Basic 4 Ghanaian Language Term 1 Week 5 Lesson Plan

Write down a couple of words on cards. Make sure learners are familiar with the words. Divide the class in to groups. One person from each group comes up in front to pick and act the word. The group to get the highest score wins! Engage learners to play the “What letter am I writing” game. Put learners into groups of two. The teacher writes a letter in the air. Learners makes the letter sound and tell the teacher the sound that has been written

Sing a song with learners. Read aloud a passage. Read the passage again while learners read after you. Let learners read aloud the passage with correct pronunciation and tone (correct them where necessary). Read aloud the passage again. Mention some words and write them on the board. Lead learners to find the meaning of the words in context. Let learners find the meanings of more unfamiliar words in context. Read a passage aloud. write the figurative expressions in the passage on the board. Lead learners through discussions to find the meanings of the figurative expressions. Let learners find the meanings of more figurative expressions For this activity, learners use Ghanaian-language storybook, locally made sentence cards and pointer stick to handle and read the printed text while tracking words and sentences with the pointer.

Use questions to review their understanding of the lesson Ask learners to summarize what they have learnt