Session 39: Sentence Making – Part 1

Introduction Activity (25 minutes):

Objective: Introduce the idea of a sentence and its basic structure.

Steps:

1. Begin with a quick brain-teaser: Write “dog eats” and ask, “Is this a full sentence?”
2. Write “The dog eats food.”
3. Highlight parts:

• Subject: The dog

• Verb: eats

• Object: food

3. Explain sentence rules:

1. Starts with a capital letter

2. Ends with a full stop

3. Makes complete sense

1. Interactive Exercise:

Show word cards  (boy, runs, cake, eats, she). Let children form simple sentences verbally:

“The boy runs.”

“She eats cake.”

Main Activity (55 minutes)

Sentence Puzzle (30 minutes)

Objective:

Help students recognize and build correct sentence structure.

Instructions:

1. Give students word cards (subjects, verbs, objects).

2. In pairs, they arrange cards to form proper sentences.

3. Read aloud their sentences and write them on the board.

Examples:

• I / play / football → I play football.

• The cat / drinks / milk → The cat drinks milk.

• They / are / eating → They are eating.
• She / sings / well → She sings well.
• They / are/ studying → They are studying

Extension:

• Encourage students to add 'a' or 'the' where needed.

My First Sentence Worksheet (25 minutes)

Objective:Practice sentence writing individually.

Instructions:

• Distribute worksheets with jumbled words or word banks.
• Students form simple sentences and write them down.

 worksheet:

• milk / drinks / the boy → The boy drinks milk.

• eats / cake / she → She eats cake.

• cat / the / jumps → The cat jumps.

• Crying / is / Tiya → Tiya is crying.
• Rice / cooks / she → She cooks rice.

Peer Review 

Students pair up to read each other’s sentences.

Follow up task (5 minutes):

Quick Oral Recap:

“What comes first in a sentence?”

“What ends a sentence?”

"Can you give a sentence using 'you learn today'?"

 Review Questions/Assessment/Tasks (5 minutes):

“What new sentence did you create today?”

“Was it easy or hard? Why?”

“How did your partner help you?”

Expected Learning  Outcome:

Knowledge building:

• Students will understand the parts of a simple sentence

• Know the basic rule of sentence construction

Skill Building:

• Form basic subject-verb-object sentences

• Improve spoken and written communication

• Practice teamwork and sharing