ENGLISH LANGUAGE

FORM 1
SCHEME OF WORK

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3-4

CHAPTER/
THEME

Chapter 1:
Our Friends
Theme:
People

Chapter 2:
Forever Friends
Theme:
People

LEVE
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LANGUAGE FOR
INTERPERSONAL
USE

LANGUAGE FOR
INFORMATIONAL USE

LANGUAGE FOR
AESTHETIC USE

Introducing oneself
Talking about interests
and hobbies
Asking questions politely
and responding
Talking about friends and
family

Listening note important

details
Reading Scan for details,
use the dictionary to find
meaning; identify supporting
details

POEM: THE RIVER

Reciting a poem with
feeling and expression
and with correct
pronunciation,
intonation, stress and
rhythm

Talking about feelings and

experience

Listening find more details

Reading find more details

Finding out the meaning

of unfamiliar words by
using contextual clues
and / or the dictionary

Reading e-mail discuss

points of interest and give
opinions

Process writing write a

paragraph about a friend

Retelling the poem in

ones own words

Inviting and welcoming

friends
Accepting and declining
invitations
Talking about friends and
family
Expressing thanks and
responding appropriately;
apologising

Listening note important

details
Reading scan for details

POEM: THE RIVER

Synopsis
Recognizing elements
in a poem
Finding rhyming words
Understanding figurative
language

Writing short messages to

friends

Listening find more details

Reading identify main
ideas, supporting details; use
contextual clues and identify
words that associate with
other words

GRAMMAR

EDUCATIONAL
EMPHAS
ES

Using question
words: who, what,
which, when, why
Why questions
Simple sentences
Verbs- Tenses
Simple present
tense for
- describing
feelings
- senses
Simple past tense

Thinking Skills
ICT Skills
Values
- faithfulness
- loyalty
- friendship

Simple present
tense
Personal and
possessive
pronouns
Possessive
adjectives
Figurative language
proverbs

Thinking Skills
Multiple
Intelligences
Preparation for
the Real World

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Reading discus points

of interest and give
opinions

Reading give reasons, draw

conclusions
Process writing write
messages

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WEEK CHAPTER/ THEME LEVEL

Chapter 3:
and
WEEK Be Healthy
CHAPTER/
Strong THEME
Theme:
9Chapter
5:
Health
10
Balanced Diet
Technology
around Us
Theme:
Technology
5 -6

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2
2

3
3

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Chapter 6:
Our Beautiful
Chapter
4:
Environment
Home Sweet
Theme:
Home
Environment
Theme:

1
1

Social Issues
Duties at Home

LANGUAGE FOR
INTERPERSONAL
USE

LANGUAGE FOR
INFORMATIONAL USE

LANGUAGE FOR
AESTHETIC USE

Talking about things

Writing shopping lists

Listening note important

details
LANGUAGE FOR
Reading
tell what the text
is
INFORMATIONAL
USE
about; scan for details; use
the dictionary to find
Listening note details
meaning; group words
Reading
scan
for details
according to
categories

SHORT STORIES:
Flipping Fantastic
LANGUAGE FOR
About short
stories USE
AESTHETIC
Introducing elements of
a
short story
NOVEL:
Journey To The
Centre
Of The
Earthof a
Predicting
outcome
story
Part 1: Chapter 1 - 3

Writing a paragraph on
preferences students
favourite food

Reading identify main ideas

and important
use
Listening
finddetails,
more details
contextual
clues,
identify
Reading identify main ideas
basesupporting
words
and
details

Making simple
predictions plot structure
Introducing
Describe theofsetting
Sequencing
events in
short story

Talking about interest

Talking
about health
LANGUAGE
FOR
INTERPERSONAL
USE

Reading
Reading an
an article
advertisement
discuss
discuss points of
interest
points
of
interest
and give opinionsand give
opinions

Process
describe
Process writing
writing
skills
writea
product
a paragraph on food

Talking about plants and

flowers
Talking about everyday
Talking
activitiesabout what we
should and should not do
Talking
what one
in parks,about
and writing
shouldnt
or
mustnt
simple instructions do
Giving
in a
Talkinginstructions
about activities
poster

