FORM 5 KBSM ENGLISH LANGUAGE SCHEME OF WORK

2014
TERM 1: 2 JAN - 28 MAY 2014 (20 weeks)
WEEK
1-3

THEME /
TOPIC
People

LEVEL
1

Great
Expectations
Dare to Be
Different

4-7

LEARNING OUTCOMES / CURRICULUM SPECIFICATIONS

Interpersonal Use
Informational Use
Aesthetic Use
Exchange ideas
Listen to a interview
In the Midst of
Exchange ideas
Hardship
about careers
Retelling the poem
Complete a word web Catch Us If You Can
Take part in
discussions on
career choices

Read for details

Deduce meaning of
words from context
Summarise: reduce
the length of the text
Make inferences

Defend one's point of Write a job application

view with reasons
letter and a CV
(formal letter)

People and
Environment

Exchange ideas on
topics of interest

Rain on Trial

Deforestation

Listen to an interiew:
note important details

Understand cultural
background
Talk about values

Understand literal
and figurative
meaning
Talk about the theme

Catch Us If You Can

Are You Still Playing
Your Flute?
Take part in
Read a play: identify
Describe the setting
discussions on
main ideas and details; Describe characters
environmental issues understand contextual
clues
Summarise: write
concisely and link
ideas using logical
connectors
Write about cause
and effect

LANGUAGE
CONTENTS
Grammar
Tenses:
Simple present
Present continuous
Subject-verb
agreement
Countable and
uncountable nouns
Articles
Punctuation:
Apostrophe
Vocabulary
Descriptive words
for people
Using Apt words

Grammar
Prepositions of
time
Logical connectors
Conjunctions
Punctuation:
exclamation marks,
full stop, question
mark
Wh-question words
Vocabulary
Word formation

ACTIVITIES
1 Listen to an interview:
identify main ideas
2 MCQ
3 Circle the adjectives
4 Sequence main ideas
5 Answer Wh-questions
6 Shorten sentences
7 Write a summary
8 Complete a word web
9 Identify countable and
uncountable nouns
10 Underline the correct verb
11 Complete a text
13 Insert the apostrophe
14 Write a formal letter:
job application
15 Write a curriculum vitae
1 Listen and fill in a chart
2 Complete a table
3 Answer Wh-questions
4 Match words with
meaning
5 Join ideas with logical
connectors
6 Write a summary
7 Complete a word web
8 Complete sentences
9 Complete a text
10 Insert punctuation marks
11 Write a factual essay on

EDUCATIONAL
EMPHASES
Thinking skills:
Hypothesizing
Preparation for
the Real World:
Writing a job
application and
a curriculum
vitae

Thinking skills:
Giving opinions
and evaluating
ICT skills:
Internet for
research
Multiple
Intelligences:
Spatial,
Interpersonal

Take part in
discussions

Write a recount
Identify cause and
effects
Make inferences

WEEK

Understand literal
and figurative
meaning

THEME / LEVEL
LEARNING OUTCOMES / CURRICULUM SPECIFICATIONS
TOPIC
Interpersonal Use
Informational Use
Aesthetic Use
8 - 10 Social Issues
1
Take part in
Listen to info in a fact
Catch Us If You Can
discussions
sheet
Rights,
wrongs and
Read two extracts
respon 2
Exchange ideas and Identify main ideas in
Describe characters
sibilities
opinions on topics of Summarise:
Explore the plot
interest
write a summary
Retelling an
Write on different view interesting / a
points (express
significant event
opinion)
3

Give opinions on
social issues

Make inferences

using suffixes
Word collocation
Compound nouns

LANGUAGE
CONTENTS
Grammar
Reported speech
punctuation:
the colon
brackets
Adverbs of :
manner & degree
certainty
Tenses:
Present perfect
Simple past and
past continuous
Vocabulary
Phrasal verbs
Idioms

cause and effect

12 Write a recount on how
one due with the haze
13 Write descriptions of
characters
ACTIVITIES
1 Listen and identify
incorrect information
2 Express ideas on rights
and responsibilities
3 Answer wh-questions
4 MCQ
5 Write a summary
6 Identify meaning of
phrasal verbs
7 Change direct speech to
reported speech
8 Complete texts
9 Punctuate sentences
10 Write an essay
expressing view points
11 Write meanings of idioms
12 Identify and explain the
themes of a novel

EDUCATIONAL
EMPHASES
Thinking skills:
Giving opinions
with supporting
details

UJIAN SELARAS BERFOKUS 1 ( 11 - 14 March 2014 )

11
12 - 14 Health

Cloud of
Concern
2
Giving up
Smoking

Persuade somone
not to do something/
to participate in
activities
Defend one's point of
view with reasons

Read a virtual pamphlet Catch Us If You Can Grammar

scan for details
He Had Such Quiet Prepositions of
Eyes
place, directions
Interrogative
Identify main ideas and Talk about moral
pronouns
important details
values
Modals
Understand contextual Retell an event that Gerunds
clues
teaches a moral
Adverbs of time and
Summarise:
value
frequency
write a summary

1 Use expressions to give

advice and to persuade
2 Locate information
Answer wh-questions
3 Give evidence to support
statements
5 Match words with
meanings
6 Write a summary
7 Fill in the blanks

Thinking skills:
solving problems
Multiple
Intelligences:
Linguistic,
logicalmathematical,
spatial

WEEK

THEME /
TOPIC
15 - 17 Science and
Technology

LEVEL
1
2

Waste Not,
Want Not

Internet

Give opinions on
health issues

Make inferences
Write an article
Write a speech

Vocabulary
Word association
Connotation
Collocation

LEARNING OUTCOMES / CURRICULUM SPECIFICATIONS

Interpersonal Use
Informational Use
Aesthetic Use
Take part in
Listen to a talk: recall
Catch Us If You Can
discussion
main ideas
Nature
Ask and respond to Read the text of a
questions politely
speech
Identify main ideas and Identify main themes
important details
Giving one's opinion
Understand contextual
clues
Summarise:
write a summary
Defend one's point of Make inferences
view with reasons
Predict outcomes
Draw conclusions
Write a text of a talk

