GAUTENG DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
TEACHING PLAN - Grade 8 English Home
Term 1 - 2014
GENERAL CONTENT
Date
Week 1
and 2
Week 3
and 4
Weigh
ting
Accum
ulative
Listening and Speaking
Reading and viewing
Writing and presenting
Language structures and conventions
Group discussion
Brainstorming
Relevant and main ideas
Listening comprehension
General discussion on key
features
Task 2
Narrative/reflective essay
Words:
Adverbs: place and degree
Pronouns: personal, relative ,reflexive ,possessive
Sentences
Subject and predicate, subject-verb agreement, sentence
structure, phrases and clauses, parts of speech
Spelling & punctuation
Full stop, comma, question, quotation and exclamation
mark
Word meaning:
Synonyms, antonyms, literal and figurative
Listen to prepared speech
(by President or influential
member)
Prepared speech
(appropriate topic)
Read a speech
Reading/viewing of
written/visual text
Write a speech
Task 1
Group discussion:
Visual/audio/multi-media
text
Listening comprehension
(sound only)
reconstruct scenes
Novel/short story/drama
Key features
Poetry
Key features
OR
Reading/viewing for
comprehension
Friendly or informal letter
Words:
Nouns, compound, diminutives, augmentatives, verbs,
finite, non-finite, prepositions ,adjectives: comparative,
superlative
Word meaning:
Synonyms, antonyms, literal, figurative
Punctuation: exclamation, question marks, comma, full
stop, abbreviations, initialism, acronyms, clipped,
truncation, aphesis, portmanteau
Sentences:
Verb phrase, verb clause, supporting sentences, topic
sentences, noun phrase, nouns, adjectival and adverbial
clause, conjunctions, emotive and manipulative language
Words: adverbs of manner, time, definite and indefinite
articles, infinite verbs, gerunds, adjectives, comparatives
and superlatives
Sentences:
Sentence structure, adverbial and adjectival clauses,
phrases, negation, statements
Word meaning: synonyms, antonyms, literal, figurative
Punctuation:
Full stop, comma
5%
5%
5%
10%
Week 5
and 6
5%
15%
COMMENTS
20%
Week 7
and 8
Week 9
and 10
5%
Task 1
Unprepared speech on
Newspaper or magazine
article
Forum/group discussion
on newspaper/magazine
article
Task 1
Interviews/filling/questionn
aire/report/group discussion
Listening comprehension
5%
25%
Read newspaper/magazine
article
Poetry
Key features and poetic
devices
Task 2
Report/magazine article
based on visual
stimulants
Read investigative report
Poetry
Key features
Poetic devices
Investigative report
Words: ideophones, iterjectives
Sentences: Simple sentences, simple present and
past tense, adverbs and adjectives, bias, prejudice,
stereotypes
Word meaning: proverbs, contextual, literal,
donatives, connotative
Punctuation:
Comma, full stop, quotation, exclamation marks,
apostrophe, ellipses
Words: regular-, irregular verbs, main verbs,
auxiliary verbs
Sentences: statement, sentence structure, present
and past tense, bias, prejudice and stereotypes
Word meaning: synonyms, antonyms, contextual,
denotative and connotative
Task 3: Test 1
Language and
Comprehension
GAUTENG DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
TEACHING PLAN - Grade 8 ENGLISH Home Language
Term 2 - 2014
Date
Week 1
and 2
Week 3
and 4
Weight
ing
Accum
ulative
Listening and Speaking
Reading and Viewing
Writing and Presenting
30%
Task 1
Listening comprehension
Giving directions
Read information text with
visuals (maps, landmark,
scales)
Directions/instructions
Task 2
Write an instruction text
35%
Task 1
Forum/ panel discussion
Debate
Recorded TV/radio/simulation
forum
Poetry
Key features
Poetic devices
Reading/viewing for
comprehension
(cartoon/strip)
Listening comprehension:
Interview
Literary text: Drama/play
Key features
Poetry
Key features
Poetic devices
Reading comprehension:
Interview
Youth novel/short story
Key features
Poetry
Key features
Poetic devices
Reading for comprehension
5%
5%
40%
Week 5
and 6
Week 7
and 8
Week 9
and 10
5%
45%
5%
50%
5%
Listening comprehensionnon fictional e.g newspaper
article
Group discussion
Task 1: Oral
Listening comprehension/giving directions/forum/panel
discussion/debate
Task 2:
Interview/instructions text/ story review
Language structures and Conventions
Words: adjectives: comparative and superlative,
nous: common and proper, pronouns: personal,
relative, reflexive, possessive conjunctions
Sentences:
Supporting sentences, topic sentences, statements,
tenses, main and supporting statements, simple and
compound sentences
Word meaning:
Synonyms, antonyms, contextual
Punctuation:
Spelling patterns, full stop, comma
Dialogue
Words: finite verbs
Word meaning:
Literal, synonyms, antonyms, homophones and
homonyms
Punctuation:
Spelling rules and conventions
Sentence level: Simple present and past tense,
emotive and manipulate use, sentence structure,
negation, question form, direct and indirect speech
Written interview
Words: adverbs of place and sequence
Sentences:
Word order, question form, euphemism,
Sentence structure, mood, voice
Word meaning: figurative, literal, contextual, pun
Punctuation: abbreviations, questions and
exclamation mark, full stop, comma
Write a review of the
Words: prefixes and suffixes
story/novel
Sentence level: subject and predicate, subject-verb
Structure, features and
agreement, sentence structure, sentence types,
conventions
tenses, statements, euphemism, proverbs
Word meaning: synonyms, antonyms, homonyms,
paronyms
Punctuation: acronyms
Task 3: Mid-year examinations
Paper 1: Oral
Paper 2: Comprehension, language use and literature
Paper 3: Writing: One essay and one transactional text.
