ENGLISH LANGUAGE SCHEME OF WORK FOR FORM ONE YEAR 2008 WEEK WEEK 1 (3-4 Jan) Week 2 Week 6

(6 Jan-7 Feb)
HOLIDAYS: AWAL MUHARAM (10 Jan) SULTAN OF KEDAHS BIRTHDAY (20 Jan) CHINESE NEW YEAR (7 Jan) WEEK/ HOLIDAYS Week 7Week 8 (10 Feb-21 Feb) THEME PEOPLE CHAPTER 1 GETTING T KNOW YOU

ACTIVITY ORIENTATION WEEK FOR FORM 1 ORIENTATION PROGRAMME FOR SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS IN ENGLISH (OPSME)

TOPICS Guidance and counselling organised activities Science Based Lessons: Lesson 11- Search and Conquer Lesson 12- Lets Float Mathematics Based Lessons Lesson 11- Letss Go Shopping Lesson 12- Whats My Line? Lesson 13- Row, Row, Row Your Boat Lesson 14- Lend me Your Ears Lesson 15- How Am I Different? Lesson 16- Guess Who? Lesson 17- My Own Wallpaper Lesson 18- Mix and Match

LEVEL 1

INTERPERSONAL Taking part in conversations and discussions Talking about self, friends and interests and understanding

INFORMATIONAL Reading materials such as articles in print and in electronic media

AESTHETIC Poem: People Reciting poems with feeling and expression

GRAMMAR Suggested sentence patterns: Introducing oneself

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THEME

LEVEL

INTERPERSONAL others when they talk abut themselves

INFORMATIONAL

AESTHETIC

GRAMMAR Sentences: Positives statements Punctuation: Capital letters, exclamation mark, full stop, question mark Adjectives: Adj in terms of colour, size and shape Adjectives: Adjectives that show qualities Preposition: Preposition of place Verbs: Regular ad irregular verbs

Skimming and scanning for specific information and ideas Using dictionaries

Telling how characters in the text are similar to those in ones life

Composing, revising and editing drafts and checking accuracy of spelling, punctuation and grammar

Week 9- Week 10 (24 Feb 6 March)

Chapter 2 FAMILY TIES LIT. COMPONENT: How Dalat Got Its Name

Talking about self, family, friends, interest, past events and feelings, and understanding others when they talk about themselves

Reading materials such as article in print and in electronic media Listening to spoken texts such as talks, speeches and texts from other multimedia sources

Poem: On Motherss Day Reciting poem with feeling and expression

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THEME

LEVEL 2

INTERPERSONAL

INFORMATIONAL Skimming and scanning for specific information and ideas Writing recounts

AESTHETIC Telling how evens in the text are similar to those in ones life

GRAMMAR

MID TERM HOLIDAYS (9-14 March) Week 11 (16-20 March) Holiday: Maulidur Rasul Chapter 3 Stand By Me 1 Reading materials such as article in print and in electronic media Short story: Apologise! Dramatising texts Giving the sequence of events Changing the text to another form Presenting the story in another genre Sentences: Negative statement Verbs: Regular and irregular verbs

Taking part in conversations and discussions

Skimming and scanning for specific information and ideas Writing recounts

Week 12 (23-27 March) Week 13 (30 March- 3 April) ENVIRONMENT Chapter 4 It All Starts At Home 1

Monthly Test (1) 24 March 27 March) Exchanging ideas and giving opinions on topics of interest Poem: A Slash of Blue Reciting poems with feeling and expression Verbs: For instructions and directions Connectors: Sequence connectors

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THEME

LEVEL

INTERPERSONAL

INFORMATIONAL

AESTHETIC

GRAMMAR Punctuation: comma

Taking part in conversations and discussions Exchanging ideas and giving opinions on topics of interest

Week 14 Week 15 (6-17 April)

Chapter 5 Do you Care Enough LIT. COMPONENT: The Dead Crow

Exchanging ideas and giving opinions on topics of interest Participating in conversations and discussions

Listening to spoken texts such as talks, speeches, and texts from other multimedia sources Reading materials such as article in print and in electronic media Skimming and scanning for specific information and ideas Reading materials such as article in print and in electronic media

