WEEK SUCCESS CRITERIA PLANNED ACTIVITIES TEACHING, TEACHING, REFERENCE OUTCOMES REMARKS

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DATES T METHODS T
RESOURCES
1 Students must be able UNIT: pictures
to: titles of
LISTENING
question texts
 listening to the title of an oral oral M.I.E.
text and
predict the content of descripti (2013)
an oral description or  listening to first and last answer on or republic of
narrative, exposition, paragraphs of oral texts narrative Malawi
report, argument  answering questions on class s, syllabus for
from the title, picture, picture and titles of texts discussio expositio English
first and last SPEAKING n ns or forms 3 &
paragraphs  listening to oral texts reports 4, min. of
 reading texts and Edu scie &
debate
plan a logical oral  planning logical order of ideas argument tech pp 23-
description, narrative , READING s from 89
exposition, report,  studying pictures pair work radio, TV
argument from a title,  making predictions of content or other
picture, first and last from pictures, titles, first or group recording
paragraphs last paragraphs work written
WRITING descripti
write a plan of a  writing a logical ordering of ons or
individual
logical description, ideas narrative
narrative, exposition,  drafting plans for texts work s,
report, argument CRITICAL THINKING&REASONING expositio
from a title, picture,  identifying concepts and terms teacher ns or
first, last paragraph from other subjects observati reports
 defining concepts and terms on andargu
from other subjects ments

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describe the  explaining conceptions and peer written
distinguishing features terms assessme texts
of a short story STRUCTURE&USE OF LANGUAGE nt from
 using nouns as subject other
 making own sentences using subjects
discussio oral texts
nouns
n recording
CRITICAL ANALYSIS
pair work s of news
 brainstorming the features of group
a short story, eg, written in broadcas
work ts
prose form, narrative, individual titles of
complete on its own, deals work
with one central idea, not texts
peer newspap
divided into chapters assessme ers
 analysing the story in a nt
short story magazine
teacher s
observati content
on from
other
subjects

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2 Students must be able
to:
UNIT:
predict the content of LISTENING
an oral description or  answering questions on M.I.E.
narrative, exposition, picture and titles of texts first and (2013)
report, argument class last republic of
 discussing pictures, titles, first
from the title, picture, discussio paragrap Malawi
and last paragraphs of oral
first and last n hs of syllabus for
texts
paragraphs written English
 predicting content from
debate texts forms 3 &
picture, title, first or last
plan a logical oral oral 4, min. of
paragraph
description, narrative , pictures Edu scie &
SPEAKING pair work
exposition, report, titles of tech pp 23-
 reading texts
argument from a title, texts 89
picture, first and last  planning logical order of ideas group jumbled
paragraphs  planning oral presentations sentence
work
from pictures, title, first, last s
read written paragraph
READING individual
descriptions,
 describing what they think the work
narratives, reports
story is about from a picture,
title, first or last paragraph teacher
 discussing first or last observati
paragraphs of written texts on
 answering questions on texts

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 WRITING explanati
distinguish main and  noting down points for a plan on
minor supporting  planning the content of
details written texts research
CRITICAL THINKING&REASONING
 planning and writing question
presentations using concepts &answer
and terms from other subjects
 making sentences using learnt
concepts oral or
 applying concepts and terms to written
other subjects texts
use nouns correctly in STRUCTURE&USE OF LANGUAGE checklists
oral and written texts charts
 forming plural nouns
form nouns scoring
 constructing sentences using
rubrics
pronouns
describe the plot of a newspap
 writing texts using pronouns
short story ers
CRITICAL ANALYSIS magazine
analyse the plot of a  explaining the plot of a story s
short story with reference to the cause texts on
and effect relationship among topics
events from
 summarising the story in a other
short story subjects

