Directorate: Curriculum GET LESSON PLAN English First Additional Subject Term 1 Language Grade 9 Week 1-2 According to amended TAP for Gr 9 English FAL. Link to Teaching and • Reading and viewing: Comprehension Assessment Plan • Language structures and conventions: Introduction ➢ Testing of baseline knowledge ➢ Reading and comprehension of text ➢ Language structures and conventions studied the previous year. Consolidation • Baseline test. Paper based Digital resources: resources: Textbooks https://wcedeportal.co.za/curriculumsupporthttps://wcedeportal.co.za/partners/#103031 Acknowledgement: https://www.thelearningtrust.org/asp-treasure-box (Resources taken from Mind The Gap) Skills (WHAT I am going to teach/guide/support) Listening & Speaking: TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES Teaching Methodologies/ (HOW I am going to teach/guide/support…) 1. Carol Baines talking about her schooling in Australia. Read the passage to the learners. (As per instructions) Resources / LTSM (WHAT I am going to use to teach/ guide/support…) Memorandum: https://drive.google. com/file/d/1jPdh7to AdRdcY4wSOcsAocd fmdi8oWCw/view?u sp=sharing Reading & Viewing: Writing & Presenting: Language Structures & Conventions: Listening and Speaking Narrative essay Guide the learners to complete the questions set on the Listening Comprehension. They also have to read through the notes on the Narrative essay and do the activity. PARENT’S ACTIVITIES Learner activities: You have to complete the activities. LEARNER’S ACTIVITIES GET CURRICULUM DIRECTORATE / 1 ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE GRADE 9 TASK Listening Comprehension 15 marks TEACHER’S PAPER Instructions for the conduct of the Listening Comprehension Examination The teacher should instruct the candidates to answer the questions on the paper provided. The following procedure for reading the Listening Comprehension passage is to be explained to the candidates immediately before proceeding with the activity. You have been given a sheet containing the Listening Comprehension questions. You will be given three minutes to read the questions based on the passage. The passage will be read at normal reading speed. You may take notes during the reading. After this reading there will be a pause of another three minutes to allow you to answer some of the questions. I shall read the passage a second time and you may take further notes and answer the rest of the questions. After this second reading you will be given a further three minutes for a final revision of the answers. a. 3 minutes – Students read questions. b. 3 minutes – Teacher reads passage aloud for the first time while students take notes. c. 3 minutes – Students answer questions. d. 3 minutes – Teacher reads passage for the second time. Students may answer more questions. e. 3 minutes – Students revise final answers. LISTENING COMPREHENSION You are going to hear Carol Baines talking about her schooling in Australia. I didn’t go to school until I was twelve years old. Before that, I studied at home with my brother and sister. We lived on a sheep station – a very big farm – in Australia, and the closest school was two hundred kilometres away. We studied a variety of subjects and the school was called the School of the Air. Our classroom was the dining room and we studied for five hours every day. We communicated with the teacher and other students by radio. My favourite subjects were History and Science and I did quite well in them. I didn’t like Maths and I wasn’t very good at it. In fact, my results in this subject were so unsatisfactory that my parents were very angry about it. We spent half an hour a day on the radio, read books and wrote different kinds of stories which were then sent to the school centre in Alice Springs. The teacher who visited us once a year corrected them and sent them back to us by mail. These days, of course, the Internet is widely used but we didn’t have computers at that time so we couldn’t communicate by email and chatting was obviously unheard of. In 1948, my parents sent me to a boarding school in Brisbane. That was very different to what I was used to. There were a lot of other students, all with different personalities, and we lived at the school where we slept in the living quarters. I only went home during school holidays. Brisbane is a big, beautiful city by the sea; however, I was really sad and missed my family at first. I cried on my first day there but after that I enjoyed it very much. It is an experience that I will treasure for the rest of my life. GET CURRICULUM DIRECTORATE / 2 ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE GRADE 9 TASK Listening Comprehension 15 marks Name:________________________ _____ Class: _____________________ A. Say whether the following statements are TRUE or FALSE. (6 marks). Give a reason for your answer True/False 1. Carol Baines started studying when she was 12. 2. Carol Baines lived on a farm with her two sisters. 3. The closest school to the farm was 200km away. 4. They used the sitting room as a classroom. 5. They talked to the teacher and other students on the Internet. 6. Carol Baines studied History, Science and Mathematics. (6) B. What do these words, dates and numbers refer to in the passage? (3 marks) 1. 5: 2. Alice Springs: _________________________________ 3. 1948: _____________ (3) C. Fill in with ONE word from the passage. (4 marks) 1. During the time she attended boarding school, Carol only went home during_______________. (2) 2. At first, when Carol Baines went to a boarding school, she was very _______________. (2) D. Do you think her years at boarding school had an impact on her life? Give a reason for your answer. (No marks will be given for yes or no only) (2) 15 Marks Memorandum: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jPdh7toAdRdcY4wSOcsAocdfmdi8oWCw/view?usp=sharing GET CURRICULUM DIRECTORATE / 3 Writing and Presenting: The Narrative Essay There are FOUR easy steps to follow when you write an essay for assessment purposes: • • • • Choose your topic and type of essay Plan your essay Write and edit your draft essay Write your final essay GET CURRICULUM DIRECTORATE / 4 Step 1 Step 2 Two ways to plan your essay The Mindmap Ideas list GET CURRICULUM DIRECTORATE / 5 Hint: Essay content and planning • • • • The content of your essay needs to show that you have understood the essay topic. Your ideas must be relevant to the essay topic. Avoid repeating the same ideas in your essay. Write a new paragraph for each idea in the body of your essay, based on your planning. Aim to include a variety of interesting ideas in your essay. You need to show evidence that you have planned your essay. The marker (teacher) will want to see your crossed-out planning notes or mind map. Ensure you understand the features of the NARRATIVE essay. This will help focus your ideas and planning. Step 3 Write and edit your draft essay ➢ Write a draft of your essay, using the ideas from your plan. ➢ Read through each sentence carefully to proofread it. Look for any spelling, punctuation or other language mistakes. Edit your draft by correcting these mistakes and making any other changes you think are needed. ➢ This will improve your language and writing style in your final essay. ➢ Count the number of words in your essay and make any changes to meet the word limit. For example, you may need to add some words or use fewer words. GET CURRICULUM DIRECTORATE / 6 Hint: Essay proofreading and editing ➢ Check that your grammar, spelling and punctuation are correct. ➢ Check that you have chosen a variety of words that are appropriate for your topic. ➢ It is important to show the marker that you have edited your draft. Step 4 Write your final essay Write your final essay ➢ Write your final essay by rewriting your draft. Ensure that you make all the changes you marked in your draft so that your final essay has no mistakes and express your ideas best. ➢ Ensure that you cross out your planning and draft essay. This will eradicate the risk that the marker (teacher) will not mark your rough draft. GET CURRICULUM DIRECTORATE / 7 Example of Narrative essay: (Process writing) Step 1: Choose topic I am an old desk in a classroom and this is my story… Step 2: Mind map GET CURRICULUM DIRECTORATE / 8 Step 3: Write and edit the rough draft Step 4: Write the final draft Now it is your turn… Write a narrative essay on any ONE of the following topics: 1. My biggest embarrassment/ achievement. 2. I am an animal… and this is the story of my life... 3. The one that got away… Your essay should be 210-250 words GET CURRICULUM DIRECTORATE / 9
