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WK LSN STRAND SUB-STRAND LESSON LEARNING OUTCOMES LEARNING EXPERIENCES KEY INQUIRY QUESTIONS LEARNING RESOURCES ASSESSMENT METHODS REFLECTION
1 1-2
MODERN FASHION

Listening and Speaking
Listening and Speaking
Reading
Listening to Respond: Attitude
Intensive Reading: Comprehension Strategies
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Explain the message in a given song
- Use appropriate words and expressions to express their attitude towards a given song
- Appreciate how choice of words affects the reader

- Identify mental images in a text correctly
- Use contextual clues to infer information in a text
- Acknowledge the role of comprehension in effective communication
The learner is guided to:
- Listen to different songs from a digital device or non-electronic sources and describe the messages in them
- Collaborate with peers to perform the songs and bring out relevant emotions
- Discuss issues highlighted in the songs with those of their peers
- Use words and expressions to describe their feelings about various issues in the songs including modern fashion
The learner is guided to:
- In pairs, read the passage "Tastes and trends"
- Take turns to read aloud the passage and answer questions based on it
- Identify sentences that help create mental images about characters, places and events
- Draw pictures to illustrate the events in the story
- Present the pictures on charts and display them on classroom walls
What messages are found in songs?
What do you remember most after reading a text?
Moran - Skills in English pg. 170
Digital devices
Audio recordings of songs
Teacher's Guide
Song lyrics
Audio recordings
Charts
Digital devices
Moran - Skills in English pg. 171
Pictures
Charts
Manila papers
Digital devices
Moran - Skills in English pg. 172
Dictionary
Digital devices
Charts
Observation Oral questions Peer assessment Checklists
Written questions Oral questions Drawings Observation
1 3
Grammar in Use
Phrasal Verbs
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Identify phrasal verbs correctly in a text
- Explain how phrasal verbs are formed
- Acknowledge the role of phrasal verbs in effective communication
The learner is guided to:
- Study a conversation provided by the teacher to identify phrasal verbs
- Discuss how phrasal verbs are formed
- Compare meanings of individual words to meanings of entire phrases
- Read a passage "Trendsetter" and identify the phrasal verbs highlighted in the passage
- Search from the Internet or in textbooks for more examples of phrasal verbs formed from the verbs make, pass and look
- List the phrasal verbs found
How are phrasal verbs formed?
Moran - Skills in English pg. 174
Dictionary
Digital devices
Charts
Teacher's Guide
Moran - Skills in English pg. 175
Digital or print dictionaries
Sentence strips
Written exercises Matching exercises Oral questions Observation
1 4
Reading
Short Story: Characters
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Identify the characters in a given short story
- Describe the traits of a given character in a fictional text
- Recognize the role of characters in a short story
The learner is guided to:
- Read the story "The fashion parade"
- Answer questions based on the story
- Identify and list all the characters in the story
- In pairs, discuss the actions and words of the characters in the story
- Use the actions and words of the characters to describe their traits
- In groups, look for similarities and differences in the characters in the short story
What qualities do you admire in people?
Moran - Skills in English pg. 177
Short story
Character charts
Digital devices
Oral questions Written exercises Character analysis Peer assessment
1 5
Reading
Writing
Short Story: Characters
The Writing Process
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Categorize characters based on their traits
- Relate characters in the story to real-life situations
- Appreciate the role of characters in fiction
The learner is guided to:
- In pairs, group the characters as good or bad based on their actions and words
- In groups, discuss how the experiences of the characters are similar to their own experiences
- Describe how some characters in the short story are similar to people they know
- Write paragraphs describing the traits of the characters
- Role-play traits of different characters in the short story
- Find and read more short stories on modern fashion from the Internet or books
How are character traits described?
