FORM TWO

ENGLISH LANGUAGE - SCHEME OF WORK

THEME/TOPIC
(WEEK)
SEMESTER 1A
PEOPLE: 1

LEVEL

LANGUAGE FOR
INTERPERSONAL USE

LANGUAGE FOR
INFORMATIONAL USE

Talk about daily routines

Talk about friends

Read & understand excerpts of

brochures on job descriptions.
Scan for details
Spell it right
Listen to an interview with a
firefighter
Note important details

Write a simple account of ones

friends ambition

Identify main ideas

MAULIDUR
RASUL - 14 JAN

Write a letter to a friend on ones

ambition

PEOPLE: 2

Ask questions politely to get

information on a flyer

Read and understand an article on

Pulau Duyong
Listen to a television prog
Describe an activity

Seek clarification to get certain

information about an exhibition
Read topics of interest and discuss
certain points with friends

Identify supporting details

Sequence ideas
Make simple predictions
Identify key ideas
Write a description of a Malaysian
handicraft
Read 7 understand an article on a
remarkable man
Scan for details
Sequence ideas in a diagram
Take dictation
Listen to a conversation
Note important details

WHAT PEOPLE DO

2 JAN 17 JAN

LANGUAGE FOR
AESTHETIC USE

GRAMMAR

S.SYSTEM/
VOCAB.

EDUCATIONAL
EMPHASES

Simple present
tense
Wh words

/r/ and /l/

Antonyms

Learning how to learn

skills
-obtain information
from the encyclopaedia
ICT skills
-send an e-mail
MI: social interaction

DURATION:
2 WEEKS

VILLLAGERS
AND THEIR
LIVELIHOOD

Talk about the place and

people
Give sequence of events
Talk about main characters
Talk about values found in
a short story

GWriting - 1
Comp 2
Lang. Forms - 8
Grammar - 30
Summary 1
GMaterials - 10
Subject-verb
agreement
PunctuationCapital letter
Full stops

/s/ and /z/

Synonyms

20 31 JAN
DURATION:
2 WEEKS

Preparation for the real

world
-learn to obtain
information
Learning how to learn
skills
- seek information
from govt. bodies
ICT skills
-get information from
sp.websites

CNY (30 JAN- 4

JAN)

PEOPLE: 3
FAMOUS FACES
03 14 FEB
DURATION:
2 WEEKS

Poem: I Wonder

Talk about ones favourite

personalites
Express congratulations and
respond appropriately
Congratulate and give compliments
& respond appropriately

Talk about the time and

place
Talk about the time, place
and characters in a story

GW 1
Lit - 1
Comp 1
Grammar - 30
Adjectives that
show qualities
Simple past
tense

/v/ and /w/

Antonyms

ICT Skills
-get information from
specific websites
Values & Citizenship
-diligence, hard work
Learning How to Learn
skills
-obtain information
from an atlas

THEME/TOPIC
(WEEK)
ENVIRONMENT:
4

Participate in a class discussion

Identify main ideas

Write a card to ones favourite

personality

Make simple predictions

Write an account on the person
one admires the most

LANGUAGE FOR
INTERPERSONAL USE

LANGUAGE FOR
INFORMATIONAL
USE

LEVEL

Ask questions to get information

Answer questions & give details
1

STOP AIR
POLLUTION!

Read & understand an interview

about air pollution
Scan for details
Take dictation
Listen to a news report on haze
Note important details

Talk about the time &

place

Summary 1
Lit - 1
GW 1
Grammar -20
GMaterials -10

LANGUAGE
FOR
AESTHETIC USE

GRAMMAR

S.SYSTEM/
VOCABULARY

EDUCATIONAL
EMPHASES

Recite a poem on the

environment

Future tense
using going to
PunctuationQuestion mark

/e/ and /ae/

/ / and /a:/
/ / and /u:/
Prefix mis

Values and Citizenship

27 FEB 09
MARCH

-care for the

environment
ICT Skills
-get information from
specific websites
Lang Forms 8
Summary 1
Grammar 30

