MOTHER MAJERI PRIMARY SCHOOL

ENGLISH COMPOSITION LESSON NOTES FOR P.4 TERM ONE 2022

WEEK ONE
Introduction and

WEEK TWO
Topic: DESCRIBING PEOPLE

Descriptive Composition
Title: Describing My Friend
Teaching Procedure
Pre – Composition Activities
- Comparing nouns using adjectives.
- Learners describe their classmates.
- Parts of a composition (title, introduction, body, conclusion)
- Paragraphing (block, indent)
- Starting a paragraph with a new idea.

The Composition (Paragraphs)

Introduction: Writing about a friend (name, class, school, home)
Body : Describing the friend (size, appearance, character, the things he/she
uses)
Conclusion : Something the learner admires about the friend.

WEEK THREE
GUIDED COMPOSITION
Narrative Composition

A TRIP TO ENTEBBE
Teaching Procedure
Pre-Composition Activities
- learners spell words
- learners write the words

The Composition
- Teacher avails learners the guided composition.
- Learners discuss the vocabulary to be used in the blank spaces.
- Learners read the composition as they fill in the blank spaces.
- Learners write the composition about The Trip to Entebbe.

WEEK FOUR
GUIDED COMPOSITION
JUMBLED SENTENCES
Teaching Procedure
Pre – Composition Activities
- Comparison of adjectives
- Linking words(connectors)
- Constructing own sentences using connectors.

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The Composition
Teaching Procedure
- Teacher avails the learner with the jumbled sentences.
- Learners read the jumbled sentences.
- Learners use pronouns in the jumbled sentences.
- Learners identify linking words. (connectors)
- Learners arrange the jumbled sentences in the correct order.
- Learners write the jumbled sentences in a correct order to form a story.

WRONG ORDER
1. The teacher began the lesson with describing words.
2. The words were; circular, triangular, gentle and fierce.
3. Yesterday, we had a lesson for a spelling exercise.
4. Since some words were new, he began by pronouncing them.
5. The lesson was about describing things.
6. After pronouncing the words, we looked them up in dictionaries.
7. There after, he asked the pupils to pronounce the same words.
8. The meaning of words enabled the pupils to construct good sentences.
9. At the end of the lesson, we collected the books for marking.
10. These sentences were in relation to the words we wrote.

CORRECT ORDER

WEEK FIVE
DESCRIPTIVE COMPOSITION
Teaching Procedure
Pre – Composition
Using structures such as:
- ………..go along………………
- ……….turn left…………….
- ………..follow………..
- …………go past……..
- ……is on the……/ …..is opposite the….

The Composition
Title: DIRECTION TO MY HOME
- Learners outline words used to show direction (along, adjacent, in front of)
- Learners mention the outstanding places they pass before reaching their
homes. (schools, hospitals, petrol stations, markets etc)
Introduction: Learner writes an introduction about him/herself.
Body : Learners write compositions directing people to their homes using the
vocabulary identified.(after, before, next to, behind)

Conclusion : Describing their homes.

WEEK SIX: MID – TERM EXAMINATION

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WEEK SEVEN
Teaching Procedure
MAP INTERPRETATION – MAP OF OUR SCHOOL
Pre – Composition
The use of prepositions;
Spelling Exercise
after, before, opposite, behind, across, corner

The Composition
- Teacher takes out learners to study the location of Mother Majeri Primary
School.
- Learners write down the neighbours of Mother Majeri Primary School.
- Learners name the roads along which Mother Majeri is located.
- Teacher guides learners how to draw the map of Mother Majeri Primary
School.
- Learners draw the map of Mother Majeri Primary School.

WEEK EIGHT
TOPIC: WHAT I LIKE
POETRY
Teaching Procedure
Pre – Composition
Spelling (breakfast, lunch, dinner, smart, shabby, descent, beautiful, beach,
turbulent, rough, travelling, adventure)

The Composition
Features of a poem:
Title : Learners discuss the title of the poem. (WHAT I LIKE)
Lines : Lines form a stanza.
Stanzas: Learners identify words to use in different stanzas.
First Stanza – breakfast, lunch, dinner
Second stanza – dressing, smart, descent, beautiful
Third stanza – travelling, beach, turbulent, rough, calm
Activity: Learners write a poem about what they like.

WEEK NINE
WHAT I LIKE
Teaching Procedure
Pre – Composition;
Spelling Exercise
singing, reading, dancing, drawing, playing, painting

The Composition
Title : Number of Activities I perform in a Week.
- Teacher guides learners to identify activities they perform in a week.
- Learners spell the words.
- Learners discuss the features of a graph.

