THE FIRST 3 LESSONS (WEEKS) OF A 12 LESSON CURRICULUM

The Spiral Curriculum for English Studies

LESSON ONE

KHDP

Greeting: Everyday is a new day...This is the day to decide

Free, free, free to decide what this world is going to be: I can plan this day and everyday; free, free, free to decide

PR0NUNCIATION EXERCISES:

I keep six honest serving men, They taught me all I knew; Their names are WHAT and WHY and WHEN and HOW and WHERE and WHO.

I plan the day. We need the future. We want the food. I see the class.

I plan we need we want I see plan the day reed the future want the food see the class I plan the day. We need the future. We want the food. I see the class.

I am great. You are great. He is great. She is great. ;e are great. They are great. Everyone is great.

SENTENCE PATTERNS`

Questions to ask

Who plans the day?

Who needs the future?

Who wants the food?

Who sees the class?

Do you plan the day? Do we need the future? Do we want the food? Do you see the class?

Who else plans the day?

Who else needs the future?

Who else wants the food?

Who else sees the class?

Answers to give

I PLAN THE DAY

WE NEED THE FUIURE.

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WE WANT THE FOOD.

I SEE THE CLASS.

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I plan the day. We need the future. We want the food. I see the class.

I plan the day. You plan the day. He plans the day, She plans the day. .We plan the day. They plan the day.

I need the future.

You need the future.

He needs the future.

She needs the future.

We need the future.

They need the future.

I want the food.

You want the food.

He wants the food.

She wants the food.

We want the food.

They want the food.

I see the class.

You see the class.

He sees the class.

She sees the class.

He sees the class.

They see the class.

DISCUSSION

When do you plan the day? Why do you plan the day? What would happen if you did not plan the day?

How do you need the future? Why do you need the future? What would happen if you didn't have the future?

When do you want the food? What kind of food do you want? How long can you live without food?

Why do you want some food and not want other food?

Which class do you see? What do you see in this class?

VERBS

Questions to ask

Are you great?

Am I great?

Is he great?

Is she great?

Arc we great?

Arc they great?

DISCUSSION .

Answers to give

.

I am great. You are great. He is great. She is great. We are great. They are arc et.

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What do we mean when we say that someone is great?

What are the different ways we can say that we are significant?

How are you great?

Basic A's_Sentence Creation

Finish the sentence either verbally or in writing or both.

I plan the ____________________

I see the _____________________

We need the __________________

We want the __________________

We see the ________________

I need the _________________

I want the __________________

Use these words

budget building c1ass

lesson

book

chalk

pencil teacher

Translation

Mimi hupanga siku. _____________________

Sisi tunahitaji maisha ya bandaye. _____________________

Sisi tunataka chakula. _____________________

Mimi nacna darasa. _____________________

Spelling Test

plan ___

day ___

class ___

see ___

want ___

need ___

food ___

future ___

I ___

we ___

the ___

day future school table chair door plan, food

______________

Build a B Sentence Creation

We plan the __

I plan the

You plan the

He plans the

She plans the

We plan the

They plan the

I need the

You need the

He needs the

She needs the

We need the

They need the

I want the

You want the

He wants the

She wants the

We want the

They want the

I sec the

You see the

He sees the

She sees the

We see the

They see the

VOCABULARY

am

are

book budget. building chair

cha1k

class

day

door

food

future great

he

I

is

lesson

need

pencil

plan

school

see

she

table

teacher

the

they

want

we you

Use as many different words as possible

Use these sentences for the spelling test.

I am here.

We are grateful,

This book is mine.

My budget is for ten shillings.

This is a tall building.

These are red chairs.

I need two pieces of chalk.

This is an English class.

It is a hot day.

There is the door?

I like this food.

The future is unexpected.

You have a great smile.

She is not here.

I am fascinated.

What is it?

This lesson is too long.

They need to read,

This is not my pencil.

You have a good plan.

This school is for adults.

Did you see it?

She is very tall.

Sit on the table.

The teacher is angry.

The blackboard is dirty.

They are looking for you,

We want some water.

We are not going.

You spell very we11.

I plan the budget every day, because I want to plan for the great future. I cannot see the future but I can plan for it. I can plan with the teacher and with the class. I can plan for things I need. What do I need? I need a book, a school lesson, a building for the class, chalk, a pencil, food, a chair, doors in the building, and a table. I want to plan for the future because the future needs a plan.

Questions

What are the things you can plan for?

Who can you plan with? What do you need to plan for?

Can you see the future?

Why do you plan the budget?

Why do you plan for the future?

CONVERSATION

What are you doing now? What did you do yesterday? What will you do tomorrow?

SENTENCE CREATION (complete the sentence)

I opened the door...

We were drinking,.

Today we see...

Where is the ...

Do you know...

I am teaching.

I am learning English.

I am cooking.

I am cleaning.

I am waiting.

I am resting.

I am studying.

I am talking.

I am writing.

I am thinking.

I am laughing.

I am singing.

I am planning.

I am taking care of my children .

I am doing nothing.

I am helping Nancy.

I was working.

I was shopping.

I was drinking.

I was eating.

I was doing nothing.

I will be cooking.

I will be working.

I will be studying.

I will be leaving.

I will be planning.

food in the basket.

going to town.

And saw the class.

Who I am?

water in the kitchen.

to the sentences and new beginnings.

(When you have finished make up new endings

to the second set of sentences.

Intermediate Spelling

man

get

run met

one

wet

gun

fun

ran

let

sun

sat

red

did

hot

lcd

bed

hid

rot

lip

fed

lid

blot

spot

Vocabulary Words Translate into Swahili

beans bread cabbage coffee cheese

fish

fruit

liver

maize

meat

milk

rice

tea

vegetables


COMPOSITION (Make the phrases into sentences that form story, using as many of extra words as possible.)

In the morning, a new thought...plan the day...go outside...meet with friends... need a decision. build a small park...sit down for tea...go home satisfied,..

Use these words: puzzled...hurried...needed...wanted...saw...worked...laughed... sang...unexpected...newness...relaxed...quickly...finally...

POETRY: to be memorized

If once you have slept on an island

You'll never be quite the same;

You may look as you looked the day before

And go by the same old name.

Oh, you won't know why and you can't say how

Such change upon you came,

But once you have slept on an island

You'll never be quite the same.

DISCUSSION

How could an island change you? How is life different on an island then on island? (Substitutc a word for "island" and say how your life would be different.

NOUNS

Look around the room. Write down the names of as many things ss you can see.

The words you have written down are naming words, or nouns.

Pick out the nouns in this poem: There arc 11 nouns.

There is no smoke in the chimney, and the rain beats on the floor; There's no glass in the window, there's no wood in the door. The heather grows behind the house, and the sand lies before.

Write a sentence using five of those nouns.

SENTENCE PATTERNS

Life gives man choices.

A businessman takes home papers.

No one gives Peter money.

Complaining takes many people's energy.

(Give three answers to the same question, maintaining the sentence pattern.)

What else does life give man?

What else does businessman take home?

What else does no one give Peter?

What else does complaining take away from people?