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SOUTHERN PROVINCE School: G.S BUTARE CATHOLIQUE

HUYE DISTRICT
Academic year: 2020 Number of period per week:

Teacher’s name:………………………….. Class: PRIMARY 4

ENGLISH
FIRST TERM

DATES WEEKS UNIT LESSON TITLE LEARNING TEACHING RESOURC 0BSERV

TITLE OBJECTIVES+KE METHODS ES ATION
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COMPETENCE TECHNIQU
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06- UNIT1OUR -Talking about Recognise the use Groups English for
10/01/20 1 SCHOOL subjects and the determiners of activity Rwandan
20 timetable quantity. schools ,
.We study Social Learner’s
studies Orally and book 4
written
.What subjects do Name school exercises
you study subject related Syllabus
vocabulary and
-Saying what personal
subjects you like preferences
.I like science.
.They don’t like
science
Orally describe the
-Describing future school timetable
hopes.
13- .I want to be a Teacher’s
17/01/20 2 doctor Write about school guide
20 .I would like to go to subject preferences
university
Research
-Describing the size Appreciate how our
of the school school community
helps us learn.

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 .There are 500
pupils in our school.

.How many teachers

are there in your
school?

-Conducting a
survey about going
to school.

.How long does it Discussion

take to get to
school?

-Making a bar graph

about going to
school.
.The vertical axis
20/01- shows the number
31/01/20 3&4 of pupils
20
-Vocabulary
.Subject: History,
Math, Science,
Social Studies, etc.
.School: Lesson,
pupil, Teacher,
Classroom, etc.
.Preferences:
Boring, interesting,
easy, hard etc.

.Graphs: Axis,
vertical, horizontal,
bar, etc.

-Language structure
.Present simple
tense

.Want to, would like

to

.How long does it

take?

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 .There are, how
many are there?

.A lot of , most,
some, a few …

-Sounds and
spelling

.Recognise and
pronounce sounds
and use rhythm and
stress correctly.
Spell correctly.

ASSESSMENT

03- 5 UNIT2:My -language use -Recognize the use -Group English for
07/02/20 friend and I describing my of the past simple discussion. Rwandan
20 hobbies and future tenses, schools
.I like reading short answers and pupil’s book
.He plays football. comparatives. p4.
What do you like -Identify the basic
doing? vocabulary of
hobbies and leisure
-Recounting past activities,
activities appearance and
.On the weekend, personality.
we played football. -Orally describe
What did you do friends -Written
yesterday? ‘appearances, exercises
personality, etc. about
-Describing reading comparing.
preferences.

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 .I read books. She
reads stories. What
10- 6 do you read?
14/02/20
20
-Telling stories
.One morning
Mutesi set out early Reading a
to go to the market story.
with her basket on
her head.

-Describing future
plans.
.On Saturday we are
going to visit my -Compare people’s
cousin. What are appearance and
they going to do? personality in
speech and writing.
-Describing friends’
17- physical
21/02/20 7 appearances.
20 .He is
confident .What is
he like? What’s his
personality like?

-Talking about
friends.
.She is good at
maths. She likes
sports. She lives in
Gisenyi. .What
does she like?
Where does she
live?

-Comparing people.
.She is taller than
me. She is more
24/02- confident than me.
28/02/20 8 -vocabulary hobbies
20 and leisure
activities.
.Play, read, visit,
swim, etc.

-Appearance

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 .Tall, short, thin,
attractive, etc.
Group
-Personality. discussion
.Happy, funny, shy,
confident, etc.

-Language structure
.Past simple tense
.Future with going
to
.Adjectives for
appearance,
personality
.Short answers in
simple present
tense: Yes he is, no
he isn’t, yes she
does, no she
doesn’t, etc.

-Comparatives:
taller than, more
confident than.

-Sounds and
spelling
.Learn about
common word
endings, word
families and roots of
words.

ASSESSMENT

02- 9 UNIT 3:OUR -Language use -Identify the uses of English for
06/03/20 DISTRICT talking about the comparatives and Rwandan
20 place where you prepositions of school
live. place. pupil’s book
.I live near Butare. p4
Where do you live?

