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DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES IN ACQUISITION OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE

STAGE - I

1 Singing of Rhymes and action songs

2 Speaking through formal conversations and role plays.

3 Picture reading and speaking about them

4 Recognition of Alphabet through Picture-word charts.

5 Reading and writing of Alphabet.

6. Reading and writing of words.

STAGE - II

1 Singing of Rhymes and action songs, Adding lines to the rhymes

2 Speaking 2/3 sentences about the shown things and given pictures

3 Speaking 2/3 sentences about oneself, friends, family, school etc.,

4 Reading of simple words, sentences, short stories and other childrenliterature.

5. Making of simple words.

6. Making a simple sentences with the given words or objects.

STAGE - III

1 Singing of Rhymes on the shown items and adding lines to them

2 Speaking and writing in 4/5 sentences about the given things/objects

3. Reading the given text fluently and speak about the text on their own .

4. Write a paragraph on their own which they heard and read.

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BASIC PROGRAMME (PRIMARY)

Baseline test in English subject

Task - I : 6 x 1/2 = 3 MAsk the students to “Match the letters with the next letter”

Group I GroupIIC GH LF DK NS QP TM I

Ex :

Task - II : 6 x 1/2 = 3 MAsk the students to “Match the small letters with capital letters”

m a b r aq dD �Z b Q M R

Task - III : 8 x 1/2 = 4 M

Circle the letters “d”, “m”, “B”, “b”, “A”, “R”, “K”, “S” in the words

given below

dog Ravi arm club

Sun Applie King Bharath

Total Marks: 30

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Task - V :Write the missing letters in the words given below :

1) pe__c__l 2) lo__r__ 3) n__s__

4) Z__b__a 5) Pa__r__t

Task - VI :Look at the pictures and write the phases

Ex)

Task - IV :Read the Pictures and write the words

....................................... .......................................

2)

.......................................

3)

.......................................

4)

.......................................

5)

1)

a chair and a table

1)

5 x 1 = 5 M

5 x 1 = 5 M

3 M

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Task - VI I:Write four sentences about your school

1)

2)

3)

4)

Task - VI II:Write at least three exchanges between a shopkeeper and a boy

Boy :-

Shop Keeper :-

Boy :-

Shop Keeper :-

Boy :-

Shop Keeper :-

2)

3)

4)

5)

2 M

5 M

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STAGE - I

In the developmental stages of English language

acquisition the first stage is silent stage. In this

stage the child listens to the elements of new

language.

The child takes in the components of language

like vocabulary, phonological components,

structures and writing systems. The child does

not try to speak in this stage.

The teacher has to follow the strategy that is

singing simple songs and rhymes to make the

children able to listen to them.

By using number of pictures teacher has to make

the children able to speak about them. And make

the children to identify the alphabet and

formation of words.

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1. Listening Activity :-

We are going to introduce an alphabet song.

Teacher has to present this on a chart and sing this song with suitable rhythm

Do you know your alphabet ?

Yes I know my alphabet.

Do you know your alphabet ?

Yes, yes I know my alphabet.

A , B C,D, E F,G, H I,J, K L,M, N O,P, Q R,S, T U,V, W XY and Z !

LESSON -1

2. Speaking Activity :-

Make the children to do the following conversation.

Teacher : Good morning childrenPupils : Good morning sir / madamTeacher : How are you ?Pupils : We are fine. Thankyou sir / madam

How are you sir / madamTeahcer : Fine... Thank you children

3. Reading activity :-

A a

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B b

C c

D d

E e

F f

3. Writing activity :-

A is for ___ rrow

B is for ___ asket

C is for ___ hurch

D is for ___ uck

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E is for ___ lephant

F is for ___ ox


Tell me, Tell me,Where is ‘G’ ?

‘G’ is there in God and guard.

Tell me, Tell me,Where is ‘H’ ?

‘H’ is there in Horse and hat.

Tell me, Tell me,Where is ‘I’ ?

‘I’ is there in Inn and ink.

LESSON - 2


Make the children to do the following conversation

1. A : Where are you ?B : I am here.

2. A : Where are you ?B : I am in the class room.

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4. Writing activity :-

J is for ___ acket

K is for ___ ettle

L is for ___ amp

3. Reading Activity :-

J j

K k

L l


Make the children to do the following conversation

Sita : Hai !

