parts of the story they read. Let learners summarize the books they read to the whole class

Use peer discussion and effective questioning to find out from learners what they have learnt during the lesson. Take feedback from learners and summarize the lesson.