B5 English Language · Term 1 Week 5: Listening Comprehension

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B5.1.7.1.2 - Make connections with events in drama

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Listen to a short audio drama or watch a video drama and retell the events in the correct sequence (beginning, middle, ending).
Identify and describe at least three major events from the drama and state which part of the story each belongs to.
Connect events in the drama to their own life experiences by answering questions such as “Has something like this ever happened to you?”
Share a personal experience that is similar to an event in the drama, using complete sentences.
Respond to a partner’s connection by saying whether they agree or disagree and why.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Oral Language (Strand 1)
Sub-strand: Listening Comprehension (1.7)
Content standard: B5.1.7.1 - Use appropriate skills and strategies to process meaning from texts
Indicator: B5.1.7.1.2 - Make connections with events in drama
Suggested placement: Term 1, Week 5 (Week 5 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.81
Curriculum reference: English Language Curriculum (Basic 4-6), 2019, p. 81
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

- Have learners listen to an audio drama or watch a video.
- Guide learners to identify the sequence of events in the story, i.e. events at the beginning, middle and ending.
- Ask relevant questions to guide learners to relate the events in the drama to their lives. The document prints a further bullet under this indicator with no text beside it; it is dropped here.