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isiZulu HL / FAL — CAPS Lesson Plans, Worksheets & 2026 ATPs

Official South African DBE CAPS isiZulu 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.

isiZulu 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 · Foundation Phase

Grade R isiZulu 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)

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Grade 1 · Foundation Phase

Grade 1 isiZulu 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)

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Grade 2 · Foundation Phase

Grade 2 isiZulu 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)

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Grade 3 · Foundation Phase

Grade 3 isiZulu 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)

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Grade 4 · Intermediate Phase

Grade 4 isiZulu HL / FAL

Term 1 Focus: Ukulalela nokukhuluma · Ukufunda nokubukela · Ukubhala

Week 1: Indaba emfushane: Ukulalela, ukufunda kuzwakale nokubhala indima (Grade 4)

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Grade 5 · Intermediate Phase

Grade 5 isiZulu HL / FAL

Term 1 Focus: Ukulalela nokukhuluma · Ukufunda nokubukela · Ukubhala

Week 1: Indaba emfushane: Ukulalela, ukufunda kuzwakale nokubhala indima (Grade 5)

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Grade 6 · Intermediate Phase

Grade 6 isiZulu HL / FAL

Term 1 Focus: Ukulalela nokukhuluma · Ukufunda nokubukela · Ukubhala

Week 1: Indaba emfushane: Ukulalela, ukufunda kuzwakale nokubhala indima (Grade 6)

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Grade 7 · Senior Phase

Grade 7 isiZulu HL / FAL

Term 1 Focus: Ukulalela nokukhuluma · Ukufunda nokubukela · Ukubhala

Week 1: Indaba emfushane: Ukulalela, ukufunda kuzwakale nokubhala indima (Grade 7)

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Grade 8 · Senior Phase

Grade 8 isiZulu HL / FAL

Term 1 Focus: Ukulalela nokukhuluma · Ukufunda nokubukela · Ukubhala

Week 1: Indaba emfushane: Ukulalela, ukufunda kuzwakale nokubhala indima (Grade 8)

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Grade 9 · Senior Phase

Grade 9 isiZulu HL / FAL

Term 1 Focus: Ukulalela nokukhuluma · Ukufunda nokubukela · Ukubhala

Week 1: Indaba emfushane: Ukulalela, ukufunda kuzwakale nokubhala indima (Grade 9)

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Grade 10 · FET Phase

Grade 10 isiZulu HL / FAL

Term 1 Focus: Ukulalela nokukhuluma · Ukufunda nokubukela · Ukubhala

Week 1: Indaba emfushane: Ukulalela, ukufunda kuzwakale nokubhala indima (Grade 10)

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Grade 11 · FET Phase

Grade 11 isiZulu HL / FAL

Term 1 Focus: Ukulalela nokukhuluma · Ukufunda nokubukela · Ukubhala

Week 1: Indaba emfushane: Ukulalela, ukufunda kuzwakale nokubhala indima (Grade 11)

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Grade 12 · FET Phase

Grade 12 isiZulu HL / FAL

Term 1 Focus: Ukulalela nokukhuluma · Ukufunda nokubukela · Ukubhala

Week 1: Indaba emfushane: Ukulalela, ukufunda kuzwakale nokubhala indima (Grade 12)

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