This is the Annual Teaching Plan for Grade 7 Sepedi Home Language (Sepedi Leleme la Gae). It covers listening and speaking, reading and viewing, writing and presenting, and language structures and conventions, using short stories, poems, novels, 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. Each term ends with a summary of the formal assessment tasks.
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What the Sepedi HL 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 a novel extract
- Narrative or descriptive essay
- Writing a summary
- Newspaper articles and reading aloud
- Nouns, adjectives, tenses and spelling
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 report
- Reading and giving instructions
- Reading a poem
- Novel or drama extract
- Book review or formal letter
- Filling in forms and questionnaires
- Direct and indirect speech
- Idioms, abbreviations and adverbs
Formal assessment: Task 1: oral, 20 marks. Task 4: transactional writing, 10 marks. Task 5: mid-year examination (comprehension and language), 60 marks.
Term 3
- Radio drama, dialogue or interview
- Reading poems and a drama
- Research project on a literary text
- Oral presentation of the project
- Folklore, short stories or novel extracts
- Narrative or descriptive essay
- Word roots, phrases and punctuation
Formal assessment: Task 6: research project, 50 marks (research 20, writing 30). Task 7: oral presentation of the project, 20 marks (started in Term 3, recorded in Term 4). Task 8: response to literature, 30 marks (poetry, drama or novel, short stories or folklore).
Term 4
- Listening to instructions and directions
- Reading a map or directions
- Reading a poem
- Notice, agenda and minutes
- Diary entry, email or pamphlet
- Writing a summary
- Pronouns, direct and indirect speech
- Revision for the examination
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.