English: Home Language Term 2 Week 5 & 6 Date: ____________________ Lockdown activities 1 Dear learner Hang in there, we’re going to get through this! Now that we have completed week 3 & 4 let’s get going with week 5 & 6. Please use the section provided for questions, if you are not sure about something. The work will cover the 4 sections of English: 1. Listening & Speaking 2. Reading & Viewing 3. Writing & Presenting 4. Language Structure & Conventions Instructions: Please complete all work on a sheet of paper. Write the heading & date on paper e.g. Listening & Speaking Week 5 & 6 11 May 2020 Activity: 1 Please bring all completed written work to school when school reopens. I would like to thank you for being part of this platform of teaching and also thank your family for being part of teaching. Activity 1 & 2 involves group work, if you are on your own follow instructions at the activity. You & your family may just be inspired to do some gardening either indoors or outdoors. Let’s work together and be safe during this difficult time. Kind regards Ms R Mitchell
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Hang in there, we’re going to get through this! Now that ......set of grow lights—you’ll soon be harvesting crops from your indoor vegetable garden, or even an indoor herb garden.
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English: Home Language Term 2 Week 5 & 6
Date: ____________________ Lockdown activities
1
Dear learner
Hang in there, we’re going to get through this! Now that we have completed week 3
& 4 let’s get going with week 5 & 6. Please use the section provided for questions, if
you are not sure about something.
The work will cover the 4 sections of English:
1. Listening & Speaking
2. Reading & Viewing
3. Writing & Presenting
4. Language Structure & Conventions
Instructions:
Please complete all work on a sheet of paper.
Write the heading & date on paper e.g.
Listening & Speaking Week 5 & 6 11 May 2020
Activity: 1
Please bring all completed written work to school when school reopens.
I would like to thank you for being part of this platform of teaching and also
thank your family for being part of teaching.
Activity 1 & 2 involves group work, if you are on your own follow instructions
at the activity.
You & your family may just be inspired to do some gardening either indoors or
outdoors.
Let’s work together and be safe during this difficult time.
Kind regards
Ms R Mitchell
English: Home Language Term 2 Week 5 & 6
Date: ____________________ Lockdown activities
2
Listening & Speaking
Activity 1: Group discussion on how to give instructions/follow procedures/list
If possible, divide your family in 2 groups (A & B.) If you are on your own,
practise instructions by yourself.
One of the members of group A reads a heading e.g. “How to pick weeds”.
The group must make notes, have a group discussion, list instructions on
cards and prepare themselves for feedback.
One of the members of group B reads a heading e.g. “How to start an organic
vegetable garden”. The group must make notes, have a group discussion, list
instructions on cards and prepare themselves for feedback.
Each group gives feedback of their chosen paragraph, pay special attention to
reflect clear, correct and logical sequence/list of instructions.
You may ask the other group questions about their text.
How to Start an Organic Vegetable Garden
The popularity of organic food is prompting gardeners to switch to organic gardening
methods. Here are basic organic garden tips for beginners as well as experienced gardeners
making the switch to organic.
Growing organic vegetables means your family can enjoy healthy, tasty, fresh produce free of
synthetic chemicals or pesticides. Some of the organic gardening basics are the same as
nonorganic. Plant in an area that gets full sun, at least 6 hours a day (8 to 10 hours is even
better). All gardens require frequent watering, so make sure you have a spigot and hose that
through the growing season with a diluted liquid plant food or organic fertilizer specifically
formulated for vegetables.
Grow an Indoor Hydroponic Garden
If you want to take your container vegetable garden to the next level, consider trying an
indoor hydroponic garden. In hydroponics, a nutrient-filled water bath takes the place of a
regular growing medium. There are many hydroponics kits that provide everything you need
to grow herbs, microgreens, tomatoes, lettuce, and other popular crops without soil.
You can also make a very simple DIY hydroponic vegetable garden by planting microgreens
or herbs in containers filled with a soilless mixture of perlite, sand, or coconut coir, setting
the containers on a shelf over a reservoir filled with filtered water amended with hydroponic
nutrients, and connecting the two with a wick. Use grow lights to provide your crops with at
least ten hours of “sun” each day, and you’ll enjoy harvesting fresh herbs within a month or
two.
While growing vegetables indoors is admittedly more of a challenge than growing them
outside, there are benefits. You won’t struggle as much with pests, you can control the
growing conditions rather than being at the mercy of the weather, you can grow crops even
during the winter or the height of summer, and best of all, you can enjoy gardening even if
you don’t have any outdoor space at all.
Verbal Questions:
Indoor Gardens:
1. If you love gardening but live in a flat, how can you still do vegetable gardening?
2. Which conditions should be avoided? 3. What do you need for indoor container gardening? 4. How can you fertilize your crops?
Hydroponic Garden:
1. What does Hydroponic garden means? 2. What is the difference between a Hydroponic and an ordinary garden? 3. Would you consider selling Hydroponic vegetables as a business? 4. What is the infrastructure required for outdoor Hydroponic vegetable