English FAL - (GRADE 5)

Look at the pictures below. Write your own story about the pictures.You must do the following:* Make up characters for your story.* You must use direct speech in your story.* You must use the writing process which your teacher will explain.* Write your story in rough After you have checked it for any mistakes and corrected the mistakes

then write it out nearly.

Writing

Draft copy of your story

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Final Draft copy of your story * Correct all your mistakes and ask your parents to help you.

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Final Story* Give only this copy to your teacher.

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Classroom activity 2: (Learner’s Book, page 5) Formal assessment taskResources needed• Learner’s Book• Personal dictionary

Teaching hints • The learners are going to write a personal recount. Those who are struggling can use the

frame provided in the Learner’s Book.

• Review the writing process that they learnt about in Grade 4. (See below for the

complete writing process.)

• Discuss each of the steps in the writing process.

• Write some interesting words on the board for the learners to copy. Tell them that they

may wish to use some of these words to make their recounts more exciting.

• Encourage the learners to start their story with the given phrase as laid out in the

Learner’s Book.

• Stress that they must write in the past tense as the events that they are recounting

happened in the past tense.

• This would be good time to recap the simple past tense briefly with the learners, i.e. add ‘-ed’ or ‘-d’ to a verb to form the simple past, e.g. I paint – I painted, I lie – I lied.

The writing processWriting and designing texts is a process that consists of the following stages:

Pre-writing/planning: • At this stage learners should decide on the purpose of the text and the audience for

whom the text is to be written and/or designed.• They should brainstorm ideas in groups using mind maps, flow charts or lists. They

could even consult relevant sources, select relevant information and organise ideas.

Drafting• Learners should now produce a first draft, which takes into account purpose, audience,

topic and text structure.

Revision• Now, learners need to read their drafts critically.

• They should get feedback from you or their classmates.

Editing/proofreading• After the revision stage has been completed, the learners edit and proofread their drafts.

Writing in neat/presenting• The last stage is to produce a neat, legible, edited final version.

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• Then go through the writing activity in the Learner’s Book, page 139 with the learners. Emphasise the following points: ͦ The story should have a clear beginning, middle and end. ͦ The story should have at least a few lines of direct speech, properly punctuated. ͦ The learners must check all punctuation in their stories. ͦ They must use conjunctions such as ‘and’ and ‘but’. ͦ They must write a first draft, edit and write a final draft.

• You may wish to assess their stories using the assessment rubric below. Assess their stories out of 30 marks.

Rating Code

Description of Competence Criteria Percentage

7 Outstanding achievementThe story has a clear beginning, middle and end. The learner has used direct speech, which is properly punctuated. There is accurate use of conjunctions. Excellent use of vocabulary. Evidence of the writing process is clear.

80 – 100

6 Meritorious achievementThe story has a clear beginning, middle and end. The learner has used direct speech, with one or two errors in punctuation. There is accurate use of conjunctions. Very good use of vocabulary. Evidence of the writing process is clear.

70 – 79

5 Substantial achievementThe story has a clear beginning, middle and end. The learner has used direct speech, with a few errors in punctuation. Some use of conjunctions is evident, but not always correct. Good use of vocabulary. Evidence of the writing process is clear.

60 – 69

4 Adequate achievementThe story has some evidence of a beginning, middle and end. The learner has used direct speech, but there are errors. Some use of conjunctions, but with errors. Adequate use of vocabulary. Some evidence of the writing process.

50 – 59

3 Moderate achievementUnclear beginning, middle and end of the story. The learner has attempted to use direct speech, but there are many errors. Some use of conjunctions, but with errors. Some attempt has been made to use the writing process.

40 – 49

2 Elementary achievementDifficult to distinguish the beginning, middle and end of the story. The learner has made no attempt to use direct speech. Some attempt has been made to use conjunctions, but many errors have been made. No attempt has been made to use the writing process.

30 – 39

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• Then go through the writing activity in the Learner’s Book, page 139 with the learners. Emphasise the following points: ͦ The story should have a clear beginning, middle and end. ͦ The story should have at least a few lines of direct speech, properly punctuated. ͦ The learners must check all punctuation in their stories. ͦ They must use conjunctions such as ‘and’ and ‘but’. ͦ They must write a first draft, edit and write a final draft.

• You may wish to assess their stories using the assessment rubric below. Assess their stories out of 30 marks.

Rating Code

Description of Competence Criteria Percentage

7 Outstanding achievementThe story has a clear beginning, middle and end. The learner has used direct speech, which is properly punctuated. There is accurate use of conjunctions. Excellent use of vocabulary. Evidence of the writing process is clear.

80 – 100

6 Meritorious achievementThe story has a clear beginning, middle and end. The learner has used direct speech, with one or two errors in punctuation. There is accurate use of conjunctions. Very good use of vocabulary. Evidence of the writing process is clear.

70 – 79

5 Substantial achievementThe story has a clear beginning, middle and end. The learner has used direct speech, with a few errors in punctuation. Some use of conjunctions is evident, but not always correct. Good use of vocabulary. Evidence of the writing process is clear.

60 – 69

4 Adequate achievementThe story has some evidence of a beginning, middle and end. The learner has used direct speech, but there are errors. Some use of conjunctions, but with errors. Adequate use of vocabulary. Some evidence of the writing process.

50 – 59

3 Moderate achievementUnclear beginning, middle and end of the story. The learner has attempted to use direct speech, but there are many errors. Some use of conjunctions, but with errors. Some attempt has been made to use the writing process.

40 – 49

2 Elementary achievementDifficult to distinguish the beginning, middle and end of the story. The learner has made no attempt to use direct speech. Some attempt has been made to use conjunctions, but many errors have been made. No attempt has been made to use the writing process.

30 – 39

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1 Not achieved The learner wrote a few sentences with many spelling and grammatical errors. No beginning, middle and end. No use of direct speech or conjunctions. No attempt has been made to use the writing process.

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Classroom activity 3: (Learner’s Book, page 140)Resources needed• Learner’s Book

Teaching hints • Read the poem with the learners.• Then divide them into groups of three.• They should each play a character and take turns reciting the poem.

Lesson 2: Let’s writeClassroom activity 1: (Learner’s Book, page 141)Resources needed • Learner’s Book• Dictionaries• Personal dictionary

Teaching hints • Revise direct speech with the learners. Then show them how to turn direct speech into

reported speech by removing the punctuation, etc.• Then discuss the notes in the Learner’s Book, page 140 with them.• Use examples from the stories you have read and from your own files to show the

various points.• Make sure that the class understands all the concepts. Although it was done in Grade 4,

it remains a very important section so reinforce the rules again.

Answers1. A child said that she had a red doekie.2. Another one said that perhaps his name wasn’t even Andries at all.3. The parents said that they had better be good or Antjie Somers would put them in her

bag.

Classroom activity 2: (Learner’s Book, page 142) Formal assessment taskResources needed• Learner’s Book• Dictionaries• Personal dictionary

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