English Home Language in Grade 5 is designed to foster a love for reading while refining advanced language skills. The curriculum focuses on four key pillars: Listening and Speaking, Reading and Viewing, Writing and Presenting, and Language Structures and Conventions. To ensure you have a complete roadmap for the year, it is essential to consult the full Grade 5 Annual Teaching Plans (ATPs).
This guide outlines the 2026 English Home Language Grade 5 ATP, providing a structured weekly breakdown from Information Texts in Term 1 to the major Creative Writing Project in Term 3 and Final Exams in Term 4.
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The Annual Teaching Plan for Grade 5 emphasizes independent reading, requiring learners to read a novel or reader for at least 30 minutes daily, alongside mastering various text types and complex grammar structures.
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Term 1: Information, Narratives, and Instructions
Focus: The first term introduces learners to reading for information and enjoyment, covering text types from visual information texts to newspapers and instructions.
- Weeks 1–2: Information Texts (Visual)
- Reading: Analyzing information texts, including visuals, and social texts (SMS/email).
- Writing: Writing a 3–4 paragraph information text or an SMS/email.
- Language: Simple present and future tense; Finite and Infinite verbs.
- Weeks 3–4: The Novelette
- Listening: Listening to extracts from a novelette.
- Reading: Reading extracts; predicting from titles and pictures.
- Writing: Writing a book review or summary using a frame.
- Language: Relative and Reflexive pronouns; Simple past tense; Subject-verb concord.
- Weeks 5–6: Story Writing
- Reading: Reading a story; discussing plot, characters, and setting.
- Writing: Writing a narrative or descriptive story (3 paragraphs).
- Language: Common and Proper nouns; Synonyms; Simple past tense.
- Weeks 7–8: Newspaper Articles
- Reading: Reading an article; predicting from headlines and surveying the text.
- Writing: Writing a newspaper article with a headline, by-line, and lead paragraph.
- Language: Prepositions, Determiners, Articles; Antonyms.
- Weeks 9–10: Instructional Texts
- Reading: Reading instructions containing a sequence of steps.
- Writing: Writing instructions (e.g., how to make a sandwich).
- Language: Adverbs of manner, time, and place; Command form.
Term 2: Poetry, Drama, and Reports
Focus: Term 2 explores creative genres like poetry and drama, alongside functional texts like weather reports, culminating in the mid-year exam.
- Weeks 1–2: Poetry
- Reading: Analyzing poems for alliteration, metaphors, and similes.
- Speaking: Performing a poem with appropriate tone and expression.
- Language: Collective and Abstract nouns; Present continuous tense.
- Weeks 3–4: Weather Reports
- Reading: Interpreting weather maps, symbols, and forecasts.
- Writing: Writing a weather report using visual data (maps/charts).
- Language: Future tense; Homophones and Homonyms.
- Weeks 5–6: Drama/Play
- Reading: Reading a play script; understanding dialogue, setting, and characters.
- Writing: Writing a play script or a narrative essay.
- Language: Verbs (Gerunds); Direct and Indirect speech.
- Weeks 7–8: Formal Reports
- Reading: Reading reports with visuals (tables/charts/graphs).
- Writing: Writing a report based on an investigation.
- Language: Past and Future continuous tense; Active and Passive voice.
- Weeks 9–10: Assessment
- Task: June Controlled Test (Comprehension, Visual Text, Summary, Language).
Term 3: The Creative Writing Project
Focus: The third term is dominated by the Creative Writing Project (CWP), which spans research and writing, alongside the study of folklore and advertisements.
- Weeks 1–2: Folklore (Myths and Legends)
- Reading: Distinguishing between realistic and unrealistic events in folklore.
- Writing: Writing descriptive paragraphs about characters or settings.
- Language: Direct and Indirect speech; Diminutives; Adjectives.
- Weeks 3–4: Project Stage 1 (Research)
- Activity: Researching a specific genre (Poetry, Drama, or Story).
- Skills: Gathering information, taking notes, and compiling a bibliography.
- Weeks 5–6: Project Stage 2 (Writing)
- Activity: Drafting the creative piece based on the research (e.g., writing the poem or story).
- Process: Planning, drafting, editing, and producing a final version (30 marks).
- Weeks 7–8: Advertisements
- Reading: Analyzing ads for target audience, layout, and language use.
- Writing: Creating an advertisement with persuasive language.
- Language: Degrees of comparison; Adverbs.
- Weeks 9–10: Poetry
- Reading: Discussing rhyme, rhythm, and sound effects.
- Writing: Writing a poem using figures of speech.
Term 4: Revision and Final Assessment
Focus: The final term revisits key text types, finalizes the oral component of the project, and prepares learners for the end-of-year exams.
- Weeks 1–2: Folklore (Animal Characters)
- Reading: Reading stories featuring animals.
- Writing: Writing a story with a plot, setting, and animal characters.
- Language: Noun prefixes; Adjectives; Idioms and Proverbs.
- Weeks 3–4: Reports (News/Topical)
- Listening: Discussing current issues or news.
- Speaking: Presenting an oral report.
- Language: Noun phrases; Synonyms and Antonyms.
- Weeks 5–6: Information Texts (Visuals)
- Reading: Interpreting texts with maps or diagrams.
- Writing: Writing a 3–4 paragraph information text.
- Language: Definite and Indefinite articles; Negative and Question forms.
- Weeks 7–8: Oral Assessment
- Task: Oral Presentation of the Creative Writing Project (started in Term 3).
- Revision: Reviewing language structures.
- Weeks 9–10: Final Exams
- Task: End-of-Year Controlled Test (Comprehension, Visual Text, Summary, Language).
FAQ: English Home Language Grade 5
Q: What is the “Read Aloud” assessment? A: This is a formal oral assessment where learners read a text aloud to the teacher. It usually starts in Term 1 but marks are recorded in Term 2.
Q: How does the Creative Writing Project work? A: It is a multi-stage project starting in Term 3. Learners first do Research (10 marks), then Write their creative piece (30 marks), and finally Present it orally (20 marks) in Term 4.
Q: What is the reading requirement? A: Learners are expected to engage in “Reading for Enjoyment” daily. This involves reading a novel or reader for at least 30 minutes every day to build fluency and comprehension.