Lagos State Unified English Scheme of Work Primary 5 for first term, second term and third term. Universal Basic Education. Schemeofwork.com
PRY 5 ENGLISH SCHEME OF WORK FIRST TERM
WEEK: 1
TOPIC: (a) Speech work: Intonation patterns, stress and rhyme
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- identify rising and falling tone;
- use the tones and stress in songs;
- compare the rhythmic pattern of each song with one another,
- compose the different rhymes
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, in pairs, identify the difference between rising tone and falling tone.
- Pupils, in small groups, use the rising intonation and falling intonation in with stress indication on the given songs.
- Pupils, as a class, compare the rhythmic pattern of each song with one another line by
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and collaboration
- Critical thinking and problem solving.
- Creativity and imagination.
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Tape recorder
- Books with different songs
TOPIC: (b) Structure: Review of tenses
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- list the types of tense
- use the tenses in sentences,
- interpret actions in pictures in accordance to time (tenses)
- Classify the tenses of sentences used in a given passage.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, as a class, list the three major types of tenses: a.) past tense b.) Present tense, c.) future tense
- Pupils, in small groups, use the tenses in sentences.
- Pupils, in small groups, interpret the actions in the given pictures according to tenses
- Pupils, in pairs, study a short passage with a view to classifying sentences in it into tenses.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and collaboration
- Creativity and imagination.
- Critical thinking and problem solving.
- Leadership and personal development
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Charts/ FIash cards/Pictures on tenses
- Games on tenses
TOPIC: (c) Comprehension: (Reading Skill) Reading to comprehend main ideas
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- identify the topic sentence in each paragraph;
- establish the relationship between the topic sentence(s) and the main idea in a given passage;
- Attach contextual meanings to new words found in a given passage.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils listen to the teacher read the passage with a view to identifying new words and getting their appropriate pronunciation.
- Pupils, in small groups, identify the topic sentence in each paragraph and relate it to the main idea in the passage.
- Pupils pair up to establish the relationship between their real life experiences and the main idea in the passage.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and collaboration
- Critical thinking and problem solving.
- Leadership and personal development
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Flash cards
TOPIC: (d) Vocabulary development ‘Words associated with family relationships
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- list minimum of fifteen related words for family relationship,
- explain the following terms marriage, birth, Siblings couple kinship, lineage, uncle, aunt, nephew, niece cousin, brother-in-law, grandfather, mother, distant relatives
- use the words in sentences
- compose short compositions on the family
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, as a class, list words related to family relationship.
- Pupils, in small groups, sort out words associated with family relationships from a given jigsaw puzzle.
- Each group leader takes turn to present their group work to the whole class for evaluation.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and collaboration
- Leadership and personal development
- Creativity and imagination.
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO VISUAL RESOURCES
- Charts/ pictures
- Recommended text
TOPIC: (e) Writing: Essay writing on “How I spent my Last Holiday”.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- identify the features of a narrative essay
- discuss their experiences on the previous holiday
- write an essay on how they spent their last holiday
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, in groups, study a sample of narrative essay and identify its introduction, body, conclusion, not only that but also its past tense, logical and captivating presentation, etc.
- Pupils, in pairs, share the experiences they had during the holiday.
- Each pupil writes an essay on “How I spent my Last holiday”
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and collaboration
- Leadership and personal development
- Creativity and imagination.
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Charts on the features of narrative essay
- a sample of a Narrative Essay
TOPIC: (f) Dictations for the Week
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- Learners are to be guided to master the spellings and meanings of the following words: excited, terminus, rapidly, whizzing, numerous, famous, unique, thoroughly, invitation, recklessly.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- For home study, pupils, as individuals, look up the meanings, word classes and pronunciation of the given words in a dictionary, and use each word in, at least, a sentence.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and collaboration
- Leadership and personal development
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Hardcopy
- Online dictionary
WEEK: 2
TOPIC: (a) Speech work: vowel sounds / ae/ and /a:/
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- identify and distinctively pronounce the vowel sounds / ae/ and /a:/.
- draw the contrast between the sounds when used in words
- use each word in sentence.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, as a class, study a chart, identify and pronounce each sound appropriately
- Each pupil mimics the mouth positioning model to pronounce both sounds.
- Pupils, in small groups, draw contrast between the long and short sounds by producing the words consisting of the sounds
- Pupils, in pairs, construct sentences with the pairs of sounds bring out the contrast.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and collaboration
- Leadership and personal development
- Creativity and imagination.
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Charts/Flashcards
- Audio player
- Recommended English textbooks
- Pronouncing Dictionary by Daniel Jones
TOPIC: (b) Structure: Making Sentences with Modal Auxiliaries
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- explain and provide examples of modal auxiliaries (must, ought to, will, have to, shall, can, must etc.)
- use the modal auxiliaries in sentences
- infer the functions of modal auxiliaries in each sentence (such as futurity, possibility, certainty, willingness, unwillingness, obligation, permission, request)
- compare using of modal auxiliaries for making polite requests with casual requests.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, in class, brainstorm to define and cite examples of modal auxiliaries.
- Pupils, in small groups, use the modals in sentences
- Pupils, in pairs, infer the functions of each modal auxiliary verb in the sentences.
- Pupils, in small groups, compare using of modal auxiliary verbs for polite and casual requests with the group leader presenting their work to the class.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and collaboration
- Critical thinking and problem solving.
- Leadership and personal development
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Charts/ Flashcards
- Games
- Drilling
TOPIC: (c) Comprehension and Vocabulary: Health and Safety
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- identify words related to health and safety in a given passage
- Write the meaning of the identified word and used them in another meaningful sentence
- demonstrate how each word is applicable to health and safety
- derive answers from the passage to the given questions
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- pupils collectively identify words associated with safety and health in a video clip and a given passage after they have read the passage silently
- pupils in small group write the meaning of the identified word and used them in another meaningful sentence
- pupils pair up to demonstrate how each word is applicable to health and safety
- Pupil, in each group, compare their answers with another groups through their group leaders
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and collaboration
- Leadership and personal development
- Creativity and imagination.
- Citizenship
- Digital literacy
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- flash cards
- Pictures
- Video clips
TOPIC: (d) Writing: Letter writing. Guided Informal Letter
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- identify informal letters;
- discuss the features of an informal letter;
- write a letter to a close relative or a friend in
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, in small groups, brainstorm to identify and describe informal letters.
- Pupils, in small groups, study two sample informal letters in order to observe their common features. The group leaders share these features with the class.
- Following the samples, pupils write letters to friends or close relates on their planning for next holiday. another town.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and collaboration
- Leadership and personal development
- Creativity and imagination.
- Critical thinking and problem solving.
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Charts
- Sample letters
TOPIC: (e) Dictation for the week
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- Learners are to be guided to learn the following words: Monogamy, polygamy, dormitory, habitation, apartment, orphanage, surgery, infirmary, dispensary, hospice
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- For home study, each pupil looks up the meanings, word classes, and pronunciation of the given words in a dictionary, and use each word in, at least, a sentence.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and collaboration
- Digital Literacy
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Hardcopy dictionary
- Online dictionary
WEEK: 3
TOPIC: (A) SPEECH WORK
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- identify and pronounce vowel sound /i/, /l/ ,/j/ correctly
- write the words containing the sounds, construct sentences with the pairs of sounds
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and collaboration
- Leadership and personal development
- Critical thinking and problem solving.
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Audio player MP3
- Pronouncing dictionary by Daniel Jones
TOPIC: (b) Structure: Active voice and Passive Voice
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- identify active and passive sentences
- change active sentences to passive sentences;
- change passive sentences to active sentences;
- analyze the features of active voice and passive voice
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, in small groups, study a given chart and a video clip and identify the feature pattern of active and passive sentences.
- Pupils, as a class, study an active sentence and a passive sentence to analyze the structure of active and passive sentences.
- Pupils, in pairs, transform active voice to passive voice
- Pupils, in pairs, change passive to active sentences
- The leaders of each group analyze the transformational features of both active and passive sentences for the class.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and collaboration
- Digital Literacy
- Leadership and personal development
- Critical thinking and problem solving.
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Chart/Flashcards
- Real objects
TOPIC: (c) Comprehension and Vocabulary: Consumer Rights.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- differentiate between main ideas and supporting ideas in each paragraph;
- recognize the unfamiliar words in a given passage
- Construct sentences with the new words
- establish the relationships between the main ideas and connecting ideas using evidence from the
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, in small groups, deduce main ideas from supporting idea in a given text.
- Pupils pair up to highlight the unfamiliar words in a given text and check for their meanings in dictionary/online.
- Pupils, in small groups, use the identified words in sentences.
- The group leaders present their answers to the class for discussion
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and collaboration
- Leadership and personal development
- Creativity and imagination.
- Critical thinking and problem solving.
LEARNING RESOURCES
- Flash cards
- English textbook
TOPIC: (D) SUPPLEMENTARY READING: STORY BOOK
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- share with other pupils the story read;
- discuss lessons learnt from the book;
- relate events in the story to their personal lives.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Each pupil reads a recommended storybook/play/poem from Lagos State approved book list.
- Each pupil discusses the main idea of the story.
- Pupils, in small groups, share information from the story.
- Pupils, in pairs, establish relationships between ideas using evidence from the passage.
- Each pupil discusses the lessons/values learnt from the story.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and collaboration
- Leadership and personal development
- Creativity and imagination.
- Critical thinking and problem solving.
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Flash cards
- Lagos State Recommended Literature Text
TOPIC: (e) Dictation for the week:
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- Learners are to be guided to learn the following words: Ablaze, institution, sachet, national, measurement, rhetoric, academics, fashion, village, transaction
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- For home study, each pupil looks up the meanings, word classes and pronunciation of the given words in a dictionary, and use each word in, at least, a sentence.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and collaboration
- Leadership and personal development
- Citizenship
- Critical thinking and problem solving.
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Hard copy dictionary
- Online dictionary
WEEK: 4
TOPIC: (a) Speech work: Vowel sounds /u/ and /u:/
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- identify and pronounce vowel sounds /u/ and /U:/ correctly
- write the words containing the sounds
- draw the contrast between sounds when used in words
- construct sentences with the pairs of sounds
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, as a class, identify the sounds in a given vowel chart and pronounce them in accordance to the position of mouth shape drawn on the chart
- Pupils in small groups write down ten words containing the sounds.
- Pupils study a given set of words with their examples draw the contrast between the sounds and present to the class
- Pupils, in pairs, generate sentences that have the pairs of sounds and share with the class.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and collaboration
- Leadership and personal development
- Creativity and imagination.
- Critical thinking and problem solving.
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Charts/ flash cards
- Pronouncing dictionary by Daniel jones
- Audio player MP3
TOPIC: (b) Structure: Using Adjectives in speaking and writing:
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- describe adjectives with adequate examples
- use adjectives for comparison (positive, comparative and superlative)
- compose different sentences using adjectives infer functions of adjectives in sentences
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, as a class, describe adjectives for comparison
- Pupils, in small groups, study a given passage, and identify, and use the adjectives for comparison
- Pupils, in pairs, compose different sentences using adjectives and share with the class.
- Pupils, as a class, infer functions of adjectives in sentences.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and collaboration
- Leadership and personal development
- Critical thinking and problem solving.
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Charts/ flash cards
TOPIC: (c) Comprehension: Paragraphs from children’s novels
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- read and analyze simple selected children’s novels.
- identify key words/ sentences that signal main ideas;
- put the key word in sentences
- derive factual information from selected texts
- establish relationships between supporting ideas using evidence from the passage
- infer implied meanings of ideas in the passage
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, in small groups, read and analyze the selected texts
- Pupils, in pairs, point out the key words/sentences related to the main idea and share with the class.
- Pupils are guided to use the key words in different sentences.
- Each pupil describes factual information from selected texts.
- Pupils, in pairs, describe the relationship between ideas in the passage using evidence from the passage.
- Pupils, in small groups, analyse and discuss the meaning of implied ideas in the passage.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and collaboration
- Leadership and personal development
- Creativity and imagination.
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Charts/flashcards of new words in the passage
TOPIC: (d) Writing: Descriptive essay,
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- mention and explain each feature of descriptive essay
- describe their best friends;
- write a descriptive easy on “My Favorite Friend”
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, as a class, study a given sample of descriptive
- identify and explain features of descriptive essay.
