FORM 4 KBSM ENGLISH LANGUAGE SCHEME OF WORK 2015

TERM 1:
WEEKS
1-4

THEME /
TOPIC
People

11 JAN - 12 MAY 2015 (18 weeks)

LEVEL
1

Talking about oneself

Giving instructions and
advice

Exchanging ideas and

opinions on friendship

Friends,
Countrymen ...
Lion Dance

LEARNING OUTCOMES/CURRICULUM SPECIFICATION

Interpersonal Use
Informational Use
Aesthetic Use

Writing about social

customs of a Malaysian
ethnic group

Listening for important

details
Reading a web page:
Skimming for gist
Scanning for details
Identifying main ideas
and supporting details
Understanding context
clues
Summarising and
paraphrasing main
ideas
Writing a description of
a festival

A Living Photograph
Understanding rhythm
and rhyme
Reciting a poem
Describing the setting
Understanding setting

Talking about themes

LANGUAGE
CONTENT
Grammar
Subject-verb
agreement
Modals:
need to, should
Artilces
Punctuation:
apostrophe
Vocabulary
Compound words
Countable and
uncountable nouns

ACTIVITIES

EDUCATIONAL
EMPHASES

1 Listen and complete a diagram

2 Express personal ideas and
opinions
3 Answer Wh-questions
4 Match words with meaning
5 Shorten sentences
6 Write a summary
7 Write a description of a festival
8 Identify the setting
9 Form compound nouns
10 Identify and classify nouns
11 Deduce the theme
12 Fill in the blanks
13 Complete texts

Thinking Skills:
evaluating
giving casual
explanation

1 Group discussion
2 Write a dialogue using
persuasive language
3 True / False statements
4 Answer Wh-questions
5 Match words/phrases with
meaning
6 Identify main ideas
7 Complete a diagram
8 Write a summary
9 Write a formal letter of complaint
10 Identify elements in a story
11 Arrange events in sequence
12 Describe plot
13 Identify themes
14 State the simple past tense
form of given verbs
15 Punatuate sentences

Thinking skills:
identifying true /
false statements

Multiple Intelligence
intrapersonal visual
- spatial
Learning How to
Learn /
ICT Skills:
Acquisition: using
the blurb

Sound System
Vowel / I /, / i: /
Stress and intonation

HOLIDAY(S): 18 JAN CUTI KEPUTERAAN SULTAN KEDAH

5-8

Environment

Wildlife
Warriors
2
Environmental
Degradation

Persuading someone to Presenting information

do something
in a cluster diagram
Reading an article:
Identifying main ideas
Reading topics of
Understanding context
current interest and
clues
exchange ideas
Summarising and
paraphrasing main
ideas
Expanding notes and
outline
Giving opinions
Writing a formal letter
of complaint

Tanjung Rhu
Recognising elements
in story
Describing setting
Talking about plot
and understanding it

Talking about themes

Grammar
Tenses:
Simple present
Simple past
Present perfect
Punctuation: capital
letters, full stop,
comma
Vocabulary
Word families:
derivatives
Word association
Sound System
Consonants: / w /
and / v /

Multiple
Intelligences:
bodily - kinaesthetic
ICT Skills:
Internet for
research

16 Fill in he blanks
17 Complete texts

HOLIDAY(S): 3 FEB CUTI TAIPUSAM DAN 19-20 FEB CUTI TAHUN BARU CHINA
WEEKS
9 - 12

THEME /
TOPIC
Values
People
Dare to
Dream

LEVEL
1

LEARNING OUTCOMES/CURRICULUM SPECIFICATION

Interpersonal Use
Informational Use
Aesthetic Use
Talking about one's
dreams

Listening to important
details
Converting information
into a table
Exchanging opinions on Reading an interview
topics of interest
Identifying supporting
details
Understanding context
clues
Summarising: reducing
the length of the text
Giving opinions
Write an interview
Initiate a discussion

9
13 - 15

Charge Of The Light Brig

Understanding rhythm
and rhyme
Reciting the poem
Describing the setting

LANGUAGE
CONTENT

ACTIVITIES

Grammar
Adverbs of degree
(adverb of degree +
adjective)
Interrogative pronouns

1 Talk about one's dream

2 Express opinion
3 Listen and circle correct
answer
4 Answer wh-questions
5 Match words with meaning
6 Shorten sentences
7 Write a summary
8 Write an interview
9 Interpret meaning of stanzas
10 Identify the message
11 Deduce theme and moral values
12 Identify adverbs of degree
13 Fill in the blanks
14 Construct sentences
15 Construct questions
16 Form words using suffixes

