Welcome to the Longman Kenya schemes of work
We are delighted to bring you schemes of work ready for use.
The schemes of work are in line with our mission which is to make your work easy so you can focus on the business of teaching. While preparing these schemes, careful consideration was given to the need to make your classes innovative, lively and inspiring. The schemes cover the entire secondary cycle, from form 1 to 4. You will need to scroll down the CD to get to your specific subject area. The subject areas are arranged alphabetically.
We do hope you will find the suggested activities and resources motivating and in line with the curriculum requirements. The schemes are a guide and you should adapt them to suit your particular circumstances.
The schemes of work are based on the following tried and tested Longman Kenya textbooks and supplementary books:
Textbooks
- Explore English Form 1-4
Reference Books
- Revision English
- The student’s companion
- Practical English Book 1-3
- Longman KCSE English Revision
- An Anthology of East African Poetry
- Poems Aplenty pupil’s book
- Poems Aplenty Teacher’s guide
- Common Mistakes in English
Dictionaries
- Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English with CD-ROM
- Longman Dictionary of common errors
- Longman Idioms Dictionary
- Longman phrasal verbs dictionary
- Longman Business English Dictionary
To make the most of the schemes you need to have the books listed above.
We know that in this new era of multi-media technology the needs and expectations of your learners are constantly changing, and we aim to provide inspiring, innovating and high-value books that will keep them interested. Whatever your subject area or interest Longman Kenya has something for you.
We look forward to supporting you and your learners over the coming years and hope you enjoy using our schemes of work.
Do not hesitate to contact me for any clarifications.
Best wishes
Jacob Macharia
Sales Manager, Longman Kenya
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TERM 1WK / PRD / TOPIC / SUB - TOPIC / SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES / TEACHING / LEARNING ACTIVITIES / TEACHING/ LEARNING RESOURCES & REFERENCES / REMARKS
5 / 1 / Speaking And Listening / Introductions/ Ice-breaking / By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to introduce themselves / a classmate to the class talk about themselves / classmate in about three sentences. / Listen to teacher’s introduction, pair up and briefly interview each other introduce each other to the class. / - Explore English Book 1 P 3-4
- Explore English Teacher’s Guide Book 1 P 1.
5 / 2 / Speaking And Listening / Pronunciation
/i/ & /i: / / By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to distinguish between the two sounds and pronounce each correctly in individual words and in connected speech / listens to teacher model sounds and repeats /study lists of words and reads them out.
reads sentences/dialogue / - Explore English Book 1 P4-5
- Explore English Teacher’s Guide Book 1 P 1
5 / 3 / Reading / Comprehension
& Vocabulary / By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to read the passage and i) provide correct answers to questions. ii)explain the contextual meanings of some words used in the passage iii) use the words in own sentences / General discussion on attitude.
Learners read passage and attempt questions / - Explore English Book 1P 5-7
- Explore English Teacher’s Guide Book 1 P 2
5 / 4 / Nouns / Common and Proper Nouns / By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to identify and use proper and common nouns in written and oral sentences / Study jumbled list of words and reorganize it.
Discuss lists and use words in the lists in sentences / - Explore English Book 1: P 8
- Explore English Teacher’s Guide Book 1 p 3
5 / 5 / Writing / Study Skills / Lists / By the end of the lesson the learner should be able to i) give examples of lists. ii) Write a list on a given topic using the correct format / Study sample lists, discuss and write list / - Explore English Book 1 P 9
- Explore English Teacher’s Guide P 3
5 / 6 / Extensive Reading / Library lesson
Literary material / By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to write a brief summary on material read / Read material and write / Assorted texts
6 / 1 / Speaking And Listening / Pronunciation:
Sounds /e/ and /æ/ / By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to distinguish between the two sounds and pronounce each correctly in individual words and in connected speech / Learner listens to teacher model sounds and repeats /studies lists of words and reads them out.
Learner reads sentences/dialogue
Listens to dictation and writes down words / - Explore English Book 1: P10
- Explore English Teacher’s Guide P 4
6 / 2-3 / Reading / Comprehension and Vocabulary / By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to i) read passage and provide correct answers to questions ii) explain contextual meaning of words used in the passage / Learners discuss terrorism generally then read passage.
Write answers to questions / - Explore English Book 1 P12-14
- Explore English Teacher’s Guide p 5
6 / 4 / Nouns / Concrete nouns: Countable and uncountable / By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to i) identify and use concrete nouns correctly. ii) distinguish between countable and uncountable nouns / Learners talk about objects and things in and outside the class and categorize them / - Explore English Book 1: P15-16
- Explore EnglishTeacher’s Guide Book 1 P 5-6
6 / 5 / Nouns / Countable and uncountable / By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to construct sentences using countable and uncountable nouns. / Read passage on terrorism and pick out countable and uncountable nouns.
Use selected nouns to make sentences / - Explore English Book 1: P 16-17.
