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LANGUAGE CONTENT LANGUAGE FOR AESTHETIC USE GRAMMAR

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DATELINE

LANGUAGE FOR INTERPERSONAL USE

LANGUAGE FOR INFORMAIONAL USE

EDUCATIONA L EMPHASIS

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1-2

WHAT PEOPLE DO THEME : PEOPLE

Talk about daily routines. Talk about friends. Write a simple account on ones friends ambition. Write a letter to a friend on ones ambition.

Read and understand excerpts of brochures on job descriptions. Scan for details. Spell it right. Listen to an interview with a firefighter. Note important details. Identify main ideas.

POEM- I WONDER Reciting poem

Writing a paragraph to tell what the poem is about Talking about themes in poems
Understanding figurative language-images

Simple present tense for habitual actions Wh words

r/r/ and l/l/

LHTL ~obtain information from different sources ICT ~send an email ~get information from specific websites MI ~social interaction Preparation for real world ~obtain information. LHTL ~seek information ICT ~using websites

Antonyms

3-

VILLAGERS AND THEIR LIVELIHOOD THEME : PEOPLE

Ask questions politely to get information on a flyer. Seek clarification to get certain information about an exhibition. Read topics of interest and discuss certain points with friends.

Read and understand an article on Pulau Duyung. Scan for details. Spell it right. Listen to a television programme,Meeting People. Note important details. Describe an activity. Identify supporting details. Sequence ideas. Make simple

SHORT STORY- One is One and All Alone

Giving the sequence of events in a story Talking about setting (time and place) in a story

Subject-verb agreement Punctuationcapital letters and full stops.

s/s/ and z/z/

Synonyms

6&7 8

Famous faces THEME : PEOPLE

Talk about ones favourite personalities. Express congratulations and respond. Congratulate and give compliments and respong appropriately Participate in class discussion.. Write a card to ones favourite personality.

predictions. Identify key ideas. Write a description of a Malaysian handicraft. WEEK 5- CHINESE NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS ( 31/1-4/2/2011) SHORT STORY- One Read and Adjectives that v/v/ is one and All Alone show qualities. understand an and article on a Simple past w/w/ Talking about remarkable man. tense . characters in the Scan for details. story and writing brief Listen to a descriptions saying conversation. what one thinks of a Note important character details. Take dictation. Describing Identify main ideas. characters in the text Make simple predictions. Write an account on a person.

LHTL ~obtain information from an atlas ICT ~get information from specific websites Values ~diligence, hardwork

Antonyms

9 -10

STOP AIR POLLUTION THEME : ENVIRONME NT

Ask questions to get information. Answer questions and give details. Participate in class discussion. Read topics of interest and discuss certain points with friends.

Read and understand an interview. Scan for details. Take dictation. Listen to a news report. Note important details. Identify main ideas. Identify supporting details. Identify cause and effect Write a composition on pollution in a town.

SHORT STORY- One is One and All Alone

Future tense using going to Punctuation question marks.

Talking about the message the writer is putting across

/e/ and /ae /:/ and // /U/ and /U/:

ICT ~get information from specific websites Values ~care for the environment

Prefix mis

WEEK 11-FIRST SEMESTER BREAK(12/3-20/3/2011) Ask questions to get information. Answer questions and give details. Offer help and respond appropriately. Complete a newspaper report. Read and understand an internet article on flash floods. Scan for details. Spell it right. Listen to a news bulletin on the after effects of a flash flood. Tell what the text is about. Note important details. Identify main ideas. Draw obvious conclusions. Design a thank you card to express appreciation. Write a simple account on a flash flood. Read and understand a talk on the importance of play to children. Scan for details. Spell it right. Listen to a conversation between two concerned Prepositions of direction. Formation of the plural words ending with f and fe. /I/ and /i: / / : / and / / LHTL ~obtain information from an atlas Values ~safety Prefix re

12&13

FLOOD WOES THEME : ENVIRONME NT

SHORT STORY- One is One and All Alone

Talking about values found in the text

14 - 15

GIVE US SPACE TO RUN AND PLAY THEME : ENVIRONME NT

Express satisfaction and dissatisfaction on a playground in ones neighbourhood. Participate in a discussion.

POEM- HEIR CONDITIONING

Reciting a poem Writing a paragraph to tell what the poem is about

Negative statements. Punctuation exclamation marks.

/ u/ and /u/

Values ~express appreciation , cooperation Thinking skill ~creative and critical

Suffix ful

mothers. Note important details. Identify main ideas. Draw obvious conclusions. Identify key ideas. Write a simple account on a gotongroyong activity.

Talking about setting in poems Relating the setting to ones life

thinking MI ~kinesthetic intelligence

16 & 17

TIME IS GOLD THEME : SOCIAL ISSUES

Understand the types of services available at a sports centre. Make enquiries as to what a sports centre offers. Make further enquiries via a telephone. Fill in a registration form.

Read and understand excerpts of a diary. Scan for details. Spell it right. Listen to a talk on how to spend the holidays beneficially. Note important details. Read and understand a simple table. Identify main ideas. Write an account on how one spent the holidays. Draw obvious conclusions. Read and understand an article on how to build a healthy friendship. Scan for details. Take dictation.

POEM- HEIR CONDITIONING

Talking about themes in poems Relating events and values in the poem to ones life Saying what one thinks of the poem

Punctuation apostrophe for contractions. Article the

ed/t /and ed/d/

Values ~hard work , participation Thinking skill ~critical thinking MI ~kinesthetic intelligence

Suffix less

18 & 19

WHAT ARE FRIENDS FOR THEME : SOCIAL

Talk about qualities one looks for in a friend. Participate in class discussion.

