Science and Health Education

Listening and Speaking; Oral Presentation

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Identify the features of oral narratives.
Read the oral narrative,

In groups, learners are guided to identify the features of oral narratives
Learners are guided to read the oral narrative,

What are oral narrative?

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Science and Health Education

Listening and Speaking; Oral Presentation

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Identify what makes the performance of an oral narrative more enjoyable.
Watch videos of people telling oral narrative. Make notes on how the story is made interesting.
Appreciate ways of making an oral narrative more interesting.

Learners are guided to identify what makes the performance of an oral narrative more enjoyable.
Learners to watch videos of people telling oral narrative. Make notes on how the story is made interesting

What are the features of oral narratives?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner

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Science and Health Education

Listening and Speaking; Oral Presentation

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Choose one oral narrative and discuss the features they will include in their performance of it.
Perform the oral narratives.
Have fun and enjoy performing the oral narrative.

In groups, learners to choose oral narrative and discuss the features they will include in their performance of it.
In groups, learners are guided to perform the oral narratives

What can you do to make the performance of an oral narrative more enjoyable?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner

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Science and Health Education

Reading 1 Intensive Reading: Simple Poems

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Read the three texts on learner

Learners are guided to Read the three texts on learner

Can you tell what each text is about from the title only?

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Science and Health Education

Reading 1 Intensive Reading: Simple Poems

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Read the poem

Learners to read the poem

Which of the poem would be easiest for you to memorise word by word?

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Science and Health Education

Grammar Word Classes: Nouns
Grammar Word Classes: Nouns

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Read the passage,

Learners are guided to read the passage,

What are count nouns?

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Science and Health Education

Grammar Word Classes: Nouns

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Search for an article on science and health education on the Internet, a newspaper or a magazine.
Identify all the count, non-count, singular and plural nouns used in the article and write them on a chart.
Use plural nouns in sentences.

Learners are guided to search for an article on science and health education on the Internet, a newspaper or a magazine
Learners are guided to identify all the count, non-count, singular and plural nouns used in the article and write them on a chart

What are plural nouns?

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Science and Health Education

Reading II Intensive Reading: Class Readers

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Read through the front and back covers of different class readers.
Draw a diagram showing the author, setting place, setting time and characters.
Appreciate the importance of class readers.

Learners are guided to read through the front and back covers of different class readers, such as,

What are class readers?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner

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Science and Health Education

Writing; Mechanics of Writing: Punctuation Marks

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Read the interview between Wanjiru and Mr Mwaliko and Oduor.
Record themselves as they act out the interview.
Identify the punctuation marks used at the end of the sentences in the dialogue.
Enjoy acting out the conversation.

Learners to read the interview between Wanjiru and Mr Mwaliko and Oduor.
Learners to identify the punctuation marks used at the end of the sentences in the dialogue.
In groups of three, learners to record themselves as they act out the interview.

What are punctuation marks?

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Science and Health Education

Writing; Mechanics of Writing: Punctuation Marks

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Punctuate the sentences in learner

In pairs, learners are guided to punctuate the sentences in learner

Why are punctuation marks important?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner

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Hygiene

Listening and Speaking; Listening for Information and the Most important idea

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Listen to a recording and write what the recording is about.
Answer factual and inferential questions.
Discuss the importance of listening for the most important ideas and particular details.
Appreciate the importance of listening attentively.

Learners are guided to listen to a recording and write what the recording is about
Learners to answer factual and inferential questions.
In groups, learners to discuss the importance of listening for the most important ideas and particular details.

Why is it important to listen?

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Hygiene

Listening and Speaking; Listening for Information and the Most important idea

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Watch the video the teacher will play.
Answer factual and inferential questions.
Identify expressions that introduces the most ideas.
Use different expressions in their day to day life.

Learners to identify sentences in which passive and active voices were used.
In pairs, learners to talk about the difference between active and passive voice

How many steps are there in washing hands properly?

