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Lesson Plan
Grade: Date: 18/01/2026
Subject: Kiswahili
Lesson Topic: understand public notices and signs (including timetables and advertisements)
Learning Objective/s:
  • Describe the typical structure and components of public notices, timetables, and advertisements in Kiswahili.
  • Identify key information such as headings, dates, locations, and contact details in authentic texts.
  • Apply reading strategies to extract essential details and answer comprehension questions accurately.
  • Translate selected excerpts of notices, timetables, and ads into clear summaries.
  • Evaluate the effectiveness of persuasive language used in advertisements.
Materials Needed:
  • Projector or interactive whiteboard
  • Printed copies of sample public notices, timetables, and advertisements
  • Worksheets with comprehension questions
  • Highlighters or coloured pens
  • Audio recording of a bus timetable announcement (optional)
  • Teacher guide with answer key
 Introduction:
Begin with a quick visual of a bustling market board filled with notices and timetables to spark curiosity. Ask students what clues help them understand such everyday texts and link this to their prior experience reading signs. Explain that by the end of the lesson they will be able to dissect these texts, locate key details, and answer exam‑style questions.
Lesson Structure:
  1. Do‑now (5'): Students glance at a posted notice and write down three pieces of information they can find. Teacher checks quickly.
  2. Mini‑lecture (10'): Review the standard sections of public notices, timetables and ads using projected examples.
  3. Guided practice (15'): In pairs, analyse a sample notice, highlight headings, dates, instructions, and contact info; then answer related questions.
  4. Timetable decoding (10'): Students work individually on a bus timetable, extract departure times and costs, and complete a short worksheet.
  5. Advertisement analysis (10'): Group activity to identify persuasive language and calculate offers; share findings with class.
  6. Consolidation quiz (5'): Quick exit ticket where each learner writes one strategy they will use for future texts.
Conclusion:
Summarise how recognizing structure and key vocabulary enables accurate interpretation of everyday Kiswahili texts. Collect the exit tickets to gauge understanding and remind students to apply the reading checklist for homework. Assign a short task to bring a real public notice from home and annotate its components.