Jamaica Primary Language Arts Book 6 NSC Edition
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Term 1 Unit 1 Culture and heritage
Project 1: An independent country
Speaking and listening: Discuss and analyse photographs; listen to a reading and make notes; identify key information in a verbal account
Word builder: Vocabulary about independence; definitions; pronunciation; silent letters; prefixes and suffixes
Let’s read: Identify text types; locate information using headings; identify key topic sentences; use of headings, introduction, bullet points, captions; summarise; identify intended audience; plan research work
Grammar builder: Concrete and abstract nouns
Let’s write: Write formal letters
Project 2: Our cultural heritage
Speaking and listening: Research, prepare and conduct a class debate about Jamaican culture
Word builder: Vocabulary about Jamaican culture; spelling; use mind maps to categorise vocabulary
Let’s read: Read and answer questions about Jamaican National Heroes; research further information by skimming, collecting references and using mind maps
Grammar builder: Interrogative pronouns; ask questions in the past, present and future tenses
Let’s write: Plan and write a script; review and express an opinion
Project 3: Then and now
Speaking and listening: Discuss chronological order by observing photographs; describe a scene in Jamaican Creole and Standard Jamaican English
Word builder: Vocabulary including homophones; correct false use of homophones
Let’s read: Identify relevant information; identify and categorise linking words; understand chronological order; compare and contrast two sets
Grammar builder: Before/after comparison and linking words; sequencing words; additional and contrasting links
Let’s write: Write a journal entry using a Venn diagram, linking words and phrases
Project 4: It was in the news
Speaking and listening: Listen to a reading and make notes; discuss questions and predict answers
Word builder: Identify prefixes and root words; misused homophones; Jamaican Creole and Standard Jamaican English use
Let’s read: Read a news report and answer questions; comment on a title; consider consequences
Grammar builder: Plan paragraphs; paragraph structure; write opening and concluding sentences
Let’s write: Write a news report; plan main ideas, paragraphs; write details; check and edit
Project 5: Stories from the past
Speaking and listening: Respond to pictures; factual and emotional thinking; share ideas
Word builder: Suffixes; adjectives; transform nouns and verbs into adjectives; use adjectives to change meanings
Let’s read: Compare and contrast fiction and non-fiction; identify purpose of a text; describe different writing techniques; rhetorical questions
Grammar builder: Main and subordinate clauses; conjunctions; sentence construction
Let’s write: Plan and undertake a longer writing project; use a visual organiser; use visual stimuli; discuss story techniques: characters, openings, suspense, description; make a first draft
Project 6: Jamaican literature
Speaking and listening: Listen and respond to a poem; ask and answer questions; perform the poem
Word builder: Inferences from context; mnemonics
Let’s read: Read an excerpt from a longer story; identify purpose of text; identify the main event; compare and contrast with other texts; identify writing techniques involving adjectives, dialogue, sound effects and questions
Grammar builder: Subordinate and relative clauses; relative pronouns; subject-verb agreement
Let’s write: Continue work on the longer writing project; edit and improve; techniques for improving story openings
Term 1 Unit 1 Review and assessment
Term 1 Unit 2 The physical environment
Project 7: An island of contrasts
Speaking and listening: Focused listening, using listening techniques
Word builder: Write definitions; construct sentences; use spelling techniques
Let’s read: Recognise the viewpoint and purpose of text; identify positive and negative viewpoints; use and read maps; techniques for understanding words’ meanings
Grammar builder: Adjectives that show viewpoint
Let’s write: Awareness of personal response to written stimuli; show viewpoint in writing
Project 8: Fact or opinion?
