Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term - Primary 4
Homophones
Homophones
SUBJECT: PHONICS
TERM: 1ST TERM
LESSON PLAN FOR 6th WEEK
CLASS: PRIMARY 4
AGE: 9 years
DURATION: 3 periods of 40 mins each
DATE:
TOPIC: Homophones
CONTENT: Homophones
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to;
ENTRY BEHAVIOR: Pupils can identify alphabet letters
SET INDUCTION: The teachers uses the sentences: ‘there are three things wrong with these sentences. ‘Raise your hand when you see them’. To arouse the students by asking them to figure it out within a specified time
INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES: Discussion, group activities,
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: index cards, timer, Holy homophones worksheet
INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES
PERIOD 1 AND 2: Identification, sounding and spelling homophones
S/N | STEPS | TEACHER’S ACTIVITY | PUPILS ACTIVITY | ||||||||
1 | INTRODUCTION | -Explains that homophones are words that sound the same but have different meaning and spellings -draws a T-chart on the board and writes two common homophones in the heading sections of the T-chart e.g ‘bear’ and ‘bare’ - Explains that ‘bear’ is to carry something or a type of animal while ‘bare’ means to be naked | Pupils listen, observe and participate | ||||||||
2 | EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION/TEACHER MODELLING | -in the T-chart, draw a picture that represents each homophone(i.e the animal-bear, and someone who didn’t wear his/her shoes for ‘bare’ - Asks pupils volunteers to think of sentences that use homophones(e.g ‘The bear is a wild animal’ and ‘Dennis was bare footed when I saw him last night’) and write the sentences under the correct words. Keep going until there are three sentences under each | Pupils listen, observe and participate | ||||||||
3 | GUIDED PRACTICE/INTERACTIVE MODELLING | - Makes a list of some homophones so that the pupils can read it aloud repeatedly Pair pear Ball bawl Sea see Flour flower Root route Bury berry Night knight | Pupils listen, observe and participate | ||||||||
4 | INDEPENDENT WORKING TIME | - Gives the pupils the below exercises Look closely at the pairs of homophones in the box. Write each in the right sentence below
1. The bicycle _______ squeaked as it moved 2. The aeroplane was stored in the _____ 3. They took a long _______ to get to the city 4. The dog is trying to ______ the bone in the backyard 5. It will be a bright moonlit ______ soon 6. The new ______ asked if he could have a shower every morning 7. The ______ decided to cut the offending words from the story 8. There was an accident at the cross roads but it was only ________ 9. Rilwan works as a _______ in a quarry 10. The river forms the ______ between the two states 11. The ______ displayed his coat of arms proudly on this shield 12. The ______ of the plant soon took up the moisture 13. I ate the juicy _______ we found on the tree 14. I used a coat ______ to hold my shirts 15. The President advised the youth not to ______ drugs 16. The _____ light soon picked up the movement of the burglar | Pupils listen, observe and participate | ||||||||
5 | EVALUATION
| - Monitors and corrects where necessary |
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PERIOD 3: Identification, sounding and spelling homophones
S/N | STEPS | TEACHER’S ACTIVITY | PUPILS ACTIVITY |
1 | REVISITING THE PREVIOUS LESSONS | - Revisits the previous lesson on homophones
| - Pupils listen, observe and participate |
2 | GUIDED PRACTICE | - Makes a list of more homophones and ask the pupils the pronounce them aloud repeatedly Band banned Desert dessert Currant current Hire higher Lightning lightening Source sauce | - Pupils listen, observe and participate |
3 | INDEPENDENT WORKING TIME | - Gives the pupils exercises homophones Choose the correct word in the brackets to fill in the gaps 1. Smoking is (band, banned) in this café 2. We had vanilla ice-cream for our (desert, dessert) 3. The powerful(currant, current) ;swept the swimmers away 4. We watch a TV (serial, cereal) every night 5. We put tomato (sauce, source) on our pies 6. The bolt of (lightning, lightening) struck the tall tower 7. We allowed the (guest, guessed) to use the main bedroom 8. The (hire, higher) branches of the tree must be cut down 9. We tried to (hire, higher) a bus for the trip 10. The (band, banned) played lots of songs I enjoy 11. We are (lightning, lightening) the load to make it easier to lift 12. The (desert, dessert) areas of the country are extremely arid 13. I found a red (currant, current) in my cake 14. We could not locate the (source, sauce) of the strange noise 15. It took me a while before I (guest, guessed) the answer 16. I ate some (serial, cereal) for breakfast | - Pupils listen, observe and participate |
4 | EVALUATION | - Monitors the pupils as they work and corrects where necessary |
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