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1 ENGLISH TERM II LESSON NOTES

THEME: WEATHER
SUB – THEME: ELEMENTS AND TYPES OF WEATHER
WEEK 2
Lesson 1 and 2
THE ALPHABET
Arranging words in alphabetical order
We consider the first letters which begin the words if the letters are not the same.
Example
book, chalk, apple, door
apple, book, chalk, door
Activity
Re-arrange these words in a, b, c order
a) wet, hot, cold, dry
b) orange, ant, bed, kettle
c) sunshine, wind, cloudcover, rainfall
d) fire, shade, hat, weather
e) umbrella, coat, boots, sweater
f) lamb, kettle, class, block
g) windy, cloudy, sunny, rainy
Reference:
1. Read and write std 2 pg 7 – 8, 8 – 9.
2. English Aid std 2 pg 7 -8.

Lesson 3 and 4
2. Prepositions
Prepositions of position e.g in, on, under, behind, below.
Activities
1.Practical work.
2. Filling in the gaps using correct prepositions.
Picture illustration with sentences
1.
The ball is ___________ the chair.

2. The cat is _____________ the table.

3. John is jumping _______________ the bench

4. Sarah is pointing ___________ the sun.

5.
Mary is standing ___________ the car.

6. The flower is _____________ the tin.

7. Joy is looking __________ the flowers.

Reference:
1. Essential workbook 1 pg 59.
2. Oxford primary English bk 2 pg 22-24.
3. Mk bk 2 pg 46 – 47.
4. Improve your English bk 2 pg 32.
5. English Aid std 2 pg 87.

Lesson 5 and 6
Make sentences using the following prepositions.
on - -----------------------------------
in - -----------------------------------
under - -------------------------------
behind - -----------------------------
in front of - --------------------------
over - --------------------------------
 near - --------------------------------
at - -----------------------------------
Reference
Oxford Primary English bk pg 22 - 24.

WEEK 3
Sub-Theme: Activities of different seasons.
Lesson 1 and 2
Plurals
Changing “y” to i and add es to nouns that end with y.
Nouns which end with ‘y’ when there’s a consonant before y, we change ‘y’ to ‘i’
and add ‘es’ to form the plural.
Examples
Lorry - lorries fly – flies
Puppy – puppies berry – berries
Activities
Change these nouns to plural form.
baby - _____________ city - _______________
story - ______________ community - __________________
lady - ______________ family - _____________________
daisy - _______________ ferry - _____________________
berry - ______________ granary - ______________________
pony - ________________ activity - _______________________
fly - ____________________ lorry - _________________________
puppy - _________________

Lesson 3 and 4

B. Complete the sentences using the words in brackets correctly

1. David likes reading __________ about animals. (story)

2. Eleven ______________ were parked outside. (lorry)
3. The ____________ are very kind. (lady)
4. Kampala and Nairobi are big _______________. (city)
5. Mummy bought ________________ from the market. (berry)
6. There are _______________ on the food. (fly)
 7. ________________are beautiful flowers. (daisy)
8. The dogs were playing with their _______________________. (puppy)
9. We have many _________________ to do today. (activity)
10. Those _______________________ live together. (family)
References:
1. Junior English bk 1 pg 27.
2. Read and write bk 2 page 27 – 30
3. Essential workbook 2 pg 35, 3.
4. Junior English bk 1 pg 28.

Lesson 5 and 6
Changing ‘f’ to ‘y’ and add ‘es’
Some nouns which end with ‘f’, or fe change to ‘ves’ to form their plurals.
Examples
Knife – knives
Leaf – leaves
wolf - _____________
Activities
Change these nouns to plural form.
shelf - ______________ wife - _______________
loaf - _______________ life - ________________
half - ________________ knife - _________________
calf - _________________

WEEK 4
Lesson 1 and 2
Complete the sentences using the given words in brackets
1. The book ____________________ are full of books. (shelf)
2. The butcher has very sharp _________________. (knife)
3. The maid bought two _____________________ of bread. (loaf)
4. There are a lot of _________________ on the ground. (leaf)
5. She cut the apples into _______________ (half)
6. We saw two_____________________ in the bush. (wolf)
7. _____________________are young ones of cows. (calf)
8. ________________ broke into the shop. (thief)
 Reference:
1. Essential workbook 2 pg 33.
2. Junior English bk 1 pg 28.

