CBC Grade 6 English Schemes of Work Free Editable Word, PDF Downloads
NEW PRIMARY ENGLISH ACTIVITIES GRADE 6 SCHEMES OF WORK
School: Teacher’sName: Term 3 Year:
Wk | Lsn | Strand/Theme | Substrand | Specificlearningoutcomes | Key inquiryQuestions | Learningexperiences | LearningResources | Assessmentmethods | Refl | |
1 | 1 | PROPERUSE OFLEISURETIME | Listeningandspeaking:pronunciationandvocabulary-interactivelistening | Bytheendof thelesson,thelearnershouldbeableto:
a) Identifywordswiththesound/h/in anoral text. b) listen to a text and tellwordsorphraseswithsound /h/. c) Advocate importance ofpolite interruption and turntaking in oralcommunication. |
Why shouldwe taketurnsin aconversation?
Howcanweinterrupts aspeakerpolitely?
What are someof themoodsor feelings wecan showduringa conversation? |
Learnerisguidedto:
• Pickoutthe sound/h/asinholidayfroman audiotext. • Listen to a text and saywords and phrases with thesound/h/. |
Audiotexts
NPE Grd6TGpg.108-110
NPEGrd6 LearnersBk.pg.93-95 |
Oraldiscussions
Peersassessment |
||
2 | Bytheendof thelesson,thelearnershouldbeableto:
a) Identifywordswiththesound/h/in anoral text. b) Take turns during aconversation. c) Advocate importance ofpoliteinterruptionandturn taking in oralcommunication. |
Why shouldwe taketurnsin aconversation?
Howcanweinterrupts aspeakerpolitely? |
Learnerisguidedto:
• Taketurnsduring(shortinterviews, debates anddiscussions on gradeappropriate topics) |
Audiotexts
NPE Grd6TGpg.108-110
NPEGrd6 LearnersBk.pg.93-95 |
Oraldiscussions
Peersassessment |
|||||
What are someof themoodsor feelings wecan show | ||||||||||
duringa
conversation? |
|||||||||
3 | Bytheendof thelesson,thelearnershouldbeableto:
a) Interrupt a speakerappropriatelyduringaconversation. b) Express appropriatemoods during aconversation. c) Advocate importance ofpolite interruption and turntaking in oralcommunication. |
Why shouldwe taketurnsin aconversation?
Howcanweinterrupts aspeakerpolitely?
What are someof themoodsor feelings wecan showduring aconversation? |
Learnerisguidedto:
• Interrupt appropriatelyduringa classdiscussion,interviewor debate. • Perform a choral verse(about six stanzas) orconversational poem in areader’s theatre, and displayvariousmoods. • Practice using expressionssuch as fixed phrase: killtime; simile: sleep like a log;metaphor:mymotherishawkeyed. sheseeseverything;proverbs:thereisno time like the present,idioms:daydream,phrasal verbs:goodat, |
Audiotexts
NPE Grd6TGpg.108-110
NPEGrd6 LearnersBk.pg.93-95 |
Oral
discussions
Peersassessment |
||||
4 | Reading | Intensive
reading |
Bytheend ofthelesson,the
learnershould beableto: a) Make connectionsbetween events in a text andreallifeexperiences. b) Answer direct andinferential questionscorrectly forcomprehension. c) Acknowledgetheroleofreading comprehension inlifelonglearning. |
Howdoyou
tell themeaning ofnew wordsfromatext?
Why do youthink events ina story have arelationshipwith real lifeexperiences? |
Learnersisguidedto:
• Previewa text(ofabout500words)forgeneralunderstanding. • Makepredictionsaboutevents. • Infer the meaning of newwordsusingpriorknowledgeand clues. • Answerquestionsinpairs. • Retelleventsinatextinsmallgroups. • Createacrosswordpuzzleusingthelearntvocabulary. |
Sample of a
crosswordpuzzle
NPE Grd6TGpg.111-113
NPEGrd6 LearnersBk.pg.95-99 |
Written
exercises,portfolio |
||
2 | 1 | Bytheend ofthelesson,the
learnershould beableto: a) Predicteventsina textaccurately. b) Use contextual clues toinfer themeaningof |
Howdoyou
tell themeaning ofnew wordsfromatext? |
Learnersisguidedto:
• Preview a text (of about500words)forgeneralunderstanding. • Makepredictionsaboutevents. |
Sample of a
crosswordpuzzle
NPE Grd6TGpg.111-113 |
Written
exercises,portfolio |
unfamiliar words andexpressions such asproverbs, similes amongothers.
c) Summarizeinformationin a text by restating it inownwords. d) Acknowledge the role ofreading comprehension inlifelonglearning. |
Why do youthink events ina story have arelationshipwith real lifeexperiences? | • Infer the meaning of newwordsusingpriorknowledgeand clues.
