Grammer - Primary 3 - Antonyms

TERM: 3^rd Term

SUBJECT: Grammar

WEEK: 4

CLASS : PRIMARY 3

AGE: 8 years

DURATION : 2 periods of 40 mins each

DATE:

TOPIC : Antonyms

CONTENT : Antonyms I

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to;

SET INDUCTION : The teachers uses pictures of sentences indicating antonyms to arouse the interest of the pupils

INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES : Discussion, group activities,

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS : Metropolitan English series English grammar for Basic Education Book 3 page 95-101, flash cards and charts on antonyms

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES

PERIOD 1 AND 2: Antonyms

S/N	STEPS	TEACHER’S ACTIVITY	PUPILS ACTIVITY
1	INTRODUCTION	The teacher revises the previous lesson and introduces the new topic by Explaining what Antonym means An antonym is a word that has the opposite meaning of another word	Pupils observe, learn and participate
2	EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION/TEACHER MODELLING	The teacher further gives examples of words and their antonyms Tall-short Up-down Old-young Full-empty In-out Open-shut Early-late Right-wrong Push-pull Hard-soft Tame-wild Cold-hot High-low Far-near She further explains some categories of antonyms 1. opposites using prefix ‘un’, ‘in’ or ‘im’ e.g Able-unable Certain-uncertain Comfortable-uncomfortable Visible-invisible Pure-impure Movable-immovable 2. Opposites using prefix ‘dis’ e.g Like-dislike Allow-disallow Agree-disagree Honest-dishonest Comfort-discomfort Loyal-disloyal Respect-disrespect	Pupils observe, learn and participate
3	EVALUATION	The pupils are asked to 1. Explain the antonyms 2. Give some examples of words and their antonyms	- Pupils observe, learn and participate
4	CLASS-WORK	Pupils are asked to answer question A-C on page 97-99 of the text-book	Pupils observe, learn and participate
5	ASSIGNMENT	Pupils are asked to answer questions D-F on page 99-100 of the reference text.	Pupils participate
6	CONCLUSION	The teacher marks their books, corrects it and commend the pupils