- Pupils in pairs, describe their best friends to each other
- Each pupil mentions some adjectives that best describe their favourite friends.
- Each pupil composes their essays using various adjectives to describe their favourite friends.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and collaboration
- Leadership and personal development
- Creativity and imagination.
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Charts showing types of essay
TOPIC: (e) Dictations for the week
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- Learners are to be guided to learn the following words: dialect, rhythm, transformation, seizure, psychology, unprecedented, gymnastics, aesthetics, accommodation, occasion
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- For home study, each pupil looks up the meanings, word classes and pronunciation of the given words in a dictionary, and use each word in, at least, a sentence.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and collaboration
- Digital Literacy
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Hardcopy dictionary
- Online dictionary
WEEK: 5
TOPIC: (a) Speech work: Minimal Pairs Vowel sounds lei and lid
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- recognize and pronounce the sounds lei and /,):/ correctly
- generate ten words containing the sounds
- contrast between the sounds when used in words construct sentences with the pairs of sounds.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, as a class, identify the sounds from a given chart and pronounce them distinctively as pronounced from an available audio MP3 player.
- Pupils, in small groups, come up with at least ten words on each of the sounds.
- Pupils, in small groups, contrast the production of both sounds in words (e.g. bed, bird)
- Pupils, in pairs, generate sentence using words that are containing the sounds
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Critical thinking and problem solving.
- Communication and collaboration
- Digital Literacy
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Charts/Flashcards
- Pronouncing Dictionary by Daniel Jones
TOPIC: (b) Structure: Adverbs
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- describe adverbs with adequate examples
- use adverbs for comparison (positive, comparative and superlative)
- compose different sentences using adverbs
- infer functions of adverbs in sentences
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, as a class, brainstorm about words that give more information about an action e.g. “walk slowly” and describe adverbs with examples.
- Pupils, in small groups, study a given passage, and identify and use the adverbs for comparison.
- Pupils, in pairs, compose different sentences using adverbs in different positions (initial, middle and end) and share with the class.
- Pupils, as a class, infer functions and types of adverbs in sentences share them with the class through the group leaders.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and collaboration
- Critical thinking and problem solving.
- Leadership and personal development
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Charts/flashcards
- Video clips on adverbs
TOPIC: (c) Comprehension: emphasis on supporting details, tone, mood and purpose
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- identify the main idea in a text;
- analyze a text to bring out its mood and purpose;
- relate the issue raised in the text to their real life experiences
- describe the supporting details using evidence from the passage •
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, as a class, identify the main idea of a given text.
- Pupils, in small groups, critique a text to identify mood and purpose.
- Pupils, in pairs, share life experiences related to the text.
- Each pupil identifies the supporting details in the text using evidence from the passage.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and Collaboration
- Leadership and Personal Development
- Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
- Citizenship
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Newspaper clippings of an article
- English textbook
TOPIC: (d) Writing: Guided formal letter Writing
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- list and describe the features of formal letters
- analyze the style and pattern of sentence structure used for official/formal letters.
- write formal letters
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, in pairs, study a sample of formal letter presented to them and identify its two addresses, date, salutation/greetings, heading/title, body, subscription/complimentary close.
- Pupils, in small groups, study the sentences pattern of the given formal letter.
- Following the features, each pupil write letter to the head teacher or Local Government Chairman.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and Collaboration
- Leadership and Personal Development
- Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
- Creativity and imagination
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Charts on features of a formal letter
TOPIC: (e) Dictation for the week
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- Learners are to be guided to learn the following words: fallacy, mismanagement, implicite, Privilege, indigent, magnanimous, machine, escorter, information, ridiculous
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- For home study, each pupil looks up the meanings, word classes and pronunciation of the given words in the dictionary, and use each word in, at least, a sentence.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and collaboration
- Digital Literacy
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Hardcopy dictionary
- Online dictionary
WEEK: 6
TOPIC: (a) Speech work: Making Polite Requests
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- recognize a situation where need to politely request something;
- make a polite request;
- differentiate between polite and rude requests/ answers;
- carry on a polite and respectful conversation
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, as a class, watch video clips on conversations between father and child, teacher and students, boss and subordinate etc., identifying where and how requests are made
- Pupils, in small groups, use modal verbs- ’could’ ‘would’, ‘may’, ‘might’ to make polite requests;
- Each pupil differentiates formal and informal requests in a different context;
- Pupils pair up to have dialogues /conversations on real life situation, making use of polite and respectful requests;
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
- Communication and Collaboration
- Digital Literacy
- Citizenship
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Charts/Flashcards
- Pronouncing Dictionary by Daniel Jones
TOPIC: (b) Structure: Using direct and indirect speech
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- identify sentences reported speech;
- change direct speech to reported speech and vice versa
- criticize ten different sentences to discover the basic rules guiding change of direct speech to reported speech
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, as a class, study the given sentences on direct speech and reported speech.
- Pupils, in small groups change their conversations in the group to reported speech and vice versa.
- Pupils pair up to criticize the given sentences (direct and reported speech) and discover the rules guiding the transformation of sentences and share with class
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and Collaboration
- Leadership and Personal Development
- Critical thinking and Problem Solving
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- chart
- video clip on clauses
TOPIC: (c) Comprehension and Vocabulary Development: National Social Service Institutions, e.g CPC, FRSC, ICPC, NAFDAC.NDLEA, NEMA
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- read to draw out meanings from the selected passage;
- differentiate between main ideas and supporting ideas in a given passage;
- recognize the key words and the easily confused words in the given passage, and use them in different contexts correctly.
- answer factual and other questions from the selected text.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, as a class, read silently to draw out meanings from the given passage,
- Pupils pair up to highlight the main ideas of the passage,
- Pupils, in smalls groups, analyse the connection between the main idea and supporting ideas using evidence from the passage.
- Pupils in small groups, while reading the passage stop midway to pick out key words and confused words in the passage and use them in different contexts correctly and share with the class,
- Pupils, in each group, compare their answers with another groups .through their group leaders
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and Collaboration
- Leadership and Personal development
- Citizenship
- Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Flash cards/posters
- Textbook
TOPIC: (d) Writing- descriptive Guided Composition on Bicycle/ Automobile
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- highlight the features of a descriptive essay;
- describe the features of an object;
- develop outlines for a descriptive essay;
- write a descriptive essay on either of the following: Bicycle or Automobile.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, in small groups, observe, think, and reflect on what constitutes the features of a descriptive essay based on the sample provided.
- Pupils in pairs discuss and outline the features of an object e.g. automobile.
- Pupils, in pairs, generate an outlines for a descriptive essay and share with the class for review.
- Individual pupils compose simple essays on a given topic.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and collaboration
- Leadership and personal development
- Creativity and imagination.
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Charts
- Pictures
TOPIC: (e) Supplementary Reading: Play
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- share with other pupils the drama book read;
- discuss lessons learnt from the book
- relate events in the story to their personal lives
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Each pupil reads a recommended storybook/play/poem from Lagos State approved book list.
- Each pupil discusses the main idea of the story
- Pupils, in small groups, share information from the story.
- Pupils, in pairs, establish relationships between ideas using evidence from the passage.
- Each pupil discusses the lessons/values learnt from the story.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and Collaboration
- Leadership and Personal Development
- Citizenship
- Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Flash cards
- Lagos State Recommended Literature Text
TOPIC: (f) Dictation for the week
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- Learners are to be guided to learn the following words: Trial, tramway, aircraft balloon, barrow, truck, delivery, diesel truck, elevator
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, as individuals or in small groups, look up the meanings, word classes and pronunciation of the given words in a dictionary, and use each word in, at least, a sentence.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and collaboration
- Digital Literacy
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Hard copy dictionary
- Online dictionary
WEEK 7 A. Mid-term tests
B. Open day
C. Mid-term break
TOPIC: D. Homework
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- Learners are to be guided to learn the following words: analysis, foreigner, fetter, conflagration, concede, Perplex, lucid, aggravate, ambiguous, camouflage
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- For home study, Each pupil looks up the meanings, word classes and pronounciation of the given words in a dictionary and use each words in, at least, a sentence
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and collaboration
- Digital Literacy
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Hard copy dictionary
- Online dictionary
WEEK: 8
TOPIC: (a) Speech work Contrasting: Consonant Sounds /p/ and /f/
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- recognize and pronounce the sounds Ipl and III correctly
- generate ten words containing the sounds
- draw the contrast between the sound when used in words e.g. pill, fill
- construct sentences with the pairs of sounds.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, as a class, identify the sounds from a given chart and pronounce them distinctively as pronounced from an available audio player
- Each pupil mimics the position of the mouth as between the sounds demonstrated by the teacher or video.
- Pupils, in small groups, come up with at least ten words on each of the sounds.
- Pupils, in small groups, contrast the production of both sounds in words
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and collaboration
- Leadership and personal development
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Charts
- Audio player
- Pronouncing dictionary by Daniel jones
TOPIC: (b) Structure: Making Reported Commands and Reported Questions,
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- identify and use command and interrogative statements;
- change direct commands and questions to reported commands and questions
- analyze sentences structure of direct and reported commands and questions respectively.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, as a class, identify command and questioning expressions in a selected text. They are guided to use command and interrogative statements on immediate situation in the class.
- Pupils, in small group, change direct commands and direct questions to reported commands and reported questions vice versa.
- Pupils, in pairs, analyze the tenses, punctuation, adverbs, pronouns changes while converting direct commands and direct questions to reported commands and reported questions.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and collaboration
- Critical thinking and problem solving.
- Leadership and personal development
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Chart
- Website
TOPIC: (c) Comprehension: Reading on Education such as Moral, Value etc.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- differentiate between main ideas and the supporting ideas in a given passage;
- construct sentences with the key words and derived from the passage
- infer implied meanings of ideas in the passage
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils pair up to discuss the implied messages and the meanings of new words in context of the passage
- Pupils, in small groups, form new sentences with the key words and unfamiliar words unfamiliar words derived from the passage
- Each pupil identifies the main idea of the passage,
- Pupils, in small groups, reflect on the relationship between the main idea and supporting idea of the passage.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Creativity and imagination.
- Critical thinking and problem solving.
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
TOPIC: (d) Writing: Descriptive Essay. Describe your House or school
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- describe the key features of their house or school;
- develop outlines for ether ‘My House’ or ‘My School’;
- write a descriptive essay on any of the topics
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, in small groups observe, think, and reflect on what constitutes a house School or a school.
- Each pupil identifies the key features of their school or house.
- Pupils, in pairs, generate an outline for the essays and share with the class for review.
- Individual pupils are guided to compose simple essays on either of the topics.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and collaboration
- Leadership and personal development
- Creativity and imagination.
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Charts
- Pictures
TOPIC: (E) Supplementary Reading: Poems
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- share with other pupils the poems read;
- discuss the main idea of the poem
- discuss lessons learnt from the poems;
- Relate events in the poem to their personal lives.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Each pupils read a recommended text from LS approved booklist.
- Each pupil discusses the main idea of the poem.
- Pupils, in pairs, share moral lessons derived from the poems with each other.
- Pupil, in small groups, match theme in the poems with real life situation.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and collaboration
- Leadership and personal development
- Citizenship
- Critical thinking and problem solving.
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Flash cards
- Lagos State Recommended Literature Text
TOPIC: (d) Dictation for the week
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- Learners are to be guided to learn the following words: publication, insurance, management, economical, lightning, flight, midnight, a sentence, python, nylon, thigh
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- For home study, each pupil looks up the meanings, word classes and pronunciation of the given words in a dictionary, and use each word in, at least,
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and collaboration
- Digital Literacy
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Hardcopy dictionary
- Online dictionary
WEEK: 9
TOPIC: (a) Speech work Contrast sounds ISI and
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- recognize and pronounce the sounds /S/ and /tS/
- cite examples of words containing the sounds
- contrast the pairs with ten words each
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, as a class, listen to the production of the sounds thorough MP3 player or audio player,
- Pupils, as a class, pronounce the words ‘soap’ and ‘chart’ to distinguish the two sounds.
- Pupils, as a class, mimic the mouth positioning model to pronounce both sounds.
- Pupils, in pairs, distinguish between the two sounds by giving examples.
- Pupils in small groups, list out words with the sounds.
- Each pupil contrasts the two sounds by providing words containing both sounds.
