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Directorate: Curriculum GET LESSON PLAN
Subject English Home
Language Term 2
Grade 7 Week 2
Link to Teaching
and Assessment
Plan
Build on listening skills taught in Term 1. Apply skills taught to be able to answer listen
and tell a story based upon what they’ve heard in the poem in Week 1
Drama /Novel and Short Story continuing from Term 1
Writing continuing from Term 1 and Week 1
Language Structure and Conventions – expanding on terminology from previous
grades
Introduction Learners will experience poems and cartoons
Learners will engage with a poem and be able to retell their perceptions to an adult
Learners will engage with a cartoon and answer the questions posed
Learners will engage with the cartoon and be able to make meaning and draw on
that knowledge and his/her own experience to write a story
Learners will engage with the language structure notes and apply their knowledge in
the worksheets provided.
Consolidation Learners are challenged with activities to apply their knowledge and skills after each
section.
Paper based resources:
Text
Dictionary
Digital resources:
https://wcedeportal.co.za/curriculum-
supporthttps://wcedeportal.co.za/partners/#103031
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHvg7pAfgEg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnFycyyJ5-s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edZkuHHXDlo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NdSJ0Kc1iY
TEACHER’S
ACTIVITIES
Skills
(WHAT I am going to
teach/guide/support)
Teaching Methodologies/
(HOW I am going to
teach/guide/support…)
Resources / LTSM
(WHAT I am going to use
to teach/guide/support…)
Listening & Speaking: Listen to the poem again
Make notes on the sheet
provided
Make meaning of the poem
by looking at your notes
Tell a story based on the
poem: remember that they
have to include and focus
on characterization, diction,
body language, Interpret
mood, atmosphere time-line
an ironic twist and an ending
1. Worksheets provided
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHvg7pAfgEg
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnFycyyJ5-s
4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edZkuHHXDlo
5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NdSJ0Kc1iY
Reading & Viewing: Read the cartoon once for a
quick impression of what it is
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about. (Skimming and
scanning)
Read it again for
understanding and to be
able to answer questions.
Writing & Presenting: Use the knowledge of a
narrative essay and apply
when you plan to write
Use knowledge of the story
as well as your personal
experiences to be able to
write the essay.
Complete the essay that
they started on in Week 1
Language Structures
& Conventions:
Use the notes provided to
get an understanding of the
concepts
Answer the worksheets to
see how well you made
meaning of the notes.
PARENT’S
ACTIVITIES
Read the text to your child
Share thoughts
Show that you are also making
connections to the text i.e.
relate the text to your own life
experiences.
Offer support and guidance
LEARNER’S
ACTIVITIES
Learner activities:
Listening and Speaking: Tell a story
1. 1.Listen to the poem as it is being read to you. It may be read more than once.
2. Make notes on the worksheet provided
3. Think of a story you want to tell that is relevant to the poem in some way.
4. Keep the following in mind when you tell your story: The characterization of characters
in your story, Diction, your body language, interpret mood, atmosphere time-line, ironic
twists and how your story will end.
Reading and Viewing: Cartoon
1. Read the text for a quick impression on its content (skimming and scanning)
2. Read it a second time for meaning and to understand the moral.
3. Answer the questions
Writing and Presenting: Narrative Essay
1. Use the notes provided and prior knowledge from previous grades to ensure you know
what a narrative essay is and what it should consist of.
2. Complete the writing process (revise, editing and proof-read)
3. Present your completed narrative essay
Language Structure and Conventions: Simple Present Tense and Simple Past Tense
Familiarize yourself with the notes on the two topics
1. Explain to a sibling or adult your thoughts on it.
2. Refer to the videos explaining the concepts for further clarity.
3. Complete the worksheets.
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Activity One: Listening and Speaking: Tell a story
Using the questions below, organize your thoughts about the story that you want to tell.
What will your story be about?
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Who is narrating the story?
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How do you want the story to make your audience feel (in other words, what will be the mood
of your story?
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How will you use diction, body language, facial expressions to add depth to your story?
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What made you decide on this theme for the story?
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Write down any other thoughts you have on the story.
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What is the time-line of your story, when does it take place and for how long?
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What ironic twists would you like to add to your story?
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How is your story going to end?
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Activity 2: Reading and Viewing: Cartoon
Study the cartoon below and answer the questions that follows:
1. Where do you think this encounter takes place? Why?
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2. What do you think the little girl is supposed to do? Motivate your answer?
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3. Does the teacher and little girl look happy to be there?
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4. Do you know what Twitter is and what we use it for?
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5. Do you have any social media accounts? Which one is your favourite? Why?
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6. What do you use them for?
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7. Do you think it was a clever answer that the little girl gave?
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8. Name two advantages and two disadvantages of social media.
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9. How do you feel to be back at school?
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10. Do you think the cartoonist was successful in his message? Explain your answer.
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Activity 3: Writing and Presenting: Write a Narrative Essay
Remember that you have to write a narrative essay of 150-200 words (4-6 paragraphs ) about
your grade 7 year up to now. Use the template below to plan your essay. You will now finalise
the writing process, namely revising, editing and proof-reading of your first draft, and then finally
presenting it.
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Activity 4: Language Structures and Conventions: Simple Present Tense and Simple Past
Tense
1. Intensify- ______________________________
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2. Withdraw- _________________________
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3. Plead- _______________________________
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4. Possess- ____________________________
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5. Blow- ______________________________
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6. Locate- _____________________________
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7. Bring- ______________________________
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8. Catch- ______________________________
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9. Invent- ______________________________
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10. Climb- ______________________________
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Acknowledgement of resources:
https://englishlinx.com/verbs/verb_tenses/present-to-past-tense-verbs-
practice.html
https://www.education.com/worksheet/article/same-opposite-third/
https://literacyteaching.net/tag/cartoons/
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