SUB-THEME: Effects and management of weather

Lesson 3 and 4
Verbs (doing words) doubling the last letter and adding –ing
Verbs which have a vowel before the last letter, double the last letter and then
add ‘ing’ in the present continuous tense.

Examples:
Stop - stopping cut -cutting
Skip - skipping put - putting
Activities
Add ‘ing’ to change to the present continuous tense.
dig -_______________________ wrap - ___________________
sip -_______________________ hug -____________________
rob - ______________________ rub -____________________
pin - _____________________ hop - _____________________
chop -_______________________ jog - ______________________
run -_______________________ beg - _______________________
sit -_______________________ hit - ________________________
shop -_______________________ tap - ________________________
swim -_______________________ clap - _______________________
scrub -______________________
stop - --------------------------------
Lesson 5 and 6
Use the given words in brackets correctly.
1. The little boy is ___________________ for meat. (beg)
2. Betty is ______________ on a jacket. (put)
3. The buses are _______________ outside the school gate. (stop)
4. Allan _____________ is at the door. (tap]
5. Mummy is _________________ near the fire. (sit)
6. Mary and Jane are _________________ ropes .(skip)
7. Children are _________________ their hands. (clap)
8. The wood cutter is ______________________ a piece of wood. (chop)
9. The thieves are _______________ the shop. (rob)
 10. A fish moves by _________________________. (swim)

Reference:
Junior English 1 pg 34.
Word perfect spelling bk 2 pg 28.

WEEK 5
Lesson 1 and 2
Past tense

Doubling the last letter and add ‘ed’ to the verbs.

Some verbs which have a vowel before the last letter, double the last letter and
then add ‘ed’ in the past tense.
Examples
skip - skipped
rob - robbed
beg - begged
Activities
Add ‘ed’ to change to the past tense.
shop - _________________________ rub - _______________________
clap - _________________________ beg - ________________________
stop - _________________________ jog -___________________________
Sip - _________________________ skip -___________________________
chop -___________________________ hop - __________________________
pin - __________________________ hug - ___________________________
tap -___________________________ wrap - __________________________
slap -____________________________ scrub - ________________________

Lesson 3 and 4
Doubling the last letter before adding ‘ed’
Use the given verbs in brackets correctly to complete the sentences.
1. She _______________ the floor with a brush. (scrub)
2. The little boy _________________ for a sweet. (beg)
3. The bus ______________ outside the school gate. (stop)
 4. Mother ________________ Jane last night. (hug)
5. Allan _____________ at the door before going in. (tap)
6. Jane _________________ a badge on her jacket. (pin)
7. We __________________ for her good answer. (clap)
8. She __________________ the rope last night. (skip)
9. The bank was ____________________ yesterday. (rob)
10. Daddy _______________ me last night. (slap)

Reference: Junior English I page 34.

Lesson 5 and 6
Punctuation marks
An apostrophe
We use or put an apostrophe just after a name or a noun and then add ’ s’ to show
ownership.

Example
Sarah’s pencil.
Peter’s shirt.
my mother’s bag.
The pencil belongs to the teachers.
It is the teacher’s pencil.
The bicycle belongs to Paul
It is Paul’s bicycle.

Allan
This is Allan’s car.

N.B: The ‘s’ shows that Allan owns the car.

Who owns each thing?

Susan: This is Susan’s flower.

Peter: ____________________________
 John: ____________________________

David: ____________________________

Mary: ____________________________

Mummy: ____________________________

Paul: ____________________________

Father: ___________________________

Aunt: ______________________________

Uncle: ______________________________

WEEK 6

THEME: ACCIDENTS AND SAFETY

SUB – THEME: Accidents and safety at home
The use of an apostrophe to show ownership.
Lesson 1 and 2
Examples
a) The book belongs to Mary
b) It is Mary’s book.
a. The tail of a cat.
b) a cat’s tail
a. The knife for a man.
b. a man’ knife
Exercise
1. The beak of the bird.
The bird’s beak.
2. the horn of the cow
_______________________________________________
3. the house of Peter
_________________________________________________
4. the bicycle of the man.
____________________________________________________
5. the dress of Joan.
_____________________________________________________
6. the car of the president
______________________________________________________
7. the shirt of Albert
___________________________________________________
8. The book belongs to David.
It is David’s book.
9. The teddy bear belongs to Sarah.
______________________________________________________
10. The lorry belongs to Mr. Lule.
_______________________________________________________
11. The skirt belongs to Katrina.
_________________________________________________________

