ETIQUETTE: SOCIAL

Listening and Speaking
Reading

Extensive Listening - Listening to audio-visual texts
Reading Fluency - Previewing texts and making predictions

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

- Listen to varied audio-visual texts for enjoyment and general information
- Identify titles, characters, places, and memorable events in recordings
- Connect careful listening skills to everyday situations like following announcements in public places

- Preview a text and make predictions about characters, people, and places
- Skim varied texts while glossing over unknown words to obtain the gist
- Apply prediction skills when reading notices, labels, and signs in daily life

The learner is guided to:
- Listen to audio visual recordings of poems, stories or dialogues in groups
- Identify titles, characters, places, and memorable events in the audio-visual recordings
- Practise describing the characters, places and memorable events using sensory adjectives
The learner is guided to:
- Collaboratively look at text titles and images and predict what the text is about
- Read a text to obtain the gist
- Watch a video of someone reading a text and evaluate the reader in terms of accuracy, speed, and expressiveness

Why are some recorded stories, poems and dialogues so enjoyable and memorable?
How can one make predictions about events in a text?

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 1
- Audio recordings
- Digital devices
- Charts
- Teacher's Guide

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 5
- Various texts
- Digital devices
- Charts
- Photographs

- Observation - Oral questions - Listening comprehension tests - Peer assessment
- Oral questions - Reading assessment - Observation - Peer assessment

Writing

Sentence Fluency - Using the comma correctly

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

- Identify sentences in which the comma has been used appropriately
- Use the comma in sentences for clear communication
- Recognize that proper punctuation prevents misunderstandings in text messages and emails

The learner is guided to:
- Work together to identify well-punctuated sentences from a sample text
- Join sentences using relevant coordinating conjunctions
- Collaboratively write sentences on cards

Why should we write complete sentences?

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 16
- Sample texts
- Word cards
- Charts
- Teacher's Guide

- Written exercises - Peer review - Observation - Checklists

Writing

Sentence Fluency - Using the comma correctly

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

- Identify sentences in which the comma has been used appropriately
- Use the comma in sentences for clear communication
- Recognize that proper punctuation prevents misunderstandings in text messages and emails

The learner is guided to:
- Work together to identify well-punctuated sentences from a sample text
- Join sentences using relevant coordinating conjunctions
- Collaboratively write sentences on cards

Why should we write complete sentences?

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 16
- Sample texts
- Word cards
- Charts
- Teacher's Guide

- Written exercises - Peer review - Observation - Checklists

Grammar in Use

Word Classes - Types of Nouns

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

- Classify nouns as proper and common (count, non-count, concrete, and abstract)
- Form plurals of count and non-count nouns
- Use noun knowledge to improve clarity when filling forms or writing applications

The learner is guided to:
- Identify common, proper, count, non-count, concrete, and abstract nouns from a text
- Practise replacing a common noun with a proper noun with peers
- Display the sentences on a chart or poster

How do we use naming words in communication?

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 10
- Charts
- Posters
- Digital devices
- Teacher's Guide

- Oral questions - Written exercises - Crossword puzzles - Peer assessment

Listening and Speaking
Reading

Extensive Listening - Identifying key details
Reading Fluency - Speed and accuracy

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

- Analyse a wide range of audio-visual recordings to obtain key details
- Retell events from recordings for oral comprehension
- Apply active listening skills when receiving instructions at home or school

- Scan a text to obtain specific details
- Read varied texts at the right speed, accurately, and with expression
- Use scanning skills to quickly find information in newspapers, timetables, and menus

The learner is guided to:
- Work in small groups, pick out key details such as characters, places, and events
- Role-play events/episodes from the texts
- Engage in a hot seating session based on the characters or events
The learner is guided to:
- Read a text rapidly to obtain specific details such as titles, sub-titles, the author
- Recognise signal words such as connectors and conjunctions in a text
- Work with peers to read a story or recite a poem accurately and expressively

How do key details such as characters, places, and events help us understand the message?
Why is it necessary to read a text fluently?

