SCHEME OF WORK

ENGLISH LANGUAGE
FORM FIVE 2016
TERM 1: 4 JAN 27 MAY 2016 (20 weeks)
WEEK
THEME/ LEVEL LEARNING OUTCOMES/ CURRICULUM SPECIFICATIONS
TOPIC
Interpersonal
Informational Use
Aesthetic Use
Use
14
People
1
Ask questions
Listen to a description, Poison Tree
politely and
recall important details
4 Jan
respond to
to demonstrate
Retelling the poem
Till
questions
understanding
Understand literal
29 Jan
and figurative
Reach for
2
Participate in a
Read for details
meaning
the Stars
conversation
Deduce meaning of
Talk about the theme
words in context
Summarise: reduce the
length of the text
Captain Nobody
Make inference
Understand cultural
Planning
3
Write an article
background
for Success
Talk about values
Descriptive Essays
Understand literal
and figurative
meaning
Talk about the theme

LANGUAGE
CONTENTS
Grammar
Tenses:
Simple present
Present
continuous
Subject-verb
agreement
Countable and
uncountable
nouns
Articles
Punctuation:
Apostrophe

ACTIVITIES

EDUCATIONAL
EMPHASES

1 Listen to a talk:
identify main
ideas
2 MCQ
3 Circle the
adjectives
4 Sequence main
ideas
5 Answer Whquestions
6 Shorten
sentences
7 Write a
summary
8 Complete a
word web
9 Identify
countable and
uncountable
nouns
10 Underline the
correct verb
11 Complete a
text
12 Insert the
apostrophe
13 Write an
article

Thinking skills:
Hypothesizing
Preparation for the
Real World:
Write an article for
magazines/
newspapers

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1 Feb
till
4
March

People and
Environment

2
Poisons in
the Air
3
Looming
Disasters

Green
Solutions

6 Feb
9 Feb
8

Ask about ones

health
Relate personal
experiences

Listen to an interview:
note important details

Participate in a
conversation

Read a play: identify

main ideas and details;
understand contextual
clues

Take part in
discussions

Summarise: write
concisely and link
ideas using logical
connectors
Write about cause and
effect article
Write a report
Identify cause and
effects
Reflective essays

Captain Nobody
Describe the setting
Describe the
characters
What Happened to
Lulu?
Understand literal
and figurative
meaning

Grammar:
Preposition of
time
Logical
connectors
Conjunctions
Punctuation:
exclamation
marks, full stop,
question mark
Wh-question
words
Vocabulary
Word formation
using suffixes
Word
collocation
Compound
nouns

CHINESE NEW YEAR HOLIDAY

Form 5
1st Mid Term Test
1st Mid Term Break
12th March 20th March
2

1 Listen and fill

in a chart
2 Complete a
table
3 Answer Whquestions
4 Match words
with meaning
5 Join ideas with
logical connectors
6 Write a
summary
7 Complete a
word web
8 Complete
sentences
9 Complete a text
10 Insert
punctuation
marks
11 Write a factual
essay on cause
and effect
12 Write a report
on how one deals
with the haze
13 Write
descriptions of
characters

Thinking skills:
Giving opinions
and evaluating
ICT skills:
Internet for
research
Multiple
Intelligences:
spatial,
interpersonal

WEEK
10 - 11
7
March
till
25
March

THEME/
TOPIC
Social
Issues

LEVEL
1

LEARNING OUTCOMES/ CURRICULUM SPECIFICATIONS

Interpersonal
Informational Use
Aesthetic Use
Use
Make enquiries
Listen to a radio talk
Captain Nobody

Compare and
contrast
information
obtained

Read advertisements
Identify main ideas

Express satisfaction
about a service

Summarise: make a
summary
Write on different view
points (express
opinion)
Make inference
Write a letter to
express satisfaction
and thanks

Spoilt for
Choice

Describe characters
Explore the plot
Retelling an
interesting/ a
significant event

Narrative Essays

LANGUAGE
CONTENTS

ACTIVITIES

Grammar
Reported speech
punctuation:
the colon
brackets
Adverbs of:
Manner &
degree of
certainty
Tenses:
Present perfect
Simple past and
past continuous

