Writing Email and Text Messages (Primary 6)

ENGLISH STUDIES

WRITING

THIRD TERM 

WEEK 2

PRIMARY 6

THEME: WRITING 

PREVIOUS LESSON – SECOND TERM ENGLISH STUDIES EXAMINATION 

TOPIC – Writing Email and Text Messages

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, the pupils should have attained the following objectives (cognitive, affective and psychomotor):

1. read e-mail and text messages;

2. send e-mail and text messages and;

3. identify what the essential and non-essential messages are.

INSTRUCTION MATERIALS

The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of:

Computer, mobile phone and Course Book/Dictionary/Pictures

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 – MacMillan Brilliant Primary English Book 6, page 125 E

All Relevant Material

Online Information

CONTENT OF THE LESSON

WRITING EMAIL AND TEXT MESSAGES

Texting (text messages) is a process of writing and sending an instant message to someone’s phone.

Email is is a process of writing and sending a message to someone’s email address.

MERITS OF WRITING E-MAIL AND TEXT MESSAGES

a. Rapid delivery because of urgency of the message to be sent.

b. Economy i.e. saving cost.

c. Clarity and completion of message.

 

Ref – MacMillan Brilliant Primary English Book 6,

page 125 E 

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. Leads pupils to read e-mail and text messages;

3. Pupils’ activities – Pupils Read e-mail and text messages.

4. Guides pupils to send e-mail and text messages by put all essential details.

5. Pupils’ activities – Prepare a message, send e-mail and text messages.

6. Guides them to identify what the essential and non-essential messages are;

7. Leads them to discover information for themselves narrating the facts.

8. Pupils’ activities – Consult the teacher for advice at any time. 

 

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

Pupils to –

write/send e-mail messages and write text messages.