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Chapter 1: 1 Introducing oneself Listening – note important Reciting poems Using question Thinking Skills
Our Friends Talking about interests details Rhyme in poems words: who, what, ICT Skills
and hobbies Reading – Scan for details, which, when, why
Theme: Values
Asking questions politely use the dictionary to find ‘Why’ questions
People - faithfulness
and responding meaning; identify supporting Simple sentences
details - loyalty
Talking about friends and Verbs- Tenses
- friendship
family Simple present
2 Talking about feelings Listening – find more details Talking about values tense for
and experience Reading – find more details found in the text - describing
feelings
3 Reading e-mail – discuss Process writing – write a - senses
points of interest and give paragraph about a friend
Simple past tense
opinions
Chapter 2: 1 Inviting and welcoming Listening – note important Finding meanings of Simple present Thinking Skills
Forever Friends friends details words by using tense Multiple
Accepting and declining Reading – scan for details contextual clues Personal and Intelligences
Theme:
invitations possessive Preparation for
People pronouns
Talking about friends and the Real World
family Possessive
Expressing thanks and adjectives
responding appropriately; Figurative language
apologising – proverbs
2 Writing short messages to Listening – find more details
friends Reading – identify main
ideas, supporting details; use
contextual clues and identify
words that associate with
other words
3 Reading – discus points Reading – give reasons, draw
of interest and give conclusions
opinions
Process writing – write
messages

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Chapter 3: 1 Talking about interest Listening – note important Finding meaning of Simple present Thinking Skills
Be Healthy and Talking about health details words by using tense for Knowledge
Strong Reading – tell what the text is contextual clues - habitual actions Acquisition
about; scan for details; use - instructions and Preparation for
Theme:
the dictionary to find directions the Real World
Health – meaning; group words
Balanced Diet Simple sentence
according to categories
Positive statements
2 Writing a paragraph on Listening – find more details
Negative
preferences – students’ Reading – identify main ideas statements
favourite food and supporting details
Punctuation:
3 Reading an article – Process writing skills – write Understanding figurative capital letters,
discuss points of interest a paragraph on food language – similes comma,
and give opinions exclamation mark,
full stop and
question mark
Figurative language
– similes
Chapter 4: 1 Talking about everyday Listening – note details; Reciting a poem Simple present Thinking Skills
Home Sweet activities follow sequence of ideas tense ICT Skills
Home Talking about what one Reading – scan for details; - for habitual Values
shouldn’t or mustn’t do use the dictionary to find the actions
Theme: - gratitude
Giving instructions in a meaning - for instructions
Social Issues – - filial piety
poster Writing simple instructions Concord (subject-
Duties at Home Multiple
2 Discussing plans and Listening – find more details Making simple verb agreement)
Intelligences
rules Reading – identify main predictions Verbs – contracted
Preparation for
ideas; use contextual clues Relating characters and forms
the Real World
(pronouns) actions to one’s life Special finites or
modals
3 Reading a Web page – Process writing – write Talking about the
discuss points of interest instructions message the writer is
putting across

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Chapter 5: 1 Talking about things Listening – note details Reciting poems Singular and plural Thinking skills
Technology Writing shopping lists Reading – scan for details nouns Preparation for
around Us Spelling rules for the Real World
2 Reading – identify main ideas Relating events and regular and
Theme: and important details, use values in the poem to irregular plurals
Technology contextual clues, identify one’s life
base words Articles with
singular and plural
3 Reading an Process writing – describe a nouns – a, an, the
advertisement – discuss product Figurative language
points of interest and give – proverbs
opinions
Chapter 6: 1 Talking about plants and Listening – note important Reciting a poem Conjunction ‘and’ to Thinking Skills
Our Beautiful flowers details Retelling the poem in link two ideas ICT Skills
Environment Talking about what we Reading – use the dictionary one’s own words Special finites or Multiple
should and should not do to find meaning; group words Using a dictionary to find modals – ‘should’ Intelligences
Theme:
in parks, and writing according to categories; build the meaning of words and ‘should not’
Environment simple instructions new words from a given word Present continuous
Talking about activities tense – am / is / are
… verb + ing
2 Reading – identify main ideas Saying what one thinks
and supporting details of the poem
Changing the poem to a
drawing
3 Writing short e-mail Reading – give reasons Understanding figurative
messages Process writing – write language - images
Reading – discuss points descriptions of trees
of interest and give
opinions

