Junior High School
Communicative Curriculum
Track One - Textbook Extension Track
The textbook extension approach uses the textbook as a foundation for the lessons. However, rather than ‘teach the book’ the content has been split into distinct themes and topics. We have designed communicative activities that fit into these themes/topics and allow our students to apply the language that they have learned in their regular classes in an oral/aural environment.
These lessons still include the required grammar content, but are much more student-centric. This allows the students to work at their own level whilst also developing 21st century skills such as; critical thinking, making comparisons, communicative competence and connections with other subjects.
The only downside to the textbook extension track is that as the textbook changes from year to year, our theme based lessons no longer match the content order in the textbook. This problem led us to developing our own self-contained FET curriculum.
These lessons still include the required grammar content, but are much more student-centric. This allows the students to work at their own level whilst also developing 21st century skills such as; critical thinking, making comparisons, communicative competence and connections with other subjects.
The only downside to the textbook extension track is that as the textbook changes from year to year, our theme based lessons no longer match the content order in the textbook. This problem led us to developing our own self-contained FET curriculum.
We are acutely aware of the need for students to understand the difficult grammar concepts in order to perform well in the rigorous examinations. We have therefore designed lessons that allow our students to focus on accuracy, and apply the learned grammar rules in a communicative environment.
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Accuracy or Fluency? |
However, we are also aware of the skills that are required of a 21st century learner. We are therefore also designing lessons that allow the students to think more freely. In these fluency based lessons we set them problems to solve and allow them to apply their English knowledge in more ‘real life’ scenarios.
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Grade 7 - Semester One - 2018/2019
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Theme 1: My Family / My Home
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Theme 2: The World Around Me
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Theme 3: My Neighborhood
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Theme 1 : My Family / My Home
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Theme 2 : The World Around Me
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Theme 3 : My Neighborhood
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Grade 7 - Semester 2 - 2018/19
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Theme 4: Teenage Life
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Theme 5: Hobbies, Holidays and Health
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Theme 6: Food, Glorious Food.
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Theme 4 : Teenage Life
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Theme 5 : Hobbies, Holidays and Health
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