Listening note important

details
Listening note details;
Reading
use the
follow sequence
of dictionary
ideas
to find meaning; group words
Reading

scan
for
details;
according to categories;
build
use
the
dictionary
to
findword
the
new words from a given
meaning
Writing simple instructions

2
3
2

Reading identify main ideas

and supporting details
Writing
shortplans
e-mail
Discussing
and
messages
rules
Reading discuss points
of interest and give
opinions
Reading a Web page
discuss points of interest

Reading
Listeninggive
find reasons
more details
Process writing
write
Reading
identify
main
descriptions
of trees clues
ideas;
use contextual
(pronouns)
Process writing write
instructions

NOVEL: The Journey To

The
Center
Of The Earth
SHORT
STORIES:
Part 1: Chapter
1-3
Flipping
Fantastic
Introducing
characters
Giving the sequence of
in
short story
events

Describe and write

Talking
about the theme
about characters
and writing a simple
paragraph about the
theme in the story
Talking about values
Giving ones opinion
Talking about the theme
and writing a simple
paragraph about the
theme in the story

GRAMMAR

Simple present
tense for
GRAMMAR
- habitual actions
- instructions and
directions
Singular
and plural
nouns
Simple sentence
Spelling statements
rules for
Positive
regular
and
Negative
irregular
plurals
statements
Articles
with
Punctuation:
singular and plural
capital
nouns letters,
a, an, the
comma,
Figurative
language
exclamation
mark,

proverbs
full stop and
question mark
Figurative language

similes
Conjunction
and to
link two ideas
Simple present
Special
tense finites or
modals should
-and
forshould
habitual
not
actions
Present continuous
-tense
for instructions
am / is / are
Concord
verb +(subjecting
verb agreement)
Verbs contracted
forms
Special finites or
modals

EDUCATIONAL
EMPHAS
ES

Thinking Skills
Knowledge
EDUCATIONAL
Acquisition
EMPHAS
PreparationESfor
the
Real World
Thinking
skills
Preparation for
the Real World

Thinking Skills
ICT
SkillsSkills
Thinking
Multiple
ICT Skills
Intelligences
Values
- gratitude
- filial piety
Multiple
Intelligences
Preparation for
the Real World

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CHAPTER/ THEME

Chapter 7:
Happy at School
Theme:
Social Issues
Discipline in
School

LEVE
L

LANGUAGE FOR
INTERPERSONAL
USE

Describing a friends
qualities
Asking Yes No
questions and responding
to such questions

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Chapter 8:
Right on Track
Theme:
Social Issues
Road Safety

LANGUAGE FOR
INFORMATIONAL USE

LANGUAGE FOR
AESTHETIC USE

Listening note details

Reading scan for details;
understand word formation;
use a dictionary to find
meaning

POEM: MR NOBODY
Reciting a poem
Retelling the poem in
ones own words
Using a dictionary to find
the meaning of words

Listening find more details;

identify main ideas
Reading identify main ideas
and supporting details

Talking about values

found in the text

Reading a quiz discuss

points of interest and give
opinions
Reading a letter
Writing recounts of
activities

Reading give reasons

Process writing write a
paragraph on past activities

Saying what one thinks

of the poem
Changing the poem to a
drawing

Giving and following

directions
Adding more details to
show locations
Giving advice and
instructions
Writing simple
instructions

Listening draw a route on a

map
Drawing directions and
explaining them
Reading group words
according to categories

POEM: MR NOBODY
Introducing message
and theme in poem

Identifying message /
theme in a poem

GRAMMAR

EDUCATIONAL
EMPHAS
ES

Adjectives for
describing
character and
appearance
Prefixes un, in,
im and dis to
show not
Adverbs of manner
Yes No questions

Thinking Skills
Multiple
Intelligences
Preparation for
the Real World

Simple present
tense for
instructions and
directions
Prepositions of
place and direction

Thinking Skills
Multiple
Intelligences
Knowledge
Acquisition
Preparation for
the Real World

