Platinum English FAL Grade 7 Teaching Plan About the Mathematics Annual teaching plans 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/ Heinemann and Maskew Miller Longman are part of Pearson, the world’s leading learning company. Grade 7 Teaching Plan: Term 1 Week Chapter Listening and 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
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 and 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 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 and 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 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
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 and 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 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 Formal Assessment Task What is it? Where is it? Assessment tool Term 1 Task 1: Oral Take part in a dialogue Learner’s Book p. 30 Teacher’s Guide p. 23 Rubric for assessing dialogues and conversations Teacher’s Guide p. xxxiv Rating scale for speaking Teacher’s Guide p. xxxv Term 1 Task 2: Writing Write a dialogue Learner’s Book p. 30 Teacher’s Guide p. 25 Rubric for assessing longer transactional texts, Teacher’s Guide p. xxx Rating scale for writing longer and shorter transactional texts, Teacher’s Guide p. xxxv Write a descriptive Learner’s Book p. 66 Teacher’s Guide p. 48 Rubric for assessing an essay Teacher’s Guide p. xxix Rating scale for writing essays Teacher’s Guide p. xxxv Term 1 Task 3: Test 1 Comprehension and language use Teacher’s own Memorandum Term 2 Task 1 Listen to a radio advertisement Learner’s Book p. 82 Teacher’s Guide p. 61 Memorandum Teacher’s Guide p. 61 Term 2 Task 2: Test 2 Read an extract from a novel Learner’s Book p. 89 Teacher’s Guide p. 65 Memorandum Teacher’s Guide p. 66 Term 2 Task 3: Mid-year Paper 1: Oral Paper 2: Comprehension, language and Exemplar Paper 2 Teacher’s Guide p. 183 Memorandum Teacher’s Guide p. 186
examination literature Paper 3: Writing – essay and transactional Exemplar Paper 3 Teacher’s Guide p. 185 Memorandum and rubrics Teacher’s Guide pp. 187, xxix, xxx, xxxi Term 3 Task 1: Oral Read a newspaper article out aloud (unprepared reading) Learner’s Book p. 176 Teacher’s Guide p. 121 Rubric for assessing reading aloud Teacher’s Guide p. xxxii Rating scale for reading aloud Teacher’s Guide p. xxxv Term 3 Task 2: Writing Write an agenda for a meeting Write minutes for a meeting Write a narrative essay Learner’s Book p. 164 Teacher’s Guide p. 112 Learner’s Book p. 166 Teacher’s Guide p. 113 Learner’s Book p. 192 Teacher’s Guide p.130 Rubric for assessing longer transactional texts, Teacher’s Guide p. xxx Rubric for assessing an essay Teacher’s Guide p. xxix Rating scale for writing essays Teacher’s Guide p. xxxv Term 3 Task 3: Test 3 Comprehension and language use Teacher’s own Memorandum Term 4 Task 1 Present a prepared speech Learner’s Book p. 235 Teacher’s Guide p. 160 Rubric for assessing speaking Teacher’s Guide p. xxxiii Rating scale for speaking Teacher’s Guide p. xxxv Term 4 Task 2: End-of-year examination Paper 1: Oral Paper 2: Comprehension, language and literature Paper 3: Writing – essay and transactional Exemplar Paper 2 Teacher’s Guide p. 189 Exemplar Paper 3 Teacher’s Guide p. 191 Memorandum Teacher’s Guide p. 193 Memorandum and rubrics Teacher’s Guide pp. 194, xxix, xxx