• Answerquestionsinpairs. • Retelleventsinatextinsmallgroups. • Createacrosswordpuzzleusingthelearntvocabulary. |
NPEGrd6
LearnersBk.pg.95-99 |
||||||
2 | Grammar
inuse |
Conjunctions | Bytheendof thelesson,thelearnershouldbeableto:
a) Identify conjunctions in atext. b) Use conjunctions invariedcontextscorrectly. c) Judgetheappropriatenessof conjunctions used insentences. |
Why shouldwe writesentencescorrectly?
Howdowejoin two ormoresentences? |
Learnerisguidedto:
• Identify the conjunctionssince, so, nor, far, yet, for,unless,although,though,inatextin pairs. • Construct sentences usingconjunctionsinsmallgroups. • Fillinblanksinsentencesusing conjunctionsindividuallyor inpairs. • Collaborate with peers toconstruct sentences usingconjunctions. • Create a crossword puzzleusing conjunctions and shareitwithothersthrough posters, charts or socialmedia |
Readers,newspapers,magazines
NPE Grd6TGpg.114-116
NPEGrd6 LearnersBk.pg.99-100 |
Gapfilling,
classcompetition,sentenceconstruction, learnerportfolio |
||
3 | Bytheend ofthelesson,the
learnershould beableto: a) Identifyconjunctionsinatext. b) Use conjunctions invariedcontextscorrectly. c) Judgetheappropriatenessof conjunctions used insentences. |
Whyshould
we writesentencescorrectly?
Howdowejoin two ormoresentences? |
Learnerisguidedto:
• Identify the conjunctionssince, so, nor, far, yet, for,unless,although,though,inatextin pairs. • Construct sentences usingconjunctionsinsmallgroups. • Fillinblanksinsentencesusing conjunctionsindividuallyor inpairs. |
Readers,
newspapers,magazines
NPE Grd6TGpg.114-116
NPEGrd6 LearnersBk.pg.99-100 |
Gapfilling,
classcompetition,sentenceconstruction, learnerportfolio |
• Collaboratewithpeerstoconstruct sentences usingconjunctions.
• Create a crossword puzzleusing conjunctions and shareit with others throughposters,chartsorsocial media |
|||||||||
4 | Bytheend ofthelesson,the
learnershould beableto: a) Identifyconjunctionsinatext. b) Use conjunctions invariedcontextscorrectly. c) Judgetheappropriatenessof conjunctions used insentences. |
Whyshould
we writesentencescorrectly?
Howdowejoin two ormoresentences? |
Learner isguidedto:
• Identify the conjunctionssince, so, nor, far, yet, for,unless,although,though,inatextin pairs. • Construct sentences usingconjunctionsinsmallgroups. • Fillinblanksinsentencesusing conjunctionsindividuallyor inpairs. • Collaboratewithpeerstoconstruct sentences usingconjunctions. • Create a crossword puzzleusing conjunctions and shareit with others throughposters,chartsorsocial media |
Readers,
newspapers,magazines
NPE Grd6TGpg.114-116
NPEGrd6 LearnersBk.pg.99-100 |
Gapfilling,
classcompetition,sentenceconstruction, learnerportfolio |
||||
3 | 1 | Writing | Creative
writing |
Bytheendof thelesson,thelearnershouldbeableto:
a)Useappropriateadjectives to describe aperson,objectoraplace. c)Planadescriptivecomposition in preparationforwriting. c) Judge a descriptivecomposition for correctnessof language, relevance tothe topic, creativity andorganizationof ideas. |
Why shouldwe plan ourcompositions?
How do wedescribeobjects, peopleorevents?
Which wordsdowe usetodescribe people, objectsorevents? |
Learnerisguidedto:
• Identifykeypointsaboutanevent such as a weddingceremony,footballmatchand dance,amongothers. • Suggest people, events,places or objects that can bedescribedin pairs. |
Sample ofdescriptivecomposition
NPE Grd6TGpg.116-119
NPEGrd6 LearnersBk.pg.101-102 |
Compositi
on writing,peerassessment , learnerportfolio |
2 | Bytheendof thelesson,thelearnershouldbeableto:
b) Discuss and Plan adescriptive composition inpreparationforwriting. c) Create a descriptivecompositionona varietyoftopics. d) Judge a descriptivecomposition for correctnessof language, relevance tothe topic, creativity andorganizationof ideas. |
Why shouldwe plan ourcompositions?
