1. GRADE 10
WELCOME TO ENGLISH 2019

2. BE THE CHANGE you want to see IN THE WORLD.
WHAT CHANGE DO I WANT TO BE IN THE WORLD?
Mahatma Gandhi – Civil Rights Activist

3. LESSONS PER WEEK MONDAY SYLLABUS TUESDAY WEDNESDAY A.P. ENGLISH
THURSDAY
LANGUAGE/WRITING

4. 水滴石穿，绳锯木断 WATER DROPS PIERCE STONE; ROPE SAWS CUT WOOD.
WHAT DOES THIS QUOTE MEAN?
CAN I GIVE AN EXAMPLE?
Chinese Saying

5. CORE ENGLISH : WORK TO BE COVERED
LITERATURE
POETRY (All year round)
ROMEO AND JULIET(First and second term)
THE MARK (Third and fourth term)
TSOTSI: (Private reading. Third term)
LANGUGAE
General Language based on Matric exam.
Every second Friday
WRITING
Essay writing
Transactional writing

6. There is not a particle of life which does not bear Poetry within it.
I AGREE/ DISAGREE WITH THIS QUOTE, BECAUSE…..
Gustav Flaubert – French Novelist

7. TRANSACTIONAL WRITING
ORAL
Listening comprehension(15 Marks)
15 January
LANGUAGE TEST
25 January (35 Marks)
Format still to be decided)
ESSAY
4 February (50 Marks)
Hand in 11 February
TRANSACTIONAL WRITING
18 February (25 Marks)
Done in class.
ASSESSMENT THIS TERM
FULL, DETAILED TIMETABLE FOR THE YEAR ON MOODLE

8. Write what should NOT be forgotten.
I write because….
Things I write are…..
Write what should NOT be forgotten.
Isabel Allende – Chilean Author

9. A.P. ENGLISH Everyone in this class takes AP English for Grade 10
The marks will appear on your report and they do count.

10. A.P. ENGLISH SYLLABUS Three year syllabus.
Grade 10 : Film and Poetry (Elysium, Riding in Cars with boys, Grand Budapest Hotel)
Grade 11: 2 Novels / 2 Plays and Poetry
Grade 12: Prepare for the exam
Private reading is important.

11. THEME FOR 2021 Theme: Freedom and Responsibility
“Freedom gets confused with liberty (which means we are not oppressed). Freedom is not doing your own thing, but just the opposite. It means we are the authors of our own experience. It means we are accountable for the wellbeing of all that is around us. It means we believe that we are constituting, or creating, the world in which we live”-  Peter Block

12. ASSESSMENT FOR AP FOR THIS TERM
ORAL ON ELYSIUM (50 Marks)
REVIEW OF ELYSIUM (50 Marks)

13. ADVANTAGES OF TAKING A.P. ENGLISH
Very good to have on your CV.
Helps prepare you for university.
Teaches you to write analytically.
Teaches you to do research.
Develops your appreciation of Literature and use of language.
Teaches you to be a critical and independent thinker.

14. If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how AMAZING you can be.
Maya Angelou – American Poet