ETIQUETTE: SOCIAL

Listening and Speaking

Extensive Listening - Identifying key details

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

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

How do key details such as characters, places, and events help us understand the message?

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

- Oral presentations - Hot seating assessment - Group work evaluation - Observation

Reading
Writing

Reading Fluency - Speed and accuracy
Sentence Fluency - Correcting comma splices

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

- 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:
- 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

Why is it necessary to read a text fluently?

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 6
- Various texts
- Newspapers
- Digital devices
- Timer
- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 16
- Sample texts with errors
- Word cards
- Charts
- Exercise books

- Reading speed tests - Comprehension questions - Peer assessment - Observation

Grammar in Use
Listening and Speaking

Word Classes - Types of Pronouns
Speaking Etiquette - Pronunciation and polite language

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

- Oral questions - Written exercises - Role play assessment - 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
Grammar in Use

Sentence Fluency - Correcting run-on sentences
Word Classes - Phrasal Quantifiers

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

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

ENVIRONMENT: CLIMATE CHANGE

Listening and Speaking
Reading

Critical Listening - Identifying speaker and context
Extensive Reading - Selecting appropriate texts

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

- Observation - Oral questions - Listening tests - Group discussions

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

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

How does spelling affect the quality of our writing?

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 36
- Dictionary
- Charts
- Posters
- Digital devices
- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 30
- Sample sentences
- Teacher's Guide

- Spelling tests - Written exercises - Dictation - Peer assessment

Listening and Speaking
Reading
Writing

Critical Listening - Note-taking and concentration
Extensive Reading - Reading for pleasure
Mechanics of Writing - Using abbreviations correctly

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
- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 26
- Various texts
- Reading logs
- Mind map templates
- Chart paper
- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 36
- Dictionary
- Sample texts

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

Grammar in Use
Listening and Speaking

Word Classes - Verb forms
Conversational Skills - Pronunciation and discourse markers

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

- 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:
- 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 must we use the correct form of verbs in sentences?

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 31
- Charts
- Crossword puzzles
- Sample sentences
- Teacher's Guide
- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 22
- Audio recordings
- Conversational cards
- Digital devices
- Poems

- Written exercises - Crossword completion - Oral questions - 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

Grammar in Use
Listening and Speaking
Reading

Word Classes - Tense and phrasal verbs
Intensive Listening - Keywords, facts, and phrases
Reference Materials - Dictionary and thesaurus skills

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
- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 41
- Audio/video recordings
- Note-taking materials
- Digital devices
- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 54
- Dictionary
- Thesaurus

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

AI AND SOCIETY: HEALTHCARE

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

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

Why should we organise ideas logically in writing?

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 67
- Sample texts
- Charts
- Pictorials
- Exercise books
- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 60
- Posters
- Digital devices

- Written exercises - Paragraph assessment - Peer review - Checklists

Listening and Speaking
Reading
Writing

Intensive Listening - Recognizing figurative language
Reference Materials - Multiple sources
Paragraphing Skills - Topic and clincher sentences

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
- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 56
- Encyclopaedia
- Atlas
- Manuals
- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 69
- Sample paragraphs
- Writing process charts
- Exercise books
- Teacher's Guide

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

Grammar in Use
Listening and Speaking

Word Classes - Degrees of comparison
Speaking Fluency - Using non-verbal communication

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

- Written exercises - Gap-filling 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

Grammar in Use
Listening and Speaking

Word Classes - Prepositions of place, time, and manner
Selective Listening - Following instructions

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
- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 73
- Audio recordings
- Maps
- Digital devices
- Game materials

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

TRAVEL: ADVENTURE

Reading
Writing
Grammar in Use

Study Skills - Using library resources
Mechanics of Writing - Quotation marks
Determiners - Using articles correctly

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

- Locate print resources using a call number
- Use digital resources in a library
- Research travel destinations using library and online resources

The learner is guided to:
- Find out the meaning of library catalogue, call number, and note cards
- Work with the librarian to learn steps in locating print resources
- Identify a digital resource on a topic of choice

How can we locate reading material in a library?

