This reading comprehension activity ‘A Chance to Learn’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about educating girls in third world countries.
This history timeline, ‘South African Sports Highlights’ features important dates and factual background information about the nation’s leading sports people and events that marked key moments in the country’s history. This is a great resource for broadening students’ historical and cultural knowledge about South Africa and could be used as a prompt for further discussion …More
This art project ‘African Dumbek Drum’ enables students to create African drums. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of basic artistic procedures. It provides a list of materials, easy-to-follow step-by-step art instructions and a list of recommended art books.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Aliens in Lake Victoria’, asks students to answer comprehension questions about plants that are growing in Lake Victoria in Africa.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Aliens in Lake Victoria’, asks students answer comprehension questions on a text about Lake Victoria.
This early learning activity, ‘Elephant Song’ provides instructions on how to make elephant puppets using paper plates and socks and is followed by an accompanying song.
This editing and revising learning activity, ‘Flamingos’ encourages students to recognise capitalisation and spelling errors, punctuation and sentence structure. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘It’s All in the Trunk’ asks students to answer questions about how the elephant uses its trunk. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information and draw conclusions.
This oral language photo activity ‘Lion’, enhances vocabulary and concept development by providing a thought-provoking visual stimulus that can be used as a prompt to engage students in discussion. Each photo is complete with an accompanying lesson plan featuring tips and activities to develop oral language and vocabulary further.
This editing and revising learning activity, ‘Libya: A Dry Climate Country’ encourages students to recognise capitalisation and spelling errors, correct tense, punctuation and sentence structure. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This procedural text, ‘Make and Play a Djembe Drum’ features instructions about how to make and play a Djembe drum and is aimed at broadening students’ cultural and historical awareness.
This history article, ‘Nelson Mandela and the Fight Against Apartheid’ features the highly respected leader Nelson Mandela, who fought tirelessly against apartheid and fought for equal rights for all citizens of South Africa. It provides factual information about the life of Nelson Mandela and apartheid in South Africa, as well as a list of apartheid …More
This reading comprehension activity ‘On the Prowl Again’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about a deadly virus that struck lions in Africa.
This kids news activity, ‘Rhinos Being Poached For Horns’ is about wild rhinos in South Africa and efforts to stop them being killed by poachers.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘See Africa by Bike’, is available at two different reading levels to allow for differentiated instruction. It asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about a bike trip across East Africa.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘See Africa by Bike’, is available at two different reading levels to allow for differentiated instruction. It asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about a bike trip across East Africa.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Sengbe Pieh (Cinque) Capture, Revolt and Recapture’ asks students to answer questions about a man who was captured and forced into slavery. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, make judgements, make predictions and think about word meanings.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Special Delivery’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about a mobile library.
This kids news activity, ‘Zebra Dung May Be New Fuel Source’ is about research into alternative sources of eco-friendly bio-fuels.
This history article, ‘Zola Budd’ features the South African long-distance runner who broke the women’s 5000m world record at just 17, while running in bare feet. It provides factual information about Zola Budd and the international ban imposed on South African athletes during apartheid, along with a glossary of unfamiliar words and terms from the …More
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