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FORM 4 ENGLISH SCHEMES OF WORK FOR TERM 1-3
| ENGLISH SCHEMES OF WORK FORM 4
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| WEEK | LESSON | TOPIC | SUB-TOPIC | LESSON OBJECTIVES | TEACHING/LEARNING ACTIVITIES | TEACHING/LEARNING RESOURCES | REFERENCES | REMARKS | |||||||||
| 1,2 OPENING AND REVISION OF END YEAR EXAMINATIONS | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION | Distinguishing word classes using stress | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Read the poem “The pauper” in groups aloud · Discuss the question from the poem correctly | · discussion | · Chalkboard · Flash cards | · New Horizonsin English Book 4 students book Page 1-2 · Teachers guide page 1 |
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| 2 | STUDY SKILLS | Study of works of literature: Setting in literature | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Define setting correctly · Discuss the various forms of setting · Describe the setting in a given story | · Discussion | · chalkboard | · New Horizonsin English Book 4 students book Page 5-7 · Teachers guide page 2-3
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| 3 | READING | Women Critical to Food Security | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Appreciate the role of women in production of food · Answer questions on the passage correctly. · Infer meaning of the new words used | · Reading comprehension
| · Pre-reading activities | · New Horizonsin English Book 4 students book Page 2-5 · Teachers guide page 3-5 · English dictionary | |||||||||||
| 4 | GRAMMAR | Functions of nouns | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Define nouns · Discuss the functions of nouns correctly · Use nouns to bring out different functions in sentences | · Discussing
· Writing sentences | · Dictionary | · New Horizons inEnglish Book 4 students book Page 7-9 · Teachers guide page 5-7 | |||||||||||
| 6 | WRITING | Paraphrasing | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Define paraphrasing · Identify the importance of paraphrasing · Paraphrase a given text correctly, neatly and legibly | · Writing · discussion | · Chalkboard | · New Horizonsin English Book 4 students book Page 10-11 · Teachers guide page 7-8 | |||||||||||
| 7,8 | INTENSIVE READING | The Inheritance By David Mulwa | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Analyze the setting, characters, roles, themes, style and language use in the set text
| · Discussion | Chalkboard | · The Inheritance By David Mulwa | |||||||||||
| 4 CAT ONE EXAMINATIONS | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION | Hot seating Labels with vague meanings | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Discuss the terms of reference of the scenario presented in the text · Act out and dramatise the roles of the select committee members formed according to the scenario presented in the text · Make a list of the labels around them on clothes, cutlery, medicine, phones and bottles · Distinguish between labels that are straight-forward and the ones that are ambiguous | · Discussion · Hot seating | · Chalkboard · Charts | · New Horizonsin English Book 4 students book Page 12-13 · Teachers guide page 9-10 | |||||||||||
| 5 | STUDY SKILLS | Study of works of literature: Satire | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Define satire · Identify the techniques that help satire to be achieved including juxtaposition, hyperbole, irony and humour · Identify and explain satire in a given text correctly | · Discussion | · Samples of paragraphs with satire | · New Horizons inEnglish Book 4 students book Page 17 · Teachers guide page 10-11 · | |||||||||||
| 6 | READING | Life on the Streets | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Describe some causes of street children · Appreciate the importance of families · Answer questions on the passage correctly. · Acquire and use new vocabulary | · Reading comprehension
| · Pre-reading activities | · New Horizonsin English Book 4 students book Page 13-16 · Teachers guide page 11-13 · English dictionary | |||||||||||
| 7,8 | GRAMMAR | Interrogative pronouns | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · · Define interrogative pronouns · Identify the interrogative pronouns in given sentences · Use interrogative pronouns correctly in sentences | · Discussing
· Writing sentences | · Dictionary | · New Horizonsin English Book 4 students book Page 20-22 · Teachers guide page 13-15 | |||||||||||
| 5 | 1 | WRITING | paraphrasing | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Appreciate the need for paraphrase · Identify the characteristics of a paraphrase · Write a paraphrase of a given passage neatly and legibly
| · Writing · discussion | · Chalkboard | · New Horizonsin English Book 4 students book Page 10-11 · Teachers guide page 15 | ||||||||||
| 7,8 | INTENSIVE READING | The Inheritance By David Mulwa | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Analyze the setting, characters, roles, themes, style and language use in the set text | · Discussion | · Chalkboard | · The Inheritance By David Mulwa | |||||||||||
| 4 | EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION | Word stress in English | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Define word stress correctly · Place stress on the correct syllables in words
| · discussion | · Chalkboard | · New Horizonsin English Book 4 students book Page 27-28 · Teachers guide page 17 | |||||||||||
