WEEKS SUCCESS CRITERIA PLANNED ACTIVITIES TEACHING, LEARNING

AND AND ASSESSMENT

DATES METHODOLOGIES

1
The learners must be able to: UNIT 1: RELATIONSHIPS Group work
 greet others LISTENING AND SPEAKING Pair work
 respond appropriately to formal  greeting others formally Peer assessment
3rd Jan, 2022 greetings  responding to formal greetings Demonstration
 introduce themselves  introducing themselves Illustrations
 introduce other people  introducing others
 write about themselves  responding to casual and formal
 describe family relations greetings appropriately
 distinguish different sounds of READING
syllables and words  reading a poem
 relate sounds of syllables and WRITING
words to context  writing about themselves
 use modal verbs to express  describing family relations
To ability and inability  drafting ,editing and revising messages
 explain concepts and vocabulary in letter or non-letter form
from other learning areas CRITICAL THINKING AND REASONING
 plan the content of an invitation  distinguishing different sounds of
 respond to casual and formal syllables and words
greetings appropriately  relating sounds of syllables and words
 draft ,edit and revise messages in to context
letter or non-letter form  explaining concepts and vocabulary
 read a poem from other learning areas
 planning the content of an invitation
STRUCTURE AND USE OF LANGUAGE
 using modal verbs to express ability
and inability
7th Jan, 2022

2
The learners must be able to: UNIT 2: THE FOOD WE EAT Explanation
 respond to commands LISTENING AND SPEAKING Discussion
 give and carry out commands  responding to commands Group work
10th Jan, 2022 related to real life situations READING Brainstorming
 read non narrative texts  reading non narrative texts Pair work
 classify various types of foods WRITING
according to their groups and  making sentences
functions CRITICAL THINKING AND REASONING
 predict the content of a story  predicting the content of the story
from the title of an illustration  giving and carrying out commands
 use modal verbs to express an related to real life situations
To ability and inability  classifying various types of foods
 use question tags appropriately according to their groups and functions
STRUCTURE AND USE OF LANGUAGE
 using modal verbs
 using question tags correctly

14th Jan, 2022

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The learners must be able to: UNIT 3: STAPLE FOODS Discussion
 respond to stories LISTENING AND SPEAKING Explanation
 express and find out attitudes  responding to stories Question and
17th Jan, 2022  use various types of pronouns  finding out attitudes answer
correctly  expressing attitudes Group work
 predict the content of a story READING Demonstration
from the an illustration  reading a story
 explain concepts and vocabulary WRITING
in other learning areas  writing various types of pronouns
 use the simple past tense CRITICAL THINKING AND REASONING
correctly  predicting the content of the story
 explaining concepts and vocabulary in
other learning areas
STRUCTURE AND USE OF LANGUAGE
To  using various types of pronouns
correctly
 using the simple past tense

21st Jan, 2022

4
The learners must be able to: UNIT 4: CHIKALASA FALLS ILL Brainstorming
 give and solve riddles LISTENING AND SPEAKING Discussion
 express and find out attitudes  giving and solving riddles Pair work
24th Jan, 2022  read a narrative text  saying what they do every day Group work
 interpret instructions in the READING Individual work
environment  reading a narrative text Question and
 copy words and sentences in a WRITING answer
straight line  copying words and sentences in a
 say what they do every day straight line
 describe various animals CRITICAL THINKING AND REASONING
 use the simple present  interpreting instructions in the
continuous tense to environment
To communicate orally and in  describing various animals
writing STRUCTURE AND USE OF LANGUAGE
 using simple present continuous tense
to communicate orally and in writing

28th Jan, 2022

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The learners must be able to: UNIT 5: GOOD HEALTH Discussion
 use proverbs appropriately LISTENING AND SPEAKING Q and A
 complete proverbs  apologizing to others Demonstration
31st Jan, 2022  read narrative texts  answering questions Group work
 apologise to others READING Individual work
 interpret instructions and signs  reading narrative texts Pair work
in the environment  reading narrative and non-narrative
 read narrative and non-narrative texts
texts WRITING
 use tenses to communicate  using tenses to communicate in writing
orally and in writing CRITICAL THINKING AND REASONING
 use finite and non-finite verbs in  interpreting instructions and signs in
sentences correctly the environment
 guessing meanings of new words
To  using proverbs properly
 completing proverbs
STRUCTURE AND USE OF LANGUAGE
 using tenses to communicate orally
and in writing
 using finite and non-finite verbs in
sentences correctly

4th Feb, 2022

6
The learners must be able to: UNIT 6: LIKES AND DISLIKES Q and A
 express and find out feelings LISTENING AND SPEAKING Discussion
 use similes  finding out feelings Group work
7th Feb, 2022  show an understanding of road  expressing feelings Individual work
signs READING Pair work
 interpret road signs  reading a story
 use different types of adjectives WRITING
 carry out survey on the types of  making sentences
transport CRITICAL THINKING AND REASONING
 using similes
 showing an understanding of road signs
 interpreting road signs
 carrying out survey on the types of
To transport
STRUCTURE AND USE OF LANGUAGE
 using different types of adjectives

11th Feb, 2022

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The learners must be able to: UNIT 7: VISITORS TO MALAWI Discussion
 respond to commands LISTENING AND SPEAKING Brainstorming
 express and find out feelings  responding to commands Explanation
14th Feb, 2022  give and follow instructions  expressing and finding out feelings Q and A
 interpret sketch maps  answering questions Pair work
 use pronouns correctly READING Individual work
 predict the content of the story  reading written texts Group work
 use various types of pronouns WRITING
correctly  doing exercises given
CRITICAL THINKING AND REASONING
 interpreting sketch maps
 giving and following instructions
 predicting the content of the story
STRUCTURE AND USE OF LANGUAGE
 using various types of pronouns
To correctly

18th Feb, 2022

8
The learners must be able to: UNIT 8: TAWINA AND THE THIEVES Discussion
 express feelings LISTENING AND SPEAKING Explanation
 find out feelings  expressing feelings Brainstorming
21st Feb, 2022  guess the meanings of words  finding out feelings Pair work
from their content READING Individual work
 take dictation  Reading a story Group work
 carry out survey on the types of WRITING Q and A
transport in their areas  making sentences
 use prefixes to form opposites  writing a dictation
 predict the content of the story CRITICAL THINKING AND REASONING
 carrying out survey on the types of
transport in their areas
 guessing the meanings of words from
their content
 predicting the content of the story
STRUCTURE AND USE OF LANGUAGE
To  using prefixes to form opposites

25th Feb, 2022

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The learners must be able to:  revising
 revise  sitting for terminal examinations
 sit for terminal examinations
28th Feb, 2022

To

4th Mar, 2022

10
The learners must be able to:  sitting for terminal examinations
 sit for terminal examinations  receiving past papers
 receive past papers  closing the first term
7th Mar, 2022  close the first term

To

11th Mar, 2022