FORM 3

LANGUAGE FOR INTERPERSONAL USE LANGUAGE FOR INFORMATIONAL USE LANGUAGE FOR AESTHETIC USE GRAMMAR SOUND SYSTEM VOCABULAR Y EDUCATIONAL EMPHASES

CHAPTER/THEM E

LEVE L 1

TERM 1A

Ask and respond politely to questions

Listen to a conversation : give important details Read an article : scan for details

Talk about elements of a novel : characterization, theme, moral values, plot, setting

The simple present tense

Consonants: c/k/ as in call

Base words

ICT Skills Preparation for the Real World Multiple Intelligences

Take part in discussions

Read an article : identify main ideas, derails, contextual clues Identify base words

Adjectives

r/r/as in red

PEOPLE : THEY TOUCH OUR LIVES

Read an article: make inferences, draw conclusions Write a description : expand notes

Make predictions

DURATION : 2 WEEKS (4 17 Jan. 2010) 1 PEOPLE : FAMOUS LEADERS Ask questions politely and respond appropriately

Listen to a dialogue : give important details Read an article: scan for details State words of similar meaning

The simple present tense Collective nouns

Consonants: d/d/ as in sand

Synonyms

Learning How To Learn Skills Multiple Intelligences Values and citizenship

Tale part in discussions Exchange ideas

Read an article: identify main ideas, details, contextual clues

Describe characters in a novel : what the writer says about physical appearances and personalities

dd/d/ as in meddle

3 DURATION : 2 WEEKS

Read an article; make inferences, draw conclusions Write a description : expand notes

(18-31 Jan 2010) PEOPLE : HEALING HANDS 1 Seek clarification Listen to a dialogue: give important details Read a Web page: scan for details
2 Read a Web page: identify main ideas, details, contextual clues Understand formation of prefixes

Describe characters in a novel: what the character thinks, says or does

Personal pronouns

Long vowel sound /ae/ as in back

Prefixes

ICT Skills Multiple Intelligences

inter, pre

Possessive pronouns

Short vowel sound /e/ as in set

DURATION :
3

2 WEEKS

(1-7 Feb 2010)

(16-21 Feb

ENGLISH LANGUAGE YEARLY SCHEME OF WORK 2010 (sample)

8-12 Feb 2010

LANGUAGE FOR INTERPERSONAL USE LANGUAGE FOR INFORMATIONAL USE

FEBRUARY

LANGUAGE FOR AESTHETIC USE

GRAMMAR

SOUND SYSTEM

VOCABUL ARY

EDUCATIONAL EMPHASES

CHAPTER/THE ME PEOPLE : MAKING FRIENDS

LEV EL 1

Greet and exchange pleasantries

Listen to a dialogue ; give important details Read an article ; scan for details State words opposite in meaning

Adverbs of time

Long vowel sound /a;/ as in farm

Antonyms

Knowledge Acquisition Learning How To Learn Skills

Adverbs of place

Multiple Intelligences

DURATION : 2 WEEKS

Take part in conversation and discussions

Read an article ; identify main ideas, details, contextual clues

Describe characters in a novel; what others say about the characters

Short vowel sound / /as in must

Write a letter asking for advice

Read an article ; make inferences, move beyond the text

(22 Feb 7 Mac 2010) SOCIAL ISSUES : LIFE S 1 Talk about self, past experiences Listen to a talk ; give important details Read a report ; scan for details Subject-verb agreement Long vowel sound /u;/as in broom
Dictionary skills Thinking Skills Multiple Intelligences

CHALLENGES 2 Take part in discussions Exchange ideas and give opinions

Use the dictionary Read a report ; identify main ideas, details, contextual clues Describe physical setting (place) in a story Short vowel sound /u/ as in look

Future Studies

DURATION : 2 WEEKS Participate in discussions by giving and supporting opinions 3 Read a report ; make inferences, move beyond text Interpret information from graphs Write a report Make predictions

(8 12 Mac 2010) (22-28 Mac 2010) 13 21 MAC 2010 TERM 1B 1 Talk about self, past experiences

MID SEMESTER HOLIDAYS

Listen to a talk; give important details Read a magazine article; scan for details

HEALTH : FIT FOR LIFE 2 Take part in discussions

Talk about the future using the present continuous tense, going to and will Talk about social setting of a story, time, culture and place)

