2020 REVISED CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT PLANS GRADE 12

2020 REVISED CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT PLANS GRADE 12 Implementation: June 2020

Presentation Outline 1. Purpose 2. Amendments to the Content Overview for the Phase; 3. Amendments to the Annual Teaching Plan; 4. Amendments School Based Assessment (SBA) 5. Conclusion

1. Purpose • To mediate the amendments of the trimmed and re-organised 2020 Annual Teaching Plan including School Based Assessment for English SAL, Grade 12 for implementation in June 2020 as stipulated in Circular S 2 of 2020. • To ensure that meaningful teaching proceeds during the remaining teaching time as per the revised school calendar. • To assist teachers with guided pacing and sequencing of curriculum content and assessment.

1. Purpose (continued) • To enable teachers to cover the essential core content /skills in each grade within the available time. • To assist teachers with planning for the different forms of assessment. • To ensure learners are adequately prepared for the subsequent year/s in terms of content, skills, knowledge, attitudes and values

2. Amendments to the Content Overview for the Phase

Summary: Amendments to the Content Overview for the Phase Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12 Group discussions and Conversation Repetitive Reading Activities Repetitive Language Structures and Conventions

Summary: Amendments to the Content Overview for the Phase

3. Amendments to the Annual Teaching Plan

Summary: Reorganisation of content topics

Summary: Amendment to the weighting of content topics

Summary: Content/Topics Amended Content/Topics Reading for comprehension: • Vocabulary development with regards tenses, adjectives Reading for comprehension: Vocabulary development and language use Intensive reading of shorter written texts for comprehension at a word level: Revision of language structures and conventions Term Amendment 2 Deferred to Language Structures and Conventions 2&3 Deferred to Language Structures and Conventions 4 2, 3 &4 Deferred to the revision of Literature Integrated with the each lesson on Language Structures and conventions

Summary: Content/Topics Amended Content/Topics Term Amendment

Summary: Content/Topics Amended Content/Topics Term Amendment

4. Amendments School Based Assessment (SBA)

Summary: Revised Programme of Assessment Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Task 1 (Oral) Task 5 (Prepared Speech) Task 8 (Reading) Continuous in Term 3 Removed as a formal task and integrated during informal assessment Task 2 (Oral) Task 6 (Literature) Task 9 (Essay) Deferred to end of Retained Term 3 Task 3 (Writing) Task 7 (Mid-year Exam) Removed Task 4 (Test 1) Task 10 Trial Written Test and Literature Task 6 Retained Term 4

Summary: Revision Final Examination Structure • Retained as is

Summary: Revised Practical Assessment Task (PAT)

4. Conclusion

Conclusion

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