- Pupils, in small groups, make simple sentences containing words with the sounds Is! and /ts/.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and collaboration
- Leadership and personal development
- Creativity and imagination.
- Critical thinking and problem solving.
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Charts
- Pronouncing Dictionary by Daniel Jones
- Tape record
TOPIC: (b) Structure: Sentence Building
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- define and identify sentences with examples
- analyse simple sentence constituent
- construct different forms of simple sentence
- create brief stories in simple sentences
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, as a class, brainstorm on the moaning of a sentence and cite its examples from their textbooks.
- Pupils, in pairs, classify sentences into constituent (subject verb, object, complement, adjunct) or (subject, predicate)
- Pupils, in small groups, are guided to construct sentences in this form: SV, SVO, SVC, SVA, SVOO, SVOA etc.
- Pupils, in small groups, write stories in simple sentences and share with the class through each group leader.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and collaboration
- Critical thinking and problem solving.
- Leadership and personal development
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Charts
TOPIC: (c) Comprehension and Vocabulary Development: Reading on Information communication technology
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- draw inferences from passages after reading;
- differentiate between main ideas and supporting ideas in a given passage;
- construct sentences with the key words and unfamiliar words derived from the passage,
- infer implied meanings of ideas in the passage
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, at least 4 of them, read the passage (a paragraph per student) and draw meaning from it.
- Pupils pair up to discuss the implied messages and the meanings of new words in the context of the passage.
- Pupils, in small groups, form new sentences with the key words and unfamiliar words derived from the passage,
- Pupils, in small groups, analyze the passage to derive the meanings of implied ideas. ..
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and collaboration
- Leadership and personal development
- Creativity and imagination.
- Critical thinking and problem solving.
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Flash cards
TOPIC: (d) Writing: Comparison of Formal and Informal Letters
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- distinguish between formal and informal letters;
- state the features and format of a formal letter;
- write a letter of invitation
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupil, as a class, are supplied different samples of letters (both formal and informal) for them to classify and differentiate.
- Pupils, in small groups, highlight the feature and layout of a formal letter.
- Individual students write letters inviting their class teacher to their birthday parties.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and collaboration
- Leadership and personal development
- Creativity and imagination.
- Critical thinking and problem solving.
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Charts
TOPIC: (e) Dictation for the Week
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- Learners are to be guided to learn the following words: Campaign, hypocrisy, financial, secretariat, apparatus, commitment, purchase, privilege, maintenance, endurance
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- For home study, each pupil looks up the meanings, word classes and pronunciation of the given words in a dictionary, and use each word in, at least, a sentence.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and collaboration
- Leadership and personal development
- Creativity and imagination.
- Critical thinking and problem solving.
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Hard copy dictionary
- Online dictionary
WEEK: 10
TOPIC: (a) Speech work: Intonation Practice in Statements, Questions, Commands and Request
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- identify intonation symbols and mention the types of intonation patterns (such as falling, rising, falling rising, rising-falling intonations)
- explain intonation patterns in statements,
- construct sentences (e.g. statements, questions, commands, requests) and indicate their intonation patterns
- act a short play using the intonation patterns for communication
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, as a class, study the intonation symbols with their names/indicators showing on a given chart
- Pupils, in small groups, study the samples of placement of intonation patterns in varieties of sentences, thereafter challenged to come up with their explanations on the use of intonations.
- Pupils, as groups, construct sentences on statements, questions, commands and request, and indicate their intonation patterns.
- Each group leader takes aturn to present their group work to the whole class for a critique.
- Pupils, in small groups, demonstrate the real ways of using intonation patterns in a short play.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and collaboration
- Leadership and personal development
- Creativity and imagination.
- Critical thinking and problem solving.
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Video clips of poems
- Clippings from editorials
- Charts/Flashcards
- Samples of sentences
TOPIC: (b) Structure: Present Perfect Tense
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- explain the present perfect tense
- give examples of present perfect tense
- convert present tense to present perfect tense with examples
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Whole Class brainstorms about an action that started in the past and progressed into the present to generate the meaning of present perfect tense.
- Pupils, as a class, consider five relevant sentences given and manipulate games to explain the present perfect tense.
- Pupils, in small groups, identify examples of present perfect tense in a given passage and each group leader takes turns to present their findings to the class.
- Pupils pair up to change ten given present tense (sentences) to the present perfect tense.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and collaboration
- Leadership and personal development
- Creativity and imagination.
- Critical thinking and problem solving.
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Charts/Flashcards
- Truth or Lie Games
TOPIC: (c) Comprehension and Vocabulary Development (Attribute of Truthfulness)
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- identify and explain the key word in the passage:
- use the key words and unfamiliar words in sentences
- deduce the main ideas and supporting ideas from the given passage
- infer the appropriate answers from the given passage to questions;
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, as a class, having read a given passage, identify arid explain the key words in the passage
- Pupils, in pairs, use the key words and unfamiliar words in sentences.
- Pupils in small groups differentiate between the main ideas and supporting ideas in the passage and share with the class
- Pupils, in small groups, analyze the passage to derive the meanings of implied ideas.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and collaboration
- Critical thinking and problem solving.
- Leadership and personal development
- Citizenship
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIOVISUAL RESOURCES
- Flash cards
TOPIC: (d) Writing: Debate: “Corporal punishment should not be enforced in school”
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- describe characteristics of a debate
- Explain the registers of a debate
- Demonstrate understanding of debate procedures debates.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils are presented with video dips of live debate competitions to guide them describing the characteristics/ element of a debate
- Pupils in group Explain the registers of a debate with reference to the video clip and their experiences in debate
- Pupils who agree with the statement move to one side of the room, and those who disagree move to the other side. Then they take turns explaining why they are standing on that position.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and collaboration
- Critical thinking and problem solving.
- Leadership and personal development
- Citizenship
- Digital Literacy
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- charts
- Video clips
TOPIC: (f) Dictation for the week
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- Learners are to be guided to learn the following words: disgusting, copious, publicize, disciplined, overcome, subordination, trafficking, fickle, jubilant, rhythmical
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- For home study, each pupil looks up the meanings, word classes and pronunciation of the given words in a dictionary, and use each word in, at least, a sentence.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and collaboration
- Critical thinking and problem solving.
- Leadership and personal development
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Hard copy dictionary
- Online dictionary
WEEK: 11
TOPIC: (a) Speech work: /pl/ and /b/
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- recognize and pronounce the sounds Ipl and Ibl
- cite examples of words containing the sounds
- contrast the pairs with ten words each
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, as a class, listen to the production of the sounds on MP3 player or audio player.
- Pupils, as a class, mimic the mouth positioning model to pronounce both sounds.
- Pupils, in small groups, cite examples of words containing the sounds.
- Pupils, in small groups, provide words consisting of sounds to contrast the sounds with each other.
- Each group leader takes a turn to present their group work to the whole class for a critique.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and collaboration
- Leadership and personal development
- Critical thinking and problem solving.
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Charts
- Pronouncing Dictionary by Daniel Jones
- Tape recorder
TOPIC: (b) Comprehension and Vocabulary development: Reading a non-fiction passage
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- identify the topic sentence in each paragraph;
- establish the relationship between the topic sentence(s) and the main idea in a given passage;
- Attach contextual meanings to new words found in a given passage.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils listen to the teacher reading the passage with a view of identifying new words and getting their appropriate pronunciation.
- Pupils, in small groups, identify the topic sentence in each paragraph and relate it to the main idea in the passage.
- Pupils pair up to establish the relationship between their real life experiences and the main idea in the passage.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and collaboration
- Critical thinking and problem solving.
- Leadership and personal development
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Flash cards
TOPIC: (c) Writing: Reply to formal and informal invitations
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- Distinguish between content or style of an invitation letter from a response (reply) to an invitation letter
- differentiate between the features of a formal invitation to an informal invitation.
- write a reply to a birthday party invitation
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, as a class, study two samples of an invitation letter and a reply to the letter, compare the contents or styles of both letters; discuss together their findings on the differences.
- Pupil, in small groups, critically examine two samples of invitation letters given to each group, bring out differences between formal and informal invitation letters.
- Each pupil writes either formal or informal invitation letters on birthday party.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and collaboration
- Critical thinking and problem solving.
- Leadership and personal development
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- sample of formal and informal invitation letters
TOPIC: (d) Dictations for the week
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- Learners are to be guided to learn the following words: vandalism, sausage, sanctuary, scapegoat, prejudice, rainforest, rebellion, spectacles, supreme, species
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- For home study, each pupil looks up the meanings, word classes and pronunciation of the given words in a dictionary, and use each word in, at least, a sentence.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and collaboration
- Digital Literacy
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Hardcopy dictionary
- Online dictionary
WEEK: 12 Revision: Revise
WEEK: 13 EXAMINATION
WEEK: 14 EXAMINATION
Lagos State Unified English Scheme of Work Primary 5 for first term, second term and third term. Universal Basic Education. Schemeofwork.com
PRY 5 ENGLISH SCHEME OF WORK SECOND TERM
WEEK: 1
TOPIC: (a) Structure: Abbreviations and Acronyms
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- identify the features of abbreviated forms of words;
- differentiate between abbreviations and acronyms;
- apply standard English conventions in abbreviations of common words,
- compose the different forms of short letters/texts
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Students brainstorm about when they have written or read a text or any other kind of message with short form of words to derive the meaning of abbreviations and acronyms.
- Pupils, in small groups, write down and read out some common abbreviations or acronyms they come across daily.
- Pupils discuss the differences between acronyms and
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and collaboration.
- Critical thinking and Problem Solving.
- Digital Literacy
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Cell phone
- Computer System/Projector
- Videos
TOPIC: (b) Structure: Review of reported speech (command)
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- mention the rules guiding the reported speech;
- form command sentence;
- convert direct command sentence to reported command
- demonstrate the use of direct and reported commands in class
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, as a class, watch a short clip lesson on reported speech, therefore decode and list the rules guiding direct and indirect speech
- Pupils, in small groups, construct ten command sentences and share with class;
- Pupils, in small groups, convert their constructed direct commands to reported commands;
- Pupils, in pairs, stand at the center of class, conversing to demonstrate the use of reported command
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and Collaboration
- Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
- Leadership and Personal Development
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO VISUAL RESOURCES
- Charts/Flashcards
- Video clip
- Games on tenses
TOPIC: (c) Comprehension and Vocabulary Development: Reading to comprehend
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- identify the topic sentence in each paragraph;
- establish the relationship between the topic sentence(s) and the main idea in a given passage;
- attach contextual meanings to new words found in a given passage.
- construct sentences with the new words
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils listen to the teacher rend the passage with a view to identifying new words and getting their appropriate pronunciation.
- Pupils, in small groups, identify the topic sentence in each paragraph and relate it to the main idea in the passage.
- Pupils pair up to establish the relationship between their real life experiences and the main idea in the passage.
- Each pupil constructs sentences with the new words and show their teachers
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and Collaboration
- Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
- Leadership and Personal Development
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Flash cards
TOPIC: (d) Writing: Letter Writing: Responding to a Formal Invitation e.g. weddings, chieftaincy etc.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- make a list of occasions for formal invitation:
- give reasons for formal invitation
- identify the features of formal invitations; write responses to formal invitations
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, as class, brainstorm to list occasions that require formal invitations.
- Pupils, as groups, state reasons for formal invitations e.g. important dignitaries need invitation as evidence, for description, and reminder.
- Class discusses the format for responding to a formal invitation.
- Pupils, in small groups, study the sample cards provided by teacher;
- Pupils, in pairs, draft responses formal invitations of their own with teacher guiding them and share with the whole class.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and Collaboration
- Leadership and Personal Development
- Creativity and Imagination
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Charts on the features of invitation
- Sample of formal invitation cards
TOPIC: (e) Dictations for the Week
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- Learners are to be guided to master the spellings and meanings of the following words: Resident, electoral, emergency, experience, imprisonment, convicted, transmit, statistics, liberation, diplomatic
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- For home study, pupils, as individuals, look up the meanings, word classes and pronunciation of the given words in a dictionary, and use each word in, at least, a sentence.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and Collaboration
- Leadership and Personal Development
- Creativity and Imagination
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Hardcopy dictionary
- Online dictionary
WEEK: 2
TOPIC: (a) Speech work: Oral Composition talking about myself, family and environment
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- say out loud/pronounce relevant words on the topic:
- Compose sentences sequentially on the topic;
- develop ability to speak fluently about family
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, as a class, mention words related to self, family, environment and pronounce the words clearly and distinctively;
- Pupils, in small groups, use words on family in sentences
- Each pupil describes key features of their family
- Pupils, in pairs, discuss about ‘myself and my family’ fluently.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and Collaboration
- Leadership and Personal Development
- Creativity and Imagination
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Charts/Flashcards
- Audio player
- Smiley face game
- Pronouncing Dictionary by Daniel Jones
TOPIC: (b) Structure: Word Bank and Sentence Building
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- make many new words from a given words, define and provide examples of modal auxiliaries (must, ought to, will, have to, shall, can, must etc.)
