Jamaica Primary Language Arts Book 2 NSC Edition
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Term 1 Unit 1
Chapter 1
Speaking and listening: Greet each other; play a game; ask and answer questions in Jamaican Creole and Standard Jamaican English
Word builder: Vocabulary of Jamaican place names; list names in alphabetical order; identify sounds in words; identify and pronounce band psounds in words
Let’s read: Read a non-fiction, descriptive text; answer questions; complete sentences adding missing word; complete a family tree
Grammar builder: Present tense form of the verb “to be”; identify correct usage in sentences
Let’s write: Write sentences about yourself following question prompts
Chapter 2
Speaking and listening: Take turns to ask and answer questions; talk about personal experience; do a class survey and report back to the class
Word builder: Write names in alphabetical order; match words and pictures with same sound; play a letter game using alphabetical order
Let’s read: Read a poem; identify rhyming words; answer questions
Grammar builder: Use personal pronouns in sentences
Let’s write: Use descriptive vocabulary and question prompts, write about and draw your friend; write a rhyming poem about a friend
Chapter 3
Speaking and listening: Use picture cues to tell a story; use sequencing words; add a further section and tell it to others; ask and answer questions about your story
Word builder: Recite the alphabet; write place names in alphabetical order; differentiate long and short vowel sounds; complete simple words with missing vowels; identify rhyming words
Let’s read: Read a descriptive text; answer questions; talk about what you have read
Grammar builder: The past tense of the verb “to be” in the third person; change sentences from present tense to past tense; write sentences in the past tense
Let’s write: Use question prompts to interview a partner; draw and write about their response; use past tense of the verb “to be”; use correct personal pronouns
Chapter 4
Speaking and listening: Talk about the days of the week and the months of the year; identify first and last letter sounds in words; talk about own experience, using sentence prompts
Word builder: Focus on the th sound, differentiating between voiced and voiceless sounds; write and spell the months of the year
Let’s read: Read a calendar and answer questions
Grammar builder: First, second and third person pronouns; singular and plural pronouns
Let’s write: Make a calendar, drawing rows and columns, writing days, months and dates; write in special school events and holidays on the correct dates
Chapter 5
Speaking and listening: Listen to and identify Jamaican Creole and Standard Jamaican English words; listen to a song; compare JC and SJE versions of a song; read or sing the song in JC; transcribe the song into SJE
Word builder: Match rhyming words with pictures; identify rhyming words; spell simple words following a rhyming pattern
Let’s read: Predict a story from picture cues; read a story and suggest missing words; identify repeated patterns of sounds or words
Grammar builder: Plural nouns; write plural forms for simple words
Let’s write: Think and talk about songs; write an additional verse for a song; use patterns and rhymes in writing
Chapter 6
Speaking and listening: Use pictures to predict and tell a story; tell a story using sequence words; listen to a story
Word builder: Identify and define words from the story; identify rhyming words
Let’s read: Read a story using picture cues; put sentences in correct sequence to tell a story; match speech bubbles to characters; role play a story in groups
Grammar builder: Present and past tense of the verb “to be”; write sentences using verb “to be”; identify correct use of verb tense; introduce past continuous tense
Let’s write: Introduce story structure and setting; write a story using a story starter and story planner
Term 1 Unit 1 Review and assessment
Term 1 Unit 2
Chapter 7
Speaking and listening: Role play a conversation about taking turns; express a view; play a game
Word builder: Identify long and short vowel sounds; add “magic e” to words; match words to pictures
Let’s read: Read a text, identify and correct spelling mistakes; answer comprehension questions
Grammar builder: Past tense verbs with regular endings; sound endings of past tense verbs; use capital letters, full stops and commas
Let’s write: Create a picture as a writing stimulus; use planning questions to draw a monster; write descriptive sentences about your drawing
Chapter 8
Speaking and listening: Work in groups of three to draw a picture; discuss the picture; agree a story about it; present to class, speaking in order; describe process of developing story, using starter sentences and sequencing words
Word builder: Identify long and short vowel sounds
Let’s read: Read a text; identify regular past tense verbs; answer comprehension questions; complete sentences; identify words with long vowel sounds and silent final “e”; identify words from their definitions
Grammar builder: Complete sentences using past tense verb form; differentiate between different sounds in word endings; complete sentences with correct word
