Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term - Primary 1

Antonyms

TERM: 3rd Term

SUBJECT: Grammar

WEEK: 8

CLASS : PRIMARY 1

AGE: 6 years

DURATION : 2 periods of 40 mins each

DATE:

TOPIC : Antonyms

CONTENT : Antonyms

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

  1. Explain what Antonyms means
  2. Give examples of antonyms

SET INDUCTION : The teachers uses pictures of sentences indicating antonyms 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 83-85, flash cards and charts on antonyms

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES

PERIOD 1 AND 2: Antonyms

S/N

STEPS

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY

PUPILS ACTIVITY

1

INTRODUCTION

The teacher revises the previous lesson and introduces the new topic by Explaining what Antonym means

An antonym is a word that has the opposite meaning of another word

 

Pupils observe, learn and participate

2

EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION/TEACHER MODELLING

The teacher further gives examples of words and their antonyms

Tall-short

Up-down

Old-young

Full-empty

In-out

Open-shut

Early-late

Right-wrong

Push-pull

Hard-soft

Tame-wild

Cold-hot

High-low

Far-near

Pupils observe, learn and participate

3

EVALUATION

The pupils are asked to

1. Explain the antonyms

2. Give some examples of words and their antonyms

- Pupils observe, learn and participate

4

CLASS-WORK

Pupils are asked to answer question  A-B on page 84 of the text-book

Pupils observe, learn and participate

5

ASSIGNMENT

Pupils are asked to answer questions C on page 85 of the reference text.

Pupils participate

6

CONCLUSION

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

 



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