Thinking skills:
evaluating

1 Match speech bubbles to

pictures
2 List names of diseases
3 True / False statements
4 Identify main ideas
5 Match words/phrases with
meaning
6 Write a summary using linking
words
7 Write an article
8 Arrange events in sequence
9 Identify the setting
10 Construct sentences
11 Identify themes
12 Complete a table

Thinking Skills:
making association

Vocabulary
Suffixes: ~ment, ~ion,
~hood, ~ship
Dictionary skills:
spelling of long words
Describing the theme
Understanding theme

Sound System
Consonant: /k/

EDUCATIONAL
EMPHASES

ICT Skills:
Internet for research
Knowledge
Acquisition: using
different sources to
complete a project

UJIAN SELARAS BERFOKUS 1

(1 March - 8 March 2015)
Health
Social Issues

Special
People

Expressing concern and

offering help
Responding to
questions politelly by
giving the required
information

Reading a fact sheet:

Scanning for details
Presenting information
in a web diagram
Using dictionary to find
meaning of words

LEAVING
Retelling story in one's
own words
Describing plot
Narrating sequence of
events

Conversing with people

one meets for the first
time

Identifying main ideas

Understanding context
clues
Summarising:
Linking main ideas

Talking about setting

Writing an article

Talking about themes

Understanding the

Good Health
2

Grammar
Verb forms
Past perfect tense
Imperatives
Punctuation: colon
Vocabulary
Homonyms
Word association
Sound System
Consonant: / r /

ICT Skills:
Internet and library
research

themes

WEEKS
16-18

THEME /
TOPIC

LEVEL

LEARNING OUTCOMES/CURRICULUM SPECIFICATION

Interpersonal Use
Informational Use
Aesthetic Use

Values
People

Talking about
personal experiences

Listening for important

details

Random Acts
of Kindness

Exchanging ideas and

opinions

Reading a narrative
Identifying supporting
details
Locating evidence to
support statements
Understanding context
clues
Summarising: identify
main events in correct
sequence

Initiating and keeping a

discussion going

Drawing conclusions
Predicting outcomes
Writing a simple
narrative

A iving Photograph
Reciting a poem
Retelling the poem
Talking about values
and messages

13 Complete sentences
14 Complete texts
15 Punctuate sentences

LANGUAGE
CONTENT
Grammar
Adjectives
Comparison of
adjectives
Modals
Articles
Punctuation: semi
colon
Vocabulary
Adjectives of quality
for describing
character

Understanding
figurative language
Understanding poetic
devices

Negative prefixes

ACTIVITIES
1 Practise expressions used in
discussion
2 True / False statements
3 Answer Wh-questions
4 Find evidence to support
statements
5 Match words with meaning
6 Write a summary using linking
words
7 Write a simple narrative
8 Interpret poetic devices
9 Identify message
10 State moral values learnt
11 Deduce the message/values
12 Complete a table
13 Complete sentences
14 Complete texts

EDUCATIONAL
EMPHASES
Thinking Skills:
identifying true /
false statements
Learning How to
Learn: using title
page and table of
contents

MID-YEAR EXAMINATION (10 May - 21 May 2015)

18-19

HOLIDAY(S): 3 MAY CUTI HARI WESAK

TERM 2:
15 June - 19 Nov 2015 (23 weeks)
WEEKS

THEME /
TOPIC

20 - 22 Science and
Technology

LEVEL
1

LEARNING OUTCOMES/CURRICULUM SPECIFICATION

Interpersonal Use
Informational Use
Aesthetic Use
Exchanging information
Making enquiries about
a product

Wired Youth
2
Airbags

Choosing and Ordering

a product

Reading the text of an

informal talk
Following sequence of
ideas
Identifying main ideas
Understanding context
clues
Summarising:

The Right Thing To Do

Describing setting
of the drama
Describing the plot
Narrating sequence
of events

LANGUAGE
CONTENT
Grammar
Nouns functioning as
adjectives
Conjunctions
Sentence connectors
Sequence connectors
Vocabulary
Synonyms and
antonyms