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 83
- Library resources
- Call numbers
- Digital devices
- Note cards
- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 92
- Sample texts
- Charts
- Exercise books
- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 88
- Maps
- Sample sentences
- Teacher's Guide

- Library skills assessment - Research tasks - Oral questions - Peer assessment

Listening and Speaking
Reading

Selective Listening - Note-taking from recordings
Study Skills - Interpreting visual information

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

- Filter required information from an oral text
- Take notes from oral texts or recordings on diverse topics
- Extract important travel information from announcements at airports and stations

The learner is guided to:
- Take notes from an audio or video recording
- Rephrase the instructions and directions in a dialogue and record themselves
- Simulate a noisy environment and practise picking out required information

Why is it important to pick out specific details during an oral presentation?

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 73
- Audio/video recordings
- Note-taking materials
- Digital devices
- Role play cards
- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 86
- Pictures
- Charts
- Travel brochures

- Note-taking assessment - Information extraction tests - Observation - Peer assessment

Writing
Grammar in Use
Listening and Speaking

Mechanics of Writing - Dashes, hyphens, and slashes
Determiners - Demonstratives and possessives
Conversational Skills - Word choice and formality

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

- Use the dash, hyphen, and single slash correctly in written texts
- Distinguish between the functions of dashes, hyphens, and slashes
- Write travel itineraries and schedules using correct punctuation

The learner is guided to:
- Pick out the hyphen, slashes, and dashes from a text
- Search for rules on the use of hyphen, slashes, and dashes
- Use rules to write sentences with the target punctuation marks

How do dashes and hyphens change meaning in sentences?

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 93
- Sample texts
- Charts
- Digital devices
- Exercise books
- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 90
- Teacher's Guide
- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 76
- Audio recordings
- Poems
- Stories

- Written exercises - Punctuation tests - Peer review - Checklists

Reading

Study Skills - Conducting library research

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

- Observe library etiquette while using library resources
- Follow steps in conducting library research
- Research travel safety tips and destination information effectively

The learner is guided to:
- Brainstorm ways of making the library a conducive environment
- Write a list of library rules
- Conduct research on a travel-related topic following proper steps

What rules should we follow when using a library?

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 84
- Library resources
- Research materials
- Digital devices
- Charts

- Research assessment - Library etiquette observation - Oral questions - Peer assessment

Writing

Mechanics of Writing - Capitalisation

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

- Apply the rules of capitalisation in a variety of sentences
- Use capital letters correctly for proper nouns and titles
- Write travel documents and postcards with correct capitalisation

The learner is guided to:
- Generate sentences that require the use of capital letters in various positions
- Review each other's compositions with a focus on capitalisation
- Search for rules on capitalisation

When should we use capital letters in writing?

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 94
- Sample texts
- Charts
- Exercise books
- Digital devices

- Written exercises - Capitalisation tests - Peer review - Checklists

Grammar in Use
Listening and Speaking

Phrases - Noun and verb phrase structure
Interactive Listening - Conversational skills

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

- Identify noun phrases and verb phrases in sentences
- Form sentences using different noun phrase and verb phrase structures
- Describe travel experiences using varied phrase structures for clarity

The learner is guided to:
- Listen to a story and write down all the noun phrases
- Group noun phrases in tables by structure
- Identify verb phrases in sentences and use them in new sentences

How are phrases different from sentences?

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 90
- Sample texts
- Charts
- Exercise books
- Teacher's Guide
- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 96
- Audio recordings
- Video clips
- Digital devices
- Role play cards

- Written exercises - Phrase identification tests - Oral questions - Peer assessment

CAREERS: PUBLIC SECTOR

Reading
Writing
Grammar in Use

Intensive Reading - Pre-reading strategies
Functional Writing - Writing memos
Word Classes - Types of adverbs

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

- Make predictions about events, people, and places in a text
- Preview texts by looking at titles, pictures, and paragraphs
- Preview job advertisements and career documents effectively

The learner is guided to:
- Look at the title, pictures, and first and last paragraphs of a passage
- Write key words and phrases that help answer prediction questions
- Ask questions that activate previous knowledge about the subject

What strategies can one use to enhance understanding of a text?