Moran - Skills in English pg. 179
Role-play scripts
Digital devices
Charts
Teacher's Guide
Moran - Skills in English pg. 180
Sample dialogues
Manila papers
Role play Written paragraphs Character analysis Assessment rubrics
2 1-2
Writing
CONSUMER PROTECTION

Listening and Speaking
The Writing Process
Extensive Listening: Poems
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Plan a dialogue using prewriting techniques
- Create a dialogue on a given topic
- Acknowledge the value of a well-written dialogue

- Identify messages in poems
- Perform poems using appropriate techniques
- Acknowledge the role of poems in society
The learner is guided to:
- In pairs, discuss and identify topics relating to modern fashion
- Individually, write a draft of a dialogue about one of the topics identified following the stages of the writing process
- Display dialogues in class
- In pairs, use a checklist to assess the dialogues
- Edit dialogues to make corrections based on feedback
- Revise and rewrite dialogues
- Publish final drafts in the class gallery or on social media
The learner is guided to:
- Watch performances of poems provided by the teacher
- Write key ideas in the poems listened to
- In pairs, identify and discuss the messages in the poems
- Present findings to classmates
Why should one write a dialogue?
What messages are conveyed in poems?
Moran - Skills in English pg. 181
Assessment checklist
Digital devices
Charts
Teacher's Guide
Moran - Skills in English pg. 183
Digital devices
Audio recordings of poems
Teacher's Guide
Dialogue writing Peer assessment Portfolio assessment Assessment rubrics
Observation Oral questions Peer assessment Group presentations
2 3
Listening and Speaking
Extensive Listening: Poems
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Discuss features of performance that make recitation of poems interesting
- Recite poems using appropriate techniques of performance
- Value the role of poems in communicating consumer protection issues
The learner is guided to:
- In groups, discuss features of performance that make recitation of poems interesting
- Search from the Internet or in books for poems relating to consumer protection
- In groups, rehearse and perform the poems using verbal and non-verbal features of performance
- Record performances
- Watch recordings of performances and discuss features that stand out
How can you improve the presentation of a poem?
Moran - Skills in English pg. 183
Digital devices
Poems
Recording devices
Charts
Oral presentations Recordings Peer assessment Assessment rubrics
2 4
Reading
Intensive Reading: Comprehension Strategies
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Select required information from a text
- Identify key points in a passage
- Acknowledge the importance of comprehension in life
The learner is guided to:
- Read the passage "Market day"
- Answer questions based on the story
- In groups, discuss how to identify key points in a text
- In pairs, identify the key points in the passage
- Reread sentences in which specific words are used in the passage to determine their meaning
How do you identify the key points in a text?
Moran - Skills in English pg. 184
Comprehension passages
Dictionary
Digital devices
Written questions Oral questions Group discussions Observation
2 5
Reading
Intensive Reading: Comprehension Strategies
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Select required information from a text
- Identify key points in a passage
- Acknowledge the importance of comprehension in life
The learner is guided to:
- Read the passage "Market day"
- Answer questions based on the story
- In groups, discuss how to identify key points in a text
- In pairs, identify the key points in the passage
- Reread sentences in which specific words are used in the passage to determine their meaning
How do you identify the key points in a text?
Moran - Skills in English pg. 184
Comprehension passages
Dictionary
Digital devices
Written questions Oral questions Group discussions Observation
3 1-2
Reading
Grammar in Use
Intensive Reading: Comprehension Strategies
Word Classes: Compound Sentences
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Create mental images of the characters, places and events in the text
- Summarize the key points in the text
- Appreciate the role of reading in lifelong learning

- Identify compound sentences from texts
- Identify coordinating conjunctions used in compound sentences
- Appreciate the usage of compound sentences in communication
The learner is guided to:
- Read the story "Market day" again
- Identify sections that describe characters, places and events
- Identify words that appeal to the five senses
- Underline sentences that guide in drawing pictures to illustrate characters, places and events
- Draw pictures of characters, places and events in the story
- Complete a diagram with information from the story
- Write a summary paragraph of the key points in the story
The learner is guided to:
- Read a text about a customer purchasing shoes
- Find conjunctions and, but, or and so in the text
- Identify the sentences joined by these conjunctions and read them aloud
- Search online or in grammar books for texts about consumer protection
- Read the texts and identify compound sentences that use coordinating conjunctions
Which words can bring out the five senses in a text?
