Platinum English Home Language Grade 6 Teaching Plan Tel: 021 532 6000 ● Email: ● ● Term 1 Cycle Skill summary References in TG Assessment WEEKS 1 & 2: THEME 1 NEWSPAPER REPORTS HEAL OUR WORLD Listen and speak Listen to two newspaper articles. Speak about information deduced from a map. 34 35 Baseline Listening comprehension Present a prepared speech Read and view Read a newspaper article. Read an interview. Independent reading Core reader 35 36 35, 36, 37 Baseline Read and discuss newspaper article. Independent reading – comprehension Write and present Write a newspaper article 35 Baseline Write a news report Language Subject-verb agreement The colon Direct and reported speech Punctuation revision Spelling 36 36 36 36 37 Baseline Spelling test Remedial Target worksheet A Enrichment Target worksheet B WEEKS 3 & 4: THEME 2 FOLKTALES FAIRYTALE FAMILIES Listen and speak Listen to a fairy tale 40 Informal Listening comprehension Read and view Read about stereotypes. Read an African folktale Independent reading Core reader 41 42 41, 42, 43, 44 Informal Write about and discuss stereotypes Formal Independent reading – comprehension Write and present Write a character sketch. Write a fairy story. 41 43 Informal Write a paragraph each on contrasting characters. Formal Write a fairy story featuring superpowers and a moral. Language Antonyms Concrete and abstract nouns Simple past, present and future tenses Idioms, proverbs and metaphors Spelling 41 43 43 43 44 Informal Spelling test; language exercises Remedial Target worksheet A Enrichment Target worksheet B WEEKS 5 & 6: THEME 3 Listen and speak Listen to a radio advertisement. Deliver a persuasive speech (optional). 47 49 Informal Class discussions about types of language used in advertising and persuasive speeches. Deliver a persuasive speech.
PERSUASIVE TEXTS: PUNCHY ADVERTISING Read and view Examine printed advertisements. Read and compare persuasive speeches. Independent reading Core reader 47 47, 48 47, 48 Informal Write about and discuss the language of advertising. Identify emotive language and linguistic techniques used by effective speakers. Write and present Write a persuasive speech. 49 Informal Write a speech to persuade classmates to support a fund-raising idea. Language Conjunctions Simple and complex sentences Idioms and proverbs Spelling 49 49 49 50 Informal Spelling test Formal Exercises: conjunctions; subject and verb, main clause and subordinate clause; simple and complex sentences. Remedial Target worksheet A Enrichment Target worksheet B
WEEKS 7 & 8: THEME 4 DRAMA: ACT YOURSELF Listen and speak Listen to a dialogue. Perform a dialogue (self-written). 52 56 Formal Listening comprehension Read and view Read and discuss a monologue, dialogue and an excerpt from a play Independent reading Core reader 54, 55 53, 54, 56, 57 Formal Prepared reading. Informal Discuss and write about style, register, characterisation, point of view, theme and format of dramatic texts. Write and present Role-play a situation and use roleplay as basis to write a dialogue. 56 Informal Write a dialogue expressing point of view of character in a conflict scenario Language Quotation marks Simple and complex sentences Synonyms, antonyms Spelling 53 56 56 56 Informal Spelling test Formal Exercises: synonyms and antonyms; simple and complex sentences; punctuation Remedial Target worksheet A Enrichment Target worksheet B WEEKS 9 & 10: THEME 5 POETRY: CHILDHOOD DREAMS Listen and speak Listen to, discuss and express opinions about poetry. 60 Informal Express opinions during class discussions about poems. Formal Listening comprehension on two poems. Read and view Read and analyse poems. Independent reading Core reader 62, 63 60, 61, 63 Informal Read poems, explain meaning and identify poetic devices. Formal Written comprehension – poem. Write and present Write haiku Write a poem. 62 65 Informal Write haiku. Formal Write a poem about childhood. Language Prepositions Statements, questions, commands Alliteration (consonance and assonance), metaphor, simile, personification Spelling 65 61 61 66 Informal Spelling test Remedial Formal Unseen poem and questions on figures of speech, poetic devices and parts of speech. Remedial Target worksheet A Enrichment Target worksheet B
