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LANGUAGES
Grade 5
ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE
Module 5
ACTIVITY 1
TO READ FOR INFORMATION AND PLEASURE AND SOLVE A WORD PUZZLE [LO 3.6.4]
TO USE A DICTIONARY AND DEVELOP A VOCABULARY [LO 3.7.1]
TO ANALYSE WORD FORMATION [LO 6.4.1]
For fun, try your hand at finding and shading as many words beginning with F as you can in the word search. Work with a friend and help each other. Words can read in any direction.
Use your eyes! How many words can you find in 10 minutes … 20 minutes … 30 minutes ?
| E | E | R | F | L | A | V | I | T | S | E | F | I | R | E | M | A | N | I | F |
| F | O | O | T | B | A | L | L | I | F | F | R | O | S | T | E | G | R | O | F |
| F | F | U | R | N | I | T | U | R | E | F | U | F | A | I | N | T | F | P | F |
| F | E | A | T | H | E | R | F | E | R | B | I | F | I | T | S | E | R | O | F |
| L | O | O | F | R | A | N | K | E | N | S | T | E | I | N | F | L | A | L | I |
| S | R | U | O | V | A | L | F | F | F | F | L | O | W | E | R | B | Y | F | D |
| Y | U | F | L | R | E | V | E | F | A | U | N | A | F | L | E | E | T | F | G |
| L | M | A | D | H | N | A | F | A | I | R | Y | L | A | N | D | E | F | O | E |
| I | E | D | S | F | U | F | I | T | L | Y | L | A | R | O | L | F | I | I | T |
| M | F | E | U | F | F | I | N | A | L | I | S | T | F | I | L | L | F | O | X |
| A | R | A | O | F | I | F | A | L | C | O | N | F | F | U | R | Y | A | I | F |
| F | I | L | M | S | S | I | N | F | F | O | U | R | T | E | E | N | R | A | F |
| E | G | F | A | I | T | N | C | F | F | L | A | B | F | O | I | L | M | N | E |
| B | H | F | F | I | N | G | E | R | L | F | A | B | R | I | C | F | H | E | L |
| R | T | A | F | F | A | E | F | F | E | E | L | M | F | A | S | T | O | Z | B |
| U | I | F | F | U | R | R | O | W | A | L | F | L | E | S | H | H | U | O | I |
| A | F | A | F | B | G | N | T | C | A | F | A | B | U | L | O | U | S | R | X |
| R | A | E | F | I | A | A | X | A | F | A | C | I | N | G | A | T | E | F | E |
| Y | L | F | A | F | R | I | L | L | F | K | E | R | E | P | P | I | L | F | L |
| F | O | O | D | F | F | L | U | O | R | E | S | C | E | N | T | E | E | R | F |
Now, share your list with a partner. (The neatest lists will be put on the pinboard)
Now write down 25 words that your educator will give you and look up their meaning:
LO 3
READING AND VIEWING The learner will be able to read and view for information and enjoyment, and to respond critically to the aesthetic, cultural and emotional values in texts.
We know this when the learner:
3.1 understands in a simple way some element of stories:
3.1.4 notices the role that visual images (pictures, photographs) play in the construction of meaning (e.g. how old and young people are represented in pictures);
3.2 understands, in a simple way, some elements of poetry:
3.2.1 rhyme;
3.2.2 words which begin with the same sound;
3.6 reads for pleasure:
3.6.1 reads fiction and non-fiction at an appropriate reading and language level;
3.6.4 solves word puzzles;
3.7 uses reference books and develops vocabulary:
3.7.1 uses a dictionary;
3.7.2 demonstrates a reading vocabulary of between 2 000 and 3 500 common words.
LO 5
THINKING AND REASONING The learner will able to use language to think and reason, and access, process and use information for learning.
We know this when the learner:
5.2 uses language for thinking:
5.2.4 classifies things according to criteria;
5.2.5 identifies similarities and differences between things;
5.2.6 distinguishes parts from the whole;
5.2.8 expresses opinions and gives reasons for them.
LO 6
LANGUAGE STRUCTURE AND USE The learner will know and be able to use the sounds, words and grammar of the language to create and interpret texts.
We know this when the learner:
6.4 develops own vocabulary:
6.4.1 analyses word formation (e.g. drum, drummer);
6.4.3 understands between 3 000 and 4 500 common spoken words in context by the end of grade 5.
FULL OF FUN
ACTIVITY 1
Explain that the words could read horizontally, vertically and diagonally, in all directions.
Motivate the learners by offering them 3 prizes: the learner with the most words after 10 min, after 20 min and after 30 min. Keep the prizes simple.
Approximately 132 words are hidden. Encourage the learners to find as many as they can.
fabric
fabulous
face
faces
facing
fact
fad
fail
faint
fair
fairy
fairyland
fait
fake
falcon
family
famine
famous
fan
far
farm
farmhouse
Fast
fat
fatal
fauna
fax
feat
feather
fed
fee
feeble
feel
femur
fen
fern
festival
feta
fever
few
fib
fidget
fifty
file
fill
film
films
fin
Fin
final
finalist
finance
finger
fingernail
fir
fire
fireman
fish
fist
fit
fits
fix
flab
flame
flat
flavour
flavours
flaw
flea
fleet
flesh
flex
flip
flipper
flo
flop
flora
floral
flow
flower
fluor
fluorescent
fly
fly
foe
foil
font
fold
folds
food
fool
foot
football
for
fore
forest
forge
foul
four
fourteen
fox
fragrant
Fran
Frank
Frankenstein
fray
Fred
free
free
fresh
fright
frill
frost
froze
frozen
fruit
fuel
full
fun
fur
furniture
furrow
fury
Fabricate furrow flax
Fabulous fait fluor
Fad falcon fluorescent
Famine fen foil
Flaw feta Frankenstein
Flex fib fray
Flo fidget fury
Forge flab feisty frill
ACTIVITY 1 (Extended)
TO USE A DICTIONARY AND DEVELOP VOCABULARY [LO 3.7.1]
TO USE LANGUAGE FOR THINKING BY IDENTIFYING SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES; DISTINGUISHING PARTS FROM THE WHOLE [LO 5.2.5]
TO ANALYSE WORD FORMATION [ LO 5.2.6; 6.4.1]
Play with words : Extend this activity by doing the following : Separate the class into groups of 3 or 4. Give each group a piece of chalk, a koki or a crayon and a sheet of newsprint.
Give each group the task of studying the words and categorizing them according to
Allow time for feedback to the class. Display the newsprint in class or even in the corridor.
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