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WK LSN TOPIC SUB-TOPIC OBJECTIVES T/L ACTIVITIES T/L AIDS REFERENCE REMARKS
1

Opener exam

2 1
2 2
LISTENING AND SPEAKING
Debate
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Appreciate the importance of having debating skills.
Acquire debating skills.
Participate in debates.
Discussion
Chalkboard
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 66-67
Teachers guide page 57-58
2 3-4
STUDY SKILLS
READING
GRAMMAR
Using the dictionary 2
Comprehension The Worrying Drug Problem in Kenya
The Continuous Aspect
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
Describe the various types of information found in a dictionary.
Use the dictionary effectively.
Read the passage silently
Answer questions on the passage correctly.
Appreciate the dangers of drug abuse.
Infer meaning of the new words used

Master spelling rules of present and past participle verbs.
Use the continuous and the perfect aspects correctly.
Reading
Reading comprehension
Discussing

Writing sentences
English dictionary
chalkboard
Magazine cuttings on drug abuse
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 67-68
Teachers guide page 58-59
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page70-73
Teachers guide page 61-62
2 5
GRAMMAR
The Continuous Aspect
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Master spelling rules of present and past participle verbs.
Use the continuous and the perfect aspects correctly.
Discussing

Writing sentences
Dictionary
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page70-73
Teachers guide page 61-62
2 6
WRITING
Informal letters
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Identify the different parts of an informal letter.
Write informal letters correctly.
Write neatly and legibly
Use vocabulary and sentence structures correctly.
Writing
discussion
Chalkboard
Sample informal letters
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 73-75
Teachers guide page 63-64
3 1
LISTENING AND SPEAKING
Intonation
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Listen and talk about trickster narratives
Use intonation appropriately
Reading
Chalkboard
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 76-78
Teachers guide page 64
3 2
STUDY SKILLS
READING
Studying poetry 1
Comprehension Disability is not Inability
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
Recognize a poem when they see one.
Appreciate the experience of a poem.
Describe the identity of the persona in a poem.
Read and answer questions on the passage correctly.
Appreciate that disability is not inability.
Infer meaning of the new words used
Reciting
Reading comprehension
Chalkboard
Pre-reading activities
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 78-80
Teachers guide page 65-66
3 3-4
GRAMMAR
Adjectives
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Identify adjectives
Use adjectives correctly.
Discussing

Writing sentences
Dictionary
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 82-84
Teachers guide page 68-69
3 5
WRITING
Poems
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Learn the features of poetry.
Write simple poems.
Write neatly and legibly
Writing
discussion
Chalkboard
Sample poems
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 84-87
Teachers guide page 70-71
3 6
LISTENING AND SPEAKING
Dialogue on drug abuse
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Read the dialogue interpretively
Answer oral comprehension questions correctly.
Appreciate the harmful effects of drug abuse.
Discussion
Chalkboard
Pictures related to drugs
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 88
Teachers guide page 72
4 1
STUDY SKILLS
READING
Studying poetry 2
Comprehension Bad habits
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
lesson, :
Appreciate further the nature of a poem.
Describe the form of a poem.
Identify and describe the theme of a poem.
Read and answer questions on the passage correctly.
Appreciate that smoking and drinking is injurious to heath.
Infer meaning of the new words used
Recitation
Reading comprehension
Chalkboard
Sample poems
Pre-reading activities
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 89-90
Teachers guide page 73-74
Demystifying poetry
4 2
GRAMMAR
Gradable and non-gradable Adjectives
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Mark gradability in adjectives in various ways
Distinguish between gradable and non-gradable adjectives.
Discussing

Writing sentences
Dictionary
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 92-95
Teachers guide page 76-77
4 3-4
GRAMMAR
WRITING
Gradable and non-gradable Adjectives
Describing a person
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Mark gradability in adjectives in various ways
Distinguish between gradable and non-gradable adjectives.

