Personal Responsibility

Listening and Speaking; Conversational Skills

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

Make a list of details that they would need to know for them to properly introduce people.
List the tips for an effective self-introduction.
Introduce him/herself to their classmates.
Use polite language.

In pairs, learners are guided to make a list of details that they would need to know for them to properly introduce people.
In pairs, learners are guided to list the tips for an effective self-introduction.
Learners to introduce him/herself to their classmates

What is personal responsibility?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner

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Personal Responsibility

Listening and Speaking; Conversational Skills

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

Discuss whether or not it is always polite to mention people

In groups, learners are guided to discuss whether or not it is always polite to mention people

Which polite words do you use?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner

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Personal Responsibility

Extensive Reading: Independent Reading

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

Select appropriate reading materials from a library or online sources.
State the importance of reading on their own
Use reference materials systematically to find necessary information.
Appreciate the use of references materials for life-long learning.

Learners are guided to select appropriate reading materials from a library or online sources (encyclopedias, biographies, dictionaries, journals and magazine)
Learners to state the importance of reading on their own.
Learners are guided to use reference materials systematically to find necessary information
Learners are guided to demonstrate in interest using references materials for life-long learning.

Why is it important to read on your own

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner

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Personal Responsibility

Grammar; Word Classes: Nouns

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

Define a noun.
Read the passage in learner

Learners are guided to define a noun.
In pairs, learners to read the passage in learner

What is a noun?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner

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Personal Responsibility

Grammar; Word Classes: Nouns
Reading II Intensive reading: Trickster Narratives

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

Read the poem in learner

In groups, learners are guided to read the poem in learner

Which types of nouns are commonly used?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner

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Personal Responsibility
Science and Health Education

Writing Handwriting: Legibility and Neatness
Listening and Speaking; Oral Presentation

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

State the importance of neat and legible handwriting.
Select a paragraph from a class reader and write it down as quickly and as legibly as possible.
Appreciate the importance of writing neatly and legibly.

Learners to listen to a story that the teacher will read.
Learners are guided to identify the words used to show a number of things being described.
Learners are guided to construct sentences using phrasal quantifiers

What is the importance of neat and legible handwriting?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner

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Science and Health Education

Listening and Speaking; Oral Presentation

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

Identify what makes the performance of an oral narrative more enjoyable.
Watch videos of people telling oral narrative. Make notes on how the story is made interesting.
Appreciate ways of making an oral narrative more interesting.

Learners are guided to identify what makes the performance of an oral narrative more enjoyable.
Learners to watch videos of people telling oral narrative. Make notes on how the story is made interesting

What are the features of oral narratives?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner

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Science and Health Education

Reading 1 Intensive Reading: Simple Poems

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

Read the three texts on learner

Learners are guided to Read the three texts on learner

Can you tell what each text is about from the title only?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner

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Science and Health Education

Grammar Word Classes: Nouns

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

Read the passage,

Learners are guided to read the passage,

What are count nouns?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner

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Science and Health Education

Grammar Word Classes: Nouns
Reading II Intensive Reading: Class Readers

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

Search for an article on science and health education on the Internet, a newspaper or a magazine.
Identify all the count, non-count, singular and plural nouns used in the article and write them on a chart.
Use plural nouns in sentences.

Learners are guided to search for an article on science and health education on the Internet, a newspaper or a magazine
Learners are guided to identify all the count, non-count, singular and plural nouns used in the article and write them on a chart

What are plural nouns?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner

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Science and Health Education

Writing; Mechanics of Writing: Punctuation Marks

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

Read the interview between Wanjiru and Mr Mwaliko and Oduor.
Record themselves as they act out the interview.
Identify the punctuation marks used at the end of the sentences in the dialogue.
Enjoy acting out the conversation.

Learners to read the interview between Wanjiru and Mr Mwaliko and Oduor.
Learners to identify the punctuation marks used at the end of the sentences in the dialogue.
In groups of three, learners to record themselves as they act out the interview.

What are punctuation marks?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner

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Hygiene

Listening and Speaking; Listening for Information and the Most important idea

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

Listen to a recording and write what the recording is about.
Answer factual and inferential questions.
Discuss the importance of listening for the most important ideas and particular details.
Appreciate the importance of listening attentively.

Learners are guided to listen to a recording and write what the recording is about
Learners to answer factual and inferential questions.
In groups, learners to discuss the importance of listening for the most important ideas and particular details.

