Professional Documents
Culture Documents
2008
TERM 1:
WEEKS
THEME /
CHAPTER
1-2
3-4
ACTIVITIES
ORIENTATION WEEK
People
Social issues
Portrait of a
Young
Person
Taking part in
conversation
Disagreeing politely
Offering advice
Keeping a journal of
daily experiences
5-6
LANGUAGE
CONTENT
People
Friends,
Countrymen ...
Sonnet 18
Understanding rhythm
and rhyme
Reciting a poem
Talking about:
*values
*message
Understanding:
* figurative language
* poetic devices
Talking about themes
Describing
characters
Talking about moral
values
Page 1
Grammar
Subject-verb
agreement
verb 'to be' and 'have'
Punctuation:
apostrophe
Dictation
Grammar
Modals:
need to, should
Imperatives
Articles with singular
and plural countable
nouns
Vocabulary
Compound words
Dictionary skills:
countable and
uncountable nouns
ideas
Writing an article
themes
Stating one's opinion of
a character
Page 2
Sound System
Vowel / I /, / i: /
Stress and intonation
in statements and
questions
WEEKS
7-9
THEME /
CHAPTER
Environment
LEVEL
Reading topics of
current interest and
exchanging ideas
Wildlife
Warriors
Giving opinions
10
11 - 12
LANGUAGE
CONTENT
Grammar
Simple present and
past tense
Present perfect tense
Punctuation: capital
letters, full stop,
comma
Dictation
Vocabulary
Acronyms
Word families:
derivatives
Word association
Understanding
figurative language
Talking about:
*message
*themes
Sound System
Consonants: / w / and
/v/
ACTIVITIES
1 Group discussion
2 Write a dialogue using
persuasive language
3 True / False statements
4 Answer Wh-questions
5 Match words/phrases with
meaning
6 Identify main ideas
7 Complete a diagram
8 Write a summary
9 Write an article
10 Interpret meaning of stanzas
11 Identify the message
12 Deduce the theme
13 State the simple past tense
form of given verbs
14 Complete a text
15 Construct sentences
16 Dictation
Listening to important
details
Converting information
into a table
Exchanging opinions on Reading an interview
topics of interest
Identifying supporting
details
Understanding context
clues
Summarising: reducing
the length of the text
Giving opinions
Write an interview
Initiate a discussion
Giving opinions
The Necklace
Retelling story in one's
own words
Describing characters
Narrating sequence of
events
Talking about moral
values
Page 3
Grammar
Adverbs of degree
(adverb of degree +
adjective)
Interrogative pronouns
Vocabulary
Suffixes: ~ment, ~ion,
~hood, ~ship
Dictionary skills:
spelling of long words
Sound System
Consonant: /k/
WEEKS
THEME /
CHAPTER
13 - 14 Health
Social Issues
LEVEL
1
Special
People
15 - 16 Values
People
Grammar
Verb forms
Past perfect tense
Punctuation: colon
Vocabulary
Homonyms
Word association
Understanding
figurative language
Talking about:
themes
message
The Drover's Wife
Retelling story
Random Acts
of Kindness
LANGUAGE
CONTENT
Grammar
Infinitives as objects
of verbs
Punctuation: semi
colon
Adjectives
Vocabulary
Adjectives of quality
ACTIVITIES
1 Match speech bubbles to
pictures
2 Listen and complete a chart
3 List names of diseases
4 True / False statements
5 MCQ
6 Identify main ideas
7 Complete sentences
8 Write summary using linking
words
9 Write a fact sheet about a
common illness
10 Interpret meaning of stanzas
11 Identify message
12 State moral values learnt
13 Deduce theme of the poem
14 State meanings of words
15 Complete sentences
16 Dictation
1 Practise expressions used in
discussion
2 True / False statements
3 Answer Wh-questions
4 Find evidence to support
statements
5 Match words with meaning
6 Identify and sequence main
events
WEEKS
THEME /
CHAPTER
17 - 18 Science and
Technology
LEVEL
of events
Talking about values
Exchanging information
Making enquiries about
a product
Wired Youth
for describing
character
Negative prefixes
Word association
Sound System
Vowel: / /
details
Locating evidence to
support statements
Understanding context
clues
Summarising: identify
main events in correct
sequence
Drawing conclusions
Predicting outcomes
Writing a simple
narrative
If
Reciting a poem
Understanding
figurative language
Talking about the
theme and tone of
a poem
Page 5
LANGUAGE
CONTENT
Grammar
Nouns functioning as
adjectives
Sentence connectors
Sequence connectors
Vocabulary
Synonyms and
antonyms
Thesaurus skills
Word association
Sound System
Diphtong: /
/
Stress in four syllable
words
ACTIVITIES
