B5 English Language · Term 1 Week 8: Giving and Following Commands/ Instructions/Directions

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B5.1.9.1.2 - Make and respond to polite requests for help from familiar adults

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Identify the key words and phrases used when making polite requests, such as “please”, “may I”, “could you” and “would you mind”.
Make at least three different polite requests for help from a familiar adult, using appropriate tone and body language.
Respond politely to requests, using expressions such as “Yes, you may”, “Of course” and “Certainly”.
Distinguish between a polite request and a demand or command, explaining why politeness matters when speaking to adults.
Role-play a short scene in which they request help from a familiar adult and receive a polite response.

This lesson builds directly on Week 7, where learners practised giving commands and instructions. In this lesson, they learn the softer, more respectful form of asking that is used with familiar adults.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Oral Language (Strand 1)
Sub-strand: Giving and Following Commands/ Instructions/Directions (1.9)
Content standard: B5.1.9.1 - Use verbs in commands, instructions, requests and directions appropriately in speech
Indicator: B5.1.9.1.2 - Make and respond to polite requests for help from familiar adults
Suggested placement: Term 1, Week 8 (Week 8 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. 85
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

- Revise how to make requests by giving examples.
- In a discussion, help learners to identify the need to use "please" when making simple requests. Through demonstration, guide learners to make polite requests in the classroom.
e.g.
i. Please sir/madam, may I go out? ii. Yes, you may.
- Invite learners to the front in pairs to dramatise/role-play situations/scenes where they make requests and respond to them.
Provide and teach vocabulary and expressions to guide them make requests and respond to them.