B2 English Language · Term 2 Week 12: Writing Letters - Small and Capital

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B2.4.3.1.2 - Use lower and upper case letters appropriately in words and simple sentences

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Identify which words in a simple sentence should begin with a capital letter (names, the word “I”, and the first word of a sentence).
Rewrite simple sentences, correcting errors in capitalisation, such as changing “my Father is a teacher” to “My father is a teacher.”
Write 2 to 3 short, simple sentences about a familiar topic (for example, My Family or My Pet) using capital letters correctly at the start of each sentence and for names.
Explain why a particular word in a sentence is written with a capital letter, using the simple rule: sentence starts and special names.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Writing (Strand 4)
Sub-strand: Writing Letters - Small and Capital (4.3)
Content standard: B2.4.3.1 - Use general skills, strategies and knowledge of letter sounds to enable them write legibly and boldly Printed p.56 gives this standard as "knowledge of letter sounds to enable them write legibly and boldly" and printed p.57 as "knowledge of letters to enable them write legibly and boldly". The p.56 wording is transcribed.
Indicator: B2.4.3.1.2 - Use lower and upper case letters appropriately in words and simple sentences
Suggested placement: Term 2, Week 12 (Week 24 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.
Source document note: The official curriculum document has a fault in this entry, so the curriculum text above is transcribed exactly as printed:

content standard text - p.56
Curriculum reference: English Language Curriculum (Basic 1-3), 2019, p. 57
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

- Guide learners to choose level-appropriate topics.
e. g. My Family, My Pet, My Friend, etc.
- Let learners talk about the topic.
- Write what learners say about the topic on the board.
e. g. My family There are six people in my family. My father is a teacher. My mother is a nurse, etc.
- Have learners read the sentences.
- Re-write the sentences with wrong capitalisation and ask learners re-write them appropriately.
e. g. my Father is a teacher.