YEAR 2013

ENGLISH LANGUAGE
FORM 1
SCHEME OF WORK

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WEEK
1,2 & 3
1 17
Jan

CHAPTER/
THEME

Chapter 1:
Our Friends
Theme:
People

LANGUAGE FOR
INTERPERSO
NAL USE

Introducing oneself
Talking about
interests and
hobbies
Asking questions
politely and
responding

LANGUAGE FOR
INFORMATIO
NAL USE

Listening note
important details
Reading Scan for
details, use the
dictionary to find
meaning; identify
supporting details

LANGUAGE FOR
AESTHETI
C USE

Poem 1:
The River
Reciting poems
Rhyme in poems

20 Jan
31 Jan

Chapter 2:
Forever
Friends
Theme:
People

Using question words:

who, what, which,
when, why
Why questions
Simple sentences
Verbs- Tenses

Talking about friends

and family

4,5

GRAMMAR

Talking about
feelings and
experience

Listening find more

details
Reading find more
details

Reading e-mail
discuss points of
interest and give
opinion

Process writing
write a paragraph
about a friend

Inviting and
welcoming friends

Listening note
important details

Accepting and
declining invitations

Reading scan for

details

Talking about
values found in
the text

Simple present tense

for
- describing feelings
- senses
Simple past tense

Simple present tense

Personal and
possessive pronouns
Possessive adjectives

Talking about friends

and family

Figurative language
proverbs

Expressing thanks
and responding
appropriately;
apologizing
Writing short
messages to friends

Listening find more

details
Reading identify
main ideas,
supporting details;
use contextual clues
and identify words
that associate with
other words

Reading discuss
points of interest
and give opinions

Reading give
reasons, draw
conclusions
Process writing
write messages

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WEEK
6,7
3 14
Feb

8,9,10
17 Feb
7
March

CHAPTER/
THEME

Chapter 3:
Be Healthy
and Strong
Theme:
Health
Balanced
Diet

Chapter 4:
Home Sweet
Home
Theme:
Social Issues
Duties at
Home

LANGUAGE FOR
INTERPERSO
NAL USE

LANGUAGE FOR
INFORMATIO
NAL USE

LANGUAGE FOR
AESTHETI
C USE

Talking about
interest
Talking about health

Listening note
important details
Reading tell what
the text is about;
scan for details; use
the dictionary to find
meaning; group
words according to
categories

Finding meaning
of words by using
contextual clues

Writing a paragraph
on preferences
students favourite
food

Listening find more

details
Reading identify
main ideas and
supporting details

Reading an article
discuss points of
interest and give
opinions

Process writing skills

write a paragraph
on food

Understanding
figurative
language similes

Talking about
everyday activities
Talking about what
one shouldnt or
mustnt do
Giving instructions in
a poster

Listening note
details; follow
sequence of ideas
Reading scan for
details; use the
dictionary to find the
meaning
Writing simple
instructions

Reciting a poem

Listening find more

details
Reading identify
main ideas; use
contextual clues
(pronouns)

Making simple
predictions
Relating
characters and
actions to ones
life

Reading a Web
page discuss
points of interest

Process writing
write instructions

Talking about the

message the
writer is putting
across

Talking about things

Writing shopping
lists

Listening note
details
Reading scan for
details

Reciting poems

Reading identify
main ideas and
important details,
use contextual
clues, identify base
words

Relating events
and values in the
poem to ones life

Discussing plans
and rules

11,12
10 21
March

Chapter 5:
Technology
around Us
Theme:
Technology

Reading an
advertisement
discuss points of
interest and give
opinions

GRAMMAR

Simple present tense

for
- habitual actions
- instructions and
directions
Simple sentence
Positive statements
Negative statements
Punctuation:
capital letters, comma,
exclamation mark, full
stop and question
mark
Figurative language
similes

Simple present tense

- for habitual actions
- for instructions
Concord (subject-verb
agreement)
Verbs contracted
forms
Special finites or
modals

Singular and plural

nouns
Spelling rules for
regular and irregular
plurals
Articles with singular
and plural nouns a,
an, the
Figurative language
proverbs

Process writing
describe a product

School Holidays (Pertengahan Penggal 1)

22-30 March 2013

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WEEK
13,14
31
March
11
April

CHAPTER/
THEME

Chapter 6:
Our Beautiful
Environment
Theme:
Environment

LANGUAGE FOR
INTERPERSO
NAL USE

LANGUAGE FOR
INFORMATIO
NAL USE

Talking about plants

and flowers

Listening note
important details

Talking about what

we should and
should not do in
parks, and writing
simple instructions

Reading use the

dictionary to find
meaning; group
words according to
categories; build
new words from a
given word

Talking about
activities

Reading identify
main ideas and
supporting details

LANGUAGE FOR
AESTHETI
C USE

Reciting a poem
Retelling the
poem in ones own
words
Using a dictionary
to find the
meaning of words

