FORM 4 KBSM ENGLISH LANGUAGE SCHEME OF WORK 2014

TERM 1 : 02 Jan 28 May 2014 (21 weeks)

WEEK
S
1
2-4

THEME /
TOPIC
People

LEVE
L
1

Knowing
Me
Knowing
You
2

LANGUAGE OUTCOMES / CURICULUM SPECIFICATION

Interpersonal Use
Informational Use
Aesthetic Use
ORIENTATION WEEK
Talking about oneself
Listening for important He Had Such Quiet
details
Eyes
Giving instuctions and
advice
Reading a web page:
Understanding
Skimming for gist
rhythm and rhyme
Scanning for details
Reciting a poem
Exchanging ideas and
Identifying main ideas Describing the
opinions on friendship
and supporting details setting
Understanding context
clues

Writing about social

customs of a Malaysian
ethnic group

Summarising and
paraphrasing main
ideas
Writing a description
of a festival

Understanding
setting

LANGUAGE
CONTENT
Grammar
Subject-verb
agreement
Modals: need to,
should
Articles
Punctuation:
Apostrophe
Vocabulary
Compound words

Talking about
themes

Countable and
uncountable
nouns
Sound System
Vowel / I /, / i: /
Stress and
intonation

ACTIVITIES

1. Listen and
complete a
diagram
2. Express
personal ideas and
opinions
3. Answer Whquestions
4. Match words
with meaning
5. Shorten
sentences
6. Write a summary
7. Write a
description of a
festival
8. Identify the
setting
9. Form compound
nouns
10. Identify and
classify nouns
11. Deduce the
theme
12. Fill in the
blanks
13. Complete texts

EDUCATIONAL
EMPHASES
Thinking Skills:
evaluating
giving casual
explanation
Multiple
Intelligence:
intrapersonal visual
spatial
Learning How to
Learn /
ICT Skills
Acquisition: using
the blurb

WEEK
S
5-7

THEME /
TOPIC
Environment

LEVE
L
1

Saving Every
Drop
Caring For The
Environment

LANGUAGE OUTCOMES / CURICULUM SPECIFICATION

Interpersonal Use
Informational Use
Aesthetic Use
Persuading someone
Presenting
QWERTYUIOP
to
information
do something
in a cluster diagram
Recognising
elements in story
Reading an article:
Identifying main
ideas
Understanding
context
Describing setting
Reading topics
of current interest and
exchange ideas

Understanding
context clues
Summarising and
paraphrasing main
ideas
Expanding notes and
outline

Talking about
plot and
understanding it

LANGUAGE
CONTENT
Grammar
Tenses:
Simple present
Simple past
Present perfect
Punctuation:
capital
letters, full
stop,
comma
Vocabulary
Word families:
Derivatives
Word
association
Sound System

ACTIVITIES
1. Group discussion
2. Write a dialogue
using
persuasive
language
3. True / False
statements
4. Answer Whquestions
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

EDUCATIONAL
EMPHASES
Thinking skills:
identifying true /
false statements
Multiple
Intelligences:
bodily kinaesthetic
ICT Skills:
Internet for
research

Giving opinions
Writing a formal
letter

Talking about
themes

Consonants:
/ w / and / v /

of complaint

WEEK
S
8 - 10

THEME /
TOPIC
Values
People
Loving Our
Country

LEVE
L
1

LANGUAGE OUTCOMES / CURICULUM SPECIFICATION

Interpersonal Use
Informational Use
Aesthetic Use
Talking about
patriotism

Listening to
important details

He Had Such Quiet

Eyes

Converting information
into a table

Understanding
rhythm and rhyme
Reciting the poem

LANGUAGE
CONTENT
Grammar
Adverbs of
degree
(adverb of
degree +
adjective)
Interrogative
pronouns

elements in a story
11. Arrange events
in sequence
12. Describe plot
Identify themes
13. State the simple
past tense
form of given verbs
14. Punatuate
sentences
15. Fill in he blanks
16. Complete texts

ACTIVITIES
1. Talk about
patriotism
2. Express opinion
3. Listen and circle
correct
answer
4. Answer whquestions
4. Match words
with meaning

EDUCATIONAL
EMPHASES
Thinking skills:
evaluating
ICT Skills:
Internet for
research
Knowledge
Acquisition:
using

