ISC3701
Assignment 4 PORTFOLIO 2026
Unique number:
Due date: September 2026
QUESTION 1: INSTRUCTIONAL CONTEXT AND LEARNING NEEDS
Item Your Response Marks
Subject Natural Sciences 1
Grade / Phase Grade 8, Senior Phase 1
Topic Photosynthesis, with emphasis on the requirements and 1
products of photosynthesis and the word equation.
Duration of the 60 minutes 1
lesson
, QUESTION 1: INSTRUCTIONAL CONTEXT AND LEARNING NEEDS
Item Your Response Marks
Subject Natural Sciences 1
Grade / Phase Grade 8, Senior Phase 1
Topic Photosynthesis, with emphasis on the requirements and 1
products of photosynthesis and the word equation.
Duration of the 60 minutes 1
lesson
Learning context The lesson is planned for a rural public school 2
classroom with about forty learners. Teaching is face to
face, and the school has basic textbooks, a chalkboard
and a few printed worksheets, but laboratory equipment
and internet access are limited. English is the language
of learning and teaching, although many learners use an
African home language outside the classroom. This
context means that the lesson must be clear, practical
and possible to teach even when technology is not
available.
Learner profile The learners are about thirteen to fourteen years old 5
and have already met basic ideas about plants, food
chains and the seven life processes in earlier grades.
Their English reading levels are mixed, and some
learners understand scientific ideas better when a
diagram, real object or simple example is used. A few
learners are confident speakers while others are quiet in
whole class discussion. I would therefore give learners
Assignment 4 PORTFOLIO 2026
Unique number:
Due date: September 2026
QUESTION 1: INSTRUCTIONAL CONTEXT AND LEARNING NEEDS
Item Your Response Marks
Subject Natural Sciences 1
Grade / Phase Grade 8, Senior Phase 1
Topic Photosynthesis, with emphasis on the requirements and 1
products of photosynthesis and the word equation.
Duration of the 60 minutes 1
lesson
, QUESTION 1: INSTRUCTIONAL CONTEXT AND LEARNING NEEDS
Item Your Response Marks
Subject Natural Sciences 1
Grade / Phase Grade 8, Senior Phase 1
Topic Photosynthesis, with emphasis on the requirements and 1
products of photosynthesis and the word equation.
Duration of the 60 minutes 1
lesson
Learning context The lesson is planned for a rural public school 2
classroom with about forty learners. Teaching is face to
face, and the school has basic textbooks, a chalkboard
and a few printed worksheets, but laboratory equipment
and internet access are limited. English is the language
of learning and teaching, although many learners use an
African home language outside the classroom. This
context means that the lesson must be clear, practical
and possible to teach even when technology is not
available.
Learner profile The learners are about thirteen to fourteen years old 5
and have already met basic ideas about plants, food
chains and the seven life processes in earlier grades.
Their English reading levels are mixed, and some
learners understand scientific ideas better when a
diagram, real object or simple example is used. A few
learners are confident speakers while others are quiet in
whole class discussion. I would therefore give learners
