2021 Grade 7 English Home Language Document - Revised ATP (Post Covid-19) 
                                                                                                                                                                       
                     
                                                      REVISED ANNUAL TEACHING PLAN 2021- 2023 (GRADE 7 - ENGLISH HL - TERM 1) 
                     
                                                                                                 GRADE 7 TERM 1 
                     SKILLS           Listening and Speaking                    Reading and Viewing                             Writing and Presenting           Language Structures and 
                                                                                                                                                                 Conventions 
                     Day 1-3 of       Standardised Baseline Assessment and Orientation to be conducted during the first 3 days of the term in Week 1 – Day 1 to 3. Data is 
                     week 1           captured so that competency is determined and learning gaps identified. This information should be used to inform subsequent teaching and 
                                      learning activities. 
                                      Listen to a short story                   Literary text: Short stories                    Write a narrative /              Word level work:  
                                      •    Identify main and supporting         •   Key features of literature text: such as    reflective paragraph             common nouns, proper 
                                           ideas                                    character, characterisation, plot,          Follow paragraph                 nouns 
                                           from a short story                       conflict, background, setting, narrator,    conventions:                      
                                      •    Take notes                               theme.                                      • Topic sentence of              Sentence level:  
                                      •    Share ideas and experiences                                                          paragraph                        simple sentences, 
                                           and show understanding of            Follow the reading process:                     • Main and supporting ideas      statements, simple present 
                                           concepts                             • Pre-reading  (Introduce text)                 • Use conjunctions for           tense, simple past tense 
                                      Retell a short story                      • During reading (Features of text)             cohesion                          
                                      •    Retell events in correct             • Post-reading (answer questions,               • Explain requirements of        Spelling and punctuation: 
                                           sequences                            compare, contrast, evaluation)                  text such as telling a story in  full stop, comma, colon, semi 
                       WEEK 1-2       •    Mention characters correctly                                                         a descriptive / narrative        colon, capital and lower-case 
                                      •    Mention the timeline                 Reading comprehension and Reading               manner                           letters 
                                                                                strategies                                      • Use appropriate words and       
                                                                                •   Skimming and scanning                       style 
                                                                                •   Intensive reading                            
                                                                                •   Visualization                               Focus on process writing  
                                                                                •   Infer meaning and conclusions               • Planning  
                                                                                •   Fact and opinion                            • Drafting  
                                                                                •   Meaning of words                            • Revision  
                                                                                                                                • Editing  
                                                                                                                                • Proof-reading and 
                                                                                                                                presenting  
                                      FORMAL ASSESSMENT TASK 1 ORAL  
                                               Reading Aloud (20 marks) 
                                      (Commence with this task in term 1 and conclude in term 2 when the mark will be recorded.) 
                                      Listen to and discuss a poem              Literary text: poems                            Creative writing: own            Word level:  
                       WEEK 3-4       •    Share ideas and experiences          Reading methods                                 poem                             revision on verbs, finite verbs, 
                                           and show                             •   Independent reading                         Teach stanza conventions:        pronouns, personal 
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                                            understanding of concepts             Pre-reading strategies                            •    structure of a stanza         pronouns, possessive 
                                       •    Answer questions                      •    Recognize features of text such as           •    use conjunctions for          pronouns, articles 
                                            Explain to a friend why you                titles, headings, illustrations                   cohesion                       
                                            liked a specific poem                 Teach key features of poem:                       •    use a variety of              Word meaning: rhymes, 
                                                                                  •    internal structure of a poem, figures of          sentence types, lengths       borrowed words, idioms, 
                                                                                       speech/imagery, rhyme, rhythm                     and structures                proverbs, alliteration, 
                                                                                  •    external structure of a poem, lines,         •    diction & figurative          similes, metaphors,  
                                                                                       stanzas, typography                               language                       
                                                                                  •    figurative meaning                           Write a poem                       Punctuation: full stop, 
                                                                                  •    mood, theme and message                                                         comma 
                                                                                                                                    Focus on process writing           Spelling: 
                                                                                                                                    • Planning                         Dictionary usage, spelling 
                                                                                                                                    • Drafting                         patterns, spelling rules 
                                                                                                                                    • Revision  
                                                                                                                                    • Editing  
                                                                                                                                    • Proof-reading and 
                                                                                                                                    presenting  
                                       FORMAL ASSESSMENT TASK 2 WRITING 
                                                Essay: (30 marks) 
                                       Narrative / Reflective 
                                       (During the course of the Term)   
                                       Conversation about drama:                  Literary text drama (one act)                     Write a dialogue, enacting         Word level:  
                                       •    Take part in informal                 • Teach key features of literature text:          drama                              common and proper nouns, 
                                            conversations                         character, characterization, plot, conflict,      •    Requirements of format,       complex nouns, collective 
                                            about simple topics                   background, setting, narrator, theme                   style, point of view          nouns, finite verbs, pronouns, 
                                       •    Use correct register                                                                    •    Target audience,              possessive nouns 
                                       •    Maintain the conversation             Follow the reading process:                            purpose and context            
                                       •    Identify main and supporting          • Pre-reading  (Introduce text)                   •    Word choice                   Sentence level:  
                       WEEK 5-6             ideas                                 • During reading (Features of text)               •    Appropriateness of            simple sentences, 
                                       •    Take notes                            • Post-reading (answer questions,                      certain utterances            statements, simple present 
                                       •    Answer questions                      compare, contrast, evaluate)                      •    Free expression               tense, simple past tense, 
                                                                                                                                    Focus on process writing           subject, subject-verb 
                                                                                  Teach key features of poem:                       • Planning                         agreement 
                                                                                  •    internal structure of a poem, figures of     • Drafting  
                                                                                       speech/imagery, rhyme, rhythm                • Revision  
                                                                                  •    external structure of a poem, lines,         • Editing  
                                                                                       stanzas, typography                          • Proof-reading and 
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                                                                                                 •     figurative meaning                                   presenting 
                                                                                                 mood, theme and message 
                                                                                                  
