Vivid Descriptions of a Bustling Market Composition English Grammar JSS 1 First Term Lesson Notes Week 6

Subject: English Language

Class: JSS 1

Term: First Term

Week: 6

Topic: Descriptive Essay – A Market Place

Sub-topic: Busy Market

Duration:

40 minutes

Age:

12–13 years

Behavioral Objectives:

By the end of this lesson, students should be able to:

1. Describe the atmosphere of a busy market.
2. Use descriptive words to explain a market scene.
3. Identify and interpret specific elements in a descriptive essay.
4. Answer questions on the descriptive essay passage.

Keywords:

• Descriptive
• Market
• Vendors
• Auctioneers
• Chaos
• Pickpockets

Set Induction:

The teacher will ask students if they have ever been to a market and how they would describe the experience.

Entry Behavior:

The students are familiar with markets, market places, and people shopping.

Learning Resources and Materials:

• Passage on “Busy Market”
• Visual aids (pictures of busy markets)
• Whiteboard and markers

Building Background/Connection to Prior Knowledge:

Students often visit markets with their parents, giving them some level of familiarity with the market atmosphere.

Embedded Core Skills:

• Critical thinking
• Creative writing
• Vocabulary development

Learning Materials:

• Lagos State Scheme of Work
• English Grammar textbooks
• Writing materials

Instructional Materials:

• Textbook
• Chart showing a busy market
• Writing board

Content:

Descriptive Essay – Busy Market

• The passage describes a typical busy market scene, highlighting the chaos, sounds, and activities that characterize the market.
• Key elements in the passage include vendors, narrow streets, noisy buyers, pickpockets, and shopkeepers.
• The passage uses vivid descriptions, metaphors, and similes to paint a clear picture of the market for the reader.

Topic: Descriptive Essay : A Market Place

Content: Sample Essay

Descriptive Writing: A Busy Market

        The market roared with rage for it now was awake from its peaceful slumber. The shops were stuffed and street vendors made the street extremely narrow forcing people to walk in a straight file like soldiers going to battle. Shops of all different species stood on either side of the street obediently. None of them had doors for the shopkeepers knew very well that the doors would not last long against the might, impatience, and violence of the customers. Herds of people climbed on top of each other at the counter of each shop yelling wildly like mindless monkeys brawling for a banana.

      Large tattered wagons decorated with a collage of vegetable were parked beside the street and their owners stood beside them screaming prices like auctioneers, but instead of a hammer, they had a carrot which they would use to wade of the flies pointlessly dancing around the vegetables. Sweaty buyers skillfully wove their way by locating minute gaps between people and squeezing through. Pickpockets felt like rabbits in a carrot field, and munched purses out of many pockets of innocent buyers too busy bargaining. Experienced visitors wore tight pants for the same reason. 

        A helpless woman fumbled through the scores of bags she carried and tried to tickon a list with a pen clenched between her teeth.The sun warmed up the stuffy, stinking air which smelled of sweat and rotting fish.No air freshener could have defeated this sour, rancid stink which ruled over the cramped air here.The afternoon flamed the market an exhaustion and breathlessness silently approached the first time visitors, but he everyday buyers proudly held on against the torture of the market and kept shopping.The deafening chaos in the market made ears split as if you were standing under a giant speaker.

       Vendors yelled prices and frustrated housewives angrily argued with the annoyed shopkeepers. A nincompoop was trying to get his car across the market and carelessly honked to the river of people ahead completely ignoring him. It seemed as if all the sounds in the world had come to a reunion.

       The market was furious but seldom had anyone seen it while it slept. When a calm breeze swept over it and the crumpled paper lying below swept along. When the street was lifeless and silent as a graveyard. When the moonlight would faintly escape through the huddle of clouds draping the moon. When the market would lie there sleeping lightly ready to explode at the first sign of light. Seldom had people noticed this market’s true beauty and enchantment. Older than the people in it was this market, and it lived like this everyday. With long forgotten secrets lying deeply buried in its roots and vast knowledge in its stem, it kept on living.

Evaluation: Write your own version of a market place you know.

Presentation:

1. Step 1: The teacher reads the passage aloud to the students.
   • Teacher’s Activities: Read the passage in a clear, engaging manner and ask the students to listen carefully.
   • Learners’ Activities: Students listen attentively and follow along.
2. Step 2: The teacher explains the descriptive words used in the passage.
   • Teacher’s Activities: Identify the descriptive words (e.g., “the market roared with rage,” “screaming prices like auctioneers”).
   • Learners’ Activities: Write down the words and their meanings.
3. Step 3: The teacher asks the students to describe their own market experiences.
   • Teacher’s Activities: Encourage students to share their experiences in a descriptive manner.
   • Learners’ Activities: Students take turns describing their experiences in the market.

Teacher’s Activities:

• Guide students through reading and comprehension.
• Help students identify descriptive language in the passage.
• Facilitate discussion on market experiences.

Learners’ Activities:

• Listen to the teacher’s reading.
• Participate in answering comprehension questions.
• Describe their experiences at the market.

Assessment:

1. What does the passage describe?
2. How are the vendors portrayed in the passage?
3. Why do pickpockets enjoy crowded markets?
4. Describe the atmosphere of the market using at least three adjectives from the passage.
5. What simile is used to describe the buyers at the counters?
6. How are the shopkeepers prepared for their customers?
7. What effect does the heat have on the market?
8. What is the overall mood of the market in the daytime?
9. How does the passage describe the market at night?
10. Why do experienced visitors wear tight pants?

Conclusion:

The teacher summarizes the lesson, emphasizing the importance of using descriptive words to make writing vivid and engaging. The teacher will go around to ensure that all students have understood the descriptive essay and have answered the comprehension questions correctly.

Evaluation:

1. What are some of the sensory details used in the passage to describe the market?
2. Explain how the passage describes the crowd in the market.
3. What type of market activities can be identified from the passage?
4. How does the market change from day to night?
5. Why is the passage titled “Busy Market”?

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