–         Pronunciation and problematic Sounds

Pronounce the problematic sounds correctly

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

-Scan a given passage for important details

-List all the words in the passage that begin with letter ‘m’

Reading

Reading

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

A Worthy Prefect

·        Read the passage silently

·        Answer questions on the passage correctly.

·        Use the vocabulary in the passage correctly in sentences

Discussing some of the antisocial habits common in the school

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Identify the meaning of words and be able to use them correctly

Gap filling

Discussing the vocabulary

dictionary

Secondary English Bk 2 Pg 9-10

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Identify the collective nouns correctly

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Demonstrate the ability to use the hyphen correctly

Writing sentences with punctuation marks

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Silent Letters

-Identify the silent letters in words given

-Read words with silent letters aloud

Speaking

Exercise

Charts

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

–         Skim through the given passage and answer questions from it correctly

Reading

Writing answers

Secondary English Bk 2 Pg 139-141

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

The Money Doubler

·        Read the passage silently

·        Answer questions on the passage correctly.

·        Use the vocabulary in the passage correctly in sentences

Discussing oral questions

Writing answers

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Use given words from the passage to fill in a crossword puzzle

Dictionary

Secondary English Bk 2

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Demonstrate the ability to form compound words from a given list of words

Writing compound nouns

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Tell the different uses of an apostrophe when asked to do so

Show the symbol of an apostrophe (’)

Writing sentences

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

-Use stress differently to bring out a difference in meaning

-Underline the stressed syllables in words according to the way they are used in sentences

Discussing oral questions

Speaking Writing

Secondary English Bk 2 Pg 31-33

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Demonstrate awareness of Telephone etiquette

Conduct s telephone conversation using etiquette

Discussing the Telephone etiquette

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Celebrating Our Gender

·        Read the passage silently

·        Answer questions on the passage correctly.

·        Use the vocabulary in the passage correctly in sentences

Discussing oral questions

Writing answers

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Demonstrate the knowledge of  Phrasal quantifiers

Writing Phrasal quantifiers

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Demonstrate the ability to use figurative language in writing or speaking

Writing paragraphs with

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

-Identify the words that are often mispronounced

-Write them down correctly in phonetic transcription

Discussing

Speaking

Writing

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Practice and correctly pronounce /p/ and /b/

Give different examples of words that have /p/ and /b/  pronunciation

Secondary English Bk 2

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

World Environment Day

·        Read the passage silently

·        Answer questions on the passage correctly.

·        Use the vocabulary in the passage correctly in sentences

Discussing oral questions

Writing answers

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Identify possessives correctly in sentences

Identify various uses of possessive forms

Gap filling

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Demonstrate ability to understand use of number and pronouns correctly

Discussing different types of pronouns

Writing sentences using pronouns

Secondary English Bk 2

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Write invitation letters using the correct format

Writing invitation letters

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

MID TERM EXAMS 

                                                                      AND

 MID TERM BREAK

Talk about the role of the society in shaping a child’s behavior

Secondary English Bk 2 Pg 1-2

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Who Will Speak Out?

·        Read the passage silently

·        Answer questions on the passage correctly.

·        Use the vocabulary in the passage correctly in sentences

Discussing the questions gives

Writing answers

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

give the meanings of words and use them to write sentences

know the spellings of each of the vocabulary words learned

apply the vocabulary learned in class in normal day life situations

discussing the meanings of new words

Secondary English Bk 2 Pg 1-2

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Identify the use of Personal pronouns correctly

Secondary English Bk 2 Pg 47-50

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Practice the skill of Descriptive writing

Writing a descriptive essay

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Listen to a legend on Luanda Magere and respond to given questions

Identify features of a legend

Identify the themes in legends

Discussing features of legends

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

-Pronounce words with similar sounds correctly in order to distinguish between them

-Differentiate between the spellings of words with similar sounds

Articulating the words

Writing

Dictionary

Charts

Secondary English Bk 2 Pg52-53

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Take notes effectively using content words

Discussing steps in note taking

Note taking

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Effects Of Alcohol

·        Read the passage silently

·        Answer questions on the passage correctly.

