Grammar

Curriculum details

Strand

Grammar and Grammar Usage (Strand 3)

Sub-strand

Grammar (3.1)

Content standard

B8.3.1.5 - Demonstrate command of the use of reported speech

Indicator

B8.3.1.5.2 - Demonstrate command of the use of reported speech

Suggested placement

Term 2, Week 9 (Week 21 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.

Source document note

The official curriculum document has a fault in this entry, so the curriculum text above is transcribed exactly as printed:

• content standard text - p.53: the content-standard cell beside this indicator prints that sentence - an editorial query left in the published document - and no code. The standard B8.3.1.5 is never printed: sub-strand 3.1 runs B8.3.1.1 (printed p.50) and then B8.3.1.6 (printed p.53), and there is no B8.3.1.5.1. The code here is taken from the indicator's own printed code
• content standard text - the printed cell reads 'Please check the numbering in red highlight', an editor's query left in the published document, and prints no code. The indicator's own words are reused so the field carries curriculum rather than a production note.
• indicator text - p.53: printed 'B8.3.1.5.2.' under a content-standard cell that reads 'Please check the numbering in red highlight'

Curriculum reference

English Language, Common Core Programme (JHS1-JHS3), 2023, p. 53

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

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

- Compose text using reported speech.
- Report questions in different situations.
e.g. She asked, "When will Genevieve meet Alfred at the school?" - direct speech
  She wanted to know when Kofi would meet Alfred at the school.
  - reported speech
- Use reported speech to talk/write about past events.
- Write news reports.