Reading to identify main

ideas and supporting details
Changing the text to
another form

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Reading and discussing

road signs
Reading a set of
instruction and discussing
safety tips

Reading give reasons

Process writing draw a
pictorial map and write
directions

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CHAPTER/ THEME

Chapter 9:
Spending Time
with My Family
Theme:
People

LEVE
L

LANGUAGE FOR
INTERPERSONAL
USE

Talking about holidays

Talking about past
activities
Asking questions to get
information, and
responding

2
3

Writing simple letters

Writing recounts of
experiences

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Chapter 10:
Get Fit Go For
It
Theme:
Exercise

LANGUAGE FOR
INFORMATIONAL USE

LANGUAGE FOR
AESTHETIC USE

Listening note important

details; follow sequence of
ideas
Reading scan for details

Novel : Journey To The

Centre Of The Earth
Part 2: Chapter 4 - 6
Retelling the story in a
correct sequence

Reading identify main ideas

and supporting details

Making simple
predictions

Reading identify cause and

effect; give reasons

Giving instructions
Making choices
Talking about exercise
and games

Listening note important

details; follow sequence
Reading scan for details
Writing plans

Novel: Journey To The

Centre Of The Earth
Part 2: Chapter 4 6

Writing short messages to

friends

Listening find more details

Reading understand nonlinear texts; understand
meaning of words by the use
of the suffix ing
Writing announcements

Dramatize a section of a
text and role-play
characters

Writing simple letters to

family members
Reading notes on
exercises discuss
points of interest and give
opinions

EDUCATIONAL
EMPHAS
ES

Simple past tense

words that signal
past time
Regular and
irregular verbs
Time expressions
Place expressions
Prepositions of
place, time and
direction

Thinking Skills
Learning How to
Learn Skills
Multiple
Intelligences

Simple present
tense for
instructions
Sequence
connectors

Thinking Skills
Multiple
Intelligences
Preparation for
the Real World

Process writing write

recounts of experiences

GRAMMAR

Describe a character
and write a paragraph or
two about this person

Reading draw conclusions

Process writing write plans,
and announcements

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CHAPTER/ THEME

Chapter 11:
Putting
Technology to
Work
Theme:
Technology

Chapter 12:
Planning a Trip
Theme:
People

LEVE
L

LANGUAGE FOR
INTERPERSONAL
USE

LANGUAGE FOR
INFORMATIONAL USE

LANGUAGE FOR
AESTHETIC USE

Asking questions politely

and responding
appropriately

Listening note details to

support main ideas
Reading scan for details
Group words according to
categories

Novel: Journey To The

Centre Of the Earth
Part 2: Chapter 4 6

Asking questions to clarify

and responding
appropriately
Giving details to support
main ideas
Making comparisions

Listening find more details

Reading identify base
words, identify supporting
details

Compose a simple
dialogue

Reading a dialogue and

writing short notes
Reading a dialogue,
discuss points of interest
and give opinions

Reading make simple

predictions; give reasons
Process writing gathering
information to write an article

Retell the story in ones

own words

Talking about plans

Requesting and offering
help
Making telephone calls to
get information

Listening note important

details
Reading scan for details;
follow sequence of ideas

Novel: Journey To The

Centre Of the Earth
Part 2: Chapter 4 6

Discuss plans with others

to go somewhere and to
do something

Listening identify main

ideas and details
Reading identify main ideas
and supporting details; use
contextual clues for meaning,
identify words that associate
with other words

Talking about values

Telling how events,
characters and values
are similar to ones life
Giving ones opinions

Writing simple letters to

friends
Writing out plans for
others to follow

Reading make simple

predictions of outcomes; give
reasons
Process writing write plans
for a trip

Talking about the

message

GRAMMAR

EDUCATIONAL
EMPHAS
ES

Why questions
Adjectives
comparison
adjectives

Thinking Skills
Learning How to
Learn Skills
Multiple
Intelligences
Knowledge
Acquisition
Preparation for
the Real World

