Gr 7-English Home Language-Study Guide by Impaq

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ENGLISH HOME LANGUAGE STUDY GUIDE Grade 7

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English Home Language Study guide

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Grade 7

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M Kempen J Mansfield

Study Guide G07 ~ English Home Language

CONTENTS LESSON ELEMENTS...........................................................................................................9 PREFACE...........................................................................................................................10 PRESCRIBED BOOK.........................................................................................................10 INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................10 YEAR PLANNING .......................................................................................................... 11 UNIT 1: Week 1 – 2............................................................................................................ 13 Lesson 1: People who are making a difference.................................................................. 13 SECTION 1: LISTENING AND SPEAKING...........................................................14 Activity 1: Discuss listening skills...........................................................................14 Activity 2: Let’s listen.............................................................................................15 Activity 3: Tips on retelling a story.........................................................................15 Activity 4: Retell a story.........................................................................................16 SECTION 2: READING AND VIEWING................................................................17 Activity 5: Talk about how we read.........................................................................17 Activity 6: Discuss features of a story....................................................................18 Activity 7: Read a story..........................................................................................19 Activity 8: Evaluate, compare and contrast stories................................................21 SECTION 3: WRITING AND PRESENTING.........................................................23 Activity 9: Revise the writing process....................................................................23 Activity 10: Write a narrative paragraph.................................................................24 Activity 11: Write a story based on a personal experience....................................25 SECTION 4: LANGUAGE STRUCTURES AND CONVENTIONS........................26 Activity 12: Use punctuation..................................................................................26 Activity 13: Identify concrete and abstract nouns..................................................27 UNIT 1: Week 3 – 4 ........................................................................................................... 30 Lesson 2: People who have overcome challenges............................................................ 30 SECTION 1: LISTENING AND SPEAKING...........................................................31 Activity 14: Listen to and discuss a poem..............................................................31 Activity 15: Read a prepared text aloud ................................................................32 SECTION 2: READING AND VIEWING................................................................33 Activity 16: Read the poem independently............................................................33 Activity 17: Discuss key features of poems...........................................................35 Activity 18: Read the poems..................................................................................36 Activity 19: Do intensive reading of the poems......................................................38 SECTION 3: WRITING AND PRESENTING.........................................................38 Activity 20: Start a rhyming dictionary...................................................................38 Activity 21: Plan a poem........................................................................................39 Activity 22: Write a first draft of your poem............................................................40 Activity 23: Revise, edit and proofread your poem................................................40 Activity 24: Present a neat, final version of your poem..........................................40 SECTION 4: LANGUAGE STRUCTURES AND CONVENTIONS........................41 Activity 25: Match the idioms and their meanings.................................................41 Activity 26: Match the proverbs and sentences.....................................................42