Speaking and listening: Listen for facts and opinions; understand and explain the difference between objective and subjective writing
Word builder: Root words and word families; construct sentences
Let’s read: Identify facts and opinions; use question words to extract information from texts
Grammar builder: Concrete and abstract nouns; understand and explain noun types
Let’s write: Write a presentation including technical vocabulary and facts; write a paragraph expressing viewpoint; give and receive feedback; use a listening focus chart
Project 9: Up in the mountains
Speaking and listening: Listen to a poem and answer questions; identify poetic features; personification
Word builder: Spelling rules in word families; suffixes; double consonants; homophones
Let’s read: Read and respond to poetry; understand transformation and personification; assist comprehension by reading expressively
Grammar builder: Adjectives and adverbs; modify verbs with adverbs
Let’s write: Personification in writing; figurative language and storyboarding; invoke the senses in writing; write with anticipation and feeling
Project 10: Pictures that tell stories
Speaking and listening: Proverbs and sayings in Jamaican Creole and Standard Jamaican English; picture cues; discuss information obtained from pictures; identify facts and opinions
Word builder: Homonyms, antonyms, synonyms; use nouns, adjectives and verbs to describe pictures
Let’s read: Read and respond to texts; answer true or false questions; collect and interpret data; read graphs to extract information and make predictions
Grammar builder: Conjunctions; simple, compound and complex sentences
Let’s write: Plan, prepare and create a presentation about a problem; write about cause and effect using visuals to enhance presentation and language appropriate to the task
Project 11: What if there is a tsunami?
Speaking and listening: Hypothetical questions; use question words: what, who, why, how, where, when; share response with class; ask follow-up questions
Word builder: Syllabification; use a dictionary
Let’s read: Narrative of speculative texts; answer comprehension questions; summarise; think hypothetically
Grammar builder: Demonstrative pronouns and adjectives; singular and plural; possessive pronouns
Let’s write: Use a storyboard to complete a story; sequencing phrases; understand the pattern and structure of a story; plan, write and redraft a story, using feedback from others
Project 12: The aftermath
Speaking and listening: Work in groups to plan, rehearse and act out a news report about a disaster
Word builder: Syllabification; use a dictionary; compile definitions for selected words; identify prefixes, suffixes and unusual spelling patterns; use different spelling strategies
Let’s read: Choose a headline for a news report; summarise; understand and describe the viewpoint; inference; fact and opinion; subjectivity and objectivity; critical and analytical reading
Grammar builder: Abstract and concrete nouns; demonstrative pronouns; linking phrases and conjunctions; adjectives and adverbs; ask questions; main and subordinate clauses
Let’s write: Write a persuasive text; personification; use an editor’s checklist; use prompts or a paragraph planner
Term 1 Unit 2 Review and assessment
Term 2 Unit 1 Energy and matter, light and sound
Project 13: Light in our lives
Speaking and listening: Identify prior knowledge; discuss and agree rules for classroom communication; discuss responses to visual stimulus; differentiate facts and opinions
Word builder: Use a dictionary; identify spelling patterns; prefixes and suffixes; homonyms and homophones
Let’s read: Skim to assess a text; identify fact and opinion; define words in context; skim and scan for specific information; prepare a reference list
Grammar builder: Verb tenses and modal auxiliaries
Let’s write: Write in paragraphs; write a journal; use reference lists and visual organisers
Project 14: Light
Speaking and listening: Complete sentences from dictation; ask open questions; prepare a vox pop programme on a science subject; act out vox pop interviews; categorise answers
Word builder: Identify definitions of technical words; create a word grid; identify and define words with prefix ‘photo’; create a glossary
Let’s read: Make predictions; verify information; create diagrammatic forms of information based on written text
Grammar builder: Construct sentences using pronouns, verbs and modal auxiliaries; observe the effect of modal auxiliaries on main verbs
Let’s write: A class game writing sentences in groups; write a scientific explanation using planned paragraphs
Project 15: Sounds in our lives
Speaking and listening: Research and present a report on given scientific topic; listen attentively and take notes
Word builder: Vocabulary about sounds; write definitions; create and solve anagrams