Why do we join sentences?
Moran - Skills in English pg. 186
Summary maps/charts
Drawing materials
Digital devices
Moran - Skills in English pg. 187
Grammar books
Digital devices
Charts
Teacher's Guide
Summary writing Drawings Diagrams Written exercises
Written exercises Identification tasks Oral reading Observation
3 3
Grammar in Use
Word Classes: Compound Sentences
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Construct compound sentences using different coordinating conjunctions
- Use compound sentences in communication
- Value the role of compound sentences in effective communication
The learner is guided to:
- Search online and in books for conjunctions that can be used to create compound sentences
- Use the conjunctions and, but, so and or to construct compound sentences about consumer protection
- In groups, use provided conjunctions to join sentences
- Use different coordinating conjunctions to join sentences provided by the teacher
- Write compound sentences on a large piece of paper and display in class
- Assess the compound sentences written by classmates
How do we join sentences?
Moran - Skills in English pg. 188
Charts
Digital devices
Assessment checklist
Sentence strips
Sentence construction Peer assessment Written exercises Group work
3 4
Reading
Short Story: Style
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Identify personification and flashback in a short story
- Read and retell a short story
- Appreciate the creative use of language in short stories
The learner is guided to:
- Study the picture and read the title of the story "Goods once sold"
- Predict what the story might be about
- Read the story "Goods once sold"
- Retell the story to classmates
- Answer questions based on the story
- Search online and in printed materials for information about flashback and personification as features of style in writing
How does a writer make a story interesting?
Moran - Skills in English pg. 189
Short story
Pictures
Digital devices
Oral retelling Written questions Reading aloud Peer assessment
3 5
Reading
Short Story: Style
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Identify examples of personification and flashback in a short story
- Dramatize selected parts of a short story featuring personification and flashback
- Value the use of stylistic devices in enhancing meaning in a text
The learner is guided to:
- Identify examples of personification and flashback in the short story "Goods once sold"
- Make short notes on personification and flashback with examples from the short story
- In groups, select sections of the story which use flashback and personification
- Dramatize the sections selected
- Present dramatizations to classmates
Which qualities of a person can animals or things be given?
Moran - Skills in English pg. 191
Notes on style
Digital devices
Charts
Teacher's Guide
Dramatization Note-making Peer assessment Observation
4 1-2
Writing
Creative Narrative Composition: Idioms
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Explain the meaning of specified idioms in context
- Identify idioms in a text
- Acknowledge the value of idioms in spoken and written communication

- Compose a narrative composition using specified idioms
- Review narrative compositions for correctness
- Value the use of idioms in enhancing communication
The learner is guided to:
- Read the passage "The apple of my eye"
- In pairs, discuss what makes the passage interesting
- List phrases highlighted in the passage
- Discuss the meaning of idioms and how they are used
- Explain the meaning of each of the idioms used in the text
The learner is guided to:
- Write a composition on any subject relating to consumer protection using provided idioms
- In groups, share compositions
- Review one another's work using a provided checklist
- In groups, play a language game on constructing sentences using idioms
- Write a final draft of the narrative composition using idioms correctly
What makes a story outstanding?
How can we improve our writing skills?
Moran - Skills in English pg. 192
Text with idioms
Dictionary
Digital devices
Moran - Skills in English pg. 193
Assessment checklist
Sample idioms
Digital devices
Teacher's Guide
Oral questions Identification tasks Written exercises Group discussions
Composition writing Peer assessment Language games Assessment rubrics
4 3
SPORTS: OLYMPICS

Listening and Speaking
Pronunciation and Intonation
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Identify silent consonant letters in words
- Pronounce words with silent consonant letters correctly
- Acknowledge the importance of correct pronunciation in communication
The learner is guided to:
- Listen to the teacher pronounce words with silent letters
- Identify letters in the words that are not pronounced and list them
- Listen from an online source or offline audio-dictionary for the correct pronunciation of words with silent letters
- Copy words and identify and underline the silent letters in each word
- Search online or in books for words with silent consonant letters r, h, k, g, p, t and b
- Read aloud words with silent letters
Why should we use the right intonation when speaking?