| 5 | STUDY SKILLS | Summary writing | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Summarize the given passage in not more than ninety words | · Discussion · Summarizing | · Chalkboards · Wall charts with short poems | · New Horizonsin English Book 4 students book Page 31 · Teachers guide page 18 Demystifying poetry | |||||||||||
| 6 | READING | Comprehension Medicinal value of the Lemon | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Appreciate the importance of the lemon · Answer questions on the passage correctly. · Infer meaning of the new words used | · Reading comprehension
| · Pre-reading activities | · New Horizonsin English Book 4 students book Page 29-31 · Teachers guide page 19-20 · English dictionary | |||||||||||
| 7,8 | GRAMMAR | Relative pronouns | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Identify relative pronouns · Use relative pronouns in sentences correctly | · Discussing
· Writing sentences | · Dictionary | · New Horizonsin English Book 4 students book Page35-39 · Teachers guide page 20-22 | |||||||||||
| 6 | 1 | WRITING | Punctuation in Titles of Publications, Quotations and Headings | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Correctly punctuate titles of full-length publications · Correctly punctuate titles of parts of publications · Incorporate short quotations within the text of their work · Set off long quotations
| · Writing · discussion | · Chalkboard · Sample publications | · New Horizonsin English Book 4 students book Page 23-26 · Teachers guide page 22-23 | ||||||||||
| 4 | EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION | Word stress in English Sentence stress | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Identify the stress in homographs depending on how they are used in sentences · Describe sentence stress · Identify the stressed words in sentences given correctly
| · Discussion · Pronunciation | · Chalkboard | · New Horizonsin English Book 4 students book Page 45-46, 46-47 · Teachers guide page 24-25
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| 5 | STUDY SKILLS | ROLE PLAY | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Appreciate the importance of good health · Engage in role-play to elaborate on the topics given on health concerns | · Discussion · Role play | · Chalkboard | · New Horizonsin English Book 4 students book Page 46-47 · Teachers guide page 25-26 | |||||||||||
| 6 | READING | Comprehension A Global Village | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Appreciate the effects of transportation and communication technology · Answer questions on the passage correctly. · Infer meaning of the new words used | · Reading comprehension
| · Pre-reading activities | · New Horizonsin English Book 4 students book Page 47-49 · Teachers guide page 26-28 · English dictionary | |||||||||||
| 7,8 | GRAMMAR | Verbs: Participial Phrases | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Define participial phrases · Identify them in sentences correctly · Use participial phrases in sentences correctly | · Discussing
· Writing sentences | · Dictionary | · New Horizonsin English Book 4 students book Page 52-55 · Teachers guide page 28-30 | |||||||||||
| 7 | 1 | WRITING | Recipe | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Explain what a recipe is · Give clear instructions on how to prepare a particular meal · Write neatly and legibly
| · Writing · discussion | · Chalkboard · Sample recipe | · New Horizonsin English Book 4 students book Page 39-44 · Teachers guide page 30-31 | ||||||||||
| 2 | INTENSIVE READING | The Inheritance By David Mulwa
| By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Analyze the setting, characters, roles, themes, style and language use in the set text | · Reading set texts · Discussing the issues raised | · Discussion
| · The Inheritance By David Mulwa | |||||||||||
| 3 | EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION | Interviews | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Define an interview · Describe the important things to be considered when conducting an interview · Participate in a mock interview | · Discussion · Role play | · Chalkboard | · New Horizonsin English Book 4 students book Page 63-64 · Teachers guide page 32
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| 4 | STUDY SKILLS | Discussion | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Discuss the reasons given in the given text as to why victims of rape do not report such cases · Take down notes as they discuss | · Note taking · Discussion | · Chalkboard | · New Horizonsin English Book 4 students book Page 64-65 · Teachers guide page 33
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| 5/6 | READING | Comprehension Mother Fails to Save Daughter from Rape | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Appreciate the need for protecting girls from rapists · Answer questions on the passage correctly. · Infer meaning of the new words used | · Reading comprehension
| · Pre-reading activities | · New Horizonsin English Book 4 students book Page 65-67 · Teachers guide page 33-35 · English dictionary | |||||||||||
| 7,8 | GRAMMAR | Gerunds | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Define gerunds · Identify gerunds in sentences · Use gerunds correctly in sentences | · Discussing
· Writing sentences | · Dictionary | · New Horizonsin English Book 4 students book Page 71-73 · Teachers guide page 35-37 | |||||||||||