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 1
- Audio-visual recordings
- Charts
- Posters
- Digital devices

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 6
- Various texts
- Newspapers
- Digital devices
- Timer

- Oral presentations - Hot seating assessment - Group work evaluation - Observation
- Reading speed tests - Comprehension questions - Peer assessment - Observation

Writing

Sentence Fluency - Correcting comma splices

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

- Identify comma splices in written texts
- Rewrite comma splices correctly for communication clarity
- Avoid common punctuation errors that cause confusion in formal letters and reports

The learner is guided to:
- Rewrite comma splices and run-on sentences correctly
- Exchange cards for peer review of the sentences
- Form sentences from a substitution table

How does correct punctuation improve understanding?

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 16
- Sample texts with errors
- Word cards
- Charts
- Exercise books

- Written exercises - Peer review - Error correction tasks - Checklists

Grammar in Use

Word Classes - Types of Pronouns

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

- Use personal, possessive, reflexive, and interrogative pronouns in sentences
- Distinguish between different types of pronouns
- Use pronouns correctly to avoid repetition in conversations and written work

The learner is guided to:
- Brainstorm with peers the categories of pronouns
- Form sentences from the categories of pronouns
- Role-play a dialogue and record it using a digital device

Why is it important to determine how a word is used in a sentence?

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 12
- Charts
- Digital devices
- Dialogues
- Teacher's Guide

- Oral questions - Written exercises - Role play assessment - Peer assessment

Listening and Speaking

Speaking Etiquette - Pronunciation and polite language

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

- Distinguish and articulate the sounds /ɒ/ and /ɔː/ for speaking fluency
- Use appropriate polite words and phrases related to table, hotel, and telephone etiquette
- Apply etiquette skills when making phone calls or visiting public places

The learner is guided to:
- Practise saying the sounds /ɒ/ and /ɔː/ (cot-caught, not-naught, pot-port)
- Watch videos depicting the use of etiquette in hotels, telephone conversations, and at the table
- Role play a telephone conversation between a hotel receptionist and a guest

Why should you use appropriate words and phrases in hotel, dining, and telephone situations?

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 3
- Audio recordings
- Video clips
- Digital devices
- Role play cards

- Pronunciation tests - Role play assessment - Observation - Peer assessment

Reading

Reading Fluency - Common word patterns

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

- Use common word patterns (collocations and binomial phrases) for effective communication
- Recognize collocations in reading texts
- Use collocations naturally in speaking and writing like native speakers do

The learner is guided to:
- Pick out phrases such as bigger and better, bread and butter from texts
- Complete substitution tables and gap-filling exercises featuring common word patterns
- Form sentences featuring common word patterns

How do word patterns improve our communication?

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 8
- Sample texts
- Substitution tables
- Gap-filling exercises
- Charts

- Written exercises - Gap-filling tests - Oral questions - Peer assessment

Reading

Reading Fluency - Common word patterns

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

- Use common word patterns (collocations and binomial phrases) for effective communication
- Recognize collocations in reading texts
- Use collocations naturally in speaking and writing like native speakers do

The learner is guided to:
- Pick out phrases such as bigger and better, bread and butter from texts
- Complete substitution tables and gap-filling exercises featuring common word patterns
- Form sentences featuring common word patterns

How do word patterns improve our communication?

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 8
- Sample texts
- Substitution tables
- Gap-filling exercises
- Charts

- Written exercises - Gap-filling tests - Oral questions - Peer assessment

Writing

Sentence Fluency - Correcting run-on sentences

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

- Identify and rewrite run-on sentences correctly
- Use coordinating conjunctions to join sentences appropriately
- Write clear sentences in social media posts and messages to avoid misunderstandings

The learner is guided to:
- Identify errors in run-on sentences
- Rewrite sentences correctly using full stops, semi-colons, or conjunctions
- Join sentences using conjunctions such as and, but, or, yet and so

Why is it important to avoid run-on sentences in writing?

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 17
- Sample texts
- Manila cards
- Charts
- Exercise books

- Written exercises - Error correction tasks - Peer assessment - Checklists

Writing

Sentence Fluency - Correcting run-on sentences

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

- Identify and rewrite run-on sentences correctly
- Use coordinating conjunctions to join sentences appropriately
- Write clear sentences in social media posts and messages to avoid misunderstandings

The learner is guided to:
- Identify errors in run-on sentences
- Rewrite sentences correctly using full stops, semi-colons, or conjunctions
- Join sentences using conjunctions such as and, but, or, yet and so

Why is it important to avoid run-on sentences in writing?