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 102
- Various texts
- Job advertisements
- Digital devices
- Charts
- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 114
- Sample memos
- Exercise books
- Teacher's Guide
- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 106
- Crossword puzzles
- Sample sentences

- Prediction assessment - Comprehension tests - Oral questions - Peer assessment

Listening and Speaking
Reading

Interactive Listening - Active listening skills
Intensive Reading - Comprehension strategies

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

- Show empathy during conversations
- Paraphrase information to confirm understanding
- Support colleagues and friends by listening empathetically to their career concerns

The learner is guided to:
- Use expressions to show appreciation and empathy
- Paraphrase what speakers say to confirm understanding
- Simulate situations requiring empathetic listening

How can we show that we understand and care about what someone is saying?

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 97
- Audio recordings
- Role play cards
- Digital devices
- Expression cards
- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 103
- Comprehension passages
- Career-related texts
- Exercise books

- Role play assessment - Paraphrasing tests - Observation - Peer assessment

Writing
Grammar in Use
Listening and Speaking

Functional Writing - Personal writing
Word Classes - Degrees of adverbs
Conversational Skills - Digital communication etiquette

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

- Write personal journals and diaries while adhering to the format
- Use informal register in personal writing
- Reflect on career goals and experiences through journal writing

The learner is guided to:
- Discuss with peers the format of a diary/personal journal
- Search online and share samples of diaries and journals
- Compose a diary/journal entry collaboratively

How can keeping a journal help us track our growth and experiences?

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 112
- Sample journals
- Sample diaries
- Digital devices
- Exercise books
- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 107
- Charts
- Tables
- Sample sentences
- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 100
- Video conferencing platforms
- Netiquette guidelines
- Role play cards

- Journal writing assessment - Format evaluation - Peer review - Self-assessment

Reading

Intensive Reading - Building understanding

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

- Infer the meaning of idioms, compound words, and proverbs in written texts
- Make connections between events in texts and real life
- Understand professional terminology in career-related documents

The learner is guided to:
- Work with others to practise using transparent idioms and compound words
- Collaboratively rewrite events and sections of a text in their own words
- Visualise how people, events, or places in a text look like

How do idioms and proverbs enrich our understanding of texts?

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 105
- Comprehension passages
- Dictionary
- Digital devices
- Charts

- Comprehension tests - Vocabulary assessment - Oral questions - Peer assessment

Writing

Functional Writing - Polite and formal writing

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

- Use euphemisms appropriately in formal writing
- Distinguish between formal and informal language
- Write professional emails and letters using appropriate formal language

The learner is guided to:
- Read paragraphs and identify euphemisms used to replace unpleasant words
- Distinguish between formal and informal expressions
- Use euphemisms and formal language in sentences

Why do we use polite expressions in professional communication?

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 110
- Sample texts
- Charts
- Digital devices
- Exercise books

- Written exercises - Identification tests - Peer review - Checklists

Grammar in Use
Listening and Speaking

Phrases - Types of phrases
Responsive Listening - Connecting with a Speaker

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

- Identify adjective phrases, adverb phrases, and prepositional phrases in sentences
- Use different types of phrases to enhance writing
- Write clear job applications and resumes using varied phrase structures

The learner is guided to:
- Search for adverb phrases, adjective phrases, and prepositional phrases from texts
- Read a passage and identify different types of phrases
- Fill in blanks with appropriate phrases

How do different types of phrases improve our writing?

