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English First Additional Language
Study Guide 1/2
Grade 4
LESSON ELEMENTS
Introduction
Introduces new concepts or background information required to understand the lesson content.
Vocabulary
The meaning of new words to fully understand the text/content.
Tips
A useful hint to help improve skills.
Language structures and conventions
Key language elements that must be studied, understood and applied to the content of the lesson.
Activity
Core content and questions to test the learner’s knowledge.
For the curious
Encouragement to do in-depth research about the content. Expand theActivity and exercise to such an extent that learners are encouraged to explore.
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Important
Important aspects to take note of.
Revision
Revise work from previous grades or lessons until learners have mastered the knowledge. This helps with preparation for tests, projects, and exams.
RECOMMENDED READING
All the texts for this year are either in the facilitator’s guide or this study guide – but don’t stop there! Read as much as you can. Reading helps you relax and improves your concentration, memory, creativity, and imagination. The more you read, the better you will write. Look out for suggestions for further reading throughout the study guide.
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INTRODUCTION
This study guide is organised into 4 units and 18 lessons. Each lesson is taught over 2 weeks.
• Unit 1 has five themed lessons.
• Unit 2 has four themed lessons and a mid-year examination.
• Unit 3 has five themed lessons.
• Unit 4 has four themed lessons and a year-end examination.
At the end of units 2 and 4, you write exams.
Each lesson has 4 sections:
1. Listening and speaking
2. Reading and viewing
3. Writing and presenting
4. Language structures and conventions
Each section contains activities. At the beginning of each lesson is a list of the topics covered. At the end of each lesson are remedial and extension activities, which you may complete if time allows.
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YEAR PLAN
1: You’ve got a friend in me
2: Fast and curious
3: Jungle night
LESSON 4: When the curtain goes up … 7–8 LESSON 5: Fables, fairy tales, and legends 9–10 2
6: Dreamland
10: Destination: Africa
11: Been there, dune that
12: See you at the movies!
13: A treasure trove of stories
14: Watch me now! 9–10
15: When giants walked the earth …
18: Hello, holidays!
November Examination
Unit 1 (term 1) and unit 2 (term 2) are in this study guide, unit 3 (term 3) and unit 4 (term 4) are in study guide 2/2.
LESSONS:
1. Y ou’ve got a friend in me 2. F ast and curious 3. Jungle night 4. When the curtain goes up … 5. F ables, fairy tales, and legends
Language structures and conventions
Writing and presenting
• Spelling and punctuation
• W orking with words and sentences
• A djectives
• Simple past tense
• Connecting w ords
• Ant onyms
• S ynonyms
• A bbreviations
• A dverbs of frequency
• Pr epositions
• Connecting w ords
• Compound words
• Plur als
• Pr esent perfect tense
• Pr esent continuous tense
• P ersonal pronouns
• W ords from the same lexical field
• Spelling test
• Language test
• W rite about a story
• W rite a recount using a frame
• Cr eate a personal dictionary
• W rite a factual recount
• Label a map
• W rite a description of characters using a frame
• W rite simple instructions using a frame
• W rite a list with headings
• W rite sentences that rhyme or simple poem with a frame
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Reading and viewing
• R ead a story
• R ead an information text
• Compr ehension activity
• Independent r eading
• R ead a simple map
• R ead procedural texts
• R ead a simple poem
• Sol ve a word puzzle
Listening and speaking
• List en to a story
• Gi ve a personal recount
• List en to an information text
• List en to and respond to simple directions
• Describe characters from the story
• List en to and carry out instructions
• List en to a poem
UNIT 1: Weeks 1 – 2
In this lesson you will:
• listen to a story
LESSON 1:
You’ve got a friend in me
• give a personal recount from your own experience
• perform a simple poem
• respond physically to instructions
• read a story
• complete a comprehension
• do independent reading
• write about the story
• use a frame to write a simple recount of a story
• create a personal dictionary
• use punctuation correctly
• learn about countable and uncountable nouns
• write in the simple past tense
• learn about synonyms
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SECTION 1 Listening and speaking
Learning English is fun!
We know that learning English can sometimes be difficult or not as ‘cool’ as playing games or being with friends. But try to have fun learning English by listening to music, watching a movie, or challenging yourself to play games in English. There are many ways to learn English and broaden your vocabulary while having fun.
One of the best ways to improve your writing, speaking, and understanding of English is to READ. Read anything you can find: books, comics, or magazines, but make sure they are appropriate for your age. Make it one of your goals this year to read as much as you can.
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You’ve got a friend in me
You’ve got a friend in me
You got troubles, I’ve got ’em too There isn’t anything I wouldn’t do for you
We stick together and see it through ’Cause you’ve got a friend in me You’ve got a friend in me …
Buzz and Woody from Toy Story are famous friends, and the song from the movie is just as well known. We all need friends – people we can talk to, spend time with, share how we feel, and know they will understand.
Tell your facilitator or the class about your best friend(s). What are their names? How long have you been friends? Why are you such good friends? Don’t be afraid to speak up in class – we all want to hear what you have to say, and we all learn from one another.
Think about these questions for a moment: It is easy to be friends with people we like, but what about people we do not necessarily like? Is it easy to be friends with people who are ‘different’ from us?
Our lesson is about friendship, but more than that, it is also about being friends with people with whom others might not want to be friends.
You will listen to a story about a boy named Ahmet and his first day at his new school. You will also meet Ivan and Alexander and read about their adventure.
Let’s find out more about some other famous friendships in books.
If you are interested in reading any of the stories, try to find them in the library or online.
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Calvin and Hobbes
Calvin is an adventurous – sometimes naughty –six-year-old boy, and Hobbes is his stuffed tiger. To Calvin, Hobbes is a living animal, while others see only the toy. While this friendship might be imaginary, it is an example of what a good friend should be – someone who is always there, a constant companion, someone you can spend long, lazy summer afternoons with or complain to about school and bad weather.
imaginary: Exists only in your imagination.
companion: A person or animal you spend a lot of time with.
Matilda and Miss Honey (Matilda by Roald Dahl)
Miss Honey is kind and encourages Matilda’s intelligence and love of learning, while Matilda helps Miss Honey free herself from Miss Trunchbull. They need one another to finally live the lives they want – the mark of true friendship.
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Charlotte and Wilbur (Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White)
Wilbur blushed. “But I’m not terrific, Charlotte. I’m just about average for a pig.”
“You’re terrific as far as I’m concerned,” replied Charlotte sweetly, “and that’s what counts. You’re my best friend, and I think you’re sensational. Now stop arguing and go get some sleep!”
Who says a piglet and a spider cannot be friends? When Charlotte, the spider, notices that Wilbur, a piglet, is lonely, she becomes his best friend. For Charlotte, friendship means thinking the best of your friends and telling them so.
Sophie and the Big Friendly Giant (The BFG by Roald Dahl)
“You stay where you is in my pocket, huggybee,” he said. “We is doing this lovely bit of buckswashling together.”
Sophie is a 10-year-old orphan brought to Giant Country by the Big Friendly Giant, where they try to stop the man-eating giants who are invading the human world. Their friendship is about sharing adventures, but it also shows how important it is to care for one another.
• A complete guide with all the texts and explanations included.
• Comprehensive explanations of language aspects.
• Step-by-step guidelines in plain language.
• Fun, engaging, and practical activities
• Interesting themes for Grade 4s to expand general knowledge and inspire curiosity.
• Encourages independent thinking and develops reasoning skills.
