Writing as a Process · B6 English Language

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B6.4.9.3.1 - Review, and revise the draft to produce a coherent piece by proposing grammar and vocabulary for improvement.

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Read their three-paragraph draft slowly and critically to identify words, expressions, and grammar that need improvement.
Apply the review questions (Are my ideas in order? Do my sentences support the main idea? Do my paragraphs support the topic?) to evaluate their own draft.
Read a partner’s draft and offer at least three specific suggestions for grammar and vocabulary improvement.
Revise their draft by cancelling weak words, replacing them with stronger vocabulary, and correcting grammar to produce a coherent piece.
Produce a clean revised draft that shows clear improvement from the first draft.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Writing (Strand 4)
Sub-strand: Writing as a Process (4.9)
Content standard: B6.4.9.3 - Apply strategies for improving drafts for publishing
Indicator: B6.4.9.3.1 - Review, and revise the draft to produce a coherent piece by proposing grammar and vocabulary for improvement.
Suggested placement: Term 3, Week 4 (Week 28 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.
Source document note: The official curriculum document has a fault in this entry, so the curriculum text above is transcribed exactly as printed:

exemplars - p.202
Curriculum reference: English Language Curriculum (Basic 4-6), 2019, p. 201
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

- Have learners review their first draft by reading it slowly and critically several times to identify words/expressions that need to be cancelled.
- Guide learners with the questions below: i. Are your ideas in order and easy to understand? ii. Are all the sentences talking about the main idea of the paragraph?
iii. Are all the paragraphs talking about the topic?
- Have learners read their partners' draft and offer suggestions.
- Encourage learners to make as many changes as are necessary to improve their drafts.
- Have learners make a clean draft for publishing. This indicator is printed a second time on printed p.202, below the "Sub-Strand 10: Narrative Writing" heading, with its guide questions numbered iv, v, vi instead of i, ii, iii and a different competency cell. Only the printed p.201 printing is transcribed.