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 17
- Sample texts
- Manila cards
- Charts
- Exercise books

- Written exercises - Error correction tasks - Peer assessment - Checklists

Grammar in Use

Word Classes - Phrasal Quantifiers

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

- Use phrasal quantifiers with count and non-count nouns
- Form correct expressions indicating amounts
- Use quantifiers accurately when shopping, cooking, or describing quantities in daily life

The learner is guided to:
- Use phrasal quantifiers with count and non-count nouns in sentences
- Fill in gaps with expressions that make nouns countable
- Write sentences using expressions: a bottle of, a drop of, a roll of, a tray of

How do phrasal quantifiers help us express amounts clearly?

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 14
- Charts
- Sample sentences
- Exercise books
- Teacher's Guide

- Written exercises - Gap-filling tests - Oral questions - Peer assessment

Grammar in Use

Word Classes - Phrasal Quantifiers

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

- Use phrasal quantifiers with count and non-count nouns
- Form correct expressions indicating amounts
- Use quantifiers accurately when shopping, cooking, or describing quantities in daily life

The learner is guided to:
- Use phrasal quantifiers with count and non-count nouns in sentences
- Fill in gaps with expressions that make nouns countable
- Write sentences using expressions: a bottle of, a drop of, a roll of, a tray of

How do phrasal quantifiers help us express amounts clearly?

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 14
- Charts
- Sample sentences
- Exercise books
- Teacher's Guide

- Written exercises - Gap-filling tests - Oral questions - Peer assessment

ENVIRONMENT: CLIMATE CHANGE

Listening and Speaking

Critical Listening - Identifying speaker and context

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

- Determine the speaker, context, audience, and intention in an oral text
- Describe various forms of distractions to effective listening
- Apply critical listening when watching news reports about environmental issues

The learner is guided to:
- Collaboratively search for information on how to identify the speaker, audience, context, and intention
- Listen to a variety of audio texts and identify the speaker, context, and intention
- Brainstorm on different forms of distractions and how to avoid them

Why is it important to listen to key points in a text?

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 20
- Audio recordings
- Digital devices
- Charts
- Teacher's Guide

- Observation - Oral questions - Listening tests - Group discussions

Reading

Extensive Reading - Selecting appropriate texts

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

- Select appropriate and relevant texts in preparation for reading
- Preview varied texts such as newspapers, magazines, and periodicals
- Choose reliable sources when researching environmental topics online

The learner is guided to:
- Preview varied texts such as online or offline newspapers, magazines and periodicals
- Select a suitable text from a collection with information on the environment
- Read the texts and relate events, persons, and places to real-life situations

What do we consider when selecting a reading text?

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 25
- Newspapers
- Magazines
- Online texts
- Digital devices

- Text selection assessment - Oral questions - Reading logs - Peer assessment

Writing
Grammar in Use

Mechanics of Writing - Spelling accuracy
Word Classes - Verbs and auxiliaries

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

- Identify frequently misspelt and easily confused words in written texts
- Apply spelling rules to write words with affixes
- Avoid spelling errors that change meaning in important documents like application letters

- Identify main verbs and auxiliary verbs in sentences
- Use primary and modal auxiliaries correctly
- Use verb forms accurately when writing reports about environmental activities

The learner is guided to:
- Search online or offline for examples of frequently misspelt and easily confused words
- Practise spelling words that are often misspelt by leaving out consonants
- Design charts and posters featuring frequently misspelt words
The learner is guided to:
- Identify verbs in sentences and distinguish main verbs from auxiliaries
- Make a chart showing primary and modal auxiliaries
- Role play the use of modal auxiliary verbs to seek and grant permission

How does spelling affect the quality of our writing?
How do auxiliary verbs help us express different meanings?

