Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term - Junior Secondary School 1

Week: 9

Class: Junior Secondary School 1

Term: 1^st Term

Age: 12 years

Duration: 40 minutes of 2 periods

Date:

Subject: Agriculture

Topic:-       Classification of plants based on their life span

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

1. Classify plants based on their life span

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 functions of the each part of the plants	Students pay attention and participates
STEP 3 DEMONSTRATION	She then discusses the classification of plants based on their life span	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 LIFE SPAN

1. ANNUAL CROPS: these are crops which grow and complete their life cycle within one year. Examples are maize, rice, millet, cowpeas, yams etc
2. BIENNIAL CROPS: these are crops that grow and complete their life cycle within two years. Examples of biennials are cassava, cocoyam, onion, cabbage etc
3. PERENNIAL CROPS: These are crops that take more than two years to grow and complete their life cycle. Perennial crops can be divided into
4. herbaceous perennials- they can live up to 10 years e.g sida acuta, pawpaw
5. woody perennials – they can live for 30-80 years e.g mango, citrus, guava, cola, avocado etc. they are also called Permanent crops

 

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

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the students positively