FORM 5 ENGLISH LANGUAGE SCHEME OF WORK

LEARNING OUTCOMES
UNITS/
THEMES

MONTH/
WEEK

UNIT 1

January
Week 1-2

PEOPLE
Reach
For The
Stars

UNIT 2
PEOPLE
Planning
For
Success

January
Week 3-4

LANGUAGE FOR
INTERPERSONAL USE

LANGUAGE FOR
INFORMATIONAL USE

SPEAKING
Ask questions politely and
respond politely to
questions (L1)
Participate in a conversation
(L2)

LISTENING
Listen to a description,
recall important details,
answer questions to
demonstrate
understanding (L1)
Predicting outcomes
(L1)
READING
Read description,
scanning for details.
(L1)
Identifying and extracting
main idea and details.
(L2)
Understanding contextual
clues (L2)
Making inferences (L3)

SPEAKING
Ask one to think about
something (L1)
Participate in a conversation
(L2)

LISTENING
Listen to a talk, recall
what it is about (L1)
Identify main ideas
(L2)
READING
Read a story, scan for
details, follow the
sequence of ideas. (L1)
Identifying main ideas
and understanding
contextual clues (L2)
Making inferences,
drawing conclusions (L3)

LANGUAGE
FOR
AESTHETIC
USE
Listen to, Read
and Respond
to Literary
Works
The Pearl by
John
Steinbeck
Finding out
meaning of
words using
the
dictionary
(L1)
Predict what
might
happen next
(L2)

Describing the
setting

GRAMMAR

SOUND
SYSTEM

Tenses

Vowels

Simple
Present
Simple Past
Present
Perfect

Adjectives
Order before
nouns

Write an
article

/ae/ and /e/

Vocabulary
Word
Association

Consonants

SUMMARY:
Identify the
main idea in
the topic
sentence.

Writing an
article.

/l/
Vocabulary

Reported
Speech

ESSAY

Collacations

SUMMARY:
Summarize :
Identify the
main idea
implied

Date of
Completion

UNIT 3
ENVIRONM
ENT

February
Week 1

Poisons In
The Air

UNIT 4
PEOPLE
Everyday
Heroes

February
Week 2

Speaking
Ask about ones health
(S1)
Participate in a
conversation (S2)
Give opinions on an
account heard.
(S3)

Speaking
Relate a personal
experience (S1)
Participate in a
conversation (S2)
Give opinions on an
account heard (S3)

Listening
Listen to conversation,
note important details
(L1)
Take notes of
conversation heard,
predict outcome (L2)
Identify cause and effect
(L3)

Listen to, Read

and Respond
to Literary
Works
The Pearl by
John
Steinbeck

Nouns as
adjectives

Consonants

(noun + noun
expressions)

Write a fact
sheet
Vocabulary

Passive Voice
Suffix :- ant

Reading
Read an explanation text,
state type of text, skim fir
gist of text. (R1)
List important details,
predict outcomes (R3)
Listening
Listen to information in a
letter, recall important
details (L2)
Draw conclusions (L3)

Describe and
write about
characters

Describe and
write about
characters

Tenses

Vowels

Simple Past
Perfect Tense

/i:/ and /I/

Vocabulary

Phrasal Verbs

Reading
Read an article, scan for
details (L1)
List important details,
identify main ideas,
understand contextual
clues (L2)
Making inferences,
predict outcomes (L3)

(verb +
preposition)

FIRST MONTHLY TEST ( UJIAN PENILAIAN 1)

( 23/02/10 25/02/10 )

(Factual
Description)

Advise OR
Advice

SUMMARY
Summarize
highlight key
words and
phrases.