Why is it important to listen?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner

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Hygiene

Listening and Speaking; Listening for Information and the Most important idea

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

Watch the video the teacher will play.
Answer factual and inferential questions.
Identify expressions that introduces the most ideas.
Use different expressions in their day to day life.

Learners to identify sentences in which passive and active voices were used.
In pairs, learners to talk about the difference between active and passive voice

How many steps are there in washing hands properly?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner

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Hygiene

Reading I Reading for information

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

List the books that they read for information and those for meaning.
Select a chapter in a textbook and read various things.
Appreciate the importance of reading.

Learners to list the books that they read for information and those for meaning
In pairs, learners to select a chapter in a textbook and read the heading, sub-heading, visual illustrations, bulleted points and highlighted information.

Which similes and proverbs do you know?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner

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Hygiene

Grammar; Word Classes: Verbs and Tense

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

Define a verb.
State the importance of verbs
Identify regular verbs and irregular verbs.
Appreciate the importance of verbs.

Learners to define a verb.
Learners are guided to state the importance of verbs.
Learners to identify regular verbs and irregular verbs

What is a verb?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner

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Hygiene

Grammar; Word Classes: Verbs and Tense
Reading II Intensive Reading: Poetry

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

Hold a conversation with a partner about their hygiene practices or other topic.
Play the game in learner

Learners are guided to hold a conversation with a partner about their hygiene practices or other topic. Make sure that they use present tense, past tense and future time.
In groups, learners to play a modified version of the game

Which words describe when, how, and where actions take place?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner

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Hygiene

Reading II Intensive Reading: Poetry
Writing Narrative Paragraph

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

Read the poems,

In groups, read the poems,

Who is a persona? What is the poem about?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner

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Leadership

Listening and Speaking; Listening Comprehension

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

Explain the meaning of specific and general.
Listen to a recording of two passages from a digital device.
Discuss whether the information in each is specific or general.
Appreciate the importance of listening attentively.

Learners to explain the meaning of specific and general.
In groups, learners to listen to a recording of two passages from a digital device and discuss whether the information in each is specific or general

Who is leader? Who is a good leader?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner

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Leadership

Listening and Speaking; Listening Comprehension
Reading I Intensive Reading

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

Listen to a recording of the passage about Nelson Mandela

In groups, learners to listen to a recording of the passage about Nelson Mandela

How did Mandela help South Africa to get freedom?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner

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Leadership

Reading I Intensive Reading

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

Study the mind map and answer the questions that follow.
Match the main ideas with their respective supporting details.
Appreciate the use of a mind map.

In pairs, learners to study the mind map and answer the questions that follow.
In pairs, learners to match the main ideas with their respective supporting details.

Which is the main idea according to this mind map? Which are the supporting details according to the mind map?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner

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Leadership

Grammar Word Classes: Verbs and Tense

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

Read the passage in learner

In pairs, learners to read the passage in learner

What is common about the way some present tense verbs end?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner

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Leadership

Reading II Intensive Reading: Class Readers
Writing; Paragraphing: Using Example and Incidents

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

Read the passage,

Learners to read the passage,

How did you know the main characters in the stories or novels were?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner

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Leadership
Family

Writing; Paragraphing: Using Example and Incidents
Listening and Speaking; Pronunciation: Sounds and Stress

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

Study the mind map in learner

In groups, learners are guided to study the mind map in learner

What is the main idea? What examples are given to illustrate the main idea?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner

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Family

Listening and Speaking; Pronunciation: Sounds and Stress

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

Read the poem,

In pairs, learners are guided to read the poem,

What is the difference in pronunciation between the two words in each pair?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner

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Family

Listening and Speaking; Pronunciation: Sounds and Stress
Reading I Study Skills: Synonyms and Antonyms

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

Identify words with the same sound as /oat/ such as, coat, goat
Read the passage in learner

In pairs, learners to identify words with the same sound as /oat/ such as, coat, goat
In groups, learners to read the passage in learner

What is the difference between words that are spelt the same way in the passage?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner

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Family

Reading I Study Skills: Synonyms and Antonyms

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

Study the page in learner

In pairs, learners are guided to study the page in learner

What have you learnt about synonyms?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner

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Family

Grammar; Comparatives and Superlative Adjectives

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

Define comparative and superlative adjectives.
Read the two paragraphs in learner