1 Listen and
identify incorrect
information
2 Express ideas
on rights and
responsibilities
3 Answer Whquestions
4 MCQ
5 Write a
summary
6 Identify
meaning of
phrasal verbs
7 Change direct
speech to reported
speech
8 Complete texts
9 Punctuate
sentences
10 Write an essay
expressing view
points
11 Write
meanings of
idioms
12 Identify and
explain the
themes of a novel

Vocabulary:
Phrasal verbs
idioms

EDUCATIONAL
EMPHASES
Thinking skills:
Giving opinions
with supporting
details

WEEK

THEME/
TOPIC

12 14

Health

28
March
till
15
April

Up in
Smoke
An Ounce
of
Prevention

LEVEL
1

LEARNING OUTCOMES/ CURRICULUM SPECIFICATIONS

Interpersonal
Informational Use
Aesthetic Use
Use
Persuade someone
Read a virtual
Captain Nobody
not to do
pamphlet: scan for
something/ to
details
Talk about moral
participate in
values
activities
Defend ones point
of view with
reasons

Identify mains ideas

and important details
Understand contextual
clues
Summarise: write a
summary

Retell an event that

teaches a moral
value

LANGUAGE
CONTENTS

ACTIVITIES

Grammar
Prepositions of
place, direction
Interrogative
pronouns
Modals
Gerunds
Adverbs of time
and frequency

1 Use expressions
to give advice and
to persuade
2 Locate
information
3 Answer Whquestions
4 Give evidence
to support
statements
5 Match words
with meanings
6 Write a
summary
7 Fill in the
blanks
8 Construct whquestions
9 Complete texts
10 Write an
article
11 Write a speech
12 Identify moral
values and
examples of
moral values
13 Retelling an
event that teaches
a moral value

Vocabulary:
Word
association
Connotation
Collocation

Make inference
Write an article
Write a speech
Factual essays

EDUCATIONAL
EMPHASES
Thinking skills:
Solving problems
Multiple
intelligences:
linguistic, logicalmathematical,
spatial

WEEK

THEME/
TOPIC

LEVEL

15 17

Science and
Technology

18
April
till
6 May

What a
Waste
2
Handle
with Care

LEARNING OUTCOMES/ CURRICULUM SPECIFICATIONS

Interpersonal
Informational Use
Aesthetic Use
Use
Take part in
Listen to a talk, recall
Captain Nobody
discussions
main ideas
Ask and respond to
Identify main
questions politely
themes
Giving ones opinion
Read the text of a
speech
Identify main ideas and
important details
Understand contextual
clues
Summarise: write a
summary
Make inference
Predict outcomes
Draw conclusions
Write a report
One word topic

18 20

Mid Year Examination

9 May 27 May
Mid Year School Holiday
(28 May 12 June)
5

LANGUAGE
CONTENTS
Grammar
Tenses:
Past perfect
Simple future
Preposition of
association
Phrasal verbs
Modals
Vocabulary:
Prefixes
Word formation
Word
association

ACTIVITIES
1 Answer whquestions
2 Find words with
same meanings
3 Make
predictions
4 Form words
with prefixes and
suffixes
5 Fill in the
blanks
6 Complete texts
7 Identify simple,
compound and
complex
sentences
8 Construct
compound and
complex
sentences
9 Write a report
10 Write an
informal letter to
persuade someone
11 Discuss the
themes
12 Give opinion

EDUCATIONAL
EMPHASES
Thinking skills:
Making prediction
Evaluating
Preparation for the
Real World:
Solving probles of
waste disposal

TERM 2 13 JUNE 25 NOV 2015 (23 weeks)

WEEK
THEME/ LEVEL LEARNING OUTCOMES/ CURRICULUM SPECIFICATIONS
TOPIC
Interpersonal
Informational Use
Aesthetic Use
Use
21 - 24 Social
1
Ask and respond to Listen to a description
Captain Nobody
Issues
questions politely
of an accident
13 June
Listen to a discussion
Retelling poems
Time on
till
your Hands
2
Participate in a
Read an article, scan
Discuss the ending
conversation
for details
of a novel
8 July On the
Identify main ideas and Express likes or
Road
understand contextual
dislikes on character
clues
Discuss a character
The Power
that you sympathise
of One
3
Summarise a text
Compare and contrast
data from graphs and
charts
Make inference
Write a report based on
a chart
Respond to problem
page letters in
newspapers