How do wedescribeobjects, peopleorevents?
Which wordsdowe usetodescribepeople, objectsorevents? |
Learnerisguidedto:
• Plan a descriptivecomposition of about (120-160words)insmallgroups. • Select and use appropriateexpressions such as proverbsandidiomsinacomposition. • Write the introductoryparagraphofthedescriptiveessayin smallgroups. • Completethedescriptivecompositionindividually. • Proofreadthecompositionwithpeers. • Display the correctedcomposition in the classroomorshare itovertheinternet, emailorsocialmedia. |
Sample ofdescriptivecomposition
NPE Grd6TGpg.116-119
NPEGrd6 LearnersBk.pg.101-102 |
Compositi
on writing,peerassessment , learnerportfolio |
||||
3 | SPORTS:
INDORRGAMES |
Listeningand
speaking:pronunciationandvocabulary(audiofiles) |
Bytheend ofthelesson,the
learnershould beableto: a) Selectsounds,wordsandphrases from a text forlisteningfluency. b) Listentoaudiostoriesandpickspecificsounds c) Appreciate theimportance of effectivelisteningincommunication. |
Whyshould
we look atpeople’s facesastheyspeak?
How are audiostoriesdifferent fromastorybook? |
Learnerisguidedto:
• Listentoaudiostoriesandpick put specific sounds,words, phrases or sentencesinpairs. • Saywordswith the sounds /ʊ/and/uː/correctly. |
Digitaldevices,
posters,charts
NPE Grd6TGpg.120-123
NPEGrd6 LearnersBk.pg.103-104 |
Sentence
construction,peerassessment ,recitation |
||
4 | Bytheendof thelesson,thelearnershouldbeableto:
a) Use words andexpressions such asproverbs,phrasalverbs,proverbs among othersrelated to the theme insentences. b) Interpret non-verbal cuescorrectly duringconversations. |
Why shouldwe look atpeople’s facesastheyspeak?
How are audiostoriesdifferent fromastorybook? |
Learnerisguidedto:
• Listentochoralpoemswiththe sounds/ʊ/and /uː/insmallgroupsandpickout words with the selectedsounds. • Saytonguetwisterswiththe target sounds. |
Digitaldevices,posters,charts
NPE Grd6TGpg.120-123
NPEGrd6 LearnersBk.pg.103-104 |
Sentence
construction,peerassessment ,recitation |
c)Appreciatethe
importance of effectivelisteningincommunication. |
|||||||||
4 | 1 | Bytheend ofthelesson,the
learnershould beableto: a) Interpret non-verbal cuescorrectly duringconversations. b) Listenforspecificdetailsand main idea from audiorecordings, internet, andradio or televisionprogrammers. c) Appreciate theimportance of effectivelisteningincommunication. |
Whyshould
we look atpeople’s facesastheyspeak?
How are audiostoriesdifferent fromastorybook? |
Learnerisguidedto:
• Practiceusingexpressionssuchasfixedphrases:outof breath; similes: as brightas day; metaphor: Lodungais a deer. He runs very fast. ;Idioms: get a head start;proverbs:lookbeforeyouleap and phrasal verbs suchaspassround. |
Digitaldevices,
posters,charts
NPE Grd6TGpg.120-123
NPEGrd6 LearnersBk.pg.103-104 |
Sentence
construction,peerassessment ,recitation |
|||
2 | Reading | Intensive
reading –digitalstories |
Bytheend ofthelesson,the
learnershould beableto: a) Identify words, phrasesand proverbs from a digitaltext. b) Create mental imagesfrom viewed, heard or readtext. c) Acknowledge the role ofreading comprehension inlifelonglearning. |
Howdoyou
makepredictionsaboutastoryyou are aboutto read?
How are digitalstoriesdifferent fromstorybooks? |
Learnerisguidedto:
• Participateinareader’stheatre and read solo orchoral poems in smallgroups. • Make predictions about atextbyobservingthecoverortitle. • Make connections betweenthe pictures in a text and reallife situations. |
Digitaldevices,
pictures,photographs
NPE Grd6TGpg.124-127
NPEGrd6 LearnersBk.pg.105-106 |
Learner
summaryofcontent,answeringoralandwrittenquestions |
||
3 | Bytheend ofthelesson,the
learnershould beableto: a) Use contextual clues toinferthemeaningofwordsandexpressions. b) Answer direct andinferential questionscorrectly forcomprehension. c) Acknowledgetheroleofreading comprehension inlifelonglearning. |
Howdoyou
makepredictionsaboutastoryyou are aboutto read?
