TERM: 1st Term
SUBJECT: Grammar
WEEK: 2
CLASS: PRIMARY 6
AGE: 11 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;
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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