Intensive Reading

Syllabus: CBC * Grade 5 * English * Strand 2.0 Reading * Sub-strand 2.2 Intensive Reading (Theme: National Celebrations)

Lesson objectives

By the end of this topic, you should be able to:

• Identify characters, places, and events in a story for comprehension.
• Predict events in a text for comprehension.
• Respond correctly to factual and inferential questions for comprehension.
• Use contextual clues to infer the meaning of words for comprehension.
• Recommend appropriate reading techniques to peers.

Summary

In this topic, you will read a story about a boy named Kioko on Jamhuri Day, and practise identifying characters and events, predicting what happens next, and using context clues to work out the meaning of new words.