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UNIT 1: Week 5 – 6............................................................................................................ 44 Lesson 3: Extreme sports .................................................................................................. 44 SECTION 1: LISTENING AND SPEAKING...........................................................45 Activity 27: Have a conversation about a play.......................................................45 Activity 28: Complete the dialogue........................................................................49 SECTION 2: READING AND VIEWING................................................................50 Activity 29: Read the play......................................................................................50 Activity 30: Evaluate the play and answer questions.............................................56 Activity 31: Read the poem....................................................................................57 Activity 32: Do intensive reading and answer questions.......................................60 SECTION 3: WRITING AND PRESENTING.........................................................61 Activity 33: Practise writing dialogue.....................................................................61 Activity 34: Plan a short play.................................................................................61 Activity 35: Write a first draft..................................................................................62 Activity 36: Revise, edit and proofread your play..................................................62 Activity 37: Present your play ...............................................................................62 SECTION 4: LANGUAGE STRUCTURES AND CONVENTIONS........................62 Activity 38: Simple sentences and statements......................................................62 Activity 39: Use inverted commas.........................................................................64 UNIT 1: Week 7 – 8............................................................................................................ 66 Lesson 4: Laugh and the world laughs with you................................................................ 66 SECTION 1: LISTENING AND SPEAKING...........................................................67 Activity 40: Listen to and discuss a short story......................................................67 Activity 41: Learn about a panel discussion: Listen to a poem..............................68 SECTION 2: READING AND VIEWING................................................................69 Activity 42: Read a folktale....................................................................................69 Activity 43: Do a comprehension activity...............................................................72 Activity 44: Read a poem.......................................................................................72 Activity 45: Do intensive reading...........................................................................76 SECTION 3: WRITING AND PRESENTING.........................................................77 Activity 46: Write a verse of a poem......................................................................77 Activity 47: Read a review.....................................................................................77 Activity 48: Write a review......................................................................................78 Activity 49: Write a first draft..................................................................................79 Activity 50: Revise, edit and proofread your review...............................................79 Activity 51: Present a final version of your review.................................................79 SECTION 4: LANGUAGE STRUCTURES AND CONVENTIONS........................80 Activity 52: Use singular and plural.......................................................................80 Activity 53: Homophones and homonyms.............................................................83 UNIT 1: Week 9 – 10.........................................................................................................................84 Lesson 5: Scientific breakthroughs.................................................................................... 84 SECTION 1: LISTENING AND SPEAKING...........................................................85 Activity 54: Do a listening comprehension ............................................................85 Activity 55: Listen to the extract and have a discussion........................................85 SECTION 2: READING AND VIEWING................................................................86 Activity 56: Read a short story...............................................................................86 © Impaq

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Activity 57: Read a poem.......................................................................................88 SECTION 3: WRITING AND PRESENTING.........................................................90 Activity 58: Plan a descriptive essay ...................................................................90 Activity 59: Write a first draft of your essay............................................................91 Activity 60: Revise, edit and proofread your essay................................................92 Activity 61: Present a neat, final version of your essay.........................................92 SECTION 4: LANGUAGE STRUCTURES AND CONVENTIONS........................92 Activity 62: Use prefixes and identify suffixes........................................................92 Activity 63: Learn more about main and dependent clauses.................................94 UNIT 2: Week 1 – 2............................................................................................................ 96 Lesson 6: Healthy relationships......................................................................................... 96 SECTION 1: LISTENING AND SPEAKING...........................................................97 Activity 64: Do a listening comprehension.............................................................97 Activity 65: Tell a story ..........................................................................................97 SECTION 2: READING AND VIEWING................................................................98 Activity 66: Read the play......................................................................................98 Activity 67: Read the cartoon strip.......................................................................101 Activity 68: Read the diary entries.......................................................................103 Activity 69: Evaluate, compare and contrast stories............................................106 SECTION 3: WRITING AND PRESENTING.......................................................106 Activity 70: Discuss the features of a narrative essay.........................................106 Activity 71: Plan your essay.................................................................................107 Activity 72: Write a first draft of your essay..........................................................108 Activity 73: Revise, edit and proofread your essay..............................................108 Activity 74: Present a neat, final version of your essay.......................................109 SECTION 4: LANGUAGE STRUCTURES AND CONVENTIONS..................109 Activity 75: Identify and use literal and figurative language ................................109 Activity 76: Identify predicate and object............................................................. 110 UNIT 2: Week 3 – 4...........................................................................................................112 Lesson 7: Theatre and television.......................................................................................112 SECTION 1: LISTENING AND SPEAKING......................................................... 113 Activity 77: Listen to a television news report...................................................... 113 Activity 78: Have a debate on advertising........................................................... 114 SECTION 2: READING AND VIEWING.............................................................. 115 Activity 79: View advertisements......................................................................... 115 Activity 80: Read a television theatre report........................................................ 118 Activity 81: Do intensive reading of the report ....................................................120 Activity 82: Read a literary text............................................................................121 SECTION 3: WRITING AND PRESENTING.......................................................125 Activity 83: Plan and draft your advertisement....................................................125 Activity 84: Revise, edit, proofread and present your advertisement..................126 Activity 85: Plan and draft a letter........................................................................126 Activity 86: Revise, edit, proofread and present a letter......................................127 SECTION 4: LANGUAGE STRUCTURES AND CONVENTIONS..................128 Activity 87: Use demonstrative and relative adjectives........................................128 Activity 88: Use direct and indirect speech..........................................................129