Novel: Gorilla Adventure Recognising elements in a story

Listening to spoken texts such as talks, speeches, and texts from other multimedia sources Skimming and scanning for specific

Suggested sentence patterns: inviting, accepting and declining invitations; Apologising Prepositions: Prepositions of time Identifying base words

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THEME

LEVEL

INTERPERSONAL

INFORMATIONAL information and ideas Writing announcements, using appropriate format and convention Writing announcements using appropriate format and conventions Reading materials such as article in print and in electronic media Writing directions, instructions, recounts and announcements using appropriate formats and conventions Skimming and scanning for specific information and ideas Getting meanings of unfamiliar words by using word attack skills Extracting main ideas and supporting details Following sequence of ideas Following sequence of ideas

AESTHETIC

GRAMMAR

Week 16Week 17 (20 Apr- 1 May)

Chapter 6 What A wonderful World LIT. COMPONENT: The lake Isle of Innesfree

Poem: Afternoon on A Hill Reciting poems with feelings and expression

Connectors: conjunctions Verbs: Questions words

Exchanging ideas and giving opinions on topics of interest

Explaining the message the writer is trying to convey and discussing how this relates to ones life

WEEK/ HOLIDAYS Week 18 (4-8 May)

THEME Chapter 7 Safe Homes

LEVEL 1

INTERPERSONAL Taking part in conversations and discussions

INFORMATIONAL Writing directions, instructions, recounts and announcements using appropriate formats and conventions Reading materials such as article in print and in electronic media Listening to spoken texts such as talks, speeches, and texts from other multimedia sources Giving instructions, describing and narrating orally Extracting main ideas and supporting details Composing, revising and editing drafts, checking accuracy of spelling, punctuation and grammar

AESTHETIC

GRAMMAR Verbs: special finites or modals Pronouns: Possessive pronouns and demonstrativ e pronouns Adjectives: possessive adjectives

Exchanging ideas and giving opinions on topics of interest

Novel: The BFG Making simple predictions as to what might to happen next

Week 19-20 (11-22 May)

MID YEAR EXAMINATION

MID YEAR HOLIDAY 25 MAY- 4 JUNE)

WEEK/ HOLIDAYS Week 21 8-12 June)

THEME Chapter 8 Safety First

LEVEL 1

INTERPERSONAL Taking part in conversations and discussions

INFORMATIONAL Drawing directions and explaining them Reading materials such as article in print and in electronic media Listening to spoken texts such as talks, speeches, and texts from other multimedia sources Giving instructions, describing and narrating orally Extracting main ideas and supporting details Composing, revising and editing drafts, checking accuracy of spelling, punctuation and grammar Listening to spoken texts such as talks, speeches, and texts from other multimedia sources Writing directions, instructions, recounts and announcements using appropriate formats and conventions

AESTHETIC

GRAMMAR Verbs: Words that signal pastime Verbs: Special finites or modals Pronouns: Personal pronouns

Fable: The wolf in Sheeps Clothing Composing stories at a level suitable to learner

Week 22 (15-19 June)

Chapter 9 Safe Living

Exchanging ideas and giving opinions on topics of interest

Poem: In The Motel Reciting poem with feeling and expression

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THEME

LEVEL

INTERPERSONAL

INFORMATIONAL Skimming and scanning for specific information and ideas

AESTHETIC

GRAMMAR

Talking about the message the writer is trying to convey

Week 23-24 (22 June- 3 July) Hari Anugerah Cemerlang (2 July)

Chapter 10 Ill Be There for You LIT.COMPONENT The Pencil

Taking part in conversations and discussions

Drawing directions and explaining them Skimming and scanning for specific information and ideas Reading and understanding nonlinear texts using simple diagrams Giving instructions, describing and narrating orally Composing, revising and editing drafts, checking accuracy of spelling, punctuation and grammar Poem: Had A Little Cat Retelling how events in the text is similar to ones life Nouns: Concrete nounsCommon and proper noun Nouns: Gender Suffixes: er and ess Prepositions: Prepositions of direction

Explaining the message the writer is trying to convey and discussing how this relates to ones life

