B5 English Language · Term 1 Week 6: Listening Comprehension

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B5.1.7.1.4 - Use background knowledge to understand and build new knowledge while listening to drama

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Recall what they already know about a topic before listening to a drama on that topic
Listen to a short drama and identify the main events in the plot
Relate the events in the drama to their own experiences or familiar stories
Share new knowledge gained from the drama with group members
Explain how their background knowledge helped them understand the drama better

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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: B5.1.7.1.4 - Use background knowledge to understand and build new knowledge while listening to drama
Suggested placement: Term 1, Week 6 (Week 6 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. 82
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

- Have learners listen to a drama.
- Learners in groups identify, discuss and relate the plot of the drama to a familiar text.
- Have learners listen to the drama a second time.
- In groups, learners share what they have learnt in the text.