Basic 5 Ghanaian Language Term 1 Week 6 Lesson Plan

Ding dong bell. Pussy's at the well. Who took her there? Little Johnny Hare. Who’ll bring her in? Little Tommy Thin. What a jolly boy was that To get some milk for pussy cat, Who ne'er did any harm? But played with the mice in his father's barn Have learners play games and recite familiar rhymes to begin the lesson

Let learners write a sentences on the board and in their books. Go round and check the sentences written to see if full stops are at the ends. Discuss the punctuation, full stop, with learners. Write a passage on the board with all punctuations. Assist learners to recognize that a full stop is used at the end of a complete sentence, and to separate initials. Write a passage on the board with all the appropriate punctuations. Discuss the passage with learners, and help them to recognize the punctuation comma. Assist learners to recognize that a comma is used to separate a list of items. It serves as a pause in sentences and speech. Let learners write sentences or short passages using the comma. Write a passage on the board with all the appropriate punctuations. Discuss the use of the colon in the passage. Assist learners to recognize that a colon is used to list and explain a statement, or to mention a list of items For this activity, learners use locally made punctuation cards, sentence strips about local life and exercise books and pencils to place the correct marks in the sentence strips and write punctuated sentences of their own.

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.