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Basic 5 Ghanaian Language Term 1 Week 8 Lesson Plan
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Subject: Ghanaian Language
Class: Basic 5
| Strand: Composition Writing | Sub-strand: Creative/ Free Writing |
| Indicator (code): B5.4.2.1.1-3 Create a story that relates to, their environment. | Content Std (code): B5.4.2.1: Show an understanding of creating, and writing longer stories on their own |
| Performance Indicator: Learners can create a story that relates to their environment. | Core Competencies: Creativity and innovation, Communication and, collaboration, Critical thinking |
| T.L.R.(s): printed photographs of a local market or festival, locally made story-planning cards, exercise books and pencils | Keywords: Story, Writing, Creative |
Phase 1: Starterpreparing the brain for learning Engage learners in the “Lucky Dip game” Learners take turns to dip their hands into a box containing words, pick a card and use the word in a sentence. E.g. a team of horses, a bevy of ladies, a flock of sheep Engage learners to play “The Memory Game” The students are shown a picture with many things in it or a list of several words. The catch is they are shown it for just a few seconds. The students are then asked to recall what they saw and write it down in their books.
Engage learners to play the “Step forward” game.
Learners stand at the start line. Teacher calls out 'if you have a /t/ in your name step forward' or 'if your name begins with /f/ step forward'. The person to get to the finish line wins. | Phase 2: Mainnew learning including assessment Discuss with learners things that are considered in writing a story.
In groups, ask learners to create a short story and read to the class. Give a few words on the board as a guide for learners to write a short story Ask a learner to tell a story.
Discuss with learners what an imaginative story is.
In groups, ask learners to write an imaginative story of about three hundred words and present to the class.
Write sentences on flashcards.
Use the sentences on the flashcards to help learners to write an imaginative longer story on their own.
Discuss some environmental issues with learners such as flood, bushfire, climate change pollution, etc. Give learners some guiding sentences on the board.
Put learners in groups and guide them to create a story about a selected issue on the environment for each group
For this activity, learners use printed photographs of a local market or festival, locally made story-planning cards and exercise books and pencils to organise ideas from a familiar Ghanaian scene and write the required narrative or report. | Phase 3plenary / reflections Use questions to review their understanding of the lesson
Ask learners to summarize what they have learnt
Learners to read and spell the key words on the board |
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Week 1Sub-strand: Songs / Reading Texts, And Short, StoriesWeek 2Sub-strand: PoemWeek 3Sub-strand: Story tellingWeek 4Sub-strand: Phonics: letter and sound knowledgeWeek 5Sub-strand: Vocabulary: sight and content, vocabularyWeek 6Sub-strand: PenmanshipWeek 7Sub-strand: Narrative WritingWeek 8 (current)Week 9Sub-strand: CapitalizationWeek 10Sub-strand: PunctuationWeek 11Sub-strand: Use Of Action WordsWeek 12Sub-strand: Reading