B6 English Language · Term 1 Week 6: Listening Comprehension

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B6.1.7.1.4 - Use background knowledge to understand and build new knowledge while listening to informational text

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Activate their prior knowledge about a topic by completing the K and W columns of a KWL chart before listening to an informational text.
Listen attentively to an informational text read aloud and identify at least three main ideas from it.
Use their background knowledge to make connections between what they already know and the new information presented in the text.
Complete the L column of a KWL chart by stating at least two new facts they learned from listening to the text.
Work collaboratively in groups to discuss and share the main ideas and new knowledge gained from the text.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Oral Language (Strand 1)
Sub-strand: Listening Comprehension (1.7)
Content standard: B6.1.7.1 - Use appropriate skills and strategies to process meaning from texts
Indicator: B6.1.7.1.4 - Use background knowledge to understand and build new knowledge while listening to informational text
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. 161
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

- Present an informational text on a given topic.
- Use the K and W of KWL strategy to activate learners' background knowledge.
- Have learners listen to the text.
- In groups, they identify and discuss the main ideas of the text.
- Have learners listen to the text a second time.
- In groups, learners share what they have learnt in the text.