LANGUAGE
CONTENTS
Tenses:
Past Perfect
Simple future
Preposition of
association
Phrasal verbs
Modals
Vocabulary
Prefixes
Word formation
Word association

8 Construct wh-questions
9 Complete texts
10 Write an article
11 Write a speech
12 Identify moral values and
examples of moral values
13 Retelling an event that
teaches a moral value
ACTIVITIES
1 Answer wh-questions
2 Find words with same
meanings
3 Make predictions
4 Form words with prefixes
and suffixes
5 Fill in the blanks
6 Complete texts
7 Identify simple,
compound and complex
senteces
8 Construct compond and
complex senteces
9 Write the text for a talk
10 Write an informal letter
to persuade someone
11 Discuss the themes
12 Give opinion

18

Revision

19 - 21

MID YEAR EXAMINATION ( 12 May - 27 May 2014 )

EDUCATIONAL
EMPHASES
Thinking skills:
making
predictions
evaluating
Preparation for
the Real World:
Solving problems
of waste
disposal

TERM 2: 16 JUNE - 21 NOV. 2014 (22 weeks)

WEEK

THEME / LEVEL LEARNING OUTCOM ES/CURRICULUM

TOPIC
Interpersonal Use
Informational Use
22 - 24 Social Issues
1
Take part in
Listen to radio
discussion
commercials: note
Of Brands
important details
and Trends
2
Compare and
Read an article:scan
contrast information for details
Indiscipline
Identify main ideas and
among
understand contextual
Students
clues
Summarise a text
Compare and contrast
data from graphs and
charts
3
Exchange ideas on Make inferences
social issues topics Write a report based
on a chart

SPECIFICATION
LANGUAGE
Aesthetic Use
CONTENTS
Catch Us If You Can Grammar
Review poems
Adjectives
Adjectives
Discuss the ending
functioning as
of a novel
nouns
Express likes or
Articles
dislikes on character Prepositions of
Discuss a character purpose
that you sympathise The passive
Punctuation:
Underlining for
emphasis

25 - 27 People and
Culture

Catch Us If You Can Grammar

Review poems
Adjectives:
Order of adjectives
Explore each line in Comparison of
stanzas
adjectives
Discuss moral values The passive

Tsunami
A wedding

Exchange ideas on
topics of interest

Compare and
share information

Read an article:scan
for details
Identify main ideas
Understand contextual

Vocabulary
Homophones
Homonyms
Word association

ACTIVITIES
1 Listen and choose MCQ
2 True/False statements
3 Identify evidence to
support statements
4 Answer Wh-questions
5 Write a summary
6 Make sentences
7 Fill in the blanks
8 Complete a text
9 Rewrite sentences
into passives
10 Write a report based on
a chart
11 Write an argumentative
essay
12 Discuss characters
13 Discuss the ending
of a novel
14 Discuss homophones
1 Group discussions
2 Answer Wh-questions
3 Match words with
meanings
4 Write a summary
5 Fill in the blanks
6 Complete a text

EDUCATIONAL
EMPHASES
Thinking Skills:
Compare and
contrast
Make
judgements
Preparation for
the Real World:
Being a discern
ing consumer
Multiple
Intelligences:
Verbal-linguistic
ICT Skills:
Using websites

Thinking Skills:
Evaluationg
ICT Skills:
Accessing the
Internet for
information

WEEK

THEME /
TOPIC
28 - 30 Values

Tourism in
Malaysia

LEVEL
1

Take part in
discussion

clues
Summarise a text
Make inferences
Write a descriptive
essay
Write a recount of an
event

Vocabulary
Descriptive words
Word association

Discuss the themes

LEARNING OUTCOMES / CURRICULUM SPECIFICATIONS

Interpersonal Use
Informational Use
Aesthetic Use
Exchange ideas on
Catch Us If You Can
topics of interest
Review poems
Read an article:scan
Explore each line in
for details
stanzas
Compare and
Identify main ideas
Discuss moral values
share information
Understand contextual
clues
Summarise a text
Take part in
discussion

Make inferences
Write a description of
a place

Discuss the themes

LANGUAGE
CONTENTS
Grammar
Modals
Phrasal verbs
Conjuctions
Logical connectors
Prepositions
Vocabulary
Descriptive words
Word association

7 Rewrite sentences
into passives
8 Write a descriptive
essay
9 Write a recount of an
event
10 Discuss moral values
11 Discuss the themes
12 Discuss figurative
meaning
ACTIVITIES
1 Group discussions
2 Answer Wh-questions
3 Match words with
meanings
4 Write a summary
5 Fill in the blanks
6 Complete a text
7 Write a reflective essay:
description of a place
8 Discuss figurative
meaning
9 Discuss moral values and
themes

31 - 32

Revision

33 - 34

TRIAL EXAMINATION FOR SPM (2 Sept - 12 Sept 2014 )

35 - 41

Strategies for SPM Examination & Pre SPM ( 22 Sept - 7 Nov 2014 )

42

SPM EXAMINATION (10 Nov. - 4 Dec 2014)

EDUCATIONAL
EMPHASES
Thinking skills:
compare and
contrast
making
judgement

Term 1 Mid term Break

Term 2 Mid term Break

22 - 30 March 2014
13 - 21 September 2014

Prepared by:

Verified by:
Ms LAI MEI LI
English Panel Head

PN ZAILEHA bt YUNUS
Language Department Head