JHS3 English Language · Term 3, Week 8

Text Types and Purposes

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Curriculum details

Strand
Writing (Strand 4)
Sub-strand
Text Types and Purposes (4.2)
Content standard
B9.4.2.2 - Apply writing skills to specific life situations
Indicator
B9.4.2.2.4 - Compose speeches for different purposes and occasions.
Suggested placement
Term 3, Week 8 (Week 32 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. 97

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

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

- Compose a speech:
  - Tell what you are going to tell them (introduction)
  - Tell them (body).
  - Tell them what you told them (conclusion).
- Use the following to create effect:
  - Emotive adjectives e.g. 'Wonderful, magnificent, fantastic, disgraceful, shocking, outrageous.'
  - Tripling e.g. "It's your country, it's my country, it's our future!"
  - Repetition
  - Parallel sentence structure
  - Powerful imagery e.g. "I have a dream."
  - Use of 'we' to include everyone (inclusive language) e.g. "We all know… you and I agree…"