Comments
GAUTENG DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
TEACHING PLAN Grade 8- English Home Language
Term 3 - 2014
DATE
weighti
ng
Accum
ulative
55%
Week 1
and 2
5%
60%
Week 3
and 4
Reading and Viewing
Writing and Presenting
Language structures and Conventions
Task 1
Listening comprehension (use
recorded dialogue)
Group discussions/dialogue
Literary text like drama/play
Poetry
Key features
Poetic devices
Reading strategies for
comprehension
Longer transactional: e.g.
Task 2
dialogue/review
Listening comprehension
Group discussions
Newspaper/magazine article
about currents/social issues
Poetry
Key features and poetic
devices
OR one act play
Letter to the press
Task 1
Unprepared speech
Prepared speech
View youth novel/ drama/
short story
Key features
Poetry
Keu features
Poetic devices
Reading/viewing for
comprehension (written or
visual text such as
cartoons/strips)
Short story/novel
Key features
Poetry
Key features
Poetic devices
Reading comprehension
(prescribed literature)
Formal/
Task 2
informal letter
Words: adjectives, comparative, superlative,
common and proper nouns
Word meaning: antonyms, synonyms, paronyms,
contextual, literal
Punctuation: spelling patterns, full stop, comma,
quotation marks
Sentence level: Simple present tense, question form,
statements, discourse markers, direct and reported
speech, simple past tense.
Words: adverbs: manner, place and degree,
prepositions
Word meaning: synonyms, homonyms, paronyms
Punctuation: spelling patterns, comma, full stop,
ellipses
Sentence level: Simple sentences, complex
sentences, sentence structure, emotive and
manipulative language, fact and opinion, bias,
prejudice and stereotype
Words: adjectives, adverbs, abbreviations, roots,
prefixes, suffixes
Punctuation: spelling rules and conventions
Sentence level: simple and complex sentences, past
and future continuous tense, sentence structure,
emotive and manipulative language, fact and opinion,
bias, prejudice and stereotypes
5%
65%
Week 5
and 6
Listening and Speaking
5%
Listen for information
70%
Week 7
and 8
5%
Literary text-short story
Words: common and proper nouns, prepositions
( variety of phrasal verbs)
Sentence level: tenses, sentences, proverbs,
idiomatic expressions, adjectival and adverbial clauses
Word meaning: synonyms, antonyms, homonyms
Punctuation: spelling patterns, ellipses, punctuation
of abbreviations and contractions
Comments
75%
Week 9
and 10
5%
Listen to a text from a short
story
Task 1
Tell a story
Prepared reading
Short story/novel
Key features
Poetry
Key features
Poetic devices
Reading and viewing for
comprehension
Of written/visual text
Task 2
Argumentative/
descriptive essay
Words: nouns: common and complex
Prepositions (variety of phrasal verbs)
Sentence level: paragraph: introductory,
definition, concluding, sentence structure and type.
Word meaning: synonyms, antonyms and homonyms
Punctuation: spelling patterns and various punctuation
marks
Task 3: Test 2
Comprehension
and language use
GAUTENG DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
TEACHING PLAN Grade 8 ENGLISH Home Language
Term 4 - 2014
Date
Weight
ing
Accum
ulative
80%
Week 1
and 2
5%
85%
Week 3
and 4
Week 7
and 8
Week 9
and 10
Reading and Viewing
Writing and Presenting
Language structures and Conventions
Listening to a written/audiovisual text. Listening
comprehension
Conversation: Discussion
based on a
newspaper/magazine article
Read a newspaper/magazine
article
Poetry
Key features
Poetic devices
Reading/viewing for
information
Write a summary
Literary text such as:
Novel/short story/drama
Poetry
Key features
Poetic devices
Reading comprehension (take
text from text book)
Write a paragraph or point
form summary
Longer transactional text.
Newspaper article/magazine
article
Words: singular and plural, gender, diminutives
Sentences: direct and reported speech, question
forms, fact and opinion, sentence structures,
sentences, ambiguity, voice, gerund
Word meaning: synonyms, antonyms, euphemism,
homonyms, literal and figurative meaning
Punctuation: quotation marks, spelling patterns
Diary entry
Listen to a text read aloud
Dialogue based on text read
aloud
Literary text such as
drama/play
Poetry
Key features
Poetic devices
Reading comprehension
(dialogue)
Transactional text e.g.
journalistic report
Prepare for examination
Prepare for examination
Prepare for examination
Words: Pronouns- personal and relative.
Moods- subjunctive, imperative, potential, indicative,
conditional
Word meaning: literal and figurative meaning
Sentence level: tenses, sentence types, speech,
voice, sentence structure, direct and reported
speech, question forms, fact and opinion, ambiguity,
voice, gerund
Punctuation and spelling: spelling patterns,
punctuation marks
Words: Relative pronouns, singular and plural forms
Sentences: Procedure, compare/contrast,
description paragraph, introductory and closing
paragraphs, sentences, supporting sentences, topic
sentences, speech, voice, bias and prejudice.
Word meaning: synonyms and antonyms
Punctuation: quotation and punctuation marks and
spelling patterns.
Word level work: Revision
Sentence level: Revision
Word meaning: Punctuation: Revision
Punctuation: Revision
Debate
Group discussion
5%
90%
Week 5
and 6
Listening and Speaking
5%
95%
5%
5%
100%
Task 1: Oral
Debate/conversation/group discussion/dialogue
Task 2: End of the year examination
Paper1: Oral
Paper 2: Comprehension, language and literature
Paper 3: Writing: One essay and one transactional writing
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