GAUTENG DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TEACHING PLAN - Grade 8 English Home Term 1 - 2014 GENERAL CONTENT COMMENTS Date Listening and Speaking Reading and viewing Writing and presenting Language structures and conventions Group discussion General discussion on key Task 2 Words: Brainstorming features Narrative/reflective essay Adverbs: place and degree Relevant and main ideas Pronouns: personal, relative ,reflexive ,possessive Listening comprehension Sentences Subject and predicate, subject-verb agreement, sentence Week 1 structure, phrases and clauses, parts of speech 5 % and 2 Spelling & punctuation 5% Full stop, comma, question, quotation and exclamation mark Word meaning: Synonyms, antonyms, literal and figurative Listen to prepared speech Read a speech Write a speech Words: (by President or influential Reading/viewing of Nouns, compound, diminutives, augmentatives, verbs, member) written/visual text finite, non-finite, prepositions ,adjectives: comparative, Prepared speech superlative (appropriate topic) Word meaning: Week 3 Synonyms, antonyms, literal, figurative and 4 5 % Punctuation: exclamation, question marks, comma, full stop, abbreviations, initialism, acronyms, clipped, 10% truncation, aphesis, portmanteau Sentences: Verb phrase, verb clause, supporting sentences, topic sentences, noun phrase, nouns, adjectival and adverbial clause, conjunctions, emotive and manipulative language Task 1 Novel/short story/drama Friendly or informal letter Words: adverbs of manner, time, definite and indefinite Group discussion: Key features articles, infinite verbs, gerunds, adjectives, comparatives Visual/audio/multi-media Poetry and superlatives text Key features Sentences: Week 5 5 % Listening comprehension OR Sentence structure, adverbial and adjectival clauses, and 6 15% (sound only) Reading/viewing for phrases, negation, statements reconstruct scenes comprehension Word meaning: synonyms, antonyms, literal, figurative Punctuation: Full stop, comma
GAUTENG DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TEACHING PLAN - Grade 8 English Home Term 1 - 2014 GENERAL CONTENT Date Listening and Speaking Reading and viewing Writing and presenting Language structures and conventions COMMENTS Week 1 and 2 5 % 5% Group discussion Brainstorming Relevant and main ideas Listening comprehension General discussion on key features Task 2 Narrative/reflective essay Words: Adverbs: place and degree Pronouns: personal, relative ,reflexive ,possessive Sentences Subject and predicate, subject-verb agreement, sentence structure, phrases and clauses, parts of speech Spelling & punctuation Full stop, comma, question, quotation and exclamation mark Word meaning: Synonyms, antonyms, literal and figurative Week 3 and 4 5 % 10% Listen to prepared speech (by President or influential member) Prepared speech (appropriate topic) Read a speech Reading/viewing of written/visual text Write a speech Words: Nouns, compound, diminutives, augmentatives, verbs, finite, non-finite, prepositions ,adjectives: comparative, superlative Word meaning: Synonyms, antonyms, literal, figurative Punctuation: exclamation, question marks, comma, full stop, abbreviations, initialism, acronyms, clipped, truncation, aphesis, portmanteau Sentences: Verb phrase, verb clause, supporting sentences, topic sentences, noun phrase, nouns, adjectival and adverbial clause, conjunctions, emotive and manipulative language Week 5 and 6 5 % 15% Task 1 Group discussion: Visual/audio/multi-media text Listening comprehension (sound only) reconstruct scenes Novel/short story/drama Key features Poetry Key features OR Reading/viewing for comprehension Friendly or informal letter Words: adverbs of manner, time, definite and indefinite articles, infinite verbs, gerunds, adjectives, comparatives and superlatives Sentences: Sentence structure, adverbial and adjectival clauses, phrases, negation, statements Word meaning: synonyms, antonyms, literal, figurative Punctuation: Full stop, comma
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