Lesson Plan

Regional directorate:

School:

Teacher’s name:

Number:

Registration number:

Date:

Level of the class: Form II

Size of the class: 65

Boys:

Girls:

Absentees:

Attendance:

Nature of the lesson: Reading comprehension

Title of the lesson: elections

Duration: 55 mins

Aim: To help students develop their reading skills in understanding a text about
elections.

Objectives: By the end of the lesson, Form II students will be able to :

1. Predict five words related to the text.

2. Determine if statements are true or false.
3. Answer to some questions, related to the text
4. Say what we must have to organize elections
Pre-requisites: Students have prior knowledge of basic elections terms
Anticipated problem: Some students may find terms related to elections
difficults.

Anticipated solution: The teacher will provide explanations for challenging

elections terms.

Teaching materials: Text, the board, chalk, duster, visuals of medical settings.

Classroom organization: Individual work, pair work.

Assessment procedure: All activities will be assessed orally and in writing;

feedback will be given.
 Unfolding of the lesson

Warm-up (3 mins)

Step 1: Greetings, date telling, and writing on the board.

The teacher greets the class, asks for the date, and chooses one student to
write it on the board.

Step 2: Song/motivation

Stage I: Pre-reading (10-12 mins)

Step 1: Lead-in + lesson announcement

The teacher asks a question: « what do people do to choose their president? »

E.A: the people organize elections to choose their president.

Teacher: Great. Today, we are going to study a text about elections. Now that
you know the title of the, give five words that may appear in the text.

E.A: election, voter, president, deputy, elect.

Step 2: Guiding question and text sharing(2min)

Instruction: Why

The teacher distributes the text on hospital visits to the students.

Text: elections

Elections are organized every five (05) years in Burkina. In Burkina Faso like in
many countries, we have three (03) types of elections: presidential elections
which are organized to elect the president, legislative elections to elect
deputies (MPs), and municipal elections to elect mayors. The mandate is five
years. To be a voter, you must be a Burkinabe of eighteen years old and have a
voting card. To organize elections, we must have voting materials such as
ballot papers, ballot boxes, polling booths, voting cards, some ink, and a voter
list.
On the elections day, the voter goes to the polling station with his voting card.
He shows his voting card to the assessors, they check his name on the voting
list. If the voter’s name is on the list, they will give him a ballot paper, he will go
in the polling booth, will put his finger in the ink and he will then put it on the
ballot paper to choose his candidate. For the presidential elections, after the
first ballotif one of the candidates does not have more fifty percent of the
voting, there will be a second ballot.

Author : David Palenfo

Difficult words or expressions

A deputy (syn- an MP= member of Parliament) A mayor : un maire

A mandate : un mandat. A voter : un votant. A voting card : une carte d’électeur.

A ballot paper : un bulletin de vote. A ballot box : une urne.

A pooling booth : un isoloirs. Ink : l’encre. A voter list : une liste électorale.

A polling station : un bureau de vote. The first ballot : le premier tour

Fifty percent : cinquante pourcent. The second ballot : le second tour.

The assessors : les assesseurs.

Stage II: While reading (15 mins)

Silent Reading(05mns)

The teacher asks the students to read the text silently.

Step 1: Predictions checking

E.A: vote, president, deputy, elect, election

Step 2: Answer to the guiding question

A:

Activity 1: Oral activity

Instruction : listen and say if the following statements in the text are true or
false.

1. We vote every five year in Burkina.

2. We organize legislative elections to elect mayor..
3. A voter must be eighteen years old.
4. A Burkinabe does note vote in Burkina Faso.
Feedback :

1. True
2. False
3. True
4. False

Activity 2: Content-based questions

Instruction: Answer these questions according to the text.

1. What are the type of elections in Burkina Faso?

2. How many years is a mandate ?
3. What are the voting materials?
4. Where does the voter go on the election day to vote?
5. Where does the voter put his finger to vote his candidate?
Assessment and evaluation

The teacher asks the students to exchange their exercise books before
providing feedback.

Feedback :

1. The types of elections in Burkina Faso are: presidential elections,

legislative election and municipal elections
2. A mandate is five years.
3. On the election day, the voter goes to the polling station to vote.
4. The voter puts his finger in the ink and he will then put it on the ballot
paper to vote his candidate.
Stage III: Post-reading (20 mins)

Step 1: Pair work (06 mins)

Instruction: Burkina Faso will organize elections in the coming years. With your
neighbor of the same table, say what we must have to organize the elections.

Step 2: Feedback and adjustments (08 mins)

The teacher selects one of the best pairs’ opinions to be recorded on the board
after making necessary adjustments.

Step 3: follow up (02mns)

Give the role of each of the election materials that we must have to organize
the election in the coming years.

Step 4: Note-taking and administrative duties (5 mins)

The teacher asks the students to take notes while filling the record book and
checking attendance.

Step 5Closing (1 min)

The teacher thanks the students for their participation and reminds them to
complete the homework for the next class.