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WK LSN TOPIC SUB-TOPIC OBJECTIVES T/L ACTIVITIES T/L AIDS REFERENCE REMARKS
2 3
CROP PRODUCTION II (PLANTING)
Seeds.
Vegetative materials.
Vegetative planting materials.
Selection of planting materials.
Preparation of planting materials.
Time of planting.
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To state advantages and disadvantages of using seeds as planting materials.
To state advantages and disadvantages of using vegetative materials over seeds.
To identify plant parts used for vegetative propagation.
To explain factors to consider when selecting planting materials.
To explain some methods used to prepare planting materials.
To explain factors to consider in timing planting.
To identify advantages of timely planting.
Teacher broadly classifies planting materials as either seeds or vegetative materials.
Q/A: Advantages and disadvantages of using seeds compared to vegetative materials.
Q/A: Advantages of vegetative materials over seeds.
Present various parts of vegetative planting materials i.e. bulbils of sisal/ splits of grass/ pyrethrum, banana/ sisal suckers, Irish potato tubers, potato vines, and sugarcane setts.
Detailed discussion with explanations of new concepts.
Detailed discussion on breaking seed dormancy, chemical treatment, seed dressing and seed inoculation, chitting / sprouting.
Q/A and brief discussion.
student book
vegetative materials & seeds
Bulbils of sisal/ splits of grass/ pyrethrum, banana/ sisal suckers, Irish potato tubers, potato vines, and sugarcane setts.
KLB BK II Pg 27-28
3 1-2
CROP PRODUCTION II (PLANTING)
CROP PRODUCTION III (NURSERY PRACTICES)
CROP PRODUCTION III (NURSERY PRACTICES)
CROP PRODUCTION III (NURSERY PRACTICES)
CROP PRODUCTION III (NURSERY PRACTICES)
CROP PRODUCTION III (NURSERY PRACTICES)
CROP PRODUCTION III (NURSERY PRACTICES)
CROP PRODUCTION IV (FIELD PRACTICES)
CROP PRODUCTION IV (FIELD PRACTICES)
CROP PRODUCTION IV (FIELD PRACTICES)
CROP PRODUCTION IV (FIELD PRACTICES)
CROP PRODUCTION IV (FIELD PRACTICES)
CROP PRODUCTION IV (FIELD PRACTICES)
CROP PRODUCTION IV (FIELD PRACTICES)
CROP PRODUCTION IV (FIELD PRACTICES)
CROP PRODUCTION IV (FIELD PRACTICES)
CROP PRODUCTION IV (FIELD PRACTICES)
CROP PRODUCTION IV (FIELD PRACTICES)
Broadcasting method of planting. Row planting.
Over-sowing and under-sowing.
Spacing of crops.
Plant population.
Seed rate.
Depth of planting.
Nursery management practices.
Grafting.
Budding.
Layering.
Tissue culture for crop propagation.
Transplanting crop seedlings.
Transplanting tree seedlings.
Crop rotation.
Importance of crop rotation.
Mulching.
Thinning, Gapping and Rouging.
Pruning.
Pruning tea.
Pruning coffee.
Training.
Weeds, crop pests and diseases.
Timing of harvesting.
Methods of harvesting.
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To identify advantages and disadvantages of broadcasting method.
To state advantages and disadvantages of row planting.
To distinguish over-sowing form under-sowing.
To explain the importance of correct spacing of crops.
To explain factors that influence crop spacing.
To determine plant population in a given size of land.
To define optimal seed rate of a given crop.
To explain factors to consider in choosing seed rates.
To explain determinants of correct depth of planting.
To identify important nursery management practices and state their significance.
To define grafting.
To describe methods of grafting.
To define budding.
To describe methods of budding.
To explain importance of grafting and budding.
To define layering.
To identify appropriate crops for layering.
To describe methods / types of layering.
To define tissue culture.
To describe the process of tissue culture.
To explain importance of tissue culture in crop propagation.
To describe the process of transferring seedlings from the nursery to the field.
To explain management practices before, during and after transplanting crop seedlings.
To explain management practices before, during and after transplanting tree seedlings.

To give the meaning of crop rotation.
To give examples of crop rotation cycles.
To explain the importance of crop rotation.
To give examples of rotational programmes.
To define mulching.
To state advantages and disadvantages of mulching.
To explain importance of thinning, gapping and rouging.
To define pruning.
To give reasons for pruning.
To identify methods for pruning.
To identify tools used in pruning.
To describe methods of pruning tea.
To identify specific aims of pruning coffee.
To describe various methods of pruning coffee.
To define training as a field practice.
To explain ways of training crops.
To define a weed, a pest, a disease, giving examples.
To identify causative agents of plant diseases.
To explain the importance of timely control of weeds, pests and diseases.
To explain the stage and timing of harvesting of a crop.
To briefly describe methods of harvesting of specific crops.
To enumerate precautions observed during harvesting.
Brief discussion.
Give examples of crops planted by broadcasting.
Q/A: Advantages and disadvantages of row planting.
Give examples of such crops.
Q/A and discussion.
Importance and factors.
Q/A: Inter-conversion of metric units.
Worked examples.
Explanations and detailed discussion.
Q/A & Detailed discussion.
Field activity: planting crops to the correct spacing.
Supervised field activities.
Q/A and explanations.
Expose new concepts e.g. hardening off.
Teacher demonstration/ illustration of whip grafting, side grafting, bark grafting.
Out - door activity: Students practise grafting.
Teacher demonstrations/ illustrations/ drawing diagrams.
Discussion: Types of budding.
Out-door activity: Carrying out layering.
Teacher exposes new concepts.
Brief discussion on tissue culture.
Q/A, Explanations and brief discussion.
Activity: Transplanting crop seedlings.
