Basic 5 Ghanaian Language Term 1 Week 1 Lesson Plan

Let learners find the rhyming pairs for these words. First unscramble the words 1. THIGR & EIGHTH 2. OWELT & LOWRG 3. OUFR & AORR 4. OCRK & ALKHC Answers: Right & Height Towel & Growl Four & Roar Rock & Chalk Tell learners a few jokes to get their attention.

Show a clip of a baby crying to learners. Ask learners to tell you what a mother does when a child is crying. Discuss the answers with the learners and talk about what a lullaby is. Play a recorded cradle song or lullaby to the hearing of learners. Lead learners to sing cradle songs/lullaby with correct rhythm. Allow individual learners to sing a lullaby. Let learners brainstorm the importance of lullaby. Lead them to discuss the importance of cradle songs to the baby. Write some of the benefits discussed on the board, and allow learners to copy them into books. E.g. It makes the baby sleep. It makes the baby happy. It enables the baby to play. Assist learners to discuss the importance of cradle songs to the mother and caretaker. E.g. It allows the mother to do her work. It helps the mother to rest etc. Write the outcome from the discussion with the learners. Let learners role play mother singing a lullaby and holding a child. Read a text aloud to the hearing of learners. Guide learners to read short texts, narratives or stories from other materials with correct intonation. Let learners read paragraph each of the text to the class. Learners read a passage to the hearing of others learners. Lead learners to answer questions on the passage read orally then write them into their books. For this activity, learners use locally made song or poem cards, local drum and gourd shaker to follow the printed lines and keep the rhythm while singing or reciting in the Ghanaian language.

Learners to tell what was interesting about the lesson. Have learners to read and spell the key words written on the board.