DURATION :
2 WEEKS

21-23 Feb: Monthly

Test

2
3

Participate in a class discussion to

find the best way to reduce air
pollution
Read topics of interest and
discuss certain points with friends
10 18 March

SEMESTER 1B
ENVIRONMENT:
5

Ask questions to get information

Answer questions & give details
Offer help and respond
appropriately

FLOOD WOES
Poem: Heir
Conditioning

19 30 MARCH

2
3

Complete a newspaper report

DURATION :
2 WEEKS

ENVIRONMENT:
6

Express satisfaction and

dissatisfaction on a

Identify main ideas

Identify supporting details
Identify cause and effect
Identify key ideas
Write a composition on
pollution in a town
: First Semester Break

Comp 2
Lit 1
GW -1
Compose a simple poem

Read & understand an Internet

article on flash floods
Scan for details
Spell it right
Listen to a news bulletin on the
after-effects of a flash flood
Tell what the text is about
Note important details

Identify main ideas

Draw obvious conclusions
Design a thank you card to
express appreciation
Write a simple account on a
flash flood
Read & understand a talk on the
importance of play to children

Prepositions of
direction
Formation of the
plural words
ending with f
and fe

Values & Citizenship

-safety
Prefix re

Learning How to learn

- obtain information
from an atlas
GW 1
Summary 1
Comp 1
Grammar 30
GMaterials - 10

Talk about main

characters

Act out sections of the

text and role-play

Negative
statements

Values & Citizenship

-express appreciation

GIVE US SPACE
TO RUN AND
PLAY

playground in ones
neighbourhood

Scan for details

Listen to a conversation between
two concerned mothers
Note important details

characters

Identify main ideas

Describe events

02 APRIL 06
APRIL

PunctuationExclamation
mark

Suffix ful

-co-operation
Thinking Skills
-creative, critical
Multiple Int:
-Kinesthetic
Comp 1

DURATION :
2 WEEKS
2

09- 13 April:
Monthly Test
3

Participate in a discussion by
agreeing or disagreeing
with the opinions of
residents of Taman Sri
Jaya
Draw obvious conclusions
Identify key ideas
Write a simple account on a
gotong-royong activity

Summary 1
Grammar 20
Lang Forms - 8

THEME/TOPIC
(WEEK)
SOCIAL ISSUES:
7

LEVEL

LANGUAGE FOR
INTERPERSONAL USE

LANGUAGE FOR
INFORMATIONAL
USE

Understand the types of services

available at a sports center
Make enquiries as to what a sports
center offers

TIME IS GOLD

LANGUAGE FOR
AESTHETIC USE

GRAMMAR

S.SYSTEM/
VOCABULARY

EDUCATIONAL
EMPHASES

Read & understand excerpts

of a diary
Scan for details
Sequence ideas
Spell it right
Listen to a talk on how to
spend the holidays
beneficially
Note important details

Act out a section of the

text and role-play
characters

Punctuation
- apostrophe for
contractions
Article the

ed / t / and ed /d/

Make further enquiries

(via telephone)

Read & understand a simple

table
Identify main ideas
Write an account on how one
spent the holidays

Retelling a story from

another point of view

Values & Citizenship

-hard work
-participation
Thinking Skills
-critical thinking
Multiple Intelligences
-kinesthetic
intelligence
Summary 1
Comp - 1
GW 1
Lang Forms 10
Lit - 1

Fill in a registration form

Draw obvious conclusions

Talk about qualities one looks for

in a friend

Read & understand an article

on how to build a healthy
friendship
Use headings and
subheadings to look for
information
Scan for details
Take dictation
Listen to the views of three
students on friendship
Note important details

Presenting the text in

another genre
Act out a section of the
text and role-play
characters

Short Story: One is

One and All Alone

16 APRIL 27
APRIL
DURATION :
2 WEEKS

SOCIAL ISSUES:
8
1

WHAT ARE
FRIENDS FOR?
30 APRIL - 11
MAY
DURATION :
2 WEEKS

2
14 MAY - 25 MAY
DURATION :
2 WEEKS

Participate in class discussions by

agreeing , disagreeing and giving
opinions

Identify main ideas

Identify supporting details
Follow sequence of ideas
Draw obvious conclusions
Identify key ideas
Reply to a letter from a friend
to offer advice

