Text Types and Purposes

Curriculum details

Strand

Writing (Strand 4)

Sub-strand

Text Types and Purposes (4.2)

Content standard

B8.4.2.1 - Use a process approach to compose descriptive, narrative/ imaginative, informational, persuasive and argumentative texts

Indicator

B8.4.2.1.2 - Use precise words phrases and sensory language to convey a vivid mental picture of places and events

Suggested placement

Term 3, Week 2 (Week 26 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. 59

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

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

- Describe places using adjectives such as ancient, beautiful, boring, bustling, charming and contemporary.
- Describe events using words such as:
ultimate, rare, far-off divine, violent, stellar, common, cross-cultural, unusual, unhinged, historic, freakishly, major, memorable, dire, huge, inexplicable, tortuous, unusual and significant.
- Use appropriate grammatical structures:
  - adjectives and adjective phrases for producing vivid descriptions
  - adverbs and adverbials for describing how an action has been carried out
  - connectors for showing sequence of events
  - direct and indirect speech for variation and adding interest
  - nouns and noun phrases (e.g., participants, objects)
  - prepositions and prepositional phrases
  - first-person pronouns
- Edit/Proofread the writing for sense, meaning and effect (targeted audience reaction).
- Publish writing using different media including ICT.