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THEME:  WEATHER

SUB – THEME: ELEMENTS AND TYPES OF WEATHER

WEEK 2

Lesson 1 and 2

THE ALPHABET

Arranging words in alphabetical order

We consider the first letters which begin the words if the letters are not the same. Example

book, chalk, apple, door apple, book, chalk, door

Activity

Re-arrange these words in a, b, c order

  1. wet, hot, cold, dry
  2. orange, ant, bed, kettle
  3. sunshine, wind, cloudcover, rainfall
  4. fire, shade, hat, weather
  5. umbrella, coat, boots, sweater
  6. lamb, kettle, class, block
  7. windy, cloudy, sunny, rainy Reference:
    1. Read and write std 2 pg 7 – 8, 8 – 9.
    2. English Aid std 2 pg 7 -8.

 

Lesson 3 and 4

2.  Prepositions

Prepositions of position e.g in, on, under, behind, below.

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Activities

1.Practical work.

2. Filling in the gaps using correct prepositions.

Picture illustration with sentences

Image From EcoleBooks.comThe ball is ___________ the chair.

The cat is _____________ the table. John is jumping _______________ the bench Sarah is pointing ___________ the sun.

 

 

Image From EcoleBooks.comMary is standing ___________ the car.

The flower is _____________ the tin.

Joy is looking __________ the flowers.

Reference:

  1. Essential workbook 1 pg 59.
  2. Oxford primary English bk 2 pg 22-24.
  3. Mk bk 2 pg 46 – 47.
  4. Improve your English bk 2 pg 32.
  5. English Aid std 2 pg 87.

 

Lesson 5 and 6

Make sentences using the following prepositions.

on – ———————————– in – ———————————– under – ——————————- behind – —————————– in front of – ————————– over – ——————————– near – ——————————– at – ———————————–

Reference

Oxford Primary English bk pg 22 – 24.

 

WEEK 3

Sub-Theme: Activities of different seasons.

Lesson 1 and 2

Plurals

Changing “y” to i and add es to nouns that end with y.

Nouns which end with ‘y’ when there’s a consonant before y, we change ‘y’ to ‘i’ and add ‘es’ to form the plural.

Examples

Lorry –  lorries    fly – flies

Puppy –  puppies    berry – berries

Activities

Change these nouns to plural form.

baby – _____________ city – _______________ story – ______________ community – __________________ lady – ______________ family – _____________________ daisy – _______________ ferry – _____________________ berry – ______________ granary – ______________________ pony – ________________ activity – _______________________

fly – ____________________ lorry – _________________________ puppy – _________________

 

Lesson 3 and 4

 

B. Complete the sentences using the words in brackets correctly

 

  1. David likes reading __________ about animals. (story)
  2. Eleven ______________ were parked outside. (lorry)
  3. The ____________ are very kind. (lady)
  4. Kampala and Nairobi are big _______________. (city)
  5. Mummy bought ________________ from the market. (berry)
  6. There are _______________ on the food. (fly)
  7. ________________are beautiful flowers. (daisy)
  8. The dogs were playing with their _______________________. (puppy)
  9. We have many _________________ to do today. (activity)
  10. Those _______________________ live together. (family) References:
    1. Junior English bk 1 pg 27.
    2. Read and write bk 2 page 27 – 30
    3. Essential workbook 2 pg 35, 3.
    4. Junior English bk 1 pg 28.

 

Lesson 5 and 6

Changing ‘f’ to ‘y’ and add ‘es’

Some nouns which end with ‘f’, or fe change to ‘ves’ to form their plurals.

Examples

Knife – knives Leaf – leaves wolf – _____________

Activities

Change these nouns to plural form.

shelf – ______________      wife – _______________ loaf  – _______________    life – ________________ half  – ________________    knife – _________________ calf – _________________

 

WEEK 4

Lesson 1 and 2

Complete the sentences using the given words in brackets

  1. The book ____________________ are full of books. (shelf)
  2. The butcher has very sharp _________________. (knife)
  3. The maid bought two _____________________ of bread. (loaf)
  4. There are a lot of _________________ on the ground. (leaf)
  5. She cut the apples into _______________ (half)
  6. We saw two_____________________ in the bush. (wolf)
  7. _____________________are young ones of cows. (calf)
  8. ________________ broke into the shop. (thief)

 

Reference:

  1. Essential workbook 2 pg 33.
  2. Junior English bk 1 pg 28.

 

SUB-THEME: Effects and management of weather

Lesson 3 and 4

Verbs (doing words) doubling the last letter and adding –ing

Verbs which have a vowel before the last letter, double the last letter and then add ‘ing’ in the present continuous tense.

