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Classes of insect pests + Basic stitches

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TERM: 2nd Term

WEEK: 7

CLASS: Primary 5

AGE: 10 years

DURATION: 40 minutes of 2 periods each
DATE:

SUBJECT: Prevocational Studies

TOPIC:       -    Classes of insect pests

  • Basic stitches

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

  1. Classify insect pests according to their mouth parts
  2. Outline examples of insects in each group
  3. Summarize the meaning of stitches
  4. List the different types of stitches
  5. Explain the types of stitches

INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES: Identification, explanation, playway method, questions and answers, demonstration.

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: Chart showing different types of stitches real objects e.g thread, pins, tape measure etc, pictures and chart of pests and crop diseases

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES

PERIOD 1 and 2:

PRESENTATION

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY

PUPIL’S ACTIVITY

STEP 1

INTRODUCTION

The teacher revises the previous lesson on pests, disease and cleaning of cooking tools and equipment

Pupils pay attention

STEP 2

EXPLANATION

She enumerates the various classes of pests according to their mouth parts and their examples

Insect pest can be classified into three based on the nature of their mouth parts.

  • Biting and chewing insects pest e.g grasshopper, termites, army worms, locust, beetles, etc
  • Piercing and sucking insect pest e.g cotton strainers, aphids, butterflies, mealy-bugs, etc
  • Boring insect pest e.g stem borers, bean beetles and weevils

 

Pupils pay attention

STEP 3

DEMONSTRATION

The teacher explains the meaning of stitches

Stitches mean movement of a threaded needle in sewing or in closing a wound : a portion of thread left after one such movement

 

She outlines the types of stitches and gives examples

 

1. TEMPORARY STITCHES:

Even tacking.

Uneven tacking.

Diagonal tacking.

Tailor's tacking.

 

2. PERMANENT STITCHES

Running stitch Backstitch

Overcast stitch

Over hand stitch  Whipping

 

3. DECORATIVE STITCHES

Cross stitches

Loop stitches

Chain stitches

 

Pupils pay attention

STEP 4

NOTE TAKING

The teacher writes on the board while the pupils copy the note

Pupils copy the note

                                                                    

NOTE

Classes of pests according to their mouth parts and their examples

Insect pest can be classified into three based on the nature of their mouth parts.

  • Biting and chewing insects pest e.g grasshopper, termites, army worms, locust, beetles, etc
  • Piercing and sucking insect pest e.g cotton strainers, aphids, butterflies, mealy-bugs, etc

*   Boring insect pest e.g stem borers, bean beetles and weevils

 

Stitches

Stitches mean movement of a threaded needle in sewing or in closing a wound: a portion of thread left after one such movement

 

She outlines the types of stitches and gives examples

 

  1. TEMPORARY STITCHES:

Even tacking.

Uneven tacking.

Diagonal tacking.

Tailor's tacking.

 

  1. PERMANENT STITCHES

Running stitch Backstitch

Overcast stitch

Over hand stitch  

Whipping

 

  1. DECORATIVE STITCHES

Cross stitches

Loop stitches

Chain stitches

EVALUATION:    1. State the classes of insect pests based on their mouth parts and give two examples of each

  1. Explain the meaning of stitches
  2. State the three types of stitches and give two examples of each

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the pupils positively and marks their books



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