How are digitalstoriesdifferent fromstorybooks? |
Learnerisguidedto:
• Summarize important ideasand restate them in ownwords. • Retelleventsinapoemchronologically. • Use contextual clues toinfer the meaning ofexpressions such as fixedphrases, similes, metaphors,idioms:proverbsand phrasal verbs. |
Digitaldevices,
pictures,photographs
NPE Grd6TGpg.124-127
NPEGrd6 LearnersBk.pg.105-106 |
Learner
summaryofcontent,answeringoralandwrittenquestions |
• Summarizeeventsinatext
throughretelling. |
|||||||||
4 | Grammar
inuse |
Interrogatives | Bytheend ofthelesson,the
learnershould beableto: a) Identifyinterrogativesinprintor digitaltexts. b) Useinterrogativescorrectly to expressdifferentmeanings. c) Assess theappropriateness ofconjunctions used in printanddigital texts. |
Howdowe
formquestions?
Whydoweaskquestions? |
Learnersare guidedto:
• Discuss in pairs or groupswhich among the followingwords are not interrogatives:whip, how, what, when,whom, why which, whisper,where and whole |
Photographs,
charts,videoclips
NPE Grd6TGpg.128-130
NPEGrd6 LearnersBk.pg.106-107 |
Writing
sentencefromsubstitutiontableandlanguagegame |
||
5 | 1 | Bytheend ofthelesson,the
learnershould beableto: a) Identifyinterrogativesinprintor digitaltexts. b) Useinterrogativescorrectly to expressdifferentmeanings. c) Assess theappropriateness ofconjunctions used in printanddigital texts. |
Howdowe
formquestions?
Whydoweaskquestions? |
Learnersareguidedto:
• Practice using when clauseswith present tenseto showthe future: ‘When are yougoingto school’ in pairs. • Collaboratewithpeerstouse interrogatives insentencescorrectly. |
Photographs,
charts,videoclips
NPE Grd6TGpg.128-130
NPEGrd6 LearnersBk.pg.106-107 |
Writing
sentencefromsubstitutiontableandlanguagegame |
|||
2 | Bytheend ofthelesson,the
learnershould beableto: a) Identifyinterrogativesinprintor digitaltexts. b) Useinterrogativescorrectly to expressdifferentmeanings. c) Assess theappropriateness ofconjunctions used in printanddigitaltexts. |
Howdowe
formquestions?
Whydoweaskquestions? |
Learnersare guidedto:
• Createlistsofinterrogativesentences using wordsrelatedto the theme. • Type the list using acomputer, laptop or tablet ingroupsanddisplayhisorherworkto peers. |
Photographs,
charts,videoclips
NPE Grd6TGpg.128-130
NPEGrd6 LearnersBk.pg.106-107 |
Writing
sentencefromsubstitutiontableandlanguagegame |
||||
3 | Writing | Spelling
(synonymsandantonyms) |
Bytheend ofthelesson,the
learnershould beableto: a)Identifysynonymsandantonyms correctly forwritingfluency. |
Howdowe tell
the meaning ofunfamiliarwords? |
Learnerisguidedto:
• Listen/watch a videorecordingand identifywordswith synonyms andantonyms. |
Newspapers,
magazines, webresources,videoclips, digitaldevices |
Peer
assessment , sentenceconstruction,portfolio |
b) Use synonyms, andantonyms correctly insentences.
c) Advocatetheuseofarichvocabularyin writing. |
Which aresome of thewords with thesame oroppositemeaning? | • Formsentencesinpairsorsmall groups usingsynonymsandantonyms.
• Identify synonyms andantonyms from newspapers,magazines or the internet inpairs and create a crosswordpuzzle. • Displaytheirworkonposters. |
NPE Grd6TGpg.131-133
NPEGrd6 LearnersBk.pg.108-110 |
||||||
4 | Bytheendof thelesson,thelearnershouldbeableto:
a) Identifysynonymsandantonyms correctly forwritingfluency. b) Use synonyms, andantonyms correctly insentences. c) Advocatetheuseofarichvocabularyin writing. |
How do we tellthe meaning ofunfamiliarwords?