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WEEK SUCCESS CRITERIA PLANNED ACTIVITIES TEACHING, TEACHING, REFERENCE OUTCOMES REMARKS
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3 Students must be able UNIT: M.I.E.
to: (2013)
LISTENING republic of
predict the content of  predicting content from brainstor oral or Malawi
an oral description or picture, title, first or last ming written syllabus for
narrative, exposition, paragraphs question texts English
report, argument  answering questions on and checklists forms 3 &
from the title, picture, picture and titles of texts answer charts 4, min. of
first and last  matching learners’ explanati scoring Edu scie &
paragraphs predictions with the on rubrics tech pp 23-
content of a text discussio newspap 89
plan a logical oral SPEAKING n ers
description, narrative ,  planning oral magazine
exposition, report, presentations from peer s
argument from a title, pictures, title, first, last assessme texts on
picture, first and last paragraph nt topics
paragraphs  discussing plans from
 discussing titles, pictures, pair other
first, last paragraphs work subjects
READING
write a plan of a  debating predictions group
logical description,  reading written texts work
narrative, exposition,  matching learners’
report, argument predictions with content of debate
from a title, picture, texts
first, last paragraph

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 WRITING
 writing a plan for a
description, narrative,
exposition, report,
argument
CRITICAL
THINKING&REASONING
 brainstorming the
meanings of words from
their context
 inferring meanings of
words from title and texts
from other subjects
 comparing meanings of
words and phrases
STRUCTURE&USE OF LANGUAGE
describe the plot of a  constructing sentences
short story using pronouns
 writing texts using
analyse the plot of a
pronouns
short story
 listing personal
demonstrative, passive,
relative and pronouns
CRITICAL ANALYSIS
 identifying the plot of a
short story
 explaining the plot of a
short story with reference
to the cause and effect
relationship between and
among events

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  summarising the story in a
short story beginning ,
climax, ending (eg
resolution, suspense)
 analysing the plot of a
short story
WEEK SUCCESS CRITERIA PLANNED ACTIVITIES TEACHING, TEACHING, REFERENCE OUTCOMES REMARKS
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4 Students must be able UNIT: M.I.E.
to: (2013)
LISTENING republic of
 listening to oral texts brainstor oral or Malawi
 taking down points showing ming written syllabus for
plan a logical oral the central idea of an oral texts English
description, narrative , text question checklists forms 3 &
exposition, report, SPEAKING and charts 4, min. of
argument from a title,  explaining plans answer scoring Edu scie &
picture, first and last  making oral presentations of rubrics tech pp 23-
paragraphs planned content explanati newspap 89
READING on ers
 scanning a text for magazine
information discussio s
 skimming a text for n texts on
information topics
WRITING peer from
 listening to oral texts assessme other
 identifying the central idea nt subjects
CRITICAL THINKING&REASONING
pair work

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  interpreting pictures
appropriately from other group
subjects work
 recognising the subject of a
picture debate
STRUCTURE&USE OF LANGUAGE
 identifying perfect tenses
 discussing how perfect tenses
are formed
 brainstorming why a particular
tense has been used in oral
and written texts
 identifying out main verbs in
oral and written texts
 identifying phrasal verbs
 discussing the meaning of
identify characters in phrasal verbs
a short story  giving a one word equivalent
of phrasal verbs
CRITICAL ANALYSIS
 identifying characters in a
short story
 classifying characters in a short
story
 describing the relationship
between characters in a short
story

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WEEK SUCCESS CRITERIA PLANNED ACTIVITIES TEACHING, TEACHING, REFERENCE OUTCOMES REMARKS
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5 Students must be able UNIT: question oral or
to: and written
LISTENING texts M.I.E.
answer
predict the content of  identifying key words from checklists (2013)
an oral description or oral texts charts republic of
narrative, exposition,  identifying key words from class scoring Malawi
report, argument oral texts discussio rubrics syllabus for
from the title, picture, SPEAKING n English
first and last  listening to texts newspap forms 3 &
paragraphs  reading texts debate ers 4, min. of
READING magazine Edu scie &
read a description,  reading texts s tech pp 23-
pair work
narrative, exposition,  identifying the central idea of 89
report, argument written texts texts on
 identifying words or phrases group topics
plan a logical oral that signal the central idea work from
description, narrative , WRITING other
exposition, report,  identifying words or phrases individual subjects
argument from a title, that signal the central idea work
picture, first and last  writing the central idea using
paragraphs an appropriate format
teacher
CRITICAL THINKING&REASONING
write the central idea  interpreting pictures observati
of a description or appropriately from other on
narrative subjects
 recognising the subject of a explanati
picture on