Learners to define comparative and superlative adjectives.
In pairs, learners to read the two paragraphs in learner

What are comparative adjectives? What are superlative adjectives?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner

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Family

Reading II Intensive Reading: Oral Narratives: Legends

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

Talk about people they know who are admired for their courage and outstanding achievement.
Read the conversation in learner

In pairs, learners to talk about people they know who are admired for their courage and outstanding achievement.
In pairs, learners to read the conversation in learner

What is a legend?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner

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Family
Drug and Substances Abuse

Writing; Functional Writing: Friendly Letter
Listening and Speaking; Conversational Skills

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

Identify parts of a friendly letter.
Write a friendly letter that replies to Kim

Learners to study the letter in learner

How many parts does a friendly letter have?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner
KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 85-91
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Drug and Substances Abuse

Listening and Speaking; Conversational Skills

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

Discuss whether or not it is always polite to mention people's names as you introduce them.
Read and role play the dialogue in learner's book.
Enjoy role playing the dialogue.

In groups, learners are guided to discuss whether or not it is always polite to mention people's names as you introduce them
In pairs, learners to read and role play the dialogue in learner's book.

What are the effects of drugs on those who abuse them?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 85-91
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KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 89-91
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Drug and Substances Abuse

Reading 1 Reading Fluency
Grammar in Use; Work Classes: Adverbs

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

Read the poem in leaner's book.
Answer factual and inferential questions from the poem.
Act out the poem.
Participate in a reading competition.

In groups, learners are guided to read the poem in leaner's book
In groups, learners are guided to answer factual and inferential questions from the poem.
In groups, learners are guided to act out the poem.

What do you like reading on your own?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 89-91
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KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 91-94
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Drug and Substances Abuse

Grammar in Use; Work Classes: Adverbs
Intensive Reading: Oral Literature: Songs

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

Identify types of adverbs.
Construct sentences using adverbs of manner, time and place.
Appreciate the use of adverbs sentences.

Learners are guided to identify types of adverbs
Learners to construct sentences using adverbs of manner, time and place.

What would you say to people who are considering taking drugs?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 91-94
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KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 94-95

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Drug and Substances Abuse

Intensive Reading: Oral Literature: Songs
Writing; Mechanics of Writing: Commonly Misspelt Words

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

Create lullabies to soothe a baby to sleep or to stop crying.
Sing the lullabies.
Identify the words or lines that are repeated.
Have fun and enjoy singing lullabies.

Learners to create lullabies to soothe a baby to sleep or to stop crying.
Learners are guided to sing the lullabies.
In pairs or individually, learners are guided to identify the words or lines that are repeated.

Why do you think these words are repeated?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 94-95
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KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 95-100
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Drug and Substances Abuse
Natural Resources: Forests

Writing; Mechanics of Writing: Commonly Misspelt Words
Listening and Speaking; Listening for Details

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

Write a story titled 'A Drug Free Neighbourhood'. Use some of the commonly misspelt words they have learnt.
Fill in the crossword puzzle using the clues provided to make complete words.
Have a desire to educate people about drug and substance abuse.

Learners are guided to write a story titled 'A Drug Free Neighbourhood'. Use some of the commonly misspelt words they have learnt.
In groups, learners to fill in the crossword puzzle using the clues provided to make complete words

How can we learn how to spell words that we normally misspell? Why must you be careful to write the right word?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 95-100
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KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 101-104

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Natural Resources: Forests

Listening and Speaking; Listening for Details
Reading I; Intensive Reading: Visuals

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

Prepare a short speech on the topic: 'What I Love about Forests'
Read the passage in learner's book and then answer the questions that follow.
Appreciate proper pronunciation of words during communication.

In groups, learners are guided to prepare a short speech on the topic: 'What I Love about Forests'
Learners are guided to read the passage in learner's book and then answer the questions that follow

How can you listen more attentively?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 101-104
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KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 104-107

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Natural Resources: Forests

Reading I; Intensive Reading: Visuals

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

Identify national or community needs that they can communicate about using visuals.
Create some of the visuals.
Appreciate the importance of visuals.

In groups, learners to identify national or community needs that they can communicate about using visuals.
In groups, learners are guided to create some of the visuals.

What are the advantages of pictures and photographs over other forms of communication?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 104-107
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Natural Resources: Forests

Grammar; Word Classes: Personal and Possessive pronouns

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

Explain the meaning of pronouns.
Read the passage in learner's book and identify the pronouns used.
Arrange the pronouns in the passage into personal and possessive pronouns.
Use personal and possessive pronouns in their daily conversations.

