Unit 30 Abuja Carnival About this unit This unit revises language and phonics done throughout the year. The theme of the unit is Abuja carnival. Pupils describe a happy carnival picture and read a story about the carnival. They practise reading graphs and sort groups of words with the same sounds. They use sight words in sentences, and revise have and haven t, since and for. Finally, they write short sentences to describe a carnival. Lesson one Listening and speaking: Describe a photograph of Abuja carnival; discuss local carnivals and entertainment; find words in a word search puzzle, and choose words to complete sentences. Vocabulary: Learn and record new words such as, carnival, dancing, costumes, music, band, party, colourful, drums, fireworks, happy, laughing. Workbook Pictures of local carnivals or entertainments Flash cards of new vocabulary 1. Recite the months of the year with pupils. Test their knowledge by asking them questions like: What is the first month of the year? What is the last month of the year? What month id your birthday in? 2. Use flash cards to revise and teach carnival vocabulary. Listening and speaking ( p. 136; Workbook p. 64) 1. Discuss any local carnival or public entertainment when it is held, what takes place, what people wear, what they do, whether there is music or singing. Ask the pupils to suggest a few sentences to describe the event. Write these on the board. Encourage use of interesting adjectives, for example: laughing, happy, colourful, bright, alive. 2. Tell pupils they will learn about Abuja carnival which takes place in October. Pupils look at the pictures on page 136 in the PB and describe what they see. Write their suggestions on the board. 3. Pupils can compare their local carnival with the pictures of the Abuja carnival. 4. Pupils complete Exercises 1 and 2 in the WB on page 64. (Workbook p. 64) 2. a) Lots of people dressed up in bright, colourful clothes for the carnival. There were bands playing music, and fireworks at night. b) Excuse me. I am so short I can t see well. Can you carry me on your shoulders? Challenge pupils to learn the months of the year rhyme off by heart. 141
Revise months of the year using your wall chart or calendar. In pairs, pupils take turns to complete the following sentences with the correct month of the year. Listen for correct pronunciation: 1. My birthday is in. 2. New Year's Day is the first day in. 3. Homecoming is in. So is Christmas. 4. My mother's birthday is in. 5. In it gets cold. But is hot. Lesson two Reading: Read a story about Abuja carnival, and find out the answers to the questions; read a graph. Vocabulary: Learn and record new words such as, parties, carnival, dress up, bands, music, tribes, represented, colourful boat regatta, outfits, traditional, spirit, event, represented, attend. Flash cards and picture cards of new words. Ask the pupils to sing the dancing song (Unit 29 Lesson 1). Reading ( p. 136 137) 1. Teach the new words with the use of pictures and flash cards. 2. Pupils read the story on page 136 of the PB on their own. Assist with difficult words. 3. Pupils work in groups to discuss the comprehension questions on page 137. (Pupil s Book p. 136) 1. The first one was in 2006. 2. Kwara State presented a boat regatta. 3. Siloam School sent their children. 4. Revise how to read a graph by guiding pupils through the notes. Use wall charts to show examples of the different types of graphs.pupils look at the graph on page 137. It shows the colours of the dancers' outfits. While you help pupils with graphs, let faster workers re-read any texts that they have enjoyed from the Reader. Revisit graphs with learners who are struggling. Working with individuals, guide them through the layout and labelling and how to read information off them. Lesson three Phonics: Sort words with the same sound into groups, and make sentences with some of these words. Reading: Read a play; discuss the play and answer questions about it, orally and in writing. Vocabulary: Learn and record new words such as, thirsty, puff-puff, wander off, corner, pay phone, garage, everywhere. Reader Set of rhyming word cards Flash cards of new vocabulary Percussion instrument or drum ( exercise). 142
1. Divide flash cards of rhyming word cards into two sets. Do not have rhyming words in the same set. 2. Give groups a set of cards each. One group holds up a card. The other groups look for a word that rhymes with it. When they find one they hold it up and shout BINGO! Now it is the turn of that group to hold up a word. Phonics ( p. 138) 1. Turn to Phonics on page 138. Read the words in boxes and pupils repeat after you. 2. Pupils work in pairs, sorting the words on page 138 into groups with the same sound. Assist pupils having difficulty with this. (Pupil s Book p. 138) cream sea feel car card shout round about play day away oil coin pale rain sail spoon food moon third herd hurt corn torn for Reading (Reader p. 78 80) 1. Read the play on page 78 of the Reader. Use flashcards for new vocabulary. 