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| 9 | 1 | WRITING | Social writing: Instructions to friends and relatives | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Appreciate the need to acquire instructions-writing skills · Write instructions to friends and relatives correctly · Write neatly and legibly | · Writing · discussion | · Chalkboard | · New Horizonsin English Book 4 students book Page 73-74 · Teachers guide page 37-38 | ||||||||||
| 2/3 | INTENSIVE READING | The Inheritance By David Mulwa
| By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Analyze the setting, characters, roles, themes, style and language use in the set text | · Reading set texts · Discussing the issues raised | · Discussion
| · The Inheritance By David Mulwa | |||||||||||
| 4 | EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION | -Acceptable speech habits, tone and interruption -Making oral reports: police statements | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Identify acceptable manners in speech · Identify the words and expressions that are helpful and socially acceptable in speech · Describe the features of a good oral report · Practice making oral reports | · Discussion · Role play | · Chalkboard | · New Horizonsin English Book 4 students book Page 75-76 · Teachers guide page 39-40 | |||||||||||
| 5 | STUDY SKILLS | Study of works of literature: Some stylistic devices in literary works | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Define stylistic devices · Define onomatopoeia, repetition, alliteration, irony, sarcasm, personification, and allusion · Identify the defined stylistic devices in given texts | · Discussion | · | · New Horizonsin English Book 4 students book Page 81-83 · Teachers guide page 40-41
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| 6 | READING | Comprehension Ntanya | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Answer questions on the passage correctly. · Infer meaning of the new words used | · Reading comprehension
| · Pre-reading activities | · New Horizonsin English Book 4 students book Page 77-79 · Teachers guide page 41-43 · English dictionary | |||||||||||
| 7/8 | GRAMMAR | Relative pronouns | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Identify relative pronouns · Use relative pronouns in sentences correctly | · Discussing
· Writing sentences | · Dictionary | · New Horizonsin English Book 4 students book Page 67-6 · Teachers guide page43-54 | |||||||||||
| 10 | 1 | WRITING | Public writing: Letters of Inquiry and letters of request | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Define letters of inquiry and request · Write letters of inquiry and request correctly · Write neatly and legibly
| · Writing · discussion | · Chalkboard | · New Horizons inEnglish Book 4 students book Page 85-87 · Teachers guide page 45-46 | ||||||||||
| 2/3 | INTENSIVE READING | The Inheritance By David Mulwa
| By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Analyze the setting, characters, roles, themes, style and language use in the set text | · Reading set texts · Discussing the issues raised | · Discussion
| · The Inheritance By David Mulwa | |||||||||||
| 4 | EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION | Word stress | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Identify the words from a list given whose meaning and word class would change depending on stress placement | · Discussion · | · Chalkboard | · New Horizonsin English Book 4 students book Page 88 · Teachers guide page 47 | |||||||||||
| 5 | STUDY SKILLS | Interpretive reading as a study skill | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Appreciate the significance of interpretative reading as a study skill · Identify the essential features of interpretive reading · Apply interpretive reading skills | · Discussion | · Chalkboard | · New Horizons inEnglish Book 4 students book · Teachers guide page 48-49
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| 6 | READING | Comprehension Off with the old, on with the new | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Appreciate the value of generosity · Answer questions on the passage correctly. · Infer meaning of the new words used | · Reading comprehension
| · Pre-reading activities | · New Horizonsin English Book 4 students book Page 89-92 · Teachers guide page 49-51 · English dictionary | |||||||||||
| 7,8 | GRAMMAR | Adjectives + typical endings | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Identify and discuss the typical endings of adjectives in sentences | · Discussing
· Writing sentences | · Dictionary | · New Horizons in English Book 4 students book Page 83-85 · Teachers guide page 51-53 | |||||||||||
| 11 | 1 | WRITING | Faxes and E-mails | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Appreciate the usefulness of faxes and e-mail in communication · State the features of a fax and an e-mail · Write neatly and legibly · | · Writing · discussion | · Chalkboard | · New Horizonsin English Book 4 students book Page 56-62 · Teachers guide page 53-54 | ||||||||||
| 2,3 | READING | The Inheritance By David Mulwa | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Analyze the setting, characters, roles, themes, style and language use in the set text | · Reading · Discussion · Writing | Excerpts from the setbook | · The Inheritance By David Mulwa | |||||||||||
| 4 | EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION | DRAMATISATION: Use of tone to reveal attitude | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Present a brief skit in class · Use the appropriate tone to bring out the attitude in the various situations in the skit