Learners are guided to explain the meaning of pronouns.
In groups, learners to read the passage in learner's book and identify the pronouns used.
Learners to arrange the pronouns in the passage into personal and possessive pronouns

What are personal pronouns? What are possessive pronouns?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 107-109
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Natural Resources: Forests

Reading II; Intensive Reading: Characters in Class Readers

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

Define class readers.
Identify characters in class reader.
Recognize different types of class readers.
Appreciate the importance of class readers.

Learners are guided to define class readers.
Learners to identify characters in class reader.
In groups, learners are guided to recognize different types of class readers

Which characters seems to do the most in each class reader? Which characters say or do little in the class readers?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 109
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KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 110-112

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Natural Resources: Forests

Writing; Composition Writing: The Writing Process

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

Watch a video on the writing process the teacher will play for you.
Draw a mind map representing the different steps of the writing process.
Appreciate the importance of writing neatly and legibly.

Learners are guided to watch a video on the writing process the teacher will play for you.
Learners are guided to draw a mind map representing the different steps of the writing process

What is the importance of neat and legible handwriting?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 112-116
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Travel

Listening and Speaking; Listening Comprehension: Explanatory Narratives

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

Identify the features of explanatory narratives.
Create a story that explain why the cat lives with human beings.
Appreciate the features of explanatory narrative.

In groups, learners are guided to identify the features of oral narratives
Learners to create a story that explain why the cat lives with human beings

What are explanatory narrative?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 117-119
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Travel

Listening and Speaking; Listening Comprehension: Explanatory Narratives
Reading I; Intensive Reading

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

Choose one narrative and discuss the features they will include in their performance of it.
Perform the explanatory narratives.
Have fun and enjoy performing the explanatory narrative.

In groups, learners to choose narrative and discuss the features they will include in their performance of it.
In groups, learners are guided to perform the explanatory narratives

What can you do to make the performance of an explanatory narrative more enjoyable?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 117-119
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KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 119-122

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Travel

Reading I; Intensive Reading
Grammar; Word Classes: Simple Prepositions

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

Read the poem, 'Growing Pains' and answer the questions that follow.
Talk about the main idea of the poem and the details that support it.
Write a summary of what the poem is talking about.
Have fun and enjoy reading the poems.

In pairs, learners to Read the poem, 'Growing Pains' and answer the questions that follow
In pairs, learners to talk about the main idea of the poem and the details that support it
In pairs, learners to write a summary of what the poem is talking about

Where are the events of this poem taking place? Who are the people involve in these events?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 119-122
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KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 122-124

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Travel

Grammar; Word Classes: Simple Prepositions
Reading II; Intensive Reading: Poetry

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

Match the verbs in the left column with the prepositions in the right column.
Construct sentences using prepositions.
Use prepositions in their day to day lives.

Learners are guided to match the verbs in the left column with the prepositions in the right column.
In pairs, learners to construct sentences using prepositions.

What are the uses of prepositions?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 122-124
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KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 124-127

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Travel

Writing: Composition Writing: Self-Assessment

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

Search online or in books for information on assessing their own narrative composition.
Give reasons why self-assessment is important.
Assess a composition using a checklist.
Appreciate the importance of a checklist.

Learners are guided to search online or in books for information on assessing their own narrative composition
In pairs, learners are guided to give reasons why self-assessment is important
In groups, learners to assess a composition using a checklist

What is self-assessment? What is the importance of checklist?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 127-128

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Heroes and Heroines- Kenya

Listening and Speaking: Pronunciation: Consonant and Vowel Sounds

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

Identify constant and vowels Sounds.
Read the conversation between Dorty and Mother aloud.
Identify words with the same sound as /t/ and /d/ such as wrote, den
Appreciate the importance of correct pronunciation of words

In pairs, learners are guided to identify constant and vowels Sounds.
Learners to read the conversation between Dorty and Mother aloud.
Learners to identify words with the same sound as /t/ and /d/ such as wrote, den

Who is your hero? Why do you consider this person a hero?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 131-133
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Listening and Speaking: Pronunciation: Consonant and Vowel Sounds
Reading I; Extensive Reading: Grade Appropriate Fictional Materials

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

Listen to an audio recording.
Identify nouns and verbs from the recording.
Talk about the importance of correct pronunciation and stress.
Appreciate the importance of correct pronunciation.

