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SHS 1 English Language 1st Semester Week 7 Lesson Plan
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| Subject | English Language | Week | 7 |
| Duration | 60 minutes | Form | SHS 1 |
| Strand | ORAL LANGUAGE | Sub-Strand | CONVERSATION/COMMUNICATION IN CONTEXT |
| Learning Outcome(s) | 1.1.3.LO.1 - Employ appropriate register to communicate competently in varied speech contexts | ||
| Content Standard | 1.1.3.CS.1 | ||
| Learning Indicator(s) | 1.1.3.LI.2 - Employ speech acts in different speech situations to express various social functions (e.g. requests, advice-giving, offer, apology, praise, acceptance, refusal, etc.). Talk for Learning: • Learners, working in gender sensitive, mixed-ability and mixed-cultural groups, discuss short scenarios on given speech acts (e.g., giving advice, apology, etc.). • Learners in their groups then role-play the short scenario on a given speech act. • Through a class discussion, learners discuss their choices in terms of appropriate ways of expressing the acts (direct/indirect) and their responses to the speech acts. Note: Ensure all learners participate and tolerate opinions of one another | ||
| Lesson Focus | Employ speech acts in different speech situations to express various social functions (e.g. | ||
| Previous Knowledge | Learners recall related ideas, vocabulary or experiences from earlier lessons and everyday contexts. | ||
| Lesson Objective(s) | Describe the key idea in: Employ speech acts in different speech situations to express various social functions (e.g. Apply the idea through guided and independent learning activities. Demonstrate understanding through oral responses, written work or practical performance. | ||
| Essential Question(s) | What language/literary skill is central to Employ speech acts in different speech situations to express various social functions (e.g. requests, advice-giving, offer, apology, praise, acceptance, refusal, etc.). Talk for Learning: • Learners, working in gender sensitive, mixed-ability and mixed-cultural groups, discuss short scenarios on given speech acts (e.g., giving advice, apology, etc.). • Learners in their groups then role-play the short scenario on a given speech act. • Through a class discussion, learners discuss their choices in terms of appropriate ways of expressing the acts (direct/indirect) and their responses to the speech acts. Note: Ensure all learners participate and tolerate opinions of one another? What evidence from speech, text or context helps us understand or produce an effective response? How can the skill be transferred to a new communication, reading or writing situation? | ||
| Pedagogical Strategies | Talk for Learning Think-Pair-Share Collaborative Learning Modelled/Guided Practice Independent Practice | ||
| Teaching & Learning Resources | English Language textbook/reference materials Whiteboard/markers Learners' notebooks Audio recordings/teacher-read passages Phone/speaker where available Pronunciation/sound charts | ||
| Key Notes on Differentiation | |||
| Content | Use shorter texts, vocabulary support, sentence frames, pronunciation models or partially completed organisers for learners who need support. Extend proficient learners with denser texts, more independent writing, deeper inference or more demanding oral/literary responses. | ||
| Process | Use rehearsal, guided practice and peer feedback before independent performance. Allow oral, visual and written scaffolds while keeping the same curriculum objective. | ||
| Product | Accept appropriate evidence such as oral performance, comprehension response, summary, edited paragraph, composition or literary analysis. Assess accuracy, clarity, fluency/comprehension, organisation and evidence-based explanation. | ||
| Success Criteria | Learners use correct subject vocabulary. Learners complete the main task with reasonable accuracy. Learners explain or demonstrate how the concept applies in a new situation. | ||
| Homework | Complete a short reading, speaking or writing task that transfers the skill to a new context. | ||
| Lesson Activities | |||
| Stage | Teacher Activity | Learner Activity | Assessment / DoK |
| Starter10 minutes | Read, play or display a short language sample connected to employ speech acts in different speech situations to express various social functions (e.g. requests, advice-giving, offer and ask learners to identify the feature. | Share prior knowledge, listen to peers and record the lesson question in their notebooks. | Not provided. |
| Activity 115 minutes | Model employ speech acts in different speech situations to express various social functions (e.g. requests, advice-giving, offer using pronunciation practice, sentence examples, a short text, dialogue or guided reading. | Listen or read, identify the feature and repeat or explain examples. | Check accurate recognition or production of the language feature. |
| Activity 220 minutes | Guide pairs to practise employ speech acts in different speech situations to express various social functions (e.g. requests, advice-giving, offer through oral response, reading, writing, translation or role play. | Practise in pairs or groups and improve responses using teacher and peer feedback. | Assess pair or group practice using clear language-success criteria. |
| Activity 310 minutes | Ask learners to produce an original oral or written response that uses employ speech acts in different speech situations to express various social functions (e.g. requests, advice-giving, offer accurately. | Create and present a short response that uses the feature accurately. | Collect an exit response and check accuracy, clarity and transfer. |
| Lesson Closure | Summarise employ speech acts in different speech situations to express various social functions (e.g. requests, advice-giving, offer and correct one common misconception using learner examples. State one thing learned and complete the exit response. | ||
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