JHS3 English Language · Term 3, Week 3

Text Types and Purposes

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Curriculum details

Strand: Writing (Strand 4)
Sub-strand: Text Types and Purposes (4.2)
Content standard: B9.4.2.1 - Use a process approach to compose descriptive, narrative/ imaginative, informational and persuasive, argumentative texts
Indicator: B9.4.2.1.1 - Create effective descriptive sentences when describing characters, settings or mood.
Suggested placement: Term 3, Week 3 (Week 27 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. 92
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

- Write descriptive essays using the following:
  - multiple, powerful adjectives for effect
  - sentence structure for effect e.g. frontloading, listing, climactic sentence structure
- Make selective use of detail for effect when describing a character.
- Proofread to self-correct or peer correct.

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