Giving and Responding to… · B3 English Language

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B3.1.9.1.2 - Make and respond to polite requests

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Identify polite request language from pictures and oral prompts (e.g., “Can you…?”, “Please…”, “May I…?”).
Make at least three different polite requests using appropriate tone and words.
Respond to polite requests with acceptance phrases (“Yes”, “Of course”, “No problem”) and declining phrases (“I’m sorry”, “I can’t”) appropriately.
Role-play making and responding to polite requests in pairs using picture prompts.
Distinguish between a command (Week 9 work) and a polite request by explaining the difference in one sentence.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Oral Language (Strand 1)
Sub-strand: Giving and Responding to Commands/Instructions/Directions and Making Requests (1.9)
Content standard: B3.1.9.1 - Demonstrate understanding in commands, instructions, directions and requests
Indicator: B3.1.9.1.2 - Make and respond to polite requests
Suggested placement: Term 1, Week 10 (Week 10 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 Curriculum (Basic 1-3), 2019, p. 79
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

- Show pictures of requests to learners and ask them to guess the requests from pictures:
e.g. a picture of a closed door, a picture of an open door, a picture of someone carrying books etc. (Can you help me carry the books?, Please, close/open the door.)
- Invite pairs of learners to the front of the class to make and respond to polite requests. Let learner A pick a picture and Learner B make the request. Then, Learner A responds to the request made.
- Have learners draw pictures of requests for their partners to guess the requests
- Let learners practise making and accepting or declining requests using expressions such as "Yes, Of course, No problem, I'm sorry, I can't, etc.