 

Examples:

Stop

stopping

cut

-cutting

Skip

skipping

put

– putting

Activities

Add ‘ing’ to change to the present continuous tense.

dig

-_______________________     wrap – ___________________

sip

-_______________________    hug -____________________

rob

– ______________________ rub -____________________

pin – _____________________ hop – _____________________

chop

-_______________________ jog – ______________________

run

-_______________________ beg – _______________________

sit

-_______________________ hit – ________________________

shop

-_______________________ tap – ________________________

swim

-_______________________ clap – _______________________

scrub

-______________________

stop – ——————————–

Lesson 5 and 6

Use the given words in brackets correctly.

  1. The little boy is ___________________ for meat. (beg)
  2. Betty is ______________ on a jacket. (put)
  3. The buses are _______________ outside the school gate. (stop)
  4. Allan _____________ is at the door. (tap]
  5. Mummy is _________________ near the fire. (sit)
  6. Mary and Jane are _________________ ropes .(skip)
  7. Children are _________________ their hands. (clap)
  8. The wood cutter is ______________________ a piece of wood. (chop)
  9. The thieves are _______________ the shop. (rob)
  10. A fish moves by _________________________. (swim) Reference:

Junior English 1 pg 34.

Word perfect spelling bk 2 pg 28.

 

WEEK 5

Lesson 1 and 2

Past tense

 

Doubling the last letter and add ‘ed’ to the verbs.

Some verbs which have a vowel before the last letter, double the last letter and then add ‘ed’ in the past tense.

Examples

skip  –  skipped rob  –  robbed beg –  begged

Activities

Add ‘ed’ to change to the past tense.

shop – _________________________ rub – _______________________ clap – _________________________ beg – ________________________ stop – _________________________ jog -___________________________ Sip  – _________________________ skip -___________________________ chop -___________________________ hop – __________________________ pin  – __________________________ hug – ___________________________ tap  -___________________________ wrap – __________________________ slap -____________________________ scrub – ________________________

 

 Lesson 3 and 4

Doubling the last letter before adding ‘ed’

Use the given verbs in brackets correctly to complete the sentences.

  1. She _______________ the floor with a brush. (scrub)
  2. The little boy _________________ for a sweet. (beg)
  3. The bus ______________ outside the school gate. (stop)
  4. Mother ________________ Jane last night. (hug)
  5. Allan _____________ at the door before going in. (tap)
  6. Jane _________________ a badge on her jacket. (pin)
  7. We __________________ for her good answer. (clap)
  8. She __________________ the rope last night. (skip)
  9. The bank was ____________________ yesterday. (rob)
  10. Daddy _______________ me last night. (slap)

 

Reference: Junior English I page 34.

Lesson 5 and 6

   Punctuation marks

An apostrophe

We use or put an apostrophe just after a name or a noun and then add s’ to show ownership.

 

Example Sarah’s pencil.

Peter’s shirt. my mother’s bag.

The pencil belongs to the teachers.

It is the teacher’s pencil. The bicycle belongs to Paul It is Paul’s bicycle.

 

Allan

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This is Allan’s car.

 

 

 

N.B: The ‘s‘ shows that Allan owns the car.

 

 Who owns each thing?

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Susan:  This is Susan’s flower.

 

Peter:  ____________________________

 

John:  ____________________________

 

David:  ____________________________

 

 

Mary:  ____________________________

 

 

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Mummy:  ____________________________

 

 

 

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  Father:  ___________________________

 

 

 Aunt: ______________________________

 

 

 

 Uncle:  ______________________________

 

 

 

 

 

WEEK 6

 

THEME:  ACCIDENTS AND SAFETY SUB – THEME: Accidents and safety at home   The use of an apostrophe to show ownership.

Lesson 1 and 2

Examples

  1. The book belongs to Mary
  2. It is Mary’s book.

a. The tail of a cat.

b)  a cat’s tail

  1. The knife for a man.
  2. a man’ knife

Exercise

  1. The beak of the bird.

 The bird’s beak.

  1. the horn of the cow

_______________________________________________

  1. the house of Peter

_________________________________________________

  1. the bicycle of the man.

____________________________________________________

  1. the dress of Joan.