Moran - Skills in English pg. 195
Audio dictionary
Digital devices
Word lists
Teacher's Guide
Oral reading Identification tasks Peer assessment Observation
4 4
Listening and Speaking
Pronunciation and Intonation
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Identify silent consonant letters in words
- Pronounce words with silent consonant letters correctly
- Acknowledge the importance of correct pronunciation in communication
The learner is guided to:
- Listen to the teacher pronounce words with silent letters
- Identify letters in the words that are not pronounced and list them
- Listen from an online source or offline audio-dictionary for the correct pronunciation of words with silent letters
- Copy words and identify and underline the silent letters in each word
- Search online or in books for words with silent consonant letters r, h, k, g, p, t and b
- Read aloud words with silent letters
Why should we use the right intonation when speaking?
Moran - Skills in English pg. 195
Audio dictionary
Digital devices
Word lists
Teacher's Guide
Oral reading Identification tasks Peer assessment Observation
4 5
Listening and Speaking
Pronunciation and Intonation
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Use the correct intonation in declarative and exclamatory sentences
- Distinguish between rising and falling intonation
- Value the role of intonation in expressing meaning
The learner is guided to:
- Practise reading words with silent letters in pairs
- Read sentences aloud and pronounce words with silent letters correctly
- Observe the difference between first and second readings of sentences
- Practise reading a sentence aloud to show different emotions (surprise, excitement, matter of fact)
- Listen as the teacher reads sentences and indicate whether falling or rising intonation is used
- In pairs, practise reading sentences using the correct intonation
What are some of the words with silent letters?
Moran - Skills in English pg. 196
Sentence strips
Digital recordings
Lesson notes
Teacher's Guide
Oral reading Intonation exercises Peer assessment Observation
5 1-2
Reading
Study Skills
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Identify the main ideas in a descriptive text
- Make notes from a descriptive text
- Appreciate the role of note making in studying

- Identify the steps to follow when summarizing a text
- Summarize a descriptive text in a paragraph of stated number of words
- Acknowledge the role of summarizing in learning
The learner is guided to:
- Explain the steps to follow when writing a summary of a text
- Read the passage "Safety in sports"
- Answer questions based on the passage
- In groups, discuss how key points in a text can be identified
- Write a list of key points a sportsperson should consider to avoid injury in sports
- In pairs, share and compare lists
The learner is guided to:
- Write a suitable title for the list of key points made
- Reread a descriptive text about the Olympics
- Write the main points identified in a numbered list
- Create a summary paragraph using notes made
- Check summary for accuracy
- Review and edit paragraphs
- Write the final copy of the summary
- Read texts provided by the teacher, make notes and write summaries
Why is it important to summarize information?
How can key points be identified in a text?
Moran - Skills in English pg. 197
Descriptive text
Note-making templates
Digital devices
Moran - Skills in English pg. 200
Descriptive text
Summary samples
Digital devices
Teacher's Guide
Written questions Note-making Group discussions Pair work
Summary writing Peer assessment Paragraph writing Assessment rubrics
5 3
Grammar in Use
Sentences: Active and Passive Voice
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Identify sentences in the active and passive voice
- Explain the differences between active and passive voice
- Appreciate the role of active and passive voice in communication
The learner is guided to:
- Read sentences in active and passive voice
- In pairs, discuss differences between active and passive voice sentences
- Study tables showing differences between active and passive voice sentences
- Read sentences and indicate whether they are in active or passive voice
- Read a paragraph, identify and underline sentences in active voice and circle those in passive voice
- Search online or in books for texts on Olympics and find sentences in active and passive voice
Why should one use a variety of sentences?
