Using Action Words

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

B6.5.4.1.3 - Use a range of verb forms in speech and in writing.

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)

- Guide learners, with examples, to form sentences in the past perfect tense. Learners narrate a short event using the simple past and past perfect tenses.
- Guide learners with examples to construct sentences using the past perfect form of verbs.
E.g. When you came I had already finished the work.
- Let learners narrate short events using both tenses.
- Let learners write a letter to an elderly relative on something that happened in the past.
- Learners in their groups (mixed ability), choose a topic or event they will want to write on using the past perfect and simple past tenses.
- Have learners write a mind map to guide their writing. Learners edit their writing at every stage e.g. introduction, body and conclusion.
Encourage them to share their work with other groups.