WORK SCHEDULE GEOGRAPHY GRADE 9 TERM 1 (10 WEEKS)

[Pages:3]WORK SCHEDULE: Geography Grade 9 Term 1

WORK SCHEDULE ? GEOGRAPHY GRADE 9

TERM 1 (10 WEEKS)

TIME FRAME Week 1 AT HOME 16-19 Feb (4 days)

DATE

TOPIC/UNIT

COMPLETED

Week 2 22-26 Feb AT SCHOOL (5 days)

Week 3 AT HOME 1-5 March (5 days) Week 4 AT SCHOOL 8-12 March

UNIT 1: Contour Lines UNIT 2 1:10 000 Orthophoto maps

UNIT 2 1:10 000 Orthophoto maps

CONTENT

BASELINE ASSESSMENT ACTIVITY: TO DETERMINE:

? Orientation of learners to Grade 9: Welcome learners to Grade 9 Geography/ Social Sciences subject. Allocate the textbooks to the learners. Explain the importance of taking care of the textbooks. Explain the programme of assessment (formal and informal). Discuss the class rules Introduce the topic: Map skills (Focus: Topographic and orthophoto maps) Explain what will be learned in this topic ? a brief outline of the topic.

? Map skills (Focus: Topographic and orthophoto maps) ? Contour lines -- Concept of contour lines -- Steep and gentle slopes (description of gradient) -- River valleys and spurs

? Map skills (Focus: Topographic and orthophoto maps) ? 1: 10 000 Orthophoto maps -- Vertical aerial photographs (Review Grade 8) -- Orthophoto images made from aerial photographs

? Map skills (Focus: Topographic and orthophoto maps) ? 1: 10 000 Orthophoto maps -- How height is shown

Activity 1.1 Activity 1.2 Activity 1.3

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WORK SCHEDULE: Geography Grade 9 Term 1

TIME FRAME

DATE

TOPIC/UNIT

COMPLETED

CONTENT

on orthophoto maps -- Contour lines on orthophoto maps ? identifying features

BASELINE ASSESSMENT ACTIVITY: TO DETERMINE:

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Week 5 AT HOME 15-19 March (5 days)

UNIT 3 1:50 000 Topographic maps

? Map skills (Focus: Topographic and orthophoto maps) ? 1: 50 000 Topographic maps -- Read map symbols to identify: o natural features on topographic maps o

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constructed features on topographic maps

UNIT 3 1:50 000 Topographic maps

? Map skills (Focus: Topographic and orthophoto maps) ? 1: 50 000 Topographic maps -- Height clues on

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topographic maps -- Contour patterns showing river valleys, hills, mountains, ridges and spurs

Formal Assessment Task: Assessment of map skills on Topo and orthophoto: Test. Assess and give feedback to

learners.

-Mark allocation: 50 marks

Week 6 AT SCHOOL 23-26 March (4 days)

Week 7 AT HOME

UNIT 3 1:50 000 Topographic maps

UNIT 3 1:50 000 Topographic maps

UNIT 4 Information from maps and photographs

? Map skills (Focus: Topographic and orthophoto maps) ? 1: 50 000 Topographic maps -- Contour patterns showing river valleys, hills, mountains, ridges and spurs

? Map skills (Focus: Topographic and orthophoto maps) . ? 1: 50 000 Topographic maps -- Scale and measuring distance on topographic maps - using line and ratio scales -- Co-ordinates to locate features

? Information from maps and photographs -- Interpret information from topographic and orthophoto maps and aerial photographs: ** o describe landscape o identifies land use o settlement patterns ? identify shape, size, location

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WORK SCHEDULE: Geography Grade 9 Term 1

TIME FRAME 29 March -1 April (4 days) Week 8 AT SCHOOL 6-9 April (5 days) Week 9 AT HOME 12-16 April (5 days) Week 10 19-23 April AT SCHOOL

DATE COMPLETED

TOPIC/UNIT

CONTENT

BASELINE ASSESSMENT ACTIVITY: TO DETERMINE:

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REVISION & CONSOLIDATION

REVISION & TEST Atlases, global statistics and current events Revision and consolidation Summative assessment Test: Content and data 50

Marks

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