GAUTENG DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TEACHING PLAN Grade 8 ENGLISH Home Language Term 4 - 2014 Comment Date Weight Listening and Speaking Reading and Viewing Writing and Presenting Language structures and Conventions ing Listening to a Read a newspaper/magazine Longer transactional text. Words: singular and plural, gender, diminutives 80% text. Listening article Newspaper article/magazine Sentences: direct and reported speech, question comprehension Poetry article forms, fact and opinion, sentence structures, Week 1 Conversation: Discussion Key features sentences, ambiguity, voice, gerund 5 % based on a Poetic devices Word meaning: synonyms, antonyms, euphemism, and 2 newspaper/magazine article Reading/viewing for homonyms, literal and figurative meaning information Punctuation: quotation marks, spelling patterns Write a summary Debate Literary text such as: Diary entry Words: Pronouns- personal and relative. 85% Group discussion Novel/short story/drama Moods- subjunctive, imperative, potential, indicative, Poetry conditional Key features Word meaning: literal and figurative meaning Week 3 Poetic devices Sentence level: tenses, sentence types, speech, 5 % Reading comprehension (take voice, sentence structure, direct and reported and 4 text from text book) speech, question forms, fact and opinion, ambiguity, Write a paragraph or point voice, gerund form summary Punctuation and spelling: spelling patterns, punctuation marks Listen to a text read aloud Literary text such as Transactional text e.g. Words: Relative pronouns, singular and plural forms 90% Dialogue based on text read drama/play journalistic report Sentences: Procedure, compare/contrast, aloud Poetry description paragraph, introductory and closing Week 5 Key features paragraphs, sentences, supporting sentences, topic 5 % and 6 Poetic devices sentences, speech, voice, bias and prejudice. Reading comprehension Word meaning: synonyms and antonyms (dialogue) Punctuation: quotation and punctuation marks and spelling patterns. Prepare for examination Prepare for examination Prepare for examination Word level work: Revision 95% Sentence level: Revision Week 7 5 % Word meaning: Punctuation: Revision and 8 Punctuation: Revision
GAUTENG DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TEACHING PLAN Grade 8 ENGLISH Home Language Term 4 - 2014 Date Weight ing Listening and Speaking Reading and Viewing Writing and Presenting Language structures and Conventions Comment Week 1 and 2 5 % 80% Listening to a 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 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 Week 3 and 4 5 % 85% Debate Group discussion 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 Diary entry 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 Week 5 and 6 5 % 90% 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 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. Week 7 and 8 5 % 95% Prepare for examination Prepare for examination Prepare for examination Word level work: Revision Sentence level: Revision Word meaning: Punctuation: Revision Punctuation: Revision