MID YEAR TEST

21 25 MAY

26 May 10 June

FIRST SEMESTER HOLIDAYS

Negative
adjectives using
im and un
Pronouns
-subjects and
object pronoun

Suffix less

Synonyms

ICT Skills
-obtain information
from specific websites
-reply to an e-mail
Multiple Intelligences
-kinesthetic
Thinking Skills
- solve problems
Lit 2
Summary -1
GW 1

Comp -1

THEME/TOPIC
(WEEK)

LEVEL

LANGUAGE FOR
INTERPERSONAL USE

LANGUAGE FOR
INFORMATIONAL
USE

Ask questions politely to get

information on acne problem
Give instructions orally

Read & understand a letter

on what beauty means
Scan for details
Spell it right
Listen to a talk on personal
hygiene
Note important details

Give advice

Identify main ideas

Identify supporting details
Follow sequence of ideas

Identify key ideas

Apply process writing skills on the
topic of proper dental care
Give advice on a healthy diet

Talk about values found in

a novel

SEMESTER 2A
HEALTH: 9
LOOKING GOOD,
LOOKING
GREAT!
11 JUNE 22 JUNE

LANGUAGE FOR
AESTHETIC USE

GRAMMAR
Sequence
connectors
Conjunctions

S.SYSTEM/
VOCABULARY
Es /iz/
Ies /aiz/ and ves /vz /
Synonyms

EDUCATIONAL
EMPHASES
Knowledge acquisition
learn about a
famous
author
Thinking Skills
- creative thinking
Comp 1
Summary - 1
Grammar - 30
Lang Forms 8

DURATION :
2 WEEKS

HEALTH: 10
1
FOOD FOR
THOUGHT
25 JUNE 6 JULY
DURATION :
2 WEEKS

FUN WAYS TO
FITNESS

Participate in a discussion by
giving advice and suggestions

Identify main ideas

Identify supporting ideas

Read topics of interest and share

information with friends

Make simple predictions

Identify cause and effect
Apply process writing
skills on the topic What is
a Healthy Diet
Read & understand a web
page on skateboarding
Scan for details
Take dictation
Listen to a briefing before
a cross-country race
Note important details

Understand the sports activities

offered during a sports awareness
campaign
Persuade a friend to try a sports
activity

Make further enquiries about the

9 JULY 20 JULY
10 12 JULY:

Read & understand a talk

on the importance of
breakfast
Scan for details
Take dictation
Listen to the advice on
proper ways to cook
vegetables

HEALTH: 11

GMaterials - 8

Identify main ideas

Modal verbs
- must , may can

Ending sound
S /s/ and s /z /

Prepositions of

A group of words that

are related to one word

Adjectives of
comparison
-regular and
irregular adj.
-longer adjectives
- asas/ not as
Possessive
pronouns

Past tense form -ed

/ d/ and ed /id /

Talk about how

events,characters and
values in the text are
similar to those in ones
life

A group of words that

are related to one word

Preparation for the Real

World
- obtain information
from clinics & hospital
-learn nutritional value
on food labels
Knowledge Acquisition
- learn about food
pyramid
ICT Skills
-obtain information
from sp. Websites
Comp -1
Lit - 1
GW 1
Grammar - 20

Values& Citizenship
- safety
ICT Skills
- read a web page
Learning How to Learn
-obtain information
from various sources
GW 1
Lang Forms 8

activities offered
Write a simple
persuade a friend

MONTHLY TEST

THEME/TOPIC
(WEEK)

LEVEL

SEMESTER 2B
1

SCIENCE AND
TECHNO
LOGY: 12

message

to

LANGUAGE FOR
INTERPERSONAL USE
Talk about a trip to an agro tourism
farm
Give oral and written instructions
to make compost

