isiXhosa HL / FAL — CAPS Lesson Plans, Worksheets & 2026 ATPs
Official South African DBE CAPS isiXhosa HL / FAL Annual Teaching Plans (ATPs), 60-minute lesson plans, toner-safe A4 learner worksheets, and 20-mark SBA test memorandums across Grades R to 12.
isiXhosa HL / FAL by Grade (Grades R–12)
Click any grade below for the full 40-week Term 1–4 Annual Teaching Plan and printable A4 classroom packs.
Grade R isiXhosa HL / FAL
Term 1 Focus: Listening & Speaking · Emergent Literacy · Phonemic Awareness (Beginning Sounds) (Foundation Phase Grades R–3)
Week 1: Listening to daily stories, songs, and action rhymes; responding to simple oral questions (Grade R Foundation Phase)
Grade 1 isiXhosa HL / FAL
Term 1 Focus: Listening & Speaking · Single Letter Phonics (s, a, t, p, i, n) · Shared Reading & Handwriting (Foundation Phase Grades R–3)
Week 1: Oral daily news: Sharing personal news in 2–3 complete sentences using correct past tense (Grade 1 Foundation Phase)
Grade 2 isiXhosa HL / FAL
Term 1 Focus: Listening & Speaking · Vowel Digraphs (ai, ay, ee, ea, oa) · Paragraph Reading & Writing (Foundation Phase Grades R–3)
Week 1: Oral recount: Sharing holiday and weekend news using time connectors (First, Next, Then, Finally) (Grade 2 Foundation Phase)
Grade 3 isiXhosa HL / FAL
Term 1 Focus: Listening & Speaking · Complex Phonics & Trigraphs (-tch, -dge, igh) · Multi-Paragraph Writing (Foundation Phase Grades R–3)
Week 1: Oral presentation: Prepared 2-minute talk on a personal interest or heritage topic with visual aids (Grade 3 Foundation Phase)
Grade 4 isiXhosa HL / FAL
Term 1 Focus: Ukuphulaphula nokuthetha · Ukufunda nokubukela · Ukubhala
Week 1: Ibali elifutshane: Ukuphulaphula, ukufunda ngokuvakalayo nokubhala umhlathi (Grade 4)
Grade 5 isiXhosa HL / FAL
Term 1 Focus: Ukuphulaphula nokuthetha · Ukufunda nokubukela · Ukubhala
Week 1: Ibali elifutshane: Ukuphulaphula, ukufunda ngokuvakalayo nokubhala umhlathi (Grade 5)
Grade 6 isiXhosa HL / FAL
Term 1 Focus: Ukuphulaphula nokuthetha · Ukufunda nokubukela · Ukubhala
Week 1: Ibali elifutshane: Ukuphulaphula, ukufunda ngokuvakalayo nokubhala umhlathi (Grade 6)
Grade 7 isiXhosa HL / FAL
Term 1 Focus: Ukuphulaphula nokuthetha · Ukufunda nokubukela · Ukubhala
Week 1: Ibali elifutshane: Ukuphulaphula, ukufunda ngokuvakalayo nokubhala umhlathi (Grade 7)
Grade 8 isiXhosa HL / FAL
Term 1 Focus: Ukuphulaphula nokuthetha · Ukufunda nokubukela · Ukubhala
Week 1: Ibali elifutshane: Ukuphulaphula, ukufunda ngokuvakalayo nokubhala umhlathi (Grade 8)
Grade 9 isiXhosa HL / FAL
Term 1 Focus: Ukuphulaphula nokuthetha · Ukufunda nokubukela · Ukubhala
Week 1: Ibali elifutshane: Ukuphulaphula, ukufunda ngokuvakalayo nokubhala umhlathi (Grade 9)
Grade 10 isiXhosa HL / FAL
Term 1 Focus: Ukuphulaphula nokuthetha · Ukufunda nokubukela · Ukubhala
Week 1: Ibali elifutshane: Ukuphulaphula, ukufunda ngokuvakalayo nokubhala umhlathi (Grade 10)
Grade 11 isiXhosa HL / FAL
Term 1 Focus: Ukuphulaphula nokuthetha · Ukufunda nokubukela · Ukubhala
Week 1: Ibali elifutshane: Ukuphulaphula, ukufunda ngokuvakalayo nokubhala umhlathi (Grade 11)
Grade 12 isiXhosa HL / FAL
Term 1 Focus: Ukuphulaphula nokuthetha · Ukufunda nokubukela · Ukubhala
Week 1: Ibali elifutshane: Ukuphulaphula, ukufunda ngokuvakalayo nokubhala umhlathi (Grade 12)