WEEK/ HOLIDAYS Week 25 (6-10 July)

THEME Chapter 11 Never Too Young Never Too Old

LEVEL 1 2

INTERPERSONAL Participating in conversations and discussions Carrying out a variety of language functions

INFORMATIONAL

AESTHETIC Poem: The Little Boy ad The Old Man Dramatising text and role-playing

GRAMMAR Sentences: Simple and compound sentences Nouns: Abstract nouns Verbs

Reading materials such as article in print and in electronic media Skimming and scanning for specific information and ideas Telling how characters in the text are similar to those in ones life

Week 26 (13-17 July) Perayaan Jubli Emas Sultan Kedah (15 July)

Chapter 12 Independence Day

Participating in conversations and discussions Reading materials such as article in print and in electronic media Listening to spoken texts such as talks, speeches, and texts from other multimedia sources Skimming and scanning for specific information and ideas Writing recounts

Short story: King Midas and Its Golden Touch Dramatising text and role-playing Talking about values found in the text

Adverbs: Adverb of manner Collective nouns Pronouns: each as an adjectives

WEEK/ HOLIDAYS Week 27 (21 July- 24 July) Week 28Week 29 27 July 7 Aug)

THEME

LEVEL

INTERPERSONAL

INFORMATIONAL

AESTHETIC

GRAMMAR

Monthly Test (2) HEALTH Chapter 13 Food For Thought LIT.COMPONENT: Of Bunga Telur and Bally Shoes 1 Participating in conversations and discussions Giving simple recounts orally and in writing Poem: Mashed Potatoes Love Poem Reciting poem with feeling and expression Explaining the message the writer is trying to convey and discussing how this relates to ones life Nouns: Countable and uncountable nouns Phrasal quantifiers Pronoun some as an adjectives Nouns: Regular and irregular plurals Verbs: simple present tense

Identifying main ideas in simple paragraphs Identifying supporting data o ideas in simple paragraphs Writing recounts

Composing simple poems Verbs: Time expressions Article: With plural countable nouns and zero article Articles Using the with the superlative

Week 30 Week 31

Chapter 14 Your Health Your Wealth LIT.COMPONENT: Life Brief Candle

Carrying out a variety of language function Making enquiries Ordering goods and services

Skimming and scanning for specific information and ideas Listening to spoken texts such as talks, speeches, and texts from other multimedia sources

Poem: Cinquain Retelling the poem in ones own words

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THEME

LEVEL 3

INTERPERSONAL

INFORMATIONAL Composing, revising and editing drafts, checking accuracy of spelling, punctuation and grammar

AESTHETIC Composing simple poems

GRAMMAR Article: For unique nouns or one that is one d only Articles: Using the with same..as

MID TERM HOLIDAYS (17-21 0GOS) Week 32 (24-28 Aug) Chapter 15 A Life long Journey 1 Participating in conversations and discussion Carrying out a variety of language functions Suggested sentence patterns: Placing orders Adjectives: Comparison of adjectives

Getting the explicit meaning of text Writing directions, instructions, recounts and announcements using appropriate formats and conventions Composing, revising and editing drafts, checking accuracy of spelling, punctuation and grammar

Novel: A Town Like Alice Talking about characters in the story

WEEK/ HOLIDAYS Week 33 Week 34 (31 Aug- 4 Sept) Independence Day (31 Aug) Awal Ramadan (1 Sept)

THEME

LEVEL

INTERPERSONAL

INFORMATIONAL

AESTHETIC

GRAMMAR

MONTHLY TEST (3) ( 8-11 SEPT) SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Chapter 16 Deep Impact 1 Reading materials such as article in print and in electronic media Listening to spoken texts such as talks, speeches, and texts from other multimedia sources Extracting main ideas and supporting details Writing directions, instructions, recounts and announcements using appropriate formats and conventions Poem: Teevee Reciting poem with feeling and expression Figurative language: proverbs Homonyms: Homophones Verbs: Special finites or modalswill to affirm Verbs: Special finites r modals- will to show request Nouns: concord

Exchanging ideas and giving opinions on topics of interest

Talking about the message the writer is putting across

Week 35