Let’s write: Plan a piece of writing about an accident which has happened; use the past tense; draw a picture of the accident; write about the accident using vocabulary box and questions; make sure story has beginning, middle and end; read and check
Chapter 9
Speaking and listening: Take it in turns to mime a word or sentence for your partner to guess; develop mimes together to show to other students
Word builder: Identify rhyming words; match rhyming words to pictures
Let’s read: Read a text and answer questions; introduction to character description
Grammar builder: Change sentences from present to past tense; write sentences using past tense; correct punctuation in sentences
Let’s write: Write a letter to a friend; use question prompts; use an outline plan
Chapter 10
Speaking and listening: Listen and respond to instructions; work in teams to play a game in which imagined objects are described; ask and answer questions; mime actions
Word builder: Identify rhyming words; spell simple rhyming words; add “magic e”/“silent e” to words
Let’s read: Read and discuss a story; make notes describing the main characters; ask and answer questions about the characters; relate story to own experience, reflect and discuss
Grammar builder: Use past tense verbs to complete sentences; find and correct spelling and grammar mistakes in sentences
Let’s write: Plan and write a report
Chapter 11
Speaking and listening: Take turns to read aloud and ask questions; match title with text
Word builder: Identify context clues in writing/artwork; locate information in a text; answer questions using information in the text
Let’s read: How to read information in a table format; study and answer four types of comprehension question: “right there”, “think and search”, “author and you” and “on your own”
Grammar builder: Past tense forms of regular verbs; identify final sounds of past tense verbs; complete a table showing spelling and sounds of past tense verb endings; write sentences using past tense verbs
Let’s write: Work in groups to plan, research and write about a sporting hero; complete an information table; plan and write three sequenced paragraphs
Chapter 12
Speaking and listening: Work in groups to plan a presentation based on the “Let’s write” exercise in Chapter 11; share tasks among the group; structure the presentation with beginning, middle and end; deliver presentation to class
Word builder: Talk about common IT items; match words to definitions
Let’s read: Read a text and answer questions
Grammar builder: Identify past tense verb forms in text; use past tense verbs in sentences; complete sentences with correct past tense verb; identify regular and irregular past tense verb forms
Let’s write: Use question prompts and time expressions to write a story about an event in the past
Term 1 Unit 2 Review and assessment
Term 2 Unit 1
Chapter 13
Speaking and listening: Take turns reading a poem aloud; reflect on and talk about personal responses to the poem; describe sensory experiences such as eating an orange; ask and answer questions about personal experience
Word builder: Look at consonant blends; match words to images; identify correct letter patterns
Let’s read: Identify and discuss similes in a poem; read a poem and draw a picture about it; compare two poems; analyse similes; write a simile
Grammar builder: Construct questions using the verbs “to do”, “to have” and “to be”; sort sentences into correct order to make questions; complete questions with correct words
Let’s write: Work in groups to plan and write a poem; use similes to describe feelings and senses
Chapter 14
Speaking and listening: Listen to a text about body language and give presentations; discuss aspects of body language
Word builder: More work on blended consonants; identify correct consonant blend to complete words; identify consonant blend to match pictures
Let’s read: Predict text from picture clues; add missing words to complete a rhyming poem; talk about a poem, expressing personal responses
Grammar builder: Add “-ed” to form the past tense of regular verbs; rewrite sentences with capital letters and correct punctuation
Let’s write: Describe the main characters in a story of your choice; explain the structure of the story – beginning, middle (what happens) and end; write the story using the past tense; read part of story to class
Chapter 15
Speaking and listening: Role play conversations in different settings; ask and answer questions; in pairs research and talk about a figure in Jamaican culture; discuss your figure with other class members
Word builder: Identify consonant blends sh, ch, th, ph; read and discuss a poem; identify consonant blends at the beginning, middle and end of words
Let’s read: Predict texts from title and opening sentence; answer comprehension questions on a text; answer true or false questions
Grammar builder: Complete a table; use “-ed” form in past tense verbs; write negative sentences; select “a” or “an” before words
Let’s write: Plan and write a story on Jamaican history, using a graphic organiser; identify characters and story structure; write in the past tense
Chapter 16
Speaking and listening: Ask and answer questions using picture stimulus; relate to own experience; discuss and compare experiences; show appreciation
Word builder: Homophones; complete sentences using correct word
Let’s read: Read a non-fiction text and answer comprehension questions
