Platinum English FAL Grade 7 Teaching Plan
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The following teaching plan is suggested plans for Mathematics Grade 7. For a week-by-week guideline, turn to each of the term overview pages in the respective Teacher’s Guide. You can view the Teacher’s Guides online at www.classroomsolutions.co.za/
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Grade 7 Teaching Plan: Term 1
speaking
2 hours / Reading and viewing
3 hours 30 min / Writing and
presenting
3 hours 30 min / Language structures and
conventions
1 hour / Formal
Assessment / Learning and teaching
material
1–2 / 1. Stories every day / Introduce yourself
Listen to and discuss a traditional story
Retell the story
Tell a story of your own / Read an information text and answer questions
Recognise parts of a book and features of text
Read a story
Explore key features (characters, plot, setting)
Read and study the prescribed literature texts
Reading process
Reading strategies / Write a narrative paragraph based on personal experience using the writing
process / Nouns: common, proper, concrete, abstract, countable, uncountable
Simple present tense, simple past tense;
Sentence types: statements, questions, exclamations
Spelling and punctuation; Dictionary use
Reinforcement of grammar covered in previous phase
Vocabulary in context
Remedial grammar from learners’ writing / Baseline / LB p. 1
TG p. 1
CR p. 37
3–4 / 2. New experiences / Listen to and discuss a poem
Prepare to read a
poem aloud / Recognise parts of a book and
features of text
Read a poem
Understand literary features and the meaning of a poem
Read and study the prescribed literature texts
Reading process
Reading strategies / Find out about stanza
conventions
Write a poem using the writing process / Personal and possessive pronouns;
Compound and complex nouns (noun phrases)
Interjectives; Ideophones; Borrowed words; Figurative language; Similes; Antonyms
Punctuation
Reinforcement of language structures and conventions covered in previous weeks
Vocabulary in context
Remedial grammar from learners’ writing / LB p. 15
TG p. 11
CR pp. 68, 74
5-6 / 3. What’s on television / Have a conversation
about popular TV
dramas
Take part in a
dialogue / Read a television drama script
Examine the features of a script and answer questions
Read a poem
Answer questions on imagery,
mood and message
Learn about literal and figurative language
Read and study the prescribed literature texts
Reading process
Reading strategies / Write a dialogue
using the writing
process / Collective nouns; Finite verbs
Simple present and simple past tenses;
Subject-verb agreement
Idioms
Punctuation
Reinforcement of language structures and conventions covered in previous weeks
Vocabulary in context
Remedial grammar from learners’ writing / Term 1
FAT 1
Take part in a
dialogue / LB p. 27
TG p. 20
CR p. 76
7–8 / 4. Myths of the sun / Listen to a myth
Identify persuasive and manipulative
techniques
Have a group
discussion about the myth / Read an article and identify key features
Answer questions on the article
Read a myth and answer
questions
Read a poem and identify key
features
Read and study the prescribed literature texts
Reading process
Reading strategies / Write a review about a story using the
writing process / Singular and plural nouns; Comparative and superlative adjectives
Simple past tense (regular and irregular)
Homophones and homonyms; Riddles
Reinforcement of language structures and conventions covered in previous weeks
Vocabulary in context
Remedial grammar from learners’ writing / LB p. 41
TG p. 30
CR p. 41
9–10 / 5. Pictures and words / Listen to information
texts and answer
questions / Read a poem and answer
questions
Read a description in a story
and answer questions
Read a short story and analyse key features
Read and study the prescribed literature texts
Reading process
Reading strategies / Write a descriptive
essay using the
writing process / Prefixes, suffixes and roots; Finite verbs and auxiliary verbs
Main clause and dependent clause
Synonyms and antonyms
Punctuation and spelling: spelling
patterns and rules
Reinforcement of language structures and conventions covered in previous weeks
Vocabulary in context
Remedial grammar from learners’ writing / Term 1 FAT 2
Write a
descriptive
essay
Term 1 FAT 3
Test 1 / LB p. 55
LB pp. 63, 64,
68
TG p. 41
CR p. 23
Grade 7 Teaching Plan: Term 2
Week / Chapter / Listening andspeaking
2 hours / Reading and viewing
3 hours 30 min / Writing and
presenting
3 hours 30 min / Language structures and
conventions
1 hour / Formal
Assessment / Learning and teaching
material
1–2 / 6. Community volunteers / Listen to an article
from a magazine
Tell a story / Read an information text and
answer questions
Read a cartoon and answer
questions
Literature
Read an extract from a play
Recognise key features of a
play script
Read and study the prescribed literature texts
Reading process
