Practise a poem

GRADE 5
Grade 5 English First Additional Language Term 2 Weeks 1&2: Unit 6 “Stories from Africa’: Listening and Speaking: Practise a poem
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Let’s take the English translation of the anthem and learn that for our poem this week.

Lord bless Africa

May her glory be lifted high,
Hear our prayers
Lord bless us, your children.
Lord we ask you to protect our nation,
Intervene and end all conflicts,
Protect us, protect our nation,
the nation of South Africa, South Africa.
Ringing out from our blue heavens,
From our deep seas breaking round,
Over everlasting mountains,
Where the echoing crags resound
Sounds the call to come together,
And united we shall stand,
Let us live and strive for freedom
In South Africa our land!

Learn your poem off by heart in your group, and recite it to

the other groups.

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This is our South African National Anthem, ‘Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika’. It is sung in five
different languages. Can you sing it? You will also find the South African National

Grade 5 English First Additional Language Term 2 Weeks 1&2: Unit 6 “Stories from Africa’: Listening and Speaking: Practise a poem
Anthem being sung on YouTube: https://goo.gl/nnfSf7

Language Lyrics English translation

Xhosa Nkosi sikelel’ iAfrika Lord bless Africa May her glory be
Maluphakanyisw’ uphondo lifted high,
lwayo,

Zulu Yizwa imithandazo yethu, Hear our prayers

Nkosi sikelela, thina lusapho Lord bless us, your children.
lwayo.

Sesotho Morena boloka setjhaba Lord we ask you to protect our

sa heso, O fedise dintwa le
matshwenyeho, O se boloke,
O se boloke setjhaba sa heso,
Setjhaba sa, South Afrika,
South Afrika.
nation,
Intervene and end all conflicts,
Protect us, protect our nation,
the nation of South Africa, South
Africa.

Afrikaans Uit die blou van onse hemel,
Uit die diepte van ons see,Oor
ons ewige gebergtes, Waar
die kranse antwoord gee,
Ringing out from our blue
heavens, From our deep seas
breaking round, Over everlasting
mountains, Where the echoing
crags resound

English Sounds the call to come together, And united we shall stand, Let
us live and strive for freedom In South Africa our land!

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GRADE 5
Speaking: Practise a poem

Grade 5 English First Additional Language Term 2 Weeks 1&2: Unit 6 “Stories from Africa’: Listening and Speaking: Practise a poem
This activity includes the National Anthem of South Africa. The learners will
probably know the National Anthem off by heart. Let them sing it. You could play
the YouTube version as a sound backing. Emphasise that the National Anthem is
sung in five languages. After this we take the English translation of the National
Anthem and that becomes our poem for the week. Let the learners work in groups
and try to learn this poem off by heart. They practise it throughout the unit and add
their own actions. Let them perform it to the rest of the class.

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