ENGLISH PRIMARY 5 SECOND TERM LESSON NOTE

 ENGLISH PRIMARY 5 SECOND TERM LESSON NOTE

Week: One

Class: Basic Five

Topic: Speech Work: Abbreviated forms of letter, Reduction of details to telegram forms the Mail/fax – text message

Structure: Reported speech [Commands]

Reading: Teaching of new words – meaning and Comprehension

Grammar: Sentence building

Writing: Responding to a formal invitation

Dictation: Selected sentences from the passage Read

Behavioural objectives: At the end of the lesson, students should be able to;

1. Know how to build a sentence

2. Understand the meaning of reported speech

3. Write and identify several examples of reported speech

4. Give a proper reply to a formal invitation

5. Know some new words and their meaning

5. Know how to abbreviates letter

Instructional material/Reference material: Learn Africa Basic English Language UBE edition for primary schools

Building Background /connection to prior knowledge: Students are familiar with forma letters

Content:

Structure: Reported speech

Direct and indirect speech

There are two ways of reporting what someone has said: either as direct speech or indirect reported speech.

Direct speech quotes the exact words spoken, while indirect speech reports what someone has said, but not in their exact words. In writing, direct speech is put in quotation marks (or inverted commas).

 ENGLISH PRIMARY 5 SECOND TERM LESSON NOTE

Example:

‘…You have measles,’ the doctor told the boy. In indirect speech, we change the present tense someone used in the original speech to the past tense. We do not use quotation marks.

Example:The doctor told the boy that he had measles.

Simple rules for indirect or reported speech

1 I, we, you, become he, she, they.

2 The present tense is changed into the past tense. Examples:

(a) can becomes could

(b) may becomes might

(c) shall becomes should

(d) are becomes were

(e) am/is becomes was

3 Words that mean nearness in time and place become words that mean distance.

(a) here becomes there

(b) now becomes then

(c) that becomes that

(d) that day becomes that day

(e) the following week becomes the following week

Direct speech Indirect speech

1 ‘My bag is heavy,’ the lady said. The lady said (that) her bag was heavy.

2 ‘I am very tired,’ the farmer said. The farmer said (that) he was very tired.

3 ‘I will come with you,’ Jaja said. Jaja said (that) he would come with me.

4 ‘You have not paid your fees,’ The principal reminded the boy (that) he the principal reminded the boy. had not paid his fees.

5 ‘I can drive,’ Mfon said. Mfon said (that) she could drive.

We change indirect speech to direct speech by simply making it the exact words of the speaker.

 ENGLISH PRIMARY 5 SECOND TERM LESSON NOTE

1 a) Jaja said that he was hungry. (indirect speech)

(b) ‘I am hungry,’ Jaja said. (direct speech)

2(a) Mfon said that she was listening to gospel music. (indirect speech)

(b) ‘I am listening to gospel music,’ Mfon said. (direct speech)

3 (a) He asked me if I could ride a bicycle. (indirect speech)

(b) ‘Can you ride a bicycle?’ he asked me. (direct speech)

4 (a) The electrician said that the switch was not working. (indirect speech)

(b) ‘The switch is not working,’ the electrician said. (direct speech)

5 (a) The man asked the boy how old he was. (indirect speech)

(b) ‘How old are you?’ the man asked the boy. (direct speech)

Evaluation:

1. What are reported speech?

2. Another name for reported speech is __________

3. Write ten examples of reported speech

4. You received a congratulatory message from your state governor recently because you have been awarded a scholarship for your secondary school education reply with an informal letter showing how grateful you are.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week: Two

Class: Basic Five

Topic: Speech Work: Oral composition talking about Self and family

Structure: Word bank and sentences building

Reading: Teaching of new words – meanings and Comprehension

Grammar: Further practice on reading dialogue conversation on telephone as opposed to letters

Writing: Formal invitation as opposed to letters

Dictation: Selected words or sentences from the Passage read

Behavioural objectives: At the end of the lesson, students should be able to;

1. Give an oral presentation about themselves and their families

2. Understand the concept of sentence building

3. State the differences between formal invitation and letters

4. Know new words and their meaning

Instructional material/Reference material:Learn Africa Basic English Language UBE edition for primary schools

Building Background /connection to prior knowledge : Students are familiar with letter writing and have written a good number of letters

Content:

Writing: Formal invitation as opposed to letters 

Read the following invitation and answer the questions

 

 

 

 

 

1 Who is the invitation from?

2 What is the event?

3 When will the event start and finish?

4 Where will the event take place?

Remember that a formal invitation must use formal English e.g.: ‘request the pleasure of your company’, and any decoration must also be formal. A formal inviation must give all the important information shown above.

R.S.V.P. is an abbreviation for the French for ‘Please reply’.

You can use informal English in an informal invitation (eg: ‘Come to my party’) and you can decorate it the way you want.

Formal letters

A formal letter is also known as an official or business letter. It is a type of letter that you write to an office or to someone you do not know very well. Some features of a formal letter are as follows:

1 Write your address on the top right-hand side of the page.

2 Place the date directly below your address.

3 Place the receiver’s address on the left-hand side of the page.

4 Give the person you’re writing to a salutation.

5 Write the subject of the letter in one brief topic.

6 Put the body of the letter in paragraphs.

7 Write the final salutation (closing) at the right-hand side of the page, followed by your signature and full name.

8 Proof read your letter to correct any spelling or grammar errors.

Here is an example of a formal letter:

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