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Kwaggasrand School Year 2

English: Home Language Week 1 and 2 Term 2

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Dear Year 2 learner,

This document contains the work for Week 1 and 2 for Term 2.

The work consists of 4 sections namely:

1. Listening and Speaking

2. Reading and Viewing

3. Writing and Presenting

4. Language Structure and Conventions

Remember the following:

Complete all the activities/answers in a separate book or on a sheet of paper.

Write the heading, week and date for every activity you do e.g.

Listening and Speaking Week 1 14 April 2020

Your parents/guardians are allowed to help and guide you should you struggle, but you

need to complete the work yourself. (Thank you family for being part of teaching!)

Please bring along all completed work when the school reopens again.

Good luck and just try your best!

Regards

Ms. Z. Esterhuyse



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Listening and speaking

Let a parent, guardian or sibling read to you a story from a story book, newspaper,

magazine or the internet. Discuss the following pointers:

Predict what the story is about

Listens for specific details like the setting, main characters, conflict etc.

Identify the main message

Relate the story to your own life

Discuss the main idea and specific details

Let your parent, guardian or sibling ask you relevant questions about the text orally.

Identify possible new vocabulary or difficult words.



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Reading and Viewing

Read the following story to a parent, guardian or sibling once. Let he/she help you with the

pronunciation of difficult words.

Read the story for a second time the next day on your own.

After reading the story discuss the following pointers:

Identifies and explain the main events.

Discuss the characters.

Discuss the meaning of new vocabulary.

Inspirational Stories About Troubled Teens Who

Overcame Life's Challenges

The following inspirational stories for teens are about teenagers from all walks of life. You may find

that you can relate with some of the stories, or you may realize that even though these teens were

at their lowest, they were still able to make it out of the trenches and survive.

Danielle's Struggle to Find Acceptance

Danielle grew up in a household where her parents were heavy drug users and alcoholics.

Strangers came in and out of the house at all hours of the night. One night, a man came into

Danielle's room and raped her. She was 13. She told her parents, who dismissed it, saying that

she must have just had a nightmare. Danielle decided to run away from home and become a

member of a popular gang in the community.

She became very close to these people and admired them. They weren't the best role models for

her, but she figured they cared more about her than her own parents. She felt that she'd better do

what they wanted, or they might turn their backs on her too. She began stealing, assaulting

people, and using drugs and alcohol. Shortly after, she ended up spending five years in a juvenile

detention centre for her crimes.

While there, she started therapy and found a religion that she found comfort in. She learned why

she joined the gang and how her life spiralled out of control. By the time her sentence was up, she



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was a public speaker and a peer mentor to some of the younger detainees. After her release, she

attended college and became a child psychologist.

Amanda's Search for Real Love

When Amanda was seven years old, her father left her mother. This devastated her mother, and

she began drinking heavily. One night, her mother went to jail for several DUIs and other charges.

The court decided she was an unfit mother, and since there was no other family available to take

care of Amanda, she went into the foster care system.

At first, it was great, because she finally was able to be a part of a family that really cared about

her, or so she thought. A couple weeks after she moved in, her foster parents decided that it

wasn't going to work, so Amanda was sent to another home. The second home wasn't as nice as

the first one, but they took care of her better than her mother did. However, after three weeks, the

agency determined that the foster home was not appropriate for foster care and Amanda went

somewhere else. At her third foster home, she once again found a loving family. She stayed for

four months and she finally thought she had found her home - that is until the family decided not to

participate in foster care any longer.

By the sixth home, Amanda convinced herself that no one wanted her in this world. To alleviate

those feelings, she started to dress in a way that would gain her a lot of attention and she would

accept whatever affection she could get. This meant that she was highly promiscuous and put

herself at risk for STDs and pregnancy. Actually, she said that she didn't care if she got pregnant

because she wouldn't mind having a little baby to hold, cuddle, and love.

About a year later, Amanda did become pregnant, and the father didn't want anything to do with

the baby. She was 15 and expecting a child. Since her foster parents weren't equipped to care for

a baby, she was once again sent to another foster home. Not only did she bounce from home to

home, her baby ended up having the same fate - that is until she finally found the one family that

accepted her for who she was.

Because of this family's commitment, care, and love for Amanda, she was able to finish high

school and attend college. It wasn't easy. She had to work two jobs, pay for childcare, and do her



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coursework, while taking care of her child. All the hard work paid off. She ended up graduating

with a business degree and is the childcare director of a day care centre.