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 108
- Sample texts
- Charts
- Exercise books
- Teacher's Guide
- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 116
- Audio recordings
- Digital devices

- Written exercises - Phrase identification tests - Oral questions - Peer assessment

CULTURE: VALUES AND BELIEFS

Reading
Writing

Reading Fluency - Speed, Accuracy and Prosody
Creative Writing - Narrative Essays

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

- Describe the features of expressive reading from a selected text
- Read a text at the right speed and accurately for fluency
- Use expressive reading skills when presenting speeches or stories

The learner is guided to:
- Work in collaboration with others to read sentences and express different emotions as written on flashcards
- Listen to audiobooks and identify features of expressive reading such as pitch, pace, and volume
- Take turns to read, rehearse, and present choral verses

Why should we read text fluently?

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 123
- Audio books
- Flashcards
- Digital devices
- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 135
- Sample narrative essays
- Charts

- Oral reading assessment - Peer assessment - Observation - Checklists

Grammar in Use
Listening and Speaking
Reading

Word Classes - Relative Pronouns
Responsive Listening - Showing Empathy and Avoiding Distractions
Reading Fluency - Pitch, Pace, Volume and Intonation

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

- Pick out relative pronouns from a text
- Demonstrate appropriate usage of relative pronouns in sentences
- Use relative pronouns correctly when describing people, places, or things

The learner is guided to:
- Search from books or the Internet for information on relative pronouns: who, which, whom, whose, that
- Match relative pronouns to their usage
- Create a chart showing relative pronouns and examples of their usage

How do relative pronouns help us communicate effectively?

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 126
- Charts
- Digital devices
- Crossword puzzles
- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 117
- Audio recordings
- Role play materials
- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 124
- Choral verses

- Written questions - Oral questions - Peer assessment - Checklists

Writing
Grammar in Use

Creative Writing - Drafting Narrative Essays
Clauses - Relative Clauses

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

- Write a narrative paragraph to tell a story or recount an event
- Use vivid language and sensory details for clarity of writing
- Create engaging stories for school magazines or personal journals

The learner is guided to:
- Pick one event and write down the characters, setting and sequence of events
- Write down an outline of the essay
- Write a narrative essay on a family event
- Read each other's essays for feedback

Why are sensory details and vivid descriptions important in composition writing?

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 136
- Sample essays
- Writing materials
- Digital devices
- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 127
- Charts
- Pictures

- Written assessment - Peer assessment - Portfolio evaluation - Assessment rubrics

Listening and Speaking
Reading

Speaking Fluency - Word Stress
Reading Fluency - Expressive Reading

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

- Distinguish word classes based on the placement of stress
- Stress disyllabic words correctly in oral communication
- Apply correct stress patterns when giving speeches or making announcements

The learner is guided to:
- Listen to a recording and note the part of the word that is stressed
- Say whether each highlighted word is used as a noun or a verb based on stress
- Come up with a list of words that are stressed on the second syllable for both noun and verb

Why is it important to stress words correctly?

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 120
- Audio recordings
- Digital devices
- Word lists
- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 125
- Poems and narratives
- Recording devices
- Digital platforms

- Oral presentation - Peer assessment - Observation - Checklists

Writing

Creative Writing - Descriptive Essays

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

- Create a descriptive paragraph to talk about a person, place, object, or event in detail
- Use similes, metaphors and sensory language in descriptive writing
- Write vivid descriptions for creative projects or travel journals

The learner is guided to:
- Read descriptive essays and identify similes, metaphors, and descriptions of sound, smell, taste, sight, and touch
- Generate a list of words that relate to the five senses
- Write a descriptive essay about a cultural event

How do sensory details help readers visualize what we describe?

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 131
- Sample descriptive essays
- Mind maps
- Charts

- Written assessment - Peer assessment - Portfolio evaluation - Rubrics

Grammar in Use

Clauses - Adverbial Clauses of Time and Reason

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

- Use adverbial clauses of place, time, and reason to express different meanings
- Construct sentences featuring adverbial clauses
- Apply adverbial clauses when explaining events or giving reasons in daily communication

The learner is guided to:
- Search from books or the Internet for information on adverbial clauses of time and reason
- Identify clauses which show when something happened and ones that show why
- Complete sentences using adverbial clauses from a substitution table

When do we use adverbial clauses to explain our actions?

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 130
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