Oral Comprehension for Primary 1 – 2 – 3 – English Studies
ENGLISH STUDIES
READING
FIRST TERM
WEEK 1
PRIMARY 1
PRIMARY 2
PRIMARY 3
THEME – LISTENING AND SPEAKING
TOPIC – AS RECOMMENDED READING PASSAGES for Primary 1 – Primary Primary 3
PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, most of the pupils should have attained the following objectives –
1. listen carefully to a story.
2. answer questions on the main points in the story in their own words.
3. retell the story in their own words and
4. tell similar stories.
ENTRY BEHAVIOURS
The pupils can listen and tell a story.
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of:
1. Course book or supplementary readers.
2. Relevant pictures or real objects.
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 – Oral Comprehension – Pictures Reading (Primary 1)
CONTENT OF THE LESSON
FOCUS READING:
1. Reading passages that will interest the pupils.
2. Reading class appropriate stories to the pupils.
A suitable story selected from the course book based on regard and concern for interest of others.
TOPIC –
OR
For Primary 3
1. A story that will interest the pupils but built on any topic such as –
- Road Safety
- National Values
- Disaster Risk Reduction
- Drug Abuse
- HIV/AIDS, etc.
2. Provide stories that will encourage them to tell their own stories in simple English e.g. the house that Jack built.
3. Prepare them for future life.
Recommended Reading Passages for Primary 1 – Primary Primary 6
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. Tells the story slowly, stressing important points with the correct intonation.
Pupil’s Activities – Listen attentively to the teacher telling or reading the story.
3. Asks questions.
Pupil’s Activities – Answer questions on the story.
4. Gives pupils the opportunity to tell their own stories.
Pupil’s Activities – Retell the story.
5. Guides and supervises pupils’ activities.
Pupil’s Activities – Tell similar stories in groups, about children’s club or society they know, orally.
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
Ask pupils to:
1. answer questions on the main points in the story.
2. relate story in their own words and
3. participate in telling similar stories.