ETIQUETTE: SOCIAL

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
Listening and Speaking

Word Classes - Types of Nouns
Extensive Listening - Identifying key details

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
- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 1
- Audio-visual recordings

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

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

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

ENVIRONMENT: CLIMATE CHANGE

Listening and Speaking
Reading
Writing

Critical Listening - Identifying speaker and context
Extensive Reading - Selecting appropriate texts
Mechanics of Writing - Spelling accuracy

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
- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 36
- Dictionary
- Posters

- Observation - Oral questions - Listening tests - Group discussions

Grammar in Use
Listening and Speaking

Word Classes - Verbs and auxiliaries
Critical Listening - Note-taking and concentration

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

- 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:
- 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 do auxiliary verbs help us express different meanings?

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 30
- Charts
- Sample sentences
- Digital devices
- Teacher's Guide
- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 20
- Audio recordings
- Note-taking materials

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

Reading
Writing

Extensive Reading - Reading for pleasure
Mechanics of Writing - Using abbreviations correctly

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

- Reading logs - Summaries - Mind maps - 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

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
Reading
Writing

Intensive Listening - Keywords, facts, and phrases
Reference Materials - Dictionary and thesaurus skills
Paragraphing Skills - Using connectors

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
- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 54
- Dictionary
- Thesaurus
- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 67
- Sample texts
- Pictorials
- Exercise books

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

Grammar in Use
Listening and Speaking

Word Classes - Types of adjectives
Intensive Listening - Recognizing figurative language

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

- 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 regular and irregular adjectives from texts
- Practice ordering adjectives correctly
- Design a poster showing descriptive and proper adjectives

How do we describe objects to bring out their differences?

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 60
- Charts
- Posters
- Sample texts
- Digital devices
- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 43
- Poems
- Audio recordings

- Written exercises - Poster assessment - Oral questions - Peer assessment

Reading
Writing

Reference Materials - Multiple sources
Paragraphing Skills - Topic and clincher sentences

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

- Research assessment - Information extraction tests - 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

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

TRAVEL: ADVENTURE

Listening and Speaking
Reading
Writing

Selective Listening - Following instructions
Study Skills - Using library resources
Mechanics of Writing - Quotation marks

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

- Give and follow instructions for carrying out different tasks
- Ask for and give clear directions to a place
- Follow travel instructions and navigation directions accurately

The learner is guided to:
- Listen to an oral text and brainstorm ways of selecting and noting down specific information
- Give simple, clear instructions
- Play games such as cue games and simulate instructions

Why do we give instructions and directions?

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 73
- Audio recordings
- Maps
- Digital devices
- Game materials
- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 83
- Library resources
- Call numbers
- Note cards
- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 92
- Sample texts
- Charts
- Exercise books

- Instruction-following tests - Direction-giving assessment - Observation - Peer assessment

Grammar in Use
Listening and Speaking

Determiners - Using articles correctly
Selective Listening - Note-taking from recordings

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

- Use articles (a, an, the) correctly with water bodies, physical features, and unique entities
- Distinguish when to use definite and indefinite articles
- Describe travel destinations accurately using correct articles

The learner is guided to:
- Role play situations where articles are used with water bodies, physical features, periods in history
- Use articles to refer to unique entities and organisations
- Make sentences using articles with specific categories

When do we use 'the' with geographical features and institutions?

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 88
- Charts
- Maps
- Sample sentences
- Teacher's Guide
- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 73
- Audio/video recordings
- Note-taking materials
- Digital devices
- Role play cards

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

Reading
Writing

Study Skills - Interpreting visual information
Mechanics of Writing - Dashes, hyphens, and slashes

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

- Use visuals to predict what a text is about
- Interpret pictures, graphs, and charts in reading materials
- Use travel brochures and maps to plan adventures

The learner is guided to:
- Study pictures and predict the story they tell
- Write outlines based on visual predictions
- Discuss why illustrations are important in reading

How do visuals help us understand texts better?

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 86
- Pictures
- Charts
- Travel brochures
- Digital devices
- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 93
- Sample texts
- Exercise books

- Prediction assessment - Visual interpretation tests - Oral questions - Peer assessment

Grammar in Use
Listening and Speaking

Determiners - Demonstratives and possessives
Conversational Skills - Word choice and formality

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

- Use demonstratives (this, that, these, those) correctly as determiners
- Use possessives (her, my, your, his, their) as determiners
- Describe personal belongings and travel items accurately

The learner is guided to:
- Read a text and identify sentences where possessives function as determiners
- Copy passages and underline all determiners
- Use demonstratives and possessives to construct sentences

How do determiners help us identify specific nouns?