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 STRUCTURE&USE OF LANGUAGE
 completing sentences with research
correct verb forms
 completing sentences with question
correct verb tenses &answer
 writing texts using a variety of
tenses
 producing oral texts in a
variety of tenses
 converting written or oral
texts from one tense to
another
 use phrasal verbs correctly
 forming verbs from other parts
of speech
describe characters of CRITICAL ANALYSIS
a short story
 describing characters in a short
story
analyse the characters
 describing how character is
of a short story
portrayed, eg, through actions,
thoughts and speeches
 analyzing characters in a short
story
 explaining the cause of the
behaviour of characters in a
short story

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WEEK SUCCESS CRITERIA PLANNED ACTIVITIES TEACHING, TEACHING, REFERENCE OUTCOMES REMARKS
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6 Students must be able UNIT: M.I.E.
to: (2013)
class oral or republic of
written Malawi
discussio
predict the content of texts syllabus for
an oral description or n English
narrative, exposition, checklists forms 3 &
LISTENING
report, argument debate 4, min. of
from the title, picture,  brainstorming central ideas of charts Edu scie &
first and last oral texts tech pp 23-
pair work
paragraphs  stating central idea of oral scoring 89
text rubrics
SPEAKING group
read a description,
narrative, exposition,  brainstorming central ideas work
report, argument from oral or written texts newspap
 discussing the central idea of individual ers
identify the central oral or written texts work
idea of an oral READING magazine
description, narrative,  scanning texts for information teacher s
exposition, report,  skimming texts for information
observati
argument from the  reading texts texts on
title, beginning, WRITING on topics
middle, end  writing major and minor details from
of an oral or written text explanati other
plan a logical oral  explaining major points and on subjects
description, narrative , minor supporting details of a
exposition, report, text research

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argument from a title, question
picture, first and last CRITICAL THINKING&REASONING &answer
paragraphs  searching for difficult words and
creating a personal spelling list
describe types of or bank
adjectives  compiling a personal dictionary
STRUCTURE&USE OF LANGUAGE
explain the order of  discussing how multiple
adjectives
adjectives can be ordered in a
sentence
use adjectives
correctly  reading sentences with
multiple adjectives
form adjectives from  explaining the order of
other parts of speech adjectives
 ordering adjectives
identify conflict in a
story CRITICAL ANALYSIS
 tracing the origins or causes of
analyse conflict in a conflict in a short story
story  distinguishing internal and
external conflicts
 identifying internal conflict
 identifying external conflict

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WEEK SUCCESS CRITERIA PLANNED ACTIVITIES TEACHING, TEACHING, REFERENCE OUTCOMES REMARKS
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&
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DATES T METHODS T
RESOURCES
7 Students must be able UNIT: M.I.E.
to: (2013)
LISTENING oral or republic of
class
predict the content of  stating central idea of oral written Malawi
text discussio
an oral description or texts syllabus for
narrative, exposition,  relating the central idea to n English
report, argument the title of a text checklists forms 3 &
from the title, picture, SPEAKING debate 4, min. of
first and last  identifying key words or charts Edu scie &
paragraphs phrases from texts that signal pair work tech pp 23-
the central idea scoring 89
answer questions on a  debating central ideas of oral rubrics
group
description, narrative, or written texts
exposition, report, READING work newspap
argument  brainstorming major and ers
minor details of texts individual
identify the central  identifying the major points work magazine
idea of an oral and supporting details of a s
description, narrative, text teacher
exposition, report,  identifying topic sentences observati
texts on
argument from the WRITING topics
title, beginning, on from
 outlining major points and
middle, end minor supporting details other
explanati subjects
 analysing texts for major points
write a summary of on
and minor supporting details
major and minor CRITICAL THINKING&REASONING
research