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 36
- Dictionary
- Charts
- Posters
- Digital devices

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 30
- Charts
- Sample sentences
- Digital devices
- Teacher's Guide

- Spelling tests - Written exercises - Dictation - Peer assessment
- Oral questions - Written exercises - Role play assessment - Checklists

Listening and Speaking

Critical Listening - Note-taking and concentration

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

- Select key points from an audio text for information
- Use appropriate strategies to minimise distractions
- Take effective notes during lectures and presentations about climate change

The learner is guided to:
- Listen to a variety of texts on the theme while avoiding distractions
- Pick out the key points from an audio text and make notes
- Share with peers strategies for maintaining concentration

How can we ensure we gain the most out of a listening text?

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 20
- Audio recordings
- Note-taking materials
- Digital devices
- Charts

- Note-taking assessment - Oral questions - Listening tests - Peer assessment

Listening and Speaking

Critical Listening - Note-taking and concentration

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

- Select key points from an audio text for information
- Use appropriate strategies to minimise distractions
- Take effective notes during lectures and presentations about climate change

The learner is guided to:
- Listen to a variety of texts on the theme while avoiding distractions
- Pick out the key points from an audio text and make notes
- Share with peers strategies for maintaining concentration

How can we ensure we gain the most out of a listening text?

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 20
- Audio recordings
- Note-taking materials
- Digital devices
- Charts

- Note-taking assessment - Oral questions - Listening tests - Peer assessment

Reading

Extensive Reading - Reading for pleasure

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

- Read varied texts for enjoyment and general understanding
- Summarise information using pictures, mind maps, posters, or charts
- Develop a reading habit that broadens knowledge about environmental issues

The learner is guided to:
- Read texts and relate events, persons, and places to real-life situations
- Summarise the information in the text using pictures, mind maps, posters, or charts
- Prepare and compare reading logs with peers

Why should one carefully select the text to read?

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 26
- Various texts
- Reading logs
- Mind map templates
- Chart paper

- Reading logs - Summaries - Mind maps - Peer assessment

Writing
Grammar in Use

Mechanics of Writing - Using abbreviations correctly
Word Classes - Verb forms

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

- Use acronyms and abbreviations correctly in sentences
- Punctuate abbreviations appropriately
- Understand common abbreviations used in environmental reports and news articles

- Distinguish between regular and irregular verbs
- Use the present, past and past participle forms correctly
- Use correct verb forms when describing environmental changes over time

The learner is guided to:
- Search online or offline for examples of abbreviations and acronyms
- Work with peers to use abbreviations and acronyms in sentences
- Punctuate abbreviations correctly
The learner is guided to:
- Create a poster or chart showing examples of verbs with three forms similar, two forms similar, and three forms different
- Construct sentences using the verb types
- Fill a crossword puzzle featuring regular and irregular verbs

Why are abbreviations and acronyms important in written texts?
Why must we use the correct form of verbs in sentences?

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 36
- Dictionary
- Charts
- Sample texts
- Digital devices

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 31
- Charts
- Crossword puzzles
- Sample sentences
- Teacher's Guide

- Written exercises - Identification tests - Oral questions - Peer assessment
- Written exercises - Crossword completion - Oral questions - Peer assessment

Listening and Speaking

Conversational Skills - Pronunciation and discourse markers

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

- Articulate the sounds /ə/, /ɑː/ and /ɜː/ for oral fluency
- Use idea connectors to organise ideas during conversations
- Use connectors effectively when discussing environmental topics with friends and family

The learner is guided to:
- Recite poems or form minimal pairs with the sounds /ə/, /ɑː/ and /ɜː/
- Select and group words that start, end, change, and manage topics
- Role-play a conversation using transitional words on conversational cards

How do idea connectors affect the flow of conversations?

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 22
- Audio recordings
- Conversational cards
- Digital devices
- Poems

- Pronunciation tests - Role play assessment - Observation - Peer assessment

Reading

Extensive Reading - Vocabulary development

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

- Recognise the role of extensive reading in building vocabulary
- Create a reading log to track reading activities
- Use new vocabulary learned from reading in conversations about the environment

The learner is guided to:
- Read the texts and identify new vocabulary words
- Keep a vocabulary journal with new words and their meanings
- Prepare and compare reading logs with peers

How does extensive reading help build vocabulary?