Term 2 Cycle Skill summary References in TG Assessment WEEKS 1 & 2: THEME 6 INFORMATION TEXTS: COMMUNICATING EARLY Listen and speak Listen to instructions to make an origami pelican. 69 Informal Make notes while listening and create an origami pelican. Read and view Read and compare two recipes. Independent reading Core reader 70 70, 71 Informal Identify features of well-written instructional texts. Write and present Write instructions to care for a pet. 71 Formal Evaluate instructions for clarity. Language Stems, prefixes, suffixes Subject, object Homophones Spelling 70 71 71 72 Informal Spelling test Formal Exercises on subject and predicate; prefixes and suffixes; finite and infinite verbs; punctuation. Remedial Target worksheet A Enrichment Target worksheet B WEEKS 3 & 4: THEME 7 NOVEL: ACROSS THE SEA Listen and speak Listen to and discuss and excerpt from a novel. Discuss features of novels. Discuss the value of travel. 75 77 78 Informal Participate in group discussions about the features of novels. Express opinion and respect others’ opinions on the value of travel. Read and view Read an excerpt from a novel. Read a book review. Read a poem and compare it to a novel. Independent reading Core reader 76 77 78 76, 77, 78, 79 Informal Comprehension – excerpt from a novel. Identify features of novels. Identify features of book reviews. Write and present Write a book review 77 Informal Review a book, using correct format and features. Language Verbs (finite, infinitives) Present continuous tense, past continuous tense, future continuous tense Dictionary use Spelling 76 78 77 78 Informal Spelling test Formal Exercises on finite and infinite verbs; subject-verb agreement; punctuation. Remedial Target worksheet A Enrichment Target worksheet B WEEKS 5 & 6: THEME 8 SHORT STORY: ANANSI AND THE TRICKY SPIDER Listen and speak Listen to a fable 80 Formal Discuss stereotypes in fables and the origins of the Anansi fables. Read and view Read two fables Independent reading Core reader 81, 82 Informal Identify features of fables. Comprehensions – fables. Write and present Write a fable 82 Informal Write a fable featuring a moral, with a clear beginning, middle and ending. Language Auxiliary Verbs Present Perfect Tense Idioms Spelling 82 82 81 82 Informal Spelling test; language exercises Remedial Target worksheet A Enrichment Target worksheet B
WEEKS 7 & 8: THEME 9 INFORMATION TEXT: WEATHER CHART WHAT’S THE WEATHER LIKE TODAY? Listen and speak Discuss a weather map. Listen to an instructional text. 85 85 Formal Listen to an instructional text and makes notes and a labelled diagram. Read and view Read two information texts about the weather. Independent reading Core reader 86 86, 87, 89 Informal Comprehension – information text. Formal Prepared reading Independent reading – comprehension Write and present Rewrite a paragraph using language and structure appropriate to information texts. Write an information brochure 88 88 Informal Identify topic and supporting sentences. Identify grammatical features and format of information texts. Formal Research, design and write an information brochure. Language Adjectives (attributive) Simple past tense Dictionary usage Spelling 88 88 85 89 Informal Spelling test Remedial Target worksheet A Enrichment Target worksheet B WEEKS 9 & 10 SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT % REFERENCES Paper 1: Oral: Reading, listening & speaking 30 LB page 115–116 TG page 149 Paper 2: Writing – essays (20%) and transactional texts (15%) 35 LB page 117 TG page 150 Paper 3: Language in context 35 LB page 118–120 TG page 150 Term 3 Cycle Skill summary References in TG Assessment WEEKS 1 & 2: THEME 10 NOVEL: METAMORPHOSIS Listen and speak Listen to and discuss an excerpt from a novel. Discuss characterisation in novels. Present a character sketch of a character from a novel read independently. 93 94 94 Informal Listening comprehension. Explain ways in which author creates an impression of a character without using explicit descriptions. Read and view Read a blurb. Read an excerpt from a novel. Independent reading Core reader 93 95 95, 96 Informal Explain function of a blurb. Explain how authors create character and setting in a novel. Write and present Write a character sketch of a character from a novel read independently. Write a book review. 94 96 Write a character sketch of a character from a novel read independently. Write a book review of novel read independently. Language Interrogative, demonstrative, indefinite pronouns Simple present tense, past tense, future tense Dictionary usage, word division Spelling 97 95 97 97 Informal Spelling test; language exercises Remedial Target worksheet A Enrichment Target worksheet B