Grammar builder: Identify the subject in a sentence; identify the verb in a sentence; identify and write complete sentences
Let’s write: Choose a celebration and discuss ideas with a partner; draw or make a picture of the celebration; answer questions using complete sentences; write about the event
Chapter 17
Speaking and listening: Take turns to read a poem aloud; role play the actions in the poem as you read; ask and answer questions about birthdays; express and justify a point of view
Word builder: Identify homophones; match correct words to pictures; select correct word to complete sentences
Let’s read: Read an invitation; obtain information from an invitation; introduce RSVP protocol
Grammar builder: Identify the subject in a sentence; identify noun or pronoun as sentence subject; use pronouns correctly in a sentence
Let’s write: Write an invitation using appropriate vocabulary; use sentence starters to structure an invitation
Chapter 18
Speaking and listening: Take turns to read a text aloud; draw a response to the text; ask and answer questions; speak from own experience
Word builder: Introduce homographs; match words with definitions; complete a story using a selection of homographs correctly
Let’s read: Read a poem; revisit similes; devise similes for the five senses
Grammar builder: Use correct pronouns; add correct capitalisation/punctuation to a paragraph of text
Let’s write: Work in groups to study poetic form; write a sentence about each of the five senses; write a short poem about the senses and read it aloud
Term 2 Unit 1 Review and assessment
Term 2 Unit 2
Chapter 19
Speaking and listening: Ask and answer questions using picture stimulus; express an opinion
Word builder: Break words into syllables; identify different syllables within words; match words and pictures
Let’s read: Read a blog and answer questions; identify specific information in text
Grammar builder: Proper nouns; review sentences and correct punctuation; solve anagrams
Let’s write: Use picture stimulus and starter sentences to write a story in the past tense
Chapter 20
Speaking and listening: Put pictures in correct sequence order; take turns to describe the life cycle of a plant, using sequence words; research information about a plant and make a presentation to the class
Word builder: Play a word game, matching word sounds; say and spell words; identify words spelled verbally
Let’s read: Read a non-fiction text about the lifecycle of tomato plant; answer comprehension questions
Grammar builder: Plural forms of regular and irregular nouns; use commas and full stops in sentences
Let’s write: Identify the verb tense in a text; choose a plant and research it; write about the life cycle of the plant using starter sentences
Chapter 21
Speaking and listening: Look at pictures and listen to a story; answer questions; role play one of the pictures for others to guess; mime the nouns
Word builder: Identify silent letters in words; complete crossword puzzle using words with silent letters
Let’s read: Read texts, match headings to text; answer questions on the text
Grammar builder: Plural forms of regular and irregular nouns; add correct punctuation to sentences
Let’s write: Plan a piece of writing using stimulus ideas; draw a picture; write about your drawing
Chapter 22
Speaking and listening: Look at pictures and listen to the story; ask and answer questions about the story using question words; discuss the story and express an opinion
Word builder: Speak words aloud and categorise by spelling/sound; identify ou and ow sounds; write sentences using ou and ow words
Let’s read: Read a story; match words to their meanings; answer comprehension questions; reflect on story and express an opinion; discuss characterisation
Grammar builder: Identify past tense verbs in a text; identify correct form of past tense verbs; complete sentences with past tense verbs
Let’s write: Talk about stories and choose one to write about; use prompts to structure the story; draw pictures and write the story
Chapter 23
Speaking and listening: Read a speech; ask and answer questions; work in groups to plan a speech on a selected theme; share the work so everyone participates; deliver the speech to the class
Word builder: Link syllables to form words; identify number of syllables in words
Let’s read: Read a non-fiction text; answer true or false questions
Grammar builder: Use a double consonant in past tense form of verbs
Let’s write: Write a report; plan and make a model and write a report of the process including title, description of process, materials used and the results
Chapter 24
Speaking and listening: Read instructions on making a model; choose an item to make; draw and write the instructions on a poster; give a presentation to the class using the poster
Word builder: Identify words with silent letters; identify and spell words containing the oi/oy sound
Let’s read: Read and follow instructions
Grammar builder: Present continuous case; use the present continuous form of the verb “to be” in sentences; complete sentences with the correct verb form; write questions using the present continuous; review formation of sentences using the past continuous
Let’s write: In groups decide what to make using recycled materials; write the instructions