Moran - Skills in English pg. 201
Sentence strips
Grammar books
Digital devices
Identification tasks Written exercises Oral questions Observation
5 4
Grammar in Use
Sentences: Active and Passive Voice
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Transform sentences from active to passive voice and vice versa
- Construct sentences in active and passive voice
- Value the use of active and passive voice in enhancing communication
The learner is guided to:
- With a classmate, change sentences from active voice to passive voice
- Change sentences from passive voice to active voice
- In groups, construct sentences in active voice and passive voice on events in the Olympics
- Display sentences on a chart in class gallery for peer review
- Search from the Internet or books for more sentences in active and passive voice
How can one tell the doer and the receiver of an action in a sentence?
Moran - Skills in English pg. 202
Charts
Digital devices
Grammar books
Teacher's Guide
Sentence transformation Sentence construction Peer assessment Group work
5 5
Reading
Extensive reading: Short story
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Identify the ideas in the short story
- Relate the ideas from the short story to real life experiences
- Acknowledge the value of short stories in reflecting social issues
The learner is guided to:
- Study the picture in the story "The entire world was watching"
- Describe what is taking place in the picture
- Read the story "The entire world was watching"
- Answer questions based on the story
- Identify the ideas brought out in the story
- In pairs, discuss the events in the story
- List and discuss characters mentioned in the story
Where does a writer get what to write about?
Moran - Skills in English pg. 203
Short story
Pictures
Digital devices
Oral questions Written exercises Group discussions Observation
6 1-2
Reading
Writing
Extensive reading: Short story
Creative Writing: Descriptive Writing
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Identify issues brought out through characters and events in a story
- Make connections between story events and real-life situations
- Value the role of stories in addressing social issues

- Identify words and expressions for describing people, places and events
- Create a response using descriptive language
- Acknowledge the role of descriptive language in enhancing communication
The learner is guided to:
- Study a table which presents issues brought out in the story
- In groups, make a similar table and fill it with more examples from the story
- In pairs, relate the ideas in the story to their own experiences or the experiences of people they know
- In groups, dramatize and record sections of the story that show real-life experiences
The learner is guided to:
- Read a given conversation and create a response
- Read the passage "Olympics injuries"
- Reread the first paragraph, paying attention to descriptive words
- Copy paragraphs from the passage and underline descriptive words and sentences
- Identify words and expressions used to describe people, places or events
- Read a passage about accidents during the Olympics and underline descriptive words and sentences
How are stories related to what happens in real life?
Which words or expressions do we use to describe things, events or people?
Moran - Skills in English pg. 205
Analysis tables
Recording devices
Digital devices
Teacher's Guide
Moran - Skills in English pg. 206
Descriptive passages
Digital devices
Dictionary
Charts
Role play Table completion Group discussions Recordings
Identification tasks Written exercises Group discussions Observation
6 3
Writing
Creative Writing: Descriptive Writing
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Identify words and expressions for describing people, places and events
- Create a response using descriptive language
- Acknowledge the role of descriptive language in enhancing communication
The learner is guided to:
- Read a given conversation and create a response
- Read the passage "Olympics injuries"
- Reread the first paragraph, paying attention to descriptive words
- Copy paragraphs from the passage and underline descriptive words and sentences
- Identify words and expressions used to describe people, places or events
- Read a passage about accidents during the Olympics and underline descriptive words and sentences
Which words or expressions do we use to describe things, events or people?
Moran - Skills in English pg. 206
Descriptive passages
Digital devices
Dictionary
Charts
Identification tasks Written exercises Group discussions Observation
6 4
Writing
Creative Writing: Descriptive Writing
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Write a descriptive composition on people, places and events
- Use words that appeal to the five senses in descriptive writing
- Value the place of description in written and spoken communication
The learner is guided to:
- Search from the Internet or books for words and expressions that appeal to the five senses
- Group words in a table according to which sense they appeal to
- Watch a video of one of the sporting events Kenya participates in at the Olympics
- Write a descriptive paragraph about that sport
- Write a descriptive composition based on one of the sports featured in the Olympics
- Present composition for peer review
- Edit and revise composition based on feedback
- Publish completed composition on the school website, in a class blog or on a poster
How can description make our writing better?
