Project 2: Grade 5 English Home Language or First Additional Language – Legend: Jock of the Bushveld – Diary entry (2025)

Genre: Legend: Jock of the Bushveld – Diary entry (2025)

The project includes all aspects as required by the (ATP) 2023-2024 and the Western Cape manual (2023).

Suitable for Home Language or First Additional Language Grade 4-6 and even Grade 7-9 HL/FAL learners (adjust marks for research).

The project provides extensive guidance for the entire writing and research process.

Introductory activity:

Information about research and how to conduct research as an introduction, as required in the ATP for the first day or two.

Word Search – Learning Research Vocabulary

Timeline for the Project to complete

Pre-Reading Activity: Prediction of events through pictures that match certain scenes in the legend (included).

Read the legend of Jock and watch the video (text and link included)

Crossword Puzzle (Discover the legend)

Research (10 points):

• Page with a hypothesis and its answer included as an introduction to the project.
• Pre-read, during reading and post-reading:
• Comprehension-type questions about the legend as an extra to explore the story and interact with it (extra – does not need to be part of the research).
• Information about Percy Fitzpatrick /characteristics of legends with comprehension questions to guide research – suitable for all learners.
• Craft Activity:
• Planning – design your own Bushveld diary front cover to fit the theme of the legend.
• Add the research about the author inside the field diary.

Writing (30 points):

Write a diary entry or two and draw photos to complete your Bushveld diary. (An example of text type included).

All features, elements, research about the author, and frameworks are included for writing genres to ease the workload for teachers.

Oral Presentation (20 points):

Describe the project (guidelines and framework for the speech).

Approximately 39 pages.

Workbook of about 39 pages per learner to complete the entire process (print double-sided).

Includes rubrics and memorandums for all parts of the project.

Available in PDF and Word, but the Word document may sometimes shift tables, etc., so use the corresponding PDF section and print it for learners.

Price: R50