PRIMARY ONE

COMPOSITION AND

COMPREHENSION

ACTIVITIES FOR

TERM ONE 2018

 COMPREHENSION ACTIVITIES FOR TERM ONE .

THEME: Our school

WEEK II

Jumbled words to form sentences .

ACTIVITY

1. Greenhill Academy school is Our.

2. come to learn to school We
3. have teachers many We school in our.
4. big very Our school is.
5. in Kibuli Our school is found.
6. read We write and well.
7. P.E for We go Thursday on and Tuesday.
8. Mr. Moses Kirinya Our is headteacher.
9. cook Cooks and food serve.
10. use We brooms sweep to classroom the.

WEEK III

Conversation

(a) Sarah : Good morning Ruth.

Ruth : Good morning Sarah.
Sarah : How are you?
Ruth : I am fine thank you.
Sarah : Where are you going?
Ruth :I am going to school.
Sarah : What is your school?
Ruth : My school is Greenhill Academy.
Questions
1. How many people are in the conversation?
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2. Who is the first to talk?
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3. Where is the Ruth going?
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4. Who are people in the conversation?
 ____________________________________
5. Who goes to Greenhill Academy?
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WEEK IV Passage

Read the passage and answer the questions.

People and their work at school.

My school is Greenhill Academy. There are many people who help us at school. We have
teachers, nurses, cooks, guards, cleaners, and many others. The guards keep security at school.
Teachers teach us how to sing, dance, draw, count, and colour pictures. Nurses treat us when
we are sick. The cooks prepare nice meals. We help the cleaners to sweep and mop classrooms.
I enjoy watching video and listening to stories.

Questions

1. Why do we have guards in Greenhill Academy?

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2. Who teaches the songs and dances in Greenhill Academy?
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3. What do the nurses do?
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4. Who prepares the nice meals at school?
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5. What activities do you like at school?
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WEEK V
Riddles
Riddles related to nouns in the classroom.
ball, door, clock, teacher, chalkboard, chair, table
What am I?
1. I am made of paper; I have many leaves you write in me.
What am I? You are a_________________
2. I am made of wood, I have four legs but I can’t walk. You sit on me.
 What am I?

You are a _______________________________

3. I have a face and hands. I tell time. What am I ?
____________________________________
4. I am big and black. Your teacher writes on me. What am I ?
____________________________________________
5. I am made of wood. You close and open. What am I ?
_________________________________________
6. I am round. You kick me during playing time. What am I ?
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7. I am long when new. You use me to write. What am I ?
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8. I am of different colours. You use to write on the chalkboard.
What I am ?
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THEME: Our home

WEEK VI
Jumbled words to form sentences.
Activity
1. Parents care take of children the.
2. Children sweep help to the compound.
3. school fees pay Parents our.
4. Children to wash help clothes.
5. to cook food Children help.
6. buy Parents things at help home.
7. Parents wash to help clothes.

WEEK VII

Conversation

Preparing to visit grandmother.

Father: Get ready children. I would like you to go and visit your grandmother.

Mother: Let us go to town and buy something for your grandmother. What do you want to take
for her?

Children: Grandmother likes apples, cakes, juice and sugar.

Mother: She also needs soap and salt. Who is coming with me?

Children: Let us all go with you.

Questions

1. Who are the people in the conversation?

________________________________________
2. What does grandmother like?
________________________________________
3. Who said “Get ready children I would like you to go and visit your grandmother?
________________________________________
4. Where did they go to buy things for grandmother?
________________________________________
5. How many people are in the conversation?
______________________________________
Ref : We play and learn Bk2
Pg : 20

Week viii

A passage about family roles.

Father is the head of the family. He pays school fees, provides security and shelter for the
family. He buys food and pays for all the bills in the home. Mother takes care of all the family
members, cooks and cleans the home. Children wash the dishes, clean the house, sweep the
compound, fetch watch water and care for the young ones. The parents discipline their
children.

Questions

1. Who is the head of the family?

__________________________________
2. What does mother do?
___________________________________
3. How do children help at home?
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4. Who pays school fees for the children?
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5. Draw yourself helping at home.
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 WEEK IX
Riddles
1. I have four legs but I cannot move. You sleep on me.
What am I ?
___________________________________
2. I give you milk. My young one is a calf. I live in a kraal. What am I ?
___________________________________________
3. I have two legs. I give you eggs. My young one is a chick. What am I ?
_______________________________________________
4. I am sharp your mother uses me when peeling food. What am I ?
_______________________________________________
5. I am colourless, you use me for washing , cooking, drinking, what am I ?
_______________________________________________

THEME: Our community.

Jumbled words to form sentences.
1. treats doctor people A sick,
2. buy from We food market the.
3. mends shoes cobbler A.
4. go church on to Christians Sunday.
5. makes carpenter furniture A.
6. grows crops keeps animals and A farmer
7. keep Police officers law and order.
8. teach Teachers pupils.
9. repair cars Mechanics.
10. sell things market in Market vendors the.

Conversation

Apio and the market vendor.

Mother : Apio, please go and buy some tomatoes and mangoes.

Market vendor : Hello can I help you?

Apio : May I have tomatoes and mangoes?

Market vendor : Yes, here you are.

Apio: How much are they?

