SMK KOTA SAMARAHAN
ENGLISH LANGUAGE: SCHEME OF WORK
FORM 4
FIRST SEMESTER 2015
TOPIC /
THEME
Knowing me
Knowing you
p. 1
LEARNING
OUTCOMES
1.1(a)
taking part in
conversations and
discussions
1.1 (b)
introducing oneself;
People
1.2(a)
carrying out a variety of
language functions;
1.2(b)
discussing plans and
arrangements, solving
problems, and making
decisions;
2.1(a)
listening to spoken texts
such as talks, speeches
and viewing television
documentaries and
multimedia;
2.1(c)
reading materials in print
such as reports and
articles and using other
electronis media such as
the internet.
2.3(a)
writing recounts,
descriptions,
explanations, speeches,
reports, and articles
OBJECTIVES
LITERATURE
By the end of Form 4,
students should be able to
Lit ComponentIn the midst of
Hardship
LatiffMohidin
- Make conversations and
talk on various topics with
friends and with people
whom they meet for the
first time;
DOMAIN
SKILLS
interpersonal
listening
PEDADOGICAL
STRATEGIES
MI
informational
speaking
VL
reading
IP
writing
CC
i-THINK
Week1:
Introduce:
Circle Map &
Bubble Map
Week2:
Introduce:
Brace Map &
Tree Map
Week3:
Introduce:
Double Bubble
Map & Flow
Map
CX
LANGUAGE
CONTENT
Language Forms
and Functions
Vowel Sounds / I /
/ i: /
Diphthong
/el /
/al /
CCT
ACTIVITIES
1. Getting to know each
other by asking and
finding out as much as
you can about another
person.
DURATION
Week 1-3
12/1 30/1
1. Talking about wedding
customs.
2. comparing and
contrasting between 2
wedding
Past Tense
1. Listen to a
conversation on how
birthdays are celebrated
today and in the past.
1. Reading a variety of
texts - tel. message, diary
entry, E-mail, newspapers
report.
1. Food Dilemma Discuss problems and
brainstorm for
suggestions.
1. Writing skills - Outline
of an essay:
a. Intro
b. Main Body
C. Closure
Wedding Ceremony
page 16
TOPIC /
THEME
Looking Up
Lifestyles
p. 121
LEARNING
OUTCOMES
OBJECTIVES
Literature
1.1 (d)
Exchanging ideas,
information and opinions
on topics of interest.
- Interact with people and
develop skills in forming
and maintaining friendships
by expressing care and
concern and willingness to
help, and creating a sense
of togetherness:
Week 4:
Lit ComponentIn the midst of
Hardship
LatiffMohidin
2.1(b)
Interviewing and using
questionnaires;
People
2.3(a)
Writing recounts,
descriptions,
explanations, speeches,
reports, and articles;
1.3(a)
Making enquiries and
ordering goods and
services;
1.3(b)
Making complaints and
responding to complaints.
2.2(a)
Skimming and scanning
for specific information
and ideas;
2.3(g)
Summarising information;
- Have a positive outlook
and act appropriately in
social situations:
Week 5-6:
Short
Story-The
Fruitcake
Special By
Frank Brennan
DOMAIN
SKILLS
PEDAGOGICA
L
STRATEGIES
interpersonal
listening
MI - VL
informational
speaking
LL
reading
MI - VI
writing
CX
CCT
i-THINK
Week4:
Introduce:
Multi-Flow
Map & Bridge
Map
LANGUAGE
CONTENT
Concord - Subject
- Verb Agreement
Adjectives and
Nouns
Words from
foreign languages
ACTIVITIES
1. Sharing experiences
on eating foreign
food.p.122
2. Completing a
conversation.p.123
DURATION
Week 4 - 6
2/2 18/2
1. Interviewing people on
their lifestyles and
activities when they are
young p.126
1. Using information
gathered from the
interview, write a simple
report p.126
1. Role Play - Making
enquiries, placing an
order and giving
feedback. p.124
1. Making a verbal
complaint about a
product.
2. Responding to a
complaint.p.125
1. Reading an article on
'Mobile Phones'.
2. Reading for details
and making inferences.
Read a talk on following
fashions.
2. Underline main points.
3. Summarize passage
in 140 words.
Chinese New Year Holidays
19/2 20/2
Diagnostic Test For Form 1 & 4 (TOV)
Week 6
16/2 20/2
Progressive Test 1 For Form 1 & 5
Week 7 9
23/2 -10/3
Mid Semester Break
Week 10
16/3 20/3
Test Review and Correction
Week 11
23/3 27/3
TOPIC /
THEME
Promoting
Our Crafts
p.252
People
LEARNING
OUTCOMES
1.1(d)
Exchanging ideas,
information and opinions
on topics of interest.