Geetha : Hello !

Sita : I am Sita, what is your name ?

Geetha : My name is Geetha, nice to meet you.

Sita : It’s happy to see you.

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MONKEY

tree

eyes

ears

tail

limbseat

jump

swing

baby

tongue

Teacher has to pose questions to elicit the words related to the picture(monkey)

Teacher has to make the children to express their answers in words or insentences

Example :T - What is This ?

P - ø√‹

T - Yes it is a Monkey

T - What are these (Showing the eyes of the monkey)

P - Eyes

T - What are these (Showing the ears)

P - #Óe⁄\T

T - Yes... ears

Like that the teacher elicits all the words

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Activity :-

Teacher writes some words on the black board and asks the children to circlethe letters ‘m’, ‘o’, ‘n’, ‘k’, ‘e’, ‘y’

man comb bus park

nest key lock dig

Writing :-

P is for ___ ot

Q is for ___ ueen

R is for ___ ose


Sun Sun SunThe Sun is one !Sun Sun SunThe Sun is in the sky !

` Sun Sun SunThe Sun is bright !


Make the children to do the following

A - Ok, bye !B - bye, Good night,A - Have a nice sleep,B - Thank you.

LESSON - 4

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4. Writing Activity :-

Bitty got some butter,Butter is so bitter,To make bitter butter better,Bitty got some more butter !

Activity :-1. Count the capital letter ‘T’ and write the number_________2. Write the small ‘t’____________3. Write capital ‘T’_______________4. Count the letter ‘s’ and write the number ___________5. Write the letter ‘s’ _____________6. Count and write the number of ‘U’__________7. Write the letter ‘U’ ____________8. Write the small ‘u’ ____________


Tell me, Tell mewhere is ‘V’ ?

‘V’ is there in vase and Van !

Tell me, Tell mewhere is ‘W’ ?

‘W’ is there is wall and watch !

Tell me, Tell mewhere is ‘X’ ?

‘X’ is ther in Xylophone !

LESSON - 5

S s

T t

U u

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Make the children to do the following conservation.

A - Excuse me,

B - Yes, what do you want ?

A - May I know the time please ?

B - It is 2’O clock

A - Thank you.


Make the children to read the given picture

door

wheels

break

stearing

driver

glass

seats

horn

VAN

Teacher has to pose questions to elict the above words related to the picture.

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Activity :-

Teacher writes some words on the black board or a chart

Teacher asks the children circle the letters ‘v’ and ‘n’

net velvet vally

vote rat man

tin jack spoon

4. Activity :-

Write the letters

1. Listening Activity :-Lily, Lily,

Your are lovely,

Lily, Lily,

You are silky,

Lily, Lily,

You are milky,

Lily, Lily,

You are my favourite friendly !

LESSON - 6

V

V

W

W

X

X

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Make the children to do the following conversation, a phone call fromfrom a friend

A - Hello,

B - Hello

A - What are you doing ?

B - Watching film in my laptop.

A - Who is your favourite hero ?

B - Ramcharan. What about you ?

A - Prabhas. Ok, carry on, bye,

B - Ok, bye.

Y y

Y y

Z z

Z z


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Writing

Writing the letters

Y


Teacher writes the word Rose on the chart with the sketch

Asks the children to spell the word ‘R’, ‘o’, ‘s’, ‘e’ and read the word

Try this to other words like ‘ red’, ‘flower’, ‘beautiful’ etc.,

LESSON - 7

y

Z

z


Rose, Rose, Rose,

Rose is a flower !

Rose, Rose, Rose,

Rose is red !

Rose, Rose, Rose,

Rose is beautiful !

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Make the children to follow this instructions

A- Come here B- follow the Instruction

A- Go there B- follow the Instruction

A- Come to me B- follow the Instruction

A-Go to your place B- follow the Instruction

A-Bring me a duster B- follow the Instruction

Change the persons and repeat thesame

LESSON - 81. Listening Activity :-

Come little children, come to me,

I will teach you ABC,

ABCDEFG,

HIJK, LMNOP,

LMNOP, QRST, UVW, XYZ !