Which aresome of thewords with thesame oroppositemeaning? |
Learnerisguidedto:
• Listen/watch a videorecordingand identifywordswith synonyms andantonyms. • Formsentencesinpairsorsmall groups usingsynonymsandantonyms. • Identify synonyms andantonyms from newspapers,magazines or the internet inpairs and create a crosswordpuzzle. • Displaytheirworkonposters. |
Newspapers,magazines, webresources,videoclips, digitaldevices
NPE Grd6TGpg.131-133
NPEGrd6 LearnersBk.pg.108-110 |
Peer
assessment , sentenceconstruction,portfolio |
||||
6 | 1 | ENVIRON
MENTALCONSERVATION |
Listeningand
speaking:Pronunciationandvocabulary |
Bytheend ofthelesson,the
learnershould beableto: a) Listen for specific detailssuch as sounds words,expressions such asproverbs, similes,metaphors, fixed phrasesandidiomsforeffectiveoralcommunication. b) explain how our hands,facesandeyes communicate c) Judgetheappropriatenessof non-verbal cues in aconversation or videorecordings. |
Whyshould
we speak at theright speed,accurately andwithexpression?
How do ourfaces, handsandeyeshelpuscommunicatebetter? |
Learnerisguidedto:
• Saywordsand phraseswiththe sounds/ʒ/ /ʤ/correctly. • Recite poems with wordsthathavethe sounds/ʒ//ʤ/. • Listen for specific detailssuch as fixed phrases – aslong as, similes – as wide asthe sky; metaphor – He is atortoise. He walks slowly!;idioms – a drop in the ocean,proverbs – Prevention isbetter than cure; phrasalverbs – clean up,cut down |
Digitaldevices,
video clips,photographs,charts,posters
NPE Grd6TGpg.134-136
NPEGrd6 LearnersBk.pg.111-113 |
Peer
assessment , givingspeeches,mockinterview |
2 | Bytheendof thelesson,thelearnershouldbeableto:
a) Make oral presentationssuchasspeechesaccurately,with minimal hesitationsandwith expressions. b) identify various non-verbal cues in an oralpresentation c) Judgetheappropriatenessof non-verbal cues in aconversation or videorecordings. |
Whyshouldwe speak at theright speed,accurately andwithexpression?
How do ourfaces, handsandeyeshelpuscommunicatebetter? |
Learnerisguidedto:
• Saywordsand phraseswiththe sounds/ʒ/ /ʤ/correctly. • Recite poems with wordsthathavethe sounds/ʒ//ʤ/. • Listen for specific detailssuch as fixed phrases – aslong as, similes – as wide asthe sky; metaphor – He is atortoise. He walks slowly!;idioms – a drop in the ocean,proverbs – Prevention isbetter than cure; phrasalverbs – clean up,cut down |
Digitaldevices,video clips,photographs,charts,posters
NPE Grd6TGpg.134-136
NPEGrd6 LearnersBk.pg.111-113 |
Peer
assessment , givingspeeches,mockinterview |
||||
3 | Bytheend ofthelesson,the
learnershould beableto: a) Use non-verbal cuesappropriately to enhancefluency. b) identify various non-verbal cues in an oralpresentation c) Judgetheappropriatenessof non-verbal cues in aconversation or videorecordings. |
Whyshould
we speak at theright speed,accurately andwithexpression?
How do ourfaces, handsandeyeshelpuscommunicatebetter? |
Learnerisguidedto:
• Speak on topics based oncontentfromotherareas. • Participate in mockinterviewsinsmallgroups. • View videos on recitationsof poems or narration ofnarratives. • Recite choral and soloversesrelatedtothetheme. • Participate in a reader’stheatre in which he or shereadspoemsandnarratives ingroups. |
Digitaldevices,
video clips,photographs,charts,posters
NPE Grd6TGpg.134-136
NPEGrd6 LearnersBk.pg.111-113 |
Peer
assessment , givingspeeches,mockinterview |
||||
4 | Reading | Intensive
reading |
Bytheendof thelesson,thelearnershouldbeableto:
a) Identify words, phrases,andproverbsusedinasongor poem. b) Uses stress and rhythmcorrectlywhile readinglines |
Why do somepeople enjoysongs morethanreadingabook?
How are digitalstories |
Learnerisguidedto:
• Participateinareader’stheatre and read solo orchoral poems in smallgroups. • Singalongasavideo ofpoetryrecitation orsong |
Digital resources,video clips,posters, charts,photographs
NPE Grd6TGpg.137-139 |
Recitation
s
Answeringquestions |
and words in a poem orsong.
c) Advocate the importanceofcorrectstressandrhythmincommunication. |
different fromprintedstorybooks? | playswiththelyricsprovided. | NPEGrd6
LearnersBk.pg.114-116 |
||||||
7 | 1 | Bytheendof thelesson,thelearnershouldbeableto:
a) Identify andCreatementalimagesfromviewed,heard, or read poem events,characters, or places in atext. b) Use contextual clues toinfer the meaning of wordsandexpressionsinasongorpoem. c) Advocate the importanceofcorrectstressandrhythmincommunication. |
Why do somepeople enjoysongs morethanreadingabook?
