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Senior Phase – Grade 7

Today Planning Pack

ENGLISH

Contents:

Work Schedule: Page

Grade 7 …………………………………………………………… 2

Lesson Plans:

Grade 7 …………………………………………………………… 3

Rubrics:

Rubric 1…………………………………………………………… 11 Rubric 2…………………………………………………………… 12 Rubric 3…………………………………………………………… 13

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Work schedule for English Today – Grade 7

Term Week LO and AS Chapter Assessment Resources 1 1-4 LO 2: Speaking

LO 3: Reading and viewing LO 4: Writing LO 5: Thinking and reasoning LO 6: Language structure and use

1: I bring with me life

Informal and formal assessment

English Today Grade 7 Learner’s Book and Teacher’s Guide Photo of each learner

1 5-8 LO 1: Listening LO 2: Speaking LO 3: Reading and viewing LO 4: Writing LO 5: Thinking and reasoning LO 6: Language structure and use

2: Meanings and messages


English Today Grade 7 Learner’s Book and Teacher’s Guide


3: Signs and symbols




4: Rainbows and rivers

Informal and formal assessment Test

English Today Grade 7 Learner’s Book and Teacher’s Guide Taped interview


5: Boots, bats, balls and bounces




6: Breaking the silence



4 25-28 LO 2: Speaking LO 3: Reading and viewing LO 4: Writing LO 5: Thinking and reasoning LO 6: Language structure and use

7: Spreading the news



4 29-32 LO 2: Speaking LO 3: Reading and viewing LO 4: Writing LO 5: Thinking and reasoning

8. A short story Informal and formal assessment Test


Note: You need to complete 2 formal assessment tasks per term for English First Additional Language for the Senior Phase. This work schedule shows all the opportunities for formal assessment.

LESSON PLANS – Grade 7 Unit 1: I bring with me life Learning Areas: English First Additional Language Grade: 7 Duration: 16 hours Weeks: 1 – 4 Learning Outcome Assessment Standards Integration LO 2: Speaking Interacts in additional language

Demonstrates critical awareness of own language use Uses language to include people, and not to exclude people

LO 3: Reading and viewing

Reads a text: notices how the text is constructed Understands in a simple way some elements of poetry Reads for information Reads for pleasure Shows some understanding of how reference books work

LO 4: Writing Writes for personal reflection Writes creatively Designs media texts

LO 6: Language structure and use

Revises the grammar learned in the earlier grades Extends use of questions Extends use of adjectives Uses some language to talk about language Expands vocabulary

Arts and Culture LO3 Life Orientation LO3

Content/Knowledge: • Descriptions of self • Role-play • Read play and songs for information • Complete sentences • Types of sentences • Types of nouns

Learning activities Teaching methods/approach Resources Lesson 1: LB p2

Activity 1: Write about yourself TG p2 Activity 2: Describe yourself TG p3 Activity 3: Reading labels TG p4

Lesson 2: LB p5 Activity 4: Write labels for your photograph TG p5 Activity 5: Your likes and dislikes TG p6

Lesson 3: LB p10 Activity 6: Words from different languages TG p8 Activity 7: Read an extract from a play TG p9

Lesson 4: LB p11 Activity 8: How much did you understand? TG p10 Activity 9: Your responses TG p11

Lesson 5: Assessment LB p13

Assessment activity TG p13

English Today Grade 7 Learner’s Book and Teacher’s Guide Access to the Internet or library Photo of each learner

Assessment: Type of assessment: Formal assessment for Lesson 3, 4 and 5 Informal assessment: all other activities can be used for informal assessment Form of assessment: Rubric 2 for Lesson 3; rubric (TG p10) for Lesson 4; memo (TG p13) for Lesson 5

Reinforcement: Do extra reading practise Expanded opportunities: Make a photo album and write sentences as captions Interview family members Reading for fun (a fable)

Teacher reflection:

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LESSON PLANS – Grade 7 Unit 2: Meaning and messages Learning Areas: English First Additional Language Grade: 7 Duration: 16 hours Weeks: 5 – 8 Learning Outcome Assessment Standards Integration LO 1: Listening Understands oral texts

Listens actively in a discussion LO 2: Speaking Interacts in additional language

Begins to debate social and ethical issues LO 3: Reading and viewing

Reads a text: identifies purpose, audience and context; identifies main points; demonstrates an understanding of character, plot and setting Understands in a simple way some elements of poetry Analyses advertisements and pamphlets Reads social texts Reads for pleasure Shows some understanding of how reference books work

LO 4: Writing Designs media texts LO 5: Thinking and reasoning

Uses language for thinking


Extends use of adverbs

Economic and Management Sciences LO3 Natural Sciences LO3

Content/Knowledge: • Communication • Advertisements • Adverbs and verbs • Summary • Role-play • CD cover design