Let’s read: Comprehension questions; distinguish fact from opinion; skim a text; express and justify an opinion; define phrase in context
Grammar builder: The past perfect tenses
Let’s write: Summarise a text; write research summaries
Project 16: The science of sound
Speaking and listening: Play games using sound effects, miming and actions; prepare and deliver a presentation; ask and answer questions
Word builder: Suffixes; spelling patterns in root words; pronunciation; letter combinations with multiple sounds
Let’s read: Read factual texts and answer questions; compare and contrast; summarise
Grammar builder: Demonstrative pronouns
Let’s write: Write a detailed paragraph; writing a scientific, objective text
Project 17: Sounds of science
Speaking and listening: Listen to and repeat poetry; echoing: rhythm, volume and intonation
Word builder: Similes
Let’s read: Answer pre-reading questions; explain and justify opinions; inference; devise lower, middle and higher order comprehension questions
Grammar builder: Sketch a visual response to a text; annotate with precise and vivid nouns, adjectives, verbs, similes
Let’s write: Write a story following a story structure diagram; write in paragraphs; re-read, check and edit
Project 18: Sound and light in movies
Speaking and listening: Listen to a piece of music and sketch a visual response; share opinions, use class communication protocol; listen for rhythm and pitch
Word builder: List and categorise topic words; match definitions to words; prefixes, suffixes and root words; spelling strategies; devise and play word games
Let’s read: Identify viewpoint; persuasive techniques
Grammar builder: Similes; parts of speech; comparing and contrasting words; synonyms
Let’s write: Write a movie or music review; express viewpoint; write in paragraphs
Term 2 Unit 1 Review and assessment
Term 2 Unit 2 The human body system
Project 19: The way we move
Speaking and listening: Discuss images of the body; demonstrate the body movements, including verbal and non-verbal elements
Word builder: Vocabulary about the human body; syllabification; use technical vocabulary in sentences; etymology
Let’s read: Use a 3-2-1 table to respond to a text; back up ideas and opinions with evidence; use evidence to evaluate texts; understand the purpose of a text
Grammar builder: Demonstrative pronouns and adjectives
Let’s write: Plan and write a story using an opening stimulus and on a given theme; use the RAFT strategy to identify role, audience, format and topic
Project 20: Be strong and healthy
Speaking and listening: Read aloud; watch and listen to advertisements and discuss persuasive techniques; hold a class discussion; evaluate and make judgements
Word builder: Contractions; common errors; plurals, possessives and contractions
Let’s read: Analyse advertisements; evaluate audience; discuss opinions; re-write advertisements
Grammar builder: Pronouns; singular and plural reflexive pronouns
Let’s write: Create a visual advertisement for a magazine; write a script for a radio advertisement; write an advertisement which appears to be objective; write for different audiences; use formal/informal language; slogans, opinions, rhymes and alliteration
Project 21: They overcame
Speaking and listening: Interpret and discuss visual image; agree class response
Word builder: Write pronunciation guide; using a dictionary; make a glossary; identify and use spelling strategies
Let’s read: Middle and higher order comprehension; justify opinions; identify and undertake follow-up research; use RAFT strategy to plan a speech
Grammar builder: Subordinate clauses; relative pronouns; relative clauses
Let’s write: Use the plan in “Research and study skills” lesson to write a speech; use an editing checklist
Project 22: The kidneys are amazing organs
Speaking and listening: Listen to and answer questions on a text; identify key information points; using the 3-2-1 strategy
Word builder: Identify basic and unusual spelling patterns; draw and label a diagram using technical vocabulary; focus on accurate, scientific vocabulary
Let’s read: Metacognition and thinking strategies; use reading response symbols
Grammar builder: Appositive nouns and phrases; punctuation in phrases with appositive phrases; write appositive phrases for technical vocabulary
Let’s write: Work in groups to plan and prepare a class presentation
Project 23: When we need medical help
Speaking and listening: Informal discussion using class communications protocol; ask and answer questions; use KWI prompt to support listening and reflection; listen to and discuss a news report
Word builder: Vocabulary beginning with chr-; find definitions, use words in context; pronunciation of ‘ch’ in words
Let’s read: Read a formal letter using the RAFT strategy; use reading response symbols; share strategies for decoding meaning; identify and explain the purpose of emotional techniques
