FORM 3 ENGLISH LANGUAGE YEARLY SCHEME OF WORK 2011

CHAPTER/THEME LEV EL 1 LANGUAGE FOR INTERPERSONAL USE Ask and respond politely to questions LANGUAGE FOR INFORMATIONAL USE Listen to a conversation : give important details Read an article : scan for details Read an article : identify main ideas, derails, contextual clues Identify base words Read an article: make inferences, draw conclusions Write a description : expand notes Listen to a dialogue : give important details Read an article: scan for details State words of similar meaning Read an article: identify main ideas, details, contextual clues LANGUAGE FOR AESTHETIC USE Talk about elements of a novel : characterization, theme, moral values, plot, setting GRAMMAR The simple present tense Adjectives SOUND SYSTE M Consonants : c/k/ as in call r/r/as in red VOCABUL ARY Base words EDUCATION AL EMPHASES ICT Skills Preparatio n for the Real World Multiple Intelligenc es

TERM 1A

PEOPLE : THEY TOUCH OUR LIVES DURATION : 2 WEEKS (3 14 Jan. 2011) PEOPLE : FAMOUS LEADERS

Take part in discussions

Make predictions

Ask questions politely and respond appropriately

The simple present tense Collective nouns

Consonants : d/d/ as in sand dd/d/ as in meddle

Synonym s

DURATION : 2 WEEKS (17-28 Jan 2011)

Tale part in discussions Exchange ideas

Describe characters in a novel : what the writer says about physical appearances and personalities

Learning How To Learn Skills Multiple Intelligenc es Values and citizenship

PEOPLE : HEALING HANDS

Seek clarification

Read an article; make inferences, draw conclusions Write a description : expand notes Listen to a dialogue: give important details Read a Web page: scan for details
Read a Web page: identify main ideas, details, contextual clues Understand formation of prefixes

Describe characters in a novel: what the character thinks, says or does

Personal pronouns Possessive pronouns

Long vowel sound /ae/ as in back Short vowel sound /e/ as in set

Prefixes inter, pre

ICT Skills Multiple Intelligenc es

DURATION : 1 WEEK (1-7 Feb 2011)

CHAPTER/THEME PEOPLE : MAKING FRIENDS

LEV EL 1

LANGUAGE FOR INTERPERSONAL USE Greet and exchange pleasantries

LANGUAGE FOR INFORMATIONAL USE Listen to a dialogue ; give important details Read an article ; scan for details State words opposite in meaning Read an article ; identify main ideas, details, contextual clues Read an article ; make inferences, move beyond the text Listen to a talk ; give important details Read a report ; scan for details Use the dictionary Read a report ; identify main ideas, details, contextual clues

LANGUAGE FOR AESTHETIC USE

GRAMMAR Adverbs of time Adverbs of place

SOUND SYSTE M Long vowel sound /a;/ as in farm Short vowel sound / /as in must

VOCABUL ARY
Antonyms

EDUCATION AL EMPHASES
Knowledge Acquisition Learning How To Learn Skills Multiple Intelligences

DURATION : 2 WEEKS (8 18 Feb 2011) SOCIAL ISSUES : LIFE S CHALLENGES

3 1

Take part in conversation and discussions Write a letter asking for advice Talk about self, past experiences

Describe characters in a novel; what others say about the characters

Subject-verb agreement

Long vowel sound /u;/as in broom Short vowel sound /u/ as in look

Dictionary skills

Thinking Skills Multiple Intelligences Future Studies

2 DURATION : 2 WEEKS

Take part in discussions Exchange ideas and give opinions Participate in discussions by giving and supporting opinions

Describe physical setting (place) in a story

(21 Feb 4 March 2011)

TERM 1B HEALTH : FIT FOR LIFE

Talk about self, past experiences

2 DURATION : 1 WEEK (7 11 March 2011) 3

Take part in discussions Participate in teacherguided class discussions by agreeing and disagreeing politely

Read a report ; make inferences, move beyond text Interpret information from graphs Write a report Listen to a talk; give important details Read a magazine article; scan for details Read a magazine article; identify main ideas, details, contextual clues

Make predictions

Talk about social setting of a story, time, culture and place)

Read a magazine article; identify cause and effect, make inferences Write a text of a speech; expand notes

Relate values in a story to ones life

Talk about the future using the present continuous tense, going to and will am, is, are * verb * ing going to-will Modalscan, may, might, must

Long vowel sound / /as in fern Short vowel sound / / As in about

Using words to show gender -masculine -feminine

Preparation for the Real World

12 20 MARCH 2011 CHAPTER/THEME ENVIRONMENT; ITS RAINING, ITS POURING!

