SEKOLAH MENENGAH KEBANGSAAN DARULAMAN

KOMPLEKS PENDIDIKAN, JALAN STADIUM, 05100 ALOR STAR, KEDAH

2020 YEARLY PLANNER FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE PANEL

CEFR-ALLIGNED CURRICULUM FOR FORM 4

TOPICS (suggestions)
WEEK/ SOW LESSON THEME REMARKS/ NOTES
DATE

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UNIT 1: LETS’S CHAT
Lesson 1 – Reading 1
Lesson 2 – Language Awareness 1
WK 1-2 L1 : Opinions on Social Networking sites(pg 8-9)
Lesson 3 – Listening 1
SCIENCE AND L2 : Present Simple vs Present Continuous tense(pg 9-10)
Lesson 4 – Speaking 1
TB 01-9 TECHNOLOGY L3 : Words related to computers(pg 11)
Lesson 5 – Writing 1
JAN L4 :.Opinions regarding preferred sports(pg 12)
Lesson 6 – Revision 1
2020 L5 :Reflect & giving feedback about the evolution of
Mobile Phone(pg 13)
L6 :TB or NTB materials (teacher’s choice)

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Lesson 7 – Reading 2
WK 3 -4
Lesson 8 – Language Awareness 2
TB Lesson 9 – Listening 2
12- 23
Lesson 10 – Speaking 2
JAN Lesson 11 – Writing 2
2020 Lesson 12 – Revision 2
Lesson 13 – LiA 1
TB Lesson 14 – Reading 3
 CHINESE NEW YEAR
UNIT 1: LETS’S CHAT
(22 TO 26 JAN 2020,
WEDNESDAY TO
SCIENCE AND L7: Usages of Mobile phone (pg 14-15)
SUNDAY)
TECHNOLOGY L8: Simple Past, Used to and be/get used to(pg 15-16)
L9: Adverbs regarding mood(pg 16)
L10: Advantages & Disadvantages of using computer
(pg 17)
L11: Formal & Informal Language/ discourse(pg 18-19)
L12: TB/ NTB (teacher’s choice)
L13: The Living Photograph poem
SCIENCE AND

Lesson 15 – Language Awareness 3
Lesson 16 – Listening 3
WK 5-6
26 JAN -06
Lesson 17 – Speaking 3
FEB
Lesson 18 – Writing 3
2020
Lesson 19 – Revision 3
Lesson 20 – Reading 4
Lesson 21 – Language Awareness 4
WK 7-8 Lesson 22 – Listening 4
Lesson 23 – Speaking 4
TB Lesson 24 – Writing 4
09- 20
FEB Lesson 25 – Revision 4
Lesson 26 – LiA 2
2020
TB
WK 9 Lesson 27 – Reading 5
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UNIT 1: LETS’S CHAT
TECHNOLOGY
L14: Charity & Fund raising activity(pg 22-23)
L15: Quantifiers of Countable & Uncountable Noun
(pg 23-24)
L16: Exploring a favourite fiction: Harry Potter(pg 25)
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PEOPLE AND UNIT 2: READY FOR ANYTHING
CULTURE
L17: Profession and its characteristics (pg 26)
L 18 : Admiring someone famous(pg 27)
L19 : TB/ NTB (teacher’s choice)
L20 : The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone(pg 28-29)
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UNIT 2: READY FOR ANYTHING FEB 2020, SATURDAY)
 PLC – THE PUPILS’
L21 : Simple Past vs Past Continuous (pg 29-30)
INVOLVEMENT IN T & L
PEOPLE AND L22: A TV news broadcast about a crime (pg 30)
( MONDAY - 17 FEB 2020)
CULTURE L23: Words / phrases describing an accident / connected
to trains/ questions(pg 31)
L24 : Writing a story: What’s the most dangerous you
have ever been? (pg 32-33)
L25: TB/ NTB (teacher’s choice)
L26: Tanjong Rhu short story
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 UNIT 3: BUY IT!