1 Express own experiences
2 True/False statements
3 Answer Wh-questions
4 Arrange events in sequence
5 Write a summary using
sequence connectors
6 Write a talk based on notes
given
7 Interpret meaning of stanzas
8 Identify message
9 State moral values learnt
10 Deduce theme of the poem
11 Identify the tone of the poem
12 Pick out the synonym
13 Replace words with antonyms
14 Complete a text
19 - 20
MID-YEAR EXAMINATION
TERM 2:
WEEKS
THEME /
CHAPTER
21 - 22 Social issues
Active Ageing
2
Page 6
LANGUAGE
CONTENT
Grammar
Infinitives as
complements of the
verb ' to be '
Concrete and
abstract nouns
Present continuous
tense
Vocabulary
Figurative language
Thesaurus skills
Word association
Sound system
Consonant clusters
/ bl /, / br /
Contractions
ACTIVITIES
1 Match expressions with
pictures
2 Role-playing
3 Design a card
4 Listen and take notes
5 Look for meaning in dictionary
6 Answer MCQ
7 Answer Wh-questions
8 Deduce conclusion
9 Rewrite sentences
8 Write an informal letter
Sequence events
9 Write description of a character
10 Arrange events in sequence
11 Identify theme and moral values
12 Fill in the blanks
15 Construct sentences
16 Classify nouns
17 Complete a text
WEEKS
THEME /
CHAPTER
23 - 25 Social Issues
LEVEL
1
Helping Hands
26 - 27 Environment
Science and
Technology
Water,
Water,
Everywhere
Offering advice
Making
recommendations and
suggestions to solve a
LANGUAGE
CONTENT
si-tenggang's
homecoming
Reciting poem with
feelings and with correct
pronunciation,
intonation, stess and
rhythm
Grammar
Prepositions of
direction and purpose
Vocabulary
Cliches
Thesaurus skills:
word families
Word association
Describing setting
Understanding cultural
background
Talking about values
Grammar
Adjectives used as
nouns
Gerunds
Punctuation:
exclamation mark
Vocabulary
Euphemisms
Synonyms
Word association
Sound System
Consonants:
/ eks /, / z /
Understanding literal
and figurative meaning
Talking about the theme
Page 7
Sound System
Diphthongs:
/
/,/
/
ACTIVITIES
1 Role-play dialogues
2 Present personal views
3 Expressions for making and
responding to a complaint
4 Listen and identify
5 True / False statements
6 Identify supporting evidence
7 Answering Wh-questions
8 Answer MCQ
9 Identify main ideas
10 Complete a diagram / table
11 Write a summary
12 Write a formal letter of
complaint
13 Interpret meaning of stanzas
14 Identify the message
15 Identify moral values
16 Deduce the theme
17 Match phrases with euphemism
1 Group discussion
2 Complete sentences
3 Answer Wh-questions
4 Find evidence to support
statements
5 Match words with meaning
6 Identify main points using
headings
7 Write a summary
8 Sequence events
9 Write description of a character
10 Arrange events in sequence
11 Identify theme and moral values
12 Express one's opinion of the
text
problem
Page 8
WEEKS
THEME /
CHAPTER
28 - 29 Science and
Technology
Values
The
Competitive
Edge
LEVEL
1
Monsoon History
Reciting a poem
Describing setting
Understanding cultural
background
Talking about values
Understanding
literal and figurative
meaning
Talking about theme
and message
LANGUAGE
CONTENT
Grammar
Prepositions of: time,
place
Adjectives of
comparison
Punctuation: the
Hyphen
Vocabulary
Prefixes
Word association
Sound system
Consonant clusters:
/ fl / , / sl /
Homographs
ACTIVITIES
1 Express one's preferences
2 Plan an outing
3 Listen to and take notes
4 Draw a chart/graph
5 Answer Wh-questions
6 Identify the apporpriate
synonyms
7 Identify main ideas
8 Write a summary
9 Write a report
10 Interpret meaning of stanzas
11 Identify the message
12 Identify moral values
13 Deduce the theme
14 Identify the setting and cultural
elements
15 Form words using prefixes
16 State meaning of words
17 Construct sentences
30
31 - 32 Environment
People
For the
Common
Good
Responding to
questions politely by
giving the required
information
Exchanging opinions on
topics on current
interest
Making a speech to
persuade someone
Grammar
Connectors:
conjunctions
logical connectors
simple, compound
and complex
sentences
Vocabulary
Homophones
Thesaurus skills
Synonyms
Word association
view
Summarising and
paraphrasing
3
Write a speech
Sound System
Consonant clusters
State one's opinion of
the text
Page 10
/ kl / and / kr /
WEEKS
THEME /
CHAPTER
33 - 34 Environment
People
LEVEL
1
Earth Matters!