MID SEMESTER HOLIDAYS LEV EL 1 LANGUAGE FOR INTERPERSONAL USE LANGUAGE FOR INFORMATIONAL USE Listen to an interview: give important details Narrate orally the events that took place Read a news report: scan for details Read a news report: identify main ideas, details, contextual clues Read a news report; identify cause and effect Write a recount : expand notes Listen to a radio talk: give important details Read a speech: scan for details Read a speech : identify main ideas, details contextual clues Understand formation of suffixes Read a speech: make inferences, draw conclusions Write a report :expand notes Listen to a talk: give important details Scan for details in texts read Read posters: identify main ideas, details, contextual clues Read posters: identify cause and effect Write a speech to express opinion: expand notes LANGUAGE FOR AESTHETIC USE Role play an event in the story GRAMMAR Conjunctions and, but, or, so Sequence connectorsfirst, next, then finally SOUND SYSTE M Diphthongs: / ei/ as in faint VOCABUL ARY Thesaurus skills EDUCATION AL EMPHASES ICT Skills Preparation for the Real World Multiple Intelligences Thinking Skills

DURATION : 1 WEEK (21 -25 March 2011)

/ai/ as in dry

Take part in discussions

Talk about elements of a plot(events)

ENVIRONMENT: STOP THE FLOODS!

2 DURATION : 1 WEEK (28 March 1 Apr 2011) ENVIRONMENT: NATURES GIFTS 3

Replay phone messages orally to the people concerned Take part in discussions

Phrasal verbs

Diphthong /eu/ as in grow

Recognise elements in a plot (Sequence of events)

Suffixes -ment, ness -ion, -ship

Knowledge Acquisition Preparation for he Real World ICT Skills

Give ones opinion of the story Prepositions of place and direction Prepositions to show time and quantity One word for a group of words Multiple Intelligences Knowledge Acquisition Preparation for the Real World

Express hope and support

DURATION : 1 WEEK (4 8 Apr 2011)

Take part in discussions Exchange ideas and give information

Talk about moral values in a story Relate values to ones life

CHAPTER/THEME HEALTH: ACTIVE AND HEALTHY

LEV EL 1

LANGUAGE FOR INTERPERSONAL USE Talk about self, interests Enquire about services offered Clarify the type of services offered Fill put a service form

LANGUAGE FOR INFORMATIONAL USE Listen to a talk : give important details Read advertisements: scan for details Read advertisements: identify main ideas, details, contextual clues Read advertisements : draw conclusions Listen to a dialogue: give important details Read an article: scan for details Read an article : identify main ideas, details , contextual clues Read an article : make inferences, draw conclusions

LANGUAGE FOR AESTHETIC USE

GRAMMAR Positive and negative statements Contractions

DURATION : 1 WEEK (11 15 Apr 2011)

Understand themes in a story Relate themes in the story to ones life Comparison of adjectives Regular forms -er, -est, more, most Irregular forms bad, better, worst

SOUND SYSTE M Consonant clusters at the beginning of words: /gr/ as in grain /tr/ as in train

VOCABUL ARY ICT Terms

EDUCATION AL EMPHASES Multiple Intelligences Knowledge Acquisition ICT Skills

Write a formal letter: use appropriate format Express appreciation

TERM 2A HEALTH: SAFETY FOR ONE AND ALL DURATION : 1 WEEK

Take part in discussions Exchange ideas and give opinions Write a letter of appreciation

3 (18 22 Apr 2011)

Give personal response to novels: characters values Give ones opinion of the characters Relate moral values in the story to ones life

Consonant clusters at the beginning of words: /gl/ as in glee /pl/as in place

Homographs

Multiple Intelligences ICT Skills

HEALTH: THE INNER YOU

Ask for assistance

2 DURATION : 1 WEEK 3 ( 25-29 Apr 2011)

Take part in discussions Exchange ideas and give opinions Write a letter seeking permission: use appropriate format

Listen to a talk: give important details Read an article : scan for details Read an article : identify main ideas, details, contextual clues Read an article : draw conclusions, make inferences