L27: COOLBUYS! online shopping (pg 38-39)

Lesson 28 – Language Awareness 4
Lesson 29 – Listening 5
23-27
Lesson 30 – Speaking 5
FEB
Lesson 31 – Writing 5
2020
L28: Modal verbs expressing possibility / obligation /
prohibition / future predictions (pg 39-40)
L29: Words and phrases related to shopping/ listening for
AND FINANCIAL gist from a radio programme (pg 41)
AWARENESS L30 : Giving opinions; comparing / contrasting; words
and phrases connected with shopping and discount shops
(pg 37 & 42)
L31 : Completing questionnaire with personal information
(pg 43)

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WK 10 UNIT 3: BUY IT!
Lesson 32 – Revision 5
CONSUMERISM
Lesson 33 – Reading 6 L32 : TB/ NTB (teacher’s choice)
01-05 AND
TB Lesson 34 – Language Awareness 6 L33 : Beware! Retailers are tricking you into spending
MAR FINANCIAL
AWARENESS more money (pg 44-45)
2020
L34 : Present Perfect Simple vs Present Perfect
Continuous (pg 45-46)

MARCH TEST
WK 11 (8- 12 MAR 2020)

MID-TERM HOLIDAYS (I)

13-21 MAR 2020

TB WK 12-13 CONSUMERISM
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23 MAR- Lesson 35 – Listening 6 FINANCIAL ENGLISH ULBS
 Lesson 36 – Speaking 6
Lesson 37– Writing 6
Lesson 38– Revision 6
Lesson 39 – LiA 3
02APR 2020
Lesson 40 – Reading 7
Lesson 41 – Language Awareness 7
Lesson 42 – Listening 7
Lesson 43 – Speaking 7
Lesson 44 – Writing 7
Lesson 45 – Revision 7
WK 14-16
Lesson 46 – Reading 8
Lesson 47 – Language Awareness 8
TB 05-23 Lesson 48 – Listening 8
APR Lesson 49 – Speaking 8
2020 Lesson 50 – Writing 8
Lesson 51 – Revision 8
TB WK 17-18
Lesson 52 – LiA
Lesson 53 – LiA
26 APR – 7
UNIT 3: BUY IT! (SUNDAY - 29 MAR 2020)
L35 : A radio interview with a personal shopper (pg 46)
AWARENESS L36: Talking about jobs (pg 47)
L37: Letter writing (formal/informal language) (pg 48-49)
L38:TB/ NTB (teacher’s choice)
L39: The Charge of The Light Brigade poem
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UNIT 4: BEING A TEEN
PEOPLE AND L40: Q & A Education (pg 51-53)
CULTURE L41: Future tense & Future Perfect Simple (pg 53-55)
L42:Improving Rochester School (pg 55)
L43: New age learning/ Virtual learning (pg 56)
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UNIT 4: BEING A TEEN
L44: Expressing opinion (providing advantage &
disadvantage/ argumentative short writing) (pg 57)
L45:TB/ NTB (teacher’s choice)
PEOPLE AND L46:Popular Culture/ Hip Hop (pg 58-59)
CULTURE L47 : Zero, firsts and second conditional (pg 59-60)
L48 : Teen Issues (pg 60)
L49: Describing feelings: Yikes! Awkward (pg 61)
L50 : Writing an argumentative essay (pg 62-63)
L51 : TB/ NTB (teacher’s choice)
PEOPLE AND  LABOUR DAY
CULTURE L52 : Leaving short story
(1 MAY 2020,
L53:Leaving short story
FRIDAY)
 L54: *poem (or teacher’s choice)  LEARNING WALK –
L55: *short story (or teacher’s choice) THE USE OF
Lesson 54 – Revision WHITEBOARD IN T
Lesson 55 – Revision &L
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UNIT 5: GLOBETROTTING (4 MAY 2020,
MONDAY)
MAY Lesson 56 – Reading 9
2020 Lesson 57 – Language Awareness 9 L56 : Traveling & past events experience (pg 67-69)
Lesson 58 – Listening 9 L57 :Past Perfect Simple &Past Perfect Continuous  WESAK DAY
Lesson 59 – Speaking 9 (pg 69-70)
(7 MAY 2020,
L58: Deadly Avalanches (pg 71) THURSDAY)
L59: Fill-in the blanks : Idioms (pg 72)

