Free English schemes of work Form Four, Term 1-3

TERM ONE

·        Read the poem “The pauper” in groups aloud

·        Discuss the question from the poem correctly

·        Flash cards

·        Teachers guide page 1

·        Define setting correctly

·        Discuss the various forms of setting

·        Describe the setting in a given story

·        Teachers guide page  2-3

·        Appreciate the role of women in production of food

·        Answer questions on the passage correctly.

·        Infer meaning of the new words used

·        Teachers guide page 3-5

·        English dictionary

·        Define nouns

·        Discuss the functions of nouns correctly

·        Use nouns to bring out different functions in sentences

·        Writing sentences

·        Teachers guide page 5-7

·        Define paraphrasing

·        Identify the importance of paraphrasing

·        Paraphrase a given text correctly, neatly and legibly

·        discussion

·        Teachers guide page 7-8

·        Analyze the setting, characters, roles, themes, style and language use in the set text

Hot seating

Labels with vague meanings

·        Discuss the terms of reference of the scenario presented in the text

·        Act out and dramatise the roles of the select committee members formed according to the scenario presented in the text

·        Make a list of the labels around them on clothes, cutlery, medicine, phones and bottles

·        Distinguish between labels that are straight-forward and the ones that are ambiguous

·        Hot seating

·        Charts

·        Teachers guide page 9-10

·        Define satire

·        Identify the techniques that help satire to be achieved including juxtaposition, hyperbole, irony and humour

·        Identify and explain satire in a given text correctly

·        Teachers guide page 10-11

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·        Describe some causes of street children

·        Appreciate the importance of families

·        Answer questions on the passage correctly.

·        Acquire and use new vocabulary

·        Teachers guide page 11-13

·        English dictionary

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·        Define interrogative pronouns

·        Identify the interrogative pronouns in given sentences

·        Use interrogative pronouns correctly in sentences

·        Writing sentences

·        Teachers guide page 13-15

·         Appreciate the need for paraphrase

·        Identify the characteristics of a paraphrase

·        Write a paraphrase of a given passage neatly and legibly

·        discussion

·        Teachers guide page 15

·        Analyze the setting, characters, roles, themes, style and language use in the set text

·        Define word stress correctly

·        Place stress on the correct syllables in words

·        Teachers guide page 17

·        Summarize the  given passage in not more than ninety words

·        Summarizing

·        Wall charts with short poems

·        Teachers guide page 18

Demystifying poetry

Medicinal value of the Lemon

·        Appreciate the importance of the lemon

·        Answer questions on the passage correctly.

·        Infer meaning of the new words used

·        Teachers guide page 19-20

·        English dictionary

·        Identify relative pronouns

·        Use relative pronouns in sentences correctly

·        Writing sentences

·        Teachers guide page 20-22

·        Correctly punctuate titles of full-length publications

·        Correctly punctuate titles of parts of publications

·        Incorporate short quotations within the text of their work

·        Set off long quotations

·        discussion

·        Sample publications

·        Teachers guide page 22-23

Sentence stress

·        Identify the stress in homographs depending on how they are used in sentences

·        Describe sentence stress

·        Identify the stressed words in sentences given correctly

·        Pronunciation

·        Teachers guide page 24-25

·        Appreciate the importance of good health

·        Engage in role-play to elaborate on the topics given on health concerns

·        Role play

·        Teachers guide page  25-26

A Global Village

·        Appreciate the effects of transportation and communication technology

·        Answer questions on the passage correctly.