6 / 6 / Extensive Reading / Library Lesson:
Non-literary material / By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to read non-literary material on a contemporary issue and write a brief summary/ comment on it. / Read material of own choice on a contemporary issue and write about it / Various texts and library resources
7 / 1 / Writing / Handwriting / By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to discuss and, in about one paragraph, demonstrate the characteristics of legible and neat writing / Learners copy/ write given paragraph, exchange books, decide on the most legible and discuss the reasons.
Deduce characteristics of legible writing / - Explore English Book 1: 17-18
- Explore English Teacher’s Guide Book 1
7 / 2 / Study Skills / Good reading habits / By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to demonstrate specified good reading habits in reading given material. / Learners list what they consider good reading habits.
Discussion and practice / - Explore English Book 1: P 18- 19
- Explore English Teacher’s Guide Book 1
7 / 3 / Speaking And Listening / Pronunciation
/Λ/ and / a:/ / By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to distinguish between the two sounds and pronounce each correctly in individual words and in connected speech / Learner listens to teacher model sounds and repeats /studies lists of words and reads them out.
Learner reads sentences/dialogue
Listens to dictation and writes down words / Explore English Book 1: P 20
7 / 4 / Intensive Reading / Comprehension and Vocabulary / By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to i) read extract and provide correct answers to questions ii) explain contextual meaning of words used in the extract / Brief discussion.
Reading and writing / - Explore English Book 1: P 21-24
- Explore English Teacher’s Guide Book 1 P 8-9
7 / 5 / Nouns / Abstract Nouns / By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to i) distinguish between abstract and concrete nouns ii) identify and use abstract nouns in sentence construction / Learners study jumbled up list of abstract and concrete nouns and categorizes the words.
Learners deduce difference between abstract and concrete nouns / - Explore English Book 1: P 24-25
- Explore English Teacher’s Guide Book 1P 9
7 / 6 / Extensive Reading / Library lesson
Literary material / By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to read literary material of own choice and write a brief summary of it. / Read literary material of own choice and write about it / Assorted texts
8 / 1 / Nouns / Regular and irregular nouns / By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to distinguish between regular and irregular nouns and use each category. / Study lists of nouns and discuss.
Change the words into plurals and discuss. / Explore English Book 1: P 26-27
8 / 2 / Study Skills / Using a dictionary / By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to use a dictionary to find word meaning, correct pronunciation, and the root of a word, among other uses. / Speak about uses of the dictionary.
Practice use of dictionary / - Explore English Book 1: P 28
- Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
8 / 3 / Study Skills / Using a dictionary / By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to use the dictionary to get the correct form of given verbs in the simple past and past participle forms, synonyms and antonyms and part of speech / Practice and discussion / - Explore English Book 1: P 28
- Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
8 / 4 / Writing & Vocabulary / Conversations / By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to write a dialogue of about two hundred words using the correct conventions of dialogue writing / Study sample dialogue and discuss.
Writing / Explore English Book 1: Longman Kenya p29
8 / 5 / Speaking & Listening / Pronunciation
/ / and / /
Court cord / By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to distinguish between the two sounds and pronounce each correctly in individual words and in connected speech / Learner listens to teacher model sounds and repeats /studies lists of words and reads them out.
Learner reads sentences/dialogue
Listens to dictation and writes down words / Explore English Book 1: Longman Kenya p 30
8 / 5 / Reading / Comprehension and Vocabulary / By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to i) read passage and provide correct answers to questions ii) explain contextual meaning of words used in the passage / Brief discussion / question and answers on HIV and Aids.
Reading passage.
Writing / Explore English Book 1: Longman Kenya p32-34
8 / 6 / Extensive Reading / Library Lesson:
Non-literary material / By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to read non-literary material on a contemporary issue and write a brief summary/ comment on it. / Read material of own choice on a contemporary issue and write about it / Explore English Book 1: Longman KenyaP 33
9 / 1 / Speaking And Writing / Discussion: HIV and Aids / By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to orally discuss various aspects of HIV and Aids / Learners discuss a question on HIV and Aids / Explore English Book 1: Longman Kenya p 34
9 / 2 / Language Use / Definite articles / By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to i) list and demonstrate the uses of the definite article ii) use the definite article in sentences / Learners provide list of nouns and through elimination pick out the nouns that take the definite article.
Use the definite article in sentences / - Explore English Book 1: P 34
- Newspaper cuttings
9 / 3 / Language Use / Indefinite articles / By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to identify and use indefinite articles correctly in sentences / Study lists of nouns and their use decide which article goes with which word then discuss.
Deduce rules of indefinite articles / Explore English Book 1: P 36
9 / 4 / Study Skills / The library and how to use it. / By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to retrieve a book from the library using the library catalogue based on either The Library of Congress or The Dewey decimal classification system / Visit school library and ,go through the library catalogue and discuss. / Explore English Book 1: P 37-38
9 / 5 / Study Skills / The library and how to use it. / By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to use a card catalogue to i) find information on a given book, author and subject.ii) retrieve and use reference material to find specified information. / Learners study sample cards and discuss.