_____________________________________________________

  1. the car of the president

______________________________________________________

  1. the shirt of Albert

___________________________________________________

  1. The book belongs to David.

 It is David’s book.

  1. The teddy bear belongs to Sarah.

______________________________________________________

  1. The lorry belongs to Mr. Lule.

_______________________________________________________

  1. The skirt belongs to Katrina.

_________________________________________________________

 

 

  1. The clinic belongs to Mr. Musoke.

__________________________________________________________

 

  1. The knife belongs to Mummy. ______________________________________________________________
  2. The medicine belongs to Joseph.

_____________________________________________________________ Reference:

Junior English bk 2 pg 26

Book 1 pg 61

 

Lesson 3 and 4

 An apostrophe.

 

We can use an apostrophe to shorten words (to write words in short).

When we join words, leave out a letter which is represented by an apostrophe’ When we join ‘not’ to another word, ‘o’ is left out and it is represented by an apostrophe. Examples

Is not –  isn’t

Was not –  wasn’t

Are not –  aren’t

Exercise

Join each pair of words using an apostrophe.

  1. does not  -________________________
  2. were not  -________________________
  3. has not  -________________________
  4. Is not  -________________________
  5. have not  -__________________________
  6. was not  -_________________________
  7. do not  -__________________________
  8. are not  -__________________________
  9. can not  -__________________________

 

 

Lesson 5 and 6

Rewrite the sentences joining the underlined words

  1. John does not want to go home.
  2. The twins were not in school today.
  3. Daddy has not gone to work today.
  4. The milk is not fresh.
  5. Was not that a dirty dish?
  6. Some children do not have lunch at school.
  7. We have not had the party we were promised.
  8. Those mangoes are not very sweet.

 

Reference: Junior English bk 1 pg 51.

   Bk 2 pg 29.

WEEK 7

Lesson 1 and 2

 Using an apostrophe (Lesson 5)

Joining is, us, are, e.t.c to other words using an apostrophe.

Examples

She is –  she’s

Let us –  Let’s

It is  –  it’s

 

Activities

Use an apostrophe to join the given words.

It is  -____________________

She is -____________________

I am -_______________________

He is -_____________________

They are  -_________________

Let us – ______________________

You are  -___________________

There is  -______________________

That is  -______________________

 

Lesson 3 and 4

Use an apostrophe correctly in the second sentence.

E,g

  1. He is running.
  2. He’s running.

 

  1. He is playing football.
  2. He’s playing football.

 

  1. She is sleeping.
  2. ________________________________  

 

  1. It is eating a bone.
  2. ___________________________________

 

  1. She is eating a cake.
  2. ____________________________________

 

  1. She is riding a bicycle.
  2. _____________________________________

 

  1. They are colouring pictures.
  2. _____________________________________

 

  1. You are going home.
  2. ____________________________________

 

  1. He does not know how to ride a bicycle.
  2. ______________________________________ References: Essential workbook bk 1 pg 67.

   Bk 2 pg 49.

 

Lesson 5 and 6

SUB –THEME: Accident and safety on the way.

Short forms

Short forms of the days of the week and months of the year

We put a full stop on short forms of days of the week , months of the year and some other words when they are written in short.

 

 

Sister

sr.

Brother

br.

School

sch.

a.  Days of the week

Sunday  –

Sun.

Monday  –

Mon.

Tuesday  –

Tue.

Wednesday –

Wed.

Thursday  –

Thur.

Friday  –

Fri.

Saturday  –

Sat.

b)  Months of the year.

 January  –  Jan.

 February  –  Feb.

March – Mar. April – Apr.

 May  –  May

 June  –  June

 July    –  July

 August  –  Aug.

 September –  Sept.

 October  –  Oct.

 November –  Nov.

 December –  Dec.

c)  Other words

 Road  –  Rd.

 Mister  –  Mr.

 Doctor  –  Dr.

 Teacher  –  tr.

Shillings _ shs.

 Telephone –  tel.

 

Activities

Write the following words in short form.

Monday – _____________

Tuesday – ___________

Friday – __________

Mister – __________

School – ___________

Doctor – ___________

January – ______________

Image From EcoleBooks.comShilling – ____________

November – _______________

August – _______________

Re-write the sentences giving the short form of the underlined words.

1)- Doctor Musoke is in the clinic.

 

2)-Today is Saturday.

 

3)-She was born in February.

 

4)-Our teacher went for a meeting.

 

5)-Mister Kibuuka is a farmer.