- complete phrases with sentences;
- summarise a long sentence;
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, in small groups, brainstorm to provide many new words or compound words from the first given word. Examples:(custom) – customs; customer; customary, customs house; custom-made; custom-built etc. another group to find the synonyms of a given word e.g. cold), chilly; cold; icy; frosty; arctic; snowy; wintry; frozen etc.
- Pupils, in small groups, complete a phrase on the board by adding extra words to make it into a longer sentence; e.g. (the dog), I killed the dog; I killed the dog yesterday; I felt sad when I killed the dog yesterday etc.
- Pupils, in pairs, remove words and phrases from a long sentence and end that it remains as a sentence.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and Collaboration
- Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
- Leadership and Personal Development
- Imagination and creativity
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Charts/Flashcards
- Word/ Sentence Building Games
- Drilling Game
TOPIC: (c) Comprehension and Vocabulary: Law and Order
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- identify words related to law and order in a given passage
- write the meaning of the identified words and use them in another meaningful sentence.
- demonstrate how each word is applicable to law and
- derive answers from the passage to the given questions
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils collectively identify words associated with law and order in a video clip and a given passage after they have read the passage silently
- Pupils, in small groups, write the meaning of the identified words and use them in other meaningful sentences.
- Pupils pair up to demonstrate the words and sentences associated with law and order.
- Pupils, in each group, compare their answers with another groups, through their group leaders.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and Collaboration
- Leadership and Personal Development
- Creativity and Imagination
- Citizenship
- Digital Literacy
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Flash cards
- Pictures
- Video clip
- English textbook
TOPIC: (d) Writing: Formal Invitation as Opposed to Letter Writing
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- recall and describe formal invitations and letter writing
- contrast the features of formal invitation and letter writing;
- write a formal invitation and a formal letter.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, in small groups, based on their previous lessons, describe a formal invitation and a formal letter;
- Pupils, in pairs, study sample of formal invitations and formal letters to contrast their features. They share these features with the class.
- Following the samples, pupils, as individuals, write a formal invitation and a formal letter.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and Collaboration
- Leadership and Personal Development
- Creativity and imagination
- Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIOVISUAL RESOURCES
- Charts
- Sample of a formal invitation and a formal letter
TOPIC: (e) Dictation for the week
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- Learners are to be guided to learn the following words: Superintend, extraordinaire, entrepreneur, official, saboteur, journalism, supersede, guarantee, isolationism, evolutionary
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- For home study, each pupil looks up the meanings, word classes and pronunciation of the given words in a dictionary, and use each word in, at least, a sentence.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and Collaboration
- Digital Literacy
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Hard copy dictionary
- Online dictionary
WEEK: 3
TOPIC: (a) Speech work Dialogue on the experience of national Issues
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- identify proper ethics of discussion;
- demonstrate good mastery of words pronunciation, stress placement on word and intonations in sentences
- express their thoughts on the given topic fluently;
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- The class is divided into two groups. Each group has two discussants; the groups are guided to study the ethics of conversations.
- Each group has a brainstorming session for a few minutes; demonstrate among themselves on proper pronunciation of some words and stress/ intonation placements.
- The two discussants presented by each group articulate the position of their group on a given topical issue, while the teacher acts as a moderator.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and collaboration
- Critical thinking and Problem Solving
- Leadership and Personal Development
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
TOPIC: (b) Structure: Making and Responding Requests (Sentence Building)
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- identify differences between making requests and responding to offers
- classify the appropriate words that are for polite and casual request making
- form examples of request making with their responses
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, in small groups, study a given chart identify the differences between the styles of making and responding to requests.
- Pupils, in pairs, are guided to classify words for polite and casual requests e.g. politeness: ‘Could you open the window for me, please?’ ‘Would you mind opening the window for me , please?’ Casual request: ‘Can you open the window for me, please?
- iii) Pupils, in small groups, construct sentences on making and responding requests and share with the class through the group leaders. E.g. ‘Can I help you?’ ‘Yes, please, I want to buy an orange’. Or ‘No thanks, I’m just looking’.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and Collaboration
- Digital Literacy
- Leadership and Personal Development
- Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Chart/Flashcards
- Real objects
WEB RESOURCES
- www.english-athome-com
TOPIC: (c) Comprehension and Vocabulary: ‘Children’s Novel’
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- differentiate between main ideas and supporting ideas in each paragraph;
- recognize the unfamiliar words in a selected passage
- Construct sentences with the words
- Infer implied meanings of ideas in the passage text.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, in small groups, deduce main ideas from supporting idea in a given text
- Pupils pair up to highlight the unfamiliar words in a given text and check for their meanings in Dictionary/online.
- Pupils, in groups, use the identified words in sentences.
- Pupils, in small groups, analyze the passage to derive the meanings of implied ideas.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and Collaboration
- Leadership and Personal development
- Creativity and imagination
- Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Flash cards
- English textbook
WEB RESOURCES
TOPIC: (d) Writing: Letter writing – Informal Letter
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- explain the features of an informal letter;
- read a comprehension passage written in an informal letter form; write letters to friends in another schools about their school’s activities.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, as a class, recall and explain features of an informal letter;
- Pupils, in small groups, read a comprehension passage presented inform of an informal letter in order to observe its formats. The group leaders share the formats with the class.
- Following the samples, pupils write letters to their friends
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and Collaboration
- Leadership and Personal development
- Creativity and imagination
- Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIOVISUAL RESOURCES
- Charts
- Sample letters
WEB RESOURCES
- https://www.successcds.net/leamenglish/writingskills/informal-letterformat-examplestopics.html
- https://youtu.be/f6hSMGGB6hs
TOPIC: (e) Supplementary Reading: Story Book
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- share with other pupils the story read;
- discuss lessons learnt from the book;
- relate events in the story to their personal lives.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Each pupil reads are commended storybook/play/poem from Lagos State approved book list.
- Each pupil discusses the main idea of the story.
- Pupils, in small groups, share information from the story.
- Pupils, in pairs, establish relationships between ideas using evidence from the passage.
- Each pupil discusses the lessons/values learnt from the story.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and Collaboration
- Leadership and Personal Development
- Citizenship
- Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO VISUAL RESOURCES
- Flash cards
- Lagos State Recommended Literature Text
TOPIC: (f) Dictation for the week:
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- Learners are to be guided to learn the following words: Exhaust, cashmere, champagne, schedule, fascism, controversial, chassis, gestation.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- For home study, each pupil looks up the meanings, word classes and pronunciation of the given words in a dictionary, and use each word in, at least, a sentence.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and Collaboration
- Digital Literacy
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Hard copy dictionary
- Online dictionary
WEEK: 4
TOPIC: (a) Speech work: Discussion on Roles of Individual Members of the Family
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- mention words associated with family;
- use the family related words for sentence building;
- act roles of family members with adequate discussion;
- compose poems on family.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, as a class, mention and distinctively Collaboration pronounce words related to family.
- Pupils, in small groups, use family related words in oral sentence building.
- Pupils, in small groups, demonstrate the roles of individual members of family with appropriate words usage in their discussions.
- Pupils, in pairs, compose poems and share with the class.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and Collaboration
- Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
- Leadership and Personal Development
- Creativity and imagination
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Charts/ flash cards
- Video clip on their roles
- Pronouncing dictionary by Daniel jones
- Audio CD
TOPIC: (b) Comprehension and Vocabulary Development: children’s poems
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- read selected children’s poems rhythmically.
- identify key words/lines that signal main ideas;
- construct sentences/ poems with the words in another context;
- answer questions from the poems.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, in small groups, read the selected rhymes rhythmically.
- Pupils, in pairs, point out the key words/lines related to the main idea and share with the class.
- Pupils are guided to use the key words in different sentences.
- Each pupil answers questions from selected poems.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and collaboration
- Leadership and Personal Development
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Charts/ flash cards showing new words
TOPIC: (c) Writing: Acknowledging Receipt of letters of Congratulations and Sympathy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- explain the features of acknowledgment letters
- describe the style of such letter
- compose/write an acknowledgement letter with appropriate register
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, as a class, study a given sample of acknowledgement letter thereafter, explain features of acknowledgement letters;
- Pupils, in pairs, describe the style of acknowledgement letters.
- Each pupil composes acknowledgement letters on ‘Congratulations or sympathy’.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and Collaboration
- Leadership and Personal Development
- Creativity and imagination
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Samples of acknowledge letters
TOPIC: (d) Dictations for the week
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- Learners are to be guided to learn the following words: Allusion, elation, treasure, thistle, chamois, confer, mortgage, abattoir, nightingale, colonel.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- For home study, each pupil looks up the meanings, word classes and pronunciation of the given words in a dictionary, and use each word in, at least, a sentence.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and Collaboration
- Digital Literacy
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Hardcopy dictionary
- Online dictionary
WEEK: 5
TOPIC: (a) Speech work Consonant Contrast /s/ and /z/
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- recognize and pronounce the sounds /s/ and /z/ correctly
- generate tens words containing the sounds
- draw the contrast between the sounds when used in words
- construct sentences with the pairs of sounds.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, as a class, identify the sounds from a given chart and pronounce them distinctively as pronounced from an available audio MP3 player.
- Pupils as a class, mimic the mouth positioning model to pronounce both sounds.
- Pupils, in small groups, come up with at least ten words on each of the sounds.
- Pupils, in small groups, contrast the production of both sounds in words (e.g. grace, graze-tense, tense, – course, cause, -face, phase, – dense, dens, -niece, knees, – police, -please, fierce, fears
- Pupils, in pairs, generate sentence using words that are containing the sounds
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
- Communication and Collaboration
- Digital Literacy
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIOVISUAL RESOURCES
- Charts/Flashcards
- Pronouncing Dictionary by Daniel Jones
TOPIC: (b) Structure: Types of Clause: Independent and Dependent Clause.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- explain the meaning of the term “clause”;
- differentiate between independent and dependent clauses;
- identify independent and dependent clauses in sentences.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, as a class, brainstorm on the meaning of clauses.
- Pupils, in pair, differentiate between independent and dependent clauses
- Pupils, in small groups, study a short passage to bring out both the independent and dependent clauses.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
- Communication and Collaboration
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIOVISUAL RESOURCES
- Charts/flashcards
- Passages
- Sentence Games
TOPIC: (c) Comprehension and Vocabulary Development Emphasis on new Words and meaning/Purpose
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- identify new words in a selected passage and use them in another context ,
- analyze the passage to bring out the main idea and purpose;
- answer questions from the selected passage.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, in pairs, identify new words from a given passage and use them in another context;
- Pupils, in small groups, criticize the passage to bring out denotative and connotative meaning;
- Pupils, in each group, answer questions from the passage and compare their answers with another groups through their group leaders
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and Collaboration
- Leadership and Personal Development
- Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
- Citizenship
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Newspaper clippings of an article
TOPIC: (d) Writing- Letter Asking
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- explain the features of features on the letter; of request
- analyze the style and tone of request letter;
- write a letter of request tone
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, in pairs, study a given sample of request letter and identify its features,
- Pupils, in small groups, study the style and tone of given two forms of letters of request.