·        Infer meaning of the new words used

·        Teachers guide page 26-28

·        English dictionary

·        Define participial phrases

·        Identify them in sentences correctly

·        Use participial phrases in sentences correctly

·        Writing sentences

·        Teachers guide page 28-30

·        Explain what a recipe is

·        Give clear instructions on how to prepare a particular meal

·        Write neatly and legibly

·        discussion

·        Sample recipe

·        Teachers guide page 30-31

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·        Analyze the setting, characters, roles, themes, style and language use in the set text

·        Discussing the issues raised

·        Define an interview

·        Describe the important things to be considered when conducting an interview

·        Participate in a mock interview

·        Role play

·        Teachers guide page 32

·        Discuss the reasons given in the given text as to why victims of rape do not report such cases

·        Take down notes as they discuss

·        Discussion

·        Teachers guide page 33

Mother Fails to Save Daughter from Rape

·        Appreciate the need for protecting girls from rapists

·        Answer questions on the passage correctly.

·        Infer meaning of the new words used

·        Teachers guide page 33-35

·        English dictionary

·        Define gerunds

·        Identify gerunds in sentences

·        Use gerunds correctly in sentences

·        Writing sentences

·        Teachers guide page 35-37

·        Appreciate the need to acquire instructions-writing skills

·        Write instructions to friends and relatives correctly

·        Write neatly and legibly

·        discussion

·        Teachers guide page 37-38

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·        Analyze the setting, characters, roles, themes, style and language use in the set text

·        Discussing the issues raised

-Making oral reports: police statements

·        Identify acceptable manners in speech

·        Identify the words and expressions that are helpful and socially acceptable in speech

·        Describe the features of a good oral report

·        Practice making oral reports

·        Role play

·        Teachers guide page 39-40

·        Define stylistic devices

·        Define onomatopoeia, repetition, alliteration, irony, sarcasm, personification, and allusion

·        Identify the defined stylistic devices in  given texts

·        Teachers guide page 40-41

Ntanya

·        Answer questions on the passage correctly.

·        Infer meaning of the new words used

·        Teachers guide page 41-43

·        English dictionary

·        Identify relative pronouns

·        Use relative pronouns in sentences correctly

·        Writing sentences

·        Teachers guide page43-54

·        Define letters of inquiry and request

·        Write letters of inquiry and request correctly

·        Write neatly and legibly

·        discussion

·        Teachers guide page 45-46

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·        Analyze the setting, characters, roles, themes, style and language use in the set text

·        Discussing the issues raised

·        Identify the words from a list given whose meaning and word class would change depending on stress placement

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·        Teachers guide page 47

·        Appreciate the significance of interpretative reading as a study skill

·        Identify the essential features of interpretive reading

·        Apply interpretive reading skills

·        Teachers guide page 48-49

Off with the old, on with the new

·        Appreciate the value of generosity

·        Answer questions on the passage correctly.

·        Infer meaning of the new words used

·        Teachers guide page 49-51

·        English dictionary

·        Identify and discuss the typical endings of adjectives in sentences

·        Writing sentences

·        Teachers guide page 51-53

·        Appreciate the usefulness of faxes  and e-mail in communication

·        State the features of a fax and an e-mail

·        Write neatly and legibly

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·        discussion

·        Teachers guide page 53-54

·        Analyze the setting, characters, roles, themes, style and language use in the set text

·        Discussion

·        Writing

·        Present a brief skit  in class

·        Use the appropriate tone to bring out the attitude in the various situations in the skit

·        Role play

·        Teachers guide page 55-56

·        Make notes on the passage “Are goats scapegoats?”

·        Write a summary of not more than 80 words on the measures that human beings can take to improve their land

·        Summary writing

·        Note-making

·        Teachers guide page 56-57

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A Pound of Flesh

·        Appreciate the need to be kind to others

·        Answer questions on the passage correctly.

·        Infer meaning of the new words used

·        Teachers guide page 57-59

·        English dictionary

·        Distinguish among functions of different kinds of adjectives

·        Use coordinating, subordinating and correlative conjunctions correctly

·        Writing sentences

·        Teachers guide page 59-61

·        Describe the essential parts of a review

·        Write a review correctly

·        Write neatly and legibly

·        discussion

·        Teachers guide page 61-62

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·        Analyze the setting, characters, roles, themes, style and language use in the set text

·        Discussing the issues raised

·        Reading

·        Writing

·        Participate effectively in the group discussion based on the passage “Leaving Home.”

