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Language Term 2

Grade 4 Week 8

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Teaching and

Assessment

Plan

Listening and Speaking • Makes notes and applies instructions read

• Asks questions for clarity

• Comments on clarity of instructions

• Listens for specific details

• Uses details accurately

Uses the correct language form

Reading and Viewing • Uses the dictionary to check spelling and meanings of words

• Discusses specific details of text

• Discusses sequence of instructions

Writing and Presenting

• Uses appropriate grammar, spelling

• and punctuation

• Presents work neatly using headings, spacing for paragraphs

• Records words and their meanings in a personal dictionary

Language Structures and Conventions • Sentence level work: future tense

• Spelling and punctuation: word division, dictionary use

Introduction • Theme: Instructions: Giving directions/ Reading Maps

• In the previous lesson, we learned how to follow recipes. This week, we

are going to learn how to follow and give directions and how to read

maps.

• We will also write our own set of directions

• We will look at the future tense

Consolidation • Learners should be able to give directions and read a map while

conducting themselves in a respectful manner

• The learners can read them a map and follow directions

• Learners should be able to identify and use the future tense in a text or

sentence.

Paper based resources:

DBE Workbook

Activity 1: Pg.124 DBE, Activity 2:

Pg. 126 DBE, Activity 3: Pg.130,

Activity 4: 123

Magazines

Textbook

Dictionary

Digital resources:

https://wcedeportal.co.za/curriculum-

supporthttps://wcedeportal.co.za/partners/#103031

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N53w1cz4ogo 2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ot-uvhjmelg 3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWvcTTx4di4 4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xePbH2sN_ZI

Skills

(WHAT I am

going to

teach/guide/su

pport)

Teaching

Methodologies/

(HOW I am going to

teach/guide/support…)

Resources / LTSM

(WHAT I am going to use

to teach/guide/support…)

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TEACHER’S

ACTIVITIES

Listening &

Speaking:

• Set the scene: Can

you tell me the way

you got to school?

Can you give

someone directions to

your home from town?

Do you know how?

• Revise new

vocabulary

Show them the

pictures and the title of

the story

• Let them predict what

the text is about

• Create opportunity for

learners to pose

relevant questions

(what the directions is,

setting, diagonal,

straight, curve. north,

south, etc.) Ensure that

they use proper

terminology in their

questioning

• Create opportunity to

share what they found

out through their

questioning.

Worksheets provided.

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N53w1cz4ogo

2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ot-uvhjmelg

3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWvcTTx4di4

4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xePbH2sN_ZI

Reading &

Viewing:

Let learners:

1.Make inferences about

the text by reading the

text and saying what they

think without the

information being stated

explicitly.

2. Skim for words about

the text and underline

them.

3. Scan for words that

they don’t know and

circle them.

4. Guide them in making

inferences and inferences

by using contextual clues.

5. Give them a chance to

discuss their opinions on

the text freely.

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Writing &

Presenting:

Learners had to write a

descriptive essay during

the previous lesson. Now

they do the final steps in

the writing process:

1) Proofreading

2) Editing

3) Publishing

Language

Structures &

Conventions:

• Explain future tense

• Provide the learners

with visual aids to assist

in the learners in their

understanding.

PARENT’S

ACTIVITIES

Same as for the

teacher.

• Help your child to

organize their

thoughts

• Ensure that they tell

their story in the right

order.

• Provide praise and

encouragement.

• Skimming is to read

the text quickly to get

the general idea.

• Scanning is to find

words or information

quickly.

• Ask oral questions

about the text to test if

the learner

understood what they

read.

• When sharing their

opinion about the

story, let them start by

saying

• I like/dislike the story

because….

I learnt that …

• Have them

answer in full

sentences as

far as possible

Access to websites: such as

Vodacom e-school

Magazines

Newspapers

Dictionary

DBE Workbook

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LEARNER’S

ACTIVITIES

Learner activities:

Listening and Speaking: Pg. 94

1. Look at the pictures and headings.

2. Try to predict what you will have to do.

3. What do you think directions are? Do you know what it is used for? Can you

give directions? Have you given directions before?

Reading

1. Compare your predictions about the text with what you read.

2. Can you describe the Post Office?

3. Can you give Thandi directions to her neighbors’ home?

3. Complete the questions on pg. 126 in your DBE Book.

5. Did you find it easy to read the map?? Why or Why not?

Writing

Complete pg. 130 in your DBE Book.

Language

Complete the activity on verbs on pg. 123.

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Activity 1: Listening and Speaking:

Look at the title and the pictures and say what you think this story will be about.

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Activity 2: Reading and Viewing: Reading Maps

Look at the map below and answer the questions that follows

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Activity 3: Writing and Presenting: Giving directions

Now fill in the correct answer.

Which street is the hospital in?

Which street is the park in?

Which street is the fire station in?

Circle the correct word.

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Activity 4: Language Structures and Conventions: The Future Tense

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Look at the sentences above and find verbs that are in the future tense. Write them in the

column below. See if you can find more future tense verbs in the text in activity 2 and 3.

FUN ACTIVITY!!!!!

WHERE THINGS ARE. When you return to school you might be in a new classroom.

Practice spying on your new surroundings by doing the following activity. This might help you to

get used to your new environment really quick!!! (different classroom layout, big spaces

between desks, new friends sitting next to you) Pretend that you are investigating a mystery!!

This could be a big adventure!!