WK 19 – WK 20: MID-YEAR EXAMINATION 2020

11 – 18 MAY 2020

MID-YEAR BREAK/ HOLIDAYS

20 MAY - 6 JUNE 2020
(WEDNESDAY – SATURDAY)

EIDUL FIT’R CELEBRATION/ HOLIDAYS

24 & 25 MAY 2020
( SUNDAY & MONDAY)

YANG DIPERTUAN AGONG / MALAYSIA KING’S BIRTHDAY

6 JUNE 2020
(SATURDAY)
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UNIT 5: GLOBETROTTING TEACHERS’ DAY
Lesson 60 – Writing 9 CELEBRATION,
Lesson 61 – Revision 9 EIDUL FIT’R
WK 21- 22 L60: Write an account of a true event (pg 73)
Lesson 62 – Reading 10 CELEBRATION &
L61: TB/ NTB (teacher’s choice)
Lesson 63 – Language Awareness 10 RIMUP (CP3)
PEOPLE AND L62: My trip to Morocco (pg 74-75)
TB 07- 18 Lesson 64 – Listening 10 (10 JUNE 2020,
CULTURE L63 : Direct speech/ reported speech (pg 75-76)
JUNE Lesson 65 – Speaking 10 WEDNESDAY)
Lesson 66– Writing 10 L64: Traveling/ Travel by air (pg76)
2020
L65: Choices of transportation (pg 77)
L66: An informal letter/ email regarding transportation
(pg 78-79)

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UNIT 5: GLOBETROTTING

Lesson 67– Revision 10 L67: TB/ NTB (teacher’s choice)  SULTAN OF KEDAH
Lesson 68 – LiA L68:The Right Thing To Do drama BIRTHDAY - (21 JUNE
2020, SUNDAY)
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UNIT 6: TIME OUT  LEARNING WALK –
Lesson 69 – Reading 11 TEACHER’S
WK 23-24
Lesson 70 – Language Awareness 11 QUESTIONING
PEOPLE AND L69: The Urban Playground (pg 81-83)
TB Lesson 71 – Listening 11 TECHNIQUE
21 JUNE – CULTURE L70: Active and passive verb forms (pg 83-85)
Lesson 72 – Speaking 11
02 JULY Lesson 73 – Writing 11 L71: Passive Voice II Continuous Tense (pg 85) (22 JUNE 2020,
2020 Lesson 74 – Revision 11 L 72:Speculating and making decisions; talking about MONDAY)
Lesson 75 – Reading 12 likes and dislikes(pg 86)
L 73: A semi-formal letter/ email asking for and giving
information (pg 86-87)
L74: TB/ NTB (teacher’s choice)
L75: Everything about computer and video games (pg 88-
89)
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UNIT 6: TIME OUT
 ENGLISH ULBS –
Lesson 76 – Language Awareness 12 ( 19 – 23 JULY 2020)
L76: Clauses of result, concession and of purpose (pg 89)
Lesson 77 – Listening 12
L77& L78: Expressing opinion; language of description;
Lesson 78 – Speaking 12
PEOPLE AND words and phrases connected with T.V. programmes i.e.:
Lesson 79 – Writing 12
CULTURE (Game of Thrones, KUWTK, Big Bang Theory, Breaking
Lesson 80 – Revision 12
Bad) (pg 90-91)
Lesson 81 – LiA 7
L79: A film review : Ola Bola (pg 92-93)
L 80 :TB/ NTB (teacher’s choice)
L81:The Right Thing To Do
WK 25-27

Lesson 82 – Reading 13
TB
05- 23
Lesson 83 – Language Awareness 13
JULY
Lesson 84 – Listening 13
2020
Lesson 85 – Speaking 13 FULL BLAST PLUS 4
Lesson 86 – Writing 13 UNIT 7: MOTHER NATURE
Lesson 87 – Revision 13

L82: Respecting nature: Amazing animals! (pg 97-99)

L83: The full and bare infinitive and –ing form /
HEALTH AND
exclamatory sentences(pg 99-101)
ENVIRONMENT
L84: Countries in South East Asia (pg 101)
L85: Organising a trip to a foreign country (pg 102)
L86: An article describing a place (pg 103)
L87:TB/ NTB (teacher’s choice)