·        Use the vocabulary in the passage correctly in sentences

Discussing the given question

Writing new words

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

-Use the card catalogue correctly

-Identify the call number in the card

-Search a particular book in the shelves accurately

Listening to the librarian

Searching for a book in the shelves

Secondary English Bk 2 Pg 43-44

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Identify Infinite pronouns and use them correctly in sentences

Answer any exercise given on Infinite pronouns

Dive examples of Infinite pronouns

Discussing the use of pronouns

Writing sentences

Flash cards

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Identify Indefinite pronouns and give their  possessive case

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Identify the language used in a descriptive paragraph based on sight

Use different skills in order to make his/her work as interesting as possible

Use adjectives to describe objects, smell and subjects

Writing a descriptive passage

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

-Use intonation appropriately

– Differentiate between rising and falling intonation

Speaking

Writing

Audio tapes

Secondary English Bk 2 Pg 44

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Information Technology (IT)

Read the passage and respond to the questions

Discussing the questions

Writing new vocabulary

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Identify Primary auxiliary verbs and use them correctly in sentences

Writing and identifying verbs in a passage

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Listen to a passage on myth of origin and answer the questions correctly

Identify features of myths shown in the passage

Discussing the features of myths

Writing down notes about myths

Secondary English Bk 2 Pg 61-65

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Study idiomatic expressions used in the passage and use them correctly in sentences

Discussing the use of idiomatic expressions

Writing idiomatic expressions

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

-Discuss the elements of a good imaginative composition

-Write a good imaginative composition

Discussing oral questions

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

How I survived Drug Abuse

·        Read the passageand respond to questions based on it Read the passage silently

·        Answer questions on the passage correctly.

·        Use the vocabulary in the passage correctly in sentences

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Identify Modal auxiliaries and use them correctly in sentences

Discussing Modal auxiliaries

Writing sentences

Using Modal auxiliaries

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Listen to a passage on legend and answer the questions correctly

Identify features of legends shown in the passage from it

Discussing the features of legends

Writing down notes about legends

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An event

Demonstrate the ability to write a strong description of an event

Writing a composition

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

                                                                                                     END OF TERM EXAMINATIONS

-Identify dos and don’ts of taking notes

-Demonstrate the ability to take notes effectively from the teacher’s lesson

Discussion

explanation

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Demonstrate the understanding of the poem and respond to questions on it

Writing short poems

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Turn The Pointing Finger

·        Read the passage silently

·        Answer questions on the passage correctly.

·        Use the vocabulary in the passage correctly in sentences

Discussing the comprehension question

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Identify sense of taste to descriptive writing and write a paragraph based on sense of taste

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Revise the terms work

Secondary English Bk 2

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Consolidate a number of vocabulary and use it in sentences correctly

Discussing ways of consolidating the vocabulary

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Identify Perfective aspect and use it correctly in sentences

Discussing the use of Perfective aspect

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Sense of hearing

Identify the importance of sense of hearing in descriptive writing and write a paragraph based on it

Discussing the importance of the sense of hearing

Writing a descriptive essay

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

·        Read the passage silently

·        Answer questions on the passage correctly.

·        Use the vocabulary in the passage correctly in sentences

Discussing the issues raised in the dialogue

Secondary English Bk 2 Pg 103

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Read and show understanding of a given poem ‘the dawn’

Show the aspects of poem i.e. styles, themes, persona, rhyme & rhythm, mood & tone

Answer any question on poetry

Discussing issues raised in the poem

Human Rights

·        Read the passage silently

·        Answer questions on the passage correctly.

·        Use the vocabulary in the passage correctly in sentences

Discussing oral questions

Writing answers to the questions

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Identify the correct forms of  progressive aspect and use them in sentences

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Demonstrate the ability to write short poems on familiar topics such as nature

Writing poems

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

-Sing a song that they like most

-Explain why they like the song

-Say when and who sang the song

Discussion

Dancing

Secondary English Bk 2 Pg 96-97

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Read given passage or poem  and demonstrate ability to bring out the rhythms, the intonations, the tone variations and the meanings that were intended by the author

Explanation

Sample poem

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Kenyatta Finally Released

·        Read the passage silently

·        Answer questions on the passage correctly.

·        Use the vocabulary in the passage correctly in sentences

Discussing oral questions

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Read the poem ‘come, my mother’s sons and use gestures and intonation to add meaning to it

Read the words correctly obeying the punctuation marks

Lay stress on words where necessary

Answer any questions give to him/her to attempt

Understand all the vocabulary words used in the lesson

Discussing the use of  gesture

Secondary English Bk 2 Pg 172

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Identify the different ways of expressing Future time and use them correctly in sentences

Discussing the Future time

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

-Write a good conversation

-Act it out in class

Acting it out in class

Secondary English Bk 2 Pg 103-104

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Identify silent letters in given words

Gap filling

Dictionary

Secondary English Bk 2 Pg 33-34

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

-Define rhyme correctly

_Identify rhyme in a given poem correctly

Discussing the use of sign language

Secondary English Bk 2 Pg 104-105

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

A Change In The Role Of The Family

·        Read the passage silently

·        Answer questions on the passage correctly.

