B1 English Language · Term 3 Week 6: Controlled Writing

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B1.4.7.1.2 - Write a simple composition using a substitution table

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Read and identify the parts of a substitution table (subject, verb, object or completion).
Build at least three different sentences from a given substitution table by choosing words from each column.
Arrange their chosen sentences into a short, simple composition of three to five sentences about a familiar topic.
Copy out their composition neatly with correct spacing, capital letters at the start of sentences, and full stops at the end.
Read their completed composition aloud to a partner and listen to a partner’s composition in a Think-Pair-Share activity.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Writing (Strand 4)
Sub-strand: Controlled Writing (4.7)
Content standard: B1.4.7.1 - Write simple compositions
Indicator: B1.4.7.1.2 - Write a simple composition using a substitution table
Suggested placement: Term 3, Week 6 (Week 30 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. 33
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

- Write a simple and short composition in a substitution table and have learners copy this out.
- Using Think-Pair-Share, have learners read their compositions.