| · Discussion · Role play | chalkboard | · New Horizonsin English Book 4 students book Page 100 · Teachers guide page 55-56 | |||||||||||
| 5 | STUDY SKILLS | Note making | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Make notes on the passage “Are goats scapegoats?” · Write a summary of not more than 80 words on the measures that human beings can take to improve their land | · Discussion · Summary writing · Note-making | · chalkboard | · New Horizons in English Book 4 students book Page 107-107 · Teachers guide page 56-57 · | |||||||||||
| 6 | READING | Comprehension A Pound of Flesh | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Appreciate the need to be kind to others · Answer questions on the passage correctly. · Infer meaning of the new words used | · Reading comprehension
| · Pre-reading activities | · New Horizons inEnglish Book 4 students book Page 100-106 · Teachers guide page 57-59 · English dictionary | |||||||||||
| 7,8 | GRAMMAR | Functions of adjectives in sentences | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Distinguish among functions of different kinds of adjectives · Use coordinating, subordinating and correlative conjunctions correctly | · Discussing
· Writing sentences | · Dictionary | · New Horizonsin English Book 4 students book Page 107-110 · Teachers guide page 59-61 | |||||||||||
| 12 | 1 | WRITING | Reviews | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Describe the essential parts of a review · Write a review correctly · Write neatly and legibly | · Writing · discussion | chalkboard | · New Horizonsin English Book 4 students book Page 110-112 · Teachers guide page 61-62 | ||||||||||
| 2/3 | INTENSIVE READING | The Inheritance By David Mulwa
| By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Analyze the setting, characters, roles, themes, style and language use in the set text | · Reading set texts · Discussing the issues raised | · Discussion · Reading · Writing
| · The Inheritance By David Mulwa | |||||||||||
| 4 | EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION | GROUP WORK | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Participate effectively in the group discussion based on the passage “Leaving Home.” | · Discussion | · Chalkboard | · New Horizonsin English Book 4 students book Page 113-114 · Teachers guide page 63-64 | |||||||||||
| 5 | STUDY SKILLS | Study of works of literature: Symbolism in literature | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Define symbolism · Identify the symbolism used in the passage “The Banister.” | · Discussion | · Chalkboard | · New HorizonsEnglish Book 4 students book Page 116-118 · Teachers guide page 64-65 | |||||||||||
| 6 | READING | Comprehension Using the Internet as an advertising medium | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Appreciate the importance of the internet in people’s lives · Answer questions on the passage correctly. · Infer meaning of the new words used | · Reading comprehension
| · Pre-reading activities | · New HorizonsEnglish Book 4 students book Page 114-116 · Teachers guide page 65-67 · English dictionary | |||||||||||
| 7,8 | GRAMMAR | Position of adverbs in sentences | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Define adverbs · Use adverbs in various positions in sentences correctly | · Discussing
· Writing sentences | · Dictionary | · New HorizonsEnglish Book 4 students book Page 118-121 · Teachers guide page67-68 | |||||||||||
| 13,14 REVISION, END TERM EXAMINATIONS, MARKING AND CLOSING
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| WEEK | LESSON | TOPIC | SUB-TOPIC | LESSON OBJECTIVES | TEACHING/LEARNING ACTIVITIES | TEACHING/LEARNING RESOURCES | REFERENCES | REMARKS | |||||||||
| 1,2 OPENING AND REVISION OF END YEAR EXAMINATIONS | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION | -Oral Presentations -Study of works of literature: Plot and synopsis
| By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Write a short summary of one of the literature setbooks · Give an oral presentation of the summary in the class without making reference to the text or exercise book · Write a synopsis of one of the literary works being studied | · Discussion · Oral presentation | · Chalkboard · Flash cards | · New Horizons in English Book 4 students book Page 124-125 · Teachers guide | ||||||||||
| 2 | STUDY SKILLS | Summary writing | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Read the passage entitled “The Benefits of Dancing” and write a summary of about 50 words on the social benefits of attending dances | · Discussion · Summary writing | · Chalkboard | · New Horizons in English Book 4 students book Page 128-129 · Teachers guide
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| 3 | READING | Racism | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Appreciate the dangers of racism · Answer questions on the passage correctly. · Infer meaning of the new words used | · Reading comprehension
| · Pre-reading activities | · New Horizons in English Book 4 students book Page 126-127 · Teachers guide · English dictionary | |||||||||||
| 4 | GRAMMAR | Adverbs- typical endings | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Identify the various typical endings of adverbs · Form adverbs form given words using the typically endings discussed | · Discussing
