PRIMARY 4 FIRST TERM LESSON NOTES ENGLISH GRAMMAR
BASIC 4 ENGLISH LANGUAGE FOR FIRST TERM
WEEK: One
CLASS: Basic Four
SUBJECT: English Language
TOPIC: Revision of Last term’s work
BEHAVIOURAL OBJECTIVES: At the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to remember and understand the previous term’s work
BUILDING A BACKGROUND: Pupils are familiar with the revised topics
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL: Pictures, charts and textbook
REFERENCE MATERIAL: Macmillan Brilliant Primary English Book 4
CONTENT:
REVISION
Underline the action words in each of the following sentences.
- The cats ran towards the rusty door
- She drove the car to see her grandparents.
- Mother and i prepared beans and yam last night.
- Audu collected some pictures from the headmaster’s office
- We saw the tallest building in Nigeria.
WEEK: Two
CLASS: Basic Four
SUBJECT: English Language
TOPIC: Expressing Possibilities and Permission
BEHAVIOURAL OBJECTIVES:At the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- Express possibilities using ‘Can’, ‘Cannot’, ‘May’, ‘May not’
- Read and comprehend the passage and learn new words
- Write a guided composition
BUILDING A BACKGROUND: Pupils are familiar with expressing possibilities and passage reading
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL: Pictures, charts and textbook
REFERENCE MATERIAL: Macmillan Brilliant Primary English Book 4
CONTENT:
GRAMMAR
EXPRESSING POSSSIBILITIES AND PERMISSION
If you are not sure you will do something but it is likely you do it, that is a possibility.
If you want to go out of the class when your teacher is with you you must ask the teacher to allow you to go out, that is permission.
Both possibility and permission can be expressed in negative forms using ‘cannot’ and ‘may not’.
Study the following examples:
- I am willing to come to you birthday but i will be going to Lagos that day. I may not come. ( possibility)
- May i use the ladies please? ( permission)
READING
Uche and Mahmud’s Families
Read the comprehension passage and study the following words
COMPOSITION
Topic: How i spent my last holiday
EVALUATION: Pupils are evaluated thus:
What are the following sentences expressing? Write ‘A’ for possibility and ‘B’ for permission.
- It may not rain this month.
- You may go out if you wish to.
- A judge can be jailed
- May i open the door?
- The woman may not show up in the market today.
WEEK: Three
CLASS: Basic Four
SUBJECT: English Language
TOPIC: Dialogue further practices in excusing, Possibility, obligation and permission
BEHAVIOURAL OBJECTIVES: At the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- Read and comprehend the given passage
- Express obligations in a sentence
- Write a poem on ‘My Home’/ ‘My Family’
BUILDING A BACKGROUND: Pupils are familiar with their obligations
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL: Pictures, charts and textbook
REFERENCE MATERIAL: Macmillan Brilliant Primary English Book 4
CONTENT:
READING:
MY HOME, MY FAMILY
Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follows
GRAMMAR
EXPRESSING OBLIGATIONS ( ‘Must’, ‘Have To’, ‘Ought To’)
Obligations are those things that you have to do. They are your responsibilities. We can express our responsibilities by using the words ‘Must’, ‘Have To’, and ‘Ought to’.
Examples:
- We must be in school before 9 ‘o’ clock.
- I ought to help him carry some of those bags.
- You ought not to move near petrol.
EVALUATION: Pupils are evaluated thus:
- Make four(4) sentences that expresses obligations
- Compose a poem on ‘My Family’
WEEK: Four
CLASS: Basic Four
SUBJECT: English Language
TOPIC: Reading: Teaching of new words meaning and Comprehension; Writing: How I spent my last holiday; Dictation: Selected words from the passage read
BEHAVIOURAL OBJECTIVES:At the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- Read and comprehend the passage
- Write a composition on the topic ‘My Last Holiday’
- Write a dictation on selected words from the passage
BUILDING A BACKGROUND: Pupils are familiar with comprehension and composition writing
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL: Pictures, charts and textbook
REFERENCE MATERIAL: Macmillan Brilliant Primary English. Book 4
CONTENT:
READING
ENGLISH STUDIES FIRST TERM EXAMINATION PRIMARY 4
DICTATION
When people who are sick sneeze or cough, the germs that make them sick are released into the air in tiny droplets. If these droplets get onto your hands and then you touch your mouth, eyes, or nose without washing away the germs, you may contact the infection. You can also get sick if you don’t wash your hands before or after preparing food, after handling raw meat, and after using the toilet.
