Use of ‘When’ in Long Sentences (Primary 5)

ENGLISH STUDIES 

GRAMMAR

THIRD TERM 

WEEK 4

PRIMARY 5

THEME: GRAMMATICAL ACCURACY 

TOPIC – Use of ‘When’ in Long Sentences 

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES

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

1. Explain the use of ‘when’ in long sentences.

2. Use ‘when’, in sentences illustrating the use of ‘we’.

3. Make many sentences illustrating the use of ‘when’.

4. Identify ‘when’ (casual) and ‘when’ (temporal).

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of:

Course book

Substitution tables

Sentences strip

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

CONTENT OF THE LESSON  

USE OF ‘WHEN’

• The use of ‘when’ means ‘because’ it is frequently found in verbs like seeing, observing, noticing and realizing.

• Use of ‘when’ to express idea of time – when the girl finished cooking, she went into the bathroom.

Note – when ‘causal’ means when ‘reason’ . When ‘temporal’ means ‘expressing time’.

EXAMPLES

‘Casual‘ – when the teacher entered the class, the pupils became silent.

‘Temporal‘ – when the pupils finished their examination, they went home.

When the class saw the new books, they were happy – reasons.

When he finished his food, he went out to play – time.

 

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. Provides examples of the use of ‘when’ to pupils.

3. Uses substitution tables in explaining the use of ‘when’ temporal.

Pupil’s Activities – Make many sentences from these structures below.

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:

1. Explain the use of ‘when’ in long sentences.

2. Make correct statements with the structure taught.

3. Use ‘when’, in sentences illustrating the use of ‘we’.

4. Identify when casual and when temporal.