· Writing sentences | · Dictionary | · New Horizons in English Book 4 students book Page 129-130 · Teachers guide | |||||||||||
| 6 | WRITING | Expository writing | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Write a good expository composition following the guidelines and the sample given | · Writing · discussion | · Chalkboard | · New Horizons in English Book 4 students book Page 121-122 · Teachers guide | |||||||||||
| 7,8 | INTENSIVE READING | The Inheritance By David Mulwa | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Analyze the setting, characters, roles, themes, style and language use in the set text
| · Discussion | · Chalkboard | · The Inheritance By David Mulwa | |||||||||||
| 4 CAT ONE EXAMINATIONS | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | WRITING | Questionnaires | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Define a questionnaire · Write a good question using the guidelines given by the teacher | · Writing | · Chalkboard | · New Horizons in English Book 4 students book Page 130-132 · Teachers guide | |||||||||||
| 5 | EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION | READING POETRY | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Read the poem “The Village well loudly in chorus. · Answer the questions from the poem correctly | · Reading · Question and answers | · Charts | · New Horizons in English Book 4 students book Page 140-142 · Teachers guide · Understanding Poetry
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| 6 | READING COMPREHENSION | Addicted to Love | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Appreciate the dangers of addiction to drugs · Answer questions on the passage correctly. · Acquire and use new vocabulary | · Reading comprehension
| · Pre-reading activities | · New Horizons in English Book 4 students book Page 136-139 · Teachers guide · English dictionary | |||||||||||
| 7,8 | GRAMMAR | Functions of prepositions | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Define prepositions · Identify the functions ofprepositions in given sentences · Make sentences with prepositions that serve different functions | · Discussing
· Writing sentences | · Dictionary | · New Horizons in English Book 4 students book Page 142-146 · Teachers guide | |||||||||||
| 5 | 1 | WRITING | Creative writing: Imaginative writing | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Define creative writing · Write a good imaginative composition
| · Writing · Discussion | · Chalkboard | · New Horizons in English Book 4 students book Page 147-148 · Teachers guide | ||||||||||
| 7,8 | INTENSIVE READING | The Inheritance By David Mulwa | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Analyze the setting, characters, roles, themes, style and language use in the set text | · Discussion | · Chalkboard | · The Inheritance By David Mulwa | |||||||||||
| 4 | EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION | Dialogue: Turn-taking to demonstrate empathy | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Identify the signals that indicate that a speaker is claiming a turn during a conversation · Participate in a conversation effectively and ensuring that turn-taking rules are observed
| · Discussion · Role play | · Chalkboard | · New Horizons in English Book 4 students book Page 149-152 · Teachers guide page 17 | |||||||||||
| 5 | ORAL LITERATURE | Animal Folktales | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Discuss the characteristics of animal folktales · Answer the questions from the animal folktale given correctly | · Narration · Discussion · Reading
| · Chalkboards · Wall charts with short poems | · New Horizons in English Book 4 students book Page 155-158 · Oral Literature for Schools
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| 6 | READING COMPREHENSION | Clash of Cultures | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Appreciate the diverse cultures of the world · Answer questions on the passage correctly. · Infer meaning of the new words used | · Reading comprehension
| · Pre-reading activities | · New Horizons in English Book 4 students book Page 152-155 · Teachers guide · English dictionary | |||||||||||
| 7,8 | GRAMMAR | Conjunctions: Functions in sentences | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Define conjunctions · Identify the functions of conjunctions in sentences · Use conjunctions in sentences correctly | · Discussing
· Writing sentences | · Dictionary | · New Horizons in English Book 4 students book Page 158-161 · Teachers guide | |||||||||||
| 6 | 1 | WRITING | Autobiography | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Define an autobiography · Write a good autobiography using the guidelines given by the teacher
| · Writing · discussion | · Chalkboard · Sample publications | · New Horizons in English Book 4 students book Page 161 · Teachers guide | ||||||||||
| 4 | EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION | Focus on speaking | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Differentiate between formal and informal speech · Discuss the situations where either could be used · Write a formal speech of about three paragraphs on a topic of their choice
| · Discussion · Pronunciation · Speaking | · Chalkboard | · New Horizons in English Book 4 students book Page 162-163 · Teachers guide
