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WK LSN TOPIC SUB-TOPIC OBJECTIVES T/L ACTIVITIES T/L AIDS REFERENCE REMARKS
1-2

Reporting and Admission of the students

3 1
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 2
STUDY SKILLS
Silent reading skills 1
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
Reading
Chalkboard
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 3-4
Teachers guide page 4-5
3 3
READING
Comprehension Karani and Kemunto
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

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 comprehension
Pre-reading activities
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 5
Teachers guide page 5-6
A good English dictionary
3 4
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 5
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
3 6
LISTENING AND SPEAKING
Pronunciation of /l/ and /r/ sounds
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
Pictures on accident scenes
Newspaper reports on accidents
chalkboard
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 10-11
Teachers guide page 10-11
4 1
STUDY SKILLS
Silent reading skills 2
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Appreciate the need to develop good silent reading skills
Read silently without moving the head or pointing at words
Reading silently
chalkboard
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 11-12
Teachers guide page12
4 2
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 3
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
4 4
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
4 5
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
Writing
discussion
Chalkboard
Sample
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 16
Teachers guide page 17
4 6
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 1
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
5 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
5 3
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
5 4
WRITING
Writing Narratives
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Discuss the features of narrative writing.
Write a narrative.
Use vocabulary and sentence structures correctly.
Write neatly and legibly
Writing
discussion
Chalkboard
Sample
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 25-26
Teachers guide page 26
5 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
5 6
STUDY SKILLS
READING
Reading Aloud 2
Comprehension Relating with Parents
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
Pre-reading activities
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 28-29
Teachers guide page 27
6 1
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
6 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
6 3
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
6 4
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
6 5
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
6 6
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
7 1
LISTENING AND SPEAKING
STUDY SKILLS
Commonly Confused Words
Using a Library
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Pronounce correctly words with similar pronunciations but different spellings.
Reading
Chalkboard
Library
Catalogued books
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 41-47
Teachers guide page 41
7 2
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
7 3
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
7 4
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
7 5
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
7 6
LISTENING AND SPEAKING
Problematic Sounds
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.
Reading
chalkboard
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 56-57
Teachers guide page 49
8 1
STUDY SKILLS
Using a Dictionary
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Familiarize themselves with the alphabetic order of words in a dictionary.
Look up words easily in a dictionary
Use a dictionary effectively.
Discussion
English dictionary
Chalkboard
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 57-58
Teachers guide page 50
8 2
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
8 3
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
8-9

Midterm break

9 2
WRITING
Diaries and Informal Letters
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
Writing
discussion
Chalkboard
Sample
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page62-64
Teachers guide page 55-56
9 3
Poetry
Key terms
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Define and explain persona, theme and subject matter as used in poetry
Identify each in a poem
Teacher explanation
Discussion
writing
Chalkboard
Understanding poetry
9 4
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
9 5
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
9 6
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
10 1
Oral literature
Introduction
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Define oral literature
Explain key terms used in oral literature
Teacher explanation
Discussion
writing
Chalkboard
Oral literature for schools
10 2
TOPIC
SUB-TOPIC
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
OBJECTIVES
TEACHING/LEARNING ACTIVITIES
RESOURCES
REFERENCES
10 3
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
10 4
STUDY SKILLS
Using the dictionary 2
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.
Reading
English dictionary
chalkboard
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 67-68
Teachers guide page 58-59
10 5
READING
Comprehension The Worrying Drug Problem in Kenya
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Read the passage silently
Answer questions on the passage correctly.
Appreciate the dangers of drug abuse.
Infer meaning of the new words used
Reading comprehension
Chalkboard
Magazine cuttings on drug abuse
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 68-70
Teachers guide page 59-61
A good English dictionary
10 6
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
11 1
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
11 2
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
11 3
STUDY SKILLS
Studying poetry 1
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.
Reciting
Chalkboard
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 78-80
Teachers guide page 65-66
11 4
READING
Comprehension Disability is not Inability
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Read and answer questions on the passage correctly.
Appreciate that disability is not inability.
Infer meaning of the new words used
Reading comprehension
Pre-reading activities
Secondary English Book 1 students book Page 80-82
Teachers guide page 66-67
A good English dictionary
11 5
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
11 5-6
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
12-13

End of term exams, marking and closing of the school.


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