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 - Learners draw a graph about What I Like.

WEEK TEN
END OF TERM EXAMINATION

WEEK ELEVEN
STORY RE-PRODUCTION
TOPIC : HOW I FEEL

Pre – Composition
Spelling Exercise:
lazy, calf, angry, hungry, veranda, brave, loud, hyenas, shouted, growled, protect

The Composition
Teaching Procedure
- Teacher avails the learners with the story.
- Teacher reads the story as learners listen attentively.
- Learners read the story as a class, groups, and as individuals.
- Learners discuss the story.
- Learners answer oral questions about the story.
- Learners retell the story.
- Learners write a summary of the story about ‘The Cow and The Dog’.
Reference; Uganda Prim. Eng. Course – Bk 4 pp29-30

WEEK TWELVE
PICTURE COMPOSITION
THE NAUGHTY CHILDREN
Topic: HOW I FEEL

Pre-Composition
Spelling Exercise
naughty, sent, climbed, hid, ground, picked, threw, blamed, apologised

The Composition
Teaching Procedure
- Teacher avails learners with pictures.
- Learners study the pictures and interpret them.
- Learners answer oral questions about the pictures.
- Learners write sentences about the pictures.
Reference: Monitor English Course Bk 4. p19

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 P.4 ENGLISH HOMEWORK - TERM ONE 2019
WEEK ONE
Friday
Read the poem carefully and in full sentences answer the questions that
follow.

THE WONDERFUL CREATURES

I was surprised to see all that was wonderful
The tall and short people moving together
The strong and weak men building big houses
The fat and thin women trotting to the well
Young and old boys playing in the hot sun
Pretty and ugly girls skipping ropes in the courtyard
Oh, how wonderful to view all this!

I was confused, to see big and small snakes

Coiled in one place with other animals
The elephant gently walking in the field with its calf
The fierce lioness waiting for a warden to bring some flesh
The buffalo restless trying to find the herd to join
Because it is new in this lonely park.
Oh, how marvellous all this is!
By
Gregory Kasita
Questions:
1. How many stanzas does this poem have?

2. What is the passage about?

3. Which activity were the men doing?

4. Why do you think fat and thin women were going to the well?

5. What was taking place in the courtyard?

6. Why was the buffalo restless?

7. Who wrote this poem?

8. Give a word with the same meaning as pretty.

9. Write the opposite of the following words:

(a) lioness

(b) pretty

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WEEK TWO
Monday
Re-write the following sentences as instructed in brackets.
1. Lillian is a smart girl. Molly is very smart. (Join into one sentence
using…….than………)

2. A missionary was admitted to Mulago Hospital last night. (Re-write the

sentence giving the plural form of the underlined word.)

3. Thomas is 100cm tall. Peter is 130cm tall. (re-write the following sentences
using ….as……as)

4. Daniella carries a heavy bag every day. Manuella carries a heavy bag every
day. (join into one sentence beginning: Both……………)

5. We had a hot meal before we went to bed. (Rewrite the sentence using……
after……)

6. Write the opposite of the following words:

(a) smooth

(b) humble

(c) smart

Wednesday
Use the words in brackets to complete the sentences correctly.
1. Sharon is the _____________ of the two girls. (beautiful)

2. We always carry our books to school by _____________. (we)

3. All parents are advised to take their young children for ____________ .
(immunize)

4. The pupils couldn’t sit in the classroom because it is ___________ . (dirt)

5. That small boy is as ______________ as a kitten. (play)

6. This is the boy with ___________ he went to the lake. (who)

7. My hen has _____________ a very big egg. (lay)

8. Samson is a very ____________ man. (courage)

9. I _____________ happy to see you today. (be)

10. Our father wears a ___________ jacket every Saturday. (wool)

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Friday
Read the dialogue below and in full sentences answer the questions that
follow
Cathy: Good morning Sandra.
Sandra: Good morning, come in please.
Cathy: W hat are you doing in the kitchen?
Sandra: I’m baking a triangular cake for my younger sister.
Cathy: Why do you have to bake a cake?
Sandra: She is going to celebrate her ninth birthday on W ednesday.
Cathy: Doesn’t she like a circular shaped cake. They’re easier to make.
Sandra: She had a circular cake during her eighth birthday and a square
one
during her seventh
birthday
Cathy: W hich type of table does sheila like?
Sandra: She likes a smooth oval yellow table.
Cathy: I like oval shaped tables too.
Sandra: You’re invited to her birthday.
Cathy: Thank you, I’ll be there.