Discuss the features of a good description
Write a description of someone.
Write neatly and legibly
Discussing

Writing sentences
Writing
discussion
Dictionary
Chalkboard
Sample
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 92-95
Teachers guide page 76-77
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 95-97
Teachers guide page 78-80
4 5
LISTENING AND SPEAKING
Pronunciation of /tf/ , /k/ and /f/
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Pronounce the sounds /tf/, /k/, and /f/ correctly.
Identify other sounds they find problematic.
Reading
chalkboard
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 99-100
Teachers guide
4 6
STUDY SKILLS
Taking Notes
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Take notes from a sample news bulletin read by the teacher
Write the notes neatly
Writing
Chalkboard
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 100
Teachers guide
5 1
READING
Comprehension Saito
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Appreciate that different students come from different backgrounds and face different problems
Answer questions on the passage correctly.
Infer meaning of the new words used correctly
Reading comprehension
Pre-reading activities
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 101-102
Teachers guide
A good English dictionary
5 2
GRAMMAR
Adverbs
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Identify the various types of adverbs
Use adverbs correctly in sentences.
Discussing

Writing sentences
Dictionary
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 102-104
Teachers guide
5 3-4
WRITING
LISTENING AND SPEAKING
Describing a Creature, Object or Place
Dictation
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Discuss the features of a good description
Write a description of a creature, object or place.
Write neatly and legibly


Write down the passage read out by the teacher correctly
Explain what one needs in order to write a good dictation
Writing
discussion
Listening
Writing
Chalkboard
Sample of a good description
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 105
Teachers guide
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 106
Teachers guide
5 5
STUDY SKILLS
Studying a play
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Study a play accurately
Identify the characters, conflict, inciting action, the root action in a given play
Reading silently
Discussion
Explanation
Chalkboard
Samples of plays
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 106-107
Teachers guide
5 6
READING
Comprehension The Sweet Victory
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Read the passage and answer questions on the passage correctly.
Appreciate the need to develop one
Reading comprehension
Chalkboard
Certificates of merit
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 107-109
Teachers guide
A good English dictionary
6 1
GRAMMAR
Prepositions
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Recognize prepositions
Prepositions in sentences correctly.
Discussing

Writing sentences
Dictionary
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 110-112
Teachers guide
6 2
WRITING
The Structure of Paragraphs
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Rearrange sentences provided haphazardly into a cohesive paragraph
Identify the topic sentence, supporting sentences and the clincher sentence in a given paragraph
Writing
Discussion
Explanation
Chalkboard
Sample
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 112-113
Teachers guide
6 3-4
LISTENING AND SPEAKING
STUDY SKILLS
Etiquette: Good manners
Studying a Short Story
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

List five things that are an expression of good manners
Identify the four pillars of etiquette
Identify actions, behavior and words which express good manners in a given conversation

Tell a short story based on one of their experiences
Write a composition about a short story they have read recently
Speaking
Roleplaying
Reading
Writing
Chalkboard
Sample conversations
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 115-117
Teachers guide
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 117-118
Teachers guide
6 5
READING
Comprehension Ndanu and her Teacher
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Read and answer questions on the passage correctly.
Appreciate the need to help one another and to show gratitude.
Infer meaning of the new words used
Reading comprehension
Pre-reading activities
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 118-120
Teachers guide
A good English dictionary
6 6
GRAMMAR
Conjunctions
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Define conjunctions.
Use conjunctions correctly.
Discussing

Writing sentences
Dictionary
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 120-121
Teachers guide
7 1
WRITING
Creative Writing
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Discuss the features of creative writing.
Write a creative composition.
Use vocabulary and sentence structures correctly.
Write neatly and legibly
Writing
discussion
Chalkboard
Sample
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 122-123
Teachers guide
7-8

Mid term exams and break

9 1
LISTENING AND SPEAKING
Non-verbal Cues that Enhance listening and Speaking
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Explain the polite ways of communicating without words
Identify examples of body language evident in a given poem
Reading
Writing
Discussion
Chalkboard
Samples of poems
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 124
Teachers guide
9 2
STUDY SKILLS
The plot of a Play
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Write a dramatic skit or a short play showing the different stages of the conflict
Reading
Wriring
Chalkboard
Samples of short plays
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 125
Teachers guide
9 3-4
READING
GRAMMAR
Comprehension Typhoid Fever
Noun Phrases
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Read and answer questions on the passage correctly.
Appreciate the symptoms of typhoid
Infer meaning of the new words used

