Platinum English Home Language

Grade 5

Teaching Plan

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Term 1
References
Cycle Skill summary Assessment
in TG
WEEKS 1 & 2: Listen and speak Baseline
Listen to and discuss a story page 26 Listening comprehension
THEME 1 Read and view Baseline
Read and discuss a story and book review page 28 Reading comprehension
ANIMAL STORIES Independent reading
Story Independent reading –comprehension
Core reader page 28
Write and present Baseline
Write a story page 29 Story about a pet or imaginary animal

Language Baseline
Nouns pages 28, 30 Spelling test
Verb tenses Remedial
Punctuation Target worksheet A
Suffixes and prefixes Enrichment
Spelling Target worksheet B
WEEKS 3 & 4: Listen and speak Informal
Listen to and discuss information texts page 33 Listening comprehension
THEME 2 Read and view Informal
Read and write information texts pages 33, 35 Write about holiday activities
HOLIDAY TIME Independent reading
Baz Bus timetable Independent reading –
Core reader page 34 comprehension
Write and present Informal
Write and present unprepared speech page 35 Write a paragraph each, plans for park
Language Informal
Finite and infinite verbs pages 34, Spelling test
Subject-verb agreement 35, 36 Remedial
Tenses Target worksheet A
Personification Enrichment
Proverbs Target worksheet B
Idiom
Simile
Spelling
WEEKS 5 & 6: Listen and speak Informal
Listen to and speak about a newspaper article page 37 Listening comprehension
THEME 3 Read and view Informal
Read newspaper articles page 38 Reading comprehensions
THE MEDIA Independent reading
Core reader
Write and present Informal
Write a newspaper article page 39 Choose a headline to write about
Language Informal
Verbs pages 38, 39, Spelling test
Prepositions 40 Remedial
Determiners Target worksheet A
Articles Enrichment
Simple past tense Target worksheet B
Simple future tense
Question marks
Identifies the five main parts of a newspaper
article
Spelling

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WEEKS 7 & 8: Listen and speak Formal
Listen to and discuss a folktale page 43 Listening comprehension
THEME 4
Read and view Informal
SUPER HEROES, Read two stories page 45 Comprehension
Independent reading Informal
SUPER POWERS
Chuck Norris legend page 45 Comprehension
Core reader Formal
Independent reading
Write and present Informal
Write descriptions page 44 Write 80–100 words
Write a story page 46 Formal
Write, illustrate and read aloud 140–
160 words
Language Informal
Subject-verb agreement pages 44, 46, Spelling test
Metaphor 47 Remedial
Prefixes Target worksheet A
Idioms and proverbs Enrichment
Pronouns Target worksheet B
Nouns
Adjectives
Spelling
WEEKS 9 & 10: Listen and speak Formal
Listen to and discuss poems page 51 Listening comprehension
THEME 5 Perform a poem page 52
Read and view Formal
Read poems page 50, 51 Comprehension
POEMS ARE
Independent reading Formal
PICTURES Pete’s leg worksheet page 150 Comprehension
Family meals worksheet page 149 Formal
Core reader Independent reading
Write and present Informal
Write a mind map page 52 Work with a partner
Write a poem page 52 Formal
Write own poem to perform
Language Informal
Figurative language pages 51, 53 Spelling test
Conjunctions Remedial
Sentence structure Target worksheet A
Personification Enrichment
Punctuation Target worksheet B
Spelling

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Term 2

References
Cycle Skill summary Assessment
in TG
WEEKS 1 & 2: Listen and speak Informal
Listen to and follow instructions page 56 Draw picture of sun and planets
THEME 6 Read and view Informal
Read and carry out instructions page 57 Juggling text
Independent reading
TRAIN YOUR Core reader
BRAIN Write and present Formal
Write and edit a set of instructions page 58 Write a set of instructions
Language Informal
Prepositions pages 57, 58, Spelling test
Adverbs 59, 60 Remedial
Simple and complex sentences Target worksheet A
Command verbs Enrichment
Full stops Target worksheet B
Exclamation marks Formal
Abbreviated words Abbreviated words exercise
Spelling
WEEKS 3 & 4: Listen and speak Formal
Listen to and discuss information pages 61, 62 Listening comprehension
THEME 7 texts
Read and view Informal
GREENING OUR Read information text with visuals page 63 Reading comprehensions
Independent reading Formal
ENVIRONMENT Core reader Read two articles

