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2

Form 1 Reporting and admission

3 2
LISTENING AND SPEAKING
Trickster narratives
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Appreciate the nature of trickster narratives
Explain the symbolic role of trickster characters in relation to society.
Storytelling
Reading
chalkboard
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 1-3
Teachers guide page 1-3
Oral Literature for Secondary Schools
3 3-4
STUDY SKILLS
READING
Silent reading skills 1
Comprehension Karani and Kemunto
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Determine whether or not they lip-read or sub-vocalize
Read without moving the lips or sub-vocalizing


Appreciate the need for both boys and girls to be involved in all household chores
Answer questions on the passage correctly.
Infer meaning of the new words used correctly
Reading
Reading comprehension
Chalkboard
Pre-reading activities
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 3-4
Teachers guide page 4-5
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 5
Teachers guide page 5-6
A good English dictionary
3 5
GRAMMAR
Common and proper Nouns
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Distinguish between common and proper nouns
Use common and proper nouns correctly.
Discussing

Writing sentences
Dictionary
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page6-7
Teachers guide page 7
3 6
GRAMMAR
Common and proper Nouns
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Distinguish between common and proper nouns
Use common and proper nouns correctly.
Discussing

Writing sentences
Dictionary
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page6-7
Teachers guide page 7
4 1
WRITING
Handwriting
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Appreciate the importance of writing neatly
Write neatly and legibly
Writing
discussion
Chalkboard
Sample of good handwriting
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 7-9
Teachers guide page 8-9
4 2
WRITING
Handwriting
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Appreciate the importance of writing neatly
Write neatly and legibly
Writing
discussion
Chalkboard
Sample of good handwriting
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 7-9
Teachers guide page 8-9
4 3-4
LISTENING AND SPEAKING
STUDY SKILLS
Pronunciation of /l/ and /r/ sounds
Silent reading skills 2
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Listen and talk about possible causes of accidents in the country and how they can be prevented
Pronounce the sounds /l/ and /r/ correctly

Appreciate the need to develop good silent reading skills
Read silently without moving the head or pointing at words
Pictures on accident scenes
Newspaper reports on accidents
Reading silently
chalkboard
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 10-11
Teachers guide page 10-11
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 11-12
Teachers guide page12
4 5
READING
Comprehension The Sick Man
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 shun corruption.
Reading comprehension
Chalkboard
Anti-corruption posters
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 12
Teachers guide page 13-14
A good English dictionary
4 6
GRAMMAR
Concrete and Abstract Nouns
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Recognize abstract nouns
Recognize concrete nouns
Form abstract nouns from other word classes
Discussing

Writing sentences
Dictionary
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 14-15
Teachers guide page 15
5 1
WRITING
Commonly Misspelt Words
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Identify the commonly misspelt words.
Learn to spell the commonly misspelt words correctly
Writing
discussion
Chalkboard
Sample
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 16
Teachers guide page 17
5 2
WRITING
Commonly Misspelt Words
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Identify the commonly misspelt words.
Learn to spell the commonly misspelt words correctly
Writing
discussion
Chalkboard
Sample
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 16
Teachers guide page 17
5 3-4
WRITING
LISTENING AND SPEAKING
Commonly Misspelt Words
Pronunciation of /i/ and /I:/ sounds
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Identify the commonly misspelt words.
Learn to spell the commonly misspelt words correctly


Identify and define ogre stories
Appreciate the lessons we get from ogre stories
Pronounce the vowel sounds /i/ and /I:/ correctly.
Writing
discussion
Speaking
Chalkboard
Sample
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 16
Teachers guide page 17
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 17-19
Teachers guide page 19
5 5
STUDY SKILLS
Reading Aloud 1
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Appreciate the need of developing good oral reading skills.
Explain the importance of understanding what they read aloud.
Reading
chalkboard
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 19-20
Teachers guide page 20
A good English Dictionary
5 6
READING
Comprehension Mlafi and Ndele
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Read and answer questions on the passage correctly.
Appreciate the need to show gratitude.
Infer meaning of the new words used
Reading comprehension
Pre-reading activities
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 21-23
Teachers guide page 22-23
A good English dictionary
6 1
GRAMMAR
Count and Non-count Nouns
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Distinguish between count and non-count nouns.
Master spelling rules for count nouns.
Use count and non-count nouns correctly.
Discussing