In groups, learners to listen to an audio recording.
Individually, learners to identify nouns and verbs from the recording.
Learners to talk about the importance of correct pronunciation and stress

What have you learnt about nouns and verbs?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 135-136
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KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 136-137

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Reading I; Extensive Reading: Grade Appropriate Fictional Materials
Grammar; Word Classes: Conjunctions and, but, or

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

Read the passage, 'Dedan Kimathi's Early Years'
Retell the story of Dedan Kimathi.
Select a part and dramatize it in front of the class.
Have fun and enjoy dramatizing the story.

In groups, learners to read the passage, 'Dedan Kimathi's Early Years'
In groups, learners to retell the story of Dedan Kimathi.
In groups, learners to select a part and dramatize it in front of the class.

What true details do you learn about Dedan Kimathi from the passage?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 137-139
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KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 140-141

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Heroes and Heroines- Kenya

Reading II Intensive Reading: Class reader

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

Read the passage, 'The Password'
Answer the questions that follow.
Make short notes on the events that occur in the passage.
Appreciate the uses of class readers.

In pairs, learners to read the passage, 'The Password'
In pairs, learners to answer the questions that follow.
In pairs, learners are guided to make short notes on the events that occur in the passage

Why does Sauna's uncle decide to take him to school?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 141-144
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Heroes and Heroines- Kenya

Reading I Intensive Reading: Class reader
Writing; Creative Writing: Narrative Compositions

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

Talk about the characters and how they make the events in the story happen.
Act out the events of the passage.
Enjoy acting the story.

In pairs, learners to talk about the characters and how they make the events in the story happen
In pairs, learners are guided to act out the events of the passage

What have you learnt about heroes and heroine?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 141-144
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Music

Writing; Creative Writing: Narrative Compositions
Listening and Speaking; Oral Presentation: Delivering Speeches

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

Read the story in learner's book.
Create well-written narrative compositions on different topics.
Appreciate narrative compositions.

In pairs, learners to read the story in learner's book
In groups, learners are guided to create well-written narrative compositions on different topics.

What are some of the most interesting stories they have ever read?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 144-145
Dictionaries
Charts
Internet
Computing devices
KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 151
Realia

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Music

Listening and Speaking; Oral Presentation: Delivering Speeches
Reading I; Study Skills: Note Making

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

Read the speech, 'Riddle. Riddle'
Talk about the importance of delivering speech.
Appreciate the importance of delivering speech.

Learners to read the speech, 'Riddle. Riddle'
Learners are guided to talk about the importance of delivering speech.

What is the importance of delivering speech?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 151-153
Dictionaries
Charts
Internet
Computing devices
KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 60-61
Realia

Oral questions Oral Report Observation

Music

Reading I; Study Skills: Note Making

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

Read the passage, 'We get Paid and Do What We Love Most'
Identify and discuss the meaning of the key words in the passage.
Appreciate the importance of note-making.

In groups, learners are guided to read the passage, 'We get Paid and Do What We Love Most'
In groups, learners are guided to identify and discuss the meaning of the key words in the passage.

What is the importance of note-making?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 153-155
Dictionaries
Charts
Internet
Computing devices
KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 155-156

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Music

Grammar; Word Classes: Determiners
Grammar; Word Classes: Determiners

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

Define determiners.
Identify the uses of determiners.
Recite the poem, 'The Spice of Life' and identify determiners.
Appreciate the uses of determiners.

In pairs, learners are guided to define determiners
In pairs, learners are guided to identify the uses of determiners.
In pairs, learners are guided to recite the poem, 'The Spice of Life' and identify determiners

What are determiners?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 157
Dictionaries
Charts
Realia
Internet
Computing devices
KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 157-159

Oral questions Oral Report Observation

Music

Grammar; Word Classes: Determiners
Reading II; Intensive Reading: Characters and their Traits

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

Match the articles with the correct nouns.
Compose a song on children's rights.
Use articles in their day to day conversations.
Appreciated the importance of children rights.

In pairs, learners to match the articles with the correct nouns.
In groups, learners to compose a song on children's rights.
In pairs, learners to use articles in their day to day conversations

What have you learnt about articles?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 159-160
Dictionaries
Charts
Realia
Internet
Computing devices
KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 160-163

Oral questions Oral Report Observation

Music
TRADITIONAL FASHION

Writing; Functional Writing: Packing and Shopping List
Listening to Respond: Views/ Opinions

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

Identify parts of a shopping list.
Prepare a shopping list showing the items they plan to buy, the quantity and the price of each.
Appreciate the importance of shopping list.

