Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term - Primary 5
Parts of speech
Parts of speech
TERM: 1st Term
SUBJECT: Grammar
WEEK: 1
CLASS : PRIMARY 5
AGE: 10 years
DURATION : 2 periods of 40 mins each
DATE:
TOPIC : Parts of speech
CONTENT : Parts of speech
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to;
SET INDUCTION: The teachers uses pictures of familiar objects with various parts of speech 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 5-9, flash cards with the parts of speech and examples of each, The new first Aid in English by Angus Maciver(second edition) pg 1
INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES
PERIOD 1 AND 2: Parts of speech
S/N | STEPS | TEACHER’S ACTIVITY | PUPILS ACTIVITY |
1 | INTRODUCTION | The teacher revises the previous lesson and introduces the new topic by explaining what parts of speech means
Parts of speech is the grouping of words according to the functions they perform in a given sentence
| Pupils observe, learn and participate |
2 | EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION/TEACHER MODELLING | The teacher then explains all the parts of speech 1. Noun It is a name of persons, animals, places or things Persons- Ben, Richard, Joke, Peter Animals- goat, hen, birds, gorilla Places- zoo, library, church, Lagos, Abuja, Kenya, Nairobi, Soweto Things- Books, tables, rulers etc A. Proper nouns-they are the special names given to persons, pets, places, animals, things etc Proper nouns Persons-Richard, Ngozi, Savannah, Mary Pets/animals- Bingo, Jackie, Richie, Sophie, Cuppy Places-Abuja, Togo, Ghana, Lagos, Wonderland park, Kinderland Park, Shoprite etc Days- Sunday, Monday , Tuesday NOTE: We use capital letters to begin proper nouns
B. Common Nouns- they are the general names to people, animals, places, things etc Persons- boy, girl, man, woman, baby Animals- snake, elephant, donkey, cow Places- country, mosque, church, room Things- laptop, pen NOTE: We do not use capital letters to begin common nouns
C. Collective nouns This is the name given to a group of people or given to things collectively For example, A class of scholars A library of books A bouquet of flowers A flock of sheep
D. Abstract nouns It refers to things which exist only as ideas and which are not physically real, they cannot be touched but felt e.g beauty, happiness, honesty etc
2. Pronouns A pronoun is used in place of nouns e.g I, he, she, you, we, it, me us etc
3. Adjectives Adjectives are words that describe nouns e.g Kind, heavy, new, old, little, long, small, fat etc
4. Verbs Verbs are doing words. A verb tells us what to do e.g Eat, look, play, sing, dance, cook, write etc
5. Adverbs Adverbs are words used to talk more about the verb For example- Quick-quickly sad- sadly happy- happily easy- easily
6. Conjunctions are words that we use to join two sentences to become one e.g And, but, because, before, although etc
7. Preposition Prepositions shows the relationship between two nouns e.g Under, in, on, over, inside, behind, beside, across etc
8. Interjection/Exclamation An exclamation is a word we use to describe actions which happen unexpectedly, suddenly, happily, sadly or sorrowfully e.g oh! Ah! Eh! Oho! Lo! | Pupils observe, learn and participate |
3 | EVALUATION | The pupils are asked to Explain each part of speech giving examples | - Pupils observe, learn and participate |
4 | CLASS-WORK | Pupils are asked to answer questions A-C on page 7-8 of the text-book | Pupils observe, learn and participate |
5 | ASSIGNMENT | Pupils are asked to answer questions D-G on page 8-9 of the reference text. | Pupils participate |
6 | CONCLUSION | The teacher marks their books, corrects it and commend the pupils |
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