B4 English Language · Term 3, Week 10

Using Qualifying Words - Adjectives

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Curriculum details

Strand
Using Writing Conventions/ Grammar Usage (Strand 5)
Sub-strand
Using Qualifying Words - Adjectives (5.5)
Content standard
B4.5.5.1 - Demonstrate understanding of adjectives in speech and in writing
Indicator
B4.5.5.1.1 - Use adjectives to make comparisons
Suggested placement
Term 3, Week 10 (Week 34 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. 63

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

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

e.g.
- fast /slow
- good/bad
- fast/faster
- slow/slower
- Guide learners with several examples and situations to identify the comparative forms of adjectives in sentences, e.g. Ama is fast but Kofi is slow.
- Have learners identify adjectives in a given passage.
- Let learners write sentences using comparative and superlative forms of adjectives.