 

6)-The school will close next week.

 

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Reference: Junior English pg 15.

 

WEEK 8

SUB – THEME:  Accidents and safety at school

Lesson 1and2

Opposites

The use of ‘ un’

Using un’ to change words to their opposites

Examples

Paid –  unpaid

Safe –  unsafe

Fair  –  unfair

Activities

Give the opposite of these words by using ‘un’

Happy  -__________________

 

tidy  – ________________

Pack  -___________________

 

willing – __________________

Comfortable-_________________

 

lucky – __________________

Kind –  ___________________

 

dress – ___________________

Fair  –  _____________________

 

tie – ______________________

Load – _____________________

 

true –___________________

Wrap –  ______________________

 

tidy –_____________________

Safe –  ______________________

Screw – ———————————-

Lesson 3 and 4

Complete the sentence with the opposite of the word given in brackets..

  1. You look so _______________________ today. (happy)
  2. The rooms were ________________. (tidy)
  3. What you said was __________________. (true)
  4. They are _________________ to go with us. (willing)
  5. The water is __________________ to drink. (safe)
  6. The old woman is ____________________ to children. (kind)
  7. It was ____________________ to walk alone at night. (wise)
  8. The teacher is feeling ___________________today. (well)

 

Reference: Junior bk 1 pg 37.

 

Lesson 5 and 6

Adjectives

Adjectives are describing words

An adjective is a word that describes a noun.

Example

A long pencil    a short girl

A new book    a good boy

Activities

Use a suitable adjective for each noun below.

a new book  

a _____________________ box

a clever girl  

a ____________________ dress

an old woman  

a __________________ house

a ____________apple

a __________________ chair

a ____________car

a __________________bed

a ____________boy

a __________________bench

a ___________ book

a __________________ house

a___________bottle

a __________________ weather

a __________shirt a __________________umbrella a__________dress a __________________ rain coat a__________meal a _________________ season a __________pot a _________________ season

 

WEEK 9

Lesson 1 and 2

Make ten sentences using any of the above words.

1.  This is a new dress.

 She is a short girl.

Underline the adjectives in the sentences below

  1. Her dress is old
  2. She is wearing a long skirt.
  3. The mango is ripe.
  4. Our house is dirty.
  5. The apples are sweet.
  6. My mother is kind.
  7. Her brother is a short boy.
  8. His shirt is old.
  9. That glass is empty.
  10. Patrick has a new car.
  11. The old man is here.
  12. Her bones are soft.

 

Reference:

  1. Junior English bk 1 pg 64.
  2. Junior English bk 2 page 5.  3.  Essential English workbook 1 page

 57.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lesson 3 and 4

Choose the correct word from the list to complete the sentences.

Sunny, sour, dirty, tall, wild, clever, kind, red, sharp, golden

  • A lion is a ———- animal.
  • The weather now is ————-.
  • My sister gave me a —————– orange.
  • Mr. Okello has a ——————— car.
  • The boys washed the ————— clothes.
  • Mother has a ———————— knife.
  • He climbed a ——————– tree.
  • Our teachers are very ——————-..
  • She gave me a ——————— ring.
  • The children in our class are very ——————–.

 

Lesson 5 and 6

 Comparing adjectives.

 

Adding “er” and est to adjectives

  • We add ‘ er’ to the adjective when we are comparing only two people, things/objects ( comparative degree)
  • We add ‘est’ to the adjective when we are comparing more than two people, things / objects.(superlative degree)

 

Practical work

 

A

 

B

 

Pencil A is long.

 

Pencil B is longer than pencil A.

 

Pencil C is the longest of all.


 

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2. Mary  

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Joy is tall.

 

Ann is taller than Joy.

 

Mary is the tallest of all.

 

Activities

 

Fill in correctly.

Adjective  


 

comparative


 


 

superlative

Long  

longer  

longest

Short  

shorter  

shortest

Warm  

_____________

______________

Neat  

_____________

______________

Cold  

colder  

______________

____________

newest  

newest

low    

_______________

______________

high  

_______________

______________

tall    

_______________

______________

small  

_______________

______________

clever  

clever  

______________

 

Make sentences using any of the above words.

e.g  Alex’s pencil is the longest.

 My apple is sweeter than hers.