-Talking about
population.
.Butare has 77,000
people.77,000 -Follow oral and

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 People live. How written directions
many people live in on a map.
Butare?

-Talking about
facilities.
.There’s a mosque
in Butare. There are -Compare means of
food shops. There transport in speech -Group
are three primary and writing. discussion
schools. Is there a
post office in
Butare?

09- 10 -Appreciate the

13/03/20 physical features
20 and natural -Read aloud
-Talking about resources of the
places. district.
.The bank is in the
main street. The
hair salon is
opposite the bank.
Where is the bank?
Which building is
near the market?

-Talking about the

transport. -Written
.You can travel by exercises.
bus from Butare to
Kigali. You can get
from Butare to Kigali
by car in 40
minutes. You can
walk from Butare to
our village in 2
hours. There is an
airport in Kigali.

-Comparing means
of transport.
.Air transport is
fastest than road
transport.
11 Walking is less
16- expensive than
20/03/20 travelling by bus.

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20 -Giving directions.
.Go along the
street .Turn
right .Go straight
ahead.

-Vocabulary
community
facilities.
.shop, post office,
bank, primary
school, etc.

-Transport
.Fly, walk, travel,
bus, car, airport, etc.
-Language
structure.
.There is/are
.Prepositions of
place: near, next to,
opposite, etc.

-Comparatives
-Gerund: walking,
23- flying, etc.
27/03/20 12 -You can
20 -Sounds and
spelling
.Learn about
30/03- common word
03/04/20 13 endings, word
20 families and the
roots of words.

ASSESSMENT.

EXAMINATIONS

Marking and school

report.
S E C O N D T E R M
20- 1 UNIT -Language use Recognize the use of March English for
22/04/20 4:WEATHER talking about present continuous pictures of Rwandan

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20 today’s weather. and past simple weather with schools for
.Today it’s sunny. tense and adverbs our word. p4.
Today the weather of time.
is sunny. What’s the
weather like today?
-Talking about
weather in the past.
.Last week it was
sunny. Last week Orally describe the
the weather was weather today and Research
rainy. What was the yesterday.
weather last week?
-Talking about
weather in our
district.
.In our district it is
wet in January.
What is the weather
in June?
27/04- 2 -Describing the
01/05/20 advantages of
20 weather. Teacher’s
.Rain helps to grow Discussing in guide p4
crops. Rain gives us Appreciate the role group.
water. of the weather in
-Describing the our daily lives.
disadvantages of -Orally and
weather. writing
.When there is too exercises.
much rain the
harvest can be bad.
When there is too
much sunshine the -Respect the
crops can be dry. environment and
What happens when how it affects
there is too much Rwanda’s weather
rain? conditions
-Vocabulary
weather: Rainy,
windy, dry season,
hot, cold, etc.
-Pros and cons of
weather: harvest,
04- destroy, drought,
08/05/20 3 crop, etc.
20 -Complete the
-uses of weather: sentences
Help to, give,

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 provide, etc.
-Language structure
.Present continuous
tense.
.Past simple tense
.When clauses
More, less, too,
much
.Adverbs of time:
last week, today, in
May.
Help to.
-Sounds and
spelling.
.Learn about
common word
endings, word
families and roots of
words.

ASSESSMENT
11- 4 UNITY -Language use -Recognize the use English for
15/05/20 5:Jobs and naming jobs. of past simple and -Matching the Rwandan
20 roles in .He is a carpenter. future tense, and pictures and school
home and What is his job? adverbs of job names learner’s
community -Describing jobs. frequency. book p4.
.A carpenter makes
things from wood.
What does a -State the basic
carpenter do? A vocabulary of jobs, -Play memory
nurse works in the community, and games.
health Centre. household jobs.
Where does a
teacher work?
-Talking about
people’s jobs.
My uncle is a bus
driver. Mrs. Kabuga -Group
is a nurse. What discussion Teacher’s
does your mother book guide.
do?

18- -Appreciate the jobs

22/05/20 and occupations of
20 5 people in the
-Talking about community
helping at home.