GOING ORGANIC
Drama:
Rumpelstiltskin
2

23 JULY 3
AUGUST

Read topics of interest and discuss

certain points with friends
(29 Aug 4 Sept)

Identify supporting ideas

Follow sequence of ideas
Write an account of a
sports event

LANGUAGE FOR
INFORMATIONAL
USE
Read & understand an
article on organic farming
Follow sequence of ideas
in a diagram
Scan for details
Listen to the views on
organic farming
Note important details

Identify main ideas

Identify supporting ideas
Write a simple account on
a trip to Happy Agrofarm
Second Semester Break

Grammar 30
Summary 1
Comp - 2

LANGUAGE FOR
AESTHETIC USE
Say what one thinks about
the text

GRAMMAR

S. SYSTEM/
VOCABULARY

Uncountable
nouns

Stresses in two or three

syllable words

Prepositions of
place

Contextual clues

EDUCATIONAL
EMPHASES
ICT Skills

- obtain information
from sp. websites
Values & Citizenship
- family
- care for the
environment
GW 1
Comp - 1
Summary 1
Lit 1

Talk about values found in

the text

Grammar - 20
Gmaterials - 8

DURATION :
2 WEEKS

SCIENCE AND
TECHNOL
OGY: 13

Read & understand an

extract from an
encyclopaedia on unusual
plants
Scan for details
Follow sequence of ideas
in diagrams
Spell it right
Listen to a description
about a nature trip
Note important details

1`

OUR GREEN
HERITAGE

7 17 AUGUST
Drama:
Rumpelstiltskin
2

Participate in a discussion

Identify main ideas

Identify supporting ideas
Follow sequence of ideas

Read topics of interest and discuss

certain points with friends

Identify key ideas

Write a description about a
trip to the National Park

Simple present
tense for
facts that
are
generally
true
Future form using
will

Talk about values found in

a text

Stresses in compound
words
Contextual clues

ICT Skills

- obtain information
from specific websites
Knowledge acquisition
- learn about pitcher
plants
Learning How to learn
-obtain information
from various sources on
medicinal plants
Lang Forms 8
Summary 1
GW 1
Comp 1
Lit 2
Grammar - 30

SCIENCE AND
TECHNOL
OGY: 14

Talk about latest innovations

1

INNOVATIONS IN
TECHNOLOGY
27 AUGUST 7
SEPT

2
3

THEME/TOPIC
(WEEK)

LEVEL

REVISION

Participate in a class discussion by

agreeing, disagreeing and giving
opinions
Read about the latest innovations
and discuss the changes and
benefits they bring to man

LANGUAGE FOR
INTERPERSONAL USE
Guided Writing
(2)

Read & understand an

article on robots
Scan for details
Spell it right
Listen to a talk on
technology and its effects
Note important details
Identify main ideas
Identify key ideas
Write a composition
describing ones
innovation

LANGUAGE FOR
INFORMATIONAL
USE
Summary
(2)

15 Oct -19 Oct

24 Oct: Sultans
Birthday
13 Nov :
Deepavali
FINAL
SEMESTER
EXAMINATION
15 Oct -2 Nov

ANALYSIS OF
RESULTS
5 Nov 18 Nov

10 Nov2012 2 Jan 2013

END OF YEAR HOLIDAYS

Adverbs of place
and time
Punctuation
- apostrophe to
show possession

Contractions

Knowledge acquisition

- learn about debates

Change nouns to
adjectives

Talk about the place and

time
Give sequence of events
Talk about characters in
the text
Talk about values found in
the text

Thinking Skills
- critical and creative
ICT Skills
-obtain information
from specific websites
GW - 1
Grammar 20
Lang Forms 8
Lit 1

LANGUAGE FOR
AESTHETIC USE

GRAMMAR

S.SYSTEM/
VOCABULARY

EDUCATIONAL
EMPHASES

Literature
(3)

Grammar
(50)

Graphics
Materials
(20)

Closest in
Meaning
(30)