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| 5 | STUDY SKILLS | Studying Oral Literature: Style in narratives | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Identify the important aspects of narratives that one should consider · Outline the stylistic devices characteristic of narratives · Answer the questions from the narrative “Hare and Elephant” correctly | · Discussion · Role play | · Chalkboard | · New Horizons in English Book 4 students book Page 166-168 · Teachers guide · Oral Literature for Schools | |||||||||||
| 6 | READING | Comprehension The Professional Touts | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Appreciate the dangers of corruption · Answer questions on the passage correctly. · Infer meaning of the new words used | · Reading comprehension
| · Pre-reading activities | · New Horizons in English Book 4 students book Page 163-166 · Teachers guide · English dictionary | |||||||||||
| 7,8 | GRAMMAR | Clauses: Inversions | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Differentiate between defining and non-defining clauses · Use inversions with clauses correctly · Identify the adverb clauses in given sentences correctly | · Discussing
· Writing sentences | · Dictionary | · New Horizons in English Book 4 students book Page 179-181 · Teachers guide | |||||||||||
| 7 | 1 | WRITING | Biographies | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Define a biography · Write a brief biography of a good friend of theirs · Write neatly and legibly
| · Writing · discussion | · Chalkboard · Sample recipe | · New Horizons in English Book 4 students book Page 182 · Teachers guide page 30-31 | ||||||||||
| 2 | INTENSIVE READING | The Inheritance By David Mulwa
| By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Analyze the setting, characters, roles, themes, style and language use in the set text | · Reading set texts · Discussing the issues raised | · Discussion
| · The Inheritance By David Mulwa | |||||||||||
| 3 | EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION | An Oral Literature research Project | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Define proverbs correctly · Outline the functions of proverbs as discussed in the conversation between Nyar Nam, Otieno and Ojuok · Discuss the characteristics of proverbs · Give examples of proverbs from their community and translate them into English | · Discussion · Role play | · Chalkboard | · New Horizons in English Book 4 students book Page 172-173 · Teachers guide page 32 · Oral Literature for Schools
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| 4 | STUDY SKILLS | Study of works of literature: Point of view | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Discuss the various points of view used in literature, that is, first person, third person and objective points of view | · Note taking · Discussion | · Chalkboard | · New Horizons in English Book 4 students book Page 173-175 · Teachers guide
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| 5/6 | READING | Comprehension Grandfather | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Appreciate the importance of respecting elders · Answer questions on the passage correctly. · Infer meaning of the new words used | · Reading comprehension
| · Pre-reading activities | · New Horizons in English Book 4 students book Page 174-177 · Teachers guide · English dictionary | |||||||||||
| 7,8 | WRITING | SUMMARY | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Describe the ceremony of ekereero in the passage “Women Call the Shots” in not more than 100 words | · Discussing
· Writing sentences | · Dictionary | · New Horizons in English Book 4 students book Page 177-179 · Teachers guide | |||||||||||
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| 9 | 1 | WRITING | Instructional writing: Curriculum VitaeI | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Define a CV correctly · Write a good own CV using the guidelines given by the teacher | · Writing · discussion | · Chalkboard | · New Horizons in English Book 4 students book Page 197-206 · Teachers guide | ||||||||||
| 2/3 | INTENSIVE READING | The Inheritance By David Mulwa
| By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Analyze the setting, characters, roles, themes, style and language use in the set text | · Reading set texts · Discussing the issues raised | · Discussion
| · The Inheritance By David Mulwa | |||||||||||
| 4 | EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION | Negotiation skills | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Outline the various situations one may require to use negotiation skills · Describe the process of negotiation accurately · Engage in a mock negotiation on any given topic | · Discussion · Role play | · Chalkboard | · New Horizons in English Book 4 students book Page 183-185 · Teachers guide | |||||||||||
| 5 | STUDY SKILLS | Study of works of literature: Oral Poetry | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Discuss the various forms of oral poetry · Discuss features of oral poetry · Answer the questions from the oral poem entitled “Omukiga Bridegroom’s emissary” correctly | · Discussion | · Samples of oral poems · Chalkboard | · New Horizons in English Book 4 students book Page 188-193 · Teachers guide · Oral Literature for Schools
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| 6 | READING | Comprehension The Silent Scream | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Appreciate the dangers of abortion · Answer questions on the passage correctly. · Infer meaning of the new words used | · Reading comprehension
| · Pre-reading activities | · New Horizons in English Book 4 students book Page 186-188 · Teachers guide · English dictionary | |||||||||||
