Determiners · B5 English Language

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B5.3.2.1.1 - Identify and use indefinite and definite articles “a” and “an” to refer to a person, animal, event, time or objects in general

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Identify the indefinite articles “a” and “an” in a given text and state which words they come before.
State the rule that “a” is used before words beginning with consonant sounds and “an” is used before words beginning with vowel sounds.
Choose correctly between “a” and “an” to complete sentences about people, animals, events, time and objects.
Form original sentences of their own using “a” and “an” to refer to a person, animal, event, time or object in general.
Explain in their own words why “a” and “an” are called indefinite articles.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Grammar and Usage at Word and Phrase Levels (Strand 3)
Sub-strand: Determiners (3.2)
Content standard: B5.3.2.1 - Apply knowledge of different types of determiners in communication
Indicator: B5.3.2.1.1 - Identify and use indefinite and definite articles "a" and "an" to refer to a person, animal, event, time or objects in general
Suggested placement: Term 2, Week 8 (Week 20 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:

exemplars - p.109
Curriculum reference: English Language Curriculum (Basic 4-6), 2019, p. 109
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Note: Teacher should use level-appropriate vocabulary to teach the articles.
- Provide an appropriate text containing abstract, concrete nouns.
- Revise the lesson on nouns. Use the same text to introduce definite, indefinites and zero articles. Guide learners with examples to list the articles in the passage.
- Help learners to form sentences using the articles. The document sets the "Note:" line above at the indicator's own left margin rather than indented with the exemplars, so it reads as part of the indicator on the page; it is an instruction to the teacher and is transcribed as the first exemplar.