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Hygiene

Listening and Speaking; Listening for Information and the Most important idea

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Read the passage in learner

In pairs, learners to read the passage in learner

What have you learnt about the passage?

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Hygiene

Reading I Reading for information

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

List the books that they read for information and those for meaning.
Select a chapter in a textbook and read various things.
Appreciate the importance of reading.

Learners to list the books that they read for information and those for meaning
In pairs, learners to select a chapter in a textbook and read the heading, sub-heading, visual illustrations, bulleted points and highlighted information.

Which similes and proverbs do you know?

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Hygiene

Reading I Reading for information

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Read the passage,

Learners are guided to read the passage,

Why is hygiene important?

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Hygiene

Grammar; Word Classes: Verbs and Tense

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Define a verb.
State the importance of verbs
Identify regular verbs and irregular verbs.
Appreciate the importance of verbs.

Learners to define a verb.
Learners are guided to state the importance of verbs.
Learners to identify regular verbs and irregular verbs

What is a verb?

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Hygiene

Grammar; Word Classes: Verbs and Tense

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Read the passage in learner

Learners to read the passage in learner

What are regular verbs? What are irregular verbs?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner

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Hygiene

Grammar; Word Classes: Verbs and Tense

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Hold a conversation with a partner about their hygiene practices or other topic.
Play the game in learner

Learners are guided to hold a conversation with a partner about their hygiene practices or other topic. Make sure that they use present tense, past tense and future time.
In groups, learners to play a modified version of the game

Which words describe when, how, and where actions take place?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner

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Hygiene

Reading II Intensive Reading: Poetry
Reading II Intensive Reading: Poetry

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Read the poem,

In pairs, learners are guided to read the poem,

Who is a poet?

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Hygiene

Writing Narrative Paragraph

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Study the paragraph in learner

In groups, learners to study the paragraph in learner

How is the paragraph introduced? How does the paragraph end?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner

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Leadership

Listening and Speaking; Listening Comprehension

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Explain the meaning of specific and general.
Listen to a recording of two passages from a digital device.
Discuss whether the information in each is specific or general.
Appreciate the importance of listening attentively.

Learners to explain the meaning of specific and general.
In groups, learners to listen to a recording of two passages from a digital device and discuss whether the information in each is specific or general

Who is leader? Who is a good leader?

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Leadership

Listening and Speaking; Listening Comprehension

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Listen to a recording about the dialogue in learner

In groups, learners to listen to a recording about the dialogue in learner

What is leadership?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner

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Leadership

Listening and Speaking; Listening Comprehension

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Listen to a recording of the passage about Nelson Mandela

In groups, learners to listen to a recording of the passage about Nelson Mandela

How did Mandela help South Africa to get freedom?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner

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Leadership

Reading I Intensive Reading

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Identify ways to read a book or a passage.
Read the passage,

In pairs, learners to identify ways to read a book or a passage.
In pairs, learners to read the passage,

Why is it important to find the main idea? How can we identify the supporting details?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner

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Leadership

Reading I Intensive Reading

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Study the mind map and answer the questions that follow.
Match the main ideas with their respective supporting details.
Appreciate the use of a mind map.

In pairs, learners to study the mind map and answer the questions that follow.
In pairs, learners to match the main ideas with their respective supporting details.

Which is the main idea according to this mind map? Which are the supporting details according to the mind map?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner

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Leadership

Reading I Intensive Reading

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Read the passage,

Learners to read the passage,

What lessons can you draw from this story for your own life?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner

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Leadership

Grammar Word Classes: Verbs and Tense

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Read the passage in learner

In pairs, learners to read the passage in learner

What is common about the way some present tense verbs end?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner

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Leadership

Grammar Word Classes: Verbs and Tense

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Construct sentences that describe a leader and what he or she does.
Complete each sentences with the correct form of the verb in brackets.
Use present and past tense in their day to day life.