XYZ, sugar and bread,

If you don’t like it better go to bed ?

2. Speaking & Reading Activity :-

Display the above rhyme on a chart

Ask the children to recognize and read the alphabet

3. Writing Activity :-

Write before letter, after letter and middle letter

__t __l

__B Q__

G__ U__W

H__J D__

p__ H__C__ __ F

e__ M__O

Note : The teacher can take up many more such examples for betterrecognition of letters.

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5. Confusing letters :-

1. B & D / b & d

2. T & F / t & f

3. M & N / m & n

4. C & E / c & e

5. U & V / u & v

Note : Teacher should clarify the mistakes of the children for other letters

LESSON - 9Recognition alphabet :-

1. Circle the letter that match the first letter in each row.

A B C A D A

B A P B C B

C C B C E C

D C B D C D

1. Circle the letter that match small letter in each row.

E c e a h

F v n f a

G e g h g

H v a h f

Arrange the capital letters and small letters in a sequential order

1)______________________________________________________

2)______________________________________________________

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LESSON - 10

Alphabet handwriting drill :-


Happy, Happy, Happy,

I am very happy !


You are very happy !


We are very happy !


Speaking about one self

Teacher should introduce himself and make children to speak about them

Ex. Hello Children,

I am teacher,

I am teaching to ______class

Teacher asks the children to speak about them.

Pupil-My name is ________________

I am a student.

I am studying in ____class

LESSON - 11

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LESSON - 12

3. Reading of simple words:-

Formation of words - Make the children to pronounce the

two letter words

t at

a n an

m am

m me

h e he

w we

n in

i t it

s is

r or

o f of

n on

p up

u n un

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Activity :-

Teacher presents a chart that contains two lettered words on a chart.

Make the children to read the words

as it on my be

at is of by we

an if up me so

am in un he to

Writing:-

Words with ‘a’ sound

Ask the children to complete the table

ad am an ap at

dad dam can cap bat

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STAGE - II

1. In this stage the teacher tries to introduce phrases.

He / She has to follow the strategy of model a phrase.

2. Say a sentence It is a book. Ask the children to modify theobject. Like that the teacher has to encourage the chil-dren to make simple sentences.

3. Children need vocabulary for this activity. So the teacherhas to introduce new words and make the children under-stand it’s use in sentences.

LESSON - 13

1. Listening:-One for sorrow,

Two for joy,

Three for father,

Four for mother,

Five for silver,

Six for gold,

Seven for secret,

Never be told !

2. Speaking :-

Teacher speaks about his family

Ex. My family is a ___________ family (small / big)

I have ______daughter /s and ____ son / s

I love my family

Teacher asks the children to speak about their family

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3. Reading :-

Teacher presents a chart that contain three letterd words

Asks the children to read the words

say got are any old was too him man did

she the now can had one day way new it’s

use and but you her our get his who let

two for not all see out has how boy put

4. Writing :-

Ask the children to write sentences from the above words.

Ex. You are old.

She was good.

We are all one.

LESSON - 14

1. Listening:-

Roses are red,

Violets are blue,

Honey is sweet,

And so are you !2. Speaking:-

Teacher makes the children to speak about the given picture

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Pose number of questions to elicit vocabulary from the children.

Father Happy Sister

Mother Together Small

Brother Hand in hand Family

Help the children to frame simple sentences.

Ex. My family is a small family.

I have mother and father.

I have a brother and sister.

We are happy.

3. Reading :-

Make the children to read the words

p pet

n et net

w wet

p pin

b in bin

t tin

Writing:-

Words with ‘e’ sound. Ask the children to complete the table.

ed eg en et

red beg den bet

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LESSON - 15

1. Listening:-

Head, shoulders, Knees and Toes,

Knees and Toes !

Eyes, Ears, Mouth and Nose,

Mouth and Nose !

Cheeks, Chin, Neck and Chest,

Neck and Chest !

Lips, Teeth, Jaws and Tongue,

Jaws and Tongue !

2. Speaking :-

Make the children to speak about themselves

I am happy.I am very happy.

We are happy.We are very happy.

You are happy.You are very happy.