Activity 1: Advertisements TG p16 Activity 2: Complete a table TG p17 Activity 3: Playing a mime game TG p18

Lesson 2: LB p21 Activity 4: Find the messages TG p18 Activity 5: How many messages did you receive? TG p18

Lesson 3: LB p23

Activity 6: Design a CD cover TG p19 Activity 7: A poem about talk TG p20

Lesson 4: LB p25 Activity 8: Identify adverbs; play broken telephone TG p22 Activity 9: Talking and sending messages TG p22 Activity 10: Languages that we speak TG p23



English Today Grade 7 Learner’s Book and Teacher’s Guide Access to the Internet or library

Assessment: Type of assessment: Formal assessment for Lessons 3, 4, 5 Informal assessment: all other activities can be used for informal assessment Form of assessment: Rubric 1 for Lesson 4; rubric 2 for Lesson 3; rubric (TG p26) for Lesson 5

Reinforcement: Finding verbs in written text Expanded opportunities: Write a letter Use alliteration Illustrate a conversation Reading for fun (a short story)

Teacher reflection:

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LESSON PLANS – Grade 7 Unit 3: Signs and symbols Learning Areas: English First Additional Language Grade: 7 Duration: 16 hours Weeks: 9 – 12 Learning Outcome Assessment Standards Integration LO 1: Listening Understands and appreciates stories

Understands oral texts LO 2: Speaking Interacts in additional language LO 3: Reading and viewing

Reads a text Reads for information Reads for pleasure

LO 4: Writing Writes for personal reflection: writes a diary Uses developing knowledge of language structure and use

LO 5: Thinking and reasoning

Uses language for thinking


Revises the grammar learned in the earlier grades Extends use of adverbs Expands vocabulary

Arts and Culture LO3, 4 Social Sciences (History) LO1 Life Orientation LO3

Content/Knowledge: • Communication • Gestures • Body language • Diary entries • Verbs and adverbs • Pronouns

Learning activities Teaching methods/approach Resources Lesson 1: LB p32 Activity 1: Interpret pictures and gestures TG p28

Activity 2: Role-play using gestures TG p30 Lesson 2: LB p33 Activity 3: Practise reading gestures TG p30

Activity 4: Respond to gestures in writing TG p32 Lesson 3: LB p38 Activity 5: Interpret signs TG p34

Activity 6: Tell a story using gestures TG p35 Lesson 4: LB p41

Activity 7: Write a summary TG p36 Activity 8: Identify adverbs TG p37 Activity 9: Read and talk TG p38




Assessment: Type of assessment: Formal assessment for Lessons 2, 4, 5 Informal assessment: all other activities can be used for informal assessment Form of assessment: Rubric (TG p30) for Lesson 2; rubric 2 for Lesson 4; memo (TG p40) for Lesson 5

Reinforcement: Identifying adverbs in text Expanded opportunities: Learn sign language Play charades Reading for fun (a myth)

Teacher reflection:

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LESSON PLANS – Grade 7 Unit 4: Rainbows and rivers Learning Areas: English First Additional Language Grade: 7 Duration: 16 hours Weeks: 13 – 16 Learning Outcome Assessment Standards Integration LO 1: Listening Understands oral texts

Listens for specific information LO 2: Speaking Translates

Interacts in additional language Begins to debate social and ethical issues


Reads a text Analyses photographs Reads for pleasure

LO 4: Writing Writes to communicate information Writes for social purposes Writes for personal reflection Writes creatively Treats writing as a process


Uses language and literacy across the curriculum Uses language for thinking Collects and records information in different ways


Extends use of prepositions

Social Sciences (History) LO1, 2 Life Orientation LO2

Content/Knowledge: • Prejudice • Interviews • Historical accounts • Dialogue • Personal letter • Story • Biography • Prepositions


Activity 1: Discus empathy TG p43 Activity 2, Activity 3: Write and talk about prejudice TG p44 Activity 4: Write a dialogue TG p48

Lesson 2: LB p54

Activity 5: Listen and read an interview TG p49 Activity 6: Research and write about a minority group TG p50 Activity 7: Read an interview TG p51

Lesson 3: LB p57 Activity 8: Listen and write about family history TG p52 Activity 9: Read and write a story TG p53

Lesson 4: LB p59 Activity 10: Write showing empathy TG p54 Activity 11: Write using prepositions TG p55



English Today Grade 7 Learner’s Book and Teacher’s Guide Access to the Internet or library Tape recording of an interview

