SUBJECT: ENGLISH LANGUAGE
TOPIC; READING COMPREHENSION(The Tortoise and the Pig)
CLASS: PRIMARY SIX
TIME: 45 MINUTES
BEHAVIOURAL OBJECTIVES:
By the end of the lesson, the pupils should be able to:
1.Identify the characters in the story
2 Write out the names of the animal characters in the story
3.Answer the questions from the comprehension.
PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE
The pupils had read the first part of the story about the stranger in the village of Areta. If you dand missed reading it, please do well to click this link @voclab/reading-comprehension-a-stranger-visits-the-village-of-areta-part-1 for proper understanding of the (introductory part) full story.
INTRODUCTION
Welcome all to class, today. Yesterday, we began by looking at the operational definition of some terms in the topic of the comprehension before proceeding to reading the story. Hence, we defined the following:
1.Stranger: A stranger is a person who new to a place. A stranger could also be someone/visitor whom we do not know nor meet before.
To add to this, there is another definition to this topic, that is Areta
2.Areta is a name of a village. It is a place where people (the villagers) were very hardworking and honest people. Hence, each and everyone of them always went to the market to buy without money.
READ THE CONTINUATION OF THE PASSAGE CAREFULLY AND ANSWER THE QUESTION THAT FOLLOWS
In the village called Areta, most members in that community were farmers while others were into weaving. i.e people who made baskets and mats. Others were fishermen.
They usually take some of their products in the evenings to the market and left it there without staying back to watch the goods. The villagers were all honest people. No one stole from the village.
One day, a stranger visited the village. He went round the village and saw all the people in the village busy going about their various work. No one observed this new stranger and his intention. The stranger went round and the village and got to the market where he saw goods all stalked in different shades. And to his dismay, there was no one to oversee the goods in the market.
The stranger was very shocked and at same time tempted to steal especially when he looked at ripe bananas. "Those bananas look ripe", he said to himself. "No one is watching, so I will take one and help myself". He picked the banana and ate one, ate another and proceeded to eating the oranges. "It taste so sweet" He exclaimed and went ahead to eat yet another banana and oranges. While he threw the banana pile away, it fell on the ground close to where the was money.
"What am I seeing?" He asked himself in surprise, "this people must really be foolish" he added.
Now attempt the following QUESTIONS.
- Did you enjoy the story?
2.Would you like to read the concluding part of the story tomorrow?
3.What was the main occupation of the people of the village?
4.Why did the people always leave their goods at the market without anyone to watch over?
5.What was the name of the village?
6.When did the people always go to the market?
7.What did the villager do when he got to the village market?
8.Which fruit did the stranger eat first?
9.Which fruit did he throw the pile away?
10.What did he discover when he through the banana pile away?
Please put down your answers in a simple and correct sentence
See you in the next class soon.