12. The clinic belongs to Mr. Musoke.

__________________________________________________________

13. The knife belongs to Mummy.

______________________________________________________________
14. The medicine belongs to Joseph.
_____________________________________________________________
Reference:
Junior English bk 2 pg 26
Book 1 pg 61

Lesson 3 and 4
An apostrophe.

We can use an apostrophe to shorten words (to write words in short).

When we join words, leave out a letter which is represented by an apostrophe’
When we join ‘not’ to another word, ‘o’ is left out and it is represented by an
apostrophe.
Examples
Is not - isn’t
Was not - wasn’t
Are not - aren’t
Exercise
Join each pair of words using an apostrophe.
1. does not -________________________
2. were not -________________________
3. has not -________________________
4. Is not -________________________
5. have not -__________________________
6. was not -_________________________
7. do not -__________________________
8. are not -__________________________
9. can not -__________________________

Lesson 5 and 6
Rewrite the sentences joining the underlined words
1. John does not want to go home.
2. The twins were not in school today.
3. Daddy has not gone to work today.
4. The milk is not fresh.
5. Was not that a dirty dish?
6. Some children do not have lunch at school.
7. We have not had the party we were promised.
 8. Those mangoes are not very sweet.

Reference: Junior English bk 1 pg 51.

Bk 2 pg 29.
WEEK 7
Lesson 1 and 2
Using an apostrophe (Lesson 5)
Joining is, us, are, e.t.c to other words using an apostrophe.
Examples
She is - she’s
Let us - Let’s
It is - it’s

Activities
Use an apostrophe to join the given words.
It is -____________________
She is -____________________
I am -_______________________
He is -_____________________
They are -_________________
Let us - ______________________
You are -___________________
There is -______________________
That is -______________________

Lesson 3 and 4
Use an apostrophe correctly in the second sentence.
E,g
a) He is running.
b) He’s running.

a) He is playing football.
b) He’s playing football.

a) She is sleeping.
b) ________________________________
a) It is eating a bone.
b) ___________________________________

a) She is eating a cake.

b) ____________________________________

a) She is riding a bicycle.

b) _____________________________________

a) They are colouring pictures.

b) _____________________________________

a) You are going home.

b) ____________________________________

a) He does not know how to ride a bicycle.

b) ______________________________________

References: Essential workbook bk 1 pg 67.

Bk 2 pg 49.

Lesson 5 and 6
SUB –THEME: Accident and safety on the way.
Short forms
Short forms of the days of the week and months of the year
We put a full stop on short forms of days of the week , months of the year and some
other words when they are written in short.
a. Days of the week
Sunday - Sun.
Monday - Mon.
Tuesday - Tue.
Wednesday - Wed.
Thursday - Thur.
Friday - Fri.
Saturday - Sat.
b) Months of the year.
January - Jan.
 February - Feb.
March - Mar.
April - Apr.
May - May
June - June
July - July
August - Aug.
September - Sept.
October - Oct.
November - Nov.
December - Dec.
c) Other words
Road - Rd.
Sister - sr.
Mister - Mr.
Brother - br.
Doctor - Dr.
School - sch.
Teacher - tr.
Shillings _ shs.
Telephone - tel.

Activities
Write the following words in short form.
Monday - _____________
Tuesday - ___________
Friday - __________
Mister - __________
School - ___________
Doctor - ___________
January - ______________
Shilling - ____________
November - _______________
August - _______________

Re-write the sentences giving the short form of the underlined words.
 1. Doctor Musoke is in the clinic. Today is Saturday.
2. She was born in February.

3. Our teacher went for a meeting.

______________________________
4. Mister Kibuuka is a farmer.
_______________________________
5. The school will close next week.
________________________________

Reference: Junior English pg 15.