Individually, learners to think about their favourite leader. Use the present tense to construct sentences that describe that leader and what he or she does.
Learners to complete each sentences with the correct form of the verb in brackets.

What is common about the way some past tense verbs end?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner

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Leadership

Reading II Intensive Reading: Class Readers

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Read the passage,

Learners to read the passage,

How did you know the main characters in the stories or novels were?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner

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Leadership

Writing; Paragraphing: Using Example and Incidents

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Talk about a good leader from their community.
Identify specific qualities that make the leader good.
Appreciate different leadership qualities.

In groups, learners are guided to talk about a good leader from their community.
In groups, learners are guided to identify specific qualities that make the leader good

What are the qualities of a good leader?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner

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Leadership
Family

Writing; Paragraphing: Using Example and Incidents
Listening and Speaking; Pronunciation: Sounds and Stress

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Study the mind map in learner

In groups, learners are guided to study the mind map in learner

What is the main idea? What examples are given to illustrate the main idea?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner

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Family

Listening and Speaking; Pronunciation: Sounds and Stress

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Read the poem,

In pairs, learners are guided to read the poem,

What is the difference in pronunciation between the two words in each pair?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner

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Family

Listening and Speaking; Pronunciation: Sounds and Stress

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Identify words with the same sound as /oat/ such as, coat, goat
Read the passage in learner

In pairs, learners to identify words with the same sound as /oat/ such as, coat, goat
In groups, learners to read the passage in learner

What is the difference between words that are spelt the same way in the passage?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner

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Family

Reading I Study Skills: Synonyms and Antonyms

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Define synonyms and antonyms.
Read the dialogue in learner

In pairs, learners to define synonyms and antonyms.
In pairs, learners to read the dialogue in learner

What are synonyms? What are antonyms?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner

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Family

Reading I Study Skills: Synonyms and Antonyms

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Study the page in learner

In pairs, learners are guided to study the page in learner

What have you learnt about synonyms?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner

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Family

Reading I Study Skills: Synonyms and Antonyms

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Identify the synonyms and antonyms used in the passage in learner

Individually or in pairs, learners to identify the synonyms and antonyms used in the passage in learner

What have you learnt about antonyms?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner

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Family

Grammar; Comparatives and Superlative Adjectives

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Define comparative and superlative adjectives.
Read the two paragraphs in learner

Learners to define comparative and superlative adjectives.
In pairs, learners to read the two paragraphs in learner

What are comparative adjectives? What are superlative adjectives?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner

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Family

Grammar; Comparatives and Superlative Adjectives

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Read the passage in learner

In pairs, learners to read the passage in learner

Which words are used to compare the two dogs in the story?

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Family

Reading II Intensive Reading: Oral Narratives: Legends

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Talk about people they know who are admired for their courage and outstanding achievement.
Read the conversation in learner

In pairs, learners to talk about people they know who are admired for their courage and outstanding achievement.
In pairs, learners to read the conversation in learner

What is a legend?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner

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Family

Reading II Intensive Reading: Oral Narratives: Legends

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Make predictions based on the pictures and anticipate possible outcome in the story.
Read the narrative,

In pairs, learners to make predictions based on the pictures and anticipate possible outcome in the story.
Learners to read the narrative,

What is the main character in a legend?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner

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Family

Writing; Functional Writing: Friendly Letter

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Identify parts of a friendly letter.
Write a friendly letter that replies to Kim

Learners to study the letter in learner

How many parts does a friendly letter have?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner

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Drug and Substances Abuse

Listening and Speaking; Conversational Skills

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Give reasons why people abuse drugs.
Make a list of the polite expressions on a manilla paper, flashcards or sticky notes.
Recite the choral poem in learner's book, 'No!'
Use polite language.

In pairs, learners are guided to give reasons why people abuse drugs
In pairs, learners are guided to make a list of the polite expressions on a manilla paper, flashcards or sticky notes
Learners to recite the choral poem in learner's book, 'No!'