2
Exchanging opinions
on topics of interest

Reading an interview

Describing the
setting

Identifying supporting
details

Dictionary
skills:
spelling of long
words

Understanding
context clues

Sound System
Consonant: /k/

Summarising: reducing
the length of the text
Write an interview

3
Giving opinions

Describing the
theme

Initiate a discussion
Understanding
theme

11 12

Vocabulary
Suffixes: ~ment,
~ion,
~hood, ~ship

TEST 1

5. Shorten
sentences
6. Write a
summary
7. Write an
interview
8. Interpret
meaning of
stanzas
9. Identify the
message
10. Deduce theme
and moral values
11. Identify adverbs
of degree
12. Fill in the
blanks
13. Construct
sentences
14. Construct
questions
15. Form words
using suffixes

different sources to
complete a project

WEEK
S
14 - 16

THEME /
TOPIC
Health

LEVE
L
1

Healthy
Living

LANGUAGE OUTCOMES / CURICULUM SPECIFICATION

Interpersonal Use
Informational Use
Aesthetic Use
Expressing concern and
Reading a fact
The Fruitcake
offering help
sheet:
Special
Scanning for details
Responding to questions
Retelling story in
politelly by giving the
Presenting
one's own words
required information
information in a web
diagram
Describing plot

Conversing with people

one meets for the first
time

Using dictionary to
find meaning of
words

Narrating
sequence of
events

Identifying main
ideas

Talking about
setting

Imperatives
Punctuation:
colon
Vocabulary
Homonyms

Sound System
Consonant:
/r/

Summarising:
Linking main ideas

Writing an article

Past perfect
tense

Word
association

Understanding
context clues

LANGUAGE
CONTENT
Grammar
Verb forms

Talking about
themes
Understanding
the themes

ACTIVITIES
Match speech
bubbles to pictures
List names of
diseases
True / False
statements
Identify main ideas
Match
words/phrases
with meaning
Write a summary
using linking words
Write an article
111
Identify the setting
Construct
sentences
Identify themes
Complete a table
Complete
sentences
Complete texts
Punctuate
sentences

EDUCATIONAL
EMPHASES
Thinking Skills:
making
association
ICT Skills:
Internet and
library
research

WEEK
S
17 - 19

THEME /
TOPIC
Health
People

LEVE
L
1

Deciding
on
Dams

LANGUAGE OUTCOMES / CURICULUM SPECIFICATION

Interpersonal
Informational Use
Aesthetic Use
Use
Talking about
Listening for important
In The Midst of
Personal
details
Hardship
experiences
Reciting a poem

LANGUAGE
CONTENT
Grammar
Adjectives
Comparison of
adjectives

Retelling the poem

Modals

Checking
Up
on Health

Articles
2

Exchanging
ideas
and opinions

Reading a narrative
Identifying supporting
details

Talking about
values and
messages

Locating evidence to
support statements
Understanding
context clues

Initiating and
keeping a
Discussion
going

Drawing conclusions

Understanding
figurative language

Predicting outcomes
Writing a simple
narrative

Vocabulary
Adjectives of
quality for
describing
character
Negative
prefixes

Summarising:
identify main events in
correct sequence
3

Punctuation:
semi colon

Understanding
poetic devices

ACTIVITIES

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. Write a summary
using linking words
7. Write a simple
narrative
8. Interpret poetic
devices
9. Identify message
10. State moral values
learnt
11. Deduce the message
/ values
12. Complete a table
13. Complete sentences
14. Complete texts

EDUCATIONAL
EMPHASES
Thinking Skills:
identifying
true / false
statements
Learning How to
Learn:
using title page and
table ofcontents

20 - 21

MID-YEAR EXAMINATION

22 - 23

FIRST-TERM HOLIDAYS

TERM 2 : 16 June - 15 Nov 2013 (21 weeks)

WEEK
S
24 - 26

THEME /
TOPIC
People

LEVE
L
1

Looking
Up
Lifestyles

LANGUAGE OUTCOMES / CURICULUM SPECIFICATION

Interpersonal Use
Informational Use
Aesthetic Use
Exchanging
Reading the text of an Gulp and Gasp
information
informal talk
Describing
Making enquiries
setting of the
about a product
drama