He is clever.He is very clever.

It is nice.It is very nice.

They are good girls / boys.They are very good girls / boys.

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LESSON - 16

1. Listening:-

Rain rain go away,

Come again another day,

Little Johny wants to play,

Rain rain go away.

2. Speaking:-

Teacher shows an object and makes the child to speak about the object

It is a ball.

It is round.

I play with it.

Note : Teacher can take up many more objects and make the children tospeak

Writing:-

Words with ‘i’ sound. Ask the children to complete the table.

id ig in ip it

bid big bin dip bit

3. Reading:-

Revision of the chart that contains three lettered words

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LESSON - 17

1. Listening:-

Monday’s child is fair,

Tuesday’s child is grace,

Wednesday’s child is full of woe,

Thursday’s child has for to go,

Friday’s child is loving and giving,

Saturday’s child works hard for living,

But the Sunday’s child is good and gay!

After recitation of this rhyme teacher has to write all the days of week on achart and the make the children learn the days of week.

2. Speaking:-

Teacher speaks about his / her friends

He is my friend

His name is Ramu

He is a teacaher

Asks the children to speak about their friends

He / She _________________

His / Her _________________

He / She _________________

3. Reading:-

Revision of the chart that contains three lettered words

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Writing:-

Words with ‘O’ sound. Ask the children to complete the tables.

Word with ‘u’ sound

og op ot ox

dog top cot box

ub ug um un ut

cub bug gum gun but

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LESSON - 181. Listening:-

Here is the bus, here is the bus,

Here is the bus, it goes on the road,

Here goes the bus, here goes the bus,

Here goes the bus, pom..... pom.... pom

2. Speaking:-

This is a chair. That is a table.

It is a chair. That is a table.

These are chairs. Those are tables.

Make the children to practice these sentences for other objects / things.

Writing:-

Help the children to write the words in the table. Help the children to pronunce thewords

3. Reading:-

Teacher presents a chart that contains four lettered words.

Help the children to read the words.

that will know much when like than

with your want some come long only

have firm been time here make more

this they good very just many

such take them well were over

ai ae oo ee ea

hair near wool seed seal

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LESSON - 19

1. Reading of simple sentences :-

I can write.

The boy ate food.

The girl can dance.

He did that.

She sings well.

Here are the books.

Look at the picture.

I like to cook.

She is big.

You said it.

I have a new dress.

Dad will go.

I made this.

You come here.

Teacher helps the children to read the above sentences

2. Writing :-

Ask the children to write similar sentences with the help of the wordsgiven below.

that this some here

come make well am

i know did he

she much your want

Ex. 1) She is good. 2) He did well.

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LESSON - 20

1. Listening:-

Jack in the box,

Sits so still,

Won’t you come out ?

Yes, I will pop !

2 Speaking:-

After the children learnt the rhyme make them to do the following role play.

a A : Won’t you come out ?

B : Yes, I will come out.

b A : Won’t you sit ?

B : Yes, I will sit.

c. A : Won’t you read ?

B : Yes, I will read.

1. Reading of simple sentences :-

Jump cake I catch

duck film sing can

actor cake like ball

Ask the children to frame a sentence with the above words.

Ex. I can jump.

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2. Writing :-

Ask the children to rearrange the words in the sentences

can sing I

We cricket play

likes mango he

3. Writing of simple sentences :-

Look at the picture

table charts blue switch board

class room alphabet black fans

chair boys red door

carpet girls green black board

desk teaching window light

hand listening raising

Sentences

The teacher is writing

It is a class room

There are boys and girls sitting

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4. Reading:-

Teacher presents a chart that contains four lettered words

Ask the children to read the words

that will know much when like than

with your want some come long only

have firm been time here make more

this they good very just many

such take them well were over

5. Writing:-

Choose and write the correct word

kn ee

tr ee

bi n

pi n

f a

r a

ce

ce

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Making simple sentences with the given words.

1) Look at the words and write simple sentences.

Ex. 1) it my

two pretty

1) I have a pretty doll.

2) It is beauitiful.

3) Did you see my doll?

4) Two people talked about it.

Ex. 2) will up

down fly

1) It will fly on a phone.