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 29
- Various texts
- Reading logs
- Vocabulary journals
- Dictionary

- Reading logs - Vocabulary tests - Journal reviews - Peer assessment

Reading

Extensive Reading - Vocabulary development

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

- Recognise the role of extensive reading in building vocabulary
- Create a reading log to track reading activities
- Use new vocabulary learned from reading in conversations about the environment

The learner is guided to:
- Read the texts and identify new vocabulary words
- Keep a vocabulary journal with new words and their meanings
- Prepare and compare reading logs with peers

How does extensive reading help build vocabulary?

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 29
- Various texts
- Reading logs
- Vocabulary journals
- Dictionary

- Reading logs - Vocabulary tests - Journal reviews - Peer assessment

Writing

Mechanics of Writing - Word formation

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

- Apply spelling rules to write words with affixes
- Distinguish easily confused words in written texts
- Avoid word confusion errors that could change the meaning of environmental reports

The learner is guided to:
- Add affixes to words and observe how meanings change
- Use pairs of easily confused words in sentences
- Design charts featuring words with affixes

How do affixes change word meanings?

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 38
- Dictionary
- Charts
- Sample sentences
- Exercise books

- Written exercises - Sentence construction - Peer assessment - Checklists

Writing

Mechanics of Writing - Word formation

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

- Apply spelling rules to write words with affixes
- Distinguish easily confused words in written texts
- Avoid word confusion errors that could change the meaning of environmental reports

The learner is guided to:
- Add affixes to words and observe how meanings change
- Use pairs of easily confused words in sentences
- Design charts featuring words with affixes

How do affixes change word meanings?

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 38
- Dictionary
- Charts
- Sample sentences
- Exercise books

- Written exercises - Sentence construction - Peer assessment - Checklists

Grammar in Use

Word Classes - Tense and phrasal verbs

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

- Construct sentences in present, past, and future progressive forms
- Use phrasal verbs with appropriate meanings in context
- Describe environmental changes accurately using different tenses and aspects

The learner is guided to:
- Construct sentences in the present, past and future progressive from a substitution table
- Use phrasal verbs to make sentences with different meanings
- Select phrasal verbs with one particle and use them appropriately

How do tense and aspect help us express time in communication?

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 34
- Substitution tables
- Charts
- Sample sentences
- Teacher's Guide

- Written exercises - Sentence construction - Oral questions - Peer assessment

AI AND SOCIETY: HEALTHCARE

Listening and Speaking

Intensive Listening - Keywords, facts, and phrases

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

- Listen to audio/video recordings and pick out specific details
- Identify keywords, dates, names, key facts, and phrases
- Apply intensive listening skills when following medical instructions or health advice

The learner is guided to:
- Listen to a text with a partner and ask them to speak slowly and clearly
- Take notes and pick out the benefits of artificial intelligence in health
- Play language games using the target sounds, keywords, dates, names, key facts, and phrases

How do we identify specific details in a listening text?

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 41
- Audio/video recordings
- Note-taking materials
- Digital devices
- Charts

- Listening comprehension tests - Note-taking assessment - Oral questions - Peer assessment

Listening and Speaking

Intensive Listening - Keywords, facts, and phrases

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

- Listen to audio/video recordings and pick out specific details
- Identify keywords, dates, names, key facts, and phrases
- Apply intensive listening skills when following medical instructions or health advice

The learner is guided to:
- Listen to a text with a partner and ask them to speak slowly and clearly
- Take notes and pick out the benefits of artificial intelligence in health
- Play language games using the target sounds, keywords, dates, names, key facts, and phrases

How do we identify specific details in a listening text?

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 41
- Audio/video recordings
- Note-taking materials
- Digital devices
- Charts

- Listening comprehension tests - Note-taking assessment - Oral questions - Peer assessment

Listening and Speaking

Intensive Listening - Keywords, facts, and phrases

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

- Listen to audio/video recordings and pick out specific details
- Identify keywords, dates, names, key facts, and phrases
- Apply intensive listening skills when following medical instructions or health advice

The learner is guided to:
- Listen to a text with a partner and ask them to speak slowly and clearly
- Take notes and pick out the benefits of artificial intelligence in health
- Play language games using the target sounds, keywords, dates, names, key facts, and phrases

How do we identify specific details in a listening text?