·        Teachers guide page 63-64

·        Define symbolism

·        Identify the symbolism used in the passage “The Banister.”

·        Teachers guide page 64-65

Using the Internet as an advertising medium

·        Appreciate the importance of the internet in people’s lives

·        Answer questions on the passage correctly.

·        Infer meaning of the new words used

·        Teachers guide page 65-67

·        English dictionary

·        Define adverbs

·        Use adverbs in various positions in sentences correctly

·        Writing sentences

·        Teachers guide page67-68

13,14     REVISION, END TERM EXAMINATIONS, MARKING AND CLOSING

TERM TWO

-Study of works of literature: Plot and synopsis

·        Write a short summary of one of the literature setbooks

·        Give an oral presentation of the summary in the class without making reference to the text or exercise book

·        Write a synopsis of one of the literary works being studied

·        Oral presentation

·        Flash cards

·        Teachers guide

·        Read the passage entitled “The Benefits of Dancing” and write a summary of about 50 words on the social benefits of attending dances

·        Summary writing

·        Teachers guide

·        Appreciate the dangers of racism

·        Answer questions on the passage correctly.

·        Infer meaning of the new words used

·        Teachers guide

·        English dictionary

·        Identify the various typical endings of adverbs

·        Form adverbs form given words using the typically endings discussed

·        Writing sentences

·        Teachers guide

·        Write a good expository composition following the guidelines and the sample given

·        discussion

·        Teachers guide

·        Analyze the setting, characters, roles, themes, style and language use in the set text

Questionnaires

·        Define a questionnaire

·        Write a good question using the guidelines given by the teacher

·        Teachers guide

·        Read the poem “The Village well loudly in chorus.

·        Answer the questions from the poem correctly

·        Question and answers

·        Teachers guide

·        Understanding Poetry

·        Appreciate the dangers of addiction to drugs

·        Answer questions on the passage correctly.

·        Acquire and use new vocabulary

·        Teachers guide

·        English dictionary

·        Define prepositions

·        Identify the functions ofprepositions in given sentences

·        Make sentences with prepositions that serve different functions

·        Writing sentences

·        Teachers guide

·        Define creative writing

·        Write a good imaginative composition

·        Discussion

·        Teachers guide

·        Analyze the setting, characters, roles, themes, style and language use in the set text

·        Identify the signals that indicate that a speaker is claiming a turn during a conversation

·        Participate in a conversation effectively and ensuring that turn-taking rules are observed

·        Role play

·        Teachers guide page 17

·        Discuss the characteristics of animal folktales

·        Answer the questions from the animal folktale given correctly

·        Discussion

·        Reading

·        Wall charts with short poems

·        Oral Literature for Schools

·        Appreciate the diverse cultures of the world

·        Answer questions on the passage correctly.

·        Infer meaning of the new words used

·        Teachers guide

·        English dictionary

·        Define conjunctions

·        Identify the functions of conjunctions in sentences

·        Use conjunctions in sentences correctly

·        Writing sentences

·        Teachers guide

·        Define an autobiography

·        Write a good autobiography using the guidelines given by the teacher

·        discussion

·        Sample publications

·        Teachers guide

·        Differentiate between formal and informal speech

·        Discuss the situations where either could be used

·        Write a formal speech of about three paragraphs on a topic of their choice

·        Pronunciation

·        Speaking

·        Teachers guide

·        Identify the important aspects of narratives that one should consider

·        Outline the stylistic devices characteristic of narratives

·        Answer the questions from the narrative “Hare and Elephant” correctly

·        Role play

·        Teachers guide

·        Oral Literature for Schools

The Professional Touts

·        Appreciate the dangers of corruption

·        Answer questions on the passage correctly.