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UNIT 2: Week 5 – 6 ......................................................................................................... 131 Lesson 8: Cooking around the world................................................................................ 131 SECTION 1: LISTENING AND SPEAKING.........................................................132 Activity 89: Have a discussion on how to give instructions..................................132 Activity 90: Give a prepared speech....................................................................133 SECTION 2: READING AND VIEWING..............................................................134 Activity 91: Read a recipe....................................................................................134 Activity 92: Read a poem.....................................................................................137 Activity 93: Read the information text..................................................................139 Activity 94: Design quiz questions.......................................................................141 SECTION 3: WRITING AND PRESENTING.......................................................141 Activity 95: Write a recipe....................................................................................141 Activity 96: Brainstorm ideas for writing instructions...........................................142 Activity 97: Write a first draft of your instructions.................................................142 Activity 98: Revise, edit and proofread your instructions.....................................142 Activity 99: Write a final draft of your instructions................................................143 SECTION 4: LANGUAGE STRUCTURES AND CONVENTIONS..................143 Activity 100: Learn about active and passive voice.............................................143 Activity 101: Use apostrophes correctly..............................................................146 UNIT 2: Week 7 – 8.......................................................................................................... 148 Lesson 9: Music............................................................................................................... 148 SECTION 1: LISTENING AND SPEAKING.........................................................149 Activity 102: Write and role play a drama............................................................149 Activity 103: Take part in an investigation role play.............................................149 SECTION 2: READING AND VIEWING..............................................................150 Activity 104: Read an extract from a youth novel................................................150 Activity 105: Do a comprehension activity ..........................................................152 Activity 106: Write a summary of the story..........................................................153 Activity 107: Write a story as a play.....................................................................154 SECTION 3: WRITING AND PRESENTING.......................................................154 Activity 108: Brainstorm ideas for a review..........................................................154 Activity 109: Write a first draft of your review.......................................................155 Activity 110: Revise, edit and proofread your review...........................................155 Activity 111: Present a neat, final version of your review.....................................156 SECTION 4: LANGUAGE STRUCTURES AND CONVENTIONS..................156 Activity 112: Use direct and reported speech......................................................156 Activity 113: Transitive and intransitive verbs......................................................157 UNIT 3: Week 1 – 2.......................................................................................................... 159 Lesson 10: Be informed: Social media............................................................................. 159 SECTION 1: LISTENING AND SPEAKING.........................................................160 Activity 114: Take part in a listening comprehension...........................................160 Activity 115: Talk about the uses of forms............................................................162 Activity 116: Have a discussion...........................................................................163 SECTION 2: READING AND VIEWING..............................................................163 Activity 117: Read about surveys and questionnaires.........................................163 Activity 118: Summarise the text..........................................................................165 © Impaq

