Conversation/everyday… · JHS2 English Language

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B8.1.1.1.3 - Use appropriate language orally to describe familiar places and events

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Identify descriptive language (adjectives, sense words, adverbs, similes and metaphors) in a spoken description of a familiar place or event.
Use at least five descriptive words or phrases that appeal to different senses when describing a familiar place.
Give a clear two-minute oral description of a familiar event, such as a festival durbar or a local market day, using correct descriptive language.
Use figurative language, such as a simile or metaphor, appropriately when describing a place or event.
Listen to a peer’s description and identify at least three descriptive words or phrases they used.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Oral Language (listening and Speaking) (Strand 1)
Sub-strand: Conversation/everyday Discourse (1.1)
Content standard: B8.1.1.1 - Demonstrate use of appropriate language orally in specific situations
Indicator: B8.1.1.1.3 - Use appropriate language orally to describe familiar places and events
Suggested placement: Term 1, Week 2 (Week 2 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. 39
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

- Identify descriptive language e.g. adjectives and words that appeal to the senses (foggy, creepy, tingling, piercing, tantalising, stale, bumpy, staggering), figurative language (simile, metaphor, etc.) and adverbs.
- Describe familiar places and events e.g. a tourist site, a durbar of a festival.