| 7/8 | GRAMMAR | Clauses: Sentence Connectors | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Define sentence connectors · List all the sentence connectors in English · Use sentence connectors in sentences correctly | · Discussing
· Writing sentences | · Dictionary | · New Horizons in English Book 4 students book Page 194-196 · Teachers guide | |||||||||||
| 10 | 1 | WRITING | Instructional writing: Curriculum Vitae II | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Define a CV correctly Write a good own CV using the guidelines given by the teacher | · Writing · discussion | Chalkboard | · New Horizons in English Book 4 students book Page 85-87197-206 · Teachers guide | ||||||||||
| 2/3 | INTENSIVE READING | The Inheritance By David Mulwa
| By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Analyze the setting, characters, roles, themes, style and language use in the set text | · Reading set texts · Discussing the issues raised | · Discussion
| · The Inheritance By David Mulwa | |||||||||||
| 4 | EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION | Word stress | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Identify the words from a list given whose meaning and word class would change depending on stress placement | · Discussion · | · Chalkboard | · New Horizons in English Book 4 students book Page 88 · Teachers guide page 47 | |||||||||||
| 5 | STUDY SKILLS | Interpretive reading as a study skill | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Appreciate the significance of interpretative reading as a study skill · Identify the essential features of interpretive reading · Apply interpretive reading skills | · Discussion | · Chalkboard | · New Horizons in English Book 4 students book · Teachers guide page 48-49
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| 6 | READING | Comprehension Off with the old, on with the new | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Appreciate the value of generosity · Answer questions on the passage correctly. · Infer meaning of the new words used | · Reading comprehension
| · Pre-reading activities | · New Horizons in English Book 4 students book Page 89-92 · Teachers guide page 49-51 · English dictionary | |||||||||||
| 7,8 | GRAMMAR | Adjectives + typical endings | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Identify and discuss the typical endings of adjectives in sentences · Change words given to adjectives that end with the typical endings explained | · Discussing
· Writing sentences | · Dictionary | · New Horizons in English Book 4 students book Page 83-85 · Teachers guide page 51-53 | |||||||||||
| 11 | 1 | WRITING | Speeches | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Define a speech · Write a good speech according to the format and the guidelines given by the teacher · Write neatly and legibly
| · Writing · discussion | · Chalkboard | · New Horizons in English Book 4 students book Page 216-218 · Teachers guide | ||||||||||
| 2,3 | READING | The Inheritance By David Mulwa | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Analyze the setting, characters, roles, themes, style and language use in the set text | · | · Excerpts from the setbook | · The Inheritance By David Mulwa | |||||||||||
| 4 | EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION | Recorded speech: Using tone to reveal attitude | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Read the poem “Grass will Grow” aloud in class · Discuss the feelings that the poem arouses · Identify the tone of the poem · Discuss the attitude of the speaker towards death
| · Discussion · Role play | · Chalkboard | · New Horizons in English Book 4 students book Page 207 · Teachers guide · Understanding Poetry |
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| 5 | STUDY SKILLS | Summary writing | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Make notes from the passage entitled “Plastics.” · Summarize the passage in not more than 120 words | · Discussion · Summary writing · Note-making | · Chalkboard | · New Horizons in English Book 4 students book Page 211-212 · Teachers guide
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| 6 | READING | Comprehension Contrary Thermometers | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Appreciate the dangers of global warming · Answer questions on the passage correctly. · Infer meaning of the new words used | · Reading comprehension
| · Pre-reading activities | · New Horizons in English Book 4 students book Page 208-211 · Teachers guide · English dictionary | |||||||||||
| 7,8 | GRAMMAR | Clauses: Substitution and Ellipsis | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Distinguish between substitution and ellipsis · Rewrite the sentences given using substitution and ellipsis | · Discussing
· Writing sentences | · Dictionary | · New Horizons in English Book 4 students book Page 212-216 · Teachers guide | |||||||||||
| 12, 13,14 REVISION, END TERM EXAMINATIONS, MARKING AND CLOSING
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| L/NO | TOPIC | SUBTOPIC | LESSON/SPECIFICOBJECTIVES | TEACHING/ LEARNINGACTIVITIES | MATERIALS/RESOURCES | REFERENCES | REMARKS | |||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION
| LISTENING COMPREHENSION | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Distinguish between substitution and ellipsis Rewrite the sentences given using substitution and ellipsis | · Listening · Oral and written exercises .
