Making and Responding to Requests Primary 5 (Basic 5) Second Term Week 3 English Studies

MAKING AND RESPONDING TO REQUESTS PRIMARY 5 (BASIC 5) SECOND TERM WEEK 3 ENGLISH STUDIES

ENGLISH STUDIES

SECOND TERM

WEEK 3

PRIMARY 5 (BASIC 5) 

THEME – STRUCTURE

TOPIC – MAKING AND RESPONDING TO REQUESTS 

LEARNING AREA

1. Introduction

2. Making Request and Responding to Requests

3. Simple Dialogue and Vocabulary Words

4. Practice Exercise/Test Questions and Answers

5. Summary

LEARNING OBJECTIVES 

By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:

1. Explain the meaning of a request.

2. Make polite requests correctly.

3. Respond appropriately to requests.

4. Use polite expressions in conversation.

5. Participate in simple dialogues involving requests.

ENTRY BEHAVIOUR

The pupils already know how to communicate with others. This lesson helps them learn how to ask for things politely and respond appropriately.

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of:

1. Flashcards with polite expressions

2. Dialogue charts

3. Whiteboard and marker/chalkboard and chalk

4. English textbook

5. Pupils’ notebooks

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

INTRODUCTION

In our daily lives, we often ask people to help us, give us something, or do something for us. When we do this politely, it is called making a request.

A request is a polite way of asking someone to do something or give something.

When making requests, we should use polite expressions such as:

• Please

• Could you…?

• Would you please…?

• May I…?

• Can you…?

MAKING REQUESTS

Examples

• Please, may I borrow your pencil?

• Could you help me carry this bag?

• Can you open the window, please?

• Would you please lend me your book?

RESPONDING TO REQUESTS

1. Positive Responses

• Yes, of course.

• Certainly.

• With pleasure.

• Yes, you may.

• I will be glad to help.

2. Negative Responses

• Sorry, I cannot help right now.

• I am afraid I cannot.

• Sorry, I do not have it.

• Please ask someone else.

SAMPLE DIALOGUE

Ayo: Please, may I borrow your ruler?

Bola: Yes, of course. Here you are.

Ayo: Thank you very much.

Bola: You are welcome.

VOCABULARY WORDS

• Request – A polite way of asking for something.

• Respond – To answer or reply.

• Polite – Showing good manners.

• Borrow – To take something for a short time and return it later.

• Certainly – Surely or definitely.

IMPORTANCE OF THE LESSON

This lesson helps pupils to:

• communicate politely with others;

• show good manners and respect;

• make requests correctly;

• respond appropriately to requests.

Good communication begins with making polite requests and giving courteous responses.

PRACTICE EXERCISE/HOMEWORK/TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

A. Fill in the Blanks

Choose the correct word from the brackets.

1. ______, may I borrow your pencil? (Please / Run)

2. ______ you help me carry this bag? (Could / Jump)

3. ______ I come in, sir? (May / Eat)

4. ______ you please open the window? (Would / Sleep)

5. ______ you pass me the book? (Can / Dance)

B. Complete the Responses

6. May I borrow your ruler?

7. Could you help me with my homework?

8. Can I use your eraser?

9. Would you please close the door?

10. May I sit here?

C. Make Polite Requests

Use the words given to make polite requests.

11. borrow / pencil

12. open / door

13. help / homework

14. pass / book

15. carry / bag

ANSWERS

1. Please

2. Could

3. May

4. Would

5. Can

6. Yes, of course.

7. Certainly.

8. Yes, you may.

9. With pleasure.

10. Yes, you may.

11. Please, may I borrow your pencil?

12. Could you open the door, please?

13. Could you help me with my homework?

13. Can you pass me the book, please?

15. Wou ld you help me carry this bag, please?

SUMMARY

Pupils learned how to make polite requests and how to respond appropriately using courteous expressions in everyday communication.

PRESENTATION

To deliver the lesson, the teacher adopts the following steps:

1. The teacher introduces the lesson by asking pupils:

• How do you ask for help politely?

• What do you say when you need to borrow something?

• How do you respond when someone asks for your help?

Pupils’ Activities: The pupils respond and share their ideas.

2. The teacher explains the meaning of a request.

Pupils’ Activities: The pupils listen attentively and repeat the meaning.

3. The teacher introduces polite expressions used in making requests.

Examples:

• Please

• May I…?

• Could you…?

• Would you please…?

• Can you…?

Pupils’ Activities: The pupils repeat the expressions.

4. The teacher demonstrates how to make polite requests.

Examples:

• Please, may I borrow your pencil?

• Could you help me carry this bag?

Pupils’ Activities: The pupils practise making requests orally.

5. The teacher explains appropriate responses to requests.

Positive Responses:

• Yes, of course.

• Certainly.

• With pleasure.

Negative Responses:

• Sorry, I cannot help right now.

• I am afraid I cannot.

Pupils’ Activities: The pupils repeat the responses.

6. The teacher presents a simple dialogue involving requests and responses.

Pupils’ Activities: The pupils listen and identify the requests and responses.

7. The teacher guides pupils to role-play the dialogue in pairs.

Pupils’ Activities: The pupils act out the conversation.

8. The teacher asks pupils to create their own requests and responses.

Pupils’ Activities: The pupils practise speaking with classmates.

9. The teacher corrects pupils’ pronunciation, grammar, and expressions where necessary.

Pupils’ Activities: The pupils repeat correctly after correction.

10. The teacher summarizes the lesson by revising how to make and respond to requests politely.

Pupils’ Activities: The pupils participate in the summary and answer revision questions.

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,

1. What is a request?

2. Mention two expressions used for making requests.

3. Mention two positive responses to requests.

4. Mention two negative responses to requests.

5. Make a polite request.