Long vowel sound / /as in fern

Using words to show gender -masculine

Preparation for the Real World

Read a magazine article; identify main ideas, details, contextual clues

am, is, are *

verb * ing

Short vowel

-feminine

Participate in teacher-guided class discussions by agreeing and disagreeing politely 3 Read a magazine article; identify cause and effect, make inferences Write a text of a speech; expand notes DURATION : 2 WEEKS Relate values in a story to ones life

going to-will
Modals-

sound / / As in about

can, may,

might, must

(29 Mac 11 April 2010)

LANGUAGE FOR INTERPERSONAL USE CHAPTER/THEME LEVE L 1

LANGUAGE FOR INFORMATIONAL USE

LANGUAGE FOR AESTHETIC USE

GRAMMAR

SOUND SYSTEM

VOCABULA RY

EDUCATIONA L EMPHASES

ENVIRONMENT; ITS RAINING, ITS POURING!

Listen to an interview: give important details Narrate orally the events that took place Read a news report: scan for details

Role play an event in the story

Conjunctions and, but, or, so

Diphthongs: / ei/ as in faint

Thesaurus skills

ICT Skills Preparation for the Real World Multiple Intelligences

Sequence connectors-

DURATION : 2 WEEKS

Take part in discussions

Read a news report: identify main ideas, details, contextual clues Read a news report; identify cause and effect Write a recount : expand notes

Talk about elements of a plot(events)

first, next, then

finally

/ai/ as in dry

Thinking Skills

(12 -25 Apr 2010) ENVIRONMENT: STOP THE FLOODS! 2 1 Replay phone messages orally to the people concerned Listen to a radio talk: give important details Read a speech: scan for details Take part in discussions Read a speech : identify main ideas, details contextual clues Understand formation of suffixes 3 Read a speech: make inferences, draw conclusions Write a report :expand notes (26 Apr -9 May 2010) ENVIRONMENT: NATURES GIFTS 1 Express hope and support Listen to a talk: give important details Scan for details in texts read 2 Take part in discussions Exchange ideas and give Read posters: identify main ideas, details, contextual clues Prepositions of place and direction One word for a group of words Multiple Intelligences Knowledge Acquisition Prepositions Give ones opinion of the story Recognise elements in a plot (Sequence of events) Phrasal verbs Diphthong /eu/ as in grow Suffixes Knowledge Acquisition Preparation for he Real World ICT Skills

-ment, ness

-ion, -ship

DURATION : 2 WEEKS

CHAPTER/THE ME HEALTH: ACTIVE AND HEALTHY

LEV EL 1

LANGUAGE FOR INTERPERSONAL USE

LANGUAGE FOR INFORMATIONAL USE

LANGUAGE FOR AESTHETIC USE

GRAMMAR

SOUND SYSTEM

VOCABUL ARY

EDUCATIONAL EMPHASES

Talk about self, interests Enquire about services offered Clarify the type of services offered

Listen to a talk : give important details Read advertisements: scan for details

Positive and negative statements

Contractions

Consonant clusters at the beginning of words: /gr/ as in grain

ICT Terms

Multiple Intelligences Knowledge Acquisition ICT Skills

DURATION : 2 WEEKS

Fill put a service form

Read advertisements: identify main ideas, details, contextual clues Read advertisements : draw conclusions

Understand themes in a story /tr/ as in train Relate themes in the story to ones life

Write a formal letter: use appropriate format

(24 30 May 2010)

31 May 4 June 2010 5-20 JUNE 2010

TERM 2A 1 Express appreciation Listen to a dialogue: give important details Read an article: scan for details 2 Take part in discussions Exchange ideas and give opinions Read an article : identify main ideas, details , contextual clues

MID SEMESTER EXAMINATION

MID TERM HOLIDAYS

Comparison of adjectives Regular forms Consonant clusters at the beginning of words: /gl/ as in glee Homographs Multiple Intelligences ICT Skills

HEALTH: SAFETY FOR ONE AND ALL

Give personal response to novels:

-er, -est, more,

most

characters values Irregular forms bad, better, worst

/pl/as in place

DURATION : 2 WEEKS 3 Write a letter of appreciation Read an article : make inferences, draw conclusions