How are digitalstoriesdifferent fromprintedstorybooks? |
Learnerisguidedto:
• Make predictions aboutevents in a poem byobservingthe coverortitle. • Answerquestionsfromacomprehensionpassage. • Viewpicturesoreventsinapoem or song and comparethem to real-life situations inpairs. • Infer the meaning of newwordsandexpressionssuchas fixed phrases, proverbs,idioms,phrasalverbsand similes from the way theyhavebeen used inatext. |
Digital resources,video clips,posters, charts,photographs
NPE Grd6TGpg.137-139
NPEGrd6 LearnersBk.pg.114-116 |
Recitation
s
Answeringquestions |
|||
2 | Bytheendof thelesson,thelearnershouldbeableto:
a) Use contextual clues toinfer the meaning of wordsandexpressionsinasongorpoem. b) Answer direct andinferential questionscorrectlyfromasongorpoem. c) Advocate the importanceofcorrectstressandrhythmincommunication. |
Why do somepeople enjoysongs morethanreadingabook?
How are digitalstoriesdifferent fromprintedstorybooks? |
Learnerisguidedto:
• Make predictions aboutevents in a poem byobservingthe coverortitle. • Answerquestionsfromacomprehensionpassage. • View pictures or events in apoem or song and comparethem to real-life situations inpairs. • Infer the meaning of newwordsandexpressionssuchas fixed phrases, proverbs,idioms, phrasal verbs andsimilesfromthewaythey have been used inatext. |
Digital resources,video clips,posters, charts,photographs
NPE Grd6TGpg.137-139
NPEGrd6 LearnersBk.pg.114-116 |
Recitation
s
Answeringquestions |
||||
3 | Grammar
inuse |
Questiontags | Bytheend ofthelesson,the
learnershould beableto: |
Whatisa
questiontag? |
Learnerisguidedto: | Posters
Webresources |
Peer
assessment ,filling |
a) Identify tag questionsfrom a print or digital textfor information.
b) Formtagquestionsfromverbs to be, verbs to have,verbsto do,and modals. c) Use tag questionscorrectly in oral and writtentexts. d) Appreciate theimportanceofwell-formed sentences incommunication. |
How do weformaquestiontag? | • Identify the verbs to be,verbstohaveverbstodoandmodals.
• Formtagquestionsusingverbs to be, verbs to haveverbsto doand modals. • Apply rules when formingtag questions. For example, apositive statement results in anegative tag question andvice versa. |
NPE Grd6TGpg.141-143
NPEGrd6 LearnersBk.pg.117-118 |
gaps,
dialoguecompletion |
|||||
4 | Bytheendof thelesson,thelearnershouldbeableto:
a) Identify tag questionsfrom a print or digital textfor information. b) Formtagquestionsfromverbs to be, verbs to have,verbsto do,and modals. c) Use tag questionscorrectly in oral and writtentexts. d) Appreciate theimportanceofwell-formed sentences incommunication. |
What is aquestiontag?
How do weformaquestiontag? |
Learnerisguidedto:
• Search for examples ofquestiontagsonthe Web. • Practiceusingtagquestionsin dialogues andconversations. • Make posters featuring tagquestions in small groupsanddisplaythem in class. |
Posters
Webresources
NPE Grd6TGpg.141-143
NPEGrd6 LearnersBk.pg.117-118 |
Peer
assessment ,fillinggaps,dialoguecompletion |
||||
8 | 1 | Writing | Functional
writing(personaljournal) |
Bytheend ofthelesson,the
learnershould beableto: a) Identify all thecomponents of a personaljournal. b) readasampleofapersonaljournal. c) Judge the correctnesssentences, relevance to thetopic and the format of apersonaljournal. |
Howdowe
recordimportantoccasions ordates in ourlives?
Why do wekeep journalsanddiaries? |
Learnerisguidedto:
• Identify all the componentsof a personal journal in smallgroups. • Read a sample personaljournalinsmallgroups. • Createapersonaljournalforsevendaysinpairs. • Peer-edit the personaljournals – different pairsexchangetheirjournalsfor editing. |
Samplepersonal
journals
NPE Grd6TGpg.143-145
NPEGrd6 LearnersBk.pg.119-120 |
Peer
assessment ,portfolio,standardwritingassessment |
• Revisepersonaljournals.
• Display the personaljournals in class, on theschoolnoticeboard,internet amongothers. |
|||||||||
2 | Bytheend ofthelesson,the
learnershould beableto: a) Identify all thecomponents of a personaljournal. b) Use the correct format tocreatea personaljournal. c) Judge the correctnesssentences, relevance to thetopic and the format of apersonaljournal. |
Howdowe
recordimportantoccasions ordates in ourlives?