1.2 (b)
Discussing plans and
arrangements, solving
problems and making
decisions
OBJECTIVES
- Show an awareness and
appreciation of our crafts.
- Obtain information from
various sources including
factual material and
present the information
clearly and accurately to
others both orally and in
writing
LITERATURE
Short
Story-The
Fruitcake
Special By
Frank Brennan
DOMAIN
SKILLS
PEDAGOGICA
L
STRATEGIES
interpersonal
listening
TS
informational
speaking
KA
reading
MI
Checking Up
On Health
p. 65
Poem He had such
quiet eyes
BibsySoenharj
o
interpersonal
listening
SS
informational
speaking
ICT
reading
CCT
writing
The dipthong
sound /ev/
The /e/ and / /
sounds
Types of
sentences:
simple
sentence,
compound
sentence,
complex
sentence
writing
2.3 (d)
Extracting main ideas
and details
2.2(a)
- Obtain information from
Skimming and scanning
various sources
for specific information
including factual material
and ideas;
and present the
information clearly and
2.2(h)
accurately to others both
Using print and electronic
orally and in writing
dictionaries:
LANGUAGE
CONTENT
Stress on foursyllable words
The Present
Perfect Tense
Revision on The
Simple Past Ten
ACTIVITIES
DURATION
1. Choral reading
2. Completing a table
with words or phrases
which appeal to the
senses
Week 12 -14
23/2 13/3
Good Friday
Fri 3/4
3. Identifying similes
and metaphors
1. Students read a text on
'Discovery of Down's
Syndrome'.
2. Reading for details,
making inferences.
3. Skimming and
scanning to identify fact
or opinion.
Week 15 -16
20/4 30/4
Health
2.1(a)
Listen to spoken texts as
talks, speeches and
viewing television
documentaries and
multimedia;
1. Use a thesaurus to
find the synonym of a list
of words.
9
1. To listen to a
conversation about end-
TOPIC /
THEME
LEARNING
OUTCOMES
OBJECTIVES
LITERATURE
DOMAIN
SKILLS
PEDADOGICAL
STRATEGIES
LANGUAGE
CONTENT
1.1(d)
Exchanging ideas,
information and opinions
on topics of interest.
ACTIVITIES
DURATION
stage renal failures.
2. Completing a flow
chart.
3. In groups discuss
views on organ donations
Write a journal p./g 73
2.2(a)
Skimming and scanning
for specific information
and ideas;
Healthy
Living
p. 196
Health
2.1(c)
Reading materials in print
such as reports and
articles and using other
electronic media such as
the internet.
- Obtain information from
various sources including
factual material and
present the information
clearly and accurately to
others both orally and in
writing:
Poem He had such
quiet eyes
BibsySoenharj
o
interpersonal
listening
FS
informational
speaking
MI
reading
ICT
writing
TS
Prepositions of
time
Prepositions of
association
Consonant
sounds
/k/
/ ks /
/z/
1. Students read a text
on 'Alternative Medicine'
p.206
2. Reading for details,
making inferences
Week 17
5/5 -8/5
1. Students discuss and
decide which food
products are suitable for
-a growing child, a
teenager, a pregnant
woman, an elderly
person.
Wesak Day
Sun 3/5
Labour Day
Fri 1/5
First Semester Examination
Week 18-20
11/5 26/5
Semester 1 Holiday Break
Week 21-22
1/6 -12/6
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SMK KOTA SAMARAHAN
ENGLISH LANGUAGE: SCHEME OF WORK
FORM 4
SECOND SEMESTER 2015
TOPIC /
THEME
LEARNING
OUTCOMES
OBJECTIVES
LITERATURE
DOMAIN
SKILLS
PEDADOGICAL
STRATEGIES
LANGUAGE
CONTENT
ACTIVITIES
Test Review and Corrections
Reaching
Out
p. 44
Social Issues
1.1(c)
Talking about self, family
and friends, interests,
part events, feelings,
personal experiences
and u/standing when
others talk about
themselves
Week 23
15/6 19/6
-Interact with people and
develop skills in forming
and maintaining friendships
by expressing care and
concern and willingness to
help, and creating a sense
of togetherness
Short
Story-QWERT
YUIOP By
Vivien Alcock
interpersonal
listening
MI -VL
informational
speaking
SS
reading
CCT
The Simple Past
Tense Modals 'should' and 'need'
Week 24 - 25
22/6 3/7
writing
1. Students listen to a
talk and follow the
sequence
1. Students read a
passage 'Alone in His
Twilight Years".
2. Skimming, scanning
and locating specific
details.
2.2(a)
Skimming and scanning
for specific information
and ideas;
2.3(a)
Writing recounts,
descriptions,
explanations, speeches,
reports, and articles;
Facing
teenage
blues
1. Students shared
experiences on helping
others.
