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- 1. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Listening is an information – processing act. It includes skills in auditory discrimination and cognitive comprehension. Speaking includes skills in using the language expressions and grammatical structures correctly in oral communication. Reading is getting meaning from the printed page. It includes skills for vocabulary development, levels of comprehension namely, literal, interpretative, critical analysis and application, literary appreciation and study skills. Writing includes readiness skills, mechanics, guided writing, functional, and creative writing. Learning activities to develop competence in these phases of communication should be varied, meaningful and realistic. Science and Health concepts may be used as content in English especially for Grades I and II, but not to the extent of neglecting the content in the English books for the grade. The 20minute increased time allotment may be used for mastery of the skills through any of the following: peer tutoring enrichment/reinforcement for fast learners remediation for slow learners spelling lessons writing (practice) free reading EXPECTATIONS GOAL: Access varied information and creatively use them in spoken and written forms; communicate fluently and accurately orally and in writing, for a variety of purposes and different social and academic contexts at their level while carrying out activities in everyday life Here is a sample lesson plan showing the four components integrated in a day’s lesson for 100 minutes. Science concepts are integrated in this lesson. I. Objectives Tell what the story heard is about (Listening) Use of this/that with singular form of nouns (Speaking) Give appropriate heading for a set of pictures/sentences (Reading) Write words/phrases – copying from a model (Writing) II. Subject Matter Telling what the story/picture is about
- 2. Use of this/that with singular nouns III. Materials: short story, pictures IV. Procedure A. Listening •Motivation – showing pictures of animals; talking about pets or animals they know •Listening to a story Pussy Cat is big. Its color is white and black. She sleeps under the chair with her three little baby kittens. The baby kittens are very small. Pussy Cat is always beside the baby kittens. •Comprehension Questions -Who has baby kittens? -What is Pussy Cat doing? -What are the baby kittens doing also? -What is our story about? B. Speaking Show picture of a cat and say: This is a cat. The cat is big. Ask pupils to hold the picture and repeat the sentence. Ask them to tell something about their personal belongings. e.g. This is my bag. My bag is red. Introduce the use of that. Teacher says: This is a bag. What is this? Guide the pupils to say – This is a bag. (pointing to the object) Practice: Pupils take turn in asking and answering questions using this-that. e.g. Pupil 1: This is a pupil. What is this? Pupil 2: That is a pencil. (Pupil 2 shows another object and repeat the sentence pattern.) (There is pupil to pupil interaction with this kind of activity.) Let the pupils understand that – This and That refer to one object.