SEKOLAH MENENGAH SAINS BANTING, SELANGOR

FORM 3 KBSM ENGLISH LANGUAGE SCHEME OF WORK

2015
Week

Theme/Chapt
er

Leve
l

People

1
Chapter 1
Special Ties
2

Literature
Poem :
A Fighters
Lines by
Marzuki Ali

Learning Outcomes/Curriculum Specification

Interpersonal
Informational
Aesthetic Use
Use
Use
Diagnostic Test
Listen to
Read a
Retell the story
dialogue.
newspaper
in ones own
Give important
article.
words.
details.
Scan for details.
Spelling
Take part in
discussions by
making
suggestions,
agreeing and
showing
preference.

Identify main
ideas.
Identify
supporting
details.

Reply an e-mail
on a school
project.

Make
predictions.

Lang Content

Grammar
Subject verb
agreement
Adjectives to
describe qualities
Vocabulary
Antonyms

Make
predictions on
what the story
is about.

Sound System
Consonants /k/,/r/

PBS
Evidence related to the topic:
B1 DL1 E1, B1 DB1 E1, B6 DL1 E1

Activities

Educational
Emphases

1. Express ones
feelings and
experiences.

ICT Skills
- dedicate a
poem

2. Ask for and

give
advice.

Preparation for
the Real World
- show
appreciation
to friends and
family

3. Answer Whquestions.
4. Match words
with
meanings.
5. Write an
informal
letter.

People

Chapter 2
Political
Figures

Literature :
Poem :
A Fighters
Lines by
Marzuki Ali

Respond to
questions
appropriately by
stating, refuting
and giving de
tails.

Listen to a
biography.
Give important
details.
Read an article.
Scan for details
Spelling
Follow
sequence of
ideas.
Identify main
ideas.
Identify
supporting
details.
Write an article
by expanding
notes and
outlines.

Grammar
Conjunctions
Adverbs

Describe the
physical setting
of the novel.

Write down key

ideas.
Make simple
predictions and
give reasons.

PBS
Evidence related to the topic:
B3 DB1 E1, B2 DT1 E1, B5 DT1 E1

Vocabulary
Contextual clues

Sound System
Consonants /d/

1. Match
expressions
with pictures
2. Role-playing
3. Look for
meaning in
dictionary
4. Deduce
conclusion
5. Write a story

Learning How
to Learn Skills
- find
information
on Malaysian
leaders
Values and
Citizenship
- learn more
about
the national
symbols of
Malaysia

Week
3

Theme/Chapt
er

Leve
l

People

Chapter 3
Famous
Personalitie
s
2
4

Literature :
Poem :
A Fighters
Lines by
Marzuki Ali

Learning Outcomes/Curriculum Specification

Interpersonal
Informational
Aesthetic Use
Use
Use
Listen to a
documentary.
Give important
details.
Read an article.
Scan for details
Dictation
Respond to
statements and
opinions by
agreeing and
disagreeing
politely.

Identify
important
details.
Identify main
ideas.
Identify
supporting
details.

Describe the
social setting of
the novel.

Lang Content
Grammar
Wh-questions
Punctuation
capital letters,
commas and full
stops.
Vocabulary
Prefixes interand pre-
Thesaurus skills
- introduction to
thesaurus

Summarize
Sound System
main ideas in
Long and short
articles read.
vowels // and /e/,
Identify cause
/ ;/ and //
and effect.
Write a
description of a
PBS
famous
Evidence
related
to the topic:
personality.
B2 DB1 E1, B5 DB1 E1

Activities

Educational
Emphases

1. Match
expressions
with pictures

ICT Skills
- Internet
search

2. Role-playing

Learning How
to Learn Skills
- find
information
on important
personalities

3. Look for
meaning in
dictionary
4. Deduce
conclusion
5. Write a story

Social
Issues
Chapter 4
Challenges
Faced by
Young
People

**8-9
Feb

3
CHINESE
NEW YEAR

Request
assistance and
express support
for others

Listen to a talk.
Give important
details.
Read an article
from the
internet.
Spelling
Identify
important
details.
Respond to
comment and
questions orally.
Identify main
ideas.
Identify
supporting
details.
Write a speech

Describe
characters
through what
the writer says.

