Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term - Primary 1

Adjectives

TERM: 2nd Term

SUBJECT: Grammar

WEEK: 8

CLASS : PRIMARY 1

AGE: 6 years

DURATION : 2 periods of 40 mins each

DATE:

TOPIC : Adjectives

CONTENT : Adjectives(comparing)

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

  1. Explain what adjectives are
  2. Compare adjectives

SET INDUCTION : The teachers uses pictures of sentences indicating comparison of adjectives 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 51-53, flash cards and charts on the comparison of adjectives

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES

PERIOD 1 AND 2: Comparison of Adjectives

S/N

STEPS

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY

PUPILS ACTIVITY

1

INTRODUCTION

The teacher revises the previous lesson and introduces the new topic by Explaining what Adjectives are

Adjectives are words that describe nouns 

Pupils observe, learn and participate

2

EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION/TEACHER MODELLING

The teacher further explains the degrees of the comparison of Adjectives

Comparative- comparison between two. It often goes with ‘than’ e.g taller than, shorter than, bigger than, fatter than, etc

 

Superlative- comparison between three or more. It often goes with ‘the’ e.g the fattest, the shortest, the happiest, the richest

 

Comparison of adjectives

Big       bigger      biggest

Small   smaller    smallest

Tall       taller       tallest

Short    shorter    shortest

Good    better      best

Rich     richer      richest

Bad      worse     worst

Pupils observe, learn and participate

3

EVALUATION

The pupils are asked to

1. Explain what comparative means and give examples

2. Explain what superlative is and give examples

 

- Pupils observe, learn and participate

4

CLASS-WORK

Pupils are asked to answer question  A-B on page 52-53 of the text-book

Pupils observe, learn and participate

5

ASSIGNMENT

Pupils are asked to answer questions C on page 53 of the reference text.

Pupils participate

6

CONCLUSION

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

 



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