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Basic 7

Basic 7 Ghanaian Language Notes

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Rites of Passage

  1. Child Naming, Register in Conversation and Translating WordsIn this topic you will describe the processes involved in naming a child in your community, use formal and informal register in your Ghanaian language, and translate words and phrases between your language and English.
  2. Names and Their Meanings, Register at Ceremonies and Translating SentencesIn this topic you will explain the kinds of names given in your community and their meanings, use appropriate register at ceremonies and gatherings, and translate short sentences between your Ghanaian language and English.
  3. Significance of Naming, Asking for Elaboration and Reading for Main IdeasIn this topic you will discuss the significance of the processes in naming a child, ask and answer questions that help a speaker explain more, and read texts to identify main ideas and supporting points.

Sentences

  1. Sentence Structures, Features of a Paragraph and Oral LiteratureIn this topic you will discuss simple, compound and complex sentences in your Ghanaian language, identify the features of a good paragraph, and describe the components of oral literature.

Noun

  1. Common, Proper and Collective Nouns, the Three-Paragraph Essay and Play SongsIn this topic you will categorise nouns as common, proper and collective in your Ghanaian language, plan a three-paragraph narrative essay, and discuss play songs as a form of oral literature.

Naming Systems

  1. Day Names, Listening Comprehension and Translating ExpressionsIn this topic you will state the names of the days of the week in your Ghanaian language and relate them to day names given to people, listen attentively to a text to identify key information, and translate common expressions and idioms.
  2. Birth-Order Names, Vowels of the Language and Reading for Main IdeasIn this topic you will state the order of birth and relate names to it, identify and produce the vowels of your Ghanaian language, and read texts to understand main ideas and supporting points.

Pronoun

  1. Types of Pronouns, Writing a Narrative Essay and Components of ProseIn this topic you will categorise pronouns according to their types in your Ghanaian language, write a three-paragraph narrative essay, and discuss the components of prose as written literature.

Adjectives

  1. Types of Adjectives, Descriptive Essays and Analysing a Short StoryIn this topic you will categorise adjectives into their types in your Ghanaian language, plan a three-paragraph descriptive essay, and analyse a short story using the components of prose.
  2. Adjectives in Sentences, Writing Descriptive Essays and Components of DramaIn this topic you will construct sentences with several adjectives in the correct order, write a three-paragraph descriptive essay, and discuss the components of drama as written literature.

The Clan System

  1. The Clan System, Long Vowels and Translating Short TextsIn this topic you will describe the clan system and name some clans in your ethnic community, identify and produce long vowels in your Ghanaian language, and translate short texts.

Term Revision

  1. Term Revision in Ghanaian LanguageIn this topic you will recall and summarise the term's work on customs and institutions, listening and speaking, reading, grammar, writing and literature, and practise answering end-of-term questions.
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