2
35 - 36 Values
People
Culture
A Rainbow
Nation
Review
Poems:
Poetic devices
Exchanging ideas/
information/opinions on
topics of current interest
Talking about one's
feelings and preferences
Review
Poems:
Poetic devices
Lion Dance
LANGUAGE
CONTENT
Grammar
Possessive
adjectives
Possessive
pronouns
Demonstrative
pronouns
Punctuation: brackets
Dictation
Vocabulary
Suffixes: ~ly, ~ness,
~fy, ~ful
Word association
Sound System
Consonant clusters:
ps/s/, gn/n/
Page 11
Grammar
Prepositions
Phrasal verbs
Present tense
Vocabulary
Idiomatic expressions
Dictionary and
Thesaurus skills:
Phrasal verbs
Word association
Sound System
Consonant clusters:
/ zm / and / sp /
ACTIVITIES
1 Express one's past
experiences
2 True / false statements
3 Answer Wh-questions
4 MCQ
5 Identify main points
6 Identify relevant information
7 Write a summary
8 Write a personal recount
9 State types of poetic devices
10 Identify examples of poetic
devices
11 Identify words with suffixes
12 Form words using suffixes
13 Distinguish between possesive
adjectives, possessive
pronouns and demonstrative
pronouns
14 insert brackets
15 Dictation
1 Write a short dialogue for
complaining about poor
service
2 Listen and complete a text
3 Answer Wh-questions
4 Match word to meaning
5 Identify main ideas and
supporting details
6 Write a summary
7 Write a description of a festival
8 State types of poetic devices
9 Identify examples of poetic
devices
10 Complete a word web
11 Identify idioms and their
meaning
12 Form phrasal verbs
13 Complete a text
14 Construct sentences
WEEKS
THEME /
CHAPTER
37 - 38 Values
People
LEVEL
1
Listening to important
details
Writing a message
Reading messages /
a story
Identifying main ideas
and supporting details
Understanding context
clues
Read an article and give oSummarising and
opinions
paraphrasing
Initaiting and keeping a Taking notes
discussion going
Predicting outcomes
Writing an article
Writing a simple
narrative
Review
Story stories:
Literary elements
Review
Story stories:
Literary elements
A Culture of
Peace
2
The Missing
Handbag
3
39 - 40 Science and
Technology
Future
Gazing
Suggesting ways to
solve problem
Reading descriptive
accounts
Following sequence of
events
Identifying supporting
details
Understanding context
clues
Summarising:
Idenitfying relevant
information
Paraphrasing
Drawing conclusions
Writing a descriptive
account
LANGUAGE
CONTENT
Grammar
Adjective and
preposition
combination
Adverbs of time,
frequency
Past tense
Vocabulary
Borrowed words
Prefixes: anti~, ex~,
super~, uni~
Word association
Sound System
Consonant clusters:
/ lm /, / m /
Page 12
Grammar
Passive construction
Adverb of manner
Future tense
Vocabulary
New words: use
electronic dictionary
Thesaurus skills:
converting informal
language to formal
language
Word association
Sound System
ACTIVITIES
1 Express one's feelings,
opinions and thoughts about
world peace
