Penmanship and Handwriting

Curriculum details

Strand

Writing (Strand 4)

Sub-strand

Penmanship and Handwriting (4.2)

Content standard

B4.4.2.1 - Copy and rewrite sentences correctly

Indicator

B4.4.2.1.2 - Use simple sentences clearly and correctly

Suggested placement

Term 3, Week 2 (Week 26 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:

• exemplars - p.48

Curriculum reference

English Language Curriculum (Basic 4-6), 2019, p. 47

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

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

- Begin proper nouns with capital letters in sentences.
e.g. i. Accra is the capital of Ghana. ii. Esi went to Mfantsiman School.
- Have learners read out sentences and identify proper nouns.
- Let learners note the use of capital letters.
- Have them copy the sentences into their exercise books.
- Present and give practice on the named marks of punctuation marks similarly:
e.g. i. She is a teacher. ii. How are you? iii. I bought a pencil, ruler and a book.
- Discuss the importance of these punctuation marks. i. Full stop (.) marks the end of a sentence. ii. Question mark (?) is used to ask questions. iii. Comma (,) is used when listing items. Printed p.48 carries two tables set to different widths and the second is wider than the calibrated column rule, so the extraction filed parts of it in the wrong columns and folded the whole of B4.4.6.1.1 into this indicator's exemplars. Both rows are rebuilt here from the printed page.