Descriptive Writing

Curriculum details

Strand

Writing (Strand 4)

Sub-strand

Descriptive Writing (4.12)

Content standard

B4.4.12.1 - Demonstrate knowledge of descriptive words/expressions in writing

Indicator

B4.4.12.1.1 - Use descriptive words/expressions to describe places, personal experiences and events

Suggested placement

Term 3, Week 5 (Week 29 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.55

Curriculum reference

English Language Curriculum (Basic 4-6), 2019, p. 55

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

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Note: The teacher should consider level-appropriate vocabulary and grammar.
- Revise adjectives by having learners describe familiar people, objects and places in their environment.
- Learners in their groups talk about interesting places they have visited.
- Guide them to describe places of their choice using knowledge of adjectives.
- Have them do peer editing and share their work with the class.
- They repeat the procedure above to describe events, situations and personal experiences. The document sets the "Note:" line above at the indicator's own left margin rather than indented with the exemplars, so it reads as part of the indicator on the page; it is an instruction to the teacher and is transcribed as the first exemplar.