What you need to succeed.

For those of you who do not know me well, you would not have a clue why I am suggesting you watch this TED Talk. Perhaps you have not yet been introduced to the "world of TED" but I am about to show you something worth having.

I think it would serve you well to watch this talk about GRIT.

You see, yesterday a young woman asked me this question. 

Why do we have to do all this school work and write exams?

I have been asked this question many, times and in different ways , even by my very own kids.

The rub here is that learning all that you have to at school is called EDUCATION. It is what a blessing to receive one and there are many who do not. Most of what you learn becomes part of you in the form of character

You rise up out of schooling with attitudes, habits , ideas and thinking that are who you are. You learn to agree or disagree. You descover what you like and do not. You get to test your ideas in a safe place. Some of what you learn you might forget but your brain has changed and grown and formed in the process and THIS is what you need in life. So, DO not give up!!

https://www.ted.com/talks/angela_lee_duckworth_the_key_to_success_grit

Watch this!!

enjoy

What is important ?

Begripstoets

This is often where pupils fall down. 

Tips

1, read the passage through once and try get the big picture.

2. read it again and underline tricky words

3. NOW tackle the questions one by one.

4. The answers are often simply in the text BUT you must use STOMPI if you can not get the order of words right.

Do not answer in one word answers UNLESS they say so.

Give reasons for your answers where they ask- gee n rede vir your antwoord.

learn your vraag woorde ... NB

WOORDORDER

I can not say enough that you must use STOMPI to help you get your word orde correct.

Use it in writing all your own work from scratch. 

Create short sentences.

Use words you know and add variety by choosing describing words ( byvoeglike naamwoorde)

Your subject should come first and then always a verb 1. Please do NOT put the next verb after the first one. It is wrong. 

I see this so much!

If you start with time then the verb comes next and the subject afterwards.

Tv1 S MPI 

etc

Go for it!!

Versamelnaam woorde

Versamelnaam

These are collective nouns

Bladsy 203

D 1 and 2.

n trop voels - a flock of birds

n reeks berge - a range of mountains

Byvoeglike Naamwoorde

Byvoeglike Naamwoorde

There is a fantastic list on page 214

Check it out.

The first group are often the ones that you will have to write down . Think of these words as describing the noun.

leeg  -> lee ( '' on e)

sag -> sagte

etc. learn these, they will help you this year and into the future.

REMEMBER that Trappe van Vergelyking ( comparing) are also Byvoeglike Naamwoorde.(describing)

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So, how do you know when to add a describbing adjective or a comapring adjective?

Read the sentence carefully.

If there is an "as" after the adjective OR a "die" infront of it - it is probably a comparitive adjective.

Here, two or more things are being compared.

see page 216 and 217 for examples and practice.  

Sinonieme

Sinonieme

These are words that mean the same!

bladsy 202 on your Afrikaans Sonder Grense

The answers on page 203 are found in this newspaper article.

A1. grootmense ( grown ups) - volwassenes

populere - gewilde

geriewe - fasiliteite

Opsomming

Opsomming

This and all exercises here are for the grade 7 resource booklet children who use Afrikaans Sonder Grense as their text book. :_) If you have purchased my booklet then you will see you need some of the following to add to what you already have. Good luck. Practice the exercises in the textbook. Make up your own!!

To write a summary of a short story means that you are required to write a short few sentences on the story. They could ask you to write 6 sentences as an example.

 How are you going to do this??

Read the story through once.

Then, underline all the words you do not know or can not figure out from the context.

Work with what you know!!

Take the key BIG ideas and use those.

USE STOMPI 

I can not say this enough to children and teens in primary school and high school. You are getting your word order all muddled up because you do not use STOMPI. Please !!It will help you enormously.

As you go into high school, use  STOMPI.

Use these ideas below to formulate your opsomming.

Who - Wie -
When- Wanneer
Why? - Hoekom
Where - Waar
What -Wat
Time and place - Plek
People involved - Die hoof Karakters

Go for it. Practice. You can do it.