·        Infer meaning of the new words used

·        Teachers guide

·        English dictionary

·        Differentiate between defining and non-defining clauses

·        Use inversions with clauses correctly

·        Identify the adverb clauses in given sentences correctly

·        Writing sentences

·        Teachers guide

·        Define a biography

·        Write a brief biography of a good friend of theirs

·        Write neatly and legibly

·        discussion

·        Sample recipe

·        Teachers guide page 30-31

The  Inheritance By David Mulwa

·        Analyze the setting, characters, roles, themes, style and language use in the set text

·        Discussing the issues raised

·        Define proverbs correctly

·        Outline the functions of proverbs as discussed in the conversation between Nyar Nam, Otieno and Ojuok

·        Discuss the characteristics of proverbs

·        Give examples of proverbs from their community and translate them into English

·        Role play

·        Teachers guide page 32

·        Oral Literature for Schools

·        Discuss the various points of view used in literature, that is, first person, third person and objective points of view

·        Discussion

·        Teachers guide

Grandfather

·        Appreciate the importance of respecting elders

·        Answer questions on the passage correctly.

·        Infer meaning of the new words used

·        Teachers guide

·        English dictionary

·        Describe the ceremony of ekereero in the passage “Women Call the Shots” in not more than 100 words

·        Writing sentences

·        Teachers guide

·        Define a CV correctly

·        Write a good own CV using the guidelines given by the teacher

·        discussion

·        Teachers guide

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·        Analyze the setting, characters, roles, themes, style and language use in the set text

·        Discussing the issues raised

·        Outline the various situations one may require to use negotiation skills

·        Describe the process of negotiation accurately

·        Engage in a mock negotiation on any given topic

·        Role play

·        Teachers guide

·        Discuss the various forms of oral poetry

·        Discuss features of oral poetry

·        Answer the questions from the oral poem entitled “Omukiga Bridegroom’s emissary” correctly

·        Chalkboard

·        Teachers guide

·        Oral Literature for Schools

The Silent Scream

·        Appreciate the dangers of abortion

·        Answer questions on the passage correctly.

·        Infer meaning of the new words used

·        Teachers guide

·        English dictionary

·        Define sentence connectors

·        List all the sentence connectors in English

·        Use sentence connectors in sentences correctly

·        Writing sentences

·        Teachers guide

·        Define a CV correctly

Write a good own CV using the guidelines given by the teacher

·        discussion

·        Teachers guide

The  Inheritance By David Mulwa

·        Analyze the setting, characters, roles, themes, style and language use in the set text

·        Discussing the issues raised

·        Identify the words from a list given whose meaning and word class would change depending on stress placement

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·        Teachers guide page 47

·        Appreciate the significance of interpretative reading as a study skill

·        Identify the essential features of interpretive reading

·        Apply interpretive reading skills

·        Teachers guide page 48-49

Off with the old, on with the new

·        Appreciate the value of generosity

·        Answer questions on the passage correctly.

·        Infer meaning of the new words used

·        Teachers guide page 49-51

·        English dictionary

·        Identify and discuss the typical endings of adjectives in sentences

·        Change words given to adjectives that end with the typical endings explained

·        Writing sentences

·        Teachers guide page 51-53

·        Define a speech

·        Write a good speech according to the format and the guidelines given by the teacher

·        Write neatly and legibly

·        discussion

·        Teachers guide

·        Analyze the setting, characters, roles, themes, style and language use in the set text

·        Read the poem “Grass will Grow” aloud in class

·        Discuss the feelings that the poem arouses

·        Identify the tone of the poem

·        Discuss the attitude of the speaker towards  death

·        Role play

·        Teachers guide

·        Understanding Poetry

·        Make notes from the passage entitled “Plastics.”

·        Summarize the passage in not more than 120 words

·        Summary writing

·        Note-making

·        Teachers guide

Contrary Thermometers

·        Appreciate the dangers of global warming

·        Answer questions on the passage correctly.

