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