What drugs are abused by young people? What can we do to avoid interrupting other people?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 85-91
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Drug and Substances Abuse

Listening and Speaking; Conversational Skills

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Discuss whether or not it is always polite to mention people's names as you introduce them.
Read and role play the dialogue in learner's book.
Enjoy role playing the dialogue.

In groups, learners are guided to discuss whether or not it is always polite to mention people's names as you introduce them
In pairs, learners to read and role play the dialogue in learner's book.

What are the effects of drugs on those who abuse them?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 85-91
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Drug and Substances Abuse

Listening and Speaking; Conversational Skills
Reading 1 Reading Fluency

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

List polite expressions used in conversations.
Make posters on turn taking skills and polite interruptions.
Use polite expressions as they speak

Learners to list polite expressions used in conversations
Learners are guided to make posters on turn taking skills and polite interruptions

Which polite words do you use?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 89-91
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Drug and Substances Abuse

Grammar in Use; Work Classes: Adverbs

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Define an adverb.
Read the passage in learner's book and identify the adverbs used.
Arrange the nouns in the passage into adverbs of manner and place.
Use adverbs in their daily conversations.

Learners are guided to define an adverb
Learners to read the passage in learner's book and identify the adverbs used.
Learners are guided to arrange the nouns in the passage into adverbs of manner and place.

What is an adverb?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 91-94
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Drug and Substances Abuse

Grammar in Use; Work Classes: Adverbs

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Identify types of adverbs.
Construct sentences using adverbs of manner, time and place.
Appreciate the use of adverbs sentences.

Learners are guided to identify types of adverbs
Learners to construct sentences using adverbs of manner, time and place.

What would you say to people who are considering taking drugs?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 91-94
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Drug and Substances Abuse

Intensive Reading: Oral Literature: Songs

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Define a lullaby.
Sing the lullaby in learner's book.
Answer the questions that follow.
Have fun and enjoy singing the song.

Learners are guided to define a lullaby.
In pairs, learners to sing the lullaby in learner's book
In pairs, learners to answer the questions that follow

What are the singer's feelings towards the baby in each lullaby?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 94-95
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Drug and Substances Abuse

Intensive Reading: Oral Literature: Songs

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Create lullabies to soothe a baby to sleep or to stop crying.
Sing the lullabies.
Identify the words or lines that are repeated.
Have fun and enjoy singing lullabies.

Learners to create lullabies to soothe a baby to sleep or to stop crying.
Learners are guided to sing the lullabies.
In pairs or individually, learners are guided to identify the words or lines that are repeated.

Why do you think these words are repeated?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 94-95
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Drug and Substances Abuse

Writing; Mechanics of Writing: Commonly Misspelt Words

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

State the importance of spelling words correctly.
Read the passage and identify the words that are commonly misspelt.
Construct sentences using vocabulary learnt about drug and substance abuse.
Appreciate the importance of spelling words correctly.

In groups, learners are guided to state the importance of spelling words correctly
In pairs, learners are guided to read the passage and identify the words that are commonly misspelt
In pairs, learners are guided to construct sentences using vocabulary learnt about drug and substance abuse.

Why is it important to spell words correctly? Which words do you find difficult to spell and why?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 95-100
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Drug and Substances Abuse

Writing; Mechanics of Writing: Commonly Misspelt Words

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Write a story titled 'A Drug Free Neighbourhood'. Use some of the commonly misspelt words they have learnt.
Fill in the crossword puzzle using the clues provided to make complete words.
Have a desire to educate people about drug and substance abuse.

Learners are guided to write a story titled 'A Drug Free Neighbourhood'. Use some of the commonly misspelt words they have learnt.
In groups, learners to fill in the crossword puzzle using the clues provided to make complete words

How can we learn how to spell words that we normally misspell? Why must you be careful to write the right word?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 95-100
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