This is the Annual Teaching Plan for Grade 7 isiZulu First Additional Language (isiZulu Ulimi Lokuqala Lokwengeza). It covers listening and speaking, reading and viewing, writing and presenting, and language structures and conventions, using short stories, poems, novel extracts, drama, cartoons, media texts and a research project.
The plan is organised in two-week blocks under four skill areas: listening and speaking, reading and viewing, writing and presenting, and language structures and conventions. It starts with a baseline assessment in the first three days of Term 1, and each term ends with a summary of the formal assessment tasks.
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What the isiZulu FAL Grade 7 ATP covers
Term 1
- Listening to a short story
- Writing a short story review
- Reading a poem and writing own poem
- Cartoons and comic strips
- Novel extract and reading aloud
- Narrative or descriptive essay
- Writing a summary and a business letter
- Nouns, adjectives and simple tenses
Formal assessment: Task 1: oral reading aloud, 20 marks (started in Term 1, recorded in Term 2). Task 2: narrative or descriptive essay, 30 marks. Task 3: response to texts, 60 marks.
Term 2
- Advert, poster or TV news
- Reading and writing instructions
- Reading a poem
- Novel extract and book review
- Formal letter to an author or publisher
- Filling in forms and questionnaires
- Direct and indirect speech
- Idioms, proverbs and punctuation
Formal assessment: Task 1: oral reading aloud, 20 marks. Task 4: transactional writing, 10 marks. Task 5: June mid-year examination (response to texts), 60 marks.
Term 3
- Drama and radio drama
- Writing a dialogue
- Reading a poem
- Reading a folktale (inganekwane)
- Research project on a chosen topic
- Oral presentation of the project
- Poster or Twitter post
- Complex sentences and punctuation
Formal assessment: Task 6: creative writing project, 50 marks (research 20, writing 30). Task 7: oral presentation of the project, 20 marks (started in Term 3, finished in Term 4). Task 8: literature test, 30 marks (poem, novel or drama, short story or folktale).
Term 4
- Listening to and giving directions
- Reading a poem
- Notice, agenda and minutes
- Email, poster, diary or flyer
- Writing a summary
- Pronouns, direct and reported speech
- Revision for the examinations
Formal assessment: Task 7: oral project presentation, 20 marks. Task 9: transactional writing, 10 marks. Task 10: end-of-year examination (response to texts), 60 marks.
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.