Market vendor : Four hundred shillings, please.

Apio : Here is the money.

Market vendor: Thank you

Apio : Goodbye.

Questions

1. What is the title of the conversation?

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2. How many people are in the conversation?
____________________________________
3. What did mother send Apio to buy?
____________________________________
4. What does the market vendor do?
__________________________________
5. How much money did Apio pay for the tomatoes and mangoes?
____________________________________
6. Who said “ Hello can I help you”?
_____________________________________
Ref: We play and learn .
Pg: 22
 COMPOSITION

WEEK II Mixed stories

Read and re-arrange the sentences to form a good story.

School routine

1. He takes his breakfast.

He goes to school.
Sam wakes up early in the morning.
He washes his face.

Good story
Sam wakes up early in the morning.
He washes his face.
He takes his breakfast.
He goes to school.

Then she goes to work.

 She prepares breakfast.
Mrs.Mukasa wakes up at six o’clock.
She takes her children to school.
Good story
____________________________________________________
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2. I go to the classroom.
I greet my teachers.
I sit down and learn.
Daddy drops me at the school gate.
Good story
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WEEK III
Guided composition
Use the words below to fill the passage correctly.
(Kampala, Mbogo, Greenhill Academy, 1994, white, navy-blue)

Our school is _________________Kibuli. It is found in mosque zone, a

long_________________ road, Makindye division on Kibuli hill in
___________________district. It is a Day and Boarding mixed school. It was started on
the 4th of February______________________. Our school motto is Extend your horizons.
The school uniform is _____________________and_____________________. The head
master of our school is Mr. Moses Kirinya.

Use the words below to fill the passage correctly.

 (Wakiso, Kira-Kasangati, Kigogola, White, navy-blue, 2012, Greenhill Academy)

Our school is ______________________Buwaate. It is found in

____________________zone L.C.1 Nangabo Sub county, Wampewo
parish_____________________ district. It is found along_____________________ road.
It was started on the of February ____________________. Our school motto is Extend
your horizons. The school uniform is ___________________and
____________________. The head master is Mr. Benon Takirambudde.

WEEK IV
Free composition writing.
Pupils will write a composition about their school with the help of the guiding
questions below.
Questions
1. What is your school?
2. When was the school started?
3. In which district is the school found?
4. On which road is the school found?
5. What is the colour of the uniform?
6. What is the school motto?
7. Who is your head teacher?

N.B - Where the full-stop is put is where the new sentence begins. (put emphasis)

- Teacher should get guiding words for the composition. (words which are most likely to be
used)

THEME : OUR HOME

WEEK VI Mixed stories

Example:

Daddy wakes us up early every Sunday.

We get our Bibles and go to church.

We put on our nice clothes.

Good
 - Daddy wakes us up early every Sunday.
- We bathe and take breakfast.
- We put on our nice clothes.
- We get our Bibles and go to church.

Re-arrange the sentences to form a good story.

A. 1. She gets the shopping basket.

2. She comes back home to prepare nice meals.
3. She goes to the market to buy food.
4. Mother wakes up early every Saturday.
Good story
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B. 1. I am now six years and am in P.1.

2.When mother grew up, she gave birth to me in 2009.
3.My grand parents live in Lungujja.
4.They gave birth to my mother in 1984.

Good story
___________________________________________________
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WEEK VII Picture interpretation about the family tree.

Questions
1. Who is Joy’s brother?
2. Who is Joy’s father?
3. What is the name of Joy’s father?
4. Who is the youngest in the family?

N.B: Draw pictures from MK. Bk.2 Eng. Long, Pg 98-99 or sharing our world bk. 1. Pg 9.

WEEK VIII Free composition writing about the family

Guiding questions

Pupils will write a composition about their school with the help of the guiding questions below.

Questions

1. What is a family?
2. How many people are in your family?
3. What type of family is it?
4. Who heads your family?
5. What does mother do in your family?
6. What is the work of your father in the family?
7. What work do the children do in your family?

N.B - Where the full-stop is put is where the new sentences begins. (emphasise)

- Teacher should get guiding words for the composition (words which are most likely to
be used)

THEME : OUR COMMUNITY

WEEK IX Mixed story

Example

1. She started crying.

2. She got stomach ache.
3. Mary ate dirty things.
4. Mother took her to the hospital.

Good story

Mary ate dirty things.

She got a stomachache.
She started crying.
Her mother took her to the hospital.

Read and re-arrange the sentences to form a good story.

A. The barber cuts it short.
When my hair grows long.
I look nice with short hair.
 Mummy takes me to the salon.
Good story
1. ________________________________________________
2. ________________________________________________
3. ________________________________________________
4. ________________________________________________
B. He takes it to town.
Mr. Mutende milks his cows every morning.
My mother buys the milk from town.
He puts the milk in the cans.
Good story
____________________________________________
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WEEK X: Guided composition

Use the given words below to fill the passage correctly.
(Famers, shopkeepers, furniture, doctors, community)

A _______________________is a group of people in our community are doctors,

teachers, cobblers, and market vendor. The _____________________ treats the sick
people. Teachers teach people, carpenters make _____________________,barbers cut
peoples hair. A market vendor sells things in a market, cobbler mends people‘s shoes
and a ________________________grows crops and looks after animals.