·        Use the vocabulary in the passage correctly in sentences

Writing new words

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

-Identify the main points in the passage “Hairdressers’ Health Care” correctly

-Follow the given steps in note-making by the teacher correctly

Writing

Note-making

Secondary English Bk 2 Pg 106-108

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Identify and distinguish between clauses and phrases and use them correctly in sentences

Filling in gaps

Sample sentences

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Giving reasons

Develop concise paragraphs and give reasons in a paragraph

Writing a paragraph

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

-Write a good summary based on the passage “Coffee Farming”

writing

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Zero

·        Read the passage silently

·        Answer questions on the passage correctly.

·        Use the vocabulary in the passage correctly in sentences

Discussing and demonstrating

The use of eye contact

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Read given texts from the library

Writing summaries

Write a dialogue using the correct format

Discussing the issues in the dialogue

Writing dialogue

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Identify and use adverbs of place correctly in sentences

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Listen to the narrative ‘The Origin of death’ and identify features of a myth

Discussing myths

Writing features of myths

Secondary English Bk 2 Pg 1-2

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

-Identify the character traits of a character

-Explain how one can tell the character traits of a character correctly

Dramatization

Reading aloud

Video demonstration

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

What Goes Round Comes Round

·        Read the passage silently

·        Answer questions on the passage correctly.

·        Use the vocabulary in the passage correctly in sentences

Discussing oral questions

Writing answers to questions

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

-Distinguish between compound and complex sentences

-Construct compound and complex sentences correctly

Explanation Exercises

Charts

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Write a composition using variety of sentences

Charts

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Munyaga And His Boss

·        Read the passage silently

·        Answer questions on the passage correctly.

·        Use the vocabulary in the passage correctly in sentences

Writing answers to the passage

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

-Use the correct order of adjectives in sentences

Write well-developed paragraphs

Writing a well-developed paragraph

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

-Read telephone conversation using telephone etiquette

-Carry out an imaginary telephone conversation with a partner

Speaking

Sample telephone conversations

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Oprah Winfrey

·        Read the passage silently

·        Answer questions on the passage correctly.

·        Use the vocabulary in the passage correctly in sentences

Discussing oral questions

Writing answers to comprehension questions

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

-Define similes and metaphors

-Identify metaphors and similes in given sentences and poems

Explanation

Discussion

Secondary English Bk 2 Pg 130-132

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Hold a class debate on ‘many mistakes that young people make in life as a result of peers’

Secondary English Bk 2 Pg 1-2

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

-Define adverbs

-Identify the various types of adverbs

-Use adverbs correctly in sentences

Discussion

Exercises

Charts

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

-write a clear and detailed telephone messages

Discussing what to include in  a telephone message

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Information Technology

-Answer questions from the listening comprehension correctly

Writing

Secondary English Bk 2 Pg 140

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

-Dramatize an imaginary dialogue at a shop

Define the common terminologies used in plays

Dramatization

The Pulley

·        Read the passage silently

·        Answer questions on the passage correctly.

·        Use the vocabulary in the passage correctly in sentences

Writing correct answers to the questions

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Use the comparative and superlative forms of adverbs correctly in sentences

Explanation

Exercises

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Demonstrate the ability to conduct an interview using the correct tone, gestures, stress and facial expression

Secondary English Bk 2 Pg 150-152 Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Drugs: Who Abuses Them?

·        Read the passage silently

·        Answer questions on the passage correctly.

·        Use the vocabulary in the passage correctly in sentences

Writing answers correctly

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Consolidate words and match them with their correct meaning from a given column

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Identify two verb phrases and use then correctly in sentence

Writing sentences using verb phrases

Gap filling

charts

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Write a good business letter

Note-taking

Write a good business letter

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Write a good summary based on the passage entitled “How HIV/AIIDS is Spread

Discussion

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Grammar

Define complex prepositions

Use complex prepositions correctly in sentences

Note-taking

Exercises

Charts

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Design a good poster for a particular function

Drawing

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Listening and speaking

-Define a pun correctly

– Identify and explain puns in a given context

Discussion

Oral drills

Charts

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Study skills

-Tell a story in which he or she is a character using first person narrative voice

Role playing

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

-Define subordinating conjunction correctly

_-Use subordinating conjunctions correctly in sentences

Note-taking

Exercises

Charts

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

-Discuss the use of various non-verbal skills

Role-playing

Dramatization

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Summarize a given passage well

Discussing the passage

Sample passage

Secondary English Bk 2 Pg 174-175

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Ekweume And His Father

·        Read the passage silently

·        Answer questions on the passage correctly.

