B3 English Language · Term 3, Week 6
Using Capitalisation
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Curriculum details
- Strand
- Using Writing Conventions/Grammar Usage (Strand 5)
- Sub-strand
- Using Capitalisation (5.1)
- Content standard
- B3.5.1.1 - Apply knowledge of capitalisation in writing
- Indicator
- B3.5.1.1.2 - Demonstrate the ability to capitalise titles of texts
- Suggested placement
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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
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English Language Curriculum (Basic 1-3), 2019, p. 97
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.
Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)
- Provide sample varied stories and passages whose titles or headings have capital letters at the beginning of content words, e.g. "Ananse and the Wisdom Pot". - Put learners into groups to study the titles/headings and discover the use of capital letters in context. - Have groups present their observations. - Give learners titles/headings of stories or texts in lower case for them to re-write using capital letters at the beginning of content words.