ENGLISH SCHEMES OF WORK FORM ONE

TERM ONE

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·        Appreciate the nature of trickster narratives

·        Explain the symbolic role of trickster characters in relation to society.

·        Reading

·        Teachers guide page 1-3

·        Oral Literature for Secondary Schools

·        Determine whether or not they lip-read or sub-vocalize

·        Read without moving the lips or sub-vocalizing

·        Teachers guide page 4-5

Karani and Kemunto

·        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

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·        Teachers guide page 5-6

·        A good English dictionary

·        Distinguish between common and proper nouns

·        Use common and proper nouns correctly.

·        Writing sentences

·        Teachers guide page 7

·        Appreciate the importance of writing neatly

·        Write neatly and legibly

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·        discussion

Sample of good handwriting

·        Teachers guide page 8-9

·        Listen and talk about possible causes of accidents in the country and how they can be prevented

·        Pronounce the sounds /l/ and  /r/ correctly

·        Newspaper reports on accidents

·        Teachers guide page 10-11

·        Appreciate the need to develop good silent reading skills

·        Read silently without moving the head or pointing at words

·        Teachers guide page12

The Sick Man

·        Read the passage and answer questions on the passage correctly.

·        Appreciate the need to shun corruption.

·        Infer meaning of the new words used

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Anti-corruption posters

·        Teachers guide page 13-14

·        A good English dictionary

·        Recognize abstract nouns

·        Recognize concrete nouns

·        Form abstract nouns from other word classes.

·        Use concrete and abstract nouns in sentences correctly.

·        Writing sentences

·        Teachers guide page 15

·        Identify the commonly misspelt words.

·        Learn to spell the commonly misspelt words correctly.

·        Write neatly and legibly

·        discussion

Sample

·        Teachers guide page 17

·        Identify and define ogre stories

·        Appreciate the lessons we get from ogre stories

·        Pronounce the vowel sounds /i/ and /I:/ correctly.

·        Teachers guide page 19

·        Appreciate the need of developing good oral reading skills.

·        Explain the importance of understanding what they read aloud.

·        Teachers guide page 20

·        A good English Dictionary

Mlafi and Ndele

·        Read and answer questions on the passage correctly.

·        Appreciate the need to show gratitude.

·        Infer meaning of the new words used

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·        Teachers guide page 22-23

·        A good English dictionary

·        Distinguish between count and non-count nouns.

·        Master spelling rules for count nouns.

·        Use count and non-count nouns correctly.

·        Writing sentences

·        Teachers guide page 24-25

·        Discuss the features of narrative writing.

·        Write a narrative.

·        Use vocabulary and sentence structures correctly.

·        Write neatly and legibly

·        discussion

Sample

·        Teachers guide page  26

·        Listen and talk about their future careers using correct English

·        Pronounce the sounds given correctly.

·        Teachers guide page 27

·        Use their voices to emphasize important ideas during oral reading.

·        Reading audibly to an audience.

·        Vary the tone of voice.

·        Teachers guide page 27

Relating with Parents

·        Read and answer questions on the passage correctly.

·        Appreciate the need to relate well with parents and guardians.

·        Infer meaning of the new words used

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·        Teachers guide page 29-30

·        A good English dictionary

·        Use the definite and indefinite articles correctly.

·        Writing sentences

·        Teachers guide page 30-31

·        Use commas correctly in writing.

·        Writing a composition that is free of grammatical and punctuation errors.

·        Write neatly and legibly

·        discussion

Sample

·        Teachers guide page 31-32

·        Define a riddle

·        Describe what happens in a riddling session.

·        Participate in riddling session

·        Explain the functions of riddles.

·        Teachers guide page 33

·        Oral literature by OkumbaMiruka

·        Appreciate the need to vary reading rate depending on purpose for reading.

·        Read in word groups instead of individual words.

·        Teachers guide page 34-35

What about this Child?

·        Read and answer questions on the passage correctly.

·        Appreciate and shun the evils of child labour

·        Recognize children’s rights.

·        Infer meaning of the new words used

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·        Teachers guide page 36-37

·        A good English dictionary

·        Distinguish among personal, possessive and reflexive pronouns correctly.

·        Use personal, possessive and reflexive pronouns correctly.

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·        Writing sentences

·        Teachers guide page 37-39

·        Use final punctuation marks correctly.

·        Use vocabulary and sentence structures appropriately in writing.

·        Write neatly and legibly

·        discussion

Sample

·        Teachers guide page 39-40

·        Pronounce correctly words with similar pronunciations but different spellings.

·        Teachers guide page 41

·        Explain why people visit a library

·        Explain how reading materials are organized in a library.

·        Display appropriate behavior in a library.

·        Chalkboard

·        Catalogued books

·        Teachers guide page 42

Alfred Nobel-A Man of Contrasts

·        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

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·        Teachers guide page 44

·        A good English dictionary

·        Learn and use verbs correctly.

·        Distinguish between action and stative verbs.

·        Use the present simple tense correctly.

·        Writing sentences

·        Teachers guide page 45

·        Recognize various types of sentence construction errors

·        Write properly constructed sentences.

·        discussion

·        Teachers guide page 47-48

·        Pronounce the sounds /l/, /r/, /t/ and /d/ correctly.

·        Identify other sounds they find problematic.

·        Teachers guide page 49

·        Familiarize themselves with the alphabetic order of words in a dictionary.

·        Look up words easily in a dictionary

·        Use a dictionary effectively.

·        Chalkboard

·        Teachers guide page 50

Gender Violence and HIV/Aids

·        Read and answer questions on the passage correctly.

·        Explain the connection between gender violence and the spread of HIV.

·        Appreciate the need to shun detrimental socialization.

·        Infer meaning of the new words used

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·        Teachers guide page 51

·        A good English dictionary

·        Distinguish between regular and irregular verbs in the past tense.

·        Form the past tense of regular and irregular verbs.

·        Use the past tense of regular and irregular verbs correctly.

·        Writing sentences

·        Teachers guide page52-54

·        Appreciate the need of keeping a diary.

·        Make entries in a diary.

·        Use different formats of addresses in informal letters.

·        Write neatly and legibly

·        discussion

Sample

·        Teachers guide page 55-56