B5 English Language · Term 1 Week 6: Listening Comprehension

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B5.1.7.1.5 - Ask relevant questions to expand comprehension of details of texts

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Identify the key details in a listened-to or read text by discussing interesting stories they have heard or read.
Formulate relevant questions beginning with question words (who, what, where, when, why, how) about the details of a text.
Ask and answer questions about the content of a story after re-telling it, demonstrating expanded comprehension of specific details.
Distinguish between relevant questions that deepen understanding and irrelevant questions that do not relate to the text.
Use questioning to clarify details and build a fuller understanding of a text’s events, characters and setting.

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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: B5.1.7.1.5 - Ask relevant questions to expand comprehension of details of texts
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)

- Through discussion, learners identify some interesting stories or texts they have heard or read.
- Assist learners to talk about the content of the stories/texts after re-telling the story.
Encourage learners to ask relevant questions to expand their comprehension of the details of the text.