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Activity 119: Read about completing a questionnaire..........................................165 Activity 120: Interpret answers on a questionnaire..............................................167 Activity 121: Read a poem...................................................................................167 SECTION 3: WRITING AND PRESENTING.......................................................168 Activity 122: Plan your form.................................................................................168 Activity 123: Draft your answers..........................................................................170 Activity 124: Revise, edit and proofread your answers........................................170 Activity 125: Present a neat, final version of your form.......................................170 Activity 126: Design your own form.....................................................................170 SECTION 4: LANGUAGE STRUCTURES AND CONVENTIONS..................171 Activity 127: Identify noun and adjectival clauses...............................................171 Activity 128: Complete the adverbial clauses......................................................172 UNIT 3: Week 3 – 4.......................................................................................................... 174 Lesson 11: Mystery and adventure................................................................................... 174 SECTION 1: LISTENING AND SPEAKING.........................................................175 Activity 129: Listen to the interview.....................................................................175 Activity 130: Adapt a story into a drama..............................................................175 SECTION 2: READING AND VIEWING..............................................................176 Activity 131: Read the play..................................................................................176 Activity 132: Discuss the drama..........................................................................183 Activity 133: Read a poem...................................................................................183 Activity 134: Evaluate, compare and contrast texts.............................................187 SECTION 3: WRITING AND PRESENTING.......................................................188 Activity 135: Plan your interview..........................................................................188 Activity 136: Write a first draft of your interview...................................................189 Activity 137: Revise, edit and proofread your interview.......................................189 Activity 138: Write your interview and give the interview.....................................189 SECTION 4: LANGUAGE STRUCTURES AND CONVENTIONS..................190 Activity 139: Find the relative clauses.................................................................190 Activity 140: Identify root words...........................................................................191 UNIT 3: Week 5 – 6.......................................................................................................... 193 Lesson 12: Careers and business.................................................................................... 193 SECTION 1: LISTENING AND SPEAKING.........................................................194 Activity 141: Role play meeting procedures........................................................194 Activity 142: Do a listening comprehension on a TV news presentation.............195 SECTION 2: READING AND VIEWING..............................................................196 Activity 143: Read a text on how to write an agenda...........................................196 Activity 144: Answer questions on the agenda....................................................199 Activity 145: Read the text on how to write minutes............................................199 Activity 146: Study the visual text........................................................................201 SECTION 3: WRITING AND PRESENTING.......................................................201 Activity 147: Write an agenda and minutes.........................................................201 Activity 148: Write a first draft of your agenda.....................................................202 Activity 149: Revise, edit and proofread your agenda.........................................202 Activity 150: Present a final version of your agenda............................................202 Activity 151: Plan your minutes...........................................................................203

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Activity 152: Write a first draft of your minutes....................................................203 Activity 153: Revise, edit and present your minutes............................................203 SECTION 4: LANGUAGE STRUCTURES AND CONVENTIONS..................204 Activity 154: Use pronouns..................................................................................204 Activity 155: Active and passive voice.................................................................205 REMEDIAL ACTIVITY........................................................................................206 UNIT 3: Week 7 – 8.......................................................................................................... 208 Lesson 13: Extraordinary people...................................................................................... 208 SECTION 1: LISTENING AND SPEAKING.........................................................209 Activity 156: Listen to a famous speech..............................................................209 Activity 157: Give a prepared reading ................................................................210 SECTION 2: READING AND VIEWING.............................................................. 211 Activity 158: Read a newspaper article .............................................................. 211 Activity 159: Do a comprehension and language test.........................................214 SECTION 3: WRITING AND PRESENTING.......................................................215 Activity 160: Read about features of a newspaper article...................................215 Activity 161: Plan your newspaper article............................................................216 Activity 162: Write the first draft of your article....................................................217 Activity 163: Revise, edit and proofread your article...........................................217 Activity 164: Present a final version of your article..............................................217 SECTION 4: LANGUAGE STRUCTURES AND CONVENTIONS..................218 Activity 165: Prepositions and preposition combinations.....................................218 Activity 166: Revise punctuation..........................................................................219 UNIT 3: Week 9 – 10........................................................................................................ 222 Lesson 14: Around the world............................................................................................ 222 SECTION 1: LISTENING AND SPEAKING.........................................................223 Activity 167: Do a listening comprehension.........................................................223 Activity 168: Give instructions..............................................................................224 SECTION 2: READING AND VIEWING..............................................................227 Activity 169: Read an extract from a youth novel................................................227 Activity 170: Evaluate the text.............................................................................229 Activity 171: Read a poem...................................................................................230 Activity 172: Understand a visual text..................................................................231 SECTION 3: WRITING AND PRESENTING.......................................................233 Activity 173: Write a descriptive essay................................................................233 Activity 174: Write the first draft of your essay.....................................................234 Activity 175: Revise, edit and proofread your essay............................................235 Activity 176: Present a neat final version of your esssay....................................235 SECTION 4: LANGUAGE STRUCTURES AND CONVENTIONS..................235 Activity 177: Write the degrees of comparison....................................................235 Activity 178: Learn more about pronouns............................................................236 UNIT 4: Week 1 – 2.......................................................................................................... 239 Lesson 15: Be the best I can be....................................................................................... 239 SECTION 1: LISTENING AND SPEAKING.........................................................240 Activity 179: Give an unprepared speech............................................................240 © Impaq

