B1 English Language · Term 3 Week 4: Writing Simple Words and Sentences

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B1.4.5.1.2 - Write simple familiar words

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Say the names of at least five favourite dishes or foods they know from home.
Talk about the ingredients used to prepare a familiar dish such as Jollof, waakye, or kenkey.
Spell and write at least five ingredient words correctly from the class list.
Write a simple list of three to five ingredients for their own chosen favourite food without help.
Check a partner’s list and say whether any words are missing or misspelled.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Writing (Strand 4)
Sub-strand: Writing Simple Words and Sentences (4.5)
Content standard: B1.4.5.1 - Write words and sentences
Indicator: B1.4.5.1.2 - Write simple familiar words
Suggested placement: Term 3, Week 4 (Week 28 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. 32
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

- Let learners mention their favourite dishes or food.
- Let learners select one food and talk about the ingredients used in its preparation, e.g. Jollof.
- Let learners mention the ingredients as teacher writes them on the board.
- Let them then work as individuals, choose their own special food or dish and write the ingredients.
- Let learners do peer editing.