Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term - Primary 4

Genres of Literature

TERM: 1ST TERM

SUBJECT: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH

WEEK: 8

CLASS: PRIMARY 4

AGE: 9 years

DURATION: 2 periods of 40 mins each

DATE:

TOPIC: Genres of Literature

CONTENT: Features of Drama

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

  1. Outline the features of Drama

INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES : Discussion, group activities

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS : ICT tools, recommended texts, relevant literatures, resource persons

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES

PERIOD 1 AND 2: Features of Drama

S/N

STEPS

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY

PUPILS ACTIVITY

1

INTRODUCTION

The teacher revises the previous topic on the features of prose

 

Pupils observe, learn and participate

2

EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION/TEACHER MODELLING

The teacher outlines the features of Drama

1. Dialogue: It is a conversation between characters

 

2. Prologue: It is the formal introduction to a play

 

3. Epilogue: It is the closing comment in a play which justifies an earlier course of action

 

4. Suspense: It is the state of anxiety and expectation in the reader/audience of a play or novel as to the likely outcome of events

 

5. Protagonist: He plays the most important role in the drama and often regarded as the hero/heroine

 

6. Antagonist: A character that is against the hero/heroine in the drama.

 

7. Cast: A list of characters in the drama.

 

8. mood: describes the feelings and attitudes of the characters in the drama.

 

9. time: both the time of day, time of the year and time in history or the future the drama is told in.

Pupils observe, learn and participate

3

EVALUATION

1. List and explain the features of drama

- 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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