- Following the features, each pupil writes a letter of request to a community head or a constituted authority asking for his support on provision of necessary social amenities into the community.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and Collaboration
- Citizenship
- Creativity and imagination
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Charts on the features tone and style of request letter
- Sample of request letter
TOPIC: (e) Dictation for the week
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- Learners are to be guided to learn the following words: Confidential, conspicuous, apostrophe, courtesy, simultaneous, trivialize busyness, terrestrial, erosion, suspicion
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- For home study, each pupil looks up the meanings, word classes and pronunciation of the given words in a dictionary, and use each word in, at least, a sentence.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and Collaboration
- Digital Literacy
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Hardcopy dictionary
- Online dictionary
WEEK: 6
TOPIC: (a) Speech work: A Folktale on Reward and Punishment
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- describe the features of folktales;
- explain the purpose of folktales;
- present folktales;
- deduce/infer lessons from the folktales.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, in pairs, read a given passage to study the features of folktales, share the description of features with the class orally,
- Pupils, in small groups, watch a video clip on a folktale and discuss its
- Pupils, in small groups, from their experiences share folktales with the class.
- Pupils, in pairs, say the lessons on reward and punishment they can derive from the folktales.
- Each pupil relates the lessons or morals of the story to their everyday lives.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and Collaboration
- Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
- Leadership and Personal Development
- Creativity and imagination
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Charts/ pictures on objects like tortoise, snail, frog etc.
- Video clip on folk tales
- Articles/ cartoon of folktales
TOPIC: (b) Structure Comparing Objects and People Using “same as”
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- recognize the use of comparison in any given passage
- mention situation in which same as could be used
- generate sentences with the use of “same as”
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, as a class, study a given passage to identify the use of comparison of object and people with the use of “same as”
- Pupils, in small groups, explain situation in which “same as” could be used;
- Pupils in pairs, play comparison games to generate sentences with the use of “same as” and share with the class E g “Your book is the same as mine”, “The robot was moving the same as human being”
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and Collaboration
- Leadership and Personal Development
- Creativity and imagination
- Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO VISUAL RESOURCES
- Comparison game
- Charts/ flash cards
TOPIC: (c) Comprehension and Vocabulary Development: Emphasis on New words and Meaning, simile and metaphor.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- read to draw out simile and metaphor from the selected passage;
- differentiate between main ideas and supporting ideas in a given passage;
- recognize the key words and the easily confused words in the given passage, and use them in different contexts correctly.
- lnfer implied meanings of ideas in the passage
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, as a class, read silently to draw out simile and metaphor from the given passage.
- Pupils pair up to deduce the main ideas leaving out supporting ideas in a given
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and Collaboration
- Leadership and Personal development
- Creativity and imagination
- Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO VISUAL RESOURCES
- Flash cards/posters
- Textbook
WEB RESOURCES
- https://examples.vourdictionary.com/socialinstitutionsexamples.html
- https://www.edutopia.ora/article/5-wayssupport-studentswho-struqqle-readinqcomprehension
TOPIC: (d) Writing: Letter of Absence from School
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- explain the features of letter of permission
- describe the style of such letter
- compose/write a letter of absence from school with appropriate register.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, in small groups, while reading the passage stop midway to pick out key words and confused words in the passage and use them in different contexts correctly and share with the class.
- Pupils, in small groups, analyze the passage to derive the meanings of implied ideas.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and Collaboration
- Leadership and Personal Development
- Creativity and imagination
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Sample of letter of absence
WEB RESOURCES
- https://www.docformats.com/apologv-letter-forabsence-from-scnool- due-to-illness
TOPIC: e) Supplementary Reading: Play
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- share with other pupils the drama text read;
- discuss lessons learnt from the book;
- relate events in the story to their personal lives.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, as a class, study a given sample of letter of permission thereafter, explain its features;
- Pupils, in pairs, describe style of the letter.
- Each pupil compose a letter of absence from school
- Each pupil reads a recommended storybook/play/poem from Lagos State approved book
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and Collaboration
- Leadership Personal and Development
- Citizenship
- Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIOVISUAL RESOURCES
- Flash cards
- Lagos State Recommended Literature Text list
TOPIC: (f) Dictation for the week
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- Learners are to be guided to learn the following words: Devastate, surcharge, indictment, confiscate, demonstrate, revenue, jersey, promulgate, demonstrator,
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, as individuals or in small groups, look up the meanings, word classes and pronunciation of the given words in a dictionary, and use each word in, at least, a sentence
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and collaboration
- Digital Literacy
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Hard copy dictionary
- Online dictionary
7 Mid-term tests and break
WEEK: 8
TOPIC: (a) Speech work: Expressing Function of Object
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- describe functions of object’ and mention its types
- distinguish objects from other items in sentences
- complete sentences with objects.
- generate five sentences and mention objects there
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, as a class, identify 3 types of objects (direct, indirect, prepositional objects) in a given chart of sentences and describe their functions
- Pupils, in small groups, distinguish an object from other items in a sentence: It can be a pronoun, noun, noun phrase or noun clause, which comes after a main verb (it is called a receiver of action in active sentence).
- Pupils, in small group, complete sentences with objects. Eg (a.) ’what do we sit on? – chair’ (b.) ‘what do we wash with? – soap. (C.) ‘Can you think of something for cutting?’- scissors Linking verbs to objects:
- Pupils, in pairs, generate
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and Collaboration
- Leadership and Personal development
- Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
AUDIO VISUAL RESOURCES
- Charts
- Game: Language builder Noun 2 audio player
- Pronouncing Dictionary by Daniel Jones
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Charts
- Game: language builder noun 2 audio player
- Pronouncing dictionary by Daniel jones
TOPIC: (b) Structure: Expressing Consequences or Cause and Effect with Use of “So…that”
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- identify the use of “so…that” in given sentences;
- discuss ways of joining simple sentences to form longer ones
- construct sentences by using ‘ so that’ to express cause and effect, result, purpose, consequence
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, as a class, study the sentences provided to identify the use of “so…that”
- Pupils, in small groups, discuss ways of joining simple sentence to form longer ones.
- Pupils, in pairs, construct different sentences to express the following: a. cause and effect: e.g. ‘James speaks so slowly that Faizah interest in what he is saying b. result: e.g. ‘She is so lazy that she cannot wash her school uniform’ c. purpose: e.g. ‘She reads harder so that she can pass her final year examinations consequence: e .g., ‘He drove so fast that he lost control at the junction’
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and Collaboration
- Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
- Leadership and Personal Development
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIOVISUAL RESOURCES
- charts
- website
TOPIC: (c) Comprehension and Vocabulary Development: Deriving New Words and Meaning
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- draw inferences from passages after reading.
- differentiate between main ideas and supporting ideas in a given passage,
- construct sentences with the key words and unfamiliar words derived from me passage.
- provide answers to the questions that follow the passage.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, at least4of them, read the passage (a paragraph per student) and draw inferences from the passage.
- Pupils pair up to discuss the implied messages and the meanings of new words in the context of the passage
- Pupils in small groups, form new sentences with the key words and unfamiliar words derived from the passage
- Pupils in small groups, reflect on the passage analyzing it in older to provide answers to the questions that follow the passage.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and Collaboration
- Leadership and Personal development
- Creativity and imagination
- Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Flash cards
TOPIC: (d) Writing: Writing formal and informal invitation letter
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- distinguish the contents or styles of a formal and informal invitation letters;
- differentiate between the features of a formal invitation to an informal invitation.
- write a formal and an informal invitation on any occasion
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, as a class, study two samples of invitation letters and compare the contents or styles of both letters; discuss together their findings on the differences,
- Pupil, in small groups, critically examine two samples of invitation letters given to each group, bring out differences between formal and informal invitation letters.
- Each pupil write a reply to invitation letter on birthday party.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and collaboration
- Critical thinking and Problem Solving
- Leadership and Personal Development
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Sample of invitation letters
WEB RESOURCES
- https://www.toppr.com/guides/english/writing/essay/
- https://thewritepractice.com/writinq-anessay/
- https://youty.be/2Uku7edfeUM
TOPIC: (e) Supplementary Reading: Poems
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- share with other pupils the poems read;
- discuss lessons learnt from the poems;
- relate events in the story to their personal lives.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Each pupil reads a recommended storybook/play/poem from Lagos State approved book list.
- Each pupil discusses the main idea of the story.
- Pupils, in small groups, share information from the story.
- Pupils, in pairs, establish relationships between ideas using evidence from the passage.
- Each pupil discusses the lessons/values learnt from the story theme in the poems with real life situation.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and Collaboration
- Leadership and Personal Development
- Citizenship
- Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIOVISUAL RESOURCES
- Flash cards
- Lagos State Recommended Literature Text
TOPIC: (f) Dictation for the week
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- Learners are to be guided to learn the following words: gubernatorial, controversial, contemporaneous, editorial, herbaceous, negotiation, experimental, electrician humanitarian, electrician
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- For home study, each pupil looks up the meanings, word classes and pronunciation of the given words in a dictionary, and use each word in, at least a sentence.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and Collaboration
- Digital Literacy
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Hard copy Collaboration dictionary
- Online dictionary
WEEK: 9
TOPIC: (a) Speech work: Intonation Practice passage
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- read aloud, as a drill, to master the intonation patterns in a given script;
- draw out the intonation patterns in a given recorded dialogues;
- create dialogue to generate intonation in commands.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, as a class, listen to short recordings of everyday dialogues and then ‘shadow read’ the script or read it along with the tape using the same stress and intonation as the speakers. Pupils can repeat this exercise until their voices sound similar to voice on the recording.
- Pupils, in small groups, note down or record some examples of intonation of the speakers in the dialogues
- Pupils pair up to create a dialogue to form intonation in commands and share with the class, (e.g. “Put that down!”,”Go over there!”)—falling tone. Visit this site for more information Ion the topic
- https //www fluentu com/blog/eduIcator -english/intonation-activitiesteachininq-enqlish/
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and Collaboration
- Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
- Imagination and creativity
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Tape Recorder;
- Books with different songs
- Videos
Web Resources
- https://www.leamenglishtodav.com.’pronunciation-stress.intonation.html
- https://www.tefl.net/elfjdeas,pronunciation/top-fun-pronuciationgames!
TOPIC: (b) Structure: Articles
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- give examples of definite and indefinite articles;
- distinguish between definite and indefinite articles;
- use definite and indefinite articles in sentences
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, in small groups, study a short text and identify definite and indefinite articles,
- Pupils, as a class, specify the uses of articles having reflected on how they are used in an assigned text,
- Pupils pair up with their peers to use both indefinite and definite articles in sentences
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and collaboration
- Critical thinking and Problem Solving
- Leadership and Personal Development
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Flash cards/ charts
TOPIC: C) Comprehension and Vocabulary Development: Teaching New Words and Meaning
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- recognize simile and metaphor used in the passage;
- identify key information from the passage
- differentiate between main ideas and supporting ideas in a given passage;
- construct sentences with the key words and unfamiliar words derived from the passage,
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, as a class, read and recognize the use of simile and metaphor in the
- Pupils pair up to discuss the implied messages and the meanings of new words in the context of the passage,
- Pupils, in small groups, form new sentences with the key words and unfamiliar words derived from the passage,
- Pupils, in small groups, identify actual information using evidence from the passage.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and Collaboration
- Leadership and Personal development
- Creativity and imagination
- Critical Thinking and problem solving
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIOVISUAL RESOURCES
- flash cards
TOPIC: (d) Writing: Letter of Congratulation
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- explain the features of letter of congratulation
- describe the style of such letter
- compose/write a letter of congratulation with appropriate register.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, as a class, study a given sample of letter of congratulation thereafter, explain its features;
- Pupils, in pairs, describe style of the letter.
- Each pupil composes a letter of congratulation to an individual, a new couple or an organization on….
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and Collaboration
- Leadership and Personal Development
- Creativity and imagination
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Sample of letter of Congratulation
TOPIC: (e) Dictation for the week
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- Learners are to be guided to learn the following words: mosquitoes, aggravate, yoghurt , constructive, assuage, deluge, ingredient vanguard, retreated convocation,
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- For home study, Each pupil looks up the meanings, word classes and pronunciation of the given words in a dictionary, and use each word in, at least, a sentence.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and Collaboration
- Leadership and Personal Development
- Creativity and imagination
- Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Hard copy dictionary
- Online dictionary
WEEK: 10
TOPIC: (a) Speech work: Children’s Novel
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- read the text audibly and pronounce the new words correctly,
- construct sentences with the identified new words orally;
- discuss orally the meanings and lesson they can derive from the text
- answer questions follow the passage orally.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, as a class, read the selected text in turns and pay attention to their audibility and pronunciations;
- Pupils, as groups, form sentences orally/ dialogues with the identified new words.