Helpful werkwoorde are on page 227

Skryftekens , leestekens ens.

This and all exercises here are for the grade 7 resourse booklet children who use Afrikaans Sonder Grense as their text book. :_) If you have purchased my booklet then you will see you need some of the following to add to what you already have. Good luck. practice the excercises in the textbook. make up your own!!


 Skryftekens en leestekeens

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Die wereld- beker sokker - toernooi is in 2010 in Suid-Afrika gehou. Daar was sokker spanne van oor die hele wereld wat alamal teen mekaar moes meeding. Sjoe! Dit was opwindend.

Wereld has a ^ on the first e

bladsy 27

Lank gelede was daar n ou vroutjie wat  vals tande gehad het. Haar naam was Edna. Op n dag val haar tande uit haar mond. n Kraai gryp die tande en vlieg daarmee weg.

bladsy 51

F.1. Daar is  ses kleure in ons land se vlag.
2. kan jy vir my se ( kappie) wat die name ( meerwoude rule) al die provinsies is?
3. Omdat daar so baie springbokke en geelhoutbome in ons land is, is hulle ons nasionale simbole.

bladsy 95

Use this to practice correcting the spelling and punctuation on your own first then check your answers.

. D1. Daar is vandag baie atlete op die atletik veld.

bladsy 99
D. 1. Die ma se :"( kappie) Goeiemore ( kappie op die e) my kind. Wil jy saam met my op die strand draf?"

2. Die kind antwoord:" Jippie! Ja, kom ons draf."

bladsy 146
B1. As n mense vir Candice nie ken nie, lyk sy net na n skaam mens, maar sy het al baie in haar lewe bereik.

Letterlik en Figuurlik

This and all exercises here are for the grade 7 resourse booklet children who use Afrikaans Sonder Grense as their text book. :_) If you have purchased my booklet then you will see you need some of the following to add to what you already have. Good luck. practice the excercises in the textbook. make up your own!!

Letterlik en Figuurlik

Letterlik - literally

Figuurlik- figurative

Page-57

E) 1. Hy sluk die water in vinnig - letterlik

2. Die Saharah- woestyn sluk die plek in -  figuurlik

page 64
C) 1. Dit is lekker om gesond te leef en fiks te wees. ( figuurlik)
2. Ek se nie maklik nee vir n lekker nie .  ( letterlik)
3. Die arm meisie het nie geld om kos te koop nie . ( letterlik)
4. Die arme kind....... ( figuurlik)

IDIOME - all idioms are figurative

page 83
D) 1. Die jong man dra sloridige klere ( letterlik)
2. Die klere maak nie die man nie, ....... ( figuurlik)
3. Hy dra n swart baadjie . ( letterlik)
4. Jy moet hom nie op sy baadjie takseer nie.  ( figuurlik)

page 93
A) 1. Haar sportsak is swaar . ( letterlik)
2. Dit is swwar om nooit te wen nie ( figuurlik)

look at the block on page 93 an see if you understand the difference between literal and figurative meanings.

bladsy 161
C.
Idiome is altyd ............

1. As n mens pens en pootjies in die water beland, is jou hele lyf in die water.
2. As jy gereis het en besluit: oos wes,tuis bes, dan is dit vir jou die lekkerste by jou eie huis.  ( you prefer to stay home)

Bladsy 199
Look at the square next to the tortoise! Figuurlik - n mense is n regte jakkals - means that a  person is a skelm. A person is up to no good.

Feit en Meining

This and all exercises here are for the grade 7 resourse booklet children who use Afrikaans Sonder Grense as their text book. :_) If you have purchased my booklet then you will see you need some of the following to add to what you already have. Good luck. practice the excercises in the textbook. make up your own!!


Feit en Meining

Fact or opinion

page 13 

5.a) Feisto help vir oupa Musoke, vir Kasiingi en vir Kikyo. ( Fact - feit)

b) Feisto wil nie graag die drie mense help nie . ( opinion - Meining)