JHS1 English Language · Term 1 Week 2: Conversation/everyday Discourse

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B7.1.1.1.3 - Use appropriate language orally to describe experiences about oneself and others

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Identify and use correct tense structures (past, present, future) when describing their own experiences and those of others.
Describe a personal experience orally using a variety of simple and compound sentences with appropriate vocabulary (nouns, adjectives, adverbs).
Use at least one figurative expression (simile or idiom) naturally when narrating an experience about oneself or someone else.
Describe another person’s experience in a specific situation (hospital, market, bus terminal) using appropriate language and clear sequence of events.
Differentiate between describing one’s own experience and reporting another person’s experience by using the correct pronouns (I, me, my vs. he, she, him, her).

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Curriculum details

Strand: Oral Language (listening and Speaking) (Strand 1)
Sub-strand: Conversation/everyday Discourse (1.1)
Content standard: B7.1.1.1 - Demonstrate use of appropriate language orally in specific situations
Indicator: B7.1.1.1.3 - Use appropriate language orally to describe experiences about oneself and others
Suggested placement: Term 1, Week 2 (Week 2 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, Common Core Programme (JHS1-JHS3), 2023, p. 3
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

- Use
  - language: tense structures, variety of sentences, figurative expressions etc.
  - vocabulary: nouns, adjectives, adverbs, etc. to communicate about one's experiences and those of others in specific situations e.g. the hospital, shopping in a market/supermarket, at a bus terminal/station, etc.