Write and present Informal

Design a questionnaire and write a report page 64 Write a paragraph about waste
Write a report on how to help the
environment
Language Informal
Connectors pages 64, 65 Spelling test
Adjectives Remedial
Verbs Target worksheet A
Question form Enrichment
Reported speech Target worksheet B
Conjunctions
Ellipsis
Spelling
WEEKS 5 & 6: Listen and speak Informal
Listen to and speak about a poem page 68 Listening comprehension
THEME 8 Perform a poem page 70
Read and view Informal
ANIMALS AND US Read a narrative poem page 70 Reading Comprehension
Independent reading
Core reader
Write and present Informal
Write a narrative poem page 71 Write a poem about a relationship with
an animal
Language Informal
Figurative language Spelling test
Nouns Remedial
pages 69, 70,
Present continuous tense Target worksheet A
72
Interjections Enrichment
Exclamation marks Target worksheet B
Word division
Spelling

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WEEKS 7 & 8: Listen and speak Informal
Listen and talk about a fairy tale page 75 Listening comprehension
THEME 9 Speak about a cartoon page 74 Perform with a group
Perform a fairy story page 78
GREED OR NEED? Read and view Informal
Read a poem page 75 Reading comprehension
Read a myth page 77
Independent reading
Core reader
Write and present Informal
Write a description of two characters page 76 Write and share with class
Write a myth page 79 Write a myth
Language Informal
Singular and plural nouns pages 76, 78, Spelling test
Verbs and objects 79 Remedial
Gerunds Target worksheet A
Punctuation Enrichment
Plurals Target worksheet B
Spelling

Term 3
References
Cycle Skill summary
in TG
Assessment

WEEKS 1 & 2: Listen and speak Formal

Listen and talk about an extract from page 84 Listening comprehension
THEME 10 a novel
Read and view Informal
IDEAS AND Read and discuss an extract from a novel page 84 Reading Comprehension
Independent reading
FEELINGS IN Find out about a famous person page 84
NOVELS Core reader

Write and present Informal

Write a book review page 85 Work in pairs, share with class

Language Informal
Idioms pages 85, 86 Spelling test
Relative and reflexive pronouns Remedial
Punctuation – full stops and commas Target worksheet A
Similes Enrichment
Subject-verb agreement Target worksheet B
Simple present tense
Abbreviations
Spelling
WEEKS 3 & 4: Listen and speak Informal
Look at and talk about advertisements page 89 Listening comprehension

THEME 11 Read and view Informal

Read and discuss/compare advertisements page 89 Reading comprehension
Independent reading
BUT WAIT…
Core reader
THERE’S MORE Write and present Informal
Write an advertisement page 90 Create one-page advertisement
Work in pairs, share with class
Language Informal
Adverbs pages 90, 91 Spelling test
Degrees of comparison Remedial
Abbreviations Target worksheet A
Advertising techniques Enrichment
Spelling Target worksheet B

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WEEKS 5 & 6: Listen and speak Formal
Listen to and discuss a tall tale page 93 Listening comprehension
THEME 12
Read and view Formal
TERRIBLY TALL Read a South African tall tale page 94 Reading comprehension
Independent reading Formal
TALES Reads a passage aloud page 95 Reads aloud
Core reader
Write and present Formal
Write a tall story page 96 Writes own short story
Write a description of a person page 98 Informal
Writes a description using metaphors
and similes
Language Informal
Colons pages 94, 96, Spelling test
Semicolons 97, 98 Remedial
Quotation marks Target worksheet A
Homophones Enrichment
Statements Target worksheet B
Questions and commands
Similes and metaphors
Parts of speech
Spelling
WEEKS 7 & 8: Listen and speak Informal
Listen to and discuss a weather forecast page 101 Listening comprehension
THEME 13 Read and view Informal
Read a weather report and a weather forecast page 102 Reading comprehension
COME RAIN OR on a map
SHINE Read a descriptive extract page 103
Independent reading
Core reader
Write and present Informal
Write a weather report page 102 Writes weather report about
Writes weather keys on map page 103 yesterday’s weather
Labels map
Language Informal
Simple and compound sentences pages 101, Spelling test
Gerunds 103 Remedial
Homonyms Target worksheet A
Antonyms Enrichment
Synonyms Target worksheet B
Spelling