Activity: Transplanting tree seedlings.
Q/A, brief illustrations of cycles of crop production.
Brief discussion; with reference to rotational programmes.
Q/A
Brief discussion.
Q/A
Detailed discussion.
Teacher demonstration: Correct and incorrect ways of pruning.
Teacher demonstration of formative pruning, pegging method, use of rings and pegs, use of fitos, tipping.
Probing questions and detailed discussion.
Illustrative diagrams / Demonstrations on: single / multiple stem pruning, capping and de-suckering of coffee.
Expository approach: expose meaning of propping, trellising.
Q/A and discussion on importance of staking, earthing up.
Q/A and detailed discussion.
on importance of timely control of weeds, pests and diseases.
Discussion on factors considered when timing harvesting.
Give specific examples of methods and precautions observed.
video
Chart: Average inter-row and intrarow spacing of common crops.
student book
school farm
School farm.
Grafting tools.
budding tools
Suitable crops.
Suitable crops.
Suitable seedlings.
Illustrative charts.
school farm
Secateurs, twigs, pruning saw, shears, e.t.c.
Tea bushes, fitos, pegs.
education trip
KLB BK II Pg 39-40
KLB BK II Pg 61-62
3 3
CROP PRODUCTION IV (FIELD PRACTICES)
CROP PRODUCTION V (VEGETABLES)
CROP PRODUCTION V (VEGETABLES)
CROP PRODUCTION V (VEGETABLES)
CROP PRODUCTION V (VEGETABLES)
CROP PRODUCTION V (VEGETABLES)
CROP PRODUCTION V (VEGETABLES)
CROP PRODUCTION V (VEGETABLES)
CROP PRODUCTION V (VEGETABLES)
LIVESTOCK HEALTH I (introduction to livestock health)
LIVESTOCK HEALTH I (introduction to livestock health)
LIVESTOCK HEALTH I (introduction to livestock health)
LIVESTOCK HEALTH I (introduction to livestock health)
LIVESTOCK HEALTH I (introduction to livestock health)
LIVESTOCK HEALTH I (introduction to livestock health)
LIVESTOCK HEALTH I (introduction to livestock health)
LIVESTOCK HEALTH II (PARASITES)
LIVESTOCK HEALTH II (PARASITES)
Post-harvest practices. Storage.
Tomatoes Ecological requirement and varieties.
Nursery and field management.
Tomato pests and diseases.
Cabbages Ecology and varieties.
Cabbages Establishment and management.
Carrots Ecology and varieties. Establishment and management.
Onions Ecology and varieties.
Establishment and management.
Introduction.
Signs of good health.
Predisposing factors of animal diseases. Causes of animal diseases.
Bacterial animal diseases.
Viral animal diseases. Protozoan diseases.
Management of diseases.
Handling livestock.
Effects of parasites on animals.
Tse-tse fly.
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To describe various post-harvest practices and their importance.
To give characteristics of a good grain store (traditional / modern).
To describe ecological requirements and varieties of tomatoes.
To identify tomato varieties.
To describe nursery management practices for establishment of tomato seedlings.
To describe field management practices for tomatoes.
To identify tomato pests and diseases and methods of their control.
To describe ecological requirements for cabbages.
To identify cabbage varieties.
To describe nursery management practices.
To describe field management practices for proper cabbage growth.
To describe ecological requirements for carrots.
To describe field management practices for proper carrots establishment..
To describe ecological requirements for onions.
To describe field management practices for proper onions growth.
To differentiate between health and disease.
To explain importance of keeping animals healthy.
To explain signs that help to identify a healthy animal.
To identify and explain predisposing factors of animal diseases.
To describe causes of animal diseases.
To identify bacterial diseases of livestock.
To list down viral diseases of livestock.
To list down protozoan diseases of livestock.
To explain general methods of diseases control.
To describe appropriate methods of handling livestock.
To describe host-parasite relationship.
To identify effects of parasites on livestock.
To describe parasitic effects of tse-tse fly.
To explain methods of control of tse-tse fly.
Probing questions and detailed discussion.
Brief discussion and exposition.
Q/A and detailed discussion.
Detailed discussion of tomato pests and their economic importance.
Brief discussion and questioning.
Exposition.
Discuss importance of topdressing, weeding, controlling pests and diseases.
Discuss important nursery and field practices.
Q/A: Health and disease; and their economic importance.
Discussion: Physical appearance, physiological body functions and morphological conditions of the animal body.
Q/A & Detailed discussion.
Detailed description of nutritional causes, physical causes and chemical causes.
Detailed discussion of bacterial diseases and their control.
Detailed discussion of viral diseases and their control.
Detailed discussion of protozoan diseases and their control.
Q/A: Control of nutritional diseases.
Discussion: Importance of proper housing, isolation / slaughtering of sick animals, imposition of quarantine, prophylaxis, vaccination, vector control, e.t.c.
Q/A: Handling of animals during treatment, milking, inspecting, e.t.c.
Discussion: Other activities necessitating proper handling of animals, i.e. drenching, injecting, controlling mastitis, hand spraying.
Q/A: Sites that should be sprayed with acarides.
Q/A: Definition of a host, parasite.
Brief discussion and give specific examples.
Q/A: Disease transmitted by tse-tse fly; and methods of control of tse-tse fly.
video
tomatoes
school farm
Tomatoes attacked by various pests and diseases.
Cabbages attacked by some pests and diseases.
Carrots attacked by some pests and diseases.
Onions attacked by some pests and diseases.
different animals
charts
Chart: Bacterial diseases, causal organism and animals affected.
Chart: Viral diseases, causal organism and animals affected.
Chart: protozoan diseases, causal organism and animals affected.
student book
illustrative charts
KLB BK II Pg 90-94
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