Writing sentences
Dictionary
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 23-25
Teachers guide page 24-25
6 2
GRAMMAR
Count and Non-count Nouns
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Distinguish between count and non-count nouns.
Master spelling rules for count nouns.
Use count and non-count nouns correctly.
Discussing

Writing sentences
Dictionary
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 23-25
Teachers guide page 24-25
6 3-4
GRAMMAR
WRITING
Count and Non-count Nouns
Writing Narratives
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Distinguish between count and non-count nouns.
Master spelling rules for count nouns.
Use count and non-count nouns correctly.

Discuss the features of narrative writing.
Write a narrative.
Use vocabulary and sentence structures correctly.
Write neatly and legibly
Discussing

Writing sentences
Writing
discussion
Dictionary
Chalkboard
Sample
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 23-25
Teachers guide page 24-25
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 25-26
Teachers guide page 26
6 5
LISTENING AND SPEAKING
Pronunciation of vowel sounds /u/ and /u:/ , // and //
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Listen and talk about their future careers using correct English
Pronounce the sounds given correctly.
reading
chalkboard
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 27
Teachers guide page 27
6 6
STUDY SKILLS
Reading Aloud 2
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Use their voices to emphasize important ideas during oral reading.
Reading audibly to an audience.
Vary the tone of voice.
Reading
Chalkboard
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 28-29
Teachers guide page 27
7 1
READING
Comprehension Relating with Parents
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Read and answer questions on the passage correctly.
Appreciate the need to relate well with parents and guardians.
Infer meaning of the new words used
Reading comprehension
Pre-reading activities
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 29-31
Teachers guide page 29-30
A good English dictionary
7 2
GRAMMAR
Articles
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Use the definite and indefinite articles correctly.
Discussing

Writing sentences
Dictionary
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 31-33
Teachers guide page 30-31
7 3-4
GRAMMAR
Articles
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Use the definite and indefinite articles correctly.
Discussing

Writing sentences
Dictionary
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 31-33
Teachers guide page 30-31
7 5
WRITING
Use of a comma
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Use commas correctly in writing.
Writing a composition that is free of grammatical and punctuation errors.
Write neatly and legibly
Writing
discussion
Chalkboard
Sample
Excelling in English Book 1 students book Page 33-35
Teachers guide page 31-32
7 6
LISTENING AND SPEAKING
Riddles
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Define a riddle
Describe what happens in a riddling session.
Participate in riddling session
Explain the functions of riddles.
Speaking
chalkboard
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 36-38
Teachers guide page 33
Oral literature by OkumbaMiruka
8 1
STUDY SKILLS
Speed Reading
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
lesson, :
Appreciate the need to vary reading rate depending on purpose for reading.
Read in word groups instead of individual words.
Reading
Chalkboard
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 38-41
Teachers guide page 34-35
8 2
READING
Comprehension What about this Child?
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Read and answer questions on the passage correctly.
Appreciate and shun the evils of child labour
Recognize children
Reading comprehension
Pre-reading activities
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 41-42
Teachers guide page 36-37
A good English dictionary
8-9

Mid term exams

9 2
LISTENING AND SPEAKING
Commonly Confused Words
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Pronounce correctly words with similar pronunciations but different spellings.
Reading
Chalkboard
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 41-47
Teachers guide page 41
9 3-4
STUDY SKILLS
Using a Library
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Explain why people visit a library
Explain how reading materials are organized in a library.
Display appropriate behavior in a library.
Discussion
Library
Chalkboard
Catalogued books
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 47-48
Teachers guide page 42
9 5
READING
Comprehension Alfred Nobel-A Man of Contrasts
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Read and answer questions on the passage correctly.
Appreciate the need to change the world for the better.
Infer meaning of the new words used
Reading comprehension
Pre-reading activities
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 49-50
Teachers guide page 44
A good English dictionary
9 6
GRAMMAR
Verbs
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Learn and use verbs correctly.
Distinguish between action and stative verbs.
Discussing