Reading strategies / Write a narrative
essay using the
writing process / Dual use of some nouns (homonyms);
Comparative and superlative adjectives
Subject and predicate; Subject and verb agreement; Main clause and dependent clause
Punctuation
Reinforcement of language structures and conventions covered in previous weeks
Vocabulary in context
Remedial grammar from learners’ writing / Baseline / LB p. 69
TG p. 51
CR p. 76
3–4 / 7. The power of advertisements / Listen to a radio
advertisement
Debate topics on
advertising / Study an advertisement and
answer questions
Read an extract from a novel
Describe literary features:
characters, setting, plot, theme
Reading process
Reading strategies / Write an
advertisement using the writing process / Nouns: Proper, singular, plural, gender;
Demonstrative and relative adjectives
Simple and compound sentences; Direct and reported (indirect) speech
Synonyms and antonyms
Punctuation and spelling
Reinforcement of language structures and conventions covered in previous weeks
Vocabulary in context
Remedial grammar from learners’ writing / Term 2
FAT 1
Listen to
a radio
advertisement
Term 2
FAT 2 Test 2
Read an
extract from a
novel / LB p. 81
TG p. 59
CR p. 16
5-6 / 8. A game to make and play / Role-play a drama
and an investigation / Read an information text and
answer questions
Read an extract from a play
Identify features of the play
Answer questions about the
play
Read and study the prescribed literature texts
Reading process
Reading strategies / Write a drama review using the writing process / Transitive and intransitive verbs
Active and passive voice; Direct and reported speech
Literal and figurative meaning
Punctuation
Reinforcement of language structures and conventions covered in previous weeks
Vocabulary in context
Remedial grammar from learners’ writing / LB p. 109
TG p. 80
CR p. 76
9–10 / MID-YEAR EXAMINATION / Term 2
FAT 3 / LB pp. 123–
126
TG p. 90
Grade 7 Teaching Plan: Term 3
Week / Chapter / Listening andspeaking
2 hours / Reading and viewing
3 hours 30 min / Writing and
presenting
3 hours 30 min / Language structures and
conventions
1 hour / Formal
Assessment / Learning and teaching
material
1–2 / 10. Questions for you / Listen to an
interview based on a questionnaire
Discuss the use of a questionnaire
Have a forum
discussion / Read an information text and
answer questions
Read a questionnaire
Read and study the prescribed
literature texts
Reading process
Reading strategies / Complete a
questionnaire
Fill in a questionnaire
using the writing
process / Adverbs of manner and time
Compound and complex sentences;
Noun, adjectival and adverbial clauses
Proverbs
Punctuation
Reinforcement of language structures and conventions covered in previous weeks
Vocabulary in context
Remedial grammar from learners’ writing / Baseline / LB p. 127
TG p. 92
CR p. 57
3–4 / 11. Women’s work or men’s work? / Listen to a dialogue
and answer
questions
Dramatise a dialogue / Read extracts from two plays
and answer questions
Identify and compare features
in the plays
Read a poem
Identify the structure of the
poem
Discuss the meaning of the
poem
Read and study the prescribed
literature texts
Reading process
Reading strategies / Write a dialogue
using the writing
process / Word roots
Direct and reported speech; Complex
sentences with relative clauses
Punctuation
Reinforcement of language structures and conventions covered in previous weeks
Vocabulary in context
Remedial grammar from learners’ writing / LB p. 143
TG p. 103
CR p. 76
5-6 / 8. A game to make and play / Role-play a drama
and an investigation / Read an information text and
answer questions
Read an extract from a play
Identify features of the play
Answer questions about the
play
Read and study the prescribed literature texts
Reading process
Reading strategies / Write a drama review using the writing process / Transitive and intransitive verbs
Active and passive voice; Direct and reported speech
Literal and figurative meaning
Punctuation
Reinforcement of language structures and conventions covered in previous weeks
Vocabulary in context
Remedial grammar from learners’ writing / LB p. 109
TG p. 80
CR p. 76
5–6 / 12. Read and succeed / Listen to a news
item and answer
questions
Role-play a meeting / Read a news article with a table
and a bar graph and
answer questions
Read a notice, agenda and
minutes for a meeting
Literature
Read and analyse a poem
Read and study the prescribed
literature texts
Reading process
Reading strategies / Write a notice,
agenda and minutes
using the writing
process / Personal, possessive, demonstrative
pronouns
Simple past tense; Active and passive
voice; Direct and reported speech
Verbal extensions (using suffixes)
Punctuation
Reinforcement of language structures and conventions covered in previous weeks
Vocabulary in context
Remedial grammar from learners’ writing / Term 3 FAT 2
Write an
agenda and
minutes for a
meeting / LB p. 157
TG p. 112
CR p. 53
