This is the Annual Teaching Plan for Grade 12 isiXhosa Home Language. The year covers listening and speaking, reading poetry, a novel or folklore and drama, writing essays and transactional texts, and language in context, ending with the final examination.
The plan is organised around four skill areas: Listening and speaking, Reading and viewing, Writing and presenting, and Language structures and conventions. Terms 1 and 2 run 11 weeks, Term 3 has 7 teaching weeks before the preparatory examination, and Term 4 is revision.
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What the isiXhosa HL Grade 12 ATP covers
Term 1
- Baseline assessment and Grade 11 review
- Listening for comprehension
- Unprepared and prepared speeches
- Poetry, novel or folklore, and drama
- Writing essays (narrative, descriptive, argumentative, reflective)
- Writing formal and friendly letters
- CV, obituary, agenda and minutes, review, email
- Summary writing and language structures
Formal assessment: Task 1: oral listening comprehension (15). Task 2: essay (50). Task 3: transactional text (25). Task 4: oral unprepared speech (15). Task 5: test on comprehension, summary and language (35).
Term 2
- Unprepared reading aloud and prepared speech
- Reading for comprehension and vocabulary
- Poetry, novel or folklore, and drama
- Writing an essay
- Writing letters, CV and letter to the editor
- Register, tone and style
- Revision for mid-year examination
Formal assessment: Tasks 6 and 7: oral reading aloud or prepared speech (10 each). Task 8: mid-year examination (150) or test: Paper 1 language (70), Paper 2 literature (80).
Term 3
- Reading visual texts: adverts, cartoons
- Poetry, novel or folklore, and drama
- Writing formal and friendly letters
- Dialogue, interview, speech, review, email
- Writing an essay
- Revision for preparatory examination
Formal assessment: Task 9: literature assignment (35), or short questions (10) and a literature essay (25). Task 10: preparatory examination: Paper 1 language (70), Paper 2 literature (80), Paper 3 writing (100).
Term 4
- Revision of comprehension and language with past papers
- Revision of poetry, novel and drama
- Revision of essays and transactional texts
- Final examination
Formal assessment: End-of-year final examination.
Source: Department of Basic Education, 2023/24 Annual Teaching Plans. DBE Circular S19 of 2025 keeps the 2023/24 ATPs in use, with some exclusions, so check with your school or district for any changes.