Writing sentences
Dictionary
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 50-54
Teachers guide page 45
10 1
WRITING
Building Sentence Skills
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Recognize various types of sentence construction errors
Write properly constructed sentences.
Writing
discussion
Chalkboard
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page54-55
Teachers guide page 47-48
10 2
WRITING
Building Sentence Skills
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Recognize various types of sentence construction errors
Write properly constructed sentences.
Writing
discussion
Chalkboard
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page54-55
Teachers guide page 47-48
10 3-4
LISTENING AND SPEAKING
STUDY SKILLS
Problematic Sounds
Using a Dictionary
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Pronounce the sounds /l/, /r/, /t/ and /d/ correctly.
Identify other sounds they find problematic.

Familiarize themselves with the alphabetic order of words in a dictionary.
Look up words easily in a dictionary
Use a dictionary effectively.
Reading
Discussion
chalkboard
English dictionary
Chalkboard
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 56-57
Teachers guide page 49
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 57-58
Teachers guide page 50
10 5
READING
Comprehension Gender Violence and HIV/Aids
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Read and answer questions on the passage correctly.
Explain the connection between gender&violence
Reading comprehension
Chalkboard
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 58-59
Teachers guide page 51
A good English dictionary
10 6
READING
Comprehension Gender Violence and HIV/Aids
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Read and answer questions on the passage correctly.
Explain the connection between gender&violence
Reading comprehension
Chalkboard
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 58-59
Teachers guide page 51
A good English dictionary
11 1
GRAMMAR
The Simple Past Tense 1
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Distinguish between regular and irregular verbs in the past tense.
Form the past tense of regular verbs
Use the past tense of regular verbs correctly.
Discussing

Writing sentences
Dictionary
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 60-62
Teachers guide page52-54
11 2
GRAMMAR
The Simple Past Tense 1
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Distinguish between regular and irregular verbs in the past tense.
Form the past tense of regular verbs
Use the past tense of regular verbs correctly.
Discussing

Writing sentences
Dictionary
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 60-62
Teachers guide page52-54
11 3-4
WRITING
Poetry
Diaries and Informal Letters
Key terms
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Appreciate the need of keeping a diary.
Make entries in a diary.
Use different formats of addresses in informal letter


Define and explain persona, theme and subject matter as used in poetry
Identify each in a poem
Writing
discussion
Teacher explanation
Discussion
writing
Chalkboard
Sample
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page62-64
Teachers guide page 55-56
Understanding poetry
11 5
Poetry
Key terms
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Define mood
Explain different words used to describe mood
Describe the mood in given poems
Teacher explanation
Discussion
Writing
Chalkboard
Understanding poetry
11 6
Listening and speaking
Homonyms
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Define homonyms
Use homonyms correctly in sentences
Teacher explanation
Discussion
writing
Chalkboard
12 1
Grammar
The simple past tense 2
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Distinguish the irregular verbs from regular verbs
Explain the formation of the simple past tense of irregular verbs
Use the irregular verbs correctly in sentences
Teacher explanation
Discussion
writing
Chalkboard
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 62

Teachers guide page54
12 2
Grammar
The simple past tense 2
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Distinguish the irregular verbs from regular verbs
Explain the formation of the simple past tense of irregular verbs
Use the irregular verbs correctly in sentences
Teacher explanation
Discussion
writing
Chalkboard
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 62

Teachers guide page54
12 3-4
Grammar
Oral literature
The simple past tense 2
Introduction
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Distinguish the irregular verbs from regular verbs
Explain the formation of the simple past tense of irregular verbs
Use the irregular verbs correctly in sentences


Define oral literature
Explain key terms used in oral literature
Teacher explanation
Discussion
writing
Chalkboard
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 62

Teachers guide page54
Oral literature for schools
13-14

End term exams


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