GRADE: 7 EXAM GUIDELINES NOVEMBER 2017 TERM: 4

English
Paper 1 Paper 2
Comprehension and Literature Writing Exam
Unseen text (NOVEL EXTRACT) Choose either a character OR narrative
The Fault in our Stars (Ending) essay in 1st person. Tense can be past OR
Cartoon present.
Unseen poem (structure and meaning) Writing an e-mail of complaint
Formal tone
Language
Simple, compound and complex sentences Paper 3
Co-ordinating and sub-ordinating Spelling and language use
conjunctions. Spelling and vocab in context
Types of sentences Plurals
Active and passive voice Synonyms and antonyms
Parts of speech (Verbs, adjectives, adverbs Suffixes
and nouns <all types>) Homonyms
Figures of speech Possessive pronouns
Direct and indirect speech Simple tenses
Punctuation (ellipses, apostrophe, colons
and semi-colons)

Afrikaans
VRAESTEL 1: VRAESTEL 3:

Luister en praat (Mondeling) Bring asseblief jou EIE woordeboek!!

Hierdie sal in die klaskamer afgehandel word. Beskrywende Opstel- Kies een van die volgende
temas:
VRAESTEL 2: Rekenaarspeletjies
Hierheen wil ek weer eendag gaan
Begriptoets kortverhaal / gedig Bang, vrees, angs
Taalleer: Vriendskap
Ontkennende vorm Hoe lyk my toekoms
Trappe van vergelyking
Voegwoorde Transaksionele teks: Een van die volgende sal gegee
Meervoude en verkleinwoorde word.
STOMPI
Voorsetsels en telwoorde Dagboekinskrywing (40-50 woorde)
Intensiewe vorme en vergelykings Vriendskaplike brief (110-120 woorde)
Lidwoorde en voornaamwoorde Dialoog (1 bladsy)
Sinonieme en antonieme n Resensie (1 bladsy)
Byvoeglike naamwoorde
Manlik en vroulik VRAESTEL 4:
Leestekens
Verskeie taalstrukture en spelling wat gedurende die
jaar gedoen was in die klaskamer.

Maths
Paper 1 Paper 2
All sections from Term 1 & 2 (see contents) All sections from Term 3 & 4

Paper 3
Mental maths and problem solving
Natural Science
Planet Earth and Beyond
Multiple choice
Descriptions
Question and answer
Social Science: History
Colonisation of the Cape 17th-18th Centuries.
1. Dutch settlement
2. Results of Dutch presence in South Africa
3. Slaves at the Cape
4. Land Dispossession and the consequences for the indigenous population
Co-operation and conflict on the frontiers of the Cape Colony in the early 19 th century
1. The arrival of the British and the expanding frontiers of European settlement
2. The eastern frontier of European settlement
3. The northern Frontier of European settlement

Social Science: Geography

1. Map Skills
Map signs, working out distance
and drawing a line scale
2. Disasters
Volcano, earthquake and flood
3. Population Geography
Birth, death and groth rates
Infant mortality and life
expectancy
Factors affecting birth and death
rates
Economic Management Sciences
1. Types of needs
2. Goods & services: free/ economic goods
3. Characteristics of formal and informal
businesses, producers, manufacturers,
retailers, service business, effects of
natural disasters on formal businesses
4. Financial literacy: profit & loss, assets &
liabilities, 3 month budget sheet +
surplus/deficit)
Classify as income/expenses,
fixed/current assets, current & long term
liabilities, savings (types of saving
accounts, how to open accounts), role of
banks, interest income/income expenses,
bank overdraft, debtors/ creditors,
stokvels, variable/fixed costs,
transactions, receipt, debit/credit
accounts, owner equity (owners wealth)
Creative Arts
Visual Art:
Elements of art definitions (line, tone, shape,
proportion, contrast, SA architecture huts (
materials, design, effects of climate on design)
Drawings of huts and label it.
Technology
Improving properties of textiles, emergency situation, food processing.
Life Orientation
Term 1
Puberty
Self image
Peer pressure
Term 2
Rights and responsibilities
Physical education
Term 3
Substance abuse
Environmental Health
World of Work
World population growth
Developments that affect population
growth
4. Natural resources and conservation in SA
Definitions
How to conserve and conservation areas
Eco-tourism
Water in SA
Focus mainly on Term 3 & 4
5. Opening / closing balance, formula for selling
price, budget, productivity
6. Entrepreneurship: target market, capital,
economic growth, economic development,
economic sustainability, consumption &
production, consumer goods, production
process (inputs/outputs), impact of technology on
production, 4 factors of production, calculate
productivity using time, improving productivity in
employees, advertising media, marketing mix.
7. Economy: socio-economic imbalances in south
Africa as a result of apartheid.
Drama:
Elements of drama definitions, vocal development words
(resonance, articulation, pitch, tone of voice), designs of
stages (draw and label)
Term 4
Personal Diet and nutrition
Factors influencing choice of diet
Food Types
Health, Social and Environmental
Common diseases
Causes of the diseases
Factors
Treatment