Text Types and Purposes · JHS1 English Language

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Plan a personal narrative by listing events from a past experience in the correct chronological order.
Write a personal narrative of at least two paragraphs using first-person pronouns (I, my, we, our) and descriptive details about setting and feelings.
Use adjectives and adverbs to make descriptions vivid, and connectives such as first, then, after that, and finally to show the sequence of events.
Include at least one example of direct speech and one example of indirect speech in their narrative to add interest.
Edit their own writing to check for clear meaning, correct punctuation, and logical order of events.

Indicator: B7.4.2.1.1

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Curriculum details

Strand: Writing (Strand 4)
Sub-strand: Text Types and Purposes (4.2)
Content standard: B7.4.2.1 - Develop, organise and express ideas coherently and cohesively in writing for a variety of purposes (description, narration, exposition/information and persuasion), audiences and contexts
Indicator: B7.4.2.1.1 - Write personal narratives using effective techniques incorporating descriptive details and logical event sequences.
Suggested placement: Term 3, Week 3 (Week 27 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. 26
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

- Plan and record ideas detailing personal experiences or past events:
  - Use:
    - descriptive details (setting, experiences or series of events).
    - first-person point of view to convey feelings, experiences and thoughts.
    - appropriate grammatical structures.
      - adjectives and adjective phrases for producing vivid descriptions
      - adverbs and adverbials for describing how an action has been carried out
      - connectors for showing sequence of events
      - direct and indirect speech for variation and adding interest
        - nouns and noun phrases (e.g., participants, objects)
        - prepositions and prepositional phrases
        - first-person pronouns
- Edit/Proofread the writing for sense, meaning and effect (targeted audience reaction).
- Publish writing using different media including ICT.