Questions
1. How many people are taking part in the dialogue?
2. W hat is the shape of the cake Sandra was baking?
3. W hy was Sandra baking a cake?
4. How old was Sandra’s sister?
5. On which day was Sheila going to celebrate her birthday?
6. W hich type of cake did Sheila cut during her seventh birthday?
7. At what time of the day did the dialogue take pl ace?
8. W hat is Sheila’s favourite colour?

WEEK THRE
Monday
Rewrite the following sentences as instructed in brackets.
1. This is the man. His goats were stolen last night. (Join into one sentence
using ‘whose’)

2. It rained heavily. The children couldn’t go to school. (Re-write as one

sentence using…..because…..)

3. Uncle Haman has taken some mangoes to the market. Aunt Florence has
taken some mangoes to the market. (Re-write as one sentence beginning:
Both……)

4. These boys are very slow. They cannot finish this work on time. (Re-write the
sentence using…….too…..to…..)

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Give one word for the underlined group of words.
5. Daniel spent a period of twelve months in Japan.

6. We built a house for rabbits for seven days.

7. A young one of a swan entered our house.

8. We shall meet at the place where fish is sold.

Wednesday
Fill the blank spaces with the most suitable word
1. He bought a goat which is as fat as an .
2. Okello and Apio are leaving for Gulu now.
3. The doe was feeding its in the new hutch.
4. The baby is crying because mother has been away for a
long time.
5. Your daughter is not old to go to school alone.
6. Headmaster is to headmistress as waiter is to .
7. Kawanga likes playing tennis than playing volleyball.
8. The big thief pointed us with his gun.
9. This is my friend, so he is a friend of .
10. Mussolini is the man was feared by all people.

Friday
Read the calendar for the month of March 2017 and in full sentences answer the questions
that follow.
Sun
5 12 19 26
Mon
6 13 20 27
Tue
7 14 21 29
Wed
1 8 15 22 29
Thur
2 9 16 23 30
Fri
3 10 17 24 31
Sat
4 11 18 25

Questions
1. How many days does this month have?

2. On which day of the week did the previous month end?

3. Of which month is the above calendar?

4. Which month comes before this month?

5. How many full weeks are in this month?

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 6. Why do you think children didn’t go to school on the eighth of this month?

7. 0n which day did the previous month begin?

8. Which month comes after this month?

WEEK FOUR
Monday
Rewrite the following sentences as instructed in brackets
1. Daniel is a very handsome boy. (Re-write the sentence beginning:
What……..)

2. They must wake up early in order to reach school in time. (R-write the
sentence using: ……should…….)

3. This is the horse. It won the race. (Join into one sentence using ‘which’)

4. You, have, dirty, cleaned, glasses, the? (Arrange the words to form a correct
sentences.)

5. Mary was late for the rehearsal, so she hid behind the main hall. (Re-write the
sentence using…….because……..)

6. Hannah is very bright. Sheila is bright. (Join into one sentence using
…..as……as….…)

7. Tannia has taken some potatoes to the hotel. (Re-write the sentence using….any….)

Wednesday
Use the words in brackets to complete the sentences correctly
1. The biggest toy in that box is ____________ . ( I )

2. My mother is a ____________ woman. (courage)

3. The thieves ran away when the big dogs barked ____________. (loud)

4. She has ______________ a very beautiful dress. (wear)

5. Water helps in the proper _______________ of plants. (grow)

6. Jonan walked ____________ towards the office. (hurry)

7. Mr. Smith ________ a blue suit during his wedding. (wear)

8. Peter is the _____________ of the two brothers. (handsome)

9. My dad has gone to Japan ______________ this year. (two)

10. _______________ is the growing of a seed into a seedling. (germinate)

Friday

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Read the passage below carefully and answer the questions that follow in full
sentences.

There was a strong man who worked in Queen Elizabeth National Game Park as a
warden. His wife was a beautiful shepherdess in the same area.

One day, Victor was seated in their small hut, and Marie was out making a fire to
cook Irish potatoes. She didn’t know there was a fierce lioness in the nearby bush.
As she bent to carry a pot onto fire, the lioness pounced on her back. Marie
screamed loudly in pain for help.

On hearing the screams of his wife, Victor jumped out with his old riffle ready to
attack. When the lioness saw him, it left the woman and headed for him. It charged
towards Victor but the man was ready. He shot at it, and also hit it squarely in the
face with a thorny stick. The lioness fell down and couldn’t move.
Marie was so lucky to have such a brave husband like Victor.

