TPS3703/103/2025
TPS3703
Tutorial Letter 103/0/2025
Teaching Practice III: For doing teaching
methodology 1 in the FET (Grades 10–12)
, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA
2024
TPS3703
TEACHING PRACTICE III
ASSIGNMENT 50
100 marks
Student’s surname and initials: ________________________________________________
Student number: ___________________________________________________________
Subject majors:____________________________________________________________
Subject taught/observed: __________________________________________________
Name of the school:________________________________________________________
Contact details of the school: ________________________________________________
Principal’s surname and initials: ________________________________________
Principal’s signature: ________________________________________________________
District: ___________________________________________________________________
Province: _________________________________________________________________
Teaching practice office placement:
Start date: ______________________ End date: _____________________________
School stamp:
OFFICIAL SCHOOL STAMP
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, TPS3703/103/2025
CONTENTS
1 INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION TO STUDENTS 4
1.1. INSTRUCTIONS TO STUDENTS ............................................................................................................ 4
1.2. INFORMATION TO STUDENTS .............................................................................................................. 5
2. PORTFOLIO FOR TEACHING PRACTICE FOR FET PHASE (GRADES 10–12) ...................................7
2.1. Introduction ............................................................................................................................................... 7
2.2 Portfolio focus ........................................................................................................................................... 7
2.3. MENTOR LETTER .................................................................................................................................. 11
2.4 MENTORING ........................................................................................................................................... 12
3. LESSON OBSERVATIONS BY THE STUDENT TEACHER ...................................................................13
4. LESSON PLANNING AND PRESENTATION BY THE STUDENT .........................................................25
5. STUDENT EVALUATION BY THE SUBJECT MENTOR TEACHER ..................................................... 51
6. REFLECTION ON OVERALL TEACHING PRACTICE EXPERIENCE ....Error! Bookmark not defined.
7. ATTENDANCE REGISTER OF STUDENT TEACHER AT SCHOOL .....................................................59
8. DECLARATION FORM ............................................................................................................................. 62
9. MARKING RUBRIC ...................................................................................................................................63
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, 1 INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION TO STUDENTS
1.1. INSTRUCTIONS TO STUDENTS
• The cover page that appears on page 2 should serve as the first page of your completed
portfolio for the 2025 academic year.
• All information required on the cover page of your portfolio should be duly completed.
• Please type your portfolio – handwritten portfolios will not be marked.
• The length of the portfolio should be 100 pages or less. Portfolios exceeding 100 pages will
not be marked.
• There will be no mark for students who submitted blank pages.
• Please note that second attempts are granted to students who have valid reasons; no
student is entitled to a second attempt. It is the lecturer’s prerogative to grant a second
attempt to a student if he/she (the lecturer) deems it fit.
• You will not be granted an extension for this assignment. Therefore, students who are
working while studying should ensure that they do their teaching practice before the due
date.
• You need to submit this assignment a week (five business days) after you have completed
your teaching practice. Your lecturer will enforce this and students who do not comply with
this instruction will be penalised.
• Ten per cent per week will be deducted from a student’s total mark for late submissions. •
Upon receiving each portfolio, the lecturer will verify the student’s submission against the
placement dates from the Teaching Practice Office (TPO) and deduct marks accordingly.
• We discourage you from engaging in teaching practice without a confirmation e-mail from the
TPO; however, students who find themselves forced to do this should inform the lecturer
via e-mail when they enter their second week of Teaching Practice without the
confirmation e-mail from the TPO.
• We encourage you to finish your portfolio during your teaching practice and use the
additional one week for attaching the required evidence before submitting your work.
• You will not be given an extension because of delayed placement / confirmation e-mail;
hence we request you to inform us immediately if you experience delays with the TPO
office with regard to placements.
• You should do teaching practice for this module in the FET phase (Grades 10–12); failure to
comply with this requirement will lead to a student getting a zero, subsequently failing this
module.
• You are required to teach one of your major subjects for this module – for example, if you
major with Accounting and Economics, you will choose either Accounting or Economics.
• When submitting your portfolio, please remove blank pages as this increases the number of
pages unnecessarily.
• Use your student number, your name and surname to save your portfolio ready for
submission – for example: 12345678_Myname_Surname.
• Plagiarised work will not be marked, and disciplinary action will be taken against such a
student.
