Grammar · SHS1 English Language

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: 1.3.1.LI.4 - Use forms of verbs in everyday activities (Tense & Aspects).

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Identify the base, -s form, past form, and participle forms of both regular and irregular verbs in given sentences.
Distinguish between tense (time reference) and aspect (how the action is viewed, such as ongoing or completed) using examples from everyday activities.
Form and use the three simple tenses (present, past, and the future with modal will) correctly in speech and writing.
Form and use the progressive and perfect aspects of the present and past tenses correctly (for example, present progressive, present perfect, past progressive, past perfect).
Use primary auxiliaries (do, have, be) and modal auxiliaries (can, could, will, would, may, might, must, need) correctly in everyday conversations and short written passages.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Grammar Usage (Strand 3)
Sub-strand: Grammar (3.1)
Content standard: 1.3.1.CS.1 - Demonstrate knowledge, understanding and use of grammatical forms in speech and writing. 1.3.1.LO.1 Apply knowledge of word classes and their functions in communication. 1.3.1.LO.2 Distinguish between and use the parts and elements that make up a sentence. 1.3.1.LO.3 Distinguish between and use compound and complex sentences. 1.3.1.LO.4 Distinguish between and use dependent and independent clauses. 1.3.1.LO.5 Compose texts using phrase types.
Indicator: 1.3.1.LI.4 - Use forms of verbs in everyday activities (Tense & Aspects).
Suggested placement: Semester 1, Week 16 (Week 16 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:

strand name - p.56: this document swaps the names GRAMMAR and GRAMMAR USAGE between the strand and its first sub-strand from page to page - printed p.46 heads "Strand 3. GRAMMAR USAGE / Sub-Strand 1. GRAMMAR", printed p.62 "Strand 3. GRAMMAR / Sub-Strand 2. VOCABULARY", printed p.124 "Strand 3. GRAMMAR / Sub-Strand 1. GRAMMAR USAGE" and printed p.134 "Strand 3.GRAMMAR USAGE" with no space. The scope-and-sequence on printed p.21 calls the strand Grammar and the sub-strand Grammar Usage. Each heading is transcribed as its own page prints it
indicator text - p.56: the code 1.3.1.LI.4 names 2 different indicators in this year. This document restarts learning-indicator numbering at LI.1 under every content standard, so a code identifies an indicator only together with its content standard - here 1.3.1.CS.1
Curriculum reference: NaCCA curriculum document, p. 56

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Experiential Learning: Using role-play ensuring tolerance for one another's views, learners discuss activities they engage in everyday by identifying all the various inflections of the forms of verbs
Examples:
i.
Base(V) infinitive - , sit, buy -s form...3rd person + V). Eg: sit - sits, buy - buys
ii.
Past -ed1- called, drank
Participle (V + ing) - calling, drinking Participle (V + ed2) - called, drunk
iii.
Regular - talk, want, advise, weed, etc.
iv.
Irregular - come, eat, go, get, say, write, etc.
v.
Use verbs correctly in appropriate tense forms:
- Present Tense
- Simple Present Tense
- Present Progressive
- Present Perfect
- Present Perfect Progressive
- Past Tense
- Simple Past Tense
- Past Progressive
- Past Perfect
- Past Perfect Progressive
The primary auxiliaries are: do, have, be
Use modal auxiliaries can/could; will/would, may/might; must, need, etc.
NOTE:
- Use demonstration/role play/ dialogue to distinguish forms and other uses of Tense and Aspect
- Explanation of relationship between time, tense and aspect. Forms of the Present Tense
Teaching and Learning Resources:
- Word/Sentence cards
- Word Walls
- Real objects and pictures
- Selected passages
- Teacher made passages
- Technology tools such as computer, mobile phones, projector, radio, TV, films and narratives etc.
- Passages that reveal various forms of nouns.
- Varieties of narrative texts that reveal various types of pronouns.
- Pictures
- Real objects.
- Varieties of narrative texts that reveal use of adjectives in context.
- Videos with dialogue
- Role-play
- Varieties of narrative texts and Passages
Assessment (1.3.1.AS.4). The document marks these depth-of-knowledge levels for this indicator: Level 1 Recall.