Accelerated Christian Education (South Africa)

LANGUAGE OF LEARNING AND
TEACHING: ENGLISH
English as a subject must be recognised for
what it is – a language. It forms part of the
learning area: “Languages, Literacy and
Communication (LLC).”
A language needs to be more than just
grammar and written work. It needs to be
expressed in its various forms. Most of these
ideas are already built into the programme.
The 3 rd Edition PACEs need to be implemented
before turning to Conventional Ideas.
Please take note of the following:
READING
1. ABCs Learning-to-Read Programme (Grade
1).
2. Social Studies and Science PACEs 1001 to
1036 (Basic Reading to Grade 3).
3. Readmaster: a computer programme used
to enhance reading skills, as well as to test
speed and comprehension while
expanding vocabulary. (For Grades 1-12.)
4. Literature for High school – Basic Literature
9, Christian Growth and Introduction to
Missions.
5. All Literature PACEs come with answer
sheets that require creative written work.
6. Literature & Creative Writing: These PACEs
are available for levels 2 to 7 at present,
and will replace the Basic Literature series.
Literature and Creative Writing is a core
subject and should therefore be prescribed
for all students.
7. All students should spend an additional 60
minutes per week in a group lesson on
speaking, listening and expression skills.
Refer to Procedures Manual Vol. II page 95
(just after paragraph 1), and 177 on
conducting mini-classes.
8. Literature I and Literature II (# 21121, 21134,
score key # 22121): These are elective
courses for students in the FET band. The
following Literature books are required:
122 To Be The First # 165
124 Man Sent From God # 147
126 The Flood # 148
128 Let Us Pray # 131
130 The Hiding Place # 104
132 The Scottish Chiefs # 106
134 The Law # 120
136 None Dare Call It
Conspiracy # 150
138 The Late Great Planet Earth # 151
140 Foxe’s Book of Martyrs (no longer available)
142 Ben Hur # 108
144 Billy Sunday # 153
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STUDENT CONVENTION GUIDELINES
The events for this convention cover Creative
Composition, Illustrated Story Telling, Poetry
Writing and Recitation, Dramatic Monologue,
plus many others. If each topic was taught in
conventional lesson form, and then each child
submitted one entry per month, you would
have made early progress into preparing for this
event. The student would also have covered
most aspects of the Creative English Curriculum
plus extras not required e.g. puppets. (Refer to
Manual for topics).
ORALS
Book reports and oral presentations are an
integral part of English education, and so all
children should be involved in an oral report
and book report on a regular basis.
Each student should be required to present at
least one oral report per month. Should the
student apply for C or E Privilege, he/she must
present an additional oral report each month.
Supervisors should use the standard ‘Oral
Report’ scoring sheet (Item # 377) to give
effective feedback to each student. This sheet
should form part of the student’s CASS
(Continuous Assessment) portfolio.
Book reports can be written on each Literature
Book issued from PACE 49 - 107. Should the
student apply for C or E Privilege, he/she must
present an additional, approved book report as
well.
Please also refer to p. 45 to 48 of Procedures
Manual Vol. II.
WORD BUILDING (3 rd edition)
Spelling & Vocabulary development is covered
in these PACEs and can be enhanced with
Computer Software - Word Builder, CD-ROM
Testing.
SPEECH
These are High School Elective PACEs and are
illustrated with a video and audio tape.
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The following English PACES were developed for
the South African market to accommodate
South African requirements, and differences in
approaches in the South African milieu to that
of the United States. For example, in South
Africa we use different conventions for letterwriting,
there are variations in punctuation and
so on.