- Pupils, in pair, discuss the meaning and lessons derived from the text in the class.
- Pupils, in small groups, answer questions follow the passage and share with the class through the group leaders.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and Collaboration
- Leadership and Personal Development
- Creativity and imagination
- Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIOVISUAL RESOURCES
- Video clips of poems
- Clippings from editorials
- Charts/Flashcards
- Novel
WEB RESOURCES
- https://www.google.com/search?source=univ&tbm=isch&q=materials+to+teach+H+Phonics+Children%E2%8
TOPIC: (b) Structure: Construction with the Past Tense, then Past Perfect Tense
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- explain the past perfect tense
- give examples of past perfect tense
- covert past tense to past perfect tense with examples
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils brainstorm about a sentence which articulate an event that started at an earlier point in the past and was concluded at a later time in the past to derive the meaning of past perfect tense.
- Pupils, as a class, consider five relevant sentences given and manipulate games to explain the past perfect tense.
- Pupils in groups identify examples of past perfect tense in a given passage, and each group leader takes a turn to present their findings to the class,
- Pupils pair up to change ten given past tense (sentences) to past perfect tense.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and Collaboration
- Leadership and Personal Development
- Creativity and imagination
- Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIOVISUAL RESOURCES
- Charts/Flashcards
- Truth or Lie Games
WEB RESOURCE
- https://www.pinterest.com/pin/626704104377644017/
TOPIC: (c) Comprehension and Vocabulary Development Health: Sickness and Cure for Human Ailments
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- identify and explain the key word in the passage:
- use the key words and unfamiliar words in sentences
- deduce the main ideas and supporting ideas from the given passage
- infer the appropriate answers from the given passage to questions;
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, as a class, having read a given passage, identify and explain the key words in the passage
- Pupils, in pairs, use the key words and unfamiliar words in sentences
- Pupils, in small groups, differentiate between the main ideas and supporting ideas in the passage and share with the class
- Each pupil provide answers to the questions that follow the passage.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and collaboration
- Critical thinking and Problem Solving
- Leadership and Personal Development
- Collaboration and Communication
- Citizenship
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO VISUAL RESOURCES
- Flash cards
WEB RESOURCES
- https://www.readingrockets.org/article/strateqies-promotecomprehension
- https:/bookpages.com/blog/teacher-guide-comprehension-strategy-lesson-plans/
TOPIC: (d) Writing: Writing Indicating Direction
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- identify the features of giving directions
- draw out a layout of directions
- write direction to a specific place.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, in groups, study a given direction to identify its features; e.g. a.) use of imperative (or command) form of the verb (go left; turn right etc.) b.) Write/speak briefly, simply and accurately. C) present it orderly/chronologically, d.) Give approximate distances etc.
- Pupils in groups, draw out a layout of directions and explain it in paragraphs with the appropriate registers, share with the whole class through the group leaders.
- Each pupil writes directions from their homes to school.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and collaboration
- Critical thinking and Problem Solving
- Creativity and Imagination
- Citizenship
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Charts
- Sample of direction
- Video clip
TOPIC: (e) Dictation for the week
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- Learners are to be guided to learn the following words: Phoenix, bouquet, naught, rostrum, housemaid, autumn, string, hyperactive, forecastle, paradigmatic
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- For home study, each pupil looks up the meanings, word classes, and pronunciation of the given words in a dictionary, and use each word in, at least, a sentence.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and collaboration
- Critical thinking and Problem Solving
- Leadership and Personal Development
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Hard dictionary
- Online dictionary
WEEK: 11
TOPIC: (a) Speech work Diphthongs Contrast/i/ and /ei/
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- recognize and pronounce the sounds
- cite examples of words containing the sounds
- contrast the pairs with ten words each
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, as a class, identify the sounds on a displayed chart; listen to the production of the sounds on MP3 player or audio player.
- Pupils mimic the mouth positioning model to pronounce both sounds.
- Pupils, in small groups, cite examples of words containing the sounds.
- Pupils, in small groups, provide words consisting of the sounds; contrast the sounds with each other.
- Each group leader takes a turn to present their group work to the whole class for a critique.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and Collaboration
- Leadership and Personal Development
- Creativity and imagination
- Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Charts
- Pronouncing dictionary by Daniel Jones
- Tape recorder
TOPIC: (b) Structure: Verb Phrase as Verb Phrase Compliments Using verbs phrase complement with adverb plus to (infinitive)
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- explain verb phrase complements in English Grammar
- describe two grammatical forms that can function as verb phrase complements;
- construct sentences on using phrase complement with adverbial plus to (infinitive).
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, in small groups, study ten sentences to explain verb phrase complements
- Pupil, as a class, are guided to classify verb phrase complement into two (a ) prepositional phrase (b ) verb phrase
- Students pair up with their peers to explain verb phrase and compose sentences with verb phrase complements. E g A verb phrase is a verb plus any infinitive markers, auxiliary verbs particles, modifiers, and complements (a) He intends to buy a new car (b) She has to pass the examinations (c) The man happens to own the estate.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and Collaboration
- Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
- Leadership and Personal Development
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Flash cards and charts
TOPIC: (c) Comprehension and Vocabulary development: Reading for further understanding of relationship between ideas
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- identify the topic sentence in each paragraph;
- establish the relationship between the topic sentence(s) and the main idea in a given passage;
- attach contextual meanings to new words found in a given passage.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils listen to the teacher read the passage and identify new words.
- Pupils pronounce the new words.
- Pupils, in small groups, identify the topic sentence in each paragraph and relate it to the main idea in the passage.
- Pupils pair up to establish the relationship between their real life experiences and the main idea in the passage.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and Collaboration
- Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
- Leadership and Personal Development
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO VISUAL RESOURCES
- Flash cards
WEB RESOURCES
- https://reltsonlinetests.com
- https://www.readingrockets.org/article/seven-strategies-teachstudents-textcomprehension
TOPIC: (d) Writing: Letter of Appreciation
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- explain the features of letter of appreciation
- describe the style of such letter
- compose/write a letter of appreciation with appropriate register.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, as a class, study a given sample of letter of appreciation thereafter, explain its features.
- Pupils, in pairs, describe style of the letter.
- Each pupil composes a letter of appreciation to an individual, or an organization on.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and Collaboration
- Leadership and Personal Development
- Creativity and imagination
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIOVISUAL RESOURCES
- Sample of letter of appreciation
WEB RESOURCES
- https://www.toppr.com/guides/english/writing/essay/
- https://thewritepractice.com/writing-an-essay/
- https://youtu.be/2Uku7edfeUM
TOPIC: (e) Dictations for the week
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- Learners are to be guided to learn the following words: stationary, stationery, monosyllabic, confusions, interdenominational, matriculation, typographical, inarticulate distinctive, deception.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- For home study, each pupil looks up the meanings, word classes and pronunciation of the given words in a dictionary, and use each word in, at least, a sentence.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and Collaboration
- Digital Literacy
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Hard copy dictionary
- Online dictionary
WEEK: 12 Revision: Revise
WEEK: 13 EXAMINATION
WEEK: 14 EXAMINATION
Lagos State Unified English Scheme of Work Primary 5 for first term, second term and third term. Universal Basic Education. Schemeofwork.com
Pry 5 third term English Scheme of Work
WEEK: 1
TOPIC: Speech work: Intonation Practice passage (Request)
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- read dialogues aloud repeatedly to master the intonation patterns in a given script;
- draw out the intonation patterns in a given recorded dialogues;
- create dialogue to generate intonation in request form.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, as a class, listen to short recordings of everyday dialogues and then ‘shadow read’ the script or read it along with the tape using the same stress and intonation as the speakers. Pupils can repeat this exercise until their voice sound similar to voice on the recording.
- Pupils, in small groups, note down or record some examples of intonation of the speakers in the dialogues
- Pupils pair up to create a dialogue to form intonation in requests and share with the class, (e.g. “Will you lend me your pen?”, “Would you call him for me?”)—rising tone.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and Collaboration
- Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
- imagination and creativity.
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Tape recorder
- Videos
- Books with different song
TOPIC: (b) Structure: Linking Words: such as although, because, but, so…that etc.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- identify linking words;
- classify linking words according to their functions;
- form sentences and paragraphs with linking words.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, as a class, are introduced to linking words on charts and also guided to identify linking words’ in a given passage.
- Pupils, in small groups, classify the identified linking words based on their functions in sentences and share with class; e.g. a. cause/Effect (because, so…that) b. opposition (although, but) Contrast (but, whereas), d. Addition (and) etc
- Pupils, in pairs, use linking words in different sentences and share with the class.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and Collaboration
- Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
- Leadership and Personal Development
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Charts/Flash cards
- Video clip
- Games on tenses
TOPIC: (c) Comprehension and Vocabulary Development: Reading to comprehend main ideas and acquire new words main ideas and acquire new words
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- identify the topic sentence in each paragraph;
- establish the relationship between the topic sentence(s) and the main idea in a given passage;
- attach contextual meanings to new words found in a given passage.
- construct sentences with the new words
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils listen to the teacher read the passage with a view to identifying new words and getting their appropriate pronunciation.
- Pupils, in small groups, identify the topic sentence in each paragraph and relate it to the main idea in the passage
- Pupils pair up to establish the relationship between their real life experiences and tire main idea in the passage.
- Each pupil constructs sentences with the new words and show their teachers
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and Collaboration
- Leadership and Personal Development
- Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
- Citizenship
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Flash cards
TOPIC: (d) Writing: Composition involving expression of personal opinion.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- state qualities of expressing opinions: e.g.
- identify common phrases for opinions
- describe how people express their opinions e.g. They can agree or disagree with one another If .
- discus the procedures for expressing personal or general opinions; e.g. formal or informal procedures
- compose/write an essay on a given topic to express ones opinion.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, in pairs, dialogue with each other and embrace the following qualities in their conversations: Be brief, show empathy with other opinions, disagree politely, use appropriate words/ register etc.;
- Pupils, in small groups, identify common phrases for personal opinions e.g.” I think, I believe…, I feel…, In my honest opinion, etc.
- Pupils, as groups, study samples of opinions writing, deduce procedures from the write up and discuss both with the whole class;
- Each pupil writes their opinions on a given topic.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and Collaboration
- Leadership and Personal Development
- Creativity and Imagination
- Citizenship
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Charts on the features of invitation
- Sample of formal invitation cards
TOPIC: (e) Dictations for the Week
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- Learners are to be guided to learn the following words: merchandise, bribery, torture, corporal, immediately, opportunity, recognizes, vacuum, accidentally, ubiquitous.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- For home study, pupils, as individuals, look up the meanings, word classes and pronunciation of the given words in a dictionary, and use each word in, at least, a sentence.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and Collaboration
- Digital Literacy
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Hardcopy dictionary
- Online dictionary
WEEK: 2
TOPIC: (a) Speech work: Expressing Congratulations
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- identify congratulatory speech presentation
- use appreciation words (like: Excellent! Well done! keep it up) to acknowledge the effort, dedication, or skill of someone;
- discuss the qualities of a good congratulatory speech;
- express good wishes for future success to improve English speaking skill
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, in small groups, read congratulatory cards to identify congratulatory speech presentation;
- Pupils, in small groups, use congratulatory words or expressions for successful candidates in their class organized interview;
- Pupils, in pairs, through the group presentations identify and discuss the qualities of congratulatory speech;
- Pupils, as a class, use congratulatory speech for one another to improve their English speaking skill.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and Collaboration
- Leadership and Personal Development
- Creativity and Imagination
- Citizenship
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Charts/Flashcards
- Congratulatory cards
- Pronouncing Dictionary by Daniel Jones
TOPIC: (b) Structure: Passage based on illustrating ‘when’ adverbial structure
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- identify adverbials in sentences’;
- examine the use and function of ‘when’ in sentences;
- construct long sentences with ‘when;
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, in small groups, study a given passage to identify all adverbials used in it;
- Pupils, in pairs, examine the use and function of ‘when’ in sentences: eg. It is used as an adverbial of time, it introduces dependent clause, it is a linking word that join two clauses together (main and subordinate clauses). The man came when it was raining
- Pupils, in pairs, construct long sentences and paragraphs with ‘when’.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and Collaboration
- Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
- Leadership and Personal Development
- Imagination and creativity
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Charts/Flashcards
- Word/ Sentence Building Games
- Drilling Game
TOPIC: (c) Comprehension and Vocabulary Development: Emphasis on new Words and Meaning/ purpose
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- identify new words in a selected passage and use them in another context;
- analyze the passage to bring out the main idea and purpose;
- answer questions from the selected passage.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, in pairs, identify news from a given passage and use them in another context.