·        Use the vocabulary in the passage correctly in sentences

Discussing oral questions

Consolidate words and pair them with phrases which explain their meaning

Writing phrases and explaining their meaning

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

-define interjections correctly

-Use interjections correctly in sentences

Gap filling

Secondary English Bk 2 Pg 178-179

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Write a good personal journal correctly

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

-Pronounce words with /l/ and /r/ sounds correctly

Pronunciation

Secondary English Bk 2 Pg181-183

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

-Analyse a poem correctly in terms of the persona , the addressee and the message being conveyed

Discussing the poem

Note making

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

The pulley

·        Read the passage silently

·        Answer questions on the passage correctly.

·        Use the vocabulary in the passage correctly in sentences

Discussing the story

Writing new words

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Infer meaning of words and use them to fill in gaps

Writing meaning of words

Filling in gaps

Secondary English Bk 2

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

-Define verb and adverb phrases

-Identify verb and adverb phrases in given sentences

-Use verb and adverb phrases in sentences

Note-taking

Exercises

Gap filling

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Write a creative essay

Writing a creative essay

-Discuss the important skills of attention and turn taking in dialogue

Discussing

Roleplaying

Resource person

Pre-listening activities

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Osebo

·        Read the passage silently

·        Answer questions on the passage correctly.

·        Use the vocabulary in the passage correctly in sentences

Discussing our culture

Writing answers

Atlas

photographs

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Fill in the crossword puzzle using appropriate words

Filling in the crossword puzzle

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Distinguish between Compound and complex sentences

Writing sentences

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

-Narrate a story about a person or people other than himself or herself

Speaking

Narration

Sample Third person narratives

Secondary English Bk 2 Pg195-197Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

-Define a shopping list

-Write a good shopping list

Note-taking

Writing a shopping list

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk

-Define bowing and curtsying

-Describe how they are done

-Discuss the situation where they are appropriate

Demonstration

Roleplaying

Dramatization

Resource person

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Define a theme

Identify the themes in a novel

Discussing the themes in a novel

Blossoms of the Savannah

Mumbi And Gikonyo

·        Read the passage silently

·        Answer questions on the passage correctly.

·        Use the vocabulary in the passage correctly in sentences

Discussing the God given rights

Writing new words

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Build vocabulary through word study and be able to use them correctly in a sentence

Discussing the items under word study

Writing sentences

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

-Use relative and adverbial clauses correctly in sentences

Note-taking

Working pairs

Writing sentences which have relative and adverbial clauses

Newspaper cuttings

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

-Design a form for a particular institution

-Fill the form correctly with the required details

Filling the form

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

6                                                                                                                         MID TERM EXAMS

Listen carefully to the myth ‘musoke’ and identify the features of a myth

Discussing features of a myth

Writing features of myths

Resource person

Secondary English Bk 2 Pg 61

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Oral Skills

Identify the features of a myth

Discussing features of a myth

Writing features of myths

Resource person

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Distinguish between sounds /D/ and /ǝu/ and pronounce them correctly

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

The Expectations Of The Society

·        Read the passage ‘the Japanese bombing sounds’ and answer the questions based on it correctly  Read the passage silently

·        Answer questions on the passage correctly.

·        Use the vocabulary in the passage correctly in sentences

Discussing the effects of the bombing

Writing a summary

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Infer meanings of words from the passage and use them to form sentences correctly

Discussing the meaning of words

Writing the new words

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Grammar

Identify complex prepositions and use them correctly in sentences

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Write an apology letter using the correct layout and language

Writing an apology letter

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Listen to the passage ’deforestation’ and take notes using the skills learnt

Discussing skills of note taking

Writing notes

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Demonstrate understanding of effective oral communication skills by passing information correctly

Secondary English Bk 2

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Remember?

·        Read the passage silently

·        Answer questions on the passage correctly.

·        Use the vocabulary in the passage correctly in sentences

Discussing the passage ‘going abroad’

Secondary English Bk 2 Pg232-233

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Identify meaning of words used in the passage ‘going abroad’ and use them to fill gaps

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Use idioms correctly within a given context

Writing idioms and their meaning

Secondary English Bk 2

Secondary English Teacher’s Guide Bk 2

Design an advertisement correctly

Writing an advertisement

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