Further Education and Training (FET)
Grade 10
Snapshots
A short story about one Deaf person’s perceptions of different language groups. The Deaf person proudly uses SASL while on an outing in what seems to be a cosmopolitan area, and meets hearing people from various cultural groups during the outing.
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Natasha’s Hearing Aids
A story about Natasha, a ballerina and Deaf hearing aid user. She agrees to do commercial modelling for an agency but when the final photographs and recordings of her appear, she sees that her hearing aids have been edited out...
Learners can enjoy this fictional text that was inspired by true events.
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Learners can enjoy this fictional text that was inspired by true events.
Obstacles
As alluded to by the title, this poem is about obstacles that a Deaf person experiences, specifically with communication when approaching hearing persons. We trust that learners will enjoy this poem composed and dramatized by a Deaf person who is a published English-language poet and a teacher of the Deaf.
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Talk to Me Anyway
This poem is about Deaf peoples’ desire to often communicate with hearing people and their willingness to make compromises in order to ease communication. The dramatizer of this poem performed it for a national SASL competition. The poem was composed by the dramatizer’s sister.
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Generations of Kings
Some groups of people live in isolation, and this can breeds mistrust in and a lack of awareness of difference. The conflict which arises out of ignorance about other groups can be passed on from one generation to the next, with each generation focusing on the differences between groups instead of on their similarities. These are issues addressed in this poem.
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Reach your Heart
In this highly abstract poem the audience sees the poet engaging in introspection. The poet discovers that his heart is central to him, that all is well with his heart, and that his heart is filled not only with pulsating, life-giving blood, but also with written words that send forth a pleasant aroma when released. It is these words that make the poet feel alive.
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Romeo & Juliet
De la Bat School in Worcester developed this 30-minute version of ‘Romeo and Juliet’, the play by William Shakespeare, for the Shakespeare Schools Festival (SSFSA). The performance was recorded at the final rehearsal in the Artscape Theatre Centre, Cape Town.
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My Father’s Sacrifice
Mina has a very close relationship with her father, but a crumpled piece of paper changes everything, and Mina is left confused and
heartbroken. Learners should be able to relate to Mina’s frustration and sadness, but should also be encouraged by this lesson about a
parent’s love.
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The Bridge & Addendum (SASL Official Language)
Themba wants to get to know Buhle. But he does not know her language, South African Sign Language (SASL), at all. Will love find a
way? Learners should be able to relate to this age- appropriate love story, which should also remind them of the beauty and power of their
language.
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The Invisible Boy
Why does Zola refuse to come and play soccer for the school’s under-16 team, when he clearly has talent? When Coach Madoda asks the other teachers, they do not even know who Zola is. His classmates don’t take any notice of him either. It is as if the boy is invisible. But sometimes you just need one person to see you…
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Denver's Word
Inspired by true events, this is the story of a teenager who lost his leg in a boating accident. DEATH, GONE, HATE, DISGUST. These words fill Denver’s mind as he struggles to come to grips with his new reality.
Then he meets someone who helps him realise that we can choose which words we allow to take up residence in our minds.
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United as One!
In this poem, the performer shows us how energy connects all life on earth: It connects each of us to the environment and also connects each of us to each other. The poem is beautiful to watch and its message should encourage and uplift learners, reminding them that they are part of something bigger.
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Vuyo’s Journey
Vuyo is a young Deaf South African who has passed matric and is looking for a job. Everywhere he applies the managers state ‘expected communication difficulties’ as the reason why they cannot appoint him. Then he gets an opportunity and he is one step closer to fulfilling his dream. This beautiful series of longer stories is meant to cast vision in front of Deaf viewers, to inspire them to dream, and to encourage them to live in hope.
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Deaf Scientists
In this text, learners are introduced to some brilliant Deaf scientists who have changed the way we live by giving us motion pictures and light bulbs, increasing our knowledge of astronomy, and finding the cause for the disease typhus.
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