WEEK 8
SUB – THEME: Accidents and safety at schoo
Lesson 1and2
Opposites
The use of ’ un’
Using ‘un’ to change words to their opposites
Examples
Paid - unpaid
Safe - unsafe
Fair - unfair
Activities
Give the opposite of these words by using ‘un’
Happy -__________________ tidy - ________________
Pack -___________________ willing - __________________
Comfortable-_________________ lucky – __________________
Kind - ___________________ dress – ___________________
Fair - _____________________ tie – ______________________
Load - _____________________ true –___________________
Wrap - ______________________ tidy –_____________________
Safe - ______________________
Screw - ----------------------------------
Lesson 3 and 4
Complete the sentence with the opposite of the word given in brackets..
1. You look so _______________________ today. (happy)
2. The rooms were ________________. (tidy)
 3. What you said was __________________. (true)
4. They are _________________ to go with us. (willing)
5. The water is __________________ to drink. (safe)
6. The old woman is ____________________ to children. (kind)
7. It was ____________________ to walk alone at night. (wise)
8. The teacher is feeling ___________________today. (well)

Reference: Junior bk 1 pg 37.

Lesson 5 and 6
Adjectives
Adjectives are describing words
An adjective is a word that describes a noun.
Example
A long pencil a short girl
A new book a good boy
Activities
Use a suitable adjective for each noun below.
a new book a _____________________ box
a clever girl a ____________________ dress
an old woman a __________________ house
a ____________apple a __________________ chair
a ____________car a __________________bed
a ____________boy a __________________bench
a ___________ book a __________________ house
a___________bottle a __________________ weather
a __________shirt a __________________umbrella
a__________dress a __________________ rain coat
a__________meal a _________________ season
a __________pot a _________________ season

WEEK 9
Lesson 1 and 2
Make ten sentences using any of the above words.
1. This is a new dress.
She is a short girl.
Underline the adjectives in the sentences below
1. Her dress is old
2. She is wearing a long skirt.
3. The mango is ripe.
4. Our house is dirty.
5. The apples are sweet.
6. My mother is kind.
7. Her brother is a short boy.
8. His shirt is old.
9. That glass is empty.
10. Patrick has a new car.
11. The old man is here.
12. Her bones are soft.

Reference:
1. Junior English bk 1 pg 64.
2. Junior English bk 2 page 5.
3. Essential English workbook 1 page
57.

Lesson 3 and 4
Choose the correct word from the list to complete the sentences.
Sunny, sour, dirty, tall, wild, clever, kind, red, sharp, golden
1. A lion is a ---------- animal.
2. The weather now is -------------.
3. My sister gave me a ----------------- orange.
4. Mr. Okello has a --------------------- car.
5. The boys washed the --------------- clothes.
6. Mother has a ------------------------ knife.
7. He climbed a -------------------- tree.
8. Our teachers are very -------------------..
9. She gave me a --------------------- ring.
10. The children in our class are very --------------------.

Lesson 5 and 6
Comparing adjectives.

Adding “er” and est to adjectives

- We add ‘ er’ to the adjective when we are comparing only two people,
things/objects ( comparative degree)
- We add ‘est’ to the adjective when we are comparing more than two
people, things / objects.(superlative degree)

Practical work

A long Pencil A is long.

B Longer Pencil B is longer than pencil A.

C Longest Pencil C is the longest of all.

2. Mary
Ann Joy is tall.
Joy

Ann is taller than Joy.

Mary is the tallest of all.

Activities

Fill in correctly.
Adjective comparative superlative
Long longer longest
Short shorter shortest
Warm _____________ ______________
Neat _____________ ______________
Cold colder ______________
____________ newest newest
low _______________ ______________
high _______________ ______________
tall _______________ ______________
small _______________ ______________
clever clever ______________

Make sentences using any of the above words.

e.g Alex’s pencil is the longest.
My apple is sweeter than hers.
N.B We use article ‘the’ for superlative degree.

