ACADEMIC PLAN FOR THE YEAR 2011-12

SUBJECT – ENGLISH
CLASS – V

FIRST TERM
MARCH – APRIL

COURSE BOOK :
L – 1 Monday Morning Blues
L – 2 Poem – Could We Be Friends
L – 3 The Tale Of A Tail

READING : Comprehension Passage A.1 from the Practice Book ( Pages – 120 & 121 )

WRITING : Dialogue Writing

GRAMMAR : 1) Nouns
2) Prepositions

ACTIVITY - 1. Dramatization of the lesson “The Tale Of A Tail”

2. Paste Mark Twain’s picture in your note-book and write briefly about his
life and work. Read any book written by the author and discuss it with your
friends.

MAY

COURSE BOOK :

L – 1 The Boy Who Borrowed

L – 2 Poem – My Favourite Things
L – 3 I Wish I Were ( Only For Reading )

WRITING : Formal Letter

ACTIVITY - 3 Read any book written by Enid Blyton. Write the main characters and its
Summary in your note-book. Paste a photograph of the author.
 JULY

COURSE BOOK :
L – 1 Thank You Rinku
L–2 Poem - Adventure With Books ( Only For Reading )
L–3 Limits Of The Mind

READING : Comprehension Passage A.2 from the Practice Book ( Pages – 122 & 123 )

WRITING : 1) Guided Composition

2) Diary Entry

GRAMMAR : 1) Apostrophe
2) Conditionals

AUGUST

COURSE BOOK :

L – 1 The Fearless Fighter

L – 2 Poem – Just Be Up And Doing

READING : Comprehension Passage A.3 from the Practice Book ( Pages – 123 to 125 )

WRITING : Drafting Advertisements For Products

GRAMMAR : Editing

ACTIVITY - 4 Specially abled people have overcome their handicap with sheer grit and
determination and made a great contribution to the society e.g. Louis Brail. Make a
project on any such great personality.
 SEPTEMBER

COURSE BOOK :

L – 1 Five Chums And The Hacker

READING : Comprehension A.6 (Poem – The Silver Fish) from the Practice Book
( Pages – 130 & 131 )

WRITING : Formal Letter (Revision)

GRAMMAR : 1) Determiners
2) Present Perfect Tense

SECOND TERM

OCTOBER

COURSE BOOK :

L – 1 Poem : I’ve Got e-m@il

L – 2 Credit Cards

WRITING : Dialogue Writing

GRAMMAR : Sentences

ACTIVITY - 1 (a) Get your father’s credit card scanned ( both the sides) , paste it in your

note-book and write down the details contained on both the sides.

(b) List the used of the credit cards.

 NOVEMBER

COURSE BOOK :

L – 1 A Letter From A Robonaut

L – 2 Poem : Plant A Seed

READING : Comprehension Passage A.4 from the Practice Book ( Pages – 125 to 127 )

WRITING : Guided Composition

GRAMMAR : 1) Verbs
2) Adverbs

ACTIVITY - 2 (a) Grow a plant each by seed germination method and grafting method.

(b) Explore and write down the names of three plants which can be
grown by seed germination method and grafting method.

DECEMBER

COURSE BOOK :

L – 1 It’s Getting Hotter

L – 2 Love For Trees ( Only For Reading)

WRITING : Newspaper Headlines

GRAMMAR : Modals I & II

ACTIVITY - 3 Make a G.O. on Causes and Effects of Global Warming

 JANUARY

COURSE BOOK :

L – 1 The Green Act

L – 2 Love For Trees ( Only For Reading)

READING : Comprehension Passage A.5 from the Practice Book ( Pages – 127 to 129 )

WRITING : Informal Letter

GRAMMAR : 1) Comparisons
2) Reflexive Pronouns

ACTIVITY - 4 You are a Green Hero. What steps would you take to conserve and
protect your environment. List any five.

FEBRUARY

COURSE BOOK :

L – 1 Heena’s Determination ( Objective type Questions )

GRAMMAR : Practice Book - Sample Paper

Revision for 2nd Terminal Examination