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Activity 180: Read aloud a prepared text.............................................................241 SECTION 2: READING AND VIEWING..............................................................241 Activity 181: Read an extract from a youth novel ...............................................241 Activity 182: Evaluate the extract .......................................................................246 Activity 183: Do a comprehension activity ..........................................................247 Activity 184: Read the text and study the visuals................................................248 SECTION 3: WRITING AND PRESENTING.......................................................251 Activity 185: Write directions................................................................................251 Activity 186: Write a first draft of your directions..................................................251 Activity 187: Revise, edit and proofread your directions......................................252 Activity 188: Present a final version of your directions........................................252 SECTION 4: LANGUAGE STRUCTURES AND CONVENTIONS..................252 Activity 189: Adjectival and adverbial clauses.....................................................252 Activity 190: Simple, compound and complex prepositions.................................254 UNIT 4: Week 3 – 4.......................................................................................................... 256 Lesson 16: Fashion.......................................................................................................... 256 SECTION 1: LISTENING AND SPEAKING.........................................................257 Activity 191: Listen to a blog................................................................................257 Activity 192: Discuss shorter transactional texts ................................................258 SECTION 2: READING AND VIEWING..............................................................259 Activity 193: Read a blog.....................................................................................259 Activity 194: Complete a written comprehension.................................................263 Activity 195: Compare two poems ......................................................................264 Activity 196: Read a diary entry...........................................................................265 SECTION 3: WRITING AND PRESENTING.......................................................267 Activity 197: Write an e-mail................................................................................267 Activity 198: Plan your own blog..........................................................................268 Activity 199: Write a first draft of your blog..........................................................268 Activity 200: Revise, edit and proofread your blog..............................................269 Activity 201: Present a final version of your blog.................................................269 SECTION 4: LANGUAGE STRUCTURES AND CONVENTIONS..................270 Activity 202: Subject-verb agreement..................................................................270 Activity 203: Practise your punctuation................................................................271 UNIT 4: Week 5 – 6.......................................................................................................... 274 Lesson 17: Get focused................................................................................................... 274 SECTION 1: LISTENING AND SPEAKING.........................................................275 Activity 204: Do a listening comprehension.........................................................275 Activity 205: Give a persuasive speech...............................................................275 SECTION 2: READING AND VIEWING..............................................................276 Activity 206: Read about a youth novel...............................................................276 Activity 207: Read and evaluate an extract.........................................................278 Activity 208: Write a summary of the extract.......................................................279 Activity 209: Revise figures of speech and read the poem..................................280 Activity 210: Do a written comprehension on the poems.....................................282 SECTION 3: WRITING AND PRESENTING.......................................................282 Activity 211: Write an essay.................................................................................282

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Activity 212: Write a first draft of your essay........................................................284 Activity 213: Revise, edit and proofread your essay............................................284 Activity 214: Present a final version of your essay..............................................284 SECTION 4: LANGUAGE STRUCTURES AND CONVENTIONS..................285 Activity 215: Identify language devices................................................................285 Activity 216: Work with auxilairy and finite verbs ................................................286 UNIT 4: Week 7 – 8.......................................................................................................... 288 Lesson 18: Stay focused.................................................................................................. 288 SECTION 1: LISTENING AND SPEAKING.........................................................289 Activity 217: Revise listening comprehension ....................................................289 Activity 218: Take part in a discussion.................................................................289 Activity 219: Read an unprepared text................................................................290 SECTION 2: READING AND VIEWING..............................................................291 Activity 220: Revise a reading comprehension....................................................291 Activity 221: Answer questions on the story........................................................293 Activity 222: Revise summaries...........................................................................294 Activity 223: Revise literature..............................................................................294 SECTION 3: WRITING AND PRESENTING.......................................................295 Activity 224: Revise writing texts.........................................................................295 Activity 225: Write diary entries...........................................................................296 Activity 226: Revise writing directions.................................................................296 Activity 227: Revise letter writing.........................................................................296 SECTION 4: LANGUAGE STRUCTURES AND CONVENTIONS..................296 Activity 228: Revise sentences............................................................................296 Activity 229: Revise synonyms, antonyms and subject-verb agreement............298 ADDENDUM A: RUBRICS..............................................................................................300 BIBLIOGRAPHY .............................................................................................................305

Study Guide G07 ~ English Home Language

LESSON ELEMENTS

VOCABULARY

The meaning of new words to understand the text/content.