EVALUATION: Pupils are evaluated thus:
- Read the passage and answer the following questions
- Write a composition on the topic ‘My Last Holiday’
WEEK: Five
CLASS: Basic Four
SUBJECT: English Language
TOPIC: Structure: Complete sentences with Can or May; Grammar: Making sentences from the tables Writing: A poem
BEHAVIOURAL OBJECTIVES:At the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- Complete sentences with ‘Can’ or ‘May’
- Make sentences from tables
- Write a poem
BUILDING A BACKGROUND: Pupils are familiar with completing sentences with words and sentence formation
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL: Pictures, charts and textbook
REFERENCE MATERIAL: Macmillan Brilliant Primary English. Book 4
CONTENT:
STRUCTURE
EXCUSING POSSIBILITIES
GRAMMAR
EVALUATION: Pupils are evaluated thus:
- Make ten (10) sentences from the above table
- Make five (5) sentences each for ‘Can’ and ‘May’.
- Compose a poem on ‘My Mother’
WEEK: Six
CLASS: Basic Four
SUBJECT: English Language
TOPIC: Structure: Further practice in the use of tenses ; Writing: Oral composition / Narrative An Interesting experience; Grammar: Aural/ Discrimination
BEHAVIOURAL OBJECTIVES:At the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- Correctly use their tenses
- Narrate an interesting experience
- Compare and contrast vowel sounds
BUILDING A BACKGROUND: Pupils are familiar with tenses and story telling
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL: Pictures, charts and textbook
REFERENCE MATERIAL: Macmillan Brilliant Primary English Book 4
CONTENT:
STRUCTURE
TENSES
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GRAMMAR
THE VOWEL SOUNDS /æ/ AND /aː/
Description of the vowel sound /æ/ /æ/ is a short sound. To say /æ/, you open your mouth wide, while your jaw and the back of your tongue are down.
Usual spelling variant of /æ/
a mat cat sat fat factory manager capture Saturday
ai plait plaid
usual spelling variant of /a:/
a father path after heart ask answer aunt pass dance sergeant
ar part cart hard arm dart bar
al calm palm psalm half
EVALUATION: Pupils are evaluated thus:
- Complete each of the sentences with one /æ/ word and one /aː/ word from the box.
1 Try and get back before it gets _______________.
2 He held the stone in the _______________ of his _______________.
3 Can you _______________ me that _______________?
4 He _______________ at the _______________ all night.
5 How _______________ is _______________?
WEEK: Seven
CLASS: Basic Four
SUBJECT: English Language
TOPIC: Speech work: Reading descriptive passage Means of transportation in Nigeria; Grammar: Study the words and use them to Make sentences
BEHAVIOURAL OBJECTIVES:At the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- Read and comprehend a descriptive passage
- Learn new words and use them to make sentences
BUILDING A BACKGROUND: Pupils are familiar with reading and sentence formation
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL: Pictures, charts and textbook
REFERENCE MATERIAL: Macmillan Brilliant Primary English. Book 4
CONTENT:
SPEECH WORK
GRAMMAR
NEW WORDS
EVALUATION: Pupils are evaluated thus:
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WEEK: Eight
CLASS: Basic Four
SUBJECT: English Language
TOPIC: Speech Work: Aural Discrimination; Structure: Further practice in the use of tenses, The present, past present perfect and past Continuous; Writing: Descriptive passage on good morals
BEHAVIOURAL OBJECTIVES:At the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- Compare and contrast sound /t/ and sound /0/
- Use their tenses correctly
- Write a descriptive passage on respect
BUILDING A BACKGROUND: Pupils are familiar with sounds /t/ and /0/ and tenses
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL: Pictures, charts and textbook
REFERENCE MATERIAL: Macmillan Brilliant Primary English. Book 4
CONTENT:
SPEECH WORK
Sound /t/ and sound /0/
GRAMMAR
TENSES
EVALUATION: Pupils are evaluated thus:
WEEK: Nine
CLASS: Basic Four
SUBJECT: English Language
TOPIC: Writing: Composition about my family; Structure: Fill in the gaps; Spelling
BEHAVIOURAL OBJECTIVES:At the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- Write a composition about ‘My Family’
- Fill in the gaps
- Learn new words
BUILDING A BACKGROUND: Pupils are familiar with compositions and filling in missing words.
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL: Pictures, charts and textbook
REFERENCE MATERIAL: Macmillan Brilliant Primary English Book 4
CONTENT:
WRITING
COMPOSITION – MY FAMILY
STRUCTURE
EVALUATION: Pupils are evaluated thus:
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