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WEEKS 9 & 10: Listen and speak Informal
Listen to and talk about a play page 107 Listening comprehension
THEME 14 Role-play a part page 111 Formal
Read a character part and role play a
LIFE’S CHALLENGES familiar situation
Read and view Formal
Read a play page 111 Reading comprehension
Independent reading
Core reader
Write and present Formal
Write a play or a dialogue page 109 Writes dialogue about dog digging up
a neighbour’s garden
Language Formal
Sentence types pages 110, Worksheet
Stage directions 112 Informal
Gerund Spelling test
Subject-verb agreement Remedial
Present participle Target worksheet A
Oxymoron Enrichment
Compound sentences Target worksheet B
Sentence types
Semicolons
Spelling

Term 4

References
Cycle Skill summary
in TG
Assessment

Listen and speak Informal

WEEKS 1 & 2: Listen to and discuss a story page 117 Listening comprehension
Act out a part page 119
THEME 15 Read and view Informal
Read and discuss the remainder of the story page 118 Reading comprehension
FANTASTIC STORIES Independent reading Informal
Read an extract page 121 Reading comprehension
Core reader
Write and present Informal
Write a paragraph or letter page 120 Write and correct paragraph in letter

Language Informal
Conditional clauses pages 117, Reading comprehension
Sentences – subjects and objects 120, 121
Replace a group of words with one word
Connecting words
Parts of speech
Spelling

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WEEKS 3 & 4: Listen and speak Informal
Listen to and discuss an information text about page 123 Listening comprehension
THEME 16 marine life page 124 Present an oral report about a negative
Present a report factor affecting coast
Read and view Informal
FISHY FACTS Read and analyse information texts and tables page 124 Reading comprehension
Independent reading
Core reader
Write and present Informal
Write a report on marine life page 125 Write report on how human activities
Write a description page 125 affect coastline
Write a factual description of a favourite
place
Language Informal
Noun phrases pages 124, Spelling test
Report writing 125 Remedial
Direct and indirect speech Target worksheet A
Synonyms Enrichment
Spelling Target worksheet B
WEEKS 5 & 6: Listen and speak Formal
Listen to an information text page 128 Listening comprehension
THEME 17
Read and view Informal
Read an information text page 129 Reading comprehension
GETTING HEAVY Independent reading page 130 Formal
ABOUT TV Reads a text Reads aloud
Core reader
Write and present Informal
Write a creative essay page 131 Idioms about watching TV
Write a report page 130 Formal
Write an argument for and against
watching TV
Language Formal
Noun phrases pages 130, Revision assessment
Clauses 131 Informal
Definite and indefinite articles Spelling test
Negative form Remedial
Question form Target worksheet A
Spelling Enrichment
Target worksheet B
WEEKS 7 & 8: Listen and speak Informal
Listen to and applies instructions page 135 Listening comprehension
THEME 18 Gives instructions page 135 Gives instructions with a partner
Read and view Informal
Read and compare recipes page 135 Reading comprehension
MAKING YOUR Independent reading
OWN FUN Core reader
Write and present Informal
Write a set of instructions page 137 Write a recipe or instructional text

Language Informal
Stems, suffixes and prefixes pages 135, Spelling test
Antonyms and synonyms 136, 138 Remedial
Register Target worksheet A
Verb phrases Enrichment
Clauses and phrases Target worksheet B
Subject-verb agreement
Spelling