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Basic 9

Basic 9 Ghanaian Language Notes

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Term Preparation

  1. Preparing for the Term in Ghanaian LanguageIn this topic you will prepare for the term by recalling your skills in the Ghanaian language you study, and by exploring how language carries culture, history and values.

Marriage Rites

  1. Marriage Rites, Register and Main PointsIn this topic you will discuss the processes involved in performing marriage rites in your culture, use appropriate register and locate the main and subsidiary points in texts.
  2. Marriage Duties, Formal Speech and Rewriting TextsIn this topic you will further discuss marriage rites, including roles and values, practise register in more formal settings and rewrite the main points of texts logically and accurately.
  3. Comparing Marriage Rites, Linking Ideas and TranslationIn this topic you will compare marriage rites across Ghanaian cultures, ask questions that link speakers' ideas and translate texts from a source language to a target language.
  4. Comparing Customs, Responding in Discussion and Translating TextsIn this topic you will compare marriage customs in more depth, respond effectively to questions and practise translating a range of texts.
  5. Traditional and Contemporary Marriage, National Issues and SummaryIn this topic you will compare traditional and contemporary marriage rites and dramatise both, discuss national issues fluently and summarise passages in a given number of sentences.

Nouns

  1. Nouns, Narrative Writing and Drum LanguageIn this topic you will discuss singular and plural nouns, plan narrative compositions using linked paragraphs and explore drum language.
  2. Nouns in Texts, Writing Stories and AppellationsIn this topic you will study singular and plural nouns in abstract texts, write extended narratives with linked paragraphs and explore appellations.

Adjectives

  1. Adjectives, Descriptive Writing and War SongsIn this topic you will discuss how adjectives follow each other in a sentence, write descriptive compositions using linked paragraphs and explore war songs.
  2. Adjectives in Use, Describing Events and Songs of CourageIn this topic you will use adjectives in context, write descriptive compositions about events and study how drum language and war songs are used in performance today.

Term Project

  1. Term Project: Language and Culture ResearchIn this topic you will apply the term's learning through language and culture project work, by researching a topic and preparing it through speaking, reading and writing.
  2. Term Project: Presenting and ReflectingIn this topic you will present your language and culture project, evaluate your work and reflect on your learning as you prepare for the B.E.C.E.
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