| · Chalkboard | · New Horizons in English Book 4 students book Page 219-220 · Teachers guide | ||||||||||||
| 2 | READING COMPREHENSION | The Supermarket of the Poor | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Appreciate the diversity of people in their neighbourhood · Answer the questions from the passage correctly · Infer meanings of new words used | · Written exercise · Reading a passage · Listening & speaking | · Section of a set book | · New Horizons in English Book 4 students book Page 220-223 · Teachers guide | |||||||||||||
| 3 | WRITING | Composition based on a set book | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Write a good essay based on the The Blossoms of the Savannah | · Written exercises · General review
| · Section of a set book | · New Horizons in English Book 4 students book Page 241 · Teachers guide | |||||||||||||
| 4-5 | WRITING | Essay writing | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Write a good essay based on A Doll’s House | · Look up terms in the dictionary · Writing · General review | · Dictionary | · New Horizons in English Book 4 students book Page 229 · Teachers guide | |||||||||||||
| 6 | GRAMMAR | Indirect speech and idioms | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Rewrite given sentences in either direct or indirect speech · Use idiomatic expressions correctly in sentences | · Written exercise · Exercise review
| · Chalkboard · Charts | · New Horizons in English Book 4 students book Page 216 · Teachers guide | |||||||||||||
| 7 & 8 | READING | Intensive reading: Setbooks | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Analyze the setting, characters, roles, themes, style and language use in the set text | Oral exercises Discussion on the setbooks Dramatization
| · Prescribed literature setbooks | · Literature setbooks | |||||||||||||
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| LISTENING & SPEAKING REVISION
| Features of oral poetry
| By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Identify the various forms of oral poetry · Discuss the features of oral poetry · Outline the functions of oral poetry
| · Silent reading · Writing · Reading an oral poem · Writing translations · Group reflections
| · Chalkboard · Charts | · New Horizons in English Book 4 students book Page 259-261 · Teachers guide
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| 3 | WRITING | Report writing | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Write a good report of about 300-400 following the guidelines given by the teacher | · Reading · Writing · General review | · Samples of reports | · New Horizons in English Book 4 students book Page 230 · Teachers guide
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| 4 | GRAMMAR | Revision exercises | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: Answer the grammar questions in the exercises given correctly | · Reading examples · Oral exercise · Written exercise | · Sample sentences | · New Horizons in English Book 4 students book Page 239-240 · Teachers guide
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| 5 | READING COMPREHENSION | A Special Child | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Appreciate people with physical challenges · Answer questions from the passage correctly · Infer the meaning of the new words in the passage
| · Written exercise · Reading a passage · Listening & speaking | · Readers
| · New Horizons in English Book 4 students book Page 234-236 · Teachers guide
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| 6 | WRITING | Imaginative composition | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Write a good imaginative composition to end with the statement given | · Guided practical activities · Group reflections · General review | · Chalkboard | · New Horizons in English Book 4 students book Page 241 · Teachers guide
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| 7 & 8 | READING | Intensive reading
Setbooks | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Analyze the setting, characters, roles, themes, style and language use in the set text | · Oral exercises · Discussion on the set books · Dramatization
| · Set book guides | · Literature setbooks |
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| 3 | 1 | ORAL LITERATURE | Trickster narratives | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Define trickster narratives · Identify features of a trickster narrative · Discuss the functions of different types of narratives | · Reading aloud. · Guided discussion · Role play | · Readers
| · New Horizons in English Book 4 students book Page 237-239 · Teachers guide · Oral Literature for Schools | ||||||||||||
| 2 3 | GRAMMAR | REVISION | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Attempt the grammar exercise given correctly
| · Guided discussion · Oral and written exercises
| · Samples of sentences | · New Horizons in English Book 4 students book Page 249-250 · Teachers guide
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| 4-5 | WRITING | Functional writing Personal Journal | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Write a good personal journal based on the given question | · Writing | · Sample personal journal | · New Horizons in English Book 4 students book Page 242 · Teachers guide
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| 6 | LISTENING & SPEAKING | Oral skills | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: Attempt the oral skills exercises given correctly | · Guided discussion · Group writing · General review · Oral and written exercises | · Chalkboard | · New Horizons in English Book 4 students book Page 232-233 · Teachers guide
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| 7 & 8 | READING | Intensive reading:Setbooks Revision | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Analyze the setting, characters, roles, themes, style and language use in the set text | · Guided revision · Answer review questions
| · Set book guide | · Literature setbooks | |||||||||||||
| 4 | 1 | LISTENING & SPEAKING | Oral skills | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Attempt the oral skills exercises given correctly | · Guided discussion · Group writing · General review · Oral and written exercises | · Chalkboard | · New Horizons in English Book 4 students book Page 208-211 · Teachers guide
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| 2 3 | READING | Poetry: Alliteration and assonance Metaphors, irony and contrast | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Define the poetic terms indicated correctly · Identify them in the poem given correctly · Answer the question given from the poem correctly | · Reading a poem aloud · Guided discussion · Writing · General review | · Chalkboard | · New Horizons in English Book 4 students book Page 248-249 · Teachers guide · Understanding Poetry
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| 4-5 | FUNCTIONAL WRITING | Notification of a meeting, minutes, memo and CV writing | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Review the formats and the content of notification of a meeting, minutes, memo and CV correctly | · Writing | · Chalkboard · Samples of the said functional documents | · New Horizons in English Book 4 students book Page 252 · Teachers guide
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| 6 | GRAMMAR | Rewriting sentences to convey same meaning | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Attempt the exercises given correctly | · Oral and written exercises
| · Chalkboard | · New Horizons in English Book 4 students book Page 261-263 · Teachers guide
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| 7 & 8 | INTENSIVE READING | Intensive reading:Set books revision | By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to: · Analyze the setting, characters, roles, themes, style and language use in the set text | · Guided revision · Answer review questions
| · Setbooks guides | · Literature setbooks | |||||||||||||
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