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  1. Name one extreme adventure listed in the article.

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  1. In what year did the first human heart transplant take place?

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CHALLENGE !

What is this article actually about ?

Complete the sentence below :

This article has been written to tell the reader

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“Welcome ! Welcome to …… !

My name is ….. and I am your tour guide

for the day !”

ACTIVITY 4

TO GIVE LEARNERS A CHANCE TO SPEAK [LO 1.5.1]

TO EXPRESS OPINIONS AND GIVE REASONS FOR THEM [ LO 2.1.3; 5.2.8]

TO USE ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE TO COMMUCICATE INFORMATION ABOUT A FAMILIAR TOPIC, WITH PREPARATION [ 2.3.5]

TO MIND MAP A SUMMARY OF THE PREPARED TEXT / ORAL [5.4.4]

Which place in Cape Town, listed below, is the most interesting, in your opinion?

Pretend you are a tour guide and have to take a group of visitors to this place.

Find information and prepare what you would say to these people. Imagine that you are walking the visitors along the route or through the place - pretend to stop and tell them things that they see or experience while on the outing. Remember to keep your talk as interesting and as varied as possible!

District Six Museum

Transplant Museum, Groote Schuur Hospital

Robben Island

The Noonday Gun, located at Lion Battery

Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens

The Castle, city-centre

A trip around Chapman’s Peak in a chauffeur-driven classic car

Table Mountain, by cable-way

Ratanga Junction Theme Park

Tygerberg Zoo, Joostenbergvlakte, Cape Town

Be clever!

Summarise your prepared talk in the form of a mind map.

Refer to this mind map as you speak.

The words you list on your mind map will remind you what to say while you are talking.

Do not write sentences; only key words.

ACTIVITY 5

TO EXPRESS AN OPINION AND GIVE A REASON FOR IT [LO 2.1.3; 5.2.8]

TO EXPRESS AN OPINION AND GIVE A REASON FOR IT IN WRITING [LO 4.1.6]

TO CLASSIFY THE TOURIST ATTRACTIONS ACCORDING TO CRITERIA [LO 5.2.4]

Make a choice –

Which of the tourist attractions would you like to experience? List six of them in YOUR order of preference, number 1 being ‘ most eager to see or do ” and number 6 being, “ wouldn’t waste my time ”. Be able to explain (motivate) why you have made the selections.

Assessment

LO 1

LISTENING The learner will be able to listen for information and enjoyment, and respond appropriately and critically in a wide range of situations.

We know this when the learner:

1.1 understands stories (told or read to learners):

1.1.1 answers literal questions;

1.1.2 responds personally;

1.1.5 suggests an alternative ending for the story;

1.1.6 retells the story;

1.1.7 summarises the story with support;

1.4 understands recounted events:

1.4.2 recounts the same events with support;

1.5 respects other learners:

1.5.1 gives other learners a chance to speak;

1.5.2 listens to them and encourages their attempts to speak their additional language.

LO 2

SPEAKING The learner will be able to communicate effectively in spoken language in a wide range of situations.

We know this when the learner:

2.1 interacts in additional language:

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Source:  OpenStax, English first additional language grade 5. OpenStax CNX. Sep 04, 2009 Download for free at http://cnx.org/content/col10972/1.1
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