Questions
1. What is the title of the passage?

2. Which work did Marie do?

3. Where was Victor’s wife making fire from?

4. How was Victor able to know that his wife was in danger?

5. Where does Victor work?

6. What was Marie preparing for dinner?

7. Why do you think Victor threw a stick at the lioness after shooting it?

8. Suggest a suitable title for this passage.

9. Write the opposite of the following words:

(a) lioness

(b) shepherdess

WEEK FIVE
Monday
Rewrite the following sentences as instructed in brackets
1. James washes this car every Saturday. (Rewrite the sentence beginning: This
car……)
2. Sam borrowed a pen from Peter. (Rewrite the sentence using….lent……)
3. Uncle Mugerwa is very ill. He cannot walk on his own. (Rewrite the sentence
using ………so……..that……….)
4. David buys fruits every day. (Re-write the sentence ending ……….yesterday.)
5. Nabirye likes eating potatoes more than eating cassava. (Rewrite the sentence
using…….prefer………..)

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Give one word for the underlined group of words.
6. The young one of an owl was killed last night.
7. We shall meet a group of soldiers tomorrow.
8. The man who makes furniture had an accident.

Wednesday
Fill in the blank spaces with the most suitable words
1. ___________ I feel thirsty, I drink cold coffee.

2. Sanny carries a big bag to school every day,……………..she?

3. Your daughter is not old __________ to go to school.

4. The baby has been crying because __________ mother is away.

5. This is the girl with ____________ I walk home yesterday.

6. Pig is to piglet as _____________ is to eel.

7. Most of the pupils come to school ___________ car.

8. Annet likes playing football ___________ than playing volleyball.

9. ______________ Henry and Benson lay their beds early morning.

10. These boys have been playing ___________ morning.

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 Friday

Study the graph about the games liked by pupils of St. Banabus P/S, in Masaka, and
in full sentences answer the questions that follow.

Football golf chess tennis cricket darts netball

( Games liked by pupils )

Questions:
1. How many pupils played darts?

2. Which game has the highest number of players?

3. In which district is Kulambiro Primary School?

4. What games have the same number of pupils?

5. By how many more pupils is tennis greater than darts?

6. What is the total number of players of netball and chess?

7. Why do you think golf has few players?

8. Write St. in full.

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WEEK SIX
Monday
Rewrite the following sentences as instructed in brackets
1. The king prefers walking in the thick forests to walking on a busy road. (Join
the following sentences using ………than……….)

2. This is the boy. His mother is a nurse at Mulago Hospital. (Re-write the
sentence using “whose”)

3. That ox is no longer strong. (Re-write the sentence beginning:

Those…………)

4. Kenny lies on mum’s bed every day. (Re-write the sentence ending………..
now.)

5. Morgan woke up very early today. He reached school very late. (join into one
sentence using………..but……..)

Write the following in full:

6. Rd

7. PSV

8. doesn’t

Wednesday
Use the words in brackets to complete the sentences correctly.
1. We walked into the room so ____________ that the teacher sent us back.
(noise)

2. Our father doesn’t like children with bad ____________. (behave)

3. Cate __________ cutting her cake when lightning struck the tree. (be)

4. The dog ___________ the thief last night. (bite)

5. Mrs. Katongole is _______________ all the cloths she bought last week.
(dye)

6. His grandfather’s condition today is ____________ than it was yesterday. (ill)

7. The teachers left all _____________ bags in the store. (they)

8. The headmaster told all the candidates to write ______________ . (apply)

9. Your home is _____________ from our school than his. (far)

10. A friend of ____________ left for school before we celebrated my birthday.

(me)

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Friday

Study the notice carefully and in full sentences answer the questions that
follow.

ANNOUNCEMENT

The Executive director of KCCA , in forms the general public that

the following roads in Kololo, Central Urban Council, will be closed
for repair for two weeks from Friday, 3rd May 2019: Acacia Avenue,
Prince Charles Drive, and Old Kira Rd

These roads can be used as alternative: Lugogo By-pass, Kira Rd,

Mabua Rd, Windsor Crescent, Wapewo Avenue.

Timothy Wafula
(Personal Secretary KCCA)
15/1/2019

Questions:
1. How many roads will be closed for repair?

2. Who directed roads to be closed for repair?

3. For how long will the roads be closed?

4. When will these roads be opened for use to the public?

5. Who wrote this notice?

6. In which division will roads be repaired?

7. What is an avenue?

8. Why will roads be closed to the public for two week?

9. Write the following in full:

(a) KCCA

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(b) Rd

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