Moran - Skills in English pg. 207
Videos of sporting events
Digital devices
Assessment checklist
Teacher's Guide
Descriptive writing Peer assessment Portfolio assessment Assessment rubrics
6 5
TOURIST ATTRACTION SITES: AFRICA

Listening and Speaking
Oral Reports: Events
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Identify the items in the format of an oral report
- Present a written report using effective speaking skills
- Acknowledge the importance of oral reports in communication
The learner is guided to:
- In pairs, plan a presentation about a tourist attraction site in Africa
- Study pictures provided by the teacher
- In pairs, discuss the activities taking place in the pictures
- In pairs, discuss the correct sequence of the pictures
- In groups, discuss experiences during a visit to a tourist attraction site
- Retell the events that took place during the visit in the correct order
How can you make your presentation convincing?
Moran - Skills in English pg. 209
Pictures
Digital devices
Charts
Teacher's Guide
Oral presentations Picture sequencing Group discussions Observation
7 1-2
Listening and Speaking
Reading
Oral Reports: Events
Reading Fluency
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Recount events that take place outside the classroom
- Present an oral report using verbal and non-verbal cues
- Value the role of oral reports in enhancing communication

- Outline reading fluency aspects and strategies observed while reading aloud
- Identify methods one can use to read more fluently
- Appreciate the importance of reading fluently
The learner is guided to:
- In pairs, search from the Internet or a book for an oral report
- Identify the steps taken during oral report presentations
- Suggest how to make reports more interesting
- Prepare a report on an event that took place outside the classroom
- Rehearse the report using verbal and non-verbal cues
- Present the report to the group
- Listen to classmates' reports and provide feedback using a provided table
The learner is guided to:
- Time themselves as they read a paragraph from a text
- In groups, talk about reading fluency features such as accuracy, speed, and reading with expression
- Discuss findings with another group in the class
- In groups, identify methods one can use to read more fluently
- Find a text about tourist attraction sites in Africa and read it aloud
- Outline the reading fluency aspects and strategies used while reading
- Display reading fluency aspects on a chart
Why do we give oral reports?
What emotions or feelings can we display when reading a text?
Moran - Skills in English pg. 210
Feedback table
Digital devices
Sample oral reports
Moran - Skills in English pg. 211
Reading texts
Stopwatch/timer
Charts
Digital devices
Oral presentations Peer assessment Assessment rubrics Observation
Oral reading Timing exercises Group discussions Chart displays
7 3
Reading
Reading Fluency
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Read texts accurately, with expression and at the right speed
- Apply fluency strategies when reading a text
- Value the significance of poems in communication
The learner is guided to:
- Preview the story "Tourist attraction sites"
- Skim through the text by reading the title and first sentence of every paragraph to get the main idea
- Scan through the text to find characters
- Read the story aloud, ignoring unfamiliar words
- Answer questions based on the story
- Read and recite the text "The wonders of Africa" in groups
- Discuss emotions and feelings displayed when reading the text
- Search from the Internet or in books for stories and poems on tourist attraction sites in Africa and read them aloud
Why should we read a text at the right speed?
Moran - Skills in English pg. 212
Stories and poems
Digital devices
Reading passages
Teacher's Guide
Oral reading Group recitation Written questions Peer assessment
7 4
Grammar in Use
Types of Sentences: Interrogative sentences
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Identify interrogative sentences and question tags from a text
- Distinguish between different types of interrogative sentences
- Acknowledge the role of correctly framed questions in communication
The learner is guided to:
- Ask a classmate about a given tourist attraction site in Africa and note how the question was asked and answered
- Read the text "From Cape Town to Cairo"
- Identify different types of questions in the text (yes/no questions, WH-questions, alternative questions)
- In pairs, take turns to ask and answer a question with a question tag from the text
- Identify question tags from a dialogue "Finding out about the Falls"
- With a classmate, take turns asking and answering the question tags in the dialogue
How do we ask questions?
