SCHEME OF WORK FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE

FORM 4 2018

THEME/ LEARNING LANGUAGE

WEEK DOMAIN SPECIFICATIONS SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES
TOPIC OUTCOMES CONTENT

1-5 Literature: Students should be able to:
Introduction to 3.1 Listen to, read, view and
literature respond to literary works by
a. explaining the message
Poem – The the writer is trying to
Living convey and discussing
Photograph how this relates to
one’s life.
b. explaining the
message the writer is
trying to convey and
discussing how this
relates to one’s life.
a. reciting poems with
feeling and
expression.
3.0 Level 1  Sharing of one’s feelings or
Aesthetic i. Reciting poems with feelings and experiences in natural
expressions and with the correct disaster.
pronunciation, intonation, stress and  Watching video on natural
rhythm. disaster.
iii. Retelling the poem in one’s own  Information hunt – the poet.
words.  Show some emotion.
 Reciting poem.
Level 3  Writing out the rhyme sch.
xiii. Understanding the figurative  Matching lines with
language of the text. paraphrased version.
 Searching for literary devices
used.
 Acrostic poem.
 Interview a natural disaster
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WEEK DOMAIN SPECIFICATIONS SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES
TOPIC OUTCOMES CONTENT

6 - 10 Literature: Students should be able to:
Poem - 3.1 Listen to, read, view and
Charge of the respond to literary works by
light brigade a. understanding and
telling in one’s own words
the story heard and read,
giving one’s opinion of the
text.
3.0 Level 1  Drawing friends’ faces.
Aesthetic ii. Finding out the meaning of  Paraphrase poem.
unfamiliar words by using contextual  Relating the situation in the
clues and the dictionary. poem to real life.
 Completing worksheet(s) to
Level 2 identify themes and moral
vii. Talking about values in the poem values.
and whether they are meaningful to  Chain reading.
one’s life.  Unscrambling words.
 Bingo game.
Level 3  Haiku writing.
xi. Talking about the message the  Idiomatic expression.
poet is trying to put across in his/her  Drawing and predicting the
poem and writing a simple paragraph future.
on it.  Debate – whose fault?
xii. Understanding some of the
figurative language of the text.

13 - 17 Students should be able to: Level 1 Warmers activities

3.1 Listen to, read, view and 3.0 iii. Retelling the story in one’s own  Breathing exercises
respond to literary Aesthetic words.  Warm up exercises
works by  Facial expression exercise
Literature: b. recognizing elements in Level 2  Voice throwing exercise
a story such as iv. Describing setting of the story.  Jungle walk
Short Story – characters and setting. v. Narrating sequence of events.  Different tones of voice for
Rubbish Dump vii. Making predictions as to what different characters
c. explaining the message might have happen next in the  Introduction to setting of the
the writer is trying to story. story
convey and discussing  Information Hunt – writer’s
how this relates to one’s background
life.  Midnight express activity
(Refer to module from BPK)

Students should be able to: 3.0 Level 1

 THEME/ LEARNING
WEEK
TOPIC OUTCOMES
3.1 Listen to, read, view and
respond to literary works by
b. recognizing elements in
a story such as characters
and setting.
c. explaining the message
the writer is trying to
convey and discussing how
this relates to one’s life.
3.2 Express themselves
creatively and imaginatively
by
a. dramatizing texts and role
playing characters
b. retelling a story from a
different point of view
LANGUAGE
DOMAIN SPECIFICATIONS SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES
CONTENT
Aesthetic iii. Retelling the story in one’s own  Word hunt activities
words.  Role playing
 Identifying characters
Level 2  Charade
iv. Narrating sequence of events.  Word play
i. Describing characters and writing  Bingo
simple descriptions.  Sound effect
ii. Making predictions as to what  My life as a.....
might have happen next in the  Production of the whole
story. drama
(Refer to module supplied by
BPK)
Level 3
x. Talking about the theme in a
story.
xii. understanding the figurative
language of the text.
Level 1
i. Dramatizing sections of a text and
role playing characters
Level 2
ii. Retelling story from another
character’s point of view.