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 41
- Audio/video recordings
- Note-taking materials
- Digital devices
- Charts

- Listening comprehension tests - Note-taking assessment - Oral questions - Peer assessment

Reading

Reference Materials - Dictionary and thesaurus skills

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

- Use a dictionary to look up the meaning, pronunciation, and spelling of words
- Use the thesaurus to locate synonyms and antonyms
- Use reference materials to understand medical and health-related terms

The learner is guided to:
- Check synonyms and antonyms of words from a thesaurus
- Use the dictionary to establish the pronunciation, meaning and spelling of words
- Work with peers to look for information on the uses of dictionary and thesaurus

Why are reference materials useful?

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 54
- Dictionary
- Thesaurus
- Digital devices
- Charts

- Reference skills tests - Word finding exercises - Oral questions - Peer assessment

Writing
Grammar in Use

Paragraphing Skills - Using connectors
Word Classes - Types of adjectives

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

- Use addition, contrast, ordering, similarity, and summarising linking words
- Join ideas in a paragraph using linking words
- Write coherent paragraphs in health reports and information articles

- Use proper and descriptive adjectives to describe people, places, and things
- Order adjectives appropriately for clarity of communication
- Describe medical equipment and healthcare facilities accurately

The learner is guided to:
- Identify connectors of addition, similarity, and contrast from a text
- Use pictorials to sequentially order events in a text
- Join ideas in a paragraph using linking words
The learner is guided to:
- Identify regular and irregular adjectives from texts
- Practice ordering adjectives correctly
- Design a poster showing descriptive and proper adjectives

Why should we organise ideas logically in writing?
How do we describe objects to bring out their differences?

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 67
- Sample texts
- Charts
- Pictorials
- Exercise books

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 60
- Charts
- Posters
- Sample texts
- Digital devices

- Written exercises - Paragraph assessment - Peer review - Checklists
- Written exercises - Poster assessment - Oral questions - Peer assessment

Listening and Speaking

Intensive Listening - Recognizing figurative language

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

- Identify figurative language and fixed phrases in oral texts
- Interpret similes, metaphors, and personification in context
- Understand figurative expressions used in health awareness campaigns

The learner is guided to:
- Listen to a poem and identify similes and metaphors used
- Identify things that have been given human qualities (personification)
- Use fixed expressions from dialogues in sentences

How does figurative language enhance meaning in texts?

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 43
- Poems
- Audio recordings
- Digital devices
- Charts

- Listening tests - Identification exercises - Oral questions - Peer assessment

Reading

Reference Materials - Multiple sources

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

- Research information from encyclopaedias, atlases, and manuals
- Interpret maps and manuals appropriately for information
- Find reliable health information from authoritative reference sources

The learner is guided to:
- Extract information from a newspaper and an encyclopaedia
- Interpret maps and manuals
- Read texts related to artificial intelligence and make notes

How do different reference materials serve different purposes?

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 56
- Encyclopaedia
- Atlas
- Manuals
- Digital devices

- Research assessment - Information extraction tests - Oral questions - Peer assessment

Writing

Paragraphing Skills - Topic and clincher sentences

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

- Describe the structure of a well-formed paragraph (topic, supporting, clincher sentences)
- Follow the writing process to write and refine a paragraph
- Write well-structured paragraphs about healthcare topics

The learner is guided to:
- Write a topic sentence, supporting sentences and clincher sentence
- Refine sentences using the steps of the writing process
- Brainstorm ideas for a paragraph on a person, place, or event

What makes a paragraph well-structured?

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 69
- Sample paragraphs
- Writing process charts
- Exercise books
- Teacher's Guide

- Paragraph writing assessment - Peer review - Checklists - Self-assessment

Grammar in Use

Word Classes - Degrees of comparison

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

- Form comparatives and superlatives of regular and irregular adjectives
- Distinguish between regular and irregular adjectives in a text
- Compare healthcare technologies and medical treatments accurately

The learner is guided to:
- Complete tables with correct comparative and superlative forms
- Fill in blanks with the correct form of adjectives
- Read passages and identify regular and irregular adjectives

How do adjectives help us make comparisons?

