English Dictation for Primary 6 (Basic 6 ) Term 2 Week 1

ENGLISH STUDIES 

DICTATION 

SECOND TERM

PRIMARY 6

WEEK 2

TOPIC: ENGLISH DICTATION 

PERFORMANCE 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 as dictated.

ENTRY BEHAVIOR

The pupils can identify and spelling a given word.

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of chart showing words.

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 Materials

Online Information

CONTENT OF THE LESSON

SPELLING AND PRONUNCIATION

1. Critique

cri-tique

2. Indigenous

in-dig-e-nous

3. Disc

disc

4. Virus

vi-rus

5. Proclaim

pro-claim

6. Antics

an-tics

7. Hilarious

hi-lar-i-ous

8. Fantasy

fan-ta-sy

9. Bare

bare

10. Magnanimous

mag-nan-i-mous

WORDS AND THEIR MEANINGS

1. Critique is a verbal or written evaluation stating the strengths and weakness  of a situation, person’s work or ideas.

2. Indigenous refers a group of people, pants and animals who are the original habitat of a particular place.

3. Disc is a flat, circular shape or object.

4. Virus is an infectious diseases.

5. Proclaim is to announce something publicly or officially.

6. Antics is a playful, childish or fool behaviour.

7. Hilarious means extremely funny.

8. Fantasy is the opposite of reality. It is a dream, imagination that’s unlikely to happen.

9. Bare means naked, uncovered or having no supplies.

10. Magnanimous is to be kind and generous to enemy or someone you defeated.

DICTATION 

1. Critique

2. Indigenous

3. Disc

4. Virus

5. Proclaim

6. Antics

7. Hilarious

8. Fantasy

9. Bare

10. Magnanimous

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. Displays chart showing 10 words.

Pupil’s Activities – Scan the words.

3. Leads the pronunciation of the 10 words.

Pupil’s Activities – Listen and repeat after the teacher.

4. Asks pupils to spell and pronounce each word.

Pupil’s Activities – Spell and pronounce each word correctly.

5. Guides pupils to use the dictionary to find the meaning of each words.

Pupil’s Activities – Use the dictionary to find the meaning of each words.

6. Dictate the words.

Pupil’s Activities – Write as dictated.

7. Summarizes the meaning of each word on the board.

Pupil’s Activities – 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

Ask pupils to –

1. spell and pronounce correctly.

2. use the dictionary meaning of words.

3. write as dictated.