2 Complete sentences
3 Answer Wh-questions
4 Identify key words
5 Write a summary
6 Write an article
7 Write a story
8 Match words with meanings
9 Identify elements in a story
10 Revise short stories
11 Complete a word web
12 Find meaning of words in
dictionary
13 Rewrite words using prefixes
Construct sentences
1 Group discussion:
2 Suggest ways to solve problems
3 List main ideas and supporting
details
4 Answer Wh-questions
5 List the advantages and
disadvantages of genetic
engineering
6 Match words with meaning
7 Identify relevant points
8 Write a summary
9 Write a descriptive account
10 Identify informal langauge
11 Replace informal language
with formal language
Diphthong: / ei /
41 - 42
13 Complete a text
14 Revise short stories
Prepared by:
Checked by:
Lam Mei Leng, PJK
Verified by:
Puan Mai Kalsum bt
Meor Mohamed
Head of English Department
Page 13
ORIENTATION WEEK
Thinking Skills:
Identifying causes
ICT Skills:
Internet search
Thinking Skills:
evaluating
giving casual
explanation
Multiple Intelligence
intrapersonal visual
- spatial
Learning How to
Learn /
ICT Skills:
Page 14
Acquisition: using
the blurb
Page 15
EDUCATIONAL
EMPHASES
Thinking skills:
identifying true /
false statements
Multiple
Intelligences:
bodily kinaesthetic
ICT Skills:
Internet for
research
Page 16
EDUCATIONAL
EMPHASES
Thinking Skills:
making association
ICT Skills:
Internet and library
research
Thinking Skills:
identifying true / false
statements
Learning How to Learn:
using title page and
table of contents
Page 17
EDUCATIONAL
EMPHASES
Thinking Skills:
comparing and
contrasting
Preparation for the
Real World:
occupations in the
field of science
and technology
Page 18
MID-YEAR EXAMINATION
EDUCATIONAL
EMPHASES
Thinking Skills:
making inferences
Multiple
Intelligences:
linguistic verbal/bodily kinaesthetic
Learning How to
Learn /
ICT Skills:
on-line library
search
Page 19
EDUCATIONAL
EMPHASES
Learning How to
Learn:
Knowledge Acquisition using bibliography
Values and Citizenship
Education:
research stories of
courage / organisations
that care for the
disabled
Multiple
Intelligences:
visual-spatial
Preparations for the
Real World/ICT
Skills:
Internet search on
organisations for
water conservation
Page 20
Page 21
EDUCATIONAL
EMPHASES
Thinking Skills:
making
interpretations
sequencing
Multiple
Intelligences:
musical
logicalmathematical
Page 22
Page 23
EDUCATIONAL
EMPHASES
Values and
Citizenship
Education:
collective
responsibility,
involvement in world
organisation
Multiple
Intelligences:
verbal-linguistic /
bodily-kinaesthetic
Page 24
EDUCATIONAL
EMPHASES
Thinking Skills:
making
associations
comparing and
contrasting
Learning How to
Learn:
using the glossary
Thinking Skills:
solving problems
identify causes and
effects
Preparations for the
Real World:
Vision 2020 - A
planned city
Page 25
D OF YEAR EXAMINATION
Page 26
THEME /
TOPIC
People
Friends,
Countrymen ...
