SET 1

LISTENING AND SPEAKING

Duration: 2 hours
Content Standard(s):

1.2 Listen to, engage and interpret meaningful conversations

1.3 Listen to and respond critically to a wide range of spoken, audio and visual texts
1.4 Speak intelligibly, eloquently and appropriately for different purposes, audiences, contexts
and cultures

Learning Standard(s):

Pupils can:
1.2.1 Listen to and respond to directions, instructions and procedures
1.3.1 Listen to spoken, audio and visual texts to:
(i) retrieve main ideas
(ii) retrieve supporting details
1.4.1 Express feelings and give simple descriptions of personal experiences orally

Activity(ies):

1) Listen to a morning talk programme and complete a tree map

2) Ask and answer orally new year resolutions and fill in the tree map
3) Listen to simple instructions and fill in a flow map
4) Role play a dialogue to give step-by-step instructions on how to accomplish New
Year resolution

Formative Assessment:

Speak using fair languages and intonations

Resource(s):

Listening Text (English Form 1 Textbook)

Reflection:
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LITERATURE IN ACTION
Poem Ring Out, Wild Bells Duration: 3 hours
Poem Sad I Ams

Content Standard(s):

Poem Ring Out, Wild Bells

5.1 Engage and respond to a variety of literary texts to express understanding of the broader
world of ideas and concepts
5.2 Use a wide range of literary texts to convey views for different purposes and audiences, and
relate them to real life situations

Poem Sad I Ams

5.1 Engage and respond to a variety of literary texts to express understanding of the broader
world of ideas and concepts

Learning Standard(s):

Poem Ring Out, Wild Bells

Pupils can:
5.1.2 Read and understand various literary works
5.1.3 Share personal responses of issues related to literary works and develop new ideas or
solve problems
5.2.4 Share personal responses to literary works through performance

Poem Sad I Ams

Pupils can:
5.1.1 Listen to and respond orally to various literary works
5.1.2 Read and understand various literary works

Activity(ies):

Poem Ring Out, Wild Bells

1) Read the excerpt of the poem
2) Dramatise the poem

Poem Sad I Ams

1) Read the poem
2) Search for the meanings of unfamiliar words

Formative Assessment:

Dynamism in Poem Recitation

Resource(s):

English Form 1 Textbook

Reflection:
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READING
Duration: 1 hours

Content Standard(s):

2.1 Demonstrate understanding of a variety of texts using a range of strategies to construct

meaning
2.2 Apply a range of strategies to comprehend texts related to everyday living

Learning Standard(s):

Pupils can:
2.1.1 Read and develop vocabulary skills by understanding
(i) similes
2.1.2 Understand meanings of words from print media by using
(i) dictionary
2.2.1 Demonstrate understanding by
(i) identifying main ideas in given texts
2.2.2 Locate and organise information by:
(i) using graphic organisers
(ii) creating their own graphic organisers

Activity(ies):

1) Start a Vocabulary Journal

2) Answer 4 comprehension questions
3) Create similes

Formative Assessment:

1) Rearrange the words in the correct alphabetical order

2) Double Bubble Map

Resource(s):

Dictionary
English Form 1 Textbook

Reflection:
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GRAMMAR
Duration: 1 hour

Content Standard(s):

4.1 Identify and use language structures appropriately according to context

Learning Standard(s):

Pupils can:
4.1.1 Identify and use nouns appropriately according to context.
(i) common nouns
(ii) proper nouns
4.1.4 Identify and use articles appropriately according to context.
(i) indefinite article a and an

Activity(ies):

1) Classify the list of words as common nouns or proper nouns.

2) Complete the dialogue with the correct articles

Formative Assessment:

1) Classification of words to the correct groups

2) Completion of dialogue with the correct articles.

Resource(s):

English Form 1 Textbook

Reflection:
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WRITING
Duration: 1 hours

Content Standard(s):

3.2 Produce a variety of texts for creative, personal, academic and

functional purposes

Learning Standard(s):

Pupils can:
3.2.2 Write for creative and personal expressions:
(iii) posters and slogans

Activity(ies):

1) Create a poster for New year celebration

2) Set up a gallery walk using a task chosen from the Choice Board

Formative Assessment:

1) Creativity in creating the poster

2) Interesting Gallery Walk

Resource(s):

Library or Internet
English Form 1 textbook

Reflection:
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ACTION ORIENTED TASK

Duration: 1 hours

Content Standard(s):

1.4 - Speak intelligibly, eloquently and appropriately for different purposes, audiences,
contexts and cultures

Learning Standard(s):

Pupils can:
1.4.1- Express feelings and give simple descriptions of personal experiences orally
1.4.2 - Participate in simple conversations using speech acts:
(i) greeting
(iii) invitation

Activity(ies):

1) Produce a short sketch

Formative Assessment:

1) Creativity in producing the sketch

Resource(s):

Library or internet

Reflection:
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Name of Teacher(s):

Form Duration (Weeks) Grammar Item(s)

1A, 1B,1C,1D,1E 3 Common Nouns
Proper Nouns
Articles a, an and the

Domain(s) Theme Topic

Personal People &Culture New Year, New You
Public

EXPECTATIONS
(questions/statements to be answered while and after lessons-similar to objectives)
1) Listen to a talk programme on New Year resolutions
2) Speak about your New Year resolutions
3) Read a brochure on New Year celebrations
4) Create a poster on an event
5) Learn about common nouns, proper nouns and articles
6) Appreciate a poem

TEACHING AND LEARNING STRATEGIES

1) Inquiry-Based Learning
2) Project-Based Learning
3) Pupil-Centredness

CROSS-CURRICULAR ELEMENTS
1) Language
2) Values
3) Patriotism and Citizenship
4) Creativity and Innovation

i-THiNK tools
1) Circle Map
2) Tree map
3) Flow map
4) Double Bubble Map