B6 English Language · Term 3, Week 10

Using Action Words

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Curriculum details

Strand
Using Writing Conventions/ Grammar Usage (Strand 5)
Sub-strand
Using Action Words (5.4)
Content standard
B6.5.4.1 - Demonstrate understanding of verbs in everyday language
Indicator
B6.5.4.1.2 - Explore the use of the simple past verb form and participle form
Suggested placement
Term 3, Week 10 (Week 34 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. 213

Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

- Let learners write a story. E.g. about what happened after school on Monday.
- Discuss the essay topic with learners and use the webbing strategy to help them write on the chosen topic. Learners write individually.
- Learners exchange their work for editing as teacher guides by focusing on the past verb form and participle form.
- Assist those whose essays are only in the simple past to some in the past participle tense.
- Learners rewrite their essays incorporating the corrections.
- Have learners write on another topic individually using the simple past verb form as well as the past participle form.