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.
WE WANT THE FOOD.
I SEE THE CLASS.
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.
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
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Build a B Sentence Creation
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I need the
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I want the
You want the
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You see the
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VOCABULARY
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are
book budget. building chair
cha1k
class
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door
food
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lesson
need
pencil
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school
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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?