Basic 4 Ghanaian Language Term 1 Week 3 Lesson Plan

Have learners share what is going on in their lives. You and your learners can talk about plans for the weekend. Split your class into small groups of 4. Each group have to think of an acronym about what they have learned so far. The acronym can’t be longer than the number of members in the group. Call the groups in turns to discuss what the letters in the acronym stands for Discuss what is trending and invite learners to share their opinions on them.

Let learners sing a popular song. Play a video of someone telling a folktale. Encourage learners to take note of whatever they see and hear. Teach learners what a folktale is. Call learners individually to retell what they saw and heard in the video. Put learners into groups and ask them to compose a folktale on any topic of their choice. Let learners present their folktales to the class. Let learners sing a popular song. Tell them a folktale and encourage learners to take note of whatever they hear. Call learners individually to retell what they heard in the tale. Put learners into groups and ask them to compose a folktale on any topic of their choice. let learners present their folktales to the class. Tell learners a folktale. Discuss the beginning and end of the folktale with learners. E.g. Beginning or opening, middle or body and end or conclusion. Let learners discuss the features of the folktale. E.g. -People, animals, spirits, tress, river, mountains, etc. -It has a moral lesson and is very interesting. It is usually a comedy or tragedy. For this activity, learners use Ghanaian-language folktale picture book, character picture cards and calabash and kente cloth props to follow the local story, identify its characters and retell or dramatise key events.

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