                                              Listen to a short story/folklore                   Literary text: short stories/folklore                      Write a review/letter/diary             Word level:  
                                              Listening Comprehension                            Teach key features of literature text: such                entry                                   singular and plural, 
                                              •     Identify main and supporting                 as                                                         • Requirements of format,               adjectives, degrees of 
                                                    ideas and                                    •     character, characterization, plot                    style,                                  comparison, superlatives. 
                                                    take notes                                   •     conflict, background, setting, narrator,             • Target audience purpose                
                                              •     Share ideas and experiences                        theme                                                and context                             Sentence level:  
                                                    and show understanding of                                                                               • Paragraph cohesion                    simple present tense, 
                                                    concepts                                     Follow the reading process:                                • Word choice                           simple past tense 
                                              •     Identify persuasive and                      • Pre-reading (Introduce text)                                                                      
                                                    manipulating techniques where                • During reading (Features of text)                        Focus on process writing                Word meaning: 
                           WEEK 7-8                 applicable                                   • Post-reading (answer questions,                          • Planning                              homophones, idioms 
                                              •     Answer questions                             compare, contrast, evaluate)                               • Drafting  
                                              Discuss the story/folklore that                                                                               • Revision  
                                              they were exposed to in the                                                                                   • Editing  
                                              previous activity                                  Reading/viewing for comprehension                          • Proof-reading and 
                                              •     Identify characters                          •     skimming and                                         presenting  
                                              •     Discuss the theme                            •     scanning                                             Write a review/letter/diary  
                                              •     Discuss point of view                        •     intensive reading                                    entry following the 
                                                                                                 Infer meaning of unfamiliar words by word                  process writing 
                                                                                                 attack skills                                               
                                                                                                                                                             
                                              FORMAL ASSESSMENT TASK 3 (50 MARKS)  
                                              RESPONSE TO TEXTS: 
                                                         Literary or non-literary (20 marks) 
                                                         Visual text (10 marks) 
                                                         Language structures and conventions (20 marks)  
                                                           
                                              Listening comprehension                            Literary text: short stories                               Write a narrative/                      Word level:  
                                              •     Explain listening process                    Teach key features of literature text:                     reflective essay                        prefixes, suffixes, roots, 
                                              •     Take notes                                   •     character, characterisation, plot,                   •    Paragraph conventions:             auxiliary verbs, finite verbs 
                           WEEK 9-10          •     Answer questions                                   conflict, background, setting, narrator,             •    Topic sentence of                   
                                              Discussion                                               theme                                                     paragraph                          Sentence level:  
                                              •     Discuss specific ideas from a                Follow the Reading process:                                •    Main and supporting                subject and predicate, 
                                                    short story                                  • Pre-reading (Introduce text)                                  ideas                              subject verb agreement,  
                                              •     Take a position on ideas and                                                                            •    Logical order of                    
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                                               refer to text to support the             • During reading (features of text)                       paragraphs                     Punctuation and spelling: 
                                               position                                 • Post-reading (answer questions,                   •     Conjunctions for               Dictionary usage, spelling 
                                          Relate content to own experience                compare, contrast, evaluate)                            cohesion                       patterns, spelling rules 
                                                                                                                                            •     Use a variety of               Word meaning:  
                                                                                        Teach the key features of poem:                           sentence types, lengths        synonyms, antonyms 
                                                                                        •    internal structure of a poem, figures of             and structures                  
                                                                                             speech /imagery, rhyme, rhythm                 Focus on process writing              
                                                                                        •    external structure of a poem, lines,           • Planning  
                                                                                             stanzas, typography                            • Drafting  
                                                                                        •    figurative meaning                             • Revision  
                                                                                        •    mood, theme and message                        • Editing  
                                                                                        Reading/Viewing for comprehension                   • Proof-reading and 
                                                                                        (strategies)                                        presenting: 
                                                                                        •    Skimming                                       Present an essay for 
                                                                                        •    Scanning                                       assessment 
                                                                                        •    Intensive reading                               
                                                                                        •    Fact and opinion                                
                                                                                        •    Infer meaning of unfamiliar words by 
                                                                                             word attack skills 
                                                                                                      FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT ACTIVITIES 
                                          Listening and Speaking activities             Reading and Viewing activities                      Writing and Presenting activities    Language Structures and 
                                              Variety of Listening and Speaking            Reading Process                                     Writing Process                Conventions activities 
                                               activities                                   Reading aloud activities                            Paragraphing                        Variety of Language 
                                              Listening and Speaking activities            Reading Comprehension activities                    Transactional Texts                  Structures and Convention 
                                               that comply with the Covid-19                Literature activities based on the three            Essay                                activities 
                                               conditions                                    prescribed genres for the semester                  Creative Writing 
                                                                                GRADE 7 ENG HL SUMMARY OF FORMAL ASSESSMENT TASKS:  TERM 1 
                                          FORMAL ASSESSMENT TASK 1                      FORMAL ASSESSMENT TASK 2                            FORMAL ASSESSMENT TASK 3 (50 MARKS)  
                                          ORAL                                          WRITING                                             RESPONSE TO TEXTS: 
                                                   Reading Aloud (20                            Essay: (30 marks)                                   Literary or non-literary (20 marks) 
                                                    marks)                              Narrative / Reflective                                        Visual text (10 marks) 
                                          (Commence with this task in term 1 and        (During the course of the Term)                               Language structures and conventions (20 
                                          conclude in term 2 when the mark will be                                                                     marks)  
                                          recorded.)