Assessment: Type of assessment: Formal assessment for Lessons 1, 2, 3 and 5 Informal assessment: all other activities can be used for informal assessment Form of assessment: Rubric 1 for Lesson 2; rubric 2 for Lesson 3; memo (TG p 57) for Lesson 5

Reinforcement: Repeat the interview activity in smaller sections Expanded opportunities: Discuss issues around prejudice Reading for fun (a diary)

Teacher reflection:

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LESSON PLANS – Grade 7 Unit 5: Boots, bats, balls and bounce Learning Areas: English First Additional Language Grade: 7 Duration: 16 hours Weeks: 17 – 20 Learning Outcome Assessment Standards Integration LO 1: Listening Understands oral texts

Listens actively in a discussion LO 2: Speaking Interacts in additional language


Reads a text Reads for information Analyses advertisements and pamphlets Uses reading strategies Shows some understanding of how reference books work

LO 4: Writing Writes to communicate information Designs media text




Revises the grammar learned in the earlier grades Understands and uses modals Uses some language to talk about language Expands vocabulary

Mathematics LO5 Arts and Culture LO3 Social Sciences (History) LO3 Life Orientation LO3

Content/Knowledge: • Sports • Information text • Surveys • Graphs • Reports • Advertising • Modal verbs


Activity 1: Make a bar graph TG p61 Activity 2: Discuss sport TG p62 Activity 3: Write a report TG p63

Lesson 2: LB p67 Activity 4: Design an advertisement TG p65 Activity 5: Brainstorm an exhibition TG p66

Lesson 3: LB p72 Activity 6: Write a praise poem TG p68 Activity 7, Activity 8: Investigate and summarise how rubber is made TG p71

Lesson 4: LB p75

Activity 9, Activity 10: Read and scan text TG p73 Activity 11: Compare different perspectives TG p74 Activity 12: Look at different languages TG p75




Assessment: Type of assessment: Formal assessment for Lessons 3, 4 and 5 Informal assessment: all other activities can be used for informal assessment Form of assessment: Rubric 2 for Lesson 3; rubric (TG p74) for Lesson 4; memo (TG p76) for Lesson 5

Reinforcement: Provide different statistics Explain processes orally Expanded opportunities: Do a survey Write a news article

Teacher reflection:

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LESSON PLANS – Grade 7 Unit 6: Breaking the silence Learning Areas: English First Additional Language Grade: 7 Duration: 16 hours Weeks: 21 – 24 Learning Outcome Assessment Standards Integration LO 1: Listening Listens actively in a discussion LO 2: Speaking Interacts in additional language

Begins to debate social and ethical issues Demonstrates critical awareness of own language use


Reads a text Understands in a simple way some elements of poetry Reads for pleasure Reads for information

LO 4: Writing Writes to communicate information Writes for social purposes




Understands and uses modals to express possibility, probability and necessity Understands and uses modals to express obligation and necessity Expands vocabulary

Arts and Culture LO 1 Life Orientation LO2, 3

Content/Knowledge: • Rights, values and beliefs • Poetry – rhyme • Pamphlets • Meanings

Learning activities Teaching methods/approach Resources Lesson 1: LB p80 Activity 1: Facing the world TG p80

Activity 2: Discussing rights TG p80 Activity 3: Using the same words in different ways TG p81

Lesson 2: LB p85

Activity 4: Making a children’s rights poster TG p82 Activity 5: Analyse patterns in a poem TG p83 Activity 6: Playing with rhyme TG p84

Lesson 3: LB p87

Activity 7: Think about who you talk to TG p85 Activity 8: Understanding a story TG p86 Activity 9: Talk about the story TG p86 Activity 10: A response to a story TG p87

Lesson 4: LB p91 Activity 11: Being a good listener TG p87 Activity 12: Your own protection plan TG p88




Assessment: Type of assessment: Formal assessment for Lessons 2, 3, 4, 5 Informal assessment: all other activities can be used for informal assessment Form of assessment: Rubric 2 for Lesson 2; rubric 1 for Lesson 3; rubric 2 for Lesson 4; memo (TG p 90) for Lesson 5

Reinforcement: Implementation of reading strategies Expanded opportunities: Reading for fun (a poem) Language spot: conditional tense

Teacher reflection:

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LESSON PLANS – Grade 7 Unit 7: Spreading the news Learning Areas: English First Additional Language Grade: 7 Duration: 16 hours Weeks: 25 – 28 Learning Outcome Assessment Standards Integration LO 2: Speaking Interacts in additional language LO 3: Reading and viewing

Reads a text (fiction or non-fiction Analyses advertisements and pamphlets Reads for pleasure

LO 4: Writing Writes to communicate information Writes for social purposes Writes creatively Designs media texts Treats writing as a process


