Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term - Primary 5

Singular and plural

TERM: 1st Term

SUBJECT: Grammar

WEEK: 2

CLASS : PRIMARY 5

AGE: 10 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;

  1. Explain the meaning of singular and plural
  2. Make plurals by adding ‘s’
  3. Make plurals by adding ‘es’
  4. Make plurals by changing ‘y’ to ‘ies’ and add ‘s’ to nouns that have vowels before the ‘y’
  5. Make plurals by changing ‘f’ or ‘fe’ to ‘ves’
  6. State the exceptions of the ‘f’ and ‘fe’ to ‘ves’ rule
  7. Make plurals by changing the vowels or middle letters
  8. 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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