LANGUAGE
CONTENT
Grammar
Nouns functioning
as adjectives
Conjunctions
Sentence
connectors

Choosing and
Ordering
a product

Following sequence
of ideas

Describing the
plot

Identifying main
ideas

Narrating
sequence of
events

Understanding
context
clues
Summarising:
sequencing events
Writing a talk
Writing a formal letter
to order a product

Sequence
connectors
Vocabulary
Synonyms
and antonyms
Thesaurus skills
Sound System
Stress in four
syllable words

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
10. Describe the setting
11. Arrange events in
sequence
12. Complete text
13. Identify theme
14. Pick out the
synonym
15. Replace words with
antonyms

EDUCATIONAL
EMPHASES
Thinking Skills:
comparing and
contrasting
Preparation for the
Real World:
occupations in the
field of science
and technology

WEEK
S
27 - 29

THEME /
TOPIC
Social
issues

LEVE
L
1

Drawing conclusions

Talking about
themes or
issues

LANGUAGE OUTCOMES / CURICULUM SPECIFICATION

Interpersonal Use
Informational Use
Aesthetic Use
Expressing concern and
Using a dictionary
He Had Such
sympathy
to find meaning
Quiet Eyes

Reaching
Out

Reciting a poem

LANGUAGE
CONTENT
Grammar
Present
continuous
tense
Concrete and
abstract
nouns

Enchanging ideas on
how society can help
the elderly

Reading a poem or a
short story

Understanding
messages

Identifying main
points and supporting
details

Talking about
values

Prepositions
of:
time, direction,
position and
purpose

Understanding context
clues

Vocabulary
Figurative
language

Summarising:
identify main events in

Thesaurus
skills

ACTIVITIES
1. Match expressions
with pictures
2. Role-playing
3. Look for meaning
in dictionary
4. Answer MCQ
5. Answer Whquestions
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
13. Fill in the blanks

EDUCATIONAL
EMPHASES
Thinking Skills:
making inferences
Multiple
Intelligences:
linguistic
verbal/bodily
kinaesthetic
Learning How to
Learn / ICT Skills:
on-line
library search

correct sequence
Word
association

Designing a card
and writing a letter
to express concern and
to comfort

Drawing conclusions
Writing an informal
letter to
express concern

Understanding
figurative
language
Talking about
the
poetic devices

14. Construct
sentences
15. Classify nouns
16. Complete texts

WEEK
S
30 - 31

THEME /
TOPIC
Social
Issues

LEVE
L
1

LANGUAGE OUTCOMES / CURICULUM SPECIFICATION

Interpersonal Use
Informational Use
Aesthetic Use
Relating personal
Converting
QWERTYUIOP
experiences
information to
Describing
graphics
characters

Facing
Teenage
Blues

Reading extracts
from letters of
complaint

Giving feedback
about a service

Understanding
characters

Punctuation:
exclamation
mark

Identifying text type

Skimming for gist

Vocabulary
Euphemisms

Finding evidence
to support
statements

Word
association
Prefixes
Sound System
Consonants:
/ eks /, / z /

Identify main ideas

Summarising and
paraphrasing main
ideas

Making and
responding to a
complaint about a
service

Gerunds
Prepositions

Understanding
context clues

LANGUAGE
CONTENT
Grammar
Adjectives used
as nouns

Writing a letter of
complaint
Expanding outline

Talking about
values and
messages

ACTIVITIES
1. Present personal
views
2. Practise expressions
for making and
responding to
complaints
3. True / False
statements
4. Identify supporting
evidence
5. Answering Whquestions
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
11. Describe the setting
12. Arrange events in
sequence
13. Describe characters
Identify theme and moral
values
14. Match phrases with
euphemism
15. Complete sentences
16. Punctuate
sentences
17. Word formation

EDUCATIONAL
EMPHASES
Learning How to
Learn:
Knowledge
Acquisition - using
Bibliography
Values and
Citizenship
Education:
research stories of
courage /
organisations that
care for the
disabled

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MID-TERM 2 BREAK / EID AIDILFITRI (8 9/8/2014)

34 -35

TEST 2

WEEK
S
36 - 37

THEME /
TOPIC
Environment
People

LEVE
L
1

Preserving
Nature

LANGUAGE OUTCOMES / CURICULUM SPECIFICATION

Interpersonal Use
Informational Use
Aesthetic Use
Responding to questions
The Fruitcake
politely by giving the
Special
required information
Talking about
characters
Describing them

