Platinum English Home Language Grade 6 Teaching Plan Tel: 021 532 6000 ● Email: ● ● Term 1 References Cycle Skill summary Assessment in TG WEEKS 1 & 2: Listen and speak Baseline Listen to two newspaper articles. 34 Listening comprehension Speak about information deduced from a map. 35 Present a prepared speech THEME 1 Read and view Baseline Read a newspaper article. 35 Read and discuss newspaper article. NEWSPAPER Read an interview. 36 Independent reading comprehension – Independent reading REPORTS Core reader 35, 36, 37 Write and present Baseline Write a newspaper article 35 Write a news report Language Baseline Subject-verb agreement 36 Spelling test HEAL OUR WORLD The colon 36 Remedial Direct and reported speech 36 Target worksheet A Punctuation revision 36 Enrichment Spelling 37 Target worksheet B WEEKS 3 & 4: Listen and speak Informal Listen to a fairy tale 40 Listening comprehension THEME 2 Read and view Informal Read about stereotypes. 41 Write about and discuss stereotypes Read an African folktale 42 FOLKTALES Independent reading Formal Core reader 41, 42, 43, 44 Independent reading comprehension – Write and present Informal Write a character sketch. 41 Write a paragraph each on contrasting Write a fairy story. 43 characters. Formal FAIRYTALE Write a fairy story featuring superpowers FAMILIES and a moral. Language Informal Antonyms 41 Spelling test; language exercises Concrete and abstract nouns 43 Remedial Simple past, present and future tenses 43 Target worksheet A Idioms, proverbs and metaphors 43 Enrichment Spelling 44 Target worksheet B WEEKS 5 & 6: Listen and speak Informal Listen to a radio advertisement. 47 Class discussions about types of language Deliver a persuasive speech (optional). 49 used in advertising and persuasive THEME 3 speeches. Deliver a persuasive speech.
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.
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