Future tense
Using will
- to affirm
- to request

Thinking Skills
Learning How to
Learn Skills
ICT Skills
Values
- respect for
customs
Preparation for
the Real World

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CHAPTER/ THEME

Chapter 13:
Caring and
Sharing
Theme:
Compassion and
Mental
Cleanliness

LEVE
L

LANGUAGE FOR
INTERPERSONAL
USE

LANGUAGE FOR
INFORMATIONAL USE

Asking for the price of

goods, stating whether
the price is agreeable or
too high

Listening note important

details
Reading scan for details;
follow sequence of ideas

Discussing plans for a

party
Making enquiries to get
information and
responding appropriately
Making enquiries about a
product
Placing orders

Listening find more details

Reading identify main ideas
and supporting details;
identify words that associate
with other words

Completing an order form

Reading draw obvious

conclusions in simple texts

Writing a magazine article

Process writing write

recounts
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Chapter 14:
Success through
Team Effort
Theme:
Technology

LANGUAGE FOR
AESTHETIC USE

Novel: Journey To The

Centre Of the Earth
Part 2: Chapter 4 6

GRAMMAR

EDUCATIONAL
EMPHAS
ES

Countable and
uncountable nouns
Regular plurals
Phrasal Quantifiers
Each as an
adjective

Thinking Skills
Values and
Citizenship
Multiple
Intelligences
Preparation for
the Real World

Simple present
tense for
instructions
Sequence markers
(review)
Some to express
infinitive quality,
number
Article the
- for unique nouns
- with same as

Thinking Skills
Knowledge
Acquisition
ICT Skills
Values

Retell the story in ones

own words

Discuss the themes of

the novel

Giving and following

instructions for
procedures

Listening note important

details; follow sequence of
ideas
Reading scan for details;
follow sequence of ideas; use
the dictionary to find meaning

Novel: Journey To The

Centre Of The Earth
Chapter 4 - 6

Talking about plans for a

project

Listening find more details

Reading understand nonlinear texts; identify base
words

Narrate the sequence of

events

Writing out plans for

others to follow

Reading make predictions;

identify cause and effect;
draw conclusions

Talking about messages

Process writing write plans

for a project

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CHAPTER/ THEME

Chapter 15:
Take Part Take
Charge
Social Issues:
Personal
Discipline in
School

LEVE
L

LANGUAGE FOR
INTERPERSONAL
USE

LANGUAGE FOR
INFORMATIONAL USE

LANGUAGE FOR
AESTHETIC USE

Responding appropriately
to questions

Listening note important

details
Reading scan for details;
understand word formation
Writing and presenting plans

Novel: Journey To The

Centre Of the Earth
Part 2: Chapter 4 6

Talking about future plans

to solve problems

Listening find more details

Reading identify main ideas
and supporting details by the
use of suffix -ment or -ion;
identify base words; use
contextual clues

Talking about values

found in the text

Reading a notice and

discussing points of
interest

Reading give reasons

Talking about the

message the writer is
putting across

Process writing write plans

for a calendar

GRAMMAR

EDUCATIONAL
EMPHAS
ES

The define article

the
Phrasal verbs
Conditional clauses
if clauses
Future tense Wh
questions and will

Thinking Skills
ICT Skills
Values
- being thankful
- being
hardworking
Multiple
Intelligences

Adjectives
comparatives and
superlatives
Collective Nouns
Gender

Thinking Skills
ICT Skills
Values and
Citizenship
Education
Knowledge
Acquisition

Composing simple
stories
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Chapter 16:
Happy to Be
Malaysians
Values:
Patriotism

Asking simple questions

politely to get information
and responding
appropriately
Talking about festivals

Listening note important

details
Reading scan for details

Novel: Journey To The

Centre Of the Earth
Part 2: Chapter 4 6

Writing short Web

messages

Listening find more details

Reading find meaning using
contextual clues

Discuss the themes of

the novel

Reading a dialogue
discuss points of interest
and give opinions

Reading give reasons; draw

conclusions
Process writing design a
Web page and write
messages

http://www.sistemguruonline.my

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