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 Look at home. My
sister is helps my
mother with the
cooking. What jobs -Complete the
do you do at home? job with
What does your names with
brother do at correct vowel.
home? -Value the
contribution of
-Talking about how workers to the
often you jobs. development of
I sometime help in Rwanda’s economy
the house. I help in
the garden every
week .I help in the
house twice a week.
How often do you
help in the garden?

-Talking about
helping in the
community.
.Every month we do
community work.
They clean the
roads. When do you
do community Listening and
work? They cleaned reading
25- the roads. What did
29/05/20 you do?
20 6 Syllabus.

-Talking about work

in the future.
.On Sunday they will
do community work.
I will plant a field.
When will he do
community work?
On Friday she will
clean the house.
What will they do?

-Vocabulary
Jobs: Carpenter, Written exercises.
nurse, teacher,

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 doctor, etc.
-Community work
.Plant, build, clean,
etc.

-Household jobs:
.Collect firewood,
cook, cooking, etc.

-Language
structure.
.Adverbs of
frequency.
.The past simple
tense.
.Future tense with
will.

-Sounds and
spelling.
Learn about
common word
endings, word
families and roots of
words.

ASSESSMENT
01- 7 UNITY -Language use Identify the use of Matching English for
05/06/20 6:WILD Naming animals. present perfect exercises Rwandan
20 ANIMALS .This is a spider. tense. school p4
.What’s this?
-Classifying animals.
.A lion is carnivore. Classy animals
Is an elephant an Orally and
herbivore? written
-Yes it is. Appreciate the exercises
No it isn’t contribution of
-Comparing animals Rwanda’s wildlife to
.Lions are bigger development of
than monkeys Rwanda’s economy Group work
-Talking about
animals in Rwanda
.There are monkeys
in Rwanda
-Talking about A play Teacher’s
where animals live guide p4
in Rwanda
.There are gorillas

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 near Virunga.
08-
12/06/20 8 -Conducting a
20 survey
.I have seen a
monkey
.What has he seen?

-Interpreting a table
.The vertical axis
shows the animals
.The horizontal axis
shows the number
of learners
-Vocabulary
.Animals: monkey,
zebra, spider, eagle,
etc.
.Compass points:
15- North, south, east
19/06/20 etc.
20 9 .Animal classes:
Herbivore,
carnivore, etc.
-Language
structure.
.Present perfect
.there are. Are
there?
.Determiners of
quantity: Most,
some, a few, a lot
of.
Any with negative.
-Sounds and
spelling
.Learn about
common words
endings, word
families, and root of
words.

22- Identify the use of

26/06/20 10 UNITY7 ASSESSMENT modal verbs
20 RIGHTS must/mustn’t and Matching
RESPONSIBILI first conditional exercises
TIES AND
NEEDS

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 List and define
right ,
responsibilities,
-Talking about our rules and needs Reading
rights orally
.We have a right to
education
-Talking about our
responsibilities English for
29/06- .We must respect Respect that Rwandan
03/07/20 other people everyone has right schools p4
20 11 -Talking about rules and responsibilities Group work
.We must keep the
classroom rules
-Talking about our
basic needs
.We need shelter
.What do we need
in the community?
-Vocabulary
.Rights: education, Written
water, health, etc. exercises

.Responsibilities:
honest, kind,
respect, help etc.
.Needs: water,
clothes, shelter etc.
-Language structure
.Modal verbs:
must/mustn’t
06- .The first
10/07/20 conditional.
20 12 -Sounds and
spelling
.Lean about
common word
endings, word
families and roots of
word.

13- ASSESSMENT
17/07/20 13
20 EXAMINATION

MARKING AND
SCHOOL REPORT

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 UNIT8
TALKING THIRD TERM State the basic Group
ABOUT THE vocabulary of activities English for
PAST traditional and Rwandan
03- modern tools, farm schools p4
07/08/20 1 -Recount past products and
20 activity household objects
.Yesterday I
watched TV

-Describing
traditional and Write a short text Written
modern tools and about traditional exercises
utensils and modern tools,
.People used hoe farm product and
.We use machines household object. Teacher’s
guidance p4
10-
14/08/20 2 -Describing
20 traditional and
modern farm Respect Rwanda’s Orally
product culture and exercises
.People grew few heritage.
crops
.They kept cattle

-Describing
17- traditional and syllabus
21/08/20 3 modern household Discussion
20 objects
.People made pots
.They made
furniture out of
wood

-Describing and
comparing
traditional and
modern farming
.They had fewer
tools

-Comparing
traditional and
modern food
24- .They grew fewer
28/08/20 crops. We eat more

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20 4 cereals

-Vocabulary
.Tools: hoe, axe,
machete etc.
.Farm products:
Cattle, chicken,
sorghum, millet,
rice, etc.
.Household objects:
pot, chair, furniture,
etc.