N.B
We use article ‘the’ for superlative degree.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WEEK 10

Lesson 1 and 2

 

Fill in correctly to complete the sentences. (use the words in brackets)

  1. My water is __________________ than yours. (cold)
  2. Ann is ________________ than Mary. (short)
  3. Benjamin’s shirt is the ______________________. (clean)
  4. Mummy’s bag is the _____________________. (small)
  5. I am ____________________ than my sister. (tall)
  6. Peter is the ___________________ boy in the family. (old)
  7. Her juice is ____________________ than mine. (sweet)
  8. That church is the _____________________ building in town. (tall)
  9. Babirye is the ________________ girl in the whole class. (smart)
  10. She has the__________________ dress. (long)

 

Reference

Junior English bk 1 page 80.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THEME:  FOOD AND NUTRITION

SUB-THEME: Names and sources of food.

Lesson 3 and 4

Verbs – Present simple tense

 

Verbs which have a consonant before ‘ y’ at the end, change ‘y’ to ‘i’ and add ‘ies’ in the present simple tense.(using pronouns; he, it, she and a name of a person or a thing.)

 

Examples

cry  –  cries try  –  tries copy –  copies

Activities

A. Change to present simple tense by using ‘ies’

try  – _____________________    tidy  – ________________ carry -_____________________      empty – ________________ dry  -______________________    fry  – __________________ spy  -_____________________ copy -___________________ marry – ____________________ cry – ____________________ bury – _____________________ hurry – ____________________ fly  – ______________________

 

Lesson 5 and 6  Change the verbs in brackets to present simple tense.

  • Paul ____________ eggs for breakfast. (fry)
  • She _________ her bag everyday. (carry)
  • The baby _______________ to walk. (try)
  • Her baby _______________ every night. (cry)
  • Jane _______________ when she is going to school. (hurry)
  • Everyday his father _____________ to Nairobi. (fly)
  • The maid _______________ the bin every evening. (empty)
  • Peter ________________ his shirt after washing it. (dry)
  • Grace _____________all her work. (copy) 10.  Ali __________ a new wife every year. (marry) Reference:
    • Junior English bk 2 page 20.
    • Word perfect spelling bk 2 page 37.

 

WEEK 11

 

Past tense

Lesson 1 and 2

 

 Changing y to I before adding ‘ed’

N.B. Verbs which have a consonant before ‘ y’ at the end, change ‘y’ to ‘i’ and add ‘ed’ in the past tense.

 

 

 

 

Examples

cry – cried dry – dried

 

Activities

A.  Change these verbs to past tense by adding ‘ed

1. marry -____________ empty – _______________ 2. carry -____________ fry – _______________ try – ____________ carry – ________________ cry – ____________ dry – ________________ copy – ____________ spy – ________________ bury – _____________ tidy – ________________

 

B.  Make eight sentences using any of the above words in the past tense.

 Change the given verbs in brackets to past tense.

  1. Joseph ______________ the room after the meeting. (tidy)
  2. She _________________ to catch the bus. (hurry)
  3. Mark ________________ all his work. (copy)
  4. She _______________ herself after bathing. (dry)
  5. Mary _______________ when she fell down. (cry)
  6. His grandfather was ______________ yesterday. (burry)
  7. Mother _____________ eggs for breakfast. (fry)
  8. He ___________________ the big bag home. (carry)
  9. My sister got _______________ to a prince. (marry)
  10. Paul ________________ the words in his notebook. (copy)

 

Reference: Junior English bk 1.

 

 

Sub – theme:  Uses of food

   Compound words

Lesson 5 and 6

A compound word is a word that is formed by joining two words.
Examples
tea + pot = teapot match +box =matchbox

foot + ball = football

Activities

Underline the compound words in these sentences. 1.
Sarah is carrying a schoolbag

  1. Mummy has a tidy bedroom.
  2. Mr. Kirinya is our headteacher.
  3. Paul is dusting the chalkboard.
  4. The shopkeeper is here.
  5. The children are in the classroom.

     

Write two separate words from these compound words.

 

toothbrush = ———- + ——————– newspaper = ———– + ————– pigsty = ————+ —————- dustbin = ———– + —————– birthday =———- + ——————— something =————–+ —————- armchair = ———+ ————- tablecloth = ————-+ —————– doormat =————–+ —————— snowman = ————-+ —————–

WEEK 12

Revision

Food and nutrition

Prepositions

 

Uses of food.

-past tense

-prepositions

-opposites

 

 

Keeping food safe

-short forms of words.

-describing words (adjectives)

-possessive pronouns

 

Living together

-present simpleC tense.




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