Learners practise the use of card catalogues / Explore English Book 1: P 38-40
9 / 6 / Extensive Reading / Library lesson
HIV and Aids / By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to read material on HIV and Aids and make notes / Reading and writing / Various reference material
10 / 1 / Speaking And Listening / Pronunciation
/υ/ and /u:/ / By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to distinguish between the two sounds and pronounce each correctly in individual words and in connected speech / Learner listens to teacher model sounds and repeats /studies lists of words and reads them out.
Learner reads sentences/dialogue
Listens to dictation and writes down words / Explore English Book 1: P 41
10 / 2 / Reading / Comprehension and vocabulary / By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to i) read passage and provide correct answers to questions ii) explain contextual meaning of words used in the passage / Learners respond to brief pre-reading questions then read the passage and respond to questions on it in writing / Explore English Book 1: P 42-43
10 / 3 / Language Use / Aspects of style e.g. Personification, comparison and dialogue / By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to define, identify and discuss use of personification, comparisons and dialogue in given passage. / Read sections of passage and with aid of the teacher identify and discuss the technique used / Explore English Book 1: P 43
10 / 4 / Speaking / Story telling devices / By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to discuss and illustrate some story telling devices / Learners tell stories and discuss / - Explore English Book 1: P 43
- Explore English Teacher’s Guide Book 1 P16
- Learner/ teacher stories
10 / 5 / Language Use / Personal pronouns / By the end of the lesson the learner should be able to:
identify and use personal pronouns correctly in various positions in a sentence / Learners study list of words, pick some and use them in various sentences and discuss / - Explore English Book 1: P 44-45
10 / 6 / Extensive Reading / Library lesson
Literary material / By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to read literary material of own choice and write a brief summary of it. / Read selected literary material and comment on it in about one hundred words. / Various texts
11 / 1 / Language Use / Personal pronouns / By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to distinguish between personal pronouns in the objective and subjective case / Learners study sentences containing personal pronouns and discuss / Explore English Book 1: P 44-45
11 / 2 / Study Skills / Silent reading / By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to demonstrate some good silent reading habits, like non-movement of lips, when reading a given text. / Learners read through given texts silently then discuss good silent reading habits.
Learners practise silent reading / Explore English Book 1: P 45.
11 / 3 / Poetry / The difference between poetry and prose / By the end of the lesson the learner should be able to i) list and illustrate the characteristics of poetry that differentiate it from prose ii)Read a given poem and answer the questions on it. / Read through a poem and a paragraph from ‘The Young Woman and the Ogre” and discuss differences.
Read through poem and respond to questions / Explore English Book 1: P 45- 46
11 / 4 / Writing / Poetry / By the end of the lesson the learner should be able to write a poem of about three stanzas on a given topic / Group work
Discuss selected topic, plan and write.
Read poem to group / Explore English Book 1: P 46.
11 / 5 / Reading / Literary appreciation and vocabulary: Introduction to Class reader / By the end of the lesson the learner should be able to read given passage and provide correct answers to questions on it. / Read sections of text and discuss / Class reader
11 / 6 / Extensive Reading / Library lesson: literary material / By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to read literary material of own choice and write a brief summary of it. / Learners read selected literary material and comment on it in about one hundred words. / Assorted texts
12 / 1 / Speaking And Listening / Pronunciation
/з:/ and /ə/ / By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to distinguish between the two sounds and pronounce each correctly in individual words and in connected speech / Learner listens to teacher model sounds and repeats /studies lists of words and reads them out.
Learner reads sentences/dialogue
Listens to dictation and writes down words / - Explore English Book 1: P 47
- Explore English Teacher’s Guide Book 1
12 / 2 / Speaking / Riddles / By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to i) list and illustrate features of riddles ii)Give examples of riddles / Learner gives/ listens to riddle.
Leaner participates in riddling session. / Explore English Book 1: P 47-48
12 / 3 / Reading And Speaking / Comprehension and etiquette / By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to i) read the passage and provide correct answers to questions on it ii) list and demonstrate some ways of showing etiquette. / Brief discussion on good manners.
Reading of passage and discussion / - Explore English Book 1: P 50-52
- Explore English Teacher’s Guide Book 1 P18-20
12 / 4 / Language Use / The simple sentence / By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to construct a simple sentence with the structure of subject +verb, subject +verb + object. / Study sample sentences and discuss components.
Write sentences / Explore English Book 1: P 52-53
12 / 5-6 / End Of / TERM / EXAMINATIONS
13 / 1-6 / End Of / TERM / EXAMINATIONS , / PREPARATION OF / REPORTS AND / CLOSURE
14 / Marking / AND / CLOSURE
TERM 2-2011
WK / PRD / TOPIC / SUB - TOPIC / SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES / TEACHING / LEARNING ACTIVITIES / TEACHING/ LEARNING RESOURCES & REFERENCES / REMARKS1 / 1-3 / REPORTING / BACK TO / SCHOOL AND / SETTLING.
1 / 4 / Verbs / The Simple Present / By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to
construct sentences in the simple present tense