B1 English Language · Term 1 Week 5: Conversation - Talking about Oneself, Family, People, Places, Greetings, Customs, Events, Social/Cultural Values, Manners and other Themes

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B1.1.6.1.4 - Use a wide variety of words to describe different situations and events

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Name at least five different situations or events shown on a conversational poster (e.g. naming ceremony, market day, football match, rainstorm, birthday party).
Use describing words (adjectives and action words) to talk about what people do and how they feel in different situations.
Produce at least two full sentences describing a situation or event, building on the greetings language learned in Week 3 and the describing language from Week 4.
Take part in a short role-play of a situation, using appropriate words and expressions to describe what is happening.
Listen to a partner describe an event and add one new describing word of their own, showing collaboration.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Oral Language (Strand 1)
Sub-strand: Conversation - Talking about Oneself, Family, People, Places, Greetings, Customs, Events, Social/Cultural Values, Manners and other Themes (1.6)
Content standard: B1.1.6.1 - Use certain culturally acceptable language for communication
Indicator: B1.1.6.1.4 - Use a wide variety of words to describe different situations and events
Suggested placement: Term 1, Week 5 (Week 5 of the year)
Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.
Curriculum reference: English Language Curriculum (Basic 1-3), 2019, p. 10
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

- Use a conversational poster on different situations/events.
- Have learners think-pair-share, looking at the various illustrations on the poster.
- Have them use expressions learnt and other new ones to describe the situations and events.
Have learners, working in groups, role-play the situations and events on the poster.