IMPORTANT

Aspects to take note of to understand the content better. Additional information to enhance understanding of concepts or content covered in the lesson.

TIPS

A useful hint to help improve skills.

LANGUAGE STRUCTURES AND CONVENTIONS

Key language elements to study, understand and apply to the content of the lesson.

ACTIVITY

Core content and questions to test the learner’s knowledge.

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PREFACE PRESCRIBED BOOK Additional reading in your own time is always beneficial. Below is a short list of age-appropriate books: • The Wind Singer by William Nicholson • Midnight for Charlie Bone by Jenny Nimmo • The White Giraffe by Lauren St. John • The Sleeping Sword by Michael Morpurgo • The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate • Holes by Louis Sachar • Billion Dollar Soccer Ball by Michael Williams • The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton • The Diary of Adrian Mole aged13¾ by Sue Townsend • The Summer of Toffee and Grummer by Edyth Bulbring • The Elephant Whisperer by Lawrence Anthony

INTRODUCTION The study guide has been organised into four units and 18 lessons. Each lesson is taught over two weeks. • • • • •

Unit 1 has five themed lessons. Unit 2 has four themed lessons. Unit 3 has five themed lessons. Unit 4 has four themed lessons. At the end of Units 2 and 4 learners write examinations.

Each lesson consists of four sections: • Listening and Speaking • Reading and Viewing • Writing and Presenting • Language Structures and Conventions Each of these sections contains activities. At the beginning of each lesson is a list of the items covered in the lesson. At the end of each lesson there are remedial and extension activities, which learners may complete if time allows. Each lesson is divided into activities. Some of these activities will be used as part of the formal assessment tasks. Refer to the portfolio book for the formal assessment tasks. Addendum A at the back of the study guide contains the rubrics to assess some of these tasks.

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YEAR PLANNING UNIT

LESSON LESSON 1: People who are making a difference LESSON 2: People who have overcome challenges LESSON 3: Extreme sports LESSON 4: Laugh and the world laughs with you LESSON 5: Scientific breakthroughs LESSON 6: Healthy relationships LESSON 7: Theatre and television LESSON 8: Cooking around the world LESSON 9: Music LESSON 10: Be informed: Social media LESSON 11: Mystery and adventure LESSON 12: Careers and business LESSON 13: Extraordinary people LESSON 14: Around the world LESSON 15: Be the best I can be LESSON 16: Fashion LESSON 17: Get focused LESSON 18: Stay focused

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UNIT 1: Week 1 – 2

Lesson 1: People who are making a difference • • • • • • • • • •

In this lesson you will: listen to a story retell a story read a short story compare and contrast the stories do a comprehension activity write a narrative paragraph write a short story based on a personal experience revise punctuation use concrete and abstract nouns

Be inspired! Be inspired to be the best you can be. Be inspired to obtain new knowledge and learn new skills. Be inspired to see how others live their lives and to help them. “Skateistan’s not just about skating. It’s about giving people life skills and hope for their future.”

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SECTION 1:

LISTENING AND SPEAKING

Activity 1: Discuss listening skills

Listening is divided into three separate elements: Prelistening: This is how we get ready to listen to a story. To do this we: • Look at titles and illustrations to get an idea of what the text is going to be about. • Listen to background information given to you by the facilitator. • Read prelistening questions which will help you listen for these ideas in the story. • Have a pencil and paper ready for jotting down notes. During listening: This is what we do while the story is being read. We: • Try to get a “mind picture” of the story that is being read. • Listen to the message or main idea of the story. • Listen to dialogue and details in the story that give us additional information. • Try to work out the meaning of new vocabulary from the text. • Jot down notes or questions. Post-listening: This is what we do after we have heard the story. We: • Ask questions about anything we do not understand. • Discuss and find the meaning for new vocabulary. • Answer questions. • Discuss the story. • Make a summary of the story. • Analyse and evaluate what we have heard. • Evaluate what we have heard. We do this by making judgements on what we have heard and giving our opinion (with reasons) for what we have heard. Every story has a main idea and supporting ideas. Discuss a main idea and supporting ideas. Try to explain clearly the difference between the two. A story has a main idea and supporting ideas. A main idea tells you the main reason why the story was written or told or what the story is mainly about. Supporting ideas make the main idea clearer. They support and expand the main idea of the story.

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Activity 2: Let’s listen Study the illustration on the first page of this unit. What does the illustration show? Discuss what you think the illustration is about. Your facilitator will read the story to you twice. Listen carefully to the true-life story about how someone had an idea to help others. Try to picture the story as you listen. Take notes of the main points in the story as your facilitator reads the story the second time. Tip: Do not write full sentences when taking notes. Jot down only the most important points.

When your facilitator has finished reading, use your notes to identify the main idea and the supporting ideas in the story. Discuss these ideas together. • • • • • • •

Give your opinion on the following: What do you think of the Skateistan project? In what way do you think it gets young people to participate? At which age group is it aimed? Of what benefit is it to the youth? What do you think of people who help others? Do you believe “sport has the power to change lives”? Give reasons for your opinion.

Activity 3: Read tips on retelling a story

Tenses Present tense: the action occurs now, for example: The girls skate in the bowl. Past tense: the action occurs in the past, for example: The girls skated in the bowl. Future tense: the action will occur in the future, for example: The girls will skate in the bowl. Simple past tense The simple past tense tells us that an action happened in the past. To change a verb to the simple past, add -ed to the verb or change the verb form, for example: cultivate – cultivated; grow – grew. Stories are usually (but not always) told in the past tense because the action has already happened.

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Discuss the tenses above. Give your own sentence for each tense. Listen to the short story your facilitator tells you. Does the story make sense? Why or why not? Discuss the tips for telling stories.

Storytelling tips!

• • • • • • • • • •

• Sequence: It is important to tell the story in the correct sequence (order). Use words such as: first, then, later. Tense: A story is usually (but not always) in the past tense as the action has usually already taken place. It is also important how we tell a story. Here are some important points to keep in mind. Speaking skills: How we actually speak while we are telling the story. Speak clearly with correct pronunciation. Make sure you can be heard. Tone: Tone of voice refers to how we speak. We can use a gentle/soft tone of voice. We can use a hard/unfriendly tone of voice. Pronunciation: Pronunciation means that we pronounce (say) the words so that people can understand what we are saying. Tempo: Tempo means at what pace you tell the story. Do you tell it so quickly that no-one can catch on to what is being told or so slowly that listeners become bored? Keep up a lively pace so that listeners do not lose interest in the story. Intonation: This is the way in which your voice rises and falls as you speak and also the way it becomes louder and softer. Vary your voice so that it does not become a monotone (speaking in a flat voice that does not change). Eye contact: You must make eye contact with your listeners by looking them in the eye. This way, your listeners engage with you more. Posture: This is the way you sit or stand while you are telling a story. If you slouch over and look disinterested, your listeners will not be interested to hear your story. Maintain a good posture to gain the listeners’ attention. Gesture: These are the movements you make with your hands while you speak. While a few gestures may be appropriate, it is best not to “speak with your hands” too much as this takes the focus away from what you are saying. Rather let the words and your expression say it all.

Activity 4: Retell a story

A timeline is a line showing the order in which things happened. Timelines are often used for historical events. This is an example of the timeline of the story your facilitator told you.

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2 pm: 2:05 pm: 2:20 pm: 2:25: 3 pm: 3:05 pm: 3:15 pm:

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Josie left home. She couldn’t wait to get to the skateboard bowl. She ran all the way. It was very busy. She waited until there was a free skateboard. She had a wonderful time. She felt as though she were flying as the instructor helped her. “Thank you,” she said to the instructor when they had finished. Afterwards she helped water the vegetable garden. She ran off to her afternoon classes.