Grammar
Prepositions of
place and position.
Prepositions of
time.
Prepositions of
direction.
Vocabulary
One word for a
group of words.
Sound System
Consonant
clusters
/str/, /sm/

1. Express
personal
ideas and
opinions
2. Complete a
diagram
3. Listen and
complete
a chart
Complete
sentences
4. Answer Whquestions
5. Match words
with
meaning
6. Write an article

Literature
Poem :
Leisure

PBS
Evidence related to the topic:
B4 DL2 E1

Preparation for
the Real World
- handle
conflicts
in
friendships
ICT Skills
- Internet
search

Week
8

Theme/Chapter

Level

Social Issues

Chapter 5
Time
Management

Literature
Poem: Leisure

Learning Outcomes/Curriculum Specification

Interpersonal
Informational
Aesthetic Use
Use
Use
Listen to a
conversation.
Give important
details.

Read an article.
Scan for details
Dictation

Identify
important
details.
Take part in
discussions by
agreeing,
disagreeing,
giving opinions
and defending
ones point of
view.
Write a letter
with guidance.

Identify main
ideas.
Identify
supporting
details.

Describe
characters
through what
they say or do.

Lang Content

Grammar
The simple present
tense for
instructions.
Positive and
negative
statements.
Vocabulary
Synonyms
Sound System
Long and short
vowels / u;/
and //

Week 9 (09.03.15 13.03.15)

UB 1 Test
Week 10 (14.03.15 22.03.15)
1ST Mid Term Break

Activities
1. Role-play
dialogues
2. Present
personal
views
3. Listen and
identify
4. True/False
statements
5. Identify main
ideas
6. Identify the
point of
view

Educational
Emphases

Social Issues
11

Chapter 6

Literature
Poem: Leisure

Listen to a
conversation.
Give important
details.
Give important
details.
Respond to
comments and
questions orally.
Participate in
discussion by
agreeing,
disagreeing
politely and
giving opinions.

Read an article
on job
descriptions.
Scan for details.
Spelling
Identify main
ideas.
Identify
supporting
details.
Write a formal
letters by
expanding
notes and
outlines.

Describe
characters
through what
other
characters say.

Draw
conclusions.

PBS
Evidence related to the topic:
B4 DT1 E1

Grammar
The simple present
tense for habitual
actions.
The present
continuous tense.

1. Group
discussion
2. Write a
dialogue
using
persuasive
language

Vocabulary
Suffixes -ion,
-ation

3. Identify main
ideas

Sound System

5. Complete a text

Dipthongs

6. Construct
sentences

/ei/ ,/ui/

4. Write a formal
letter

ICT Skills
- Internet
search
Preparation for
the Real World
- career
options

Week

Theme/Chapt
er

Leve
l

Health

Learning Outcomes/Curriculum Specification

Interpersonal
Informational
Aesthetic Use
Use
Use

12
Chapter 7
Mirror,
Mirror
2

Literature
Novel: How
I Met
Myself

Participate in
conversation by
giving support
and expressing
appreciation.

Listen to a talk.
Give important
details.
Read an article.
Scan for details.
Dictation
Identify
important ideas.
Respond to
comment and
questions orally.
Identify main
ideas.
Identify
supporting
details.
Write a speech
by expanding
on notes and
outlines.

Lang Content

Activities

1. Match speech
bubbles to
pictures
Grammar
Personal pronouns.
Possessive
pronouns.
Vocabulary
Base words.
Dictionary skills
- identify base
words
Sound System
Long and short
vowels / ,/ : /

PBS
Evidence related to the topic:
B2 DL1 E1, B3 DL1 E1, B3 DT1 E1

2. List names of
diseases
3. True/False
statements
4. MCQ
5. Identify main
ideas
6. Write a fact
sheet
about a
common
illness

Educational
Emphases

Knowledge
Acquisition
- take a
food
quiz

Health
13

Chapter 8
Take a
Break
2

Literature
Novel: How
I Met
Myself

Participate in a
conversation by
expressing
concern for
others.

Listen to a talk.
Give important
details.
Read an story.
Dictation
Identify
important ideas.
Respond to
comment and
questions orally.
Identify main
ideas.
Identify
supporting
details.
Write a speech
by expanding
on notes and
outlines.

Make
predictions as
to what might
happen next.

Introduction to
elements of
plot.