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TPS3703
Tutorial Letter 103/0/2025
Teaching Practice III: For doing teaching
methodology 1 in the FET (Grades 10–12)
, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA
2024
TPS3703
TEACHING PRACTICE III
ASSIGNMENT 50
100 marks
Student’s surname and initials: ________________________________________________
Student number: ___________________________________________________________
Subject majors:____________________________________________________________
Subject taught/observed: __________________________________________________
Name of the school:________________________________________________________
Contact details of the school: ________________________________________________
Principal’s surname and initials: ________________________________________
Principal’s signature: ________________________________________________________
District: ___________________________________________________________________
Province: _________________________________________________________________
Teaching practice office placement:
Start date: ______________________ End date: _____________________________
School stamp:
OFFICIAL SCHOOL STAMP
2
, TPS3703/103/2025
CONTENTS
1 INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION TO STUDENTS 4
1.1. INSTRUCTIONS TO STUDENTS ............................................................................................................ 4
1.2. INFORMATION TO STUDENTS .............................................................................................................. 5
2. PORTFOLIO FOR TEACHING PRACTICE FOR FET PHASE (GRADES 10–12) ...................................7
2.1. Introduction ............................................................................................................................................... 7
2.2 Portfolio focus ........................................................................................................................................... 7
2.3. MENTOR LETTER .................................................................................................................................. 11
2.4 MENTORING ........................................................................................................................................... 12
3. LESSON OBSERVATIONS BY THE STUDENT TEACHER ...................................................................13
4. LESSON PLANNING AND PRESENTATION BY THE STUDENT .........................................................25
5. STUDENT EVALUATION BY THE SUBJECT MENTOR TEACHER ..................................................... 51
6. REFLECTION ON OVERALL TEACHING PRACTICE EXPERIENCE ....Error! Bookmark not defined.
7. ATTENDANCE REGISTER OF STUDENT TEACHER AT SCHOOL .....................................................59
8. DECLARATION FORM ............................................................................................................................. 62
9. MARKING RUBRIC ...................................................................................................................................63
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, 1 INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION TO STUDENTS
1.1. INSTRUCTIONS TO STUDENTS
• The cover page that appears on page 2 should serve as the first page of your completed
portfolio for the 2025 academic year.
• All information required on the cover page of your portfolio should be duly completed.
• Please type your portfolio – handwritten portfolios will not be marked.
• The length of the portfolio should be 100 pages or less. Portfolios exceeding 100 pages will
not be marked.
• There will be no mark for students who submitted blank pages.
• Please note that second attempts are granted to students who have valid reasons; no
student is entitled to a second attempt. It is the lecturer’s prerogative to grant a second
attempt to a student if he/she (the lecturer) deems it fit.
• You will not be granted an extension for this assignment. Therefore, students who are
working while studying should ensure that they do their teaching practice before the due
date.
• You need to submit this assignment a week (five business days) after you have completed
your teaching practice. Your lecturer will enforce this and students who do not comply with
this instruction will be penalised.
• Ten per cent per week will be deducted from a student’s total mark for late submissions. •
Upon receiving each portfolio, the lecturer will verify the student’s submission against the
placement dates from the Teaching Practice Office (TPO) and deduct marks accordingly.
• We discourage you from engaging in teaching practice without a confirmation e-mail from the
TPO; however, students who find themselves forced to do this should inform the lecturer
via e-mail when they enter their second week of Teaching Practice without the
confirmation e-mail from the TPO.
• We encourage you to finish your portfolio during your teaching practice and use the
additional one week for attaching the required evidence before submitting your work.
• You will not be given an extension because of delayed placement / confirmation e-mail;
hence we request you to inform us immediately if you experience delays with the TPO
office with regard to placements.
• You should do teaching practice for this module in the FET phase (Grades 10–12); failure to
comply with this requirement will lead to a student getting a zero, subsequently failing this
module.
• You are required to teach one of your major subjects for this module – for example, if you
major with Accounting and Economics, you will choose either Accounting or Economics.
• When submitting your portfolio, please remove blank pages as this increases the number of
pages unnecessarily.
• Use your student number, your name and surname to save your portfolio ready for
submission – for example: 12345678_Myname_Surname.
• Plagiarised work will not be marked, and disciplinary action will be taken against such a
student.
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