Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term - Primary 1

Tenses

TERM: 3rd Term

SUBJECT: Grammar

WEEK: 2

CLASS : PRIMARY 1

AGE: 6 years

DURATION : 2 periods of 40 mins each

DATE:

TOPIC : Tenses

CONTENT : Present tense and past tense

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

  1. Explain what present tense and past tense is
  2. Give examples of present tense and past tense

SET INDUCTION : The teachers uses pictures of sentences indicating present tense and past tense 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 59-62, flash cards and charts on the present tense and past tense

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES

PERIOD 1 AND 2: Present tense and past tense

S/N

STEPS

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY

PUPILS ACTIVITY

1

INTRODUCTION

The teacher revises the previous lesson and introduces the new topic by Explaining what present tense is with examples

 

Simple present tense is used when an action is happening right now, or when it happens regularly e.g go, talk, eat, sits, writes, cries, runs, draw, work, wait, fall etc

 

Pupils observe, learn and participate

2

EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION/TEACHER MODELLING

The teacher further explains what past tense is with examples

 

Past tense means shows that you are talking about something that has already happened. E.g went, talked, ate, sat, wrote, cried, ran, drew, worked, waited, fell etc

Pupils observe, learn and participate

3

EVALUATION

The pupils are asked to

1. Explain the meaning of present tense with examples

2. Explain the meaning of past  tense with examples

 

- Pupils observe, learn and participate

4

CLASS-WORK

Pupils are asked to answer question  E-F on page 62-63 of the text-book

Pupils observe, learn and participate

5

ASSIGNMENT

Pupils are asked to answer questions G-H on page 63-64 of the reference text.

Pupils participate

6

CONCLUSION

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

 



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