Sentence Stress
and Intonation
2.1 (a)
Listen to spoken texts as
talks, speeches and
viewing television
documentaries and
multimedia;
Argumentative writing
p/g47
1.1(c)
Talking about self, family
and friends, interests,
DURATION
1. Writing an
argumentative
composition.
2. Development of ideas.
3. Paragraphing.
4. Use of transition
markers.of ideas.
- Have a positive outlook
and act appropriately in
social situations; and
Short
Story-QWERT
interpersonal
listening
MI - VL
Verb &
Preposition
1. Sharing experiences
on environmental
Week 26 - 27
6/7 16/7
p. 156
Social Issues
TOPIC /
THEME
part events, feelings,
personal experiences
and u/standing when
others talk about
themselves
LEARNING
OUTCOMES
2.2(b)Extracting main
ideas and details;
Going HighTech
p. 102
Science and
Technology
- Show an awareness and
appreciation of moral
values and love towards
OBJECTIVES
YUIOP By
Vivien Alcock
LITERATURE
informational
DOMAIN
the nation
speaking
CCT
combination
reading
SS
Homographs
SKILLS
writing
PEDADOGICAL
STRATEGIES
MI - IP
LANGUAGE
CONTENT
ACTIVITIES
Adjective &
Preposition
combinations
1. Reading short texts
and scanning for
information p.150
2. Identifying cause and
effect p.141
Writing a composition on
Deforestation P/g147
1. To give a talk on the
importance of preserving
trees.
2.1(a)
Listening to spoken texts
such as talks, speeches
and viewing television
documentaries and
multimedia;
2.2(b)Extracting main
ideas and details;
2.3(b)
Instructing, describing,
narrating, explaining, and
reporting orally;
- Give feedback on
products and services and
respond appropriately to
feedback given
Short
Story-QWERT
YUIOP By
Vivien Alcock
interpersonal
listening
MI-VL
informational
speaking
CCT
reading
MI - VISUAL
- Obtain information from
various sources including
factual material and
present the information
clearly and accurately to
others both orally and in
writing
writing
Consonant
clusters /SI / KL /
2.1(a)
Listening to spoken texts
such as talks, speeches
and viewing television
documentaries and
multimedia;
p. 176
2.2(b)Extracting main
ideas and details;
DURATION
Hari Raya
Puasa
Fri 17/7
Sat 18/7
2.3(a)
Writing recounts,
descriptions,
explanations, speeches,
reports, and articles;
1. To listen and complete
a table on shopping over
internet p.105
Week 28 -29
20/7 31/7
Passive
construction
Logical
connectors
Sequence
connectors
The prefix 'pre'
1. To read an article on
'Making Rubber Gloves'.
2. Transfer information
onto a flow chart.
1. Use the notes and
write out the process of
making paper.
Process writing p/g 116
Moving
ahead
damage.
- Give feedback on
products and services and
respond appropriately to
feedback given:
- Obtain information from
various sources including
factual material and
present the information
Drama- Gulp
and GaspJohn
Townsend
interpersonal
listening
ICT
informational
speaking
KA
reading
TS
writing
FS
Prepositions of
direction
Prepositions of
purpose
Consonant
sounds / s / /
zem / / sp /
1. Discuss about the
convenience that the
innovation has given us
p.176
Week 30 31
3/8 -14/8
1. To read an article on
'Living in a World of
Technology'.
Science and
Technology
TOPIC /
THEME
2.3(b)
Instructing, describing,
narrating, explaining, and
reporting orally;
LEARNING
OUTCOMES
1.1(c)
Talking about feelings
and personal
experiences
Saving Every
Drop
p.21
Environment
clearly and accurately to
others both orally and in
writing:
OBJECTIVES
- Give feedback on
products and services and
respond appropriately to
feedback given:
2. List the advantages
and disadvantages of
having Internet, Credit
cards, Mobile phones.
LITERATURE
Drama- Gulp
and GaspJohn
Townsend
DOMAIN
SKILLS
PEDADOGICAL
STRATEGIES
interpersonal
listening
MI - VL
informational
speaking
LL
reading
CC
writing
SS
1.1(d)
Exchanging ideas,
information and opinions
on topics of interest.
LANGUAGE
CONTENT
ACTIVITIES
Language Forms
and Functions
1. Recall past
experiences on water
shortage by completing a
mind map.
Consonant
sounds
/ v / // w /
MI - VI
1.2(a)
Carrying out a variety of
language functions:
1. Listen to a description
of how a housewife
recycles water and
complete a mind map.
2. Listen and identify
true or false statements.
1. Listen to a text on how
to save water.
