Comparing Things and Persons According to Weight, Size, Height, Distance Shape and Quality Primary 4 (Basic 4) Term 3 Week 6 English Studies
ENGLISH STUDIES
THIRD TERM
WEEK 2
PRIMARY 4
TOPIC: COMPARING THINGS AND PERSONS ACCORDING TO WEIGHT, SIZE, HEIGHT, DISTANCE SHAPE AND QUALITY
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, most of the pupils should have attained the following objectives (cognitive, affective and psychomotor) and should be able to:
1. Form positive, comparative and superlative of as many adjectives as possible.
2. Use each word in sentences.
3. Use regular and irregular adjectives.
4. Compare things that are equal.
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of:
1. Cook book
2. Materials around the classroom
METHOD OF TEACHING
Choose a suitable and appropriate methods for the lessons.
Note – Irrespective of choosing methods of teaching, always introduce an activities that will arouse pupil’s interest or lead them to the lessons.
REFERENCE MATERIALS
Scheme of Work
9 – Years Basic Education Curriculum
Course Book
All Relevant Material
Online Information
CONTENT OF THE LESSON
FOCUS LESSON
REGULAR ADJECTIVES
Regular adjectives describe nouns and usually end in er/est – comparatives and start with more/most – superlatives.
POSITIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE
1. WEIGHT – Big – Bigger – Biggest
2. SIZE – Wide – Wider – Widest
3. HEIGHT – Tall – Taller – Tallest
4. DISTANCE – Long – Longer – Longest
Lead is heavier than feather – weight.
A mountain is bigger than a hill.
Michael is tall. Destiny is taller.
POSITIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE
1. important – more important – most important
2. intelligent – more intelligent – most intelligent
3. Beautiful – more beautiful – most beautiful
4. quiet – more quiet – most quiet
5. Gentle – more gentle – most gentle
IRREGULAR ADJECTIVES
Irregular adjectives have irregular comparative and superlative forms.
POSITIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE
1. Good – Better – Best
2. little – less – least
3. much – more – most
4. bad – worse – worst
5. far – further/farther – furthest/farthest
PRESENTATION
To deliver the lesson, the teacher adopts the following steps:
1. To introduce the lesson, the teacher revises the previous lesson. Based on this, he/she asks the pupils some questions;
2. Teacher organizes pupils in groups or pairs depending on the size of the class.
3. Teacher displays sample of things with different sizes, weight, height and chart showing pupils of different heights (pupils of different heights).
4. Teacher asks pupils to compare and state their differences.
5. Teacher uses the samples, chart and pupil’s responses to introduction the lesson and explains when ‘more’ and ‘most’ are used and ‘as…. as’ is used. For example, she is as pretty as pretty can be. He is strong as lion.
Pupil’s Activities,
- Pay attention to the lesson introduction to understand and compare persons, things, etc.
- Use these words in sentences as possible, in groups and individually.
- Write down sentences using various adjectives of comparison. For example, Bola is as clever than her sister.
6. Teacher summarizes the lesson on the board with appropriate lesson evaluation.
Pupil’s Activities – Participate actively in the summary of the lesson by responding correctly to the questions and writes as instructed.
CONCLUSION
- To conclude the lesson for the week, the teacher revises the entire lesson and links it to the following week’s lesson.
LESSON EVALUATION
Teacher asks pupils to,
1. Form positive comparative and superlative of many adjectives correctly.
2. Use each word in two sentences.
3. Use regular comparison appropriately.
4. Compare things that are equal.