GRAMMAR

Conjunction and to
link two ideas
Special finites or
modals should and
should not
Present continuous
tense am / is / are
verb + ing

Saying what one

thinks of the poem
Changing the
poem to a drawing

15,16
14 -25
April

Chapter 7:
Happy at
School
Theme:
Social Issues
Discipline
in School

Writing short e-mail

messages

Reading give
reasons

Reading discuss
points of interest
and give opinions

Process writing
write descriptions of
trees

Describing a friends
qualities

Listening note
details

Asking Yes No
questions and
responding to such
questions

Reading scan for

details; understand
word formation; use
a dictionary to find
meaning
Listening find more
details; identify main
ideas
Reading identify
main ideas and
supporting details

Reading a quiz
discuss points of
interest and give
opinions
Reading a letter

Understanding
figurative
language - images

Short Story:
Flipping Fantastic

Adjectives for
describing character
and appearance
Prefixes un, in, im
and dis to show not
Adverbs of manner
Yes No questions

Talking about
characters in the
story and writing
brief descriptions
saying what one
thinks of a
character

Reading give
reasons
Process writing
write a paragraph on
past activities

Writing recounts of
activities

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WEEK
17,18
& 19
28 April
16 May

CHAPTER/
THEME

Chapter 8:
Right on
Track
Theme:
Social Issues
Road
Safety

LANGUAGE FOR
INTERPERSO
NAL USE

LANGUAGE FOR
INFORMATIO
NAL USE

Giving and following

directions

Listening draw a
route on a map

Adding more details

to show locations

Drawing directions
and explaining them

Giving advice and

instructions

Reading group
words according to
categories

LANGUAGE FOR
AESTHETI
C USE

GRAMMAR

Using dictionary to
find the meaning
of words

Simple present tense

for instructions and
directions

Acting out
sections of a text

Prepositions of place
and direction

Writing simple
instructions
Reading to identify
main ideas and
supporting details

Describing
characters in a
story
Relating
characters to
ones life

Reading and
discussing road
signs
Reading a set of
instruction and
discussing safety
tips

9 27
June

Chapter 9:
Spending
Time with My
Family
Theme:
People

Process writing
draw a pictorial map
and write directions

Midterm / OTI 1 Test

19 - 23 May 2013

School holidays (Cuti Pertengahan Tahun)

24 May -8 June 2013

20

21,22,
23

Reading give
reasons

Talking about
holidays
Talking about past
activities
Asking questions to
get information, and
responding

Listening note
important details;
follow sequence of
ideas

Retelling the story

in a correct
sequence

Simple past tense

words that signal past
time
Regular and irregular
verbs

Reading scan for

details

Time expressions
Place expressions
Reading identify
main ideas and
supporting details

Giving the
sequence of
events in a story

Prepositions of place,
time and direction

Making simple
predictions
Writing simple letters
Writing recounts of
experiences

Reading identify
cause and effect;
give reasons
Process writing
write recounts of
experiences

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WEEK
24,25
& 26
30
June
-

CHAPTER/
THEME

Chapter 10:
Get Fit Go
For It
Theme:
Exercise

LANGUAGE FOR
INTERPERSO
NAL USE

Giving instructions
Making choices

LANGUAGE FOR
INFORMATIO
NAL USE

LANGUAGE FOR
AESTHETI
C USE

Listening note
important details;
follow sequence

GRAMMAR

Simple present tense

for instructions
Sequence connectors

Talking about
exercise and games

Reading scan for

details

18 July

Writing plans
Writing short
messages to friends

Listening find more

details
Reading
understand nonlinear texts;
understand meaning
of words by the use
of the suffix ing

Giving the
sequence of
events
Making simple
predictions
Saying what one
thinks of the text

Writing
announcements

27, 28
& 29
21 July

6 Aug

Chapter 11:
Putting
Technology
to Work
Theme:
Technology

Writing simple letters

to family members

Reading draw
conclusions

Reading notes on
exercises discuss
points of interest
and give opinions

Process writing
write plans, and
announcements

Asking questions
politely and
responding
appropriately

Listening note
details to support
main ideas
Reading scan for
details
Group words
according to
categories

Poem 2:
Mr Nobody

Asking questions to
clarify and
responding
appropriately
Giving details to
support main ideas
Making
comparisions

Listening find more

details
Reading identify
base words, identify
supporting details

Writing a
paragraph to tell
what the poem is
about

Reading a dialogue
and writing short
notes
Reading a dialogue,
discuss points of
interest and give
opinions

Reading make
simple predictions;
give reasons
Process writing
gathering
information to write
an article

Talking about
themes in poems
Composing simple
poems

Why questions
Adjectives
comparison adjectives

Reciting a poem

School holidays (Cuti Pertengahan Penggal 2)