ACTIVITIES
1
2
3
4
5
6
7

Role play
Write and practise a dialogue
Answer Wh-questions
Form wh-questions
Match words with meanings
Arrange events in sequence
Write a summary using
sequence connectors
8 Write a talk
9 Write a formal letter to order a

EDUCATIONAL
EMPHASES
Thinking Skills:
comparing and
contrasting
Preparation for the
Real World:
occupations in the
field of science
and technology

sequencing events
Writing a talk
Writing a formal letter to
order a product
Drawing conclusions
Talking about themes
or issues

WEEKS

THEME /
TOPIC

23 - 25 Social issues
Active
Ageing

LEVEL
1

Expressing concern
and sympathy

Using a dictionary to
find meaning

Enchanging ideas on
how society can help
the elderly

Reading a poem or a
short story
Identifying main points
and supporting details
Understanding context
clues
Summarising: identify
main events in correct
sequence

A Mother's
Sacrifice

26 - 28 Social Issues

LEARNING OUTCOMES/CURRICULUM SPECIFICATION

Interpersonal Use
Informational Use
Aesthetic Use

Thesaurus skills
Sound System
Stress in four syllable
words

LANGUAGE
CONTENT

Charge Of The Light Brig Grammar

Reciting a poem
Present continuous
tense
Understanding messages Concrete and
Talking about values
abstract nouns
Prepositions of:
time, direction,
position and purpose
Vocabulary
Figurative language
Thesaurus skills
Word association

Designing a card and

writing a letter to
express concern and to
comfort

Drawing conclusions
Writing an informal
letter to express
concern

Relating personal
experiences

Giving feedback about

a service

Converting information Tanjung Rhu

Grammar
to graphics
Describing characters
Adjectives used as
Reading extracts from
Understanding charactersnouns
letters of complaint
Gerunds
Identifying text type
Prepositions
Skimming for gist
Punctuation:
Finding evidence to
exclamation mark
support statements
Understanding context
Vocabulary
clues
Euphemisms
Identify main ideas
Word association
Summarising and
Prefixes
paraphrasing main ideas

Helping Hands

Understanding
figurative language
Talking about the
poetic devices

10
11
12
13
14
15

product
Describe the setting
Arrange events in sequence
Complete text
Identify theme
Synonym
and Antonym
Replace words
with antonyms

ACTIVITIES

EDUCATIONAL
EMPHASES

1 Match expressions with

pictures
2 Role-playing
3 Look for meaning in dictionary
4 Answer MCQ
5 Answer Wh-questions
6 Deduce conclusion
7 Sequence events
8 Write a summary using
connectors
9 Write an informal letter
10 Interpret meaning of stanzas
11 Identify moral values
12 Deduce theme and message
15 Fill in the blanks
16 Construct sentences
17 Classify nouns
18 Complete texts

Thinking Skills:
making inferences

1 Present personal views

2 Practise expressions for making
and responding to complaints
3 True / False statements
4 Identify supporting evidence
5 Answering Wh-questions
6 Answer MCQ
7 Identify main ideas
8 Complete a diagram / table
9 Write a summary
10 Write a formal letter of
complaint about a service
11 Describe the setting

Learning How to
Learn:
Knowledge
Acquisition - using
bibliography
Values and
Citizenship
Education:
research stories of
courage /
organisations that
care for the disabled

Multiple
Intelligences:
linguistic verbal/bodily kinaesthetic
Learning How to
Learn /
ICT Skills:
on-line library
search

Making and responding

to a complaint about a
service

Writing a letter of
complaint
Expanding outline

Talking about values

and messages

Sound System
Consonants:
/ eks /, / z /

12
13
14
15
16
17
18

Arrange events in sequence

Describe characters
Identify theme and moral values
Match phrases with euphemism
Complete sentences
Punctuate sentences
Word formation

HOLIDAY(S): 17-18 JULY CUTI HARI RAYA PUASA DAN 30 JULY KBP CUTI PERISTIWA
WEEKS

THEME /
TOPIC

29 - 31 Environment
People
For the
Common
Good

LEVEL
1

Recycling

32 - 34 Values
People

2
A Rainbow
Nation
The Missing
Handbag

LEARNING OUTCOMES/CURRICULUM SPECIFICATION

Interpersonal Use
Informational Use
Aesthetic Use
Responding to
questions politely by
giving the required
information
Exchanging opinions on
topics on current
interest
Making a speech to
persuade someone