Why do wekeep journalsanddiaries? |
Learnerisguidedto:
• Identify all the componentsof a personal journal in smallgroups. • Read a sample personaljournalinsmallgroups. • Createapersonaljournalforsevendaysinpairs. • Peer-edit the personaljournals – different pairsexchange their journals forediting. • Revisepersonaljournals. • Display the personaljournals in class, on theschoolnoticeboard,internet amongothers. |
Samplepersonal
journals
NPE Grd6TGpg.143-145
NPEGrd6 LearnersBk.pg.119-120 |
Peer
assessment ,portfolio,standardwritingassessment |
||||
3 | MONEY-
TRADE |
Listeningand
speaking:pronunciationandVocabulary –(intensiveListening) |
Bytheend ofthelesson,the
learnershould beableto: a) Identifyspecificsounds,words, phrases, andsentencesfromatext. b) Listentoashorttextandrewriteitaccurately. c) Advocate the need forattentivelisteningduringoralcomprehension. |
Whyshould
we listencarefully?
Whatmessagesdoweobtainfrom similesandproverbs?
Whichproverbs andsimilesareyoufamiliarwith? |
Learnerisguidedto:
• Dictate a story featuringproverbs and similes, pickthem out and list them inpairs. • Rewrite a short text in hisorherownwordsaccurately. |
Digitaldevices
NPE Grd6TGpg.147-149
NPEGrd6 LearnersBk.pg.121-122 |
Retellinga
storySentenceconstruction |
||
4 | Bytheendof thelesson,thelearnershouldbeableto: | Why shouldwe listencarefully? | Learnerisguidedto:
• Read a written version ofwhattheyhavelistenedto. |
Digitaldevices
NPE Grd6TGpg.147-149 |
Retellinga
story |
a) Identifyspecificsounds,words, phrases, andsentencesfromatext.
b) Listentoashorttextandrewriteitaccurately. c) Use similes, proverbs,fixed phrases idioms andmetaphorsinoralcontextscorrectly. d) Advocate the need forattentivelisteningduringoralcomprehension. |
Whatmessagesdoweobtainfrom similesandproverbs?
Whichproverbs andsimilesareyoufamiliarwith? |
• Predictthelikelyoutcomeofeventsina listeningtext.
• Pickoutinformationsuchas amounts, dates, time,facts, characters, and thesequence of events from anoraltext. |
NPEGrd6 LearnersBk.pg.121-122 |
Sentence
construction |
|||||
9 | 1 | Bytheendofthelesson,thelearnershouldbeableto:
a) Identify similes,proverbs, fixed phrasesidioms and metaphors inoral contexts b) Use similes, proverbs,fixed phrases idioms andmetaphorsinoralcontextscorrectly. c) Advocate the need forattentivelisteningduringoralcomprehension. |
Why shouldwe listencarefully?
Whatmessagesdoweobtainfrom similesandproverbs?
Whichproverbs andsimilesareyoufamiliarwith? |
Learnerisguidedto:
• Usefixed phrasessuchasatonce,noentry,similes such as sell like hot cakes, ashappy as a hippo; metaphorssuchas- Chebet isahare. She is so clever. Proverbssuch as A stitch in timesaves nine, grow on trees,idioms such as back tosquare one, to cut cornersandphrasalverbssuchas counton,giveinandgiveback. |
Digitaldevices
NPE Grd6TGpg.147-149
NPEGrd6 LearnersBk.pg.121-122 |
Retellinga
storySentenceconstruction |
|||
2 | Reading | Extensive
reading |
Bytheendof thelesson,thelearnershouldbeableto:
a) Select appropriatereading texts from print ordigitalcollections. b) Readavarietyofprintordigital texts for enjoymentandgeneralunderstanding. c) Appreciate theimportance of extensivereadinginlifelonglearning. |
How do weobtaininformationfromanewspaper,book, ormagazinequickly?
Whichmaterialsdo you enjoyreading? |
Learnerisguidedto:
• Skim various texts to findoutthegeneralidea. • Scanatexttofindspecificdetailssuchaskeywords. • Read a variety of texts ofabout (1251 to 1500 words)newspaper,magazines,gradeappropriatedigital/printtexts,articles. |
Collection ofbooks,newspapers,magazines,digitalresources
NPE Grd6TGpg.150-152
NPEGrd6 LearnersBk.pg.122 |
Summary
ofreadmaterialsand peerassessment |
3 | Bytheendof thelesson,thelearnershouldbeableto:
a) Select appropriatereading texts from print ordigitalcollections. b) Readavarietyofprintordigital texts for enjoymentandgeneralunderstanding. c) Appreciate theimportance of extensivereadinginlifelonglearning. |
Why do weenjoy readingsome materialsandnotothers?
