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Assessment standards(ASs)

We know this when the learner:

1.2 listens actively and carefully for specific information and main ideas, and responds appropriately.

LO 2

Speaking

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

We know this when the learner:

2.1 communicates ideas and feelings creatively and expressively with a great degree of confidence and with limited assistance, using a range of selected oral types;

2.2 communicates ideas, facts and opinions on challenging topics clearly and accurately and with a greater degree of coherence, using a range of factual oral text types;

2.3 demonstrates basic skills in a range of oral text types:

2.3.3 carries out interviews with members of the community using basic interview techniques.

LO 3

Reading and Viewing

The learner will be able to read and view for information and enjoyment, and respond critically to the aesthetic, cultural and emotional values in texts

We know this when the learner:

3.1 reads spontaneously and often for pleasure and information across the range of texts studied, discusses personal response and the kinds of texts enjoyed and recommends texts to others;

3.4 shows understanding of information texts;

3.4.3 makes judgements and draws conclusions about ideas on the basis of evidence;

3.7 analyses techniques used to create particular effects in visual, written and multimedia texts such as:

3.7.2 the impact of design elements.

LO 4

Writing

The learner will be able to write different kinds of factual and imaginative texts for a wide range of purposes

We know this when the learner:

writes a range of imaginative texts:

4.1.2 to explore the creative, critical and playful use of language by means of narrative and descriptive compositions, dialogues, poems, songs and letters;

4.2 produces a range of factual written and multi-model texts for various purposes, using a range of visual, and design elements where appropriate by means of recounts of events, research project reports, pamphlets, posters, book reviews;

4.3 demonstrates basic skills in a range of features of writing appropriate to the text type.

Learning outcomes(LOs)

LO 5

Thinking and Reasoning

The learner will be able to use language to think and reason, as well as to access, process and use information for learning

Assessment standards(ASs)

We know this when the learner:

5.1 uses language to think and reason.

LO 6

Language Structure and use

The learner will know and be able to use the sounds, words and grammar of the language to create and interpret texts

We know this when the learner:

6.1 works with words:

6.1.1 using a range of different strategies to spell unfamiliar words;

6.2 works with sentences:

6.2.6 using a range of punctuation appropriately.

Memorandum

ACTIVITY 1

• Concord is always a problem with additional language learners.

Part of the problem could be that they do not understand that the SINGULAR verb takes an ‘s’.(After all, plural nouns take an ‘s’!!)

Do this activity over and over until it is second nature to them. This will help them in the long run!

ACTIVITY 2

• Let learners read the questions beforehand. This helps them to listen more specifically.

• Read passage: read it TWICE and SLOWLY.

“This fair land is a gift of God.” So reads the motto on Knysna’s coat of arms. It bears testimony to the pride local people have in this resort of great scenic beauty.

A name sounding like Knysna was given to the river by the Khoi people. Several translations of the Khoi word have been suggested –“place of wood”, “fern leaves”, or “straight down” which refers to the two steep sandstone cliffs which guard the harbour and are known as ‘The Heads’. For many years freighters have passed these cliffs as they enter the harbour to load and ship timber from the surrounding forests.

More than 200 species of fish are found in the lagoon. Oysters, of which Knysna is a major supplier, exist in considerable numbers. The lagoon is also the home of a rare sea-horse. Divers encounter innumerable forms of marine life.

The well-known author and playwright, George Bernard Shaw, lived here during 1932 while writing The Black Girl in Search of God. Daleen Mathee’s acclaimed novels, Circles in the Forest and Fiela’s Child, set in the Knysna forest, have also done much to put Knysna on the map.

Knysna has several hotels and caravan parks. Craft shops sell furniture and curios made from local trees.

(Adapted from Reader’s Digest Illustrated Guide to Southern Africa)

1 The Khoi first names Knysna.

2 Knysna has been called ‘place of wood’; ‘fern leaves’ or ‘straight down’.

3 Countless fish, a rare sea-horse and oysters are found in this area.

4 The sandstone cliffs are called, ‘The Heads’.

5 George Bernard Shaw and Daleen Mathee are linked to Knysna.

6 furniture and wooden curios