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Chapter 7: 1 Describing a friend’s Listening – note details Adjectives for Thinking Skills
Happy at School qualities Reading – scan for details; describing Multiple
Asking ‘Yes – No’ understand word formation; character and Intelligences
Theme:
questions and responding use a dictionary to find appearance Preparation for
Social Issues –
to such questions meaning Prefixes – ‘un’, ‘in’, the Real World
Discipline in ‘im’ and ‘dis’ to
School 2 Listening – find more details; Talking about characters
identify main ideas in the story and writing show “not”
Reading – identify main ideas brief descriptions saying Adverbs of manner
and supporting details what one thinks of a Yes – No questions
character
3 Reading a quiz – discuss Reading – give reasons
points of interest and give Process writing – write a
opinions paragraph on past activities
Reading a letter
Writing recounts of
activities
Chapter 8: 1 Giving and following Listening – draw a route on a Using dictionary to find Simple present Thinking Skills
Right on Track directions map the meaning of words tense for Multiple
Adding more details to Drawing directions and Acting out sections of a instructions and Intelligences
Theme:
show locations explaining them text directions Knowledge
Social Issues –
Giving advice and Reading – group words Prepositions of Acquisition
Road Safety place and direction
instructions according to categories Preparation for
Writing simple the Real World
instructions
2 Reading to identify main Describing characters in
ideas and supporting details a story
Relating characters to
one’s life
3 Reading and discussing Reading – give reasons
road signs Process writing – draw a
Reading a set of pictorial map and write
instruction and discussing directions
safety tips

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Chapter 9: 1 Talking about holidays Listening – note important Retelling the story in a Simple past tense – Thinking Skills
Spending Time Talking about past details; follow sequence of correct sequence words that signal Learning How to
with My Family activities ideas past time Learn Skills
Asking questions to get Reading – scan for details Regular and Multiple
Theme:
information, and irregular verbs Intelligences
People
responding Time expressions
2 Reading – identify main ideas Giving the sequence of Place expressions
and supporting details events in a story Prepositions of
Making simple place, time and
predictions direction

3 Writing simple letters Reading – identify cause and

Writing recounts of
experiences
Chapter 10: 1 Giving instructions
Get Fit – Go For It Making choices
Theme: Talking about exercise
and games
Exercise
2 Writing short messages to
friends
3 Writing simple letters to
family members
Reading notes on
exercises – discuss
points of interest and give
opinions
effect; give reasons
Process writing – write
recounts of experiences
Listening – note important Simple present Thinking Skills
details; follow sequence tense for Multiple
Reading – scan for details instructions Intelligences
Writing plans Sequence Preparation for
connectors the Real World
Listening – find more details Giving the sequence of
Reading – understand non- events
linear texts; understand Making simple
meaning of words by the use predictions
of the suffix ‘ing’ Saying what one thinks
Writing announcements of the text
Reading – draw conclusions
Process writing – write plans,
and announcements