REVISION FOR LITERATURE

Describing characters in the text Talking about values

Negative adjectives using im; and un Pronouns subjects and object

/ea/ and /u/

Thinking skill ~solve problem MI ~kinesthetic intelligence

Synonyms

ISSUES

Listen to the views of three students on friendship. Note important details. Identify main ideas. Identify supporting details. Follow sequence of ideas. Draw obvious conclusions. Identify key ideas. Reply a letter from a friend to offer advice.

found in the text Talking about themes in poems

pronouns

ICT ~reply to an e-mail ~get information from specific websites

24 - 25

LOOKING GOOD, FEELING GREAT THEME : HEALTH

Ask questions politely. Give instructions orally. Give advice.

26-27

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Give advice on a healthy diet. Participate in a

WEEK 20 &21 -MID-YEAR EXAMINATION WEEK 22 & 23- MID-YEAR BREAK (30/5-11/6/2011) es/iz/ie Read and understand a Connectors DRAMA ( sequence s /aiz/ letter on what beauty RUMPELSTILTSKI connectors and and means. N ves/vzl/ Scan for details. conjuctions ) Spell it right. Giving the Listen to a talk on sequence of personal hygiene. events in a story Note important details. Identify main ideas. Identify supporting details. Follow sequence of ideas. Identify key ideas. Apply process writing skills on proper dental care. Preposition of Ending Read and understand a Modal verbs. talk on the importance of DRAMA sound RUMPELSTILTSKI breakfast. s/s/

Knowledge acquisition ~learn about a famous author. Thinking skill ~creative thinking

Synonyms

Preparation for real world

A group of words that are related

THEME : HEALTH

discussion. Read topics of interest and share information with friends.

Scan for details. Take dictation. Listen to the advice on proper ways to cook vegetables. Note important details. Identify main ideas. Identify supporting details. Sequence ideas. Make simple predictions. Identify cause and effect. Apply process writing skills on the topic What is a healthy diet.

and s/z/

Talk about place, time and characters in a story

-obtain information -learn nutritional value on food labels. Knowledge acquisition ~learn about food pyramid ICT ~get information from specific websites

to one another

28- 29

FUN WAYS TO FITNESS THEME : HEALTH

Understand the sports activites offered during a sports awareness campaign. Persuade a friend to try a sports activity. Make further enquiries about the activities offered. Write a simple message to persuade a friend.

30- 32

GOING ORGANIC

Talk about a trip to an agrotourism farm.

Read and understand a web page on skateboarding. Scan for details. Take dictation. Listen to a briefing before a cross-country race. Note important details. Identify main ideas. Identify supporting details. Follow sequence of ideas. Write an account of a sports event. Draw obvious conclusions. Read and understand an article on organic farming.

DRAMA RUMPELSTILTSKI N

Adjectives of comparisons Possessive pronouns

Talking about characters in a story and w riting a simple paragraph on one or tw o characters/

Past tense form ed/d/ and ed/id/

LHTL ~obtain information from different sources ICT ~read a web page Values ~safety

A group of words that are related to one another

DRAMA RUMPELSTILTSKI N

Uncountable nouns Prepositions of

Stresse s in two or

Values ~family, care for the

Contextual clues

THEME : SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOG Y

Give oral abd written instructions to make compost. Read topics of interest and discuss certain points with friends.

Follow sequence of ideas in a diagram. Scan for details. Spell it right. Listen to the views on organic farming. Note important details. Identify main ideas. Identify supporting details. Write an account on a trip to Happy Agrofarm

place
Talking about the message the writer is putting across

three syllable words

environment ICT ~get information from specific websites

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-34 OUR GREEN HERITAGE THEME : SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOG Y

Participate in a discussion. Read topics of interest and discuss certain points with friends.

Read and understand an extract from an encyclopedia on unusual plants. Scan for details. Follow sequence of ideas in a diagram. Spell it right. Listen to a description about a nature trip. Note important details. Identify main ideas. Identify supporting details. Follow sequence of ideas. Identify key ideas. Write a description about a trip to the National Park.

DRAMA RUMPELSTILTSKI N

Talk about values found in the drama

Simple present tense for facts that are generally true Future form using will

Stresse s in compo und words

LHTL ~obtain information from various sources on medicinal plants. ICT ~get information from specific websites Knowledge acquisition ~learn about pitcher plants

Contextual clues

36 - 37

INNOVATION S IN TECHNOLOG Y THEME : SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOG Y

38-41

WEEK 35- HARI RAYA HOLIDAYS/ 2ND SEMESTER BREAK (27/8-4/9/2011) Contra Knowledge Talk about latests Read and Adverbs of ctions acquisition innovations. understand an DRAMA place and time ~learn Participate in class article on robots. RUMPELSTILTSKI Punctuation about discussion. Scan for details. N apostrophe to debates Read about the Spell it right. show Say what one latests innovations Listen to a talk on thinks about the ICT technology and its and discuss the text ~get changes and effects. information benefits they bring Note important Give sequence of from specific details. to a man. events websites Identify main ideas.. Identify key ideas. Talk about Thinking skill Write a composition characters in the describing ones ~critical and text innovation. creative thinking
REVISION FOR

Change nouns to adjectives

POEMS. SHORT STORY AND DRAMA

WEEK 42-END OF YEAR EXAMINATION (17/10- 21/10)