Give ones opinion of the characters Relate moral values in the story to ones life

(22 June 4 July 2010) HEALTH: THE INNER YOU Read an article : scan for details 2 Take part in discussions Read an article : identify main ideas, details, 1 Ask for assistance Listen to a talk: give important details Form negative adjectives, using prefixes un-, dis-, im- and non- Consonant clusters at the end of words: -sh / / as in splash Idioms ICT Skills Knowledge Acquisition

contextual clues Exchange ideas and give opinions 3 Write a letter seeking permission: use appropriate format Read an article : draw conclusions, make inferences Revise Form One poems : relate messages and values in the poems to ones life -ch/t / as in such

DURATION : 2 WEEKS

LANGUAGE FOR INTERPERSONAL USE CHAPTER/THEME LEVE L 1

LANGUAGE FOR INFORMATIONAL USE

LANGUAGE FOR AESTHETIC USE

GRAMMAR

SOUND SYSTEM

VOCABULA RY

EDUCATIONA L EMPHASES

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY : MAN AND THE SEA

Listen to a dialogue : give important details Read a brochure : scan for details

Compare people or things that are the same using asas

Consonant clusters at the end of words : -sk/sk/ as in mask

Similes

Multiple Intelligences

Compare people or

Knowledge Acquisition

Take part in discussions Exchange ideas and give opinions

Read a brochure : make inferences, draw conclusions, make predictions Write a brochure : expand notes

Revision of Form One Short Stories : -study sequence of events - describe characters

things that are not the same using not asas

-st/st/ as in test

DURATION : 2 WEEKS

Discuss plans to visit a place

Relate characters and values in a story to ones life

The present continuous tense

comparing deciding giving reasons for choice

(19 31 July 2010) SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY : OCEANS IN MOTION 1

Listen to a lecture : give important details Read an article : scan for details, follow sequence of ideas

Formation of plurals -irregular plurals -nouns with no change in number in the plural form

Stress in words

Homophones

ICT Skills Knowledge Acquisition Futures studies

Tale part in discussions Exchange ideas and give opinions Participate in class discussions by-disagreeing politely and giving opinions -defining ones point of view

Read an article : identify main ideas, details, contextual clues

Revision of Form Two novels: -relate sequence of events (plot) -describe characters based on what the writer tells us

DURATION : 2 WEEKS

-seeking clarification 3 Interpret information in a bar graph Read an article : draw conclusions, make inferences Write an explanation : expand notes

( 1- 15 Aug 2010)

LANGUAGE FOR INTERPERSONAL USE CHAPTER/THE ME TERM 2B LEV EL 1

LANGUAGE FOR INFORMATIONAL USE

LANGUAGE FOR AESTHETIC USE

GRAMMAR

SOUND SYSTEM

VOCABUL ARY

EDUCATIONAL EMPHASES

Listen to a lecture: give important details Read a magazine article: scan for details

Talk about elements of a novel or story

Punctuation : -capital letter

Sentence stress and intonation

Homonyms

Knowledge Acquisition

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY : TREASURES FROM THE DEEP

-full stop Revise and answer questions on short stories and novels : -physical setting -theme -question mark -comma -apostrophe -exclamation mark

Futures Studies

Exchange ideas and give opinions Take part in discussions

Read a magazine article: identify main ideas, details, contextual clues

3 DURATION : 2 WEEKS

Write a letter to a foreign pen-pal : expand notes, use appropriate format

Make simple predictions Read a magazine article : make inferences, make simple predictions

( 16-22 Aug 2010)

23-27 Aug 2010

REVISION : POEMS (FORM 1) 1

TRIAL EXAMINATION
Revise and answer questions on the poems - The Dead crow 2 - Life brief candle - Lake Isle of Innisfree Thinking Skills Knowledge Acquisition

DURATION : 1 WEEK 3

(30 Aug 3 Sept 2010)

4 -12 Sep

MID SEMESTER HOLIDAYS

Literature Component The Prisoner of Zenda

Introduction to the author Character & characteristics Plot, setting Themes & issues Point of view, language & style Values & messages

Revision of Short stories and poems ; potato People Revision on all units

Diagnostic Test Monthly Tests School- based Oral Examination Term 1A Examination Mid-Term Examination Mock Examinations PMR Trial Examination PMR Examination

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