LANGUAGE
CONTENT

LEAVING
Grammar
Talking about characters Connectors:
Describing them
conjunctions
Simple, compound
Reading points of views Talking about values
and complex
on current interest
and messages
sentences
Identifying supporting
details
Understanding context
clues
Vocabulary
Drawing conclusions
Homophones
Identifying cause and
Thesaurus skills
effect
Synonyms
Identifying points of
view
Summarising and
Sound System
paraphrasing
Consonant clusters
Write a speech
/ kl / and / kr /
Write a recount

Talking about one's

Reading a regular
feelings and preferences column in a newspaper
Scanning for details
Exchanging ideas/
Identifying main points
information/opinions on and supporting details
topics of current interest Making inferences
Understanding context
clues
Summarising and

The Right Thing To Do

Talking about characters
in the drama
Understanding them

Grammar
Prepositions
Phrasal verbs
Present tense
Vocabulary
Idiomatic expressions
Dictionary and
Thesaurus skills:

ACTIVITIES
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17

Match answers to questions

Answer Wh-questions
Give meaning of words/phrases
Identify points of view
Identify cause and effect
Paraphrase sentences
Write a summary
Write a persuasive speech
Write a recount
Fill in the blanks
Identify moral values
Deduce theme and message
Find suitable synonyms
Complete a text
Construct sentences
Distinguish between simple,
compound and complex
sentences

1 Write a short dialogue:

complaining about poor
service
2 Answer Wh-questions
3 Match words with meaning
4 Identify main ideas and
supporting details
5 Complete a flow chart
6 Write a summary

EDUCATIONAL
EMPHASES
Thinking Skills:
evaluating
making
interpretation
Learning How to
Learn:
knowledge
acquisition - using
the index

Thinking Skills:
making inferences
Multiple
Intelligences:
verbal-linguistic /
bodily-kinaesthetic

paraphrasing main
ideas and supporting
details
3

Making and responding

to a complaint about a
service

Drawing conclusions
Write an article

Phrasal verbs
Word association

Discussing the values

and messages
Exploring the literary
devices

7
8
9
10
11
12

Write an article
Arrange events in sequence
Describe characters
Identify theme and moral values
Complete a word web
Identify idioms and their
meaning
13 Form phrasal verbs
14 Complete a text
15 Construct sentences

HOLIDAY(S): 31 AUGUST CUTI HARI KEBANGSAAN, 16 SEPT CUTI HARI MALAYSIA DAN 24-25 SEPT CUTI RAYA HAJI
HOLIDAY(S): 10 NOV CUTI DEEPAVALI
WEEKS

33-37

THEME /
TOPIC
Science and
Technology
Future
Gazing

LEVEL

Talking about one's

special interests

Exchanging ideas and

opinions on topics of
current issues

38-39

LEARNING OUTCOMES/CURRICULUM SPECIFICATION

Aesthetic Use
Informational Use

Interpersonal Use

Suggesting ways to
solve problems

Reading descriptive
accounts
Following sequence of
events
Identifying supporting
details
Understanding context
clues
Summarising:
Idenitfying relevant
information
Paraphrasing
Drawing conclusions
Writing a descriptive
account

LANGUAGE
CONTENT

The Right Thing To Do

Grammar
Retelling the drama using Passive construction
own words
Adverb of manner
Future tense

Talking about the style

of language used

Vocabulary
New words: use
electronic dictionary
Thesaurus skills:
converting informal
language to formal
language
Word association
Sound System
Diphthong: / ei /

ACTIVITIES

1 Group discussion:
2 Suggest ways to solve problems
3 List main ideas and supporting
details
4 Answer Wh-questions
5 List the advantages and
disadvantages of genetic
engineering
6 Match words with meaning
7 Identify relevant points
8 Write a summary
9 Write a descriptive account
10 Interpret meaning of stanzas
11 Identify moral values
13 Complete a text
14 Identify informal langauge
15 Replace informal language
with formal language

END OF YEAR EXAMINATION (2 Nov - 17 Nov 2015)

EDUCATIONAL
EMPHASES
Thinking Skills:
solving problems
identify causes and
effects
Preparations for the
Real World:
Vision 2020 - A
planned city

Prepared by:___________________
Kadrey Bin Lamjan

Checked by:

Verified by;
Hong Chur Liang

Che Basah Binti Hamdan

Head of English Panel

Head of Language Department