Term 2 Unit 2 Review and assessment
Term 3 Unit 1
Chapter 25
Speaking and listening: Read and sing a traditional song; ask and answer questions
Word builder: Vowels followed by “r”; “-er” ending on words; use a spelling wheel
Let’s read: Read short texts and select missing titles; answer comprehension questions
Grammar builder: Work with simple sentences; use the word “and” to make plural subject; use sentence starters to make simple sentences with plural subjects; use adjectives
Let’s write: Choose adjectives to describe a place you know; write a paragraph describing a specific place and say why you like it
Chapter 26
Speaking and listening: Role play a conversation between a market stall holder and a customer; use sentence starters to write and role play another conversation
Word builder: Identify voiced and unvoiced sounds; count syllables in words
Let’s read: Read and role play a conversation; answer questions
Grammar builder: Singular and plural subject pronouns; select pronouns for given sentences; differentiate between subject and object pronouns; identify adjectives in sentences
Let’s write: In groups, plan and write a conversation in a market; role play the conversation for the class
Chapter 27
Speaking and listening: Read advertisements; ask and answer questions; identify persuasive language
Word builder: Recognise and identify synonyms; list adjectives and find synonyms
Let’s read: Predict text from pictures; read text; find adjectives and synonyms; answer questions; link text to own experience and reflect
Grammar builder: Use possessive pronouns
Let’s write: Read a letter and identify correct pronouns; use letter as model to write a letter in reply
Chapter 28
Speaking and listening: Read a poem and answer questions; read aloud; identify and express response to poem; relate to own experience
Word builder: Vowels followed by “r”; words ending “-er”, “-or”, “-ir” and “-ar”; pronounce and spell the different endings
Let’s read: Predict text from picture; read descriptive text; express a view; answer comprehension questions
Grammar builder: Use subject and object pronouns; use comparative adjectives; add “-er” endings to adjectives
Let’s write: Use question prompts and sentence starters to plan and write a letter; check handwriting and punctuation
Chapter 29
Speaking and listening: Look at pictures of Jamaican places and take turns to ask and answer questions
Word builder: Identify synonyms in context and in a word search
Let’s read: Read a ghost story and answer questions
Grammar builder: Use adjectives in sentences; use adjectives in verbal descriptions
Let’s write: Ask and answer questions about a picture; choose four adjectives which describe the place in the picture; write a description of the place using sentence starters; write a description of another place you know
Chapter 30
Speaking and listening: Look at pictures, ask and answer questions using the present continuous tense
Word builder: Use antonyms; change the sound of vowels by adding “r”
Let’s read: Ask and answer pre-reading questions; read a text; put pictures of the story in correct sequence; answer comprehension questions
Grammar builder: Singular and plural possessive pronouns; complete sentences with possessive pronouns; complete sentences with adjectives
Let’s write: Learn about farming pineapples, and make a mind map of the different activities; draw and write about one of the activities from the mind map; write using question prompts; use adjectives in writing
Chapter 31
Speaking and listening: Read aloud the summary of a story; use pictures to retell the story; discuss possible story endings; talk about the role play the story
Word builder: Identify and use synonyms and antonyms
Let’s read: Read a story; ask and answer questions; use and complete a story flow chart, retell the story in your own words
Grammar builder: Use adjectives to complete sentences
Let’s write: Work in groups, use a story flow chart to plan and write a fantasy story
Chapter 32
Speaking and listening: Take turns to read aloud a weather report/forecast; look at a weather chart and talk about the symbols and numbers; listen to the weather report again and answer true or false questions
Word builder: Spell words with “-ble”, “-le” and “-dle” ending; find weather vocabulary in a word search
Let’s read: Read a weather forecast and answer questions
Grammar builder: Complete sentences by adding present tense verbs; use “and” to join two related nouns
Let’s write: Research your local weather forecast and draw today’s weather; write three questions to ask about the weather; write a description of today’s weather, using weather vocabulary
Chapter 33
Speaking and listening: Read and role play a conversation with a partner; take turns to ask and answer questions
Word builder: Say sight words using picture cues; unscramble letters to form words
Let’s read: Read a diary entry and answer questions
Grammar builder: Complete sentences with correct possessive pronouns; rewrite sentences using possessive pronouns; write sentences of your own using possessive pronouns
Let’s write: Discuss the format of a diary page and talk about keeping diaries; write a diary entry for today
Term 3 Unit 1 Review and assessment
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