Paragraph Development · B5 English Language

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B5.4.3.1.1 - Choose appropriate ways and modes of writing for a variety of purposes, audiences and contexts and organise facts, ideas and/or points of view in a way appropriate to the mode of delivery, using appropriate text features

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Identify at least three modes of writing (process, description, problem solution) from sample texts and state the purpose of each.
Match a given mode of writing to its typical purpose and audience (for example, a process text for a classmate, a problem solution text for a headteacher).
Rearrange jumbled paragraphs into a coherent piece of writing and explain the clue that helped them order the paragraphs.
State the author’s purpose and intended audience for a short sample text in one or two sentences.
Work in groups to produce a short paragraph in one assigned mode of writing, using appropriate text features such as a title and clear opening sentence.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Writing (Strand 4)
Sub-strand: Paragraph Development (4.3)
Content standard: B5.4.3.1 - Develop, organise and express ideas cohesively in writing and representing for a variety of purposes, audience and context
Indicator: B5.4.3.1.1 - Choose appropriate ways and modes of writing for a variety of purposes, audiences and contexts and organise facts, ideas and/or points of view in a way appropriate to the mode of delivery, using appropriate text features
Suggested placement: Term 3, Week 2 (Week 26 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 4-6), 2019, p. 122
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

- Work with learners to select sample texts from a variety of models of writing from learners' readers and teacher's resources e.g. newspapers, magazines etc. You may take learners to the library for this exercise. Examples of modes of writing. i. Process ii. Narration iii. Description iv. Comparison v. Problem solution vi. Classification vii. Argument
Note: Refer to B4 Strand 4, Sub strand 2, Indicators 1 - 3 for explanation of the modes of writing.
- Put learners into small groups and assign each group a mode of writing.
Note: Present one mode of writing at a time and in different lessons.
- Have learners study the sample text.
- Guide them through appropriate questions to identify the: i. Mode of writing/types of essay ii. Purpose iii. Audience
Jumble the paragraphs and have learners in groups re-arrange the paragraphs into a coherent piece.
- Encourage learners to use search engines to search for the different modes of writing they have studied.
- Discuss the various modes of writing with learners. Have learners read a text to identify the structure of each mode.