Collects and records information in different ways


Revises the grammar learned in the earlier grades

Life Orientation LO3

Content/Knowledge: • Different kinds of texts • Editing • Newsletters • Advertising and print media

Learning activities Teaching methods/approach Resources Lesson 1: LB p94 Activity 1: Look at different kinds of texts TG p92 Lesson 2: LB p96 Activity 2: Read and write about photographs and poems,

interviews and short stories and comics, letters and posters TG p93

Lesson 3: LB p101

Activity 3: Plan a newsletter TG p97 Activity 4: Write a rough layout TG p98 Activity 5: Write text for a newsletter TG p99

Lesson 4: LB p103

Activity 6: Editing each other’s texts TG p100 Activity 7: Revising your text TG p100 Activity 8: What about advertising? TG p100 Activity 9: Design and layout a newsletter TG p101 Activity 10: Assess newsletters TG p101




Assessment: Type of assessment: Formal assessment for Lessons 2, 4, 5 Informal assessment: all other activities can be used for informal assessment Form of assessment: Rubric 2 for Lesson 2, Rubric 2 for lesson 4; memo (TG p102) for Lesson 5

Reinforcement: How to brainstorm ideas Expanded opportunities: Reading for fun (a book review page)

Teacher reflection:

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LESSON PLANS – Grade 7 Unit 8: A short story Learning Areas: English First Additional Language Grade: 7 Duration: 16 hours Weeks: 29 – 32 Learning Outcome Assessment Standards Integration LO 2: Speaking Translates


Reads a text Uses reading strategies

LO 4: Writing Designs media texts LO 5: Thinking and reasoning

Uses language and literacy across the curriculum Uses language for thinking

Life Orientation LO3

Content/Knowledge: • Reading strategies • Meanings of words • Character, plot and setting • Produce a newspaper article

Learning activities Teaching methods/approach Resources Lesson 1: LB p108 Activity 1: Read a short story and respond to the text TG p105 Lesson 2: LB p115 Activity 2: Discuss crime and punishment TG p106 Lesson 3: Assessment LB p115



Assessment: Type of assessment: Formal assessment for Lessons 1, 2 and 3 Informal assessment: all other activities can be used for informal assessment Form of assessment: Rubric 1 for Lesson 1; rubric 1 for Lesson 2; memo (TG p107) for Lesson 3

Reinforcement: How to read a short story Expanded opportunities: Debating a story read in a group Wordlist: finding words that are often confused

Teacher reflection:

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RUBRIC 1: Presentation of dialogue/conversation/interview/ debate/argument/ discussion/role-play Activity:

Name:

Date:

Grade:

Level 7 Excellent achievement far exceeding expected requirements

Level 6 A very good achievement where all requirements have been met at a very high standard

Level 5 A good achievement meeting most of the requirements

Level 4 A fair achievement meeting an adequate portion of the requirements

Level 3 A moderate achievement partially satisfying the requirements

Level 2 An elementary achievement marginally satisfying the requirements

Level 1 Unsatisfactory achievement. Requirements not met

Present with under-standing key concepts and ideas

Express own ideas and points of view; structure an argument, interview etc.

Present accurate information

Listen to and evaluate ideas of others

Effective use of body language

Use correct vocabulary and terminology

Speak clearly and audibly

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RUBRIC 2: Written work (description; summary; poster etc.) Activity:

Name:

Date:

Grade:








Language use and structure

Excellent Good Fair Average Poor Weak

Creativity

Highly original and creative

Quite creative Fairly creative Shows some creativity and originality

Mediocre and uninspired

Lacks originality; predictable

Appearance

Exceptionally eye catching; outstandingly creative

Eye- catching; creative

Attractive; fairly creative

Merely presentable; little creativity

Visually unappealing

Slapdash presentation

Information

Expresses excellent evidence of topic; factually accurate

Good clear evidence of topic; factually correct knowledge

Some reasonable ideas and evidence of topic; mostly correct knowledge

Some evidence of topic; merely adequate presentation of knowledge

No clear ideas; little factual knowledge presented

No clear ideas expressed; inaccurate knowledge

Depth of under-standing

Shows maturity and great insight

Shows some maturity and insight

Shows partial maturity and insight

Shows little maturity and insight

No evidence of insight or maturity

No insight or evidence of care or thoughtful-ness

Audience

Appropriate for target audience Only fairly appropriate for target audience

Inappropriate for target audience

Completely unsatisfactory. Completely unoriginal. Activity misunderstood or incomplete

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RUBRIC 3: Group or team participation Activity:

Name:

Date:

Grade:








Follow instructions

Work in a group / as a team member

Support others

Engage fully in the activity

Evaluate own participation

Share responsibilities, delegate as a leader

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