Vocabulary · B4 English Language

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B4.2.6.1.1 - Use level-appropriate content words (nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs) and function words (prepositions) appropriately in spoken and written communication

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Sort a given list of words into content words (nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs) and function words (prepositions).
Explain, in their own words, the difference between content words and function words with at least one example of each.
Use a substitution table to construct at least five complete sentences that combine content words and function words correctly.
Write four original sentences of their own that each contain at least one noun, one verb, one adjective or adverb, and one preposition.
Identify the prepositions in a short passage and state what relationship (place, time, direction) each one shows.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Reading (Strand 2)
Sub-strand: Vocabulary (2.6)
Content standard: B4.2.6.1 - Understand word meanings and usages
Indicator: B4.2.6.1.1 - Use level-appropriate content words (nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs) and function words (prepositions) appropriately in spoken and written communication
Suggested placement: Term 2, Week 1 (Week 13 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. 23
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

- Using examples, have learners see the difference between content and function words
- Provide a substitution table of content words and function words for learners to construct sentences from. Help learners to sort out the different content words and function words in groups.
- Assist learners to understand that these words combine into sentences to help us make proper meaning of them.
- Let learners make sentences using function and content words.
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