TERM: 1^st Term

SUBJECT: Grammar

WEEK: 2

CLASS: PRIMARY 3

AGE: 8 years

DURATION: 2 periods of 40 mins each

DATE:

TOPIC: Singular and plural

CONTENT: Singular and plural

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

Explain the meaning of singular and plural
Make plurals by adding ‘s’
Make plurals by adding ‘es’
Make plurals by changing ‘y’ to ‘ies’ and add ‘s’ to nouns that have vowels before the ‘y’
Make plurals by changing ‘f’ or ‘fe’ to ‘ves’
State the exceptions of the ‘f’ and ‘fe’ to ‘ves’ rule
Make plurals by changing the vowels or middle letters
Make plurals y adding ‘en’ or ‘ren’

SET INDUCTION: The teachers uses pictures of singular and plural to arouse the interest of the pupils

INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES: Discussion, group activities,

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: Metropolitan English series English grammar for Basic Education Book 3 page 10-16, flash cards and charts on singular and plural, the New first Aid in English (second edition) by Angus Maciver page 2-4

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES

PERIOD 1 AND 2: Singular and plural

S/N	STEPS	TEACHER’S ACTIVITY	PUPILS ACTIVITY
1	INTRODUCTION	The teacher revises the previous lesson and introduces the new topic by Explaining what singular and plural is; Singular means One Plural means more than one	Pupils observe, learn and participate
2	EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION/TEACHER MODELLING	The teacher then gives examples of 1. singulars that are made plural by adding ‘s’ One bag – two bags One dog- two dogs One fan- two fans 2. singulars that are made plural by adding ‘es’(nouns that end with ‘sh’, ‘ch’, ‘x’, ‘o’ and ‘s’) brush – brushes class- classes mango- mangoes box- boxes coach- coaches Exceptions Solo-solos Photo-photos Folio-folios Radio-radios 3. singulars that are made plural by changing ‘y’ to ‘ies’ Fly- flies Story- stories Baby- babies and adding ‘s’ to nouns that have vowels before the ‘y’ boy- boys donkey-donkeys day-days 4. singulars that are made plural by changing ‘f’ and ‘fe’ to ‘ves’ Thief-thieves Half-halves Shelf-shelves Wife-wives Knife-knives and adding ‘s’ to nouns the exceptions roof-roofs chief-chiefs 5. singulars that are made plural by changing the vowels or middle letters Man-men Woman-women Mouse-mice Goose-geese Tooth-teeth 6. Singulars to plurals by adding ‘en’ or ‘ren’ child-children ox-oxen 7. Unchanged plurals Sheep-sheep gross- gross deer- deer cloth-clothes 8. Changing both parts of the compound nouns to plural Man-servant - men-servants Woman-lawyer- women-lawyer Man-teacher - men-teachers	Pupils observe, learn and participate
3	EVALUATION	The pupils are asked to 1. State each category of plurals giving examples of each	- Pupils observe, learn and participate
4	CLASS-WORK	Pupils are asked to answer questions A-D on page 12-14 of the text-book and page 3 Nos 1-5 of the New first Aid in English(second edition) by Angus Maciver	Pupils observe, learn and participate
5	ASSIGNMENT	Pupils are asked to answer questions E-H on page 14-16 of the reference text and page 4 Nos 6-7 of the New first Aid in English(second edition) by Angus Maciver.	Pupils participate
6	CONCLUSION	The teacher marks their books, corrects it and commend the pupils

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