Promoting
Crafts
2

Exchanging opinions
on topics on
current interest

Reading points of
views on current
interest

Making a speech to
persuade someone

Identifying
supporting details
Understanding
context clues

Drawing
conclusions
Identifying cause
and effect
Identifying points
of view
Summarising and

Talking about
values and
messages

LANGUAGE
CONTENT
Grammar
Connectors:
conjunctions
Simple,
compound
and complex
sentences

Vocabulary
Homophones
Thesaurus
skills
Synonyms
Sound System
Consonant
clusters
/ kl / and / kr /

ACTIVITIES
Match answers to
questions
Answer Whquestions
Give meaning of
words/phrases
Identify points of
view
Identify cause and
effect
Paraphrase
sentences
Write a summary
Write a persuasive
speech
Write a recount
Fill in the blanks
Identify moral
values
Deduce theme and
message
Find suitable
synonyms
Complete a text
Construct
sentences
Distinguish between
simple, compound
and complex
sentences

EDUCATIONAL
EMPHASES
Thinking Skills:
evaluating
making interpretation
Learning How to Learn:
knowledge acquisition using the index

paraphrasing
Write a speech
Write a recount

WEEK
S
38 - 39

THEME /
TOPIC
Values

LEVE
L
1

Science &
Technology

LANGUAGE OUTCOMES / CURICULUM SPECIFICATION

Interpersonal Use
Informational Use
Aesthetic Use
Talking about one's
Reading a regular
Gulp and Gasp
feelings and preferences
column in a
newspaper
Talking about
characters in the
Scanning for details
drama

Loving Our
Country

Going HihgTechnology

LANGUAGE
CONTENT
Grammar
Prepositions
Phrasal verbs
Present tense
Vocabulary
Idiomatic
expressions

Exchanging ideas/
information/opinions
on topics of current
interest

Identifying main
points and
supporting details
Making inferences
Understanding
context clues
Summarising and
paraphrasing main
ideas and
supporting
details

Understanding
them

Dictionary
and
Thesaurus
skills:
Phrasal verbs
Word
association

ACTIVITIES
1. Write a short
dialogue:
complaining about
poor
service
2. Answer Whquestions
3. Match words with
meaning
4. Identify main
ideas and supporting
details
5. Complete a flow
chart
6. Write a summary
7. Write an article
8. Arrange events in
sequence
9. Describe
characters
10. Identify theme
and moral values
11. Complete a word
web

EDUCATIONAL
EMPHASES
Thinking Skills:
making inferences
Multiple
Intelligences:
verbal-linguistic /
bodily-kinaesthetic

Making and responding

to a complaint about a
service

Drawing
conclusions

Discussing the
values and
messages

Write an article
Exploring the
literary devices

12. Identify idioms

and their meaning
13. Form phrasal
verbs
14. Complete a text
15. Construct
sentences

WEEK
S

THEME /
TOPIC

40 - 41

Science
and
Technology

LEVEL

Moving
Ahead

42 - 44

LANGUAGE OUTCOMES / CURICULUM

SPECIFICATION
Interpersonal
Informational Use
Aesthetic Use
Use
Talking about
Reading
Gulp and
one's special
descriptive accounts
Gasp
interests
Following sequence
Retelling the
of events
drama using
own words

Exchanging
ideas and
opinions on
topics of
current issues

Suggesting
ways to
solve problems

LANGUAGE
CONTENT

Grammar
Passive construction
Adverb of manner
Future tense
Vocabulary
New words: use
electronic dictionary

Identifying supporting
details

Thesaurus skills:
Converting
informal language to
formal language

Understanding
context clues

Word association

Summarising:
Idenitfying relevant
Information
Paraphrasing
Drawing conclusions
Writing a descriptive
account

Sound System
Diphthong: / ei

Talking about
the style of
language
used

END OF YEAR EXAMINATION

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
12. Complete a text
13. Identify informal
langauge
14. Replace informal
language with formal
language

EDUCATIONAL
EMPHASES

Thinking Skills:
solving problems
identify causes
and
effects
Preparations for
the
Real World:
Vision 2020 - A
planned city

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2014
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