Form negative adjectives, using prefixes un-, dis-, im- and non-

Consonant clusters at the end of words: -sh / / as in splash -ch/t / as in such

Idioms

ICT Skills Knowledge Acquisition

Revise Form One poems : relate messages and values in the poems to ones life

CHAPTER/THEME SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY : MAN AND THE SEA

LEV EL 1

LANGUAGE FOR INTERPERSONAL USE

LANGUAGE FOR INFORMATIONAL USE Listen to a dialogue : give important details Read a brochure : scan for details

LANGUAGE FOR AESTHETIC USE

GRAMMAR Compare people or things that are the same using asas Compare people or things that are not the same using not asas The present continuous tense

DURATION : 2 WEEKS (2 11 May 2011) 3

Take part in discussions Exchange ideas and give opinions

Read a brochure : make inferences, draw conclusions, make predictions Write a brochure : expand notes

Revision of Form One Short Stories : -study sequence of events - describe characters

SOUND SYSTE M Consonant clusters at the end of words : -sk/sk/ as in mask -st/st/ as in test

VOCABUL ARY Similes

EDUCATION AL EMPHASES Multiple Intelligences Knowledge Acquisition

Discuss plans to visit a place comparing deciding

Relate characters and values in a story to ones life

12 - 27 May 2011 28 MAY - 12 JUNE 2011

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY : OCEANS IN MOTION 1

giving reasons for choice

MID SEMESTER EXAMINATION MID TERM HOLIDAYS

Listen to a lecture : give important details Read an article : scan for details, follow sequence of ideas Read an article : identify main ideas, details, contextual clues Formation of plurals -irregular plurals -nouns with no change in number in the plural form Revision of Form Two novels: -relate sequence of events (plot) -describe characters based on what the writer tells us Stress in words Homophones ICT Skills Knowledge Acquisition Futures studies

2 DURATION : 1 WEEK (20 - 24 June 2011)

Tale part in discussions Exchange ideas and give opinions Participate in class discussions by-disagreeing politely and giving opinions -defining ones point of view -seeking clarification

Interpret information in a bar graph Read an article : draw conclusions, make inferences Write an explanation : expand notes

CHAPTER/THEME TERM 2B SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY : TREASURES FROM THE DEEP

LEV EL 1

LANGUAGE FOR INTERPERSONAL USE

LANGUAGE FOR INFORMATIONAL USE Listen to a lecture: give important details Read a magazine article: scan for details Read a magazine article: identify main ideas, details, contextual clues Make simple predictions Read a magazine article : make inferences, make simple predictions

LANGUAGE FOR AESTHETIC USE Talk about elements of a novel or story

GRAMMAR Punctuation : -capital letter -full stop -question mark -comma -apostrophe -exclamation mark

SOUND SYSTE M Sentence stress and intonation

VOCABUL ARY Homonyms

EDUCATION AL EMPHASES Knowledge Acquisition Futures Studies

Exchange ideas and give opinions Take part in discussions Write a letter to a foreign pen-pal : expand notes, use appropriate format

DURATION : 1 WEEK (27 June-1 July 2011)

Revise and answer questions on short stories and novels : -physical setting -theme

2 5 Aug 2011
REVISION : POEMS (FORM 1) DURATION : 3 WEEKS (8 26 Aug 2011 ) 1 2 3

TRIAL EXAMINATION
Revise and answer questions on the poems - The Dead crow - Life brief candle - Lake Isle of Innisfree Knowledge Acquisition Thinking Skills

27 AUG 4 SEPT 2011

REVISION - Graphic Material - Rational Cloze (5 16 Sept 2011) 1 2 3 Exchange ideas and give opinions Take part in discussions Read short text, advertisement excerpt: scan for details Read signs, notices: identify main ideas, details, contextual clues Make simple predictions

MID SEMESTER HOLIDAYS

Subject verb Agreement Modal Verb Preposition Tenses To-infinitive Mastery Learning

REVISION SAMPLE TRIAL PAPERS (from other states) -Paper 1 & 2 (19 30 Sept 2011)

Exchange ideas and give opinions Take part in discussions

Read a magazine article: identify main ideas, details, contextual clues Make simple predictions Read a magazine article : make inferences, make simple predictions

Knowledge Acquisition Revise and answer questions on short stories and novels : -physical setting -theme Subject verb Agreement Modal Verb Preposition Tenses To-infinitive Similes Proverbs Phrasal verbs Thinking Skills

Write a letter, article, speech, report, expand notes, use appropriate format