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Week: 10

Class: Junior Secondary School 1

Age: 12 years

Duration: 40 minutes of 2 periods

Date:

Subject: Agriculture

Topic:-       Classification of plants based on their nature

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: At the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to

  1. Classify plants based on their nature

INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES: Identification, explanation, questions and answers, demonstration, videos from source

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: Videos, loud speaker, textbook, pictures

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES

PERIOD 1-2

PRESENTATION

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY

STUDENT’S ACTIVITY

STEP 1

INTRODUCTION

The teacher revises the previous lesson on the crop plant forms

Students pay attention

STEP 2

EXPLANATION

She reviews the classification of crops based on their life span

Students pay attention and participates

STEP 3

DEMONSTRATION

She then discusses the classification of plants based on their nature

Students pay attention and participate

STEP 4

NOTE TAKING

The teacher writes a summarized note on the board

The students copy the note in their books

 

NOTE

CLASSIFICATION OF PLANTS BASED ON THEIR NATURE

  1. CEREALS: they are grains cultivated mainly for their seeds e.g maize, guinea corn, rice, millet, wheat etc
  2. LEGUMES: Their seeds are edible sources of plant protein and this part also serves as fodder for livestock e.g cowpea, groundnut, soya bean, pigeon pea etc
  3. ROOT AND TUBER CROPS: These are plants with edible roots and tubers which develop swollen underground and are harvested by man e.g yams, cassava, cocoyams, sweet potatoes etc
  4. FRUITS AND NUTS: These are the edible parts of plants which can be eaten by man. They supply essential vitamins and minerals to the body e.g pawpaw, tomatoes, guava, cashew, orange etc
  5. VEGETABLE CROPS: They are the soft edible parts of herbaceous crops which can either be cooked or eaten raw e.g onions, tomatoes, pumpkin, sweet melon, water melon etc

 

EVALUATION:    1. Classify plants based on their nature, citing examples

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the students positively