- Pupils, in small groups, criticize the passage to bring out denotative and connotative meaning.
- Pupils, in each group, answer questions from the passage and compare their answers with another groups, through their group leaders.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and Collaboration
- Leadership and Personal Development
- Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
- Citizenship
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Newspaper clipping of an attitude
TOPIC: (d) Writing: Expository Essay: Basic Concept of Drug Abuse
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- identify and describe the features of an expository essay;
- discuss the topic orally;
- compose and write an essay on a drug abuse.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, in pairs, study a given sample of expository essay; identify its features/style; describe the features for the class.
- Pupils, as groups, discuss the topic orally, paying attention on causes, effects, solutions to drug abuse;
- Each pupil writes a simple essay on the given topic.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and Collaboration
- Leadership and Personal Development
- Creativity and Imagination
- Citizenship
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Charts on the features of invitation
- Sample of formal invitation cards
TOPIC: (e) Dictation for the week
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- Learners are to be guided to learn the following words: Camouflage, demitasse, glucose, inexorable, occasionally, prescience, superintendent, department, embrace, eliminate
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- For home study, each pupil looks up the meanings, word classes, and pronunciation of the given words in a dictionary, and use each word in, at least, a sentence.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and Collaboration
- Digital Literacy
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Hard copy dictionary
- Online dictionary
WEEK: 3
TOPIC: (a) Speech work: observing and reporting things, complete action
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- identity the features of report presentation;
- explain the style of report;
- present a report on an incident orally.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, as a class, read/listen to a given sample of report of a case; identify the features of report presentation;(e.g. introduction , body, conclusion).
- Pupils, in small group, explain the style of report (e.g. concise detail, clarity/accuracy, logicality, using passive voice, past tense, objectivity, etc.
- A video clap on an incident (e.g. accident, fighting, protest etc.) is displayed to be watched by the class. Pupils pair up to present a report as eyewitness on the scene.
- Each pupil present report on their experiences on any incident/ scene etc
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and collaboration
- Critical thinking and Problem Solving
- Leadership and Personal Development
- Digital Literacy
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Charts
- Passage
- Audio player/ computer system/ projector
TOPIC: (b) Structure: Passage Based on Conversation with ‘that / which’ Adjectival Clause
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- identify the use of that/which adjectival clause in a given passage;
- insert ‘that/ which ‘appropriately in a fill in the gap passage;
- match make/ connect noun phrases and clauses together with ‘that/which’ to form sentences
- form sentences and paragraphs with the use that/which;
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, as a class, read/listen to a given passage and identify the use of ‘that1 which’ adjectival clause in a conversation.
- Pupils, in small groups, read a passage with some blank spaces and fill them with that/which;
- Pupils pair up to match mark some given noun phrases or main clauses with relative/adjectival clauses(that/which) to form complex sentences.
- Pupils, in small groups, present dialogue involving use of ’that/which’ adjectival clause.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and collaboration
- Critical thinking and Problem Solving
- Leadership and Personal Development
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Charts
- Passage
- Audio player
TOPIC: (c) Comprehension and Vocabulary: Road Safety
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- differentiate between main ideas and supporting ideas in each paragraph;
- recognize the unfamiliar words in a selected passage
- construct sentences with the words
- answer questions on the passage
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, in small groups, deduce main ideas from supporting idea in a given text
- pupils pairs up to highlight the unfamiliar words in a given text and check for their meanings in Dictionary/online.
- Pupils, in small groups, use the identified words in sentences.
- The group leaders present their answers to the class for critique.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and collaboration
- Leadership and Personal development
- Creativity and imagination
- Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Flash cards
- Passage from relevant materials e.g. Road Safety.
TOPIC: (d) Writing: Descriptive (Elements of Soil)
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- classify the soil according to types (suitability different types of soil for plant growth;
- state major characteristics of soil and its properties; write simple descriptive composition about soil.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, as a class, study elements of soil on a chart and list its types: clay, loamy, sandy;
- Pupils, in small groups, walk round the school premises to collect soil samples to discuss their major characteristics of soil and its properties in relation to land use potentials.
- Following the teacher’s guidelines,
- Each pupil writes descriptive essay on soil.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and Collaboration
- Leadership and Personal Development
- Creativity and imagination
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIOVISUAL RESOURCES
- Charts
- Soil Samples
- Water
- Seedling
- Guided composition model
TOPIC: (E) Supplementary Reading: Story Book
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- share with other pupils the story read:
- discuss lessons learnt from the book;
- relate events in the story to their personal lives
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Each pupil reads a recommended story/play/poem from Lagos State approved book list
- Each pupil discusses the main idea of the story,
- Pupils, in small groups, share information from the story,
- Pupils, in pairs, establish relationships between ideas using evidence from the passage
- Each pupil discusses the lessons/values learnt from the story
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and Collaboration
- Leadership and Personal Development
- Citizenship
- Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Flash cards
- Lagos State Recommended Literature Text
TOPIC: (f) Dictation for the week:
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- Learners are to be guided to learn the following words: ambulance, tornado, thoughtful, mammal, enjoyment, consequently, phantom, souvenir, questionnaire, fantastic.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- For home study, each pupil looks up the meaning, words, classes, and pronunciation of the given words in a dictionary, and use each word in, at least, a sentence.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and collaboration
- Digital Literacy
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Hard copy dictionary
- Online dictionary
WEEK: 4
TOPIC: (a) Speech work: Contrasting Diphthongs in Pairs /au/and Au/, /Ii/ and / u/
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- recognize and pronounce the sounds /au/, iMl correctly
- generate tens words containing the sounds
- draw the contrast between the sounds when used in words
- Construct sentences with the pairs of sounds.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, as a class, identify the sounds from a given chart and pronounce them distinctively as pronounced from an available audio MP3 player,
- Pupils, in small groups, come up with at least ten words on each of the sounds.
- Pupils, in small groups, contrast the production of sounds in words: /au/, /iii/ (eg. Now-no, how-owe, pow-mow, cow-crow, owl-own, drowndrone)/d/ and Aiu/ (boy-bone, boil-boat, toy-tone, point-poll, moist-most etc.)
- Pupils, in pairs, generate sentence using words that are containing the sounds
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Critical thinking and problem solving
- Communication and collaboration
- Digital Literacy
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Charts/ flash
- Pronouncing Dictionary by Daniel Jones
TOPIC: (b) Structure: Construction with the Past Tense, Past Perfect Tense
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- explain the past tense with examples;
- classify past tense and past perfect tense in a passage
- covert past tense to past perfect tense with examples
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, as a class, consider five relevant sentences given and manipulate games to explain the past tense.
- Pupils, in groups, identify and classify the examples of past tense and past perfect tense in a given passage, and each group leader takes a turn to present their findings to the class,
- Pupils pair up to change ten given past tense (sentences) to past perfect tense.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and Collaboration
- Leadership and Personal development
- Creativity and imagination
- Critical Thinking and problem solving
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Charts/ flash cards
- Truth or lie game
TOPIC: (c) Comprehension and Vocabulary Development; Emphasis on new Words Tone , Mood and, Meaning/Purpose
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- identify a speakers/ writer’s tone in a text;
- analyze a text to bring out its mood and purpose,
- relate the issue raised in the text to their real life experiences
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, as a class, discuss the meanings of tone, mood and purpose of a text oral passage.
- Pupils, in small groups, critique a text to identify its tone, mood and purpose.
- Pupils share life experiences related the text
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and Collaboration
- Leadership and Personal development
- Critical Thinking and problem solving
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Newspaper clippings on an article
TOPIC: (d) Writing: Debate: “A Farmer is more Important than a teacher’ Or any other topical topic.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- describe characteristics of a debate;
- explain elements of debate;
- demonstrate understanding of debate presentation.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils are presented with the topic, ‘A Farmer is more Importance than a teacher’ pupils who agree with the statement move to one side of the room, and those who disagree move to the other side. Then they take turns explaining why they are standing on that position.
- Pupils, as a class, discuss the characteristics and elements of a debate.
- Pupils, in small groups, work in a more structured manner to take a point of view on an assigned topic and generate reasons to support their views.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and collaboration
- Critical thinking and Problem Solving
- Leadership and Personal Development
- Creativity and Imagination
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
WEB RESOURCES
- https://www.cultofpedagogv.com/persuasivewvriting/
- https://www.edutopia.org/article/strateqiesteachinq-arqumentwritinq
- https://www.literacvideas.com/writinq-an-essay-for-teachersand-students
TOPIC: (e) Dictation for the week
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- Learners are to be guided to learn the following words: significance, commentary, maximum. Participation, congregation, wheelchair, excitement, cowardice, Pentecostal, broadcasting
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- For home study, each pupil looks up the meanings, word classes and pronunciation of the given words in a dictionary, and use each word in, at least, a sentence.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and Collaboration
- Digital Literacy
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Hardcopy dictionary
- Online dictionary
WEEK: 5
TOPIC: (a) Speech work: Contrasting Diphthongs in Pairs /ai/and /au/, Contrasting monopthongs and diphthongs lei and le\l /a:/ and /ai/
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- recognize and pronounce the sounds /au/, /Du/ correctly
- generate tens words containing the sounds
- draw the contrast between the sounds when used in words
- Construct sentences with the pairs of sounds.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, as a class, identify the sounds from a given chart and pronounce them distinctively as pronounced from an available audio MP3 player.
- Each pupil mimics the mouth positioning model to pronounce both sounds.
- Pupils, in small groups, come up with at least ten words on each of the sounds.
- Pupils, in small groups, contrast the production of sounds in words: /ai/, le\l (eg. Buy-bay, pie-pay, lielay, )/e/ and le\l (pen-pain, den-Dane, many-main, boilboat, etc.), /a:/ and /ai/ (areeye, bar-by, hard-hide, parkspark etc)
- Pupils, in pairs, generate sentence using words that are containing the sounds
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
- Communication and Collaboration
- Digital Literacy
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO VISUAL RESOURCES
- Charts/Flashcards
- Pronouncing Dictionary by Daniel Jones
TOPIC: (b) Structure: Construction with Prepositional Verbs vs. Phrasal Verbs: Position of the object
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- describe the prepositional verbs and phrasal verbs
- differentiate between prepositional verbs and phrasal verbs;
- Construct sentences showing position of the object of a phrasal verb and position of the of a prepositional verb.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, in small groups, study ten sentences to identify and describe prepositional verbs and phrasal verbs: a.) structurally, a phrasal verb can be made up of a verb +adverb (throw away) or a verb+ adverb + preposition (put up with). b) A prepositional verb is made up of a verb+ preposition (think for, wait for etc.)
- Pupils, as a class, are guided to distinguish prepositional verbs from phrasal verbs. (a.) With a phrasal verb, the object can be either between the verb and adverb or after the adverb; it must be in between the verb and adverb if the object is a pronoun. 1. He took his school uniform 2. He took off his school uniform, (b.) The object is used the preposition alone in a prepositional verb.eg she waited for the man.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and Collaboration
- Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
- Leadership and personal Development
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Charts/ flash cards
- Passage
- Sentence game
TOPIC: (c) Comprehension and Vocabulary Development: Emphasis on new Words and Meaning/Purpose
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- identify new words in a selected passage and use them in another context;
- analyze the passage to bring out the main idea and purpose;
- answer questions from the selected passage.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, in pairs, identify news from a given passage and use them in another context;
- Pupils, in small groups, critique the passage to bring out denotative and connotative meaning;
- Pupils, in each group, answer questions from the passage and compare their answers with another groups through their group leaders
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and Collaboration
- Leadership and Personal Development
- Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
- Citizenship
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Newspaper clippings of an article
TOPIC: (d) Writing: Descriptive Essay. Write composition on ‘My School”
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- highlight the features of a descriptive essay;
- familiarize more with their immediate environment: school to form outlines on the topic;
- complete a guided essay on ‘My School’;
- write a descriptive essay on ” My Student”.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, as a class, observe, think, and reflect on what constitutes the features of a descriptive essay based on the sample provided.