Individually or in pairs, learners to identify parts of a shopping list.
Individually or in pairs, learners to prepare a shopping list showing the items they plan to buy, the quantity and the price of each.

What is a shopping list?

KLB; Top Scholar: English Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 163-166
Dictionaries
Charts
Internet
Computing devices
Digital device,
Recorded narratives
pictures
Skills in English Grade 7 T.G Pg.164-168
Skills in English Grade 7 PB. Pg. 143-144

Oral questions Oral Report Observation

TRADITIONAL FASHION
Reading

Listening to Respond: Views/ Opinions
Intensive Reading- Comprehension

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

list ways of expressing views/opinions in different contexts,
use different expressions that indicate own views/opinions in a given text,
c) Acknowledge the value of one

The learner is guided to:
in groups, role play the different characters in the narrative and bring out different ways of expressing opinions/views,
explain their feelings towards issues raised in the trickster narrative,
write on a chart, the words they have used to describe their feelings.

How can expressing opinion/views affect relationships?

Digital device,
Recorded narratives
pictures
Skills in English Grade 7 T.G Pg.164-168
Skills in English Grade 7 PB. Pg. 143-144
Print and online dictionaries
Skills in English Grade 7 T.G Pg.169-171
Skills in English Grade 7 PB. Pg. 144-146

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Reading
Grammar in use

Intensive Reading- Comprehension
Phrasal Verbs

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

describe characters, ideas or events in a text,
summarize information from a short text,
c) Appreciate the importance of reading comprehension in lifelong learning.

The learner is guided to:
in groups, role play the characters and events in the text,
use contextual clues to decipher the meaning of words,
answer questions based on the passage
give an appropriate title to a story or passage.

Why should we recreate characters, places and events in our minds? How can we tell the meaning of words and phrases in a text?

Digital device,
Print and online dictionaries
Skills in English Grade 7 T.G Pg.169-171
Skills in English Grade 7 PB. Pg. 144-146
Skills in English Grade 7 T.G Pg.171-173
Skills in English Grade 7 PB. Pg. 146-148

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Grammar in use
Reading

Phrasal Verbs
Class Reader: Main Ideas

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

identify phrasal verbs formed from put, come and give in a given text,
use given phrasal verbs correctly in sentence construction,
c) Acknowledge the role of phrasal verbs in communication.

The learner is guided to:
fill in blanks in a text using the most appropriate phrasal verb,
search on the internet for more examples of phrasal verbs,

Why should we use Phrasal Verbs correctly?

Digital device,
Print and online dictionaries
Skills in English Grade 7 T.G Pg.171-173
Skills in English Grade 7 PB. Pg. 146-148
Skills in English Grade 7 T.G Pg.173-174
Skills in English Grade 7 PB. Pg. 148-150

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Reading
LAND TRAVEL

Class Reader: Main Ideas
Listening Comprehension: Extensive Listening

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

discuss the lessons learnt from the text
relate the lessons learnt to real life experiences
c) Appreciate the role of literature in fostering critical thinking.

The learner is guided to:
relate the lessons learnt from the section read to real life experiences in groups
draw a chart showing the sequence of the main events in the section read
search online and watch an adapted dramatization of the section read.

Why do people read story books? What is the importance of reading a short story?

Digital device,
Print and online dictionaries
Skills in English Grade 7 T.G Pg.173-174
Skills in English Grade 7 PB. Pg. 148-150
Wall charts
Play songs
Skills in English Grade 7 T.G Pg.178-182
Skills in English Grade 7 PB. Pg. 153-154

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LAND TRAVEL

Listening Comprehension: Extensive Listening

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

listen attentively to songs on land travel,
use vocabulary identified from songs on land travel correctly,
c) Acknowledge the importance of extensive listening in communication.

The learner is guided to:
share ideas on the key issues addressed in the songs they have listened to using wall charts,
identify vocabulary used in songs on land travel and infer their meaning from context,
construct sentences orally using the vocabulary learnt,
sing choral songs on land travel.

How can we draw meanings from the words used in a song? How are songs made interesting?

Digital device,
Wall charts
Play songs
Skills in English Grade 7 T.G Pg.178-182
Skills in English Grade 7 PB. Pg. 153-154

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