Basic 1 English Language Term 1 Week 2 Lesson Plan

Flash letter cards to learners for them to make its sounds. Ask pupils to write some letters in the air as you mention them

Display the printed song or rhyme cards for learners to follow, then let groups keep the beat with the locally made drum and calabash rattle as they sing or recite. Have learners recite familiar rhymes. Introduce new rhymes by performing them. lead learners to echo-read the rhymes. Let learners recite the lines in groups/pairs and as individuals, as they tap or clap to the rhythm. Using word and sentence cards, guide learners to identify rhyming words and teach the accompanying actions

Give learners task to complete while you go round the class to support those who might need extra help. Have learners to read and spell some of the keywords in the lesson

Have learners bring out all books from their bags Teacher inspects how clean learners keep their books. Teacher motivates learners who keeps their clean and hence introduce the lesson

Display the Ghanaian picture storybook and let learners match the printed book-part cards to its front cover, back cover, spine and title page. Model how to open the book with clean hands, turn one page at a time and keep pages flat. In pairs, learners practise the actions, use the clean book-covering paper to protect the book and explain how they will store it neatly.

What have we learnt today? How to handle books Call out learners to summarize the important points in the lesson. Have pupils to demonstrate the good ways of handling books

Engage learners to sing songs and recite familiar rhymes LITTLE TOMMY TITTLEMOUSE Little tommy tittle mouse Lived in a little house, He caught fishes In other men’s ditches.

Learners copy and arrange examples from the printed alphabet or word cards, then practise the target writing neatly in their exercise books with pencils. introduce learners to the lines and spaces they will be expected to write in. demonstrate the letter on the board and in the air several times. Give ample practice. let learners practice writing in the air, on sheets of paper or in jotters. Let learners execute the writing task. Give feedback after assessing learners’ work.

Give learners task to complete while you go round the class to support those who might need extra help. Have learners to read and spell some of the keywords in the lesson

Engage learners in the “Change your style” game Teacher calls out different actions for learners to act. Student have to mimic the action continuously without breaking. After a while teacher speeds up the tempo.

Learners inspect and rearrange the printed sentence cards, discuss the target language feature on the chalkboard with chalk, and practise their own examples in exercise books with pencils. gRAMMAR USAGE Through pick and write activity, revise writing of capital letters with learners. E F G H

Give learners task to complete while you go round the class to support those who might need extra help. Have learners to read and spell some of the keywords in the lesson

Have a variety of age appropriate books for learners to make a choice from.

Learners read the Ghanaian storybook and the printed passage about a Ghanaian community, then record the target ideas or reading responses in exercise books with pencils. Using book tease or book talk, introduce the reading/ library time. Introduce picture or wordless books, pop-up and flip-the-page texts to learners. Using word and sentence cards, encourage them to read individually and in pairs, and provide support and encouragement.

Have learners to read and spell the key words on the board Learners to draw parts of the story they read