Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term - Primary 3

Written composition

TERM: 1st Term

SUBJECT: Composition

WEEK: 3

CLASS : PRIMARY 3

AGE: 8 years

DURATION : 40 mins

DATE:

TOPIC :  Written Composition       

CONTENT : Pre-writing/Brainstorming

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

  1. Explain what ‘brainstorming’ and ‘pre-writing’ means
  2. Pre-write and brainstorm on a given composition

INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES : Discussion, group activities

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS : pictures, sentence strips, composition textbook and workbook

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES

PERIOD 1: Pre-writing/Brainstorming

S/N

STEPS

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY

PUPILS ACTIVITY

1

INTRODUCTION

The teacher introduces the new topic by defining what

Pre-writing and brainstorming means

 

Pre-writing is the first stage in writing, in which you gather ideas and information and plan how to organize them

Brainstorming means to think about and try to come up with ideas on how to write a composition, either on your own or in a group.

Pupils observe, learn and participate

2

EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION/TEACHER MODELLING

The teacher provides some brainstorming and pre-writing tips which includes answering the following questions

1. Who?

2. Doing What?

3. When?

4. Where?

5. Problem?

 

 

Pupils observe, learn and participate

3

EVALUATION

The pupils are asked to

1. Define

a. Pre-writing

b. brainstorming

2. Brainstorm “A day in the mall”, jotting down their ideas

- Pupils observe, learn and participate

4

CLASS-WORK

As in Evaluation

Pupils observe, learn and participate

5

ASSIGNMENT

As in Evaluation

Pupils participate

6

CONCLUSION

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

 

 



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