Supplementary Reading: A Play Primary 5 (Basic 5) First Term Week 6 English Studies

SUPPLEMENTARY READING: A PLAY PRIMARY 5 (BASIC 5) FIRST TERM WEEK 6 ENGLISH STUDIES

ENGLISH STUDIES

FIRST TERM

WEEK 6

PRIMARY 5 (BASIC 5) 

THEME – READING 

TOPIC – A PLAY 

LEARNING AREA

1. Introduction

2. A Play

3. New Words and Meanings

4. Practice Exercise

LEARNING OBJECTIVES 

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

1. explain the meaning of a play.

2. identify the characters in a play.

3. read a simple play with correct expression.

4. state the moral lesson of the play.

7. answer questions based on the play.

ENTRY BEHAVIOUR

The pupils can already read simple passages and dialogues. This lesson introduces them to reading and understanding a play.

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of:

1. Copy of the play.

2. Flashcards containing new words.

3. Whiteboard and marker/chalkboard and chalk.

4. English Language textbook.

5. Pictures illustrating the play.

7. 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

A play is a story written in dialogue form for people to act on a stage. A play usually has characters who speak and act out events.

A Play: The Honest Boy

• Characters: Tunde, Mother and Shopkeeper

• Scene: In front of a shop.

• Shopkeeper: Good afternoon, Tunde. What would you like to buy?

• Tunde: Good afternoon, sir. I would like to buy a loaf of bread.

• Shopkeeper: Here is your bread. The price is five hundred naira.

• Tunde: Thank you, sir. Here is the money. (The shopkeeper mistakenly gives Tunde extra change.)

• Tunde: Excuse me, sir. You gave me more money than I should receive.

• Shopkeeper: Oh! Thank you for being honest.

• Mother: I am proud of you, Tunde. Honesty is a good virtue.

• Tunde: Thank you, Mother. I always want to do the right thing.

• Shopkeeper: Honest people are respected everywhere.

New Words and Meanings

• Play – A story written for actors to perform.

• Character – A person in a story or play.

• Dialogue – A conversation between two or more people.

• Honest – Always telling the truth and doing the right thing.

• Virtue – A good moral quality.

• Respect – Admiration for someone because of good behaviour.

Comprehension Questions

1. Who are the characters in the play?

2. What did Tunde buy?

3. What mistake did the shopkeeper make?

4. What did Tunde do when he noticed the mistake?

5. What virtue did Tunde show?

6. What lesson can you learn from the play?

PRACTICE EXERCISE

A. Answer the Questions

1. What is a play?

2. Who is a character?

3. What is dialogue?

4. What does honesty mean?

5. What is a virtue?

B. Make Sentences with These Words

6. play

8. honest

9. dialogue

9. virtue

10. respect

SUMMARY

Pupils learned how to read and understand a play, identified its characters, learned new vocabulary words, and understood the importance of honesty.

PRESENTATION

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

1. The teacher introduces the lesson by asking pupils if they have ever acted in a drama or watched a play.

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

2. The teacher explains the meaning of a play as a story written in dialogue form for performance.

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

3. The teacher presents the characters in the play and explains their roles.

Characters:

• Tunde

• Mother

• Shopkeeper

Pupils’ Activities: The pupils identify the characters and their roles.

4. The teacher reads the play aloud with correct expression, tone, and voice variation.

Pupils’ Activities: The pupils listen carefully and follow the reading.

5. The teacher assigns roles to pupils and guides them to read the play in turns.

Pupils’ Activities: The pupils read and act out the play in groups.

6. The teacher explains difficult words and expressions in the play.

Pupils’ Activities: The pupils listen and ask questions where necessary.

7. The teacher asks comprehension questions based on the play.

Pupils’ Activities: The pupils answer questions orally and in writing.

8. The teacher guides pupils to identify the moral lesson of the play.

Pupils’ Activities: The pupils state that honesty is a good virtue.

9. The teacher corrects pupils’ pronunciation and expression during reading.

Pupils’ Activities: The pupils improve their reading and acting skills.

10. The teacher summarizes the lesson by revising the meaning of a play, characters, and moral lesson.

Pupils’ Activities: The pupils participate in the summary and ask 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 the title of the play?

2. Name the characters in the play.

3. What did Tunde buy?

5. Why was the shopkeeper happy?

6. State the moral lesson of the play.