Vocabulary · B5 English Language

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B5.2.6.1.1 - Use level-appropriate content words (nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs), and function words (e.g. prepositions) appropriately in spoken and written communication

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Distinguish between content words and function words in a given sentence.
Identify nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs as content words in a short passage.
Identify prepositions, conjunctions, determiners and auxiliary verbs as function words in a short passage.
Use level-appropriate content words and function words correctly in their own spoken sentences.
Write 3 to 5 original sentences that correctly combine content words and function words.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Reading (Strand 2)
Sub-strand: Vocabulary (2.6)
Content standard: B5.2.6.1 - Understand word meanings and usages
Indicator: B5.2.6.1.1 - Use level-appropriate content words (nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs), and function words (e.g. 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. 96
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

- Explain to learners that function words glue pieces of sentences together into long patterns. In other words they express a grammatical or structural relationship with other words in a sentence.
- Examples of function words are determiners, conjunctions, prepositions, auxiliary verbs, modals etc.
- Content words are words with specific meanings such as nouns, adjectives, adverbs and main verbs.
e.g. The sly brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.
- In groups learners identify and work out the meanings of content words in texts read.
- Have them use these words in sentences.