Newspaper article p/g38
p. 82
Values
2.2(b)
Extracting main ideas
and details;
1. Students start their
own journal about their
own contribution in
conserving water over a
week.
1. Role-Play
2.2 Making short notes
and mapping out ideas.
1.1(d)
Exchanging ideas,
information and opinions
on topics of interest.
Week 32 -33
17/8 28/8
FS
2.1(a)
Listening to spoken texts
such as talks, speeches
and viewing television
documentaries and
multimedia;
Deciding On
Dams
DURATION
- Obtain information from
various sources including
factual material and present
the information clearly and
accurately to others both
orally and in writing:
Drama- Gulp
and GaspJohn
Townsend
interpersonal
listening
MI-VL
informational
speaking
CCT
reading
SS
Gerunds after
prepositions
Homophones
1. Read newspaper
articles on the effects of
building a new dam
2. Share opinions and
discuss the predicament
of the settlers
Week 34
31/8 -4/9
writing
1. Read a passage
'Winds of Change'(87).
TOPIC /
THEME
LEARNING
OUTCOMES
OBJECTIVES
LITEARUTE
DOMAIN
SKILLS
PEDAGOGICAL
STRATEGIES
LANGUAGE
CONTENT
2.3(g)
Summarising information'
Writing an article p/g 89
ACTIVITIES
DURATION
and complete the graphic
organiser
1. Guidelines in writing a
summary(p.89)
2. Exercise - summarise
3 short passages (p.91)
Caring for
the
environment
1.1(c)
Talking about self, family
and friends, interests,
part events, feelings,
personal experiences
and u/standing when
others talk about
themselves
- Obtain information from
various sources including
factual material and present
the information clearly and
accurately to others both
orally and in writing:
Drama- Gulp
and GaspJohn
Townsend
interpersonal
listening
MI - VL
informational
speaking
CCT
reading
SS
writing
MI - IP
Verb & Preposition
combination
1. Sharing experiences
on environmental
damage.
Week 35 -36
7/8 18/9
Homographs
Adjective &
Preposition
combinations
p. 139
Environment
2.2(b)Extracting main
ideas and details;
1. Reading short texts
and scanning for
information p.150
2. Identifying cause and
effect p.141
2.3(a)
Writing recounts,
descriptions,
explanations, speeches,
reports, and articles;
1.
To give a talk on the
importance of
preserving trees
Writing a compositi9n on
Deforestation P/g147
Mid-semester 2 Holiday Break
Loving Our
Country
1.1(c)
p. 215
Talking about self, family
and friends, interests,
part events, feelings,
Values
personal experiences
Week 37
21/9 25/9
- Show an awareness and
appreciation of moral
values and love towards the
nation:
Revision:
PoemIn the midst of
Hardship
LatiffMohidin
interpersonal
listening
PFW
informational
speaking
KA
reading
ICT
The Past Perfect
Tense
Adverbs of degree
- thoroughly,
1. Talking about
patriotism
2. Decide whether to
agree or disagree with
the other people opinions
Week 38
28/9 1/10
and u/standing when
others talk about
themselves
completely, nearly
writing
2.0(c)
Reading materials in print
TOPIC /
THEME
LEARNING
OUTCOMES
OBJECTIVES
such as reports and
articles and using other
electronic media such as
the internet
2.2(b)
Extracting main ideas
and details
Preserving
Nature
2.2( e)
Predicting outcomes:
2.2 (a) Skimming and
scanning for specific
information and ideas
p. 233
2.2 Making short notes
and mapping out
ideas.
Short
Story-The
Fruitcake
Special By
LITEARUTE
MI
DOMAIN
SKILLS
PEDAGOGICAL
STRATEGIES
Sentence stress in
statements and
questions
LANGUAGE
CONTENT
1. Find more about the
famous people in the
internet
ACTIVITIES
DURATION
Frank Brennan
-Sharing information on
wetlands
-Discussing activities in a
wetland
KA
Revision:
Poem He had such
quiet eyes
BibsySoenharjo
Environment
interpersonal
listening
ICT
informational
speaking
MI
reading
writing
2.2(b)
Extracting main ideas
and details
about patriotism.
TS
Short StoryQWERTYUIOP
By Vivien Alcock
Conjunctions
either or,
neither nor
Conjunctions
Although,
However
Contractions d
and m
Silent g /n/, silent
l /m/, /lm/, /r/
sounds
1. Listening and
completing a chart
Week 39
5/10 9/10
2. Designing a brochure
for a wetland
3. Scanning for words to
complete a table
4. Drawing a food web
2.2( e)
Predicting outcomes:
Writing a summary
Final Examination For Form 1,2 & 4
SPM / Year End holiday begin
Week 39 40
5/10 15/10
Week 46
23/11
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