-Language structure
.past simple tense
.Determiners of
quantity: Much, a
lot of, many, more,
fewer, less, etc.

-Sounds and
spelling
.Learn about
common word
endings, word
families and roots of
word.

ASSESSMENT
31/8- 5 UNIT 9: -Naming and -Recognize the use Group
4/09/202 Countries, locating countries of comparatives and discussion. -English for
0 rivers and of the world. superlatives and the Rwandan
famous .This is the china. present perfect schools
architectural It is in the northern tense. learner
structures of hemisphere. Beijing book, p4
the world. is the capital of the
china.
-Talking about
personal and family
experience of
countries.
.I have seen a
picture of the Eiffel
tower. My uncle has Identify and locate
7- been to Tanzania. countries and their
11/09/20 6 My cousin lives in capitals on a map -Written -Teacher’s
20 France. both orally and exercises guide.
-Describing rivers writing.

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 .Amazon is
6,400kms long.The
Nile is the longest
river in the world.
-Describing cities
.Washington is the Appreciate that the
capital of USA. world is a big place
Beijing has 11million of many countries Reading and
people. and cultures. comparing
14- 7 Kigali is the biggest
18/09/20 city in Rwanda.
20 -Describing the
buildings.
.Burj Khalifa in
Dubai is 828meters
tall. The Eiffel tower
is the tallest Identify and locate
building. rivers .Buildings and
-Comparing cities, cities on a map both
rivers, buildings. orally and in writing.
.The Nile is longer
than the Yangtze.
-Vocabulary
: Rivers .Amazon,
Nile, Mississippi.
Don,Yangtze,etc:Chi
21- na,The
25/09/20 8 USA,Tanzania,Franc
20 e,etc.Cities:Populati
on ,capital,city,etc.
-Language structure
.Comparatives. -Complete the
Superlatives sentences.
.Present perfect
tense.
-Sounds and
spelling.
.Learn about
common word
endings, word
families and roots of
words.

ASSESSMENT

28/09- 9 UNIT -Describing the -Identify the use of -Group English for
02/10/20 10:Climate climate change. the present discussion. Rwandan

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20 .The world is getting continuous tense, schools
warm. Arctic ice is determiners of pupil’s
melting. Sea levels amount and model book, p4.
are raising. verbs and their
-Describing the negative form.
causes of the
climate change.
.We are burning too
much wood. We are
cutting down too
many trees.
-Describing our -Orally describe the
responsibilities. causes and effects
05- .We must use less of climate change.
09/10/20 10 water. We mustn’t -Matching -Syllabus.
20 burn so much wood. pictures with
We must cut down sentences.
fewer trees.
-Making suggestion.
.Let’s recycle more
rubbish. Let’s cut
down fewer trees.
-Prohibiting
.Do not cut down
trees
.Cut down fewer
trees. Burn less -Construct -Teacher’s
wood. sentences. book guide
-Vocabulary -Appreciate the
.Causes the climate importance of
change. caring for the
.Burn, cut down, environment.
wood, etc.
-Effects of climate
change:
.Ice, sea, rise, melt,
global warming.
12- -Language
16/10/20 11 structure.
20 .Present continuous
tense: Declarative
and questions with
is/are.
.Too/so much, -Respect the local
many, less, fewer. environment.
.Must, mustn’t
.Let’s -Design and
.Don’t. write.

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 -Sounds and
spelling.
.Learn about
common word
endings, word
19- families and roots of
23/10/20 the words.
20 12
ASSESSMENT

EXAMINATIONS

MARKING AND
SCHOOL REPORT.

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