Jessica's Rebellion Against Authority

Jessica came from a loving, affluent home. The only problem was that Jessica never felt good

enough. Her parents wanted her to be the best at everything, and they wanted her to consider

them her best friends. When Jessica reached adolescence, she decided that she could not take

her parent's demands any longer and did everything she could to go against her parents' wishes,

which included joining the wrong crowd, drinking, using drugs, and committing crimes. Her parents

had no idea what had gotten into her and feared for her future. Jessica didn't care that she was

headed down a bleak path. Her parents signed her up for a wilderness camp.

The wilderness camp involved vigorous activities and many scare straight tactics. Jessica was

reminded every day that if she didn't shape up, she would end up suffering consequences much

worse in jail or prison. Once the camp was over, Jessica went home as a completely different and

new individual. Her parents understand where they went wrong through family counselling, and

they were as happy to have their daughter back as Jessica was to be back.



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Writing and Presenting

The following is very important when writing an informal letter

The format

Target audience, purpose and context

Word choice

Uses appropriate grammar, spelling and punctuation

Uses the writing process

Planning / pre-writing, drafting, revising, editing, proofreading and presenting



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Body

Format of an informal letter - IMPORTANT (STUDY)

46 Maroela Street

Bloemfontein

9301

2 November 2013

Dear Moses

xxx

I know you were expecting to be made a member of the Learners’ Representative

Council. Everybody I spoke to thought you would easily be elected. I am so sorry

that it didn’t work out and I want you to know that I stand by you. The only reason I

can think of why you weren’t chosen in the first place is that you were absent on the

day.

xxx

But let me give you a ray of hope. Zodwa Chikane is going to leave school next week

because of a family problem and so there’s going to be a vacancy in the Learners’

Representative Council. You must be next in line and I’m sure you will be selected.

xxx

Please don’t show your disappointment. Things will come right, just hold on. It’s just

a matter of time. In the meantime, I’m holding thumbs – you really deserve it.

xxx

Your best friend

Mkhaya

Address format

- No punctuation

- Date is added

Salutation

Introduction

Conclusion

Salutation

Skip a line

Skip a line

Skip a line

Skip a line



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Writing and Presenting

Write an informal letter to your friend about your time at home in 7 - 8 sentences.

Remember to use the writing process. Do these 3 activities in a separate book or on a

sheet of paper.

TAKE NOTE: These 3 activities can be done over 3 days.

Activity 1: Make a mind map to plan your friendly letter. Remember a mind map consists of short

words/phrases. Use the correct format - it looks like a spider.

Activity 2: Write your friendly letter. This will be your first draft. Let a parent or guardian check

your work like a teacher and fix your mistakes.

Activity 3: Write your friendly letter again correcting all your mistakes. This will be your final draft.



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Language Structure and Conventions

Word level work: Singular and Plural

STUDY THESE RULES!



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Singular and Plural

Activity 1: Draw two columns and write the plural nouns for the singular nouns. Remember

spelling is important and needs to be correct. Use the rules on page 9 - 11 to help you.

Singular Plural

Example cat cats

1 bird

2 coach

3 lady

4 key

5 wolf

6 potato

7 child

8 foot

9 fish

10 pencil

11 dish

12 butterfly

13 mouse

14 bus

15 shoe



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Past tense

Activity 2: Write the past tense word for the following words.

Write the number with both the words in your book or on paper. e.g.

1. wave waved

1. jump ____________________

2. add ____________________

3. walk ____________________

4. open ____________________

5. talk ____________________

6. laugh ____________________

7. call ____________________

8. chew ____________________

9. comb ____________________

10. paint ____________________



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Past tense

Activity 3: Use the past tense of the irregular verbs in the word block to complete the sentences.

Only write the number and the sentence in your book or on paper.

fight sit eat do have

make run give swim sell

1. The girl ____________________ the beds in the room.

2. The boys ____________________ after school.

3. Dave ____________________ a bath in the morning.

4. Owen ____________________ his homework.

5. The couple ____________________ on the bench in the park.

6. Last night Mary ____________________ a slice of pizza.

7. Kyle ____________________ home after school.

8. James and Carla ____________________ presents to each other.

9. Leila ____________________ in the sea.

10. Tom ____________________ delicious lemonade.

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