A pdf document with links to video lessons for the entire novel. This was created for South African students in Grade 12 in the IEB curriculum.

An essay task for Grade 12 students in the South African English Home Language IEB curriculum. Students work through a number of talking points / starter activities and then write their own ‘Hero’s Journey’ story. This is suitable for the ‘Extended Writing’ section of the SBA (school-based assessment) portfolio.

Lists of high frequency words for senior high school students to study for a quiz every few weeks.

This worksheet gives students an opportunity to examine graphs and reflect on the information contained in the visuals. It was created for South African senior students within the IEB English Home Language curriculum, but could be used as an exercise by anyone interested in the interpretation of data. The graphs show the official voter registration figures for the 2021 local government elections in South Africa. It can be used as a revision lesson, a sub lesson or as part of an introduction to the analysis of graphs.

An extended writing task for Grade 12 English Home language students in the South African IEB curriculum. They are instructed to write a fantasy fiction narrative essay, using the prescribed guidelines in the task sheet. The task sheet can be printed as is by teachers, and handed to students. The assessment complies with the learner portfolio requirements, as laid out in the SAGs document.

A selection of 30 cartoons / memes for analysis. This can be used as a bellringer activity, at the beginning (or end) of a lesson. Students are required to peruse the image (on the screen) and then to analyse it in as much detail as possible. Each slide is accompanied by detailed model answers. Recommended usage: one slide (ie cartoon / meme) per week, as part of a programme of daily bellringer activities.

Visual Literacy - analysing graphs - bellringer activities Note: created for South African students in the IEB curriculum. A number of colleagues have requested exercises, tips for teaching vis. lit. My students are not great at analysing graphs / interpreting statistics. I have created the attached 12 ‘bellringer activities - graph of the week’, for use at the beginning / end of a lesson for the coming term. You can project the image on your screen, and discuss answers with your classes. Or, you can print in colour on an A3 page, giving one page to each group in the class.