·        Infer meaning of the new words used

·        Teachers guide

·        English dictionary

·        Distinguish between substitution and ellipsis

·        Rewrite the sentences given using substitution and ellipsis

·        Writing sentences

·        Teachers guide

12, 13,14     REVISION, END TERM EXAMINATIONS, MARKING AND CLOSING

TERM THREE

WK NO

L/

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TOPIC

SUBTOPIC

LESSON/SPECIFIC

OBJECTIVES

TEACHING/ LEARNING

ACTIVITIES

MATERIALS/RESOURCES

REFERENCES

·        Distinguish between substitution and ellipsis

Rewrite the sentences given using substitution and ellipsis

·        Oral and written exercises

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·        Teachers guide

READING COMPREHENSION

The Supermarket of the Poor

·        Appreciate the diversity of people in their neighbourhood

·        Answer the questions from the passage correctly

·        Infer meanings of new words used

·        Reading a passage

·        Listening & speaking

·        Teachers guide

WRITING

·        Write a good essay based on the The Blossoms of the Savannah

·        General review

·        Teachers guide

·        Write a good essay based on A Doll’s House

·        Writing

·        General review

·        Teachers guide

·        Rewrite given sentences in either direct or indirect speech

·        Use idiomatic expressions correctly in sentences

·        Exercise review

·        Charts

·        Teachers guide

Setbooks

·        Analyze the setting, characters, roles, themes, style and language use in the set text

Discussion on the setbooks

Dramatization

·        Literature setbooks

2

REVISION

·        Identify the various forms of oral poetry

·        Discuss the features of oral poetry

·        Outline the functions of oral poetry

·        Writing

·        Reading an oral poem

·        Writing translations

·        Group reflections

·        Charts

·        Teachers guide

·        Write a good report of about 300-400 following the guidelines given by the teacher

·        Writing

·        General review

·        Teachers guide

Answer the grammar questions in the exercises given correctly

·        Oral exercise

·        Written exercise

·        Teachers guide

A Special Child

·        Appreciate people with physical challenges

·        Answer questions from the passage correctly

·        Infer the meaning of the new words in the passage

·        Reading a passage

·        Listening & speaking

·        Teachers guide

·        Write a good imaginative composition to end with the statement given

·        Group reflections

·        General review

·        Teachers guide

READING

Intensive reading

Setbooks

·        Analyze the setting, characters, roles, themes, style and language use in the set text

·        Discussion on the set books

·        Dramatization

Trickster narratives

·        Define trickster narratives

·        Identify features of a trickster narrative

·        Discuss the functions of different types of narratives

·        Guided discussion

·        Role play

·        Teachers guide

·        Oral Literature for Schools

3

·        Attempt the grammar exercise given correctly

·        Oral and written exercises

·        Teachers guide

Personal Journal

·        Write a good personal journal based on the given question

·        Teachers guide

Attempt the oral skills exercises given correctly

·        Group writing

·        General review

·        Oral and written exercises

·        Teachers guide

READING

Intensive reading:

Setbooks Revision

·        Analyze the setting, characters, roles, themes, style and language use in the set text

·        Answer review questions

·        Attempt the oral skills exercises given correctly

·        Group writing

·        General review

·        Oral and written exercises

·        Teachers guide

3

Alliteration and assonance

Metaphors, irony and contrast

·        Define the poetic terms indicated correctly

·        Identify them in the poem given correctly

·        Answer the question given from the poem correctly

·        Guided discussion

·        Writing

·        General review

·        Teachers guide

·        Understanding Poetry

·        Review the formats and the content of notification of a meeting, minutes, memo and CV correctly

·        Samples of the said functional documents

·        Teachers guide

·        Attempt the exercises given correctly

·        Teachers guide

INTENSIVE READING

Intensive reading:

Set books revision

·        Analyze the setting, characters, roles, themes, style and language use in the set text

·        Answer review questions