- Pupils, in groups, form outlines on description of their school by considering name, location, year of establishment, physical outlook, human and material resources, achievements etc. of school.
- Pupils pair up to complete a given guided essay on the topic and share with the class
- Each pupil composes essays on the given topic.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and collaboration
- Leadership and Personal Development
- Creativity and imagination
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Charts
- Samples of descriptive essay
- school
TOPIC: (e) Dictation for the week
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- Learners are to be guided to learn the following words: harmony, helicopter, gymnastics, haphazard, hurricane, imitate, immigrant, hijack, gnash, gravity.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- For home study, each pupil looks up the meanings, word classes and pronunciation of the given words in a dictionary, and use each word in, at least, a sentence.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and Collaboration
- Digital Literacy
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Hard copy dictionary
- Online dictionary
WEEK: 6
TOPIC: (a) Speech work: Passages on National Values using correct Stress and Intonation.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- read, and pronounce stress and intonation patterns of, a given passage (discipline, commitment etc), correctly;
- Use intonation in connected speech while discussing the main and supporting ideas of the passage
- express their opinions on the topic through the use different pitch heights, range, intonation patterns, pause, and tempo.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, at least 4 of them, read the passage (a paragraph per pupil) audibly by paying attention to stress and intonation patterns.
- Pupils, in small groups, use correct stress and intonation patterns while discussing the main and supporting ideas of the given to the class;
- Pupils, in pairs, express their opinions with each other on the contents of the given passages and later share with the class audibly.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and Collaboration
- Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
- Leadership and Personal Development
- Citizenship
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO VISUAL RESOURCES
- Charts/Pictures on National values
- Passages or Video clips on National Values.
TOPIC: (b) Structure: Use of “That, Who, Which, and When’ to produce. Defining Relative Clauses
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- recall the relative pronouns
- identify the use of relative pronouns in sentences.
- explain defining clause with its features
- construct defining relative clause with and without relative pronouns.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, as a class, are guided through flashcards to recall relative pronoun;
- Pupils, in small groups, study a given passage to identify the use of relative pronouns in sentences;
- Pupils, in groups, study five given defining clauses as guides to explain and describe defining clause E.g. Commas or parentheses are not used to separate defining clause from the rest of the sentence etc.;
- Pupils pair up to construct sentences containing defining relative clauses. E.g. ‘Here are some oranges which have been affected’ then, they share their examples with the class.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and Collaboration
- Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
- Leadership and personal Development
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO VISUAL RESOURCES
- Charts/flashcards
- Passages
- Sentence Games
TOPIC: (C) Comprehension and Vocabulary Development: Family Needs and Resources.
- Emphasis on New words and Meaning, simile and metaphor.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- read to draw out simile and metaphor from the selected passage;
- differentiate between main ideas and supporting ideas in a given passage;
- recognize the key words and the easily confused words in the given passage, and use them in different contexts correctly.
- answer questions from the selected text.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, as a class, read silently to draw out simile and metaphor from the given passage;
- Pupils pair up to deduce the main ideas leaving out supporting ideas in a given text,
- Pupils, in small groups, while reading the passage stop midway to pick out key words and confused words in the passage and use them in different contexts correctly and share with the class,
- Pupils, in each group, compare their answers with another groups through their group leaders
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and Collaboration
- Leadership and Personal development
- Creativity and imagination
- Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO VISUAL RESOURCES
- Flash cards/posters
- Textbook
TOPIC: (d) Writing: Composition on ’Girls are more useful in the family’.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- describe characteristics and elements of a debate;
- draw out points to support or oppose the motion;
- argue for or against the topic.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils as a class, discuss the characteristics and elements of a debate
- Pupils are presented with the topic “Girls are more useful in the family” pupils who agree with the statement move to one side of the room, and those who disagree move to the other side. Then they take turns explaining why they are standing on that position,
- Pupils, in small groups, work in a more structured manner to take a point of view on an assigned topic and generate reasons to support their views.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and collaboration
- Critical thinking and Problem Solving
- Leadership and Personal Development
- Creativity and Imagination
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
TOPIC: (e) Supplementary Reading: Play
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- share with other pupils the drama text read;
- discuss lessons learnt from the book;
- relate events in the text to their personal lives.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Each pupil reads a recommended storybook/play/poem from Lagos State approved book list.
- Each pupil discusses the main idea of the story.
- Pupils, in small groups, share information from the story.
- Pupils, in pairs, establish relationships between ideas using evidence from the passage.
- Each pupil discusses the lessons/values learnt from the story.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and Collaboration
- Leadership and Personal Development
- Citizenship
- Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIOVISUAL RESOURCES
- Flash cards
- Lagos State Recommends Literature Text
TOPIC: (f) Dictation for the week
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- Learners are to be guided to earn the following words: Burglar, compassion, decadent, destiny, energetic, famously, fragrant, generative, dessert, desert.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, as individuals or in small groups, look up the meanings, word classes and pronunciation of the given words in a dictionary, and use each word in, at least, a sentence.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and collaboration
- Digital Literacy
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Hard copy dictionary
- Online dictionary
WEEK: 7 MID TERM BREAK
WEEK: 8
TOPIC: (a) Speech work: Oral Composition Talking about self and family)
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- introduce themselves;
- speak about the family; giving appropriate information;
- speak in correct intonation , stress and rhythm.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, as individuals guided to introduce themselves audibly
- Pupils, in small groups are led to talk about their families.
- Pupils pair up to critique each other spoken English on the topic
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and Collaboration
- Leadership and Personal Development
- Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Charts containing public speech and dialogue
- Audio player
- Pronouncing dictionary by Daniel jones
TOPIC: (b) Structure: Phrasal Verbs
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- describe phrasal verbs;
- learn the meaning of ten phrasal verbs;
- provide written and then speaking practice of the ten phrasal verbs;
- acquire more vocabularies.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, as a class, are guided to recall meaning and structure of phrasal verbs.
- Pupils, in small group, learn the meaning of ten phrasal verbs contextually.
- Pupils, in pairs, construct ten different sentences with phrasal verbs.
- Each pupil acquire more vocabulary for composition through practice.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and Collaboration
- Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
- Leadership and Personal Development
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Chart
- Website:
TOPIC: (c) Comprehension and Vocabulary Development: Deriving New Words and Meaning
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- draw inferences from passages after reading;
- differentiate between main ideas and supporting ideas in a given passage;
- construct sentences with the key words and unfamiliar words derived from the passage;
- provide answers to the questions that follow the passage.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, at least 4 of them, read the passage (a paragraph per pupil) and draw inferences from the passage.
- Pupils pair up to discuss the implied messages and the meanings of new words in the context of the passage.
- Pupils, in small groups, form new sentences with the key words and unfamiliar words derived from the passage.
- Pupils, in small groups, reflect on the passage analyzing it in order to provide answers to the questions that follow the passage.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and Collaboration
- Leadership and Personal development
- Creativity and imagination
- Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIOVISUAL RESOURCES
- Flash cards
TOPIC: (d) Writing: Descriptive Essay. Write composition on “My Environment”
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- complete a guided essay on ‘My Environment’;
- highlight the outlines steps/procedures of writing this essay;
- write a descriptive essay on ” My Environment”.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, in pairs, complete a guided essay on ‘My Environment’.
- Pupils, in small groups, form outlines on description of their environment: physical and social environment.
- Each pupil compose essays on the given topic.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and collaboration
- Leadership and Personal Development
- Creativity and imagination
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Charts
- Samples of descriptive essay
- School
TOPIC: (e) Supplementary Reading: Poems
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- share with other pupils the poems read;
- discuss lessons learnt from the book;
- relate events in the story to their personal lives.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Each pupil read a recommended text LS approved booklist.
- Pupils, in pairs, share moral lessons derived from the book with each other.
- Pupil, in small groups, match theme in the story with real life situation.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and Collaboration
- Leadership and Personal Development
- Citizenship
- Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIOVISUAL RESOURCES
- Flash cards
- Lagos State Recommended Literature Text
TOPIC: (f) Dictation for the week
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- Learners are to be guided to learn the following words: feudal, depiction, withdrawal, honorary wrestling, toxicant, xylophone, vulture, vampire, shrewd.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- For home study, each pupil classes and pronunciation of the given words in a dictionary, and use each word in, at least, a sentence.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and Collaboration
- Digital Literacy
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Hard copy dictionary
- Online dictionary
WEEK: 9
TOPIC: Speech work: Exposition Basic Concept of Drug Abuse
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- master the correct pronunciation of words and sentence forms in a given dialogue;
- identify the appropriate words (register) for the topic;
- speak in correct intonation, stress and rhythm, about Drug Abuse;
- discuss the appropriate information on drug abuse such as : causes, effects and solution
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, as a class, listen to a dialogue on drug abuse through audio player; repeat the words and sentences after the speakers to master the correct pronunciation, stress and intonation patterns of the messages
- Pupils, in small groups, bring out key words from the dialogue and use those words in sentences.
- Pupils pair up to critique each other spoken English on the topic.
- Pupils, in groups, discuss extensively on causes, effects and solutions.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and Collaboration
- Leadership and Personal Development
- Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIOVISUAL RESOURCES
- Charts containing public speech dialogue,
- Audio player
- Pronounce Dictionary by Daniel Jones
TOPIC: (b) Structure: Adjective and Adverb Puzzles
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- identify adjectives and adverbs in puzzle games;
- recognise the adjective and adverb in every sentence and match the puzzle pieces to check the answer.
- consider comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs game puzzles activity
- analyse the use of adjectives and adverbs in sentences
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, in small groups, study files contain ten adjectives and ten adverbs crossword adjectives and adverbs from clues provided, then enter Personal these into matching squares Development in the numbered grid.
- Pupils in pairs match the Puzzle pieces to check the answer
- Pupils pair up to work on comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs game puzzles activity.
- Pupils, in small groups, analyze the difference between the use of adjectives and adverbs in sentences
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and collaboration
- Critical thinking and Problem Solving
- Leadership and Personal Development
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO VISUAL RESOURCES
- Flash cards and charts
- Puzzle Games
TOPIC: (c) Comprehension and Vocabulary Development: Teaching New Words and Meaning (Inter-house Sport Day)
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- recognize simile and metaphor used in the passage;
- differentiate between main ideas and supporting ideas in a given passage;
- construct sentences with the key words and unfamiliar words derived from the passage,
- provide answers to the questions that follow the passage.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, as a class, read and recognize the use of simile and metaphor in the given passage;
- Pupils pair up to discuss the implied messages and the meanings of new words in the context of the passage.
- Pupils, in small groups, form new sentences with the key words and unfamiliar words derived from the passage.
- Pupils, in small groups, reflect on the passage analyzing it in order to provide answers to the questions that follow the passage.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and Collaboration
- Leadership and Personal development
- Creativity and imagination
- Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Flash cards
TOPIC: (d) Writing: Composition on Town life is better than village life’.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- describe characteristics and elements of a debate;
- draw out points to support or oppose the motion;
- argue for or against the topic.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Pupils, as a class, discuss the characteristics and elements of a debate;
- Pupils are presented with the topic, “Town life is better than village life”. Pupils who agree with the statement move to one side of the room, and those who disagree move to the other side. Then they take turns explaining why they are standing on that position.
- Pupils, in small groups, work in a more structured manner to take a point of view on an assigned topic and generate reasons to support their views.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and collaboration
- Critical thinking and Problem Solving
- Leadership and Personal Development
- Creativity and Imagination
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
WEB RESOURCES
TOPIC: (e) Dictation for the week
- Abbreviate, acrobatic, arrogance, bureaucracy, calibrate, impassive, impromptu, marathon, metamorphosis, miscellaneous
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- Learners are to be guided to learn the following words:
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- For home study, each pupil looks up the meanings, word classes and pronunciation of the given words in a dictionary, and use each word in, at least, a sentence.
EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS
- Communication and Collaboration
- Leadership and Personal Development
- Creativity and imagination
- Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
LEARNING RESOURCES
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
- Hardcopy dictionary
- Online dictionary
WEEK: 10
TOPIC: (a) Speech work: Managing Agriculture
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- read the selected passage audibly and pronounce the new words correctly,
- construct sentences with the identified new words orally;
- discuss orally the meanings and lesson they can derive from the passage;
- Answer questions follow the passage orally.