Lion Dance
LANGUAGE
CONTENT
Grammar
Subject-verb
agreement
Modals:
need to, should
Artilces
Punctuation:
apostrophe
Vocabulary
Compound words
Countable and
uncountable nouns
Environment
Wildlife
Warriors
2
Environmental
Degradation
Sound System
Vowel / I /, / i: /
Stress and intonation
QWERTYUIOP
Recognising elements
in story
Describing setting
Talking about plot
and understanding it
Grammar
Tenses:
Simple present
Simple past
Present perfect
Punctuation: capital
letters, full stop,
comma
Vocabulary
Word families:
derivatives
Word association
Sound System
Consonants: / w /
F4
ACTIVITIES
5
6-8
27
1 Group discussion
2 Write a dialogue using
persuasive language
3 True / False statements
4 Answer Wh-questions
5 Match words/phrases with
meaning
6 Identify main ideas
7 Complete a diagram
8 Write a summary
9 Write a formal letter of complaint
10 Identify elements in a story
11 Arrange events in sequence
12 Describe plot
13 Identify themes
14 State the simple past tense
mll
and / v /
F4
28
mll
WEEKS
9 - 12
THEME /
TOPIC
Values
People
Dare to
Dream
LEVEL
1
Listening to important
details
Converting information
into a table
Exchanging opinions on Reading an interview
topics of interest
Identifying supporting
details
Understanding context
clues
Summarising: reducing
the length of the text
Giving opinions
Write an interview
Initiate a discussion
10
13 - 15
ACTIVITIES
Grammar
Adverbs of degree
(adverb of degree +
adjective)
Interrogative pronouns
Vocabulary
Suffixes: ~ment, ~ion,
~hood, ~ship
Dictionary skills:
spelling of long words
Describing the theme
Understanding theme
Sound System
Consonant: /k/
Writing an article
Special
People
Good Health
F4
LANGUAGE
CONTENT
Grammar
Verb forms
Past perfect tense
Imperatives
Punctuation: colon
Vocabulary
Homonyms
Word association
Sound System
Consonant: / r /
29
mll
F4
30
mll
WEEKS
THEME /
TOPIC
LEVEL
15
16-18
Values
People
Talking about
personal experiences
Random Acts
of Kindness
Reading a narrative
Identifying supporting
details
Locating evidence to
support statements
Understanding context
clues
Summarising: identify
main events in correct
sequence
TERM 2:
THEME /
TOPIC
20 - 22 Science and
Technology
Vocabulary
Adjectives of quality
for describing
character
Understanding
figurative language
Understanding poetic
devices
Negative prefixes
Wired Youth
2
Airbags
F4
Grammar
Adjectives
Comparison of
adjectives
Modals
Articles
Punctuation: semi
colon
18-19
WEEKS
Drawing conclusions
Predicting outcomes
Writing a simple
narrative
ACTIVITIES
31
LANGUAGE
CONTENT
Grammar
Nouns functioning as
adjectives
Conjunctions
Sentence connectors
Sequence connectors
Vocabulary
Synonyms and
antonyms
Thesaurus skills
ACTIVITIES
1 Role play
2 Write and practise a dialogue
3 Answer Wh-questions
4 Form wh-questions
5 Match words with meanings
6 Arrange events in sequence
7 Write a summary using
sequence connectors
8 Write a talk
9 Write a formal letter to order a
product
mll
Writing a talk
Writing a formal letter to
order a product
Drawing conclusions
Talking about themes
or issues
WEEKS
THEME /
TOPIC
23 - 25 Social issues
Active
Ageing
LEVEL
1
Expressing concern
and sympathy
Using a dictionary to
find meaning
Enchanging ideas on
how society can help
the elderly
Reading a poem or a
short story
Identifying main points
and supporting details
Understanding context
clues
Summarising: identify
main events in correct
sequence
A Mother's
Sacrifice
26 - 28 Social Issues
LANGUAGE
CONTENT
Drawing conclusions
Writing an informal
letter to express
concern
Understanding
figurative language
Talking about the
poetic devices
Relating personal
experiences
Converting information
to graphics
Reading extracts from
letters of complaint
Identifying text type
Skimming for gist
Finding evidence to
support statements
Understanding context
clues
Identify main ideas
Summarising and
QWERTYUIOP
Grammar
Describing characters
Adjectives used as
Understanding charactersnouns
Gerunds
Prepositions
Punctuation:
