Continuous Tense
Subject: English Studies
Class: Basic 1 / Primary 1 / Year 1
Term: Third Term / 3rd Term
Week: Week 4
Topic:
Week 4
Identification – Identify self , family members father mother brother sisters etc.
Speech Work – Pronunciation practice eg /o/ and /t/
Structure – Continuous actions
Vocabulary – New words
Reading – Days of the week
Writing – Word formation
Previous Knowledge: The pupils have previous knowledge of
Expressing gratitude and farewell
that was taught in their previous lesson.
Behavioural Objectives : At the end of the lesson, learners will be able to
- Identify Oneself, family members mother, father and others
- Pronounce words with sounds like /o/ and /t/
- Make sentences in present continuous tense
Instructional Materials
- Wall charts
- Pictures
- Online Resource
- Textbooks
- Laptop
- Jolly Phonics Materials
- Sound system
- Bluetooth speaker
Methods of Teaching
- Role modelling
- Questions and Answers
- Explanation
- Discussion
- Recitation
- Imitation
- Story Telling
- Dramatization
Content:
Speech Work – Pronunciation practice of words with sounds /o/ and /t/
Pronunciation practice of words with sound /o/
1)hot
2) cup
3) onto
4) love
5) otter
6) October
7) olive
(8) hop
(9) Top
(10) pot
Pronunciation practice of words with sound /t/
(1) to
(2) top
(3) Time
(4) get
(5) comment
(6) pot
(7) hot
(8) tick
(9) butter
(10) later
Identification of Oneself and Others.
My name is _____________.
I am ______ years old.
The name of my school is _____________
The name of my teacher is _____________
I am a very good _____________
My religion is _____________
The names of my parents are _____________
We are _____________
The name of my father is _____________
The name of my mother is _____________
We are _____________ people in my family.
I am the _____________ child in the family.
The names of my brothers are _____________
The names of my sisters are _____________
I will like to work as _____________when I grow up
Continuous Tense
Continuous Tense is used to express what is going on or what was going on during the time in question. Continuous tense may be either in present tense or past tense.
Present continuous tense is used to express action that is going on now.
Examples of sentences in Simple Present Continuous Tenses are
- We are singing now
- She is dancing now
- Daddy is sleeping now
- Mummy is cooking now
Days of the week
There are seven days, There are seven days, there are seven days in a week
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Presentation :
The topic is presented step by step
Step 1 : The class teacher revises the old topic
Step 2 : The class teacher introduces the new topic
Step 3 : The class teacher allows the pupils to give their own contributions and gives room for pupils” participation
Class Teacher And Pupils Activities. Interaction or Participation
This involves class teacher and pupils’ interaction, conversation, imitation or modeling through discussion, play method or just by recitation or asking and answering questions that are related to the topic that has just been taught
- The class teacher makes pupils to sing the song of the days of the week
- The class teacher makes the pupils write out the names of the days of the week
Evaluation
Make sentences with the following continuous words
- Jumping _______
- Writing _______
- Walking ______
- Saying ______
- Washing ____
Write out the days of the weeks
- _______
- _______
- _______
- _______
- _______
- _______
- _______
Just Expressing Myself
My name is _______
I am _______ years old
The names of my parents are Mr and Mrs _______
When I grow up, I will like to become a _______
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