B4 English Language · Term 1, Week 2

Poems

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Curriculum details

Strand
Oral Language (Strand 1)
Sub-strand
Poems (1.3)
Content standard
B4.1.3.1 - Appreciate poems and other pieces of literary materials
Indicator
B4.1.3.1.3 - Compose four-line poems
Suggested placement
Term 1, Week 2 (Week 2 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 4-6), 2019, p. 3

Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

- Explain the task.
- Guide learners with examples to choose a suitable topic and contribute suitable lines to it.
- Write learner's contributions to the topic on the board.
- Re-arrange sentences in a logical order to form a simple poem.
- In turns, learners read the poem for enjoyment.
Note: Learners should not be made to commit new poems to memory on the same day. (It should be spaced over a number of lessons).