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

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

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

Intensive Reading - Pre-reading strategies
Functional Writing - Writing memos

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

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

Grammar in Use
Listening and Speaking

Word Classes - Types of adverbs
Interactive Listening - Active listening skills

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

- Identify adverbs of place, time, and manner in sentences
- Use adverbs appropriately to express different meanings
- Describe work schedules and job responsibilities accurately using adverbs

The learner is guided to:
- Create a crossword puzzle featuring adverbs of place, time, and manner
- Design a chart showing gradable adverbs
- Form sentences using different types of adverbs

Why is knowledge about adverbs important in communication?

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 106
- Charts
- Crossword puzzles
- Sample sentences
- Teacher's Guide
- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 97
- Audio recordings
- Role play cards
- Digital devices
- Expression cards

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

Reading
Writing

Intensive Reading - Comprehension strategies
Functional Writing - Personal writing

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

- Answer direct and inferential questions from a text
- Infer the meaning of words and phrases using context clues
- Understand job descriptions and career requirements by reading carefully

The learner is guided to:
- Read passages and answer direct and inferential questions
- Infer the meaning of words and phrases by combining text information with background knowledge
- Make connections between events in texts and real life

How do we find answers that are not directly stated in a text?

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 103
- Comprehension passages
- Career-related texts
- Digital devices
- Exercise books
- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 112
- Sample journals
- Sample diaries

- Comprehension tests - Inferential question assessment - Oral questions - Peer assessment

Grammar in Use
Listening and Speaking

Word Classes - Degrees of adverbs
Conversational Skills - Digital communication etiquette

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

- Inflect gradable adverbs to form comparative and superlative forms
- Use comparative and superlative adverbs correctly in sentences
- Compare job performance and work efficiency using appropriate adverb forms

The learner is guided to:
- Form comparatives and superlatives of gradable adverbs
- Use comparative and superlative adverbs in sentences
- Complete tables with correct adverb forms

How do we compare actions using adverbs?

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

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

Word Classes - Relative Pronouns
Responsive Listening - Showing Empathy and Avoiding Distractions

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

- Written questions - Oral questions - Peer assessment - Checklists

Reading
Writing

Reading Fluency - Pitch, Pace, Volume and Intonation
Creative Writing - Drafting Narrative Essays

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

- Demonstrate the right pitch, pace, and volume when reading a text
- Use intonation patterns correctly when reading different types of sentences
- Apply appropriate intonation when giving presentations or reading announcements

The learner is guided to:
- Search from books or the Internet for information on intonation patterns
- Identify rising, falling, rising-falling, and falling-rising intonation
- Practise reading sentences using the right intonation pattern

How does intonation affect the meaning of what we read?

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 124
- Audio recordings
- Digital devices
- Choral verses
- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 136
- Sample essays
- Writing materials

- Oral reading assessment - Peer assessment - Observation - Recording analysis

Grammar in Use
Listening and Speaking

Clauses - Relative Clauses
Speaking Fluency - Word Stress

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

- Form relative clauses introduced by relative pronouns: who, whom, that, which, whose
- Distinguish between defining and non-defining relative clauses
- Use relative clauses correctly when writing descriptions or explanations

The learner is guided to:
- Search from books or the Internet for information on defining and non-defining relative clauses
- Underline relative clauses in sentences and indicate whether defining or non-defining
- Use relative clauses to construct sentences about pictures

How do relative clauses help us add more information to sentences?

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 127
- Charts
- Pictures
- Digital devices
- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 120
- Audio recordings
- Word lists

- Written exercises - Peer assessment - Oral questions - Checklists

Reading

Reading Fluency - Expressive Reading

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

- Participate in echo reading and reader's theatre activities
- Record reading sessions and share them on digital platforms
- Use expressive reading techniques when reading stories to younger learners

The learner is guided to:
- Participate in echo reading of a given poem while bringing out feelings and emotions appropriately
- Record the reading sessions and share them on digital platforms
- Take part in a reader's theatre by selecting a poem or narrative and assigning portions to read

How does practising reading aloud improve our communication skills?

- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 125
- Poems and narratives
- Recording devices
- Digital platforms

- Performance assessment - Peer review - Recording evaluation - Checklists

Writing
Grammar in Use

Creative Writing - Descriptive Essays
Clauses - Adverbial Clauses of Time and Reason

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
- Excelling in English Grade 10 pg. 130
- Substitution tables
- Digital devices

- Written assessment - Peer assessment - Portfolio evaluation - Rubrics