2) It is fun to go up.

3) I will go down the stairs.

4) Birds can flyup in the sky.

Ex. 3) here want

are new

1) I want to stay here.

2) Here are the books.

3) This dress is new.

4) I have a new toy.

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4) did that

one can

1) I can write the number one.

2) Did you write that?

3) He did that.

4) That is one.

5) Can you write it?

5) for on

look ride

1) He will look for you.

2) Look on the table.

3) She can ride the bike.

4) I will go for a ride.

6) say and

are has

1) What do you say?

2) These are books.

3) She has a toy.

4) I have a car and a bike.

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STAGE III

The children have acquired certain vocabulary

and usage of vocabularly. So the teacher should

make the children able to express their ideas in

sentences orally and written. The strategy that

the teacher should follow is using pictures that

contain events and make the children able to

speak about them.

LESSON - 21

1. Listening

Round, Round, Round,

The sun is round !


The Moon is round !


.......................................................................................................

.......................................................................................................

.......................................................................................................

.......................................................................................................

.......................................................................................................

Add lines with the words ‘ ball’, ‘coin’ , ‘ zero’

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2. Speaking :-

Look at the picture and say 4 of 5 sentences using the following words

my ride it has handle

like wheels pedal seat break chain

Ex. I have a bicycle.

Reading :

Ask the children to read the following rords.

have take them were

over only make more

class large small very

want after odd will

Make the children able to frame simple sentences from the above words.

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LESSON - 22

1. Listening

Five green bottles sitting on a wall,

One green bottle had a great fall,

Four green bottles be there will !

Four green bottles sitting on a wall,

One green bottle had a great fall,

Three green bottles sitting on a wall

One.................................................................................................

........................................................................................................

........................................................................................................

........................................................................................................

........................................................................................................

Add lines with the words ‘two’ , ‘one’ , ‘ no’

2. Reading the text fluently

Make the children able to read the following words.

Dan Sad Sat

Mad Man hat

Cat That and

Dan is a man. He had a cat. The cat’s name is Sam. Dan is

mad at Sam. Dan had a hat and Sam sat on the hat.

The cat is sad. Dan is sad.

Ask some comprehensive questions.

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1. Who has a cat ?

2. Who sat on the hat ?

3. Why is Dan sad ?

Timed Repeated Readings are an instrumental practice for the development of readingfluency.

Write a short story or an event on two charts (one for pupil and the other for teacher)

Count the mistakes and time after every reading.

LESSON - 23

1. Read the following paragraph.

I am Radha, I am ten years old. I am studying class V at MPP

School, Kadiri. I was born in Kadiri. My father’s name is Raja Rao. He is

a farmer. My mother’s name is Sita. She is a house wife. I have a pet dog.

It’s name is Jooly. I love my pet dog.

Vocabulary

born father mother house wife

farmer years old pet

love studying class

Write a few sentences about your self.

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LESSON - 24


My house : I am Mamatha. I am studying in class V at MPP School,

Nandamuri Nagar. I live in a small house. It is very beautiful. There

are twenty houses in the street. There are three rooms in my house.

There is an old temple beside my house. I love my house very much.

Vocabulary

Studying live small house

very beautiful street rooms

old temple beside love

Writing

Ask the children to write a few sentences about their house.

____________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

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LESSON - 25


My school : I am studying in MPP School, Motukupalli. My school has a beautiful

building. It has five large classrooms. Our school has a fine library, and an office

room. 165 students are studying in my school. It has a good staff. We play games

in the play ground. It has a beautiful garden too.

Vocabulary

School library staff office room

building large classrooms students

games garden play too

Writing : Ask the children write a few sentences about their school.

____________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________

3. Reading

My friend : I am Raju. I have many friends in my school. Rohit is my best friend.

He is tall and handsome. He is good at sports and studies. We play and study together

every day. He helps me a lot. He is a hard woring boy. I like him very much

Vocabulary

friend have school best tall handsome

studies play together handwriting like every

Writing :

Ask the children to write a few sentences about their friend.

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LESSON - 26

1. Listening

Rocky put the kettle on,

Rocky put the kettle on,

And Rocky put the kettle on,

We’ll all have tea ?

