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Language Term 3

Grade 7 Week 3

Link to Teaching

and Assessment

Plan

Build on listening skills taught in Week 1 and 2. The skills taught: to be able to answer

listen and retell what they’ve heard in the drama.

Drama /Novel and Short Story continuing from Term 2

Writing continuing from Week 2

Language Structure and Conventions – epanding on terminology from previous grades

Introduction Learners will engage with drama

Learners will engage with a drama and be able to retell their perceptions to an adult

Learners will engage with a drama and answer the questions posed

Learners will engage with the drama and be able to make meaning and draw on

that knowledge and his/her own experience to completing a drama.

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://youtu.be/QnTOxfu2RXw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCl69dVtW0E

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEKV5TBeLfo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftZr1_Ny8L8

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 drama

Make notes on the sheet provided

Make meaning of the drama by

looking at your notes

Retell your views of the drama

1. Worksheets

provided

2. https://youtu.be/Q

nTOxfu2RXw

3. https://www.youtube.com/

watch?v=ZCl69dVtW0E

4. https://www.youtube.

com/watch?v=jEKV5T

BeLfo

5. https://www.youtube.c

om/watch?v=ftZr1_Ny8

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Reading &

Viewing:

Read the drama once for a quick

impression of what it is about.

Read it again for understanding and

to be able to answer questions.

Writing &

Presenting:

Use the knowledge of a drama and

apply when you plan to write

Use knowledge of completing a

drama as well as your personal

experiences to be able to complete

the drama.

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.

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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 (ie.

when have you read dramas/plays,

watched it, etc.)

Offer support and guidance

LEARNER’S

ACTIVITIES

Learner activities:

Listening and Speaking: Listen to a drama

1. Listen to the drama as it is being read to you. It may be read more than once.

2. Make notes on the worksheet provided

3. Make meaning of the drama by referring to your notes

4. Retell your understanding of the drama

Reading and Viewing: Read a drama

1. Read the text for a quick impression on its content

2. Read it a second time for meaning and to understand the moral.

3. Complete the form.

Writing and Presenting: Write a short drama

Use the notes provided and prior knowledge from previous grades to ensure you know

what a drama is and what it should consist of.

1. Plan your drama in the space provided.

2. Draw on your knowledge of the topic as well as your personal experience.

3. Complete the drama that you started to plan last week

Language Structure and Conventions: Proper Nouns, Adjectives: Comparatives and

Superlatives

1. Familiarize yourself with the notes on these topics

2. Explain to a sibling or adult your thoughts on it.

3. Refer to the videos explaining the concepts for further clarity.

4. Complete the worksheets.

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Activity 1: Listening and Speaking: Listen to a Drama

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Using the template below, organize your thoughts about the drama. What do you think the drama is about?

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Who is the intended target audience?

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How does the drama make you feel?

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Was this easy to follow? Why or Why not?

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Why do you think the author decided to write this questionnaire?

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Write down any other thoughts you have on the drama.

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Activity 2: Reading and Viewing: Read the following script from a radio play and answer the questions

that follows

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1. What do you think the story is about?

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2. What do you think “front act” means?

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3. Name two characters in the story.

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4. Describe Emma’s character. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________

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5. What is the complication/conflict in this exert of the play?

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6. Based on your answer in 4, what do you think these girls do?

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7. Do you have a hobby? What is it? How does it make you feel?

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8. How do you think the story will end?

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Activity 3: Writing and Presenting: Writing a short drama

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Using frame above, write the first draft of your drama in the space provided below

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Activity 4: Language Structures and Conventions

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Complete: