ENGLISH HOME LANGUAGE GRADES 10-12

3.5.1 GRADE 10: TEACHING PLAN

GRADE 10 TERM 1
Weeks Listening and speaking Reading and viewing Writing and presenting
Listening for comprehension x Key features of texts and parts Transactional text: Friendly/
(Informative, evaluative, of a book, including literary formal letters (request/complaint/
appreciative and interactive) genres application/business) /formal
and informal letters to the press/
Duration: 1 hour x Literature study
curriculum vitae and covering letter/
Duration: 4 hours obituary/agenda and minutes of
meetings
Focus on:
Process writing Planning, drafting,
revising, editing, proof-reading and
presenting
1 and 2

Language structures and

conventions:
• Register, style and voice
• Word choice
• Sentence construction
• Paragraph writing
• Punctuation and spelling

Format and features of chosen

text

Duration: 4 hours
Debate: x Reading for comprehension: 1 x essay: Narrative/descriptive/
strategies using written texts argumentative
x Features and conventions
See 3.2 Focus on:
• Planning, researching, organising,
practising and presenting x Literature study Process writing Planning, drafting,
revising, editing, proof-reading and
Duration: 1 hour Duration: 4 hours
presenting
Language structures and
conventions
3 and 4

• Register, style and voice

• Word choice
• Sentence construction
• Paragraph writing
• Punctuation and spelling

Format and features of chosen

text

Duration: 4 hours

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GRADE 10 TERM 1
Weeks Listening and speaking Reading and viewing Writing and presenting
Listening for comprehension: • Reading for comprehension: Transactional texts: Report/
(Informative, evaluative, Interpretation of visual texts review/newspaper article/magazine
appreciative and interactive) article
• Literature study
Duration: 1 hour Focus on:
Duration: 4 hours
Process writing Planning, drafting,
revising, editing, proof-reading and
presenting
Language structures and
5 and 6

conventions
• Register, style and voice
• Word choice
• Sentence construction
• Paragraph writing
• Punctuation and spelling

Format and features of chosen

text

Duration: 4 hours
Discussion/conversation: x Reading for comprehension: 1 x essay:
x Features and conventions
o Vocabulary development and Narrative/descriptive/argumentative
• Planning, researching, organising, language use
Focus on:
practising and presenting
o Sentence structures
Process writing Planning, drafting,
Duration: 1 hour
x Literature study revising, editing, proof-reading and
presenting
Duration: 4 hours
Language structures and
conventions
7 and 8

• Register, style and voice

• Word choice
• Sentence construction
• Paragraph writing
• Punctuation and spelling

Format and features of chosen

text

Duration: 4 hours

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GRADE 10 TERM 1
Weeks Listening and speaking Reading and viewing Writing and presenting
Prepared/unprepared speech: x Summary writing Transactional text: Speech/
x Features and conventions dialogue/interview
x Literature study
• Planning, researching, organising, Focus on:
Duration: 4 hours
practising and presenting
Process writing Planning, drafting,
Duration: 1 hour revising, editing, proof-reading and
presenting
Language structures and
conventions
9 and 10

• Register, style and voice

• Word choice
• Sentence construction
• Paragraph writing
• Punctuation and spelling

Format and features of chosen

text

Duration: 4 hours

Formal assessment tasks in Term 1

Task 1 Task 2 Task 3 Task 4
Oral: *Writing: *Writing: Test 1:
Listening for comprehension Narrative/descriptive/ Transactional writing Language in context:
argumentative essay
Comprehensioy
Summary
Language structures and
conventions

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*Writing: Choose one essay and one transactional text for the purpose of formal assessment at the end of the term.

GRADE 10 TERM 2
Weeks Listening and speaking Reading and viewing Writing and presenting
Dialogue/interview/speech: Reading for comprehension: Transactional text: Speech/
Strategies using written texts: dialogue/interview
• Features and conventions
See Section 3.2 Focus on:
• Planning, researching, organising,
practising and presenting • Literature study Process writing Planning, drafting,
revising, editing, proof-reading and
Duration: 1 hour Duration: 4 hours
presenting
Language structures and
11 and 12

conventions
• Register, style and voice
• Word choice
• Sentence construction
• Paragraph writing
• Punctuation and spelling

Format and features of chosen

text

Duration: 4 hours
Prepared/unprepared speech: • Summary writing 1 x essay:
• Features and conventions (public- • Literature study Narrative/descriptive/argumentative
speaking techniques, structure,
Duration: 4 hours Focus on:
and preparation process) of
chosen text Process writing Planning, drafting,
revising, editing, proof-reading and
• Planning, researching, organising,
presenting
practising and presenting
Language structures and
Duration: 1 hour
13 and 14

conventions
• Register, style and voice
• Word choice
• Sentence construction
• Paragraph writing
• Punctuation and spelling

Format and features of chosen

text

Duration: 4 hours

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GRADE 10 TERM 2
Weeks Listening and speaking Reading and viewing Writing and presenting
Informal discussions/ • Interpretation of visual texts, Transactional text: Friendly/
conversation: e.g. adverts, cartoons, pictures formal letters (request/complaint/
• Features and conventions • Literature study application/business) /formal
and informal letters to the press/
• Applying conventions Duration: 4 hours
curriculum vitae and covering letter/
Duration: 1 hour obituary/agenda and minutes of
meeting
Focus on:
Process writing Planning, drafting,
revising, editing, proof-reading and
15 and 16

presenting
Language structures and
conventions
• Register, style and voice
• Word choice
• Sentence construction
• Paragraph writing
• Punctuation and spelling
Format and features of chosen
text
Duration: 4 hours
Panel discussion: • Reading for comprehension: Transactional texts: Report/
• Features and conventions o Vocabulary development and review/newspaper article/magazine
language use article
• Planning, researching, organising,
practising and presenting Focus on:
o Sentence structures
Process writing Planning, drafting,
Duration: 1 hour Literature study revising, editing, proof-reading and
Duration: 4 hours presenting
Language structures and
17 and 18

conventions
• Register, style and voice
• Word choice
• Sentence construction
• Paragraph writing
• Punctuation and spelling
Format and features of chosen
text
Duration: 4 hours
19 and 20

Mid-year examinations

Formal assessment tasks in Term 2

Task 5 Task 6 Task 7
Oral: Literature: Mid-year examinations:
Prepared/unprepared speech Contextual questions Paper 1 – Language in context
Literary essay Paper 2 – Literature
Paper 3 – Writing (Can be written in
May/ June)

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GRADE 10 TERM 3
Weeks Listening and speaking Reading and viewing Writing and presenting
Meetings and meeting Reading for comprehension: Transactional text: Friendly/
procedures: Strategies using written texts: formal letters (request/complaint/
application/business) /formal
• Features and conventions See Section 3.2
and informal letters to the press/
• Planning, researching, organising, • Literature study curriculum vitae and covering letter/
practising and presenting obituary/agenda and minutes of
Duration: 4 hours
meeting
Duration: 1 hour
Focus on:
Process writing Planning, drafting,
revising, editing, proof-reading and
presenting
21 and 22

Language structures and

conventions
• Register, style and voice
• Word choice
• Sentence construction
• Paragraph writing
• Punctuation and spelling

Format and features of chosen

text

Duration: 4 hours
Storytelling: • Reading for comprehension: 1 x essay:
• Features and conventions o Vocabulary development and Narrative/descriptive/argumentative
language use
• Planning, researching, organising, Focus on:
practising and presenting o Sentence structures
Process writing Planning, drafting,
Duration: 1 hour • Literature study revising, editing, proof-reading and
presenting
Duration: 4 hours
Language structures and
23 and 24

conventions
• Register, style and voice
• Word choice
• Sentence construction
• Paragraph writing
• Punctuation and spelling

Format and features of chosen

text

Duration: 4 hours

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GRADE 10 TERM 3
Weeks Listening and speaking Reading and viewing Writing and presenting
Prepared/unprepared speech: • Reading for comprehension: Transactional text: Speech/
dialogue/interview
• Features and conventions Use written texts. see Section 3.2
Focus on:
• Planning, researching, organising, • Literature study
practising and presenting Process writing Planning, drafting,
Duration: 4 hours
revising, editing, proof-reading and
Duration: 1 hour
presenting
Language structures and
25 and 26

conventions
• Register, style and voice
• Word choice
• Sentence construction
• Paragraph writing
• Punctuation and spelling

Format and features of chosen

text

Duration: 4 hours
Prepared/unprepared speech: • Summary writing 1 x essay:
• Features and conventions • Literature study Narrative/descriptive/argumentative
• Planning, researching, organising, Duration: 4 hours Focus on:
practising and presenting
Process writing Planning, drafting,
Duration: 1 hour revising, editing, proof-reading and
presenting
Language structures and
27 and 28

conventions
• Register, style and voice
• Word choice
• Sentence construction
• Paragraph writing
• Punctuation and spelling

Format and features of chosen

text

Duration: 4 hours

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GRADE 10 TERM 3
Listening and speaking Reading and viewing Writing and presenting
Listening for comprehension • Reading for Comprehension: Transactional texts: Report/review/
newspaper article/magazine article
(Informative, evaluative, appreciative Strategies using written texts. see
and interactive) Section 3.2 Focus on:
Duration: 1 hour • Literature study Process writing Planning, drafting,
revising, editing, proof-reading and
Duration: 4 hours
presenting
Language structures and
29 and 30

conventions
• Register, style and voice
• Word choice
• Sentence construction
• Paragraph writing
• Punctuation and spelling

Format and features of chosen text

Duration: 4 hours

Formal assessment tasks in Term 3

Task 8 Task 9
*Oral: Test 2:
Prepared/unprepared speech Literature: Contextual questions and literary essay

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GRADE 10 TERM 4
Listening and speaking Reading and viewing Writing and presenting
Introducing a speaker/vote of • Reading for comprehension Transactional text: Friendly/
thanks: formal letters (request/complaint/
Interpretation of visual texts
application/business) curriculum
• Features and conventions
• Literature study vitae and covering letter/written
• Planning, researching, organising, speech/agenda and minutes of
Duration: 4 hours
practising and presenting meeting/formal and informal letters
to the press
Duration: 1 hour
Focus on:
Process writing Planning, drafting,
revising, editing, proof-reading and
presenting
31 and 32

Language structures and

conventions
• Register, style and voice
• Word choice
• Sentence construction
• Paragraph writing
• Punctuation and spelling

Format and features of chosen

text

Duration: 4 hours
Panel discussion: • Reading for comprehension: 1 x essay:
• Features and conventions o Vocabulary development and Narrative/descriptive/argumentative
language use
• Applying conventions Focus on:
o Sentence structures
Duration: 1 hour Process writing Planning, drafting,
• Literature study revising, editing, proof-reading and
presenting
Duration: 4 hours
Language structures and
33 and 34

conventions
• Register, style and voice
• Word choice
• Sentence construction
• Paragraph writing
• Punctuation and spelling

Format and features of chosen

text

Duration: 4 hours

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GRADE 10 TERM 4
Listening and speaking Reading and viewing Writing and presenting
Panel discussion: • Summary writing Transactional texts: Report/
review/newspaper article/magazine
• Features and conventions • Literature study
article
• Applying conventions Duration: 4 hours
Focus on:
Duration: 1 hour
Process writing Planning, drafting,
revising, editing, proof-reading and
presenting
Language structures and
35 and 36

conventions
• Register, style and voice
• Word choice
• Sentence construction
• Paragraph writing
• Punctuation and spelling
Format and features of chosen
text
Duration: 4 hours
Forum/group/panel discussion: Prepare for examination Prepare for examination
• Features and conventions Language in context: Writing and presenting:
• Applying conventions • Comprehension Essays
Duration: 1 hour • Summary Transactional texts

• Language structures and Focus on:

conventions Process writing Planning, drafting,
Literature: revising, editing, proof-reading and
presenting
37 and 38

• Novel
Language structures and
• Drama
conventions
• Poems
• Register, style and voice
• Word choice
• Sentence construction
• Paragraph writing
• Punctuation and spelling
Format and features of chosen
text
39 and 40

End-of-year examinations

Formal assessment tasks in Term 4

Task 10 Task 11
Oral: End of the year examinations:
Prepared speech – Introducing a speaker/vote of thanks Paper 1 – Language in context
Paper 2 – Literature
Paper 3 – Writing
Paper 4 – Orals

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3.5.2 GRADE 11: TEACHING PLAN

GRADE 11 TERM 1
Weeks Listening and speaking Reading and viewing Writing and presenting
Listening for comprehension • Key features of texts and parts Transactional text: Friendly/
(Informative, evaluative, of a book, including literary formal letters (request/complaint/
appreciative and interactive) genres application/business) /formal
and informal letters to the press/
Duration: 1 hour • Literature study
curriculum vitae and covering letter/
Duration: 4 hours obituary/agenda and minutes of
meeting
Focus on:
Process writing Planning, drafting,
revising, editing, proof-reading and
presenting
1 and 2

Language structures and

conventions
• Register, style and voice
• Word choice
• Sentence construction
• Paragraph writing
• Punctuation and spelling

Format and features of chosen

text

Duration: 4 hours
Debate: Reading for comprehension: Essay: 1 x reective/discursive/
Strategies using written texts: argumentative
• Features and conventions
See Section 3.2 Focus on:
• Planning, researching, organising,
practising and presenting • Literature study Process writing Planning, drafting,
revising, editing, proof-reading and
Duration: 1 hour Duration: 4 hours
presenting
Language structures and
conventions
3 and 4

• Register, style and voice

• Word choice
• Sentence construction
• Paragraph writing
• Punctuation and spelling

Format and features of chosen

text

Duration: 4 hours

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GRADE 11 TERM 1
Weeks Listening and speaking Reading and viewing Writing and presenting
Listening for comprehension • Reading for comprehension: Transactional texts: Report/
(Informative, evaluative, Vocabulary development and review/ newspaper article/
appreciative and interactive) language use magazine article
Duration: 1hour
• Sentence structures Focus on:
• Literature study Process writing Planning, drafting,
revising, editing, proof-reading and
Duration: 4 hours
presenting
Language structures and
5 and 6

conventions
• Register, style and voice
• Word choice
• Sentence construction
• Paragraph writing
• Punctuation and spelling

Format and features of chosen

text

Duration: 4 hours
Prepared/Unprepared speech: • Interpretation of visual texts Transactional text: Speech/
e.g. adverts, cartoons, pictures dialogue/interview
Public speaking techniques,
structure, and preparation process • Literature study Focus on:
• Features and conventions Duration: 4 hours Process writing Planning, drafting,
revising, editing, proof-reading and
• Planning, researching, organising,
presenting
practising and presenting
Language structures and
Duration: 1 hour
conventions
7 and 8

• Register, style and voice

• Word choice
• Sentence construction
• Paragraph writing
• Punctuation and spelling

Format and features of chosen

text

Duration: 4 hours

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GRADE 11 TERM 1
Weeks Listening and speaking Reading and viewing Writing and presenting
Prepared/unprepared speech: • Summary writing Transactional text: Speech/
dialogue/interview
• Features and conventions • Literature study
Focus on:
• Planning, researching, organising, Duration: 4 hours
practising and presenting Process writing Planning, drafting,
revising, editing, proof-reading and
Duration: 1 hour
presenting
Language structures and
conventions
9 and 10

• Register, style and voice

• Word choice
• Sentence construction
• Paragraph writing
• Punctuation and spelling

Format and features of chosen

text

Duration: 4 hours

Formal assessment tasks in Term 1

Task 1 Task 2 Task 3 Task 4
Oral: *Writing: *Writing: Test 1:
Listening for comprehension Reective/discursive/ Transactional writing Language in context:
argumentative essay
Comprehension
Summary
Language structures and
conventions

*Writing: Choose one essay and one transactional text for the purpose of formal assessment at the end of the term.

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GRADE 11 TERM 2
Weeks Listening and speaking Reading and viewing Writing and presenting
Dialogue/interview/discussions/ • Reading for comprehension: Transactional text: Speech/
conversation: dialogue/interview
o Vocabulary development and
• Features and conventions language use Focus on:
• Planning, researching, organising, o Sentence structures Process writing Planning, drafting,
practising and presenting revising, editing, proof-reading and
• Literature study
presenting
Duration: 1 hour
Duration: 4 hours
Language structures and
11 and 12

conventions
• Register, style and voice
• Word choice
• Sentence construction
• Paragraph writing
• Punctuation and spelling

Format and features of chosen

text

Duration: 4 hours
Prepared/unprepared speech: • Summary writing 1 x essay: Reective/discursive/
argumentative
• Features and conventions • Literature study
Focus on:
• Planning, researching, organising, Duration: 4 hours
practising and presenting Process writing Planning, drafting,
revising, editing, proof-reading and
Duration: 1 hour
presenting
Language structures and
13 and 14

conventions
• Register, style and voice
• Word choice
• Sentence construction
• Paragraph writing
• Punctuation and spelling

Format and features of chosen

text

Duration: 4 hrs

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GRADE 11 TERM 2
Weeks Listening and speaking Reading and viewing Writing and presenting
Panel discussion: • Interpretation of visual texts Transactional texts: Report/
e.g. advertisements, cartoons, review/ newspaper article/
• Features and conventions
pictures magazine article
• Applying conventions
• Literature study Focus on:
Duration: 1 hour
Duration: 4 hours Process writing Planning, drafting,
revising, editing, proof-reading and
presenting
Language structures and
15 and 16

conventions
• Register, style and voice
• Word choice
• Sentence construction
• Paragraph writing
• Punctuation and spelling
Format and features of chosen
text
Duration: 4 hours
Informal discussions/ Reading for comprehension: Transactional text: Speech/
conversation: Strategies using written texts: dialogue/interview
• Features and conventions See Section 3.2 Focus on:
• Applying conventions Literature study Process writing Planning, drafting,
revising, editing, proof-reading and
Duration: 1 hour Duration: 4 hours
presenting
Language structures and
17 and 18

conventions
• Register, style and voice
• Word choice
• Sentence construction
• Paragraph writing
• Punctuation and spelling
Format and features of chosen
text
Duration: 4 hours
19 and 20

Mid-year examinations

Formal assessment tasks in Term 2

Task 5 Task 6 Task 7
Oral: Literature: Mid-year examinations:
Prepared/unprepared speech Contextual questions Paper 1 – Language in context
Literary essay Paper 2 – Literature
Paper 3 – Writing (Can be written in
May / June)

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GRADE 11 TERM 3
Weeks Listening and speaking Reading and viewing Writing and presenting
Meetings and meeting • Reading for comprehension: Transactional text: Friendly/
procedures: formal letters (request/complaint/
Interpretation of visual texts
application/business) /formal
• Features and conventions
• Literature study and informal letters to the press/
• Planning, researching, organising, curriculum vitae and covering letter/
Duration: 4 hours
practising and presenting obituary/agenda and minutes of
meeting
Duration: 1 hour
Focus on:
Process writing Planning, drafting,
revising, editing, proof-reading and
presenting
21 and 22

Language structures and

conventions
• Register, style and voice
• Word choice
• Sentence construction
• Paragraph writing
• Punctuation and spelling
Format and features of chosen
text
Duration: 4 hours
Storytelling and/or praise poems: • Reading for comprehension: 1 x Essay:
• Features and conventions Use written texts. see Section 3.2 Reective/ discursive /
argumentative
• Planning, researching, organising, • Literature study
practising and presenting Focus on:
Duration: 4 hours
Duration: 1 hour Process writing Planning, drafting,
revising, editing, proof-reading and
presenting
Language structures and
23 and 24

conventions
• Register, style and voice
• Word choice
• Sentence construction
• Paragraph writing
• Punctuation and spelling
Format and features of chosen
text
Duration: 4 hours

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GRADE 11 TERM 3
Weeks Listening and speaking Reading and viewing Writing and presenting
Prepared/unprepared speech: • Reading for comprehension: Transactional text: Speech/
dialogue/interview
• Features and conventions o Vocabulary development and
language use Focus on:
• Planning, researching, organising,
practising and presenting o Sentence structures Process writing Planning, drafting,
revising, editing, proof-reading and
Duration: 1 hour • Literature study
presenting
Duration: 4 hours
Language structures and
25 and 26

conventions
• Register, style and voice
• Word choice
• Sentence construction
• Paragraph writing
• Punctuation and spelling
Format and features of chosen
text
Duration: 4 hours
Prepared/unprepared speech: • Summary writing Transactional text: Speech/
dialogue/interview
• Features and conventions • Literature study
Focus on:
• Planning, researching, organising, Duration: 4 hours
practising and presenting Process writing Planning, drafting,
revising, editing, proof-reading and
Duration: 1 hour
presenting
Language structures and
27 and 28

conventions
• Register, style and voice
• Word choice
• Sentence construction
• Paragraph writing
• Punctuation and spelling
Format and features of chosen
text
Duration: 4 hours

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ENGLISH HOME LANGUAGE GRADES 10-12

GRADE 11 TERM 3
Listening and speaking Reading and viewing Writing and presenting
Listening for comprehension • Reading for comprehension: Essay: 1 x Reective/discursive/
(Informative, evaluative, Strategies using visual texts. See argumentative
appreciative and interactive) 3.2
Focus on:
Duration: 1 hour • Literature study
Process writing Planning, drafting,
Duration: 4 hours revising, editing, proof-reading and
presenting
Language structures and
29 and 30

conventions
• Register, style and voice
• Word choice
• Sentence construction
• Paragraph writing
• Punctuation and spelling
Format and features of chosen
text
Duration: 4 hours

Formal assessment tasks in Term 3

Task 8 Task 9
Oral: Test 2:
Prepared/unprepared speech Literature: Contextual questions and literary essay

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GRADE 11 TERM 4
Listening and speaking Reading and viewing Writing and presenting
Introducing a speaker/vote of • Reading for comprehension: Essay: Reective/discursive/
thanks: argumentative
Strategies using visual texts. See
• Features and conventions 3.2 Focus on:
• Planning, researching, organising, • Literature study Process writing Planning, drafting,
practising and presenting revising, editing, proof-reading and
Duration: 4 hours
presenting
Duration: 1 hour
Language structures and
31 and 32

conventions
• Register, style and voice
• Word choice
• Sentence construction
• Paragraph writing
• Punctuation and spelling
Format and features of chosen
text
Duration: 4 hours
Informal discussions/ • Reading for comprehension: Transactional text: Friendly/
conversation: formal letters (request/complaint/
o Vocabulary development and
application/business) /formal
• Features and conventions language use
and informal letters to the press/
• Applying conventions o Sentence structures curriculum vitae and covering letter/
obituary/agenda and minutes of
Duration: 1 hour • Literature study
meeting
Duration: 4 hours
Focus on:
Process writing Planning, drafting,
revising, editing, proof-reading and
presenting
33 and 34

Language structures and

conventions
• Register, style and voice
• Word choice
• Sentence construction
• Paragraph writing
• Punctuation and spelling
Format and features of chosen
text
Duration: 4 hours

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GRADE 11 TERM 4
Listening and speaking Reading and viewing Writing and presenting
Debate/Panel discussions: • Summary writing Transactional texts: Report/
review/newspaper article/magazine
• Features and conventions • Literature study
article
• Planning, researching, organising, Duration: 4 hours
Focus on:
practising and presenting
Process writing Planning, drafting,
Duration: 1 hour
revising, editing, proof-reading and
presenting
Language structures and
35 and 36

conventions
• Register, style and voice
• Word choice
• Sentence construction
• Paragraph writing
• Punctuation and spelling
Format and features of chosen
text
Duration: 4 hours
Report/review: Prepare for examination Prepare for examination
• Features and conventions Language in Context: Writing and presenting:
• Planning, researching, organising, • Comprehension Essays
practising and presenting
• Summary Transactional texts
Duration: 1 hour
• Language structures and Duration: 4 hours
conventions
Focus on:
Literature:
Process writing Planning, drafting,
• Novel revising, editing, proof-reading and
37 and 38

presenting
• Drama
Language structures and
• Poetry
conventions
Duration: 4 hours
• Register, style and voice
• Word choice
• Sentence construction
• Paragraph writing
• Punctuation and spelling

Format and features of chosen

text
39 and 40

End-of-year examinations

Formal assessment tasks in Term 4

Task 10 Task 11
Oral: End of the year examinations:
Prepared speech – Report/ review Paper 1 – Language in context
Paper 2 – Literature
Paper 3 – Writing
Paper 4 – Orals

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3.5.3 GRADE 12: TEACHING PLAN

GRADE 12 TERM 1
Weeks Listening and speaking Reading and viewing Writing and presenting
Listening for comprehension x Key features of texts and parts Transactional text: Friendly/
(Informative, evaluative, of a book, including literary formal letters (request/complaint/
appreciative and interactive) genres application/business) /formal
and informal letters to the press/
Duration: 1 hour x Literature study
curriculum vitae and covering letter/
Duration: 4 hours obituary/agenda and minutes of
meeting
Focus on:
Process writing Planning, drafting,
revising, editing, proof-reading and
presenting
1 and 2

Language structures and

conventions
• Register, style and voice
• Word choice
• Sentence construction
• Paragraph writing
• Punctuation and spelling
Format and features of chosen
text
Duration: 4 hours
Discussions/conversation/report/ x Reading for comprehension: Essay: 1 x Reective/narrative/
review: Strategies using written texts : argumentative/ discursive/
See 3.2 descriptive
x Features and conventions
x Literature study Focus on:
• Planning, researching, organising,
practising and presenting Duration: 4 hours Process writing Planning, drafting,
revising, editing, proof-reading and
Duration: 1 hour
presenting
Language structures and
3 and 4

conventions
• Register, style and voice
• Word choice
• Sentence construction
• Paragraph writing
• Punctuation and spelling
Format and features of chosen
text
Duration: 4 hrs

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GRADE 12 TERM 1
Weeks Listening and speaking Reading and viewing Writing and presenting
Listening for comprehension x Reading for comprehension: Transactional texts: Report/
review/newspaper article/magazine
(Informative, evaluative, o Vocabulary development and
article
appreciative and interactive) language use
Focus on:
Duration: 1 hour o Sentence structures
Process writing Planning, drafting,
x Literature study
revising, editing, proof-reading and
Duration: 4 hours presenting
Language structures and
5 and 6

conventions
• Register, style and voice
• Word choice
• Sentence construction
• Paragraph writing
• Punctuation and spelling
Format and features of chosen
text
Duration: 4 hours
Prepared/unprepared speech: x Interpretation of visual texts Transactional Texts: Formal
e.g. advertisements, cartoons, letter of application and CV/
x Features and conventions
pictures request/complaint/thanks/business
(public speaking techniques, (ordering/ marketing)/formal and
x Literature study
structure and preparation informal letters to the press/
process) Duration: 4 hours Dialogue/reviews/reports (formal or
informal)
• Planning, researching, organising,
practising and presenting Focus on:
Duration: 1 hour Process writing Planning, drafting,
revising, editing, proof-reading and
presenting
7 and 8

Language structures and

conventions
• Register, style and voice
• Word choice
• Sentence construction
• Paragraph writing
• Punctuation and spelling
Format and features of chosen
text
Duration: 4 hours

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GRADE 12 TERM 1
Weeks Listening and speaking Reading and viewing Writing and presenting
Prepared/unprepared speech: x Summary writing Essay: 1 x Reective/ narrative/
argumentative /
x Features and conventions x Literature study
discursive/ descriptive essay
• Planning, researching, organising, Duration: 4 hours
practising and presenting Focus on:
Duration: 1 hour Process writing Planning, drafting,
revising, editing, proof-reading and
presenting
Language structures and
9 and 10

conventions
• Register, style and voice
• Word choice
• Sentence construction
• Paragraph writing
• Punctuation and spelling
Format and features of chosen
text
Duration: 4 hours

Formal assessment tasks in Term 1

Task1 Task 2 Task 3 Task 4 Task 5
Oral: *Writing: *Writing: Oral: Test 1:
Listening for Essay Transactional writing Prepared/ unprepared Language in context:
comprehension speech
Comprehension
Summary
Language structures
and conventions

*Writing: Choose one essay and one transactional text for the purpose of formal assessment at the end of the term

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GRADE 12 TERM 2
Weeks Listening and speaking Reading and viewing Writing and presenting
Dialogue/interview • Reading for comprehension: Transactional text: Speech/
Strategies using written texts: See dialogue/interview
Format /features:
3.2
Focus on:
• Features and conventions
• Literature study
Process writing Planning, drafting,
• Planning, researching, organising,
Duration: 4 hours revising, editing, proof-reading and
practising and presenting
presenting
Duration: 1 hour
Language structures and
11 and 12

conventions
• Register, style and voice
• Word choice
• Sentence construction
• Paragraph writing
• Punctuation and spelling
Format and features of chosen
text
Duration: 4 hours
Debate/forum/group/panel • Summary writing Essay: 1 x Reective/narrative/
discussion: argumentative/
• Literature study
• Features and conventions discursive/ descriptive essay
Duration: 4 hours
• Planning, researching, organising, Focus on:
practising and presenting
Process writing Planning, drafting,
Duration: 1 hour revising, editing, proof-reading and
presenting
Language structures and
13 and 14

conventions
• Register, style and voice
• Word choice
• Sentence construction
• Paragraph writing
• Punctuation and spelling
Format and features of chosen
text
Duration: 4 hours

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GRADE 12 TERM 2
Weeks Listening and speaking Reading and viewing Writing and presenting
Informal discussions/ • Interpretation of visual texts Transactional text: Friendly/
conversation: e.g. adverts, cartoons, pictures formal letters (request/complaint/
application/business) /formal
• Features and conventions • Literature study
and informal letters to the press/
• Applying conventions Duration: 4 hours curriculum vitae and covering letter/
obituary/agenda and minutes of
Duration: 1 hour
meeting
Focus on:
Process writing Planning, drafting,
revising, editing, proof-reading and
presenting
15 and 16

Language structures and

conventions
• Register, style and voice
• Word choice
• Sentence construction
• Paragraph writing
• Punctuation and spelling
Format and features of chosen
text
Duration: 4 hours
Prepared/ unprepared speech: • Reading for Comprehension: Transactional text: Speech/
dialogue/interview
• Features and conventions o Vocabulary development and
language use Focus on:
• Planning, researching, organising,
practising and presenting o Sentence structures Process writing Planning, drafting,
revising, editing, proof-reading and
Duration: 1 hour • Literature study
presenting
Duration: 4 hours
Language structures and
17 and 18

conventions
• Register, style and voice
• Word choice
• Sentence construction
• Paragraph writing
• Punctuation and spelling
Format and features of chosen
text
Duration: 4 hours
19 and 20

Mid-year examinations

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Formal assessment tasks in Term 2
Task 6 Task 7 Task 8
Literature: Oral: *Mid-year examinations:
Contextual questions and Literary Prepared/unprepared speech Paper 1 – Language in context
essay
Paper 2 – Literature
Paper 3 – Writing (Can be written in
May/ June)
OR
Written test

* Mid-year examinations: In Grade 12 one of the tasks in Term 2 and/or Term 3 must be an internal examination.
In instances where only one of the two internal examinations is written in Grade 12, the other examination should be
replaced by a test at the end of the term (Tasks 8 and 10).

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GRADE 12 TERM 3
Weeks Listening and speaking Reading and viewing Writing and presenting
Informal discussions/ • Reading for comprehension: Transactional texts: Report/review/
conversation: newspaper article/magazine article
• Strategies using written texts. see
• Features and conventions 3.2 Focus on:
• Applying conventions • Literature study Process writing Planning, drafting,
revising, editing, proof-reading and
Duration: 1 hour Duration: 4 hours
presenting
Language structures and
21 and 22

conventions
• Register, style and voice
• Word choice
• Sentence construction
• Paragraph writing
• Punctuation and spelling
Format and features of chosen
text
Duration: 4 hours
Introducing the speaker/ vote of • Reading for comprehension: Transactional text: Speech/
thanks: dialogue/interview
Interpretation of visual texts
• Features and conventions Focus on:
• Literature study
• Applying conventions Process writing Planning, drafting,
Duration: 4 hours
revising, editing, proof-reading and
• Planning, researching, organising,
presenting
practising and presenting
Language structures and
Duration: 1 hour
23 and 24

conventions
• Register, style and voice
• Word choice
• Sentence construction
• Paragraph writing
• Punctuation and spelling
Format and features of chosen
text
Duration: 4 hrs

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GRADE 12 TERM 3
Weeks Listening and speaking Reading and viewing Writing and presenting
Oral moderation • Summary writing Transactional text: Friendly/
formal letters (request/complaint/
Duration: 1 hour • Literature study
application/business)/formal
Duration: 4 hours and informal letters to the press/
curriculum vitae and covering letter/
obituary/agenda and minutes of
meeting
Focus on:
Process writing Planning, drafting,
revising, editing, proof-reading and
presenting
25 and 26

Language structures and

conventions
• Register, style and voice
• Word choice
• Sentence construction
• Paragraph writing
• Punctuation and spelling
Format and features of chosen
text
Duration: 4 hours
Oral moderation • Reading for comprehension: Transactional texts: Report/
review/newspaper article/magazine
Duration: 1 hour o Vocabulary development and
article
language use
Focus on:
o Sentence structures
Process writing Planning, drafting,
• Literature study
revising, editing, proof-reading and
Duration: 4 hours presenting
Language structures and
27 and 28

conventions
• Register, style and voice
• Word choice
• Sentence construction
• Paragraph writing
• Punctuation and spelling
Format and features of chosen
text
Duration: 4 hours
29 and 30

Trial examinations

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Formal assessment tasks in Term 3

Task 9 Task 10
Oral: *Trial examinations:
Prepared speech – Introducing the speaker/vote of thanks Paper 1 – Language in context
Paper 2 – Literature
Paper 3 – Writing (Can be written in August / September)
OR
Written test

* Trial examinations: In Grade 12 one of the tasks in Term 2 and/or Term 3 must be an internal examination. In
instances where only one of the two internal examinations is written in Grade 12, the other examination should be
replaced by a test at the end of the term (Tasks 8 and 10).

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GRADE 12 TERM 4
Listening and speaking Reading and viewing Writing and presenting
Moderation of orals Prepare for examination by using Prepare for examination by using
previous examination papers: previous examination papers on:
Duration: 1 hour
Language in context: Writing
• Comprehension Essays
• Summary Transactional texts
• Language structures and Duration: 4 hours
conventions
Focus on:
Literature:
Process writing Planning, drafting,
• Novel revising, editing, proof-reading and
31 and 32

presenting
• Drama
Language structures and
• Poetry
conventions
Duration: 4 hours
• Register, style and voice
• Word choice
• Sentence construction
• Paragraph writing
• Punctuation and spelling

Format and features of chosen

text
Moderation of orals Prepare for examination by using Prepare for examination by using
previous examination papers previous examination papers on:
Duration: 1 hour
regarding:
Writing
Language in context:
Essays
• Comprehension
Transactional texts
• Summary
Duration: 4 hours
• Language structures and
Focus on:
conventions
Process writing Planning, drafting,
Literature:
revising, editing, proof-reading and
33 and 34

• Novel presenting
• Drama Language structures and
• Poems conventions
Duration: 4 hours • Register, style and voice
• Word choice
• Sentence construction
• Paragraph writing
• Punctuation and spelling

Format and features of chosen

text

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