Moran - Skills in English pg. 215
Text with questions
Dialogue
Digital devices
Charts
Identification tasks Oral questions Written exercises Pair work
7 5
Grammar in Use
Types of Sentences: Interrogative sentences
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Use interrogative sentences and question tags in varied contexts
- Form different types of interrogatives correctly
- Value the role of questions in enhancing communication
The learner is guided to:
- Read more texts from the Internet or books on tourist attraction sites in Africa to identify WH-questions, Yes/No questions, alternative questions, and question tags
- Compare findings with classmates
- Write a short dialogue using different types of interrogative sentences and question tags
- Display interrogative sentences and question tags on a diagram
- Search from the Internet and in books for more examples of question tags and interrogative sentences
- In groups, plan and present a role-play using interrogative sentences to ask about tourist attraction sites in Africa
How do we answer questions?
Moran - Skills in English pg. 217
Diagrams
Digital devices
Dialogue samples
Teacher's Guide
Dialogue writing Role play Diagram completion Peer assessment
8 1-2
Reading
Poems
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Identify the ideas in the poem
- Derive the lessons learnt in the poem
- Appreciate the role of poems in addressing societal issues
The learner is guided to:
- Tell a classmate about their favorite poem
- Identify lessons learnt from a poem
- Read the poem "The resilient River Nile" twice
- Answer questions based on the poem
- Summarize the subject matter in the poem
- In groups, take turns sharing summaries of the subject matter
- Identify the message in the poem and make notes
- In groups, recite the poem
- Dramatize the poem and present it to classmates
What messages do poems convey?
Moran - Skills in English pg. 219
Poem texts
Digital devices
Lesson notes
Teacher's Guide
Oral recitation Written questions Note-making Dramatization
8 3
Reading
Poems
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Match words with their meanings from the poem
- Identify lessons from the poem
- Recognize the role of poems in lifelong learning
The learner is guided to:
- Copy and match words from the poem with their meanings
- Find words or phrases in a stanza of the poem that describe people or things that pollute River Nile
- Complete words with missing letters from the poem
- Use complete words in sentences
- In groups, discuss what the poem teaches about the dangers of pollution, benefits of a river to the environment, and the importance of having a goal
- Point out lessons brought out through relationships between characters in the poem
- Present work in posters and display on noticeboards
Which lessons have you learnt from poems before?
Moran - Skills in English pg. 220
Vocabulary matching exercises
Posters
Digital devices
Word cards
Matching exercises Word completion Group discussions Poster displays
8 4
Writing
Functional Writing: Personal Journals
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Outline the components of a personal journal
- Explain the purpose of keeping a personal journal
- Acknowledge the role of journals in self-expression
The learner is guided to:
- Read a journal entry made by Nyakio
- In pairs, identify the parts of the personal journal
- In groups, discuss why we keep a personal journal or diary
- Tell a classmate the kind of things that could be written in a personal journal
- In pairs, search online and in printed materials for sample journals
- View and outline parts of the journals
Why do we write journals?
Moran - Skills in English pg. 221
Sample journals
Digital devices
Charts
Teacher's Guide
Oral presentations Identification tasks Group discussions Pair work
8 5
Writing
Functional Writing: Personal Journals
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Create a personal journal on varied experiences
- Evaluate a journal for correctness and relevance
- Value the role of journal writing in personal development
The learner is guided to:
- Bring a journal to class or sign up for an online journal, or make one from a notebook
- In groups, give ideas about what could be written in journals, such as experiences of learning about or visiting tourist attraction sites
- Choose and reflect on one experience to write about
- Record thoughts and feelings in the journal
- Reread journal entry and assess it using a provided checklist
- Include additional thoughts or ideas about the experience
- Share journal entry by writing it on a poster or sending it through social media
What would you like to remember about an experience?
Moran - Skills in English pg. 221
Journals/notebooks
Assessment checklist
Digital devices
Posters
Journal writing Self-assessment Peer assessment Portfolio assessment

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