MID-TERM BREAK/ HOLIDAYS (II)

24 JULY-02 AUG 2020

EIDUL AD’HA CELEBRATION/ HOLIDAYS

31 JULY & 1 AUG 2020

Lesson 88 – Reading 14
Lesson 89 – Language Awareness 14
Lesson 90 – Listening 14
WK 29- 30
Lesson 91 – Speaking 14
TB Lesson 92 – Writing 14
02-13
Lesson 93 – Revision 14
AUG Lesson 94 – LiA 8
2020
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UNIT 7: MOTHER NATURE
L 88: Keep It Green!-Techno-gadgets (pg 104-105)
L89: Modal verbs + have + past participle (pg 105-106)
HEALTH AND L90: Eco- Quiz (facts) (pg 106)
ENVIRONMENT L91: Comparing and contrasting; words and phrases
describing urban and rural settings (pg 107)
L 92 : A letter (to the editor) expressing an opinion
(pg 108-109)
L93 : TB/ NTB (teacher’s choice)
L94: Tanjong Rhu short story

 THE BEGINNING
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UNIT 8: IMAGE MONTH
Lesson 95– Reading 15 (20 AUG 2020,
Lesson 96– Language Awareness 15 THURSDAY)
WK 31 L95: Don’t believe everything you see (pg 111-113)
Lesson 97 – Listening 15
Lesson 98 – Speaking 15 PEOPLE AND L 96:The causative form and third conditional
TB 16-20 (pg 113, 115)
CULTURE
AUG L97:Words and phrases to describe people, appearance
2020 and attire(pg 115)
L98: Teenage Angst (pg 116)

AUGUST TEST
23 – 27 AUG 2020

Lesson 99 – Writing 15
Lesson 100 – Revision 15
Lesson 101– Reading 16
WK 32 - 34
Lesson 102- Language Awareness 16
Lesson 103– Listening 16 PEOPLE AND
TB 1 SEPT-
Lesson 104 – Speaking 16
17 SEPT
Lesson 105 – Writing 16
2020 Lesson 106– Revision 16
Lesson 107– LiA 9
Lesson 108 – LiA 10
 NATIONAL
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UNIT 8: IMAGE DAY
(31 AUG, MONDAY)
L99: A letter giving advice (pg 117)
L100: TB/ NTB (teacher’s choice)
L101: Installation Art (pg 118-119)  MALAYSIA DAY
L102: Wish/ If only (pg 119) (16 SEPT 2020,
CULTURE
L103: Visitors of an art gallery (pg 120) WEDNESDAY)
L104 : Exploring forms of art (pg 120-121)
L105: Writing a report (pg 122-123)
L106: TB/ NTB (teacher’s choice)
L107: The Living Photograph poem
L108: Leaving short story

L109- L110: End of year revision (teacher’s choice)

Lesson 109–Lesson 100: End of year
revision
WK 35 - 37
(teacher select) L111- L112:Project-based learning(teacher’s choice)
TB Lesson 111-Lesson 112: Project-based
20 SEPT - 8 learning 1 & 2
OCT 2020

 DEEPAVALI
WK 38-39 CELEBRATION
REVISION FOR END OF YEAR
TB REVISION FOR END OF YEAR EXAMINATION PAPER 13 – 16 OCT 2020
EXAMINATION PAPER
11 – 22 OCT (FRIDAY – MONDAY)
2020

PROPHET MUHAMMAD SAW’S BIRTHDAY

29 OCT 2020(THURSDAY)
WK 40 – WK 41: END OF YEAR EXAMINATION
25 – 5 NOV 2020

TB DISCUSSION OF END OF YEAR DISCUSSION OF END OF YEAR EXAMINATION

WK 42-43 EXAMINATION PAPER PAPER
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NOV
2020

END OF YEAR BREAK/ HOLIDAYS

21 NOV 2020 – 02 JAN 2021

*T.B ,Text Book (Full Blast Plus 4) : Compulsory to be followed by the teachers.

*NTB Non Text Book : Teachers provides and prepare for materials, any materials that suits the students (based on C.S and L.S)

*PBS/PBD can be done during the whole course of learning / during NTB lessons