B4 English Language · Term 3, Week 9

Naming words/ Nouns

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Curriculum details

Strand
Using Writing Conventions/ Grammar Usage (Strand 5)
Sub-strand
Naming words/ Nouns (5.3)
Content standard
B4.5.3.1 - Apply knowledge of different types of nouns in communication
Indicator
B4.5.3.1.4 - Identify and use abstract nouns to refer to concepts and ideas
Suggested placement
Term 3, Week 9 (Week 33 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. 60

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

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

- Revise common and proper nouns.
- Write sentences containing abstract nouns on the board.
- Have learners take turns to read them and identify the nouns.
- Explain abstract nouns as names of things that cannot be seen, felt, nor touched.
e.g. air, beauty, peace
- Have learners give examples of abstract nouns and write them on the board.
- Have learners identify concrete and abstract nouns from paragraphs/passages.
- Let them use these abstract nouns in their own sentences.