Use noun phrases correctly.
Reading comprehension

Discussing

Writing sentences
Pre-reading activities
Dictionary
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 125-127
Teachers guide
A good English dictionary
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 128-128
Teachers guide page 30-31
9 5
WRITING
Writing poems
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Describe the components of a poem
Write a poem about somebody they like very much
Writing
discussion
Chalkboard
Sample
Excelling in English Book 1 students book Page 128-129
Teachers guide
9 6
LISTENING AND SPEAKING
Ogre Narratives Karimi and the Ogre
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Define an ogre narrative
Describe the features of an ogre narrative
Tell an ogre narrative
Explain the functions of ogre narratives
Speaking
chalkboard
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page
Teachers guide
Oral literature by OkumbaMiruka
10 1
STUDY SKILLS
Plot in Short stories
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
lesson, :
Describe the events of any particular short story
Write the summary of the plot of a story they have read
Reading
Writing
Chalkboard
Sample short stories
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 132
Teachers guide
10 2
READING
Comprehension Safeguarding the Treasure
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Read and answer questions on the passage correctly.

Appreciate the importance of abstinence

Recognize children
Reading comprehension
Pre-reading activities
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 133-134
Teachers guide page 36-37
A good English dictionary
10 3-4
GRAMMAR
WRITING
The active and the passive
Note Making
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Define active voice and passive voice

Distinguish between active and passive voice

Use active and passive voice correctly.


Pick the most important points from a given piece of writing

Make notes from a given passage
Discussing

Writing sentences
Writing
Discussion
Dictionary
Chalkboard
Sample
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 134-137
Teachers guide
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 137-138
Teachers guide
10 5
LISTENING AND SPEAKING
Words with Similar Spelling but Different Meaning
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Pronounce words with similar spelling but different meaning correctly


Write a list of words that have similar spelling but different meaning
Reading
Writing
Chalkboard
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 139
Teachers guide
10 6
STUDY SKILLS
LITERARY language
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Define literary language

Identify literary language used in the given sentences
Discussion
writing
Library novels
Chalkboard
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 140
Teachers guide
11 1
READING
Comprehension A Good Leader
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:


Read and answer questions on the passage correctly.

Appreciate the need to be a good leader.

Infer meaning of the new words used
Reading comprehension
Pre-reading activities
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 141-142
Teachers guide
A good English dictionary
11 2
GRAMMAR
Direct and Indirect speech
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:


Differentiate between direct and indirect speech

Use direct and indirect speech correctly in sentences
Discussing

Writing sentences
Dictionary
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 50-54
Teachers guide page 45
11 3-4
WRITING
TOPIC
Packing List
SUB-TOPIC
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:


Define a packing list

Write a good packing list

OBJECTIVES
Writing
discussion
TEACHING /LEARNING ACTIVITIES
Chalkboard

RESOURCES
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 145-147
Teachers guide
REFERENCES
11 5
TOPIC
SUB-TOPIC
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
OBJECTIVES
TEACHING /LEARNING ACTIVITIES
RESOURCES
REFERENCES
11 6
TOPIC
SUB-TOPIC
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
OBJECTIVES
TEACHING /LEARNING ACTIVITIES
RESOURCES
REFERENCES
12 1
LISTENING AND SPEAKING
STUDY SKILLS
Reading aloud
Literary Language II
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
Read the given passage aloud
Project the voice well, pronounce words correctly and observe punctuation correctly
Answer questions from the passage correctly
Define literary language
Identify literary language used in the given sentences
Reading
Pronunciation
Answering questions
Discussion
Writing
Chalkboard
English dictionary
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 148-150
Teachers guide
12 2
READING
Kisingu
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Read and answer questions on the passage correctly.
Appreciate the need to shun detrimental socialization.
Infer meaning of the new words used
Reading comprehension
Chalkboard
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 151-154
Teachers guide
A good English dictionary
12 3-4
GRAMMAR
Types of Sentences Interrogative sentences
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Distinguish between different types of sentences.
Form interrogative sentences.
Use interrogative sentences correctly.
Discussing

Writing sentences
Dictionary
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 154-155
Teachers guide page52-54
13-14

End Term Exams and Closing


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