Dictation for the Week 10 Primary 3 (Basic 3) Week 10 English Studies

ENGLISH STUDIES

SECOND TERM

WEEK 10

PRIMARY 3 (BASIC 3) 

THEME –  WRITING 

PREVIOUS LESSON – 

TOPIC – DICTATION 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES 

By the end of the lesson, most of the pupils should have attained the following objectives –

1. spell and pronounce correctly.

2. use the dictionary meaning of words.

3. write words as dictated.

ENTRY BEHAVIOUR

The pupils can use the dictionary to find the meaning of words.

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of hardcopy dictionary and online.

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

1. Scheme of Work

2. 9 – Years Basic Education Curriculum

3. Course Book

4. All Relevant Material

5. Online Information

CONTENT OF THE LESSON

FOCUS WORDS

SPELLING AND PRONUNCIATION

1. Element – Ex-cit-ed

2. Engaged – En-gaged

3. Enhance – En-hance

4. Essence – Es-sence

5. Evening – Eve-ning

6. Evident – Ev-i-dent

7. Exactly – Ex-act-ly

8. Examine – Ex-am-ine

9. Example – Ex-am-ple

10. Excited – Ex-cit-ed

WORDS AND THEIR MEANING 

1. Element – an essential or characteristic part of something abstract.

2. Engaged – taken, busy or occupied

3. Enhance – to increase or improve the quality or value of something.

4. Essence – important, indispensable or absolutely necessary.

5. Evening – the period of time at the end of the day.

6. Evident – easily seen or understood.

7. Exactly – exact manner, accurately or precisely.

8. Examine – inspect or carefully check something or someone.

9. Example – instance or illustration

10. Excited – very happy, enthusiastic or eager.

DICTATION FOR THE WEEK

1. Element

2. Engaged

3. Enhance

4. Essence

5. Evening

6. Evident

7. Exactly

8. Examine

9. Example

10. Excited

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 size.

3. Teacher displays chart showing pictures or images that present or describe some or most of the words.

4. Teacher lets pupils identify and describe the chart.

Pupil’s Activities – Identify and describe the chart.

5. Teacher uses the chart and pupil’s reasonable to introduce the 10 new words on a chart.

Pay attention to the lesson introduction to understand the concept of the lesson.

6. Teacher pronounces the 10 words correctly and guides pupils to identify, pronounce and spell the words correctly.

Pupil’s Activities – Identify, pronounce and spell the words correctly.

7. Teacher guides pupils as groups or pairs to find the 10 words and their meaning.

8. Teacher uses the pupil’s findings to explain each of the word.

Pupil’s Activities – Analyze the meaning of the 10 words in their communities.

9. Teacher gives pupils 5 minutes to study the words for dictation.

10. Teacher dictates the words with the correct intonation.

Pupil’s Activities – Listen carefully and the words dictated by the teacher.

11. Teacher summarizes lesson on the board using appropriate lessons evaluation.

Pupil’s Activities – Participate actively in the summary of the lesson by responding correctly to the questions and write 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/ASSIGNMENT

Teacher asks pupils to,

1. identify, spell and pronounce correctly.

2. use the dictionary meaning of words.

3. write words as dictated.