WEEK 10
Lesson 1 and 2

Fill in correctly to complete the sentences. (use the words in brackets)

1. My water is __________________ than yours. (cold)
2. Ann is ________________ than Mary. (short)
3. Benjamin’s shirt is the ______________________. (clean)
 4. Mummy’s bag is the _____________________. (small)
5. I am ____________________ than my sister. (tall)
6. Peter is the ___________________ boy in the family. (old)
7. Her juice is ____________________ than mine. (sweet)
8. That church is the _____________________ building in town. (tall)
9. Babirye is the ________________ girl in the whole class. (smart)
10. She has the__________________ dress. (long)

Reference
Junior English bk 1 page 80.

THEME: FOOD AND NUTRITION

SUB-THEME: Names and sources of food.
Lesson 3 and 4
Verbs - Present simple tense

Verbs which have a consonant before ‘ y’ at the end, change ‘y’ to ‘i’ and add
‘ies’ in the present simple tense.(using pronouns; he, it, she and a name of a
person or a thing.)

Examples
cry - cries
try - tries
copy - copies

Activities
A. Change to present simple tense by using ‘ies’
try - _____________________ tidy - ________________
carry -_____________________ empty – ________________
dry -______________________ fry - __________________
spy -_____________________ copy -___________________
marry - ____________________ cry - ____________________
bury - _____________________ hurry - ____________________
fly - ______________________
Lesson 5 and 6 Change the verbs in brackets to present simple tense.
1. Paul ____________ eggs for breakfast. (fry)
2. She _________ her bag everyday. (carry)
3. The baby _______________ to walk. (try)
4. Her baby _______________ every night. (cry)
5. Jane _______________ when she is going to school. (hurry)
6. Everyday his father _____________ to Nairobi. (fly)
7. The maid _______________ the bin every evening. (empty)
8. Peter ________________ his shirt after washing it. (dry)
9. Grace _____________all her work. (copy)
10. Ali __________ a new wife every year. (marry)
Reference:
- Junior English bk 2 page 20.
- Word perfect spelling bk 2 page 37.

WEEK 11

Past tense
Lesson 1 and 2

Changing y to I before adding ‘ed’

N.B. Verbs which have a consonant before ‘ y’ at the end, change ‘y’ to ‘i’ and add
‘ed’ in the past tense.

Examples
cry - cried
dry - dried

Activities
A. Change these verbs to past tense by adding ‘ed’
1. marry -____________ empty - _______________
2. carry -____________ fry - _______________
 try - ____________ carry - ________________
cry - ____________ dry - ________________
copy - ____________ spy - ________________
bury - _____________ tidy - ________________

B. Make eight sentences using any of the above words in the past tense.
Change the given verbs in brackets to past tense.
1. Joseph ______________ the room after the meeting. (tidy)
2. She _________________ to catch the bus. (hurry)
3. Mark ________________ all his work. (copy)
4. She _______________ herself after bathing. (dry)
5. Mary _______________ when she fell down. (cry)
6. His grandfather was ______________ yesterday. (burry)
7. Mother _____________ eggs for breakfast. (fry)
8. He ___________________ the big bag home. (carry)
9. My sister got _______________ to a prince. (marry)
10. Paul ________________ the words in his notebook. (copy)

Reference: Junior English bk 1.

Sub – theme: Uses of food

Compound words
Lesson 5 and 6
A compound word is a word that is formed by joining two words.
Examples
tea + pot = teapot
match +box =matchbox
foot + ball = football
Activities
Underline the compound words in these sentences.
1. Sarah is carrying a schoolbag
2. Mummy has a tidy bedroom.
3. Mr. Kirinya is our headteacher.
4. Paul is dusting the chalkboard.
5. The shopkeeper is here.
6. The children are in the classroom.
Write two separate words from these compound words.
toothbrush = ---------- + --------------------
newspaper = ----------- + --------------
pigsty = ------------+ ----------------
dustbin = ----------- + -----------------
birthday =---------- + ---------------------
something =--------------+ ----------------
armchair = ---------+ -------------
tablecloth = -------------+ -----------------
doormat =--------------+ ------------------
snowman = -------------+ -----------------
WEEK 12
Revision
Food and nutrition
Prepositions

Uses of food.
-past tense
-prepositions
-opposites

Keeping food safe

-short forms of words.
-describing words (adjectives)
-possessive pronouns

Living together
-present simple tense.