exclamation mark
Helping Hands
F4
Sound System
Stress in four syllable
words
Vocabulary
Euphemisms
Word association
Prefixes
32
ACTIVITIES
1 Match expressions with
pictures
2 Role-playing
3 Look for meaning in dictionary
4 Answer MCQ
5 Answer Wh-questions
6 Deduce conclusion
7 Sequence events
8 Write a summary using
connectors
9 Write an informal letter
10 Interpret meaning of stanzas
11 Identify moral values
12 Deduce theme and message
15 Fill in the blanks
16 Construct sentences
17 Classify nouns
18 Complete texts
1 Present personal views
2 Practise expressions for making
and responding to complaints
3 True / False statements
4 Identify supporting evidence
5 Answering Wh-questions
6 Answer MCQ
7 Identify main ideas
8 Complete a diagram / table
9 Write a summary
10 Write a formal letter of
complaint about a service
mll
THEME /
TOPIC
29 - 31 Environment
People
For the
Common
Good
LEVEL
1
Recycling
32 - 34 Values
People
2
A Rainbow
F4
Sound System
Consonants:
/ eks /, / z /
27
WEEKS
LANGUAGE
CONTENT
Grammar
Prepositions
Phrasal verbs
Present tense
ACTIVITIES
1 Match answers to questions
2 Answer Wh-questions
3 Give meaning of words/phrases
4 Identify points of view
5 Identify cause and effect
6 Paraphrase sentences
7 Write a summary
8 Write a persuasive speech
9 Write a recount
10 Fill in the blanks
11 Identify moral values
12 Deduce theme and message
13 Find suitable synonyms
14 Complete a text
15 Construct sentences
16 Distinguish between simple,
17 compound and complex
sentences
Nation
The Missing
Handbag
33
F4
Drawing conclusions
Write an article
Vocabulary
Idiomatic expressions
Dictionary and
Thesaurus skills:
Phrasal verbs
Word association
34
mll
WEEKS
35-37
THEME /
TOPIC
Science and
Technology
Future
Gazing
LEVEL
Suggesting ways to
solve problems
Vocabulary
New words: use
electronic dictionary
Thesaurus skills:
converting informal
language to formal
language
Word association
Sound System
Diphthong: / ei /
ACTIVITIES
1 Group discussion:
2 Suggest ways to solve problems
3 List main ideas and supporting
details
4 Answer Wh-questions
5 List the advantages and
disadvantages of genetic
engineering
6 Match words with meaning
7 Identify relevant points
8 Write a summary
9 Write a descriptive account
10 Interpret meaning of stanzas
11 Identify moral values
13 Complete a text
14 Identify informal langauge
15 Replace informal language
with formal language
38-39
Prepared by:
Syazrin Syimee Sharifuddin
F4
Reading descriptive
accounts
Following sequence of
events
Identifying supporting
details
Understanding context
clues
Summarising:
Idenitfying relevant
information
Paraphrasing
Drawing conclusions
Writing a descriptive
account
LANGUAGE
CONTENT
Checked by:
Verified by;
Adila bt Ahmad
Head of English Panel
Julaila bt Yahya
Head of the Language Department
35
mll
F4
36
mll
Thinking skills:
identifying true /
false statements
Multiple
Intelligences:
bodily - kinaesthetic
ICT Skills:
Internet for
research
F4
37
mll
F4
38
mll
EDUCATIONAL
EMPHASES
Thinking skills:
evaluating
ICT Skills:
Internet for research
Knowledge
Acquisition: using
different sources to
complete a project
F4
39
mll
F4
40
mll
EDUCATIONAL
EMPHASES
F4
41
mll
EDUCATIONAL
EMPHASES
Thinking Skills:
making inferences
Multiple
Intelligences:
linguistic verbal/bodily kinaesthetic
Learning How to
Learn /
ICT Skills:
on-line library
search
Learning How to
Learn:
Knowledge
Acquisition - using
bibliography
Values and
Citizenship
Education:
research stories of
courage /
organisations that
care for the disabled
F4
42
mll
EDUCATIONAL
EMPHASES
Thinking Skills:
evaluating
making
interpretation
Learning How to
Learn:
knowledge
acquisition - using
the index
Thinking Skills:
making inferences
Multiple
Intelligences:
F4
43
mll
verbal-linguistic /
bodily-kinaesthetic
F4
44
mll
EDUCATIONAL
EMPHASES
Thinking Skills:
solving problems
identify causes and
effects
Preparations for the
Real World:
Vision 2020 - A
planned city
F4
45
mll
F4
46
mll