2. Read the comprehension questions. In pairs, pupils discuss the answers then write them down independently. (Reader p. 80) 1. Mother said, stay close to me. 2. Mother did not want her children to get lost in the crowd. 3. They went to get some juice. 4. No, they could not find mother. 5. Never go off without telling your mother. 1. Ask pupils to tell you the names of musical instruments they know. Which ones are good for celebrating? 2. Use a drum or percussion instrument to beat out the rhythm of a song or rhyme that pupils have learnt during the course of the year. Pupils say the rhyme while you keep the beat. Let them choose the song (or songs). Let pupils do the following exercise to revise writing simple commands: 1. Think about the play, Lost at the Carnival. 2. Write three simple commands that will help children keep safe in crowds. Lesson four Grammar: Use the present perfect tense using have and have not/haven t, and since/for. Coloured paper and magazines for cutting ( exercise). Play a lost found game. Everyone sits in a circle. You need a small object like a cloth or a small toy. One child (A) walks around the outside of the circle, while the others chant, You lost it. You found it. The child A drops the object behind one of the seated pupils (B). When B realises what has happened s/he jumps up and chases A. If A gets back to B s place in the circle first, B 143
walks round and drops the object behind child C and the others chant, etc. Make sure that different children get a chance to run and drop the object. Grammar ( p. 138) 1. Revise the present perfect tense with have and have not/haven t. 2. Pupils work in pairs to make true sentences from the table in the PB on page 138. Make a firework collage. Pupils make shapes with different coloured paper or magazine cuttings, and paste them on to a large piece of paper or a large picture of a place (use an advert). 1. Remind pupils of the chant that helps them with have / has: I have, you have, he, she, it has; We have, you have, they have 2. Remind pupils of the rule for where to put an apostrophe: It stands in the place of the missing letter/s: have not = haven't (the o is missing); I have = I've (the ha is missing). Lesson five 1. Read the play in the Reader to the class again. Give groups another chance to read the play. Writing ( p. 138) 1. Pupils turn to Writing on page 138 in the PB. Read through the words in boxes and use visual aids to spark imaginations. 2. Pupils write short sentences about a local carnival or busy place they know. They may use the words in the boxes 1. Ask pupils if they have ever got lost how did they feel? What happened? Discuss with pupils who they would ask, and what they would ask for if they were lost. Pupils then role-play the situation in pairs. 1. Use your wall chart to revise punctuation. Remind pupils how to punctuate a list written as a sentence. 2. Write sentences on the board with incorrect or missing punctuation and ask pupils to come up and correct your sentences. Writing: Write a description using correct punctuation. Vocabulary: Revise words relating to celebrations. Reader. 144
Term assessment 3 Listening and speaking ( p. 139 141) 1. In pairs, pupils discuss the pictures. 2. Each pupil chooses two pictures and uses words from the boxes to describe their animals. Reading 1. Tell pupils that hippopotamus is the long word for hippo. Pupils read the passage then answer the questions that follow. 1. The title of the passage is Animals. 2. The hippopotamus and crocodile can live on land and swim in the water. 3. The lion is regarded as the king of the animals. 4. A giraffe has a very long neck. 5. Birds have feathers. Grammar 1. Pupils rewrite the sentences in the present perfect tense by choosing the correct form of the verb from the brackets. 1. a) has made b) has opened c) has stolen Last year we went to a game reserve. We drove along in a car and saw lots of animals. We parked the car and watched a monkey. It climbed a tree. Then a lion walked past. A buck ran away from it. At the dam there was a hippo in the water. It was not scared. It stood and looked at us. An eagle flew over the dam. 2. Work in pairs and try to remember the words of the National Anthem. Write them down. Some of the words have been given to help you. Nigerian National Anthem Arise, O compatriots, Nigeria's call obey To serve our fatherland With love and strength and faith The labour of our heroes past Shall never be in vain To serve with heart and might One nation bound in freedom, peace and unity. O God of creation direct our noble cause Guide our leaders right, help our youth the truth to know In love and honesty to grow, and living just and true Great lofty heights attain, to build a nation where peace and justice Shall reign. 2. Pupils complete the paragraph using the words in boxes. Tomorrow is my birthday. I am very excited. I will have a party. All my friends are coming. I will get up early because there is a lot of work to do. Writing 1. Pupils write the sentences using the correct past tense verb. 145