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 63
- Charts
- Sample texts
- Crossword puzzles
- Exercise books

- Written exercises - Gap-filling tests - Oral questions - Peer assessment

Listening and Speaking

Speaking Fluency - Using non-verbal communication

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

- Interpret and use nonverbal cues appropriately in oral communication
- Use humour, storytelling, and music to convey important messages
- Present health information engagingly using appropriate gestures and expressions

The learner is guided to:
- Role-play conversations using nonverbal cues such as facial expressions, gestures, and eye contact
- Prepare and present humorous or storytelling content related to the theme
- Record performances and review them

How do nonverbal cues enhance communication?

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 46
- Role play cards
- Recording devices
- Digital devices
- Props

- Role play assessment - Presentation evaluation - Observation - Peer assessment

Reading

Reference Materials - Current information sources

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

- Extract information from newspapers on various topics
- Make notes from reference materials
- Stay informed about health developments and medical news through newspapers

The learner is guided to:
- Read newspaper articles and identify key information
- Make notes from texts related to artificial intelligence in healthcare
- Share findings with peers for feedback

How do newspapers help us stay informed about current events?

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 59
- Newspapers
- Note-taking materials
- Digital devices
- Charts

- Note-taking assessment - Information extraction tests - Oral questions - Peer assessment

Reading

Reference Materials - Current information sources

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

- Extract information from newspapers on various topics
- Make notes from reference materials
- Stay informed about health developments and medical news through newspapers

The learner is guided to:
- Read newspaper articles and identify key information
- Make notes from texts related to artificial intelligence in healthcare
- Share findings with peers for feedback

How do newspapers help us stay informed about current events?

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 59
- Newspapers
- Note-taking materials
- Digital devices
- Charts

- Note-taking assessment - Information extraction tests - Oral questions - Peer assessment

Writing

Paragraphing Skills - Essay structure and paraphrasing

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

- Identify the parts of an essay (introduction, body, conclusion)
- Paraphrase information from varied texts
- Write essays about healthcare topics using proper structure

The learner is guided to:
- Read an essay together and identify the parts: introduction, body, conclusion
- Work in groups to write introductory, body, and concluding paragraphs
- Practise paraphrasing texts in their own words

How can you make an essay more cohesive?

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 70
- Sample essays
- Paraphrasing exercises
- Exercise books
- Teacher's Guide

- Essay writing assessment - Paraphrasing tests - Peer review - Checklists

Writing

Paragraphing Skills - Essay structure and paraphrasing

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

- Identify the parts of an essay (introduction, body, conclusion)
- Paraphrase information from varied texts
- Write essays about healthcare topics using proper structure

The learner is guided to:
- Read an essay together and identify the parts: introduction, body, conclusion
- Work in groups to write introductory, body, and concluding paragraphs
- Practise paraphrasing texts in their own words

How can you make an essay more cohesive?

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 70
- Sample essays
- Paraphrasing exercises
- Exercise books
- Teacher's Guide

- Essay writing assessment - Paraphrasing tests - Peer review - Checklists

Grammar in Use

Word Classes - Prepositions of place, time, and manner

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

- Demonstrate appropriate use of simple prepositions showing agent, place, time, and manner
- Form sentences using prepositions of time, place, and movement
- Give accurate directions to healthcare facilities using prepositions

The learner is guided to:
- Form sentences using prepositions of time, place, manner, instrument, and movement
- Complete crossword puzzles using relevant prepositions
- Write paragraphs using correctly ordered adjectives and simple prepositions

How do prepositions show relationships between words?

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 65
- Charts
- Crossword puzzles
- Sample sentences
- Exercise books

- Written exercises - Crossword completion - Oral questions - Peer assessment

Grammar in Use

Word Classes - Prepositions of place, time, and manner

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

- Demonstrate appropriate use of simple prepositions showing agent, place, time, and manner
- Form sentences using prepositions of time, place, and movement
- Give accurate directions to healthcare facilities using prepositions

The learner is guided to:
- Form sentences using prepositions of time, place, manner, instrument, and movement
- Complete crossword puzzles using relevant prepositions
- Write paragraphs using correctly ordered adjectives and simple prepositions

How do prepositions show relationships between words?

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 65
- Charts
- Crossword puzzles
- Sample sentences
- Exercise books

- Written exercises - Crossword completion - Oral questions - Peer assessment