Subject: isiXhosa (3rd
Additional)
Class: Grade 8
Date 25/08/2014
Class: Grade 8
Date 25/08/2014
This was my third class presented to the learners at Edgemead
High School. In this lesson I addressed a cultural aspect of the Xhosa people –
traditional healers and diviners. The learners were very interested by the
content of the lesson as they have some rudimentary knowledge of these olden
days’ practices but do not in their modern day lives encounter them any longer.
I also did some vocabulary related to biology and physiology. This was a
challenge for the learners as they are familiar with the every-day words for,
for instance: arm, leg, neck. But not with the technically correct terms for
spine, femur, calve muscle, etc.
This was an unusual lesson for the learners as they got
almost none of the anatomy terms the first time around. I feel like they might
have gained a little respect for their teacher for knowing words with which
they are totally unfamiliar with. I ended the lesson with an assessment
activity that kept them occupied for a good portion of the period and which
they appeared to have enjoyed. I believe that the class learned something new
and hopefully useful today and this gives me a sense of accomplishment, which
is nice.
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