Grammar
The simple past
tense.
Preposition of
Vocabulary
Prefixes un-,
dis-,im-,non-
Sound System
Consonant
clusters
/gr/,/gl/

PBS
Evidence related to the topic:
B2 DL1 E1, B3 DL1 E1, B3 DT1 E1

1. Express own
experiences
2. True/False
statements
3. Answer Whquestions
4. Write a talk
based
on notes given
5. Complete a text

Thinking Skills
- creative
thinking

Week
14

Theme/Chapt
er

Leve
l

Social
Issues

Chapter 9
Be Fit, Be
Healthy

Learning Outcomes/Curriculum Specification

Interpersonal
Informational
Aesthetic Use
Use
Use
Express support Listen to a talk.
for others
Give important
details.
Read a
magazine
article.
Scan for details.
Spelling.

2
Literature :
Novel :
Around the
World in 80
Days

Write a letter to
a pen-pal
overseas on
sport and
exercise.

Identify
important ideas.
Identify main
ideas.
Identify
supporting
details.

Retell the story

in ones own
words

Lang Content
Grammar
Personal pronouns
Adverbs of manner
Vocabulary
Suffixes
-ness,-ly
Dictionary skills
- guide words
Sound System
Vowels / ///

Draw
conclusions.

Activities
1. Express ones
preferences
2. Plan an outing
3. Listen to and
take
notes
4. Draw a
chart/graph
5. Answer Whquestions
6. Write a
summary
7. Write a report
8. Construct
sentences

PBS
Evidence related to the topic:
B3 DB2 E1

Educational
Emphases
Preparation for
the Real World
- gather
information
on
sport and
exercise
ICT Skills
- e- journal

15

Enviroment

Chapter 10
Keep
Malaysia
Beautiful
2

16
Literature
Novel:
Around the
World in 80
Days
**01.05.
15
LABOUR
DAY

Ask for
assistance and
respond politely.

Listen to a radio
programme.
Give important
details.
Read an article.
Scan for details.
Dictation.
Identify
important ideas.
Respond to
comment and
questions orally.
Identify main
ideas.
Identify
supporting
details.
Write an article
by applying
process writing
skills

Act out scenes

from the novel.

Grammar
Demonstrative
pronouns
Compound
sentences
Vocabulary
Similes
Dictionary skills:
- world relations
Sound System

Compose a
dialogue
relating to the
scene and
dramatise.

Consonant
clusters

1. Practice
expressions
used in
discussion
2. True/False
statements
3. Answer Whquestions
4. Find evidence
to
support
statements
5. Match words
with
meaning

/sk/,/st/

6. Identify and
sequence main
events

/ :

7. Complete
sentences
8. Construct
sentences

PBS
Evidence related to the topic: B4 DL1 E1, B4 DB1 E1

Multiple
Intelligences
- make a craft
from
recycled
items

Week
17

Theme/Chapter

Level

Health

Learning Outcomes/Curriculum Specification

Interpersonal
Informational
Aesthetic Use
Use
Use
Listen to a talk.
Give important
details.
Read a news
report.
Scan for details.
Spelling.

Chapter 11
For a Better
Tomorrow
18
Literature :
Novel :
Around the
World in 80
Days

Participate in
conversation by
seeking
clarification and
responding
appropriately.

Identify
important ideas.
Respond to
comment and
questions orally.
Identify main
ideas.
Identify
supporting
details.
Draw
conclusions
Write a
newspaper
article.

Lang Content

Grammar
The Present
Continuous Tense
Prepositions of
direction
Vocabulary
Suffix -less

Give opinion of
a story.

Sound System
Consonants
clusters
//, /t/

Activities

Educational
Emphases

1. Match answer
to
questions

ICT Skills
- Internet
search

2. True/False
statements

Learning How
to Learn Skills
- create a fact
file

3. Answer Whquestions
4. State meaning
of
words/phrases
5. Identify point
of view
6. Identify cause
and
effect
7. Write a speech
8. Construct
sentences

Environment

Chapter 12
Natural
Disasters

Literature

Ask for
assistance and
express
gratitude
Talk about ones
experiences.

Novel: Around
the World in
80 Days

Narrates events
orally.

Listen to a radio
programme.
Give important
details.
Read a
newspaper
report.
Scan for details.
Spelling.
Identify
important ideas.
Respond to
comment and
questions orally.
Identify main
ideas.
Identify
supporting
details.
Draw
conclusions
Write a recount.

Grammar
The simple present
tense for facts and
universal truths.
Articles a, an,
the
Vocabulary
Consonants
clusters
(pronouns)
Sound System
Give ones
opinion of the
theme of the
novel.

