Text Types and Purposes · JHS2 English Language

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B8.4.2.2.3 - Write articles on given issues for publication in school magazines

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Identify the topic, purpose, and intended audience for a school magazine article on a given issue.
Generate and select ideas about a given issue, choosing those most appropriate for the purpose and audience.
Sort and classify ideas into main ideas and supporting details, grouping them into units suitable for a multi-paragraph article.
Draft a two to three paragraph article on a given issue suitable for publication in a school magazine.
Review their draft to check that ideas are relevant, appropriate, and sufficiently specific for the purpose, using a simple checklist.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Writing (Strand 4)
Sub-strand: Text Types and Purposes (4.2)
Content standard: B8.4.2.2 - Apply writing skills to specific life situations
Indicator: B8.4.2.2.3 - Write articles on given issues for publication in school magazines
Suggested placement: Term 3, Week 6 (Week 30 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. 64
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

- Identify the topic, purpose, and audience for article writing.
- Generate ideas about more challenging topics and identify those most appropriate for the purpose.
- Writing, using a variety of strategies and a wide range of print and electronic resources.
- Sort and classify ideas and information for writing in a variety of ways that allow manipulating information and see different combinations and relationships data gathered.
- Identify and order main ideas and supporting details and group them into units that could be used to develop a multi-paragraph piece of writing, using a variety of strategies.
- Determine whether the ideas and information gathered are relevant, appropriate, and sufficiently specific for the purpose, and do more research if necessary (e.g., check for errors or omissions in information using a T-chart).
- write articles of different lengths on given issues for publication (e.g., a rap poem or jingle, to express a personal view to the class; a report for a community newspaper about a public meeting on an environmental issue affecting local neighbourhoods; an autobiography for a youth magazine, web page or blog).