JHS1 English Language · Term 3 Week 5: Text Types and Purposes

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B7.4.2.1.4 - Compose a paragraph to explain a process, social and natural phenomena (how to do or use something, how something works)

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

State the aim of a process text clearly at the beginning of their paragraph.
List the materials or conditions needed for a given process in logical order.
Sequence the steps of a process using appropriate connectors such as first, next, then, after that, and finally.
Use the simple present tense, adjectives, noun phrases, and quantifiers correctly when writing a process paragraph.
Compose a well-organised paragraph that explains a process (natural or social) using appropriate text features such as headings and numbering.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Writing (Strand 4)
Sub-strand: Text Types and Purposes (4.2)
Content standard: B7.4.2.1 - Develop, organise and express ideas coherently and cohesively in writing for a variety of purposes (description, narration, exposition/information and persuasion), audiences and contexts
Indicator: B7.4.2.1.4 - Compose a paragraph to explain a process, social and natural phenomena (how to do or use something, how something works)
Suggested placement: Term 3, Week 5 (Week 29 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. 29
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

- Write the steps taken to do or make something or how something works (e.g. rules of a game or sport, recipes, instructions on how to use a device, volcanic eruption, flooding) by:
  - writing the aim of the text
  - listing the materials needed
  - sequencing and/or describing items to be carried out or conditions to be observed
  - using appropriate text features (e.g., main headings, sub-headings, diagrams/illustrations, bullets/numbering)
- Use:
  - adjectives and adjective phrases for describing materials and objects
  - connectors for showing sequence in steps
  - nouns and noun phrases (e.g., ingredients in recipes)
  - quantifiers for indicating amounts of ingredients and materials
  - simple present for indicating the timeless nature of procedures