7–8 / 14. Surviving the city / Listen to and give
directions
Take notes and
answer questions
Give directions / Read a comic strip short story
Identify key features of a short
story
Answer comprehension
questions
Read and analyse a poem
Identify and explain figures of
speech
Read and study the prescribed
literature texts
Reading process
Reading strategies / Write a narrative
essay using the
writing process / Pronouns: personal, reflexive, relative;
Articles: Definite and indefinite; Complex nouns; Adjectives: comparative and superlative
Subject and predicate; Main and
dependent clauses
Synonyms and antonyms
Punctuation
Reinforcement of language structures and conventions covered in previous weeks
Vocabulary in context
Remedial grammar from learners’ writing / Term 3 FAT 2
Write a
narrative story
Term 3 FAT 3
Test 3 / LB p. 187
LB pp. 191,
192, 202
TG p. 131
CR p. 46
Grade 7 Teaching Plan: Term 4
Week / Chapter / Listening andspeaking
2 hours / Reading and viewing
3 hours 30 min / Writing and
presenting
3 hours 30 min / Language structures and
conventions
1 hour / Formal
Assessment / Learning and teaching
material
1–2 / 15. Friend or foe / Prepare and read a
paragraph out loud
Make an unprepared
speech / Read a report with visuals and
answer questions
Read an extract from a novel
and answer questions
Read and study the prescribed
literature texts
Reading process
Reading strategies / Write a letter of
apology using the
writing process / Prepositions: simple, compound and
complex
Adverbial and adjectival clauses; Complex sentences
Adjectives: comparative and superlative;
Adverbs of time, place, manner,
frequency, degree; Idioms
Punctuation
Reinforcement of language structures and conventions covered in previous weeks
Vocabulary in context
Remedial grammar from learners’ writing / Baseline / LB p. 203
TG p. 142
CR p. 9
3–4 / 16. Friends of the forest / Listen to a television
interview
Have a group
discussion
Discuss diary entries / Read a magazine article and
answer questions
Read a diary entry and answer
questions
Read a poem
Identify key features and
answer questions
Read and study the prescribed
literature texts
Reading process
Reading strategies / Write a diary entry
using the writing
process / Interrogative pronouns; Collective,
countable and uncountable (indefinite) nouns; Prefixes, suffixes and roots
Questions and prompts; Rhetoric
questions; Abbreviated statements
Punctuation
Reinforcement of language structures and conventions covered in previous weeks
Vocabulary in context
Remedial grammar from learners’ writing / LB p. 217
TG p. 152
CR p. 70
5-6 / 8. A game to make and play / Role-play a drama
and an investigation / Read an information text and
answer questions
Read an extract from a play
Identify features of the play
Answer questions about the
play
Read and study the prescribed literature texts
Reading process
Reading strategies / Write a drama review using the writing process / Transitive and intransitive verbs
Active and passive voice; Direct and reported speech
Literal and figurative meaning
Punctuation
Reinforcement of language structures and conventions covered in previous weeks
Vocabulary in context
Remedial grammar from learners’ writing / LB p. 109
TG p. 80
CR p. 76
5–6 / 17. Animal attitudes / Listen to a news
item and answer
questions
Role-play a meeting / Read a news article with a table
and a bar graph and
answer questions
Read a notice, agenda and
minutes for a meeting
Literature
Read and analyse a poem
Read and study the prescribed
literature texts
Reading process
Reading strategies / Write a notice,
agenda and minutes
using the writing
process / Personal, possessive, demonstrative
pronouns
Simple past tense; Active and passive
voice; Direct and reported speech
Verbal extensions (using suffixes)
Punctuation
Reinforcement of language structures and conventions covered in previous weeks
Vocabulary in context
Remedial grammar from learners’ writing / Term 3 FAT 2
Write an
agenda and
minutes for a
meeting / LB p. 157
TG p. 112
CR p. 53
7–8 / 18. Simply study / Present a prepared
speech
Complete a prepared
and unprepared
reading
Listen to advice
about how to make a
study timetable / Read a magazine article about
studying and answer
questions
Summarise an article about
going to high school
Read a poem about doing
homework
Read and study the prescribed
literature texts
Reading process
Reading strategies / Revise the correct
format of a letter
Write a formal letter
of thanks using the
writing process / Pronouns; Words that are often confused
Negative sentences; Question forms; Join sentences; Question prompts
Antonyms
Punctuation
Reinforcement of language structures and conventions covered in previous weeks
Vocabulary in context
Remedial grammar from learners’ writing / Term 3 FAT 2
Write a
narrative story
Term 3 FAT 3
Test 3 / LB p. 245
TG p. 171
CR p. 72
9–10 / END-OF-YEAR EXAMINATION / Term 4
FAT 2 / LB pp. 260–
263
TG p. 180
Programme of Formal Assessment Grade 7