Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term - Primary 1

The articles

TERM: 2nd Term

SUBJECT: Grammar

WEEK: 4

CLASS : PRIMARY 1

AGE: 6 years

DURATION : 2 periods of 40 mins each

DATE:

TOPIC : The articles

CONTENT : The articles

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

  1. Explain when ‘a’, ‘an’ or ‘the’ is used
  2. Make correct use of the articles

SET INDUCTION : The teachers uses pictures of sentences indicating possession to arouse the interest of the pupils

INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES : Discussion, group activities,

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS : Metropolitan English series English grammar for Basic Education Book 1 page 38-39, flash cards and charts on the articles

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES

PERIOD 1 AND 2: The articles

S/N

STEPS

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY

PUPILS ACTIVITY

1

INTRODUCTION

The teacher revises the previous lesson and introduces the new topic by Explaining what an article is

An article is a word used to modify a noun. The articles are ‘a’, ‘an’ and ‘the’

 

Pupils observe, learn and participate

2

EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION/TEACHER MODELLING

The teacher explains the usage of each article

‘a’ is used for nouns beginning with a consonant

For example

A dog

A cat

A pan

A chair

A tabl

‘an’ is used for nouns beginning with a vowel(a, e, I, o, u)

An egg

An orange

An umbrella

An owl

‘the’ is used for nouns we know about already

Pupils observe, learn and participate

3

EVALUATION

The pupils are asked to

1. explain what articles are

2. Explain when each article is used.

- Pupils observe, learn and participate

4

CLASS-WORK

Pupils are asked to answer question  A on page 38-39 of the text-book

Pupils observe, learn and participate

5

ASSIGNMENT

Pupils are asked to answer questions B on page 39 of the reference text.

Pupils participate

6

CONCLUSION

The teacher marks their books, corrects it and commend the pupils

 



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