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details of oral or  categorising vocabulary into question
written texts subjects &answer
 using vocabulary from other
formulate questions learning areas to plan an
and answers account or a report, eg, gender
issues or climate change
classify words
according to word STRUCTURE&USE OF LANGUAGE
families  stating comparatives eg much,
more, most
plan a logical oral  using comparatives and
description, narrative , superlatives correctly in oral
exposition, report, and written texts
argument from a title,  forming adjectives from other
picture, first and last parts of speech
paragraphs  compiling a list of adjectives
 categorising adjective
write a plan of a CRITICAL ANALYSIS
logical description,
 explaining how the behaviour
narrative, exposition,
of characters can lead to
report, argument
conflict
from a title, picture,
 explaining how the
first, last paragraph
relationship between
characters can lead to conflict
identify major points,
minor supporting
details in a
description, narrative,
exposition, report and
argument

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WEEK SUCCESS CRITERIA PLANNED ACTIVITIES TEACHING, TEACHING, REFERENCE OUTCOMES REMARKS
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8 Students must be able UNIT:
to:
LISTENING oral or
class
predict the content of  listening to oral or written texts written
 debating discussio
an oral description or texts M.I.E.
narrative, exposition,  identifying major points and n (2013)
report, argument minor supporting details in an checklists republic of
from the title, picture, oral text debate Malawi
first and last  identifying key words that show charts syllabus for
paragraphs major points and minor pair work English
supporting details scoring forms 3 &
answer questions on a SPEAKING rubrics 4, min. of
group
description, narrative,  brainstorming major and Edu scie &
exposition, report, minor supporting details work newspap tech pp 23-
argument  identifying major and minor ers 89
supporting details individual
identify the central READING work magazine
idea of an oral  scanning a text for s
description, narrative, information teacher
exposition, report,  identifying support sentences observati
argument from the  explaining the link between texts on
title, beginning, on topics
major and supporting details
middle, end WRITING from
explanati other
 writing texts emphasizing the
identify major points, on subjects
major and minor supporting
minor supporting details
details in a research

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description, narrative,  summarizing major points and question
exposition, report and minor supporting details &answer
argument CRITICAL THINKING&REASONING
 classifying words according to
identify types of word families
adverbs  writing a list of synonyms
 reading a list of antonyms
identify time markers STRUCTURE&USE OF LANGUAGE
 differentiating types of adverbs
use adverbs correctly  identifying types of adverbs
such as manner, degree and
use time markers time
correctly  stating types of adverbs
 reading texts with time
form adverbs from markers such as “rarely”, “no
other parts of speech sooner than”
 explaining meanings of time
write a summary of makers
major and minor CRITICAL ANALYSIS
details of oral or  describing the setting in a
written texts short story, eg,
 physical, geographical
explain concepts and  historical
vocabulary from other  cultural
subjects
 political
 economic
use concepts and
 psychological
vocabulary from other
 discussing how setting
subjects
influences character

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classify words
according to word
families

describe the setting of

the story in a given
short story

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WEEK SUCCESS CRITERIA PLANNED ACTIVITIES TEACHING, TEACHING, REFERENCE OUTCOMES REMARKS
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9 Students must be able M.I.E.
to: (2013)
republic of
Malawi
syllabus for
QUESTION English
ASSESSMENT AND END OF TERM
&ANSWER forms 3 & 4,
1 EXAMINATIONS min. of Edu
scie & tech
pp 23-89

WEEK SUCCESS CRITERIA PLANNED ACTIVITIES TEACHING, TEACHING, REFERENCE OUTCOMES REMARKS
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10 Students must be able M.I.E.
to: (2013)
END OF TERM 1 EXAMINATIONS republic of
Malawi
syllabus for
QUESTION English
&ANSWER forms 3 & 4,
min. of Edu
scie & tech
pp 23-89

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