Grammar builder: Identify use of tenses in formal letters; continuous tense and perfect tense; identify signal words and phrases
Let’s write: Plan and write a formal letter; use signal words, formal style and appropriate technical vocabulary
Project 24: Understanding puberty
Speaking and listening: Class discussion; use language techniques to support sensitive discussions; listen to and discuss poetry
Word builder: Identify syllable pattern and rhythm in words; root words, prefixes and suffixes; define and use accurate technical vocabulary in context
Let’s read: Pre-reading activities and prediction; call-and-response reading; understand Shakespearean writing; “Let’s read” skills
Grammar builder: Use speech bubbles, scripts, direct quotation and reported speech; write dialogue; convert quotation to reported speech
Let’s write: Write a dialogue, a script or a poem on the unit theme
Term 2 Unit 2 Review and assessment
Term 3 Unit 1 Diversity, sustainability and interdependence
Project 25: A diverse country
Speaking and listening: Discuss with a partner and a group; compare likes and dislikes; explore differences and similarities
Word builder: Sort words into categories; use dictionaries or glossaries; discuss symbolism of words
Let’s read: Read maps and charts; interpret and summarise diagrams; explain patterns in graphs; evaluate non-verbal forms of information
Grammar builder: Continuous and perfect verb forms; verb-subject agreement; verb forms with collective nouns
Let’s write: Evaluate a piece of writing, identifying language choices; research statistical information and write a written interpretation
Project 26: Ancestors and descendants
Speaking and listening: Listen to texts for information; compare and contrast; discuss in groups
Word builder: Syllabification, prefixes, suffixes and root words to learn, understand and remember vocabulary; create and participate in spelling challenges
Let’s read: Understand the difference between personal and formal letters; identify how feelings are expressed in text
Grammar builder: Understand the purpose of punctuation marks colon, ellipses, dashes and brackets
Let’s write: Plan and write a personal letter
Project 27: Reflecting on colonisation
Speaking and listening: Listen to and read a poem aloud; identify characteristics of a poem; articulate a response to poetry; make connections with other artforms
Word builder: Onomatopoeic words
Let’s read: Read and respond to a poem; interpret a poem in actions; write in poetic style; understand the context and setting of a poem; research poet’s biography
Grammar builder: Reflexive pronouns; punctuation; use a graphic organiser to structure a paragraph
Let’s write: Compose a poem on a given subject; use poetic techniques
Project 28: Ethnic groups
Speaking and listening: Prepare interview questions on a given theme; role play interviewing and being interviewed; develop and express knowledge, empathy and understanding
Word builder: Inference; syllabification; root words; pronunciation; compile word lists and sample sentences; synonyms
Let’s read: Read information on a website; answer “Let’s read” questions; use inference; identify further research
Grammar builder: Contractions; apostrophe of omission and possession; false homophones
Let’s write: Plan, research and write a presentation on a chosen theme; use notes and visual representations in writing
Project 29: The Caribbean
Speaking and listening: Ask and answer questions about a map; conduct a class discussion; listen to songs and poems
Word builder: Create a Caribbean-themed alphabet; proper nouns; common nouns; adjectives; spelling and pronunciation strategies
Let’s read: Identify text type from visual appearance, style and tone; summarise; use inference; KWL strategy; evaluate content; explain and justify an opinion
Grammar builder: Use of punctuation; format of formal writing; main and subordinate clauses; verb tenses and agreement; devise a presentation on a grammar topic; write instructions; record notes in form of journal
Let’s write: Plan and compose a formal email
Project 30: Shared experiences
Speaking and listening: Prepare and deliver a presentation to the class in groups; ask and answer questions; summarise learning points
Word builder: Abbreviations and acronyms
Let’s read: Read a non-fiction text and answer questions; research and discuss related content; describe meaning; evaluate text
Grammar builder: Linking phrases; write linking phrases showing balance between two ideas; use linking phrases in practice debate
Let’s write: Plan and write a formal speech on a given subject; distinguish between factual evidence and statements of opinion
Term 3 Unit 1 Review and assessment
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