4 -8
July

Eid ul-Fitr Holiday

6

LANGUAGE
CONTENTS
Grammar
Adjectives:
adjectives
functioning as
nouns
Articles
Prepositions of
purpose
The passive
Punctuation:
underlining for
emphasis
Vocabulary:
Homophones
Homonyms
Word
association

ACTIVITIES

EDUCATIONAL
EMPHASES

1 Listen and
choose MCQ
2 True/False
statements
3 Identify
evidence to
supports
statements
4 Answer whquestions
5 Write a
summary
6 Make sentences
7 Fill in the
blanks
8 Complete a text
9 Rewrite
sentences into
passive
10 Write a report
based on a chart
11 Discuss
characters
12 Discuss the
ending of a novel
13 Discuss
homophones

Thinking skills:
Compare and
contrast
Make judgements
Preparation for the
Real World: being a
discerning
consumer
Multiple
intelligences:
verbal-linguistic,
ICT skills:
Using websites

WEEK

THEME/
TOPIC

LEVEL

25 27

People

11 July

Everyday
Heroes

Till
29 July

Interesting
Careers
3

LEARNING OUTCOMES/ CURRICULUM SPECIFICATIONS

Interpersonal
Informational Use
Aesthetic Use
Use
Exchange ideas on
Captain Nobody
topics of interest
Review poems
Participate in a
Read an article: scan
Explore each line in
conversation
for details
stanzas
Identify main ideas
Discuss moral
Understand contextual values
clues
Discuss the themes
Summarise a text
Make inferences
Write a descriptive
essay
Write a recount of an
event
Write a curriculum
vitae

LANGUAGE
CONTENTS
Grammar
Adjectives:
order of
adjectives
Comparison of
adjectives
The passive
Vocabulary
Descriptive
words
Word
association

ACTIVITIES
1 Group
discussions
2 Answer Whquestions
3 Match words
with meanings
4 Write a
summary
5 Fill in the
blanks
6 Complete a text
7 Rewrite
sentences into
passive
8 Write a
descriptive essay
9 Write a recount
of an event
10 Discuss moral
values
11 Discuss the
themes
12 Discuss
figurative
meaning

EDUCATIONAL
EMPHASES
Thinking skills:
Evaluating
ICT Skills:
Accessing the
Internet for
information

WEEK

THEME/
TOPIC

LEVEL

28 30

Revision

1 Aug

SPM
Practices

till
19 Aug
3

31 33

34 - 35
36 40
41- 43

LEARNING OUTCOMES/ CURRICULUM SPECIFICATIONS

Interpersonal
Informational Use
Aesthetic Use
Use
Exchange ideas on
topics of interest
Captain Nobody
Read an article, scan
for details
Identify main ideas
Understand contextual
clues

Discuss the themes

Summarise a text
Make inferences
Write a description of a
place

Review poems
Explore each line in
stanzas
Discuss moral
values

SPM TRIAL EXAMINATIONS

22 AUGUST - 08 SEPT
Independence Day
nd
2 Mid Term Break
10 18 SEPT
Eid ul-Adha Holiday
REVISION
19 Sept 30 Sept
Strategies for SPM Examinations
(Flexible Timetable)
3 Oct 18 November
SPM EXAMINATIONS
End-of-year school holidays

LANGUAGE
CONTENTS
Grammar
Modals
Phrasal verbs
Conjunctions
Logical
connectors
Prepositions
Vocabulary
Descriptive
words
Word
association

ACTIVITIES

EDUCATIONAL
EMPHASES

1 Group
discussions
2 Answer Whquestions
3 Write a
summary
4 Fill in the
blanks
5 Complete a text
6 Write a
reflective essay:
description of a
place
7 Discuss
figurative
meaning
8 Discuss moral
values and themes

Thinking skills:
Compare and
contrast
Making judgement