Basic 1 Ghanaian Language Term 1 Week 7 Lesson Plan

Engage learners in the “What letter am I writing? Game” The teacher writes a letter sound in the air. The children tell the teacher the sound that has been written.

Demonstrate to learners the correct way of moving the wrist when writing letters and drawing patterns. Call learners one by one to write the letters and draw patterns in the sand tray while you control them. Make sure they move their wrist correctly. Draw broken lines on papers. Give the papers to learners and lead them to trace the broken lines to form shapes. let each learner show his/her work to the class and discuss Write the letters of the alphabet on a manila card and show it to learners. A W Z Lead learners to practice how to write letter patterns in continuous form. Display letter cards on the teachers table. call out learners in turns to pick letter cards and write it. For this activity, learners use locally made handwriting sample cards, lined exercise books and pencils and shallow tray of clean sand to trace the model, practise the letter movements in sand and write clearly on the lines.

Ask learners questions to review their understanding of the lessson. Give learners task to do whiles you go round to guide those who need help. Ask learners to summarize what they have learnt. Let learners say 5 words they remember from the lesson.