Rocky put the toaster on,

Rocky put the toaster on,

And Rocky put the toaster on

We’ll all have toast.

Add lines with the words.

‘Cooker’ - ‘rice’

‘Oven’ - ‘cake’

‘Flying pan’ - ‘potato fry’

2. Speak about the picture.

* Teacher has to pose question to elicit words.

And join the words to make sentences.

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3. Reading the text fluently.

Ben is a boy. He has a pet. It’s name is Ted. Ben let

his pet on the bed. The bed is red. Ben’s mom is Zen.

She hates Ted, because of it’s naughty things.

* Ask the children 2 or 3 comprehensive questions.

1) Who is Ben?

2) What is the name of his pet?

3) Why does Zen hate Ted?

4. Write 4 sentenses about the picture with the help of the following words.

big it long has

children trunk eyes love

play small is long

Ex. It’s an elephant.

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LESSON - 27

1) Eyes are two,

Ears are two,

But the nose is one !

Lips are two,

Jaws are two,

But the tongue is one !

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

Add lines with the words ‘ hands’ , ‘ legs’, ‘ heart’

2) Look at the picture and speak 4 sentences.

* Teacher has to pose questions to elicit vacabulary. And ask the children tomake sentences with the help of words.

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3) Ask the children to read the following words.

bus run duck frind

pup jump can bump

get hit roll road

Ask the children to read the following text.

The duck and the pup are friends. The duck and thepup get on the bus. The bus hits the bump. The pupand the duck rolled on the road.

Ask the children some comprehensive questions.

1) What happened to the bus?

2) Who are frinds ?

3) Why did the duck and the pup roll on the road ?

4) Look at the picture and write 5 sentences using the following words.

desert tall animal

neck long ship

1) It is a camel

2)

3)

4)

5)

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LESSON - 28

1) Eyes Eyes Eyes,

I see with my eyes !

Nose Nose Nose,

I smell with my nose !

Ears Ears Ears,

I hear with my ears !

Tongue _________________________________

______________________________________

______________________________________

______________________________________

______________________________________

______________________________________


‘ Tongue’ - ‘taste’

‘ hands’ - ‘ do’

‘legs’ - ‘ walk’

2) Role play - Teacher has to select two children. One child should say the word‘eyes’. The other child should say the use of the eyes.

Ex. A - Eyes

B - I see with my eyes.

Repeat the same with other children for all other uses of the parts of body.

(Ears, Nose, Tongue, Teeth)

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rain pain main jain

chair wait again train

mom dad cries tied

chair looks gate when

Ask the children to read the following text.

I like to play when it rains. My mom waits for me at the main gate. My dad comes bytrain. He sits on the chair. My pet, Jain comes to his feet. He tied Jain with a chain.It cries with pain. My mom untied jain. My dad tied Jain again and again.

Ask the children some comprehensive questions.

1) Who is Jain?

2) Who comes by train?

3) Why did Jain cry ?

4) Who ties Jain with a chain?

4) Write 5 sentences about your mother with the help of the words given below.

love is care best

much share enjoy my

firned me very whenever

happy sad laugh together

1) My mother’s name is

2)

3)

4)

5)

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LESSON - 29

1) Revise any one of the previous rhymes.

2) Make the children to do following conversation.

A - I am sorry.

B - It’s okay.

A - Forgive me please for dashing you.

B - Don’t worry. No problem.


born education teacher service

building early principal died

contractor sacred worked Calcutta

rugoslavia Heart Served Septemer

nearby Church dedicated prizes

Venice nun pook large

* Ask the children to read the following paragraph.

Mother Teresa was bon in Yugoslavia on August 26, 1910. Her father was abuilding Contractor. Her Mother come from nereby Venice. They lived in a large houseset in big garden. Teresa had a sister and a brother. Her early education was at theSacred Heart Church. She was happy as a nun. She worked first as a teacher and then theprincipal. At last Teresa worked for the poor and served them. Her life was dedicated tosurve the poor and sick. She won several prizes for her service. She died on September5, 1997 in Calcutta.

* Ask the children some comprehensive questions.

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4. Look at the picture and write 5 sentenses.