Think about a story you would like to tell. Draw a timeline of your story. Use the tips above and retell your own story. Make sure you mention the character’s names and that you retell the story in the correct sequence.

SECTION 2

SECTION 2:

READING AND VIEWING

Activity 5: Talk about how we read Reading, like listening, is divided up into three key steps: Step1: Prereading: This “prepares” us for reading. During pre-reading we look at these parts of a text to get an overview of what the text will be about: title, headings, illustrations Before reading a book, we look at one or more of these features: cover, title, illustrations, headings, blurb, title page, table of contents, chapters, glossary, index

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Give your own definition of each of these parts of a book and then discuss the features of each of these parts, for example: Cover: The outside of a book; the first thing that draws us to a book. It should be appealing and clear and give some indication of what the book is about. Step 2: During reading: This is what we “do” while we are reading. a) We work out the meaning of unfamiliar words. b) We visualise what we are reading. c) We reread the text. d) We make inferences (draw conclusions) from the writing.

Step 3: Post-reading: These are some of the things we do after reading. a) Ask questions and look up the meaning of words we still don’t understand. b) Draw conclusions about the writing and form our own opinion of it. c) Answer questions on the writing. d) Make a summary. e) Evaluate and discuss different interpretations of the writing. f) Compare and contrast texts by saying in which ways they are the same and in which ways they are different.

Visual texts A lot of what we read and see these days is on tablet, computer or TV screen. We also look at pictures, photographs, cartoons, billboards and advertisements. It is important that we learn to interpret what we are seeing. Some important aspects of visual literacy include: a) The use of colour, font types, font sizes, headings, captions and movement (as in a website) b) Layout: how things are positioned for maximum effect.

Activity 6: Let’s disucuss features of a story

Common and proper nouns A noun is the name of a person, place or thing. A common noun names ordinary objects, for example, book, pen. Proper nouns name particular people, places or things, e.g. Oliver, Skateistan, Johannesburg, January. Proper nouns always start with a capital letter. Find all the common nouns in the first seven lines of the story. Are these countable or uncountable nouns? Write down four common nouns and four proper nouns. © Impaq

Study Guide G07 ~ English Home Language

Unit

Countable and uncountable nouns Countable nouns are nouns that can be counted, for example, girl, boy, rock. They can be in the singular and plural. Uncountable nouns are nouns that cannot be counted, for example, water, custard, oil. (These can only be put into containers and the containers can be counted.) Find all the common nouns in the title and in these lines from the story below: The boy and the donkey. On the road he travelled he met a woman dressed in a blue robe. Are these countable or uncountable nouns? Give the plurals of the countable nouns. They are all countable nouns: boy – boys, donkey – donkeys, road – roads, woman – women, robe – robes. Read the following story and discuss the key features of the story. It is important to get to know these key features as you will look at these aspects in all the stories you read. Key features of a story Not all of these will be covered in every single story. • Characters: The actual people mentioned in the story, for example: Oliver Petrovich, Tony Hawke. • Characterisation: What the characters are actually like. Are they portrayed (seen as) clever, stupid, wily, gentle, kind, etc.? For example, Oliver Petrovich and Tony Hawke are kind and philanthropic; the skateboarders are excited and keen. • Plot: The storyline; a series of related events that make up the main story; a pattern of relationships between events and their cause; the narrative of a story tells what happens while the plot tells you why it happened. • Conflict: The struggle that arises between the characters or between characters and their desires and/or values. • Background: Anything we know about the story before we read it. For example, what we know about skateboarding; people who do good deeds; the fact that women and girls in Afghanistan have few rights. • Setting: Where the story takes place, for example, in Afghanistan; in Johannesburg. • Narrator: The person telling the story; a person who explains what is happening. Not all stories have a narrator. • Theme: The main idea or ideas of a story; the topic of a piece of writing.

Activity 7: Read a story

To skim means to glance at something to get a general idea of what it is about.