7-17 August 2013

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WEEK
30,31
18 - 29
August

CHAPTER/
THEME

Chapter 12:
Planning a
Trip
Theme:
People

LANGUAGE FOR
INTERPERSO
NAL USE

Talking about plans

Requesting and
offering help

LANGUAGE FOR
INFORMATIO
NAL USE

Listening note
important details
Reading scan for
details; follow
sequence of ideas

Listening identify
main ideas and
details
Reading identify
main ideas and
supporting details;
use contextual clues
for meaning, identify
words that associate
with other words

Writing simple letters

to friends

1 12
Sept

Chapter 13:
Caring and
Sharing
Theme:
Compassion
and Mental
Cleanliness

Talking about the

message

Asking for the price

of goods, stating
whether the price is
agreeable or too
high

Listening note
important details
Reading scan for
details; follow
sequence of ideas

Reciting a poem

Discussing plans for

a party

Listening find more

details

Making enquiries to
get information and
responding
appropriately

Reading identify
main ideas and
supporting details;
identify words that
associate with other
words

Talking about
setting in poems
Giving ones
opinions and
interpretation of
the poem
Relating the
setting to ones life

Making enquiries
about a product

Future tense
Using will
- to affirm
- to request

Talking about
values
Telling how
events, characters
and values are
similar to ones life
Giving ones
opinions

Reading make
simple predictions of
outcomes; give
reasons
Process writing
write plans for a trip

Writing out plans for

others to follow

32,33

Graphic Novel:Journey To The

Centre of the
Earth

GRAMMAR

Talking about
setting (time and
place) in a story

Making telephone
calls to get
information
Discuss plans with
others to go
somewhere and to
do something

LANGUAGE FOR
AESTHETI
C USE

Countable and
uncountable nouns
Regular plurals
Phrasal Quantifiers
Each as an adjective

Placing orders
Completing an order
form

Reading draw
obvious conclusions
in simple texts

Writing a magazine
article

Process writing
write recounts

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WEEK
34, 35
15 26
Sept

CHAPTER/
THEME

Chapter 14:
Success
through Team
Effort
Theme:
Technology

LANGUAGE FOR
INTERPERSO
NAL USE

Giving and following

instructions for
procedures

LANGUAGE FOR
INFORMATIO
NAL USE

Listening note
important details;
follow sequence of
ideas

LANGUAGE FOR
AESTHETI
C USE

Retelling a story

Reading scan for

details; follow
sequence of ideas;
use the dictionary to
find meaning
Talking about plans
for a project

Listening find more

details

GRAMMAR

Simple present tense

for instructions
Sequence markers
(review)
Some to express
infinitive quality,
number
Article the
- for unique nouns
- with same as

Talking about
setting

Reading
understand nonlinear texts; identify
base words
Writing out plans for
others to follow

Reading make
predictions; identify
cause and effect;
draw conclusions

Talking about
message

Process writing
write plans for a
project
36, 37
29
Sept

10 Oct

Chapter 15:
Take Part
Take Charge
Social
Issues:
Personal
Discipline in
School

Responding
appropriately to
questions

Listening note
important details
Reading scan for
details; understand
word formation
Writing and
presenting plans

Talking about future

plans to solve
problems

Listening find more

details
Reading identify
main ideas and
supporting details by
the use of suffix ment or -ion;
identify base words;
use contextual clues

Talking about
values found in
the text

Reading a notice
and discussing
points of interest

Reading give
reasons

Talking about the

message the
writer is putting
across

Process writing
write plans for a
calendar

The define article the

Phrasal verbs
Conditional clauses
if clauses
Future tense Wh
questions and will

Composing simple
stories

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WEEK
38,39
13 - 31
Oct

CHAPTER/
THEME

Chapter 16:
Happy to Be
Malaysians
Values:
Patriotism

LANGUAGE FOR
INTERPERSO
NAL USE

Asking simple
questions politely to
get information and
responding
appropriately

LANGUAGE FOR
INFORMATIO
NAL USE

Listening note
important details

LANGUAGE FOR
AESTHETI
C USE

Retelling the
verses

Reading scan for

details

GRAMMAR

Adjectives
comparatives and
superlatives
Collective Nouns
Gender

Talking about
festivals
Writing short Web
messages

Listening find more

details

Talking about
songs feelings
and values

Reading find
meaning using
contextual clues
Reading a dialogue
discuss points of
interest and give
opinions

Reading give
reasons; draw
conclusions

Composing simple
verses

Process writing
design a Web page
and write messages
40

Final Exam / OTI 2/ Final PBS

41,42

Post Mortem of Final Exam/OTI 2

27 -31 October 2013

PBS Activities

3 14 November
2013

School Holidays ( Cuti persekolahan Akhir Tahun 2013)

15 November
31 December 2013

YEAR 2013
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
FORM 1
SCHEME OF WORK
Property Of Mrs Mas Ayu Ros Aida Binti Haron

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