Grammar · JHS3 English Language

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B9.3.1.1.2 - Demonstrate command using multiple adjectives in the correct order, and using quantifiers effectively in speaking and writing

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Identify the correct order of multiple adjectives before a noun, using the standard sequence of opinion, size, age, shape, colour, origin, material, purpose.
Arrange jumbled sets of adjectives into the correct order to describe people, objects and places accurately.
Use quantifiers (some, any, much, many, a lot of, a few, a little, several, enough) correctly with countable and uncountable nouns in sentences.
Write a vivid descriptive paragraph that combines correctly ordered adjectives and appropriate quantifiers to describe a scene or person.
Present a short oral description using multiple adjectives in the correct order and effective quantifiers, demonstrating accurate spoken grammar.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Grammar Usage (Strand 3)
Sub-strand: Grammar (3.1)
Content standard: B9.3.1.1 - Apply the knowledge of phrases and clauses and their functions in Communication.
Indicator: B9.3.1.1.2 - Demonstrate command using multiple adjectives in the correct order, and using quantifiers effectively in speaking and writing
Suggested placement: Term 2, Week 5 (Week 17 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. 83
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

- Use adjective phrases to provide vivid descriptions of:
  - Participants - The dazzlingly beautiful winner walked down the aisle. The man covered with mud crawled his way out of the mudslide.
  - Settings - The journey begun on a rainy Monday morning.
  - Materials - Amma is wearing a bright coloured African print.
  - Objects - The old rickety bus stopped in the middle of the road.