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Chapter 11: 1 Asking questions politely Listening – note details to Reciting a poem ‘Why’ questions Thinking Skills
Putting and responding support main ideas Adjectives – Learning How to
Technology to appropriately Reading – scan for details comparison Learn Skills
Work Group words according to adjectives Multiple
Theme: categories Intelligences
Technology 2 Asking questions to clarify Listening – find more details Writing a paragraph to Knowledge
and responding Reading – identify base tell what the poem is Acquisition
appropriately words, identify supporting about Preparation for
Giving details to support details the Real World
main ideas
Making comparisions
3 Reading a dialogue and Reading – make simple Talking about themes in
writing short notes predictions; give reasons poems
Reading a dialogue, Process writing – gathering Composing simple
discuss points of interest information to write an article poems
and give opinions
Chapter 12: 1 Talking about plans Listening – note important Talking about setting Future tense Thinking Skills
Planning a Trip Requesting and offering details (time and place) in a Using ‘will’ Learning How to
help Reading – scan for details; story - to affirm Learn Skills
Theme:
Making telephone calls to follow sequence of ideas - to request ICT Skills
People
get information Values
2 Discuss plans with others Listening – identify main Talking about values - respect for
to go somewhere and to ideas and details Telling how events, customs
do something Reading – identify main ideas characters and values Preparation for
and supporting details; use are similar to one’s life the Real World
contextual clues for meaning, Giving one’s opinions
identify words that associate
with other words
3 Writing simple letters to Reading – make simple Talking about the
friends predictions of outcomes; give message
Writing out plans for reasons
others to follow Process writing – write plans
for a trip

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Chapter 13: 1 Asking for the price of Listening – note important Reciting a poem Countable and Thinking Skills
Caring and goods, stating whether details uncountable nouns Values and
Sharing the price is agreeable or Reading – scan for details; Regular plurals Citizenship
too high follow sequence of ideas
Theme: Phrasal Quantifiers Multiple
2 Discussing plans for a Listening – find more details Talking about setting in ‘Each’ as an Intelligences
Compassion and
Mental party Reading – identify main ideas poems adjective Preparation for
Cleanliness Making enquiries to get and supporting details; Giving one’s opinions the Real World
information and identify words that associate and interpretation of the
responding appropriately with other words poem
Making enquiries about a Relating the setting to
product one’s life
Placing orders
3 Completing an order form Reading – draw obvious
Writing a magazine article conclusions in simple texts
Process writing – write
recounts
Chapter 14: 1 Giving and following Listening – note important Retelling a story Simple present Thinking Skills
Success through instructions for details; follow sequence of tense for Knowledge
Team Effort procedures ideas instructions Acquisition
Reading – scan for details; Sequence markers ICT Skills
Theme:
follow sequence of ideas; use (review)
Technology Values
the dictionary to find meaning ‘Some’ to express
2 Talking about plans for a Listening – find more details Talking about setting infinitive quality,
project number
Reading – understand non-
linear texts; identify base Article – ‘the’
words - for unique nouns
- with ‘same … as’
3 Writing out plans for Reading – make predictions; Talking about message
others to follow identify cause and effect;
draw conclusions
Process writing – write plans
for a project

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Chapter 15: 1 Responding appropriately Listening – note important The define article Thinking Skills
Take Part – Take to questions details ‘the’ ICT Skills
Charge Reading – scan for details; Phrasal verbs Values
understand word formation Conditional clauses
Social Issues: - being thankful
Writing and presenting plans – ‘if’ clauses
Personal - being
Discipline in 2 Talking about future plans Listening – find more details Talking about values Future tense – Wh hardworking
School to solve problems found in the text questions and ‘will’
Reading – identify main ideas Multiple
and supporting details by the Intelligences
use of suffix ‘-ment’ or ‘-ion’;
identify base words; use
contextual clues
3 Reading a notice and Reading – give reasons Talking about the
discussing points of Process writing – write plans message the writer is
interest for a calendar putting across
Composing simple
stories
Chapter 16: 1 Asking simple questions Listening – note important Retelling the verses Adjectives – Thinking Skills
Happy to Be politely to get information details comparatives and ICT Skills
Malaysians and responding Reading – scan for details superlatives
Values and
appropriately Collective Nouns
Values: Citizenship
Talking about festivals Gender Education
Patriotism
2 Writing short Web Listening – find more details Talking about songs – Knowledge
messages feelings and values Acquisition
Reading –find meaning using
contextual clues
3 Reading a dialogue – Reading – give reasons; draw Composing simple
discuss points of interest conclusions verses
and give opinions Process writing – design a
Web page and write
messages

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