Consonant
clusters
/pl/,/tr/

1. Express ones
feeling,
opinions and
thoughts about
world
peace
2. Complete
sentences
3. Answer Whquestions
4. Identify key
words
5. Write a public
message
6. Find meaning of
words in
dictionary
7. Construct
sentences

ICT Skills
- Internet
search
Preparation for
the Real World
- find
information
on natural
disasters

Week
24

Theme/Chapter

Level

Science and
Technology

Chapter 13
Transportation

Literature :
Novel: Around
the World in
80 Days

Learning Outcomes/Curriculum
Interpersonal
Informational
Use
Use
Discuss plans to Listen to a talk.
visit a marine
Give important
park
details.
Read an extract
from an
encyclopedia.
Scan for details.
Spelling.
Write a letter
requesting
permission:
expand notes
and outlines.

Identify
important ideas.
Identify main
ideas.
Identify
supporting
details.
Make simple
predictions.
Draw
conclusions
Write a recount
by expanding
on the notes
given.

Specification
Aesthetic Use
Retell the
sequence of
events in ones
own words.

Tell the
sequence of
events in the
novel

Lang Content

Grammar
Comparison of
adjectives
- regular and
irregular
forms

Activities
1. Group
discussion
2. Complete
sentences
3. Answer Whquestions

Vocabulary
Phrasal verbs

4. Find evidence
to
support
statements

Sound System
Word Stress
- two and three
syllable
words

5. Match words
with
meaning
6. Identify main
points
using headings

Educational
Emphases
Multiple
Intelligences
- design a
poster

25-26

Science and
Technology

Listen to and
understand a
documentary.
Give important
details.
Read a
narrative.
Scan for details.
Dictation.

Chapter 14
Jewels of the
Sea
Literature
Novel: Around
the World in
80 Days

Make enquiries
about and
comparisons of
transport
services.

Write a simple
guided letter
requesting
services:
expand notes
and outlines

Retell a
situation from a
different point
of view.

Give important
details.
Identify main
ideas.
Identify
supporting
details.
Make
inferences,
predict
outcomes
Summarize:
write a
summary
Apply process
writing skills

PBS
Evidence related to the topic:
B6 DT1 E1, B6 DB1 E1

Grammar
Sequence
connectors
Punctuation
- exclamation
mark
- apostrophe
Vocabulary
Quantifiers
Sound System
Word Stress
- compound
words

1. Group
discussion

Futures Studies
- project work

2. Suggest ways
to
solve the
problem

Multiple
Intelligences
- design a
town

3. Listen and
arrange
ideas in
sequence
4. Answer Whquestions
5. Match words
with
meaning
6. Identify
relevant
point
7. Complete a text

Week
27-28

Theme/Chapt
er

Leve
l

Science and
Technology

Chapter 15
Amazing
Sea
Creatures
2

29-30
Literature
Novel:
Around the
World in 80
Days

Leaning Outcomes/Curriculum Specification

Interpersonal
Informational
Aesthetic Use
Use
Use
Listen to and
understand a
Revision of
description.
Form One
poems
Identify
important ideas.
Identify main
ideas.
Take down
Identify
phone
supporting
messages for
details.
friends and
family
Identify cause
members.
and effect.
Relay phone
messages orally Write a short
speech: expand
notes and
outlines

Lang Content
Grammar
Compound
sentences
Articles with plural
countable nouns
and proper nouns
The simple future

Apply process
writing skills

Activities
1. Group
discussion
2. Suggest ways
to
solve the
problem
3. Listen and
arrange
ideas in
sequence
4. Answer Whquestions
5. Match words
with
meaning
6. Identify
relevant
point
7. Complete a text

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REMEDIAL ACTIVITY FOR PBS (if necessary for low proficiency students) & STRATEGIC REVISION
33
PBSMR TRIAL (24-26 AUGUST 2015)
34-36
PRE-PBSMR ACTIVITIES
37
2ND MID TERM BREAK (21 SEPT 27 SEPT)

Educational
Emphases
ICT Skills
- Internet
search
Learning How
to Learn Skills
- gather
information

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44-45

PRE-PBSMR ACTIVITIES
PBSMR EXAMINATION
(5 OCT 8 OCT)
POST-PBSMR ACTIVITIES
DEEPAVALI (9-12 NOVEMBER 2015)
PREPARATION FOR YEAR END SCHOOL HOLIDAY