* Teacher has the pose questions to elicit the vocabulary. Then with the help ofvocabulary make the children able to write sentences.

LESSON - 30

Listening :

The Sun is hot,

But the Moon is cool !

The day is bright,

But the night is dark !

The Elephant is big,

But the ant is small !

The ..............................................................................

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‘ Lotus’ - ‘large’

‘ Jasmine’ - ‘tiny’

‘ Giraffe’ - ‘tall’

‘Deer’ - ‘short’

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2) ‘Like’ - ‘ Likes’.

a) Mother likes roses.

Father likes jasmine.

Brother likes lilies.

Sister likes marrygold.

I like Lotus.

b) He likes coffee.

She likes tea.

It likes milk.

I like boost.

c) I like white.

We like pink.

They like yellow.

3. Ask the children to read to the following text.

Ramaiah was a poor farmer. He lived in a village called Ramapuram.His family was large. So, he worked hard to earn more money.What he earned was not enough. He was not able to give hischildren good food and nice clothes. Though he was poor, he waskind and helped to others. They all loved him.

Vocabulary: Write five sentences by using the given words.

farmer poor family give

village lived worked children

money large enough good

earned called able food

helpful kind love others

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Annexure

Teacher’s language plays a vital role in promoting children’s useof the language. To get the children to do various activities in theclass room, the teacher has to ask the children to listen to his /her instructions in English. This exposes the children to the spokenEnglish. So, the teacher should try to the English all the time inthe classroom. Here are some sentences which the teacher shoulduse in the classroom.

A) Greetings

1. Good morning children.

2. Hello everybody

3. Good morning boys and girls.

4. Good afternoon boys and girls.

5. Good afternoon children.

6. Good evening every body.

7. Good evening boys and girls.

8. Hello children. How are you all ?

9. Response :- Fine, Thank you Sir / Madam.

How are you Sir / Madam

10. Fine, Thank you children.

11. Are you all well today ?

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B) Checking Attendance

1. I am going to call your names.

2. Answere your attendance.

3. I’ll take your attendance, listen while I call your names.

4. Let’s see who is absent.

5. Let’s see if everyone is here.

6. Is anybody absent let’s see.

7. Is every one present to day? let’s see.

3) Beginning of the lesson.

1. Ok. We have finished the lesson 5. Shall we begin the lesson 6.

2. Shall we sing a song?

3. Are you ready to listen to me?

4. Ok, children, listen to me carefully.

5. Ok, tell me.

6. Ok, children open your books.

7. Look at the picture / book / block board,

8. Write down in your slates / note books.

9. Answer these questions.

10. Let’s begin the class.

11. Come on children, recite these lines.

12. Shall we recite the poem?

D) Physical conditions of the class room.

1. Bring me a chalk.

2. Would you bring me the duster.

3. Go and get me a chalk.

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4. Would you open the window?

5. Get me the attendance register.

6. Place this on the table.

E) During the class.

1. Look here.

2. Look at the black board.

3. Look into your books.

4. Say it again.

5. Take your books.

6. Look at the page no. 16

7. Come here.

8. Could you sit in groups?

9. Come on children sit in groups.

10. Can your share your work?

11. Share your work with others.

12. Just clean the black board.

13. Can any one do this?

14. Can anybody answer this?

15. Can anyone know this?

16. Ok. Say it once.

17. Say it once again.

18. Say it aloud.

19. Stand up and read aloud.

20. Very good.

21. Very nice.

22. Repeat this.

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F) Control and discipline.

1. Don’t make noise.

2. Children, keep quiet.

3. Be quiet.

4. Stop doing that.

5. Don’t do that.

6. You must n’t do this.

7. What are you doing?

8. Why are you making noise?

9. Will you please keep quiet?

10. Silence.

11. Why are you showting?

12. Don’t you understand?

13. Don’t you know this?

14. Try to follow this.

15. Try to understand.

G) Ending the class.

1. Ok children shall we end this here?

2. Very good. Well done. Shall we stop here?

3. Collect your books from the table.

4. Do it one by one.

5. See you in the morning.

6. See you tomorrow.

7. Bye children.

8. Ok children you may go.

9. Ok. Take your bags.

10. Good evening children bye.

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