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CURRICULUM SPECIFICATIONS 2012 ENGLISH LANGUAGE FORM 4

Week Theme/Topic Learning Objectives JANUARY W1 W2 Introduction To The Syllabus -Trawling the textbook -Introduction to Lit. Component In The Midst Of Hardship - Poem He Had Such Quiet Eyes - Poem QWERTYUIOP short story The Fruitcake Special short story Gulp and Gasp drama Introduction To The Exam Format -Paper 1 Directed writing Continuous writing -Paper 2 Graphic and short text Information transfer Reading comprehension dan summary Literature component Topic : PEOPLE Knowing Me, Knowing You My little diary ORIENTATION WEEK -Take part in conversation -Making discussion -Write notes -Subject-verb agreement (verb to be and have) -Punctuation Grammar

W3

-To familiarize/expose students to exam format. -Learn tips to score

The simple tenses -Present tense -Past tense -Future tense

W4 W5

-Participate in discussions -Agree and disagree politely -Learn how to give the right advice -Writing essay (article for magazine) -Keep a diary of your day-to-day activities -Summarise main ideas -Answering the questions -Writing essay (the narrative essay) FEBRUARY

-WH Questions

W6

Topic : POEM In The Hardship

Midst

Of

-Reciting poem -Understanding the meaning of poem -List the theme and moral values -Learn about poetic devices

-Alliteration -Personafication -Metaphor

W7

Topic : ENVIRONMENT Saving Every Drop Pollution and recycle

-Pair discussion-talking about topic given. -Skim and scan for specific ideas -Group presentation in the class. -Writing essay (article for newspaper) -Read material in prints -Extract the main ideas -Summarizing information from the material. -Writing essay (the descriptive essay) -Read and write the synopsis -Understanding the characters/ characteristics -Listed the theme, moral values and lesson -Learn about setting, plot and literary devices -Review the chapter

The continuous tenses -Present continuous tense -Past continuous tense

W8

Topic : SHORT STORY QWERTYUIOP

W9

Topic : EXAM FORMAT Paper 1 Topic : EXAM FORMAT Paper 2

W10 W11

-Review the chapter MARCH

ASSESSMENT TEST 1 (5/3/2012 9/3/2012) SCHOOL HOLIDAYS (10/3/2012 18/3/2012) W14 Topic : SOCIAL ISSUES Reaching Out Teenagers Matters Topic : HEALTH Looking Up On Health Kept Healthy -Writing essay (Speeches) -Writing essay (The factual essay)

W15

-Writing essay (Report) -Writing essay (The reflective essay)

APRIL W16 Topic : POEM He Had Such Quiet Eyes Topic : PEOPLE Friendship Love and Relationship Topic : SHORT STORY -Writing essay () -Writing essay ()

W17

W18

The Fruitcake Special

W19

Topic : EXAMINATION FORMAT Paper 1 Topic : EXAMINATION FORMAT Paper 2 MAY MID-YEAR EXAMINATION IDADI EXAMINATION

W20 W21

W24

Topic : VALUES

-Writing essay () -Writing essay () SCHOOL HOLIDAYS (26/5/2012 10/6/2012) JUNE

W28

Topic : SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY

AND

W29 W30

Topic :

JULY W31 W32 W33 W34 W35 W36 AUGUST W37

W38 SCHOOL HOLIDAYS (18/8/2012 26/8/2012) W40 SEPTEMBER W42 W43 W44 W45 OCTOBER W46 FINAL EXAMINATION (4/10/2012 11/10/2012) IDADI EXAMINATION (18/10/2012 24/10/2012) W50 W51 NOVEMBER W52

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