Why shouldwereadwidely? |
Learnerisguidedto:
. • Collaboratewithpeerstoestablishaclasslibrary. • Read print and non-printmaterials (websites andblogs)independently. • Read newspapers,magazinespoems,andclassreaders. • Read digital versions ofnewspapers and magazinesfor information. |
Collection ofbooks,newspapers,magazines,digitalresources
NPE Grd6TGpg.150-152
NPEGrd6 LearnersBk.pg.122 |
Summary
ofreadmaterialsand peerassessment |
||||
4 | Grammar
inuse |
Wordclasses:
prepositions |
Bytheendof thelesson,thelearnershouldbeableto:
a) Identify prepositionscorrectly in oral and writtentexts. b) Use prepositionscorrectlyinvariedtexts. c) Judge the appropriatenessof prepositions used invarioustexts. |
How do wedescribe wherepeopleorobjects | Learnerisguidedto:
• Identify prepositions oftime such as since, before,until, about, during, pastdirections: such as above,across, below, after agentsuch as by, and withinstrument such as with andby • Collaborate with peers tocreate visuals demonstratingthe useof various prepositions. |
Visuals such asposters, charts,pictures,photographs
NPE Grd6TGpg.152-154
NPEGrd6 LearnersBk.pg.123-124 |
Discrimina
tion,gapfillinganddrawing |
||
Bytheendof thelesson,thelearnershouldbeableto:
a) Identify prepositionscorrectly in oral and writtentexts. b) Use prepositionscorrectlyinvariedtexts. c) Judge the appropriatenessof prepositions used invarioustexts. |
How do wedescribe wherepeopleorobjects | Learnerisguidedto:
• Create crossword puzzlesusingprepositionsinpairsorsmallgroups. • Create visuals todemonstrate the use ofvarious prepositions insentences. • Create charts or postersshowing where objects are inpairs or small groups. ‘Forexample, ‘The pupils areinsidetheclassroom.’ |
Visuals such asposters, charts,pictures,photographs
NPE Grd6TGpg.152-154
NPEGrd6 LearnersBk.pg.123-124 |
Discrimina
tion,gapfillinganddrawing |
Writing | Spelling
(Affixes) |
Bytheendof thelesson,thelearnershouldbeableto:
a) Recognize affixes used tochange the form andmeaningof words. b) Formnewwordsusingprefixesand suffixes. c) Spellwordscorrectlyforwritingfluency. d) Determine thecorrectness andappropriateness of affixesusedin varioustexts. |
Why is itimportant tospell wordscorrectly?
Why is itdifficult tospell somewords?
How can webecome betteratspelling? |
Learnerisguidedto:
• Identify words withprefixes and suffixes and usethem to create puzzles andlistsin pairsor groups. • Formwordsusingprefixesandaffixesinsmallgroups. • Match words with theirappropriate affixes (-un,-cian,-sion, -tion). • Usemindmapstogeneratea list of words related andchange their form by addingaffixes. • Createacrosswordpuzzle usingthewordstheyhavegenerated. |
Charts, posters,dictionaries andwordbuilders.
NPE Grd6TGpg.155-158
NPEGrd6 LearnersBk.pg.125-127 |
Peer
assessment , learnerjournalandportfolio |
|||
Bytheendof thelesson,thelearnershouldbeableto:
a) Recognize affixes used tochange the form andmeaningof words. b) Formnewwordsusingprefixesand suffixes. c) Spellwordscorrectlyforwritingfluency. d) Determine thecorrectness andappropriateness of affixesusedin varioustexts. |
Why is itimportant tospell wordscorrectly?
Why is itdifficult tospell somewords?
How can webecome betteratspelling? |
Learnerisguidedto:
• Identify words withprefixes and suffixes and usethem to create puzzles andlistsin pairsor groups. • Formwordsusingprefixesandaffixesinsmallgroups. • Match words with theirappropriate affixes (-un,-cian,-sion, -tion). • Usemindmapstogeneratea list of words related andchange their form by addingaffixes. • Createacrosswordpuzzleusing the words they havegenerated. |
Charts, posters,dictionaries andwordbuilders.
NPE Grd6TGpg.155-158
NPEGrd6 LearnersBk.pg.125-127 |
Peer
assessment , learnerjournalandportfolio |