Writing a
simple
speech
SUMMARY
Summarize:
expand notes

UNIT 5
PEOPLE

March
Week 1

Interesting
Careers

Speaking
Participate in a
conversation (L2)
Read a topic of currant
interest and exchange
ideas, give opinions on an
article read (L3)

Listening
Listen to a report, recall
important details, present
information in the form of
a table and a chart (L1)
Predicting outcomes (L1)
Reading
Read job description,
scan for details, use
dictionary to find the
meaning of words (L1)
List important details,
identify main ideas (L2)
Making inferences (L3)

UNIT 6
March
Week 2
SOCIAL
ISSUES
Spoilt For
Choice

Speaking
Ask one to decide on
something (L1)
Make enquiries after
reading an advertisement,
identify a number of
similar products (L1)
Participate in a
conversation (L2)
Compare and contrast the
information obtained and
decide on a choice (L2)
Confirm the
service/product and place
an order for it orally and
in writing (L3)
Express satisfaction and
offer thanks about a
service or product in
writing (L3)

Listen to Read
and Respond
to Literary
Works
The Pearl by
John
Steinback

Sentence
Structure

Vowels
/I/

Simple
Compound
and complex

Write
curriculum
vitae and
cover letter

Vocabulary
Suffix - ician

SUMMARY
Summarize :
Write concisely

Retell the
story in
ones own
words (L1)
Narrate the
sequence of
events (L2)

Listening
Listen to a radio talk,
recall important details
(L1)
Identify main ideas (L2)

Relate events
and values to
ones life

Adverbs of
degree
Definitely,
certainly,
surely

Reading
Read an advertisement,
scan for details (L1)
List important details,
identify main ideas,
understand contextual
clues. (L2)
Making inferences,
drawing conclusions (L3)

Adjective +
preposition
combination

MID-SEMESTER BREAK (CUTI PERTENGAHAN SEMESTER PERTAMA)

(13/03/10 21/03/10)

Consonants
Clusters
/gl/ and /pl/

Writing a
formal letter
to express
satisfaction
and thanks

Vocabulary
Language
technique in
advertising

SUMMARY
Summarize :
Summarize
ideas in text.

UNIT 7

March
Week 3

ENVIRONM
ENT
Looming
Disasters

UNIT 8
HEALTH
Up In
Smoke

March
Week 4

Speaking
Relate personal
experiences (L1)
Participate in a
conversation (L2)
Read a topic of current
interest and exchange
ideas (L2)
Give opinions on
accounts heard (L3)

Speaking
Persuade someone not
to do something (L1)
Participate in a
conversation (L2)
Give opinions on an
account heard (L3)
Present information in the
form of charts (L3)

Listening
Listen to a call-in radio
discussion, recall
important details, answer
a variety of questions to
demonstrate
understanding (L1)
Identify different points of
view (L2)
Reading
Read a newspaper
article, scan for details
(L1)
List important details,
identify main ideas and
understand contextual
clues (L2)
Making inferences, draw
conclusions, identify
cause, discuss point of
view (L3)
Listening
Listen to information in a
letter, recall important
details (L1)
Identify point of view (L2)
Reading
Read the text of a talk,
scan for details (L1)
Read the text of a talk, list
detail, identify main ideas,
understand contextual
clues, identify cause and
effect (L2)
Making inferences,
identify and discuss point
of view (L3)

Listen to Read
and Respond
to Literary
Works

Subject Verb
Agreement

The Pearl by
John
Steinback

Using some, a
few, few with
plural
countable
nouns

Diphthongs
/ae/ and /u/
Vocabulary
Prefixes un-,
dis-, im-, il-

Discuss the
themes of
stories

Write an
article
presenting
opinions for
and against an
issue
SUMMARY
Summarize :
Summarize
ideas in a text.
Expend notes.

Present a
poem in a
different genre,
discuss the
message of
the poem.

Logical
Connectors

Consonants
Clusters

Sequence
Connectors

/a:/ and //
Vocabulary

Conjunctions
Substitute one
word for many

Write an
article/essay
to express a
viewpoint
SUMMARY
Summarize:
Summarize
ideas in text

UNIT 9

April
Week 1

SCIENCE
AND
TECHNOL
OGY

Speaking
Ask questions politely and
respond politely to
questions, ask about
satisfactions and express
dissatisfaction (L1)

Listening
Listen to an excerpt from
a television documentary,
recall important details
(L1)
Reading
Read a fact sheet, scan
for details (L1)
List important details,
identify main ideas and
understand contextual
clues (L2)
Predict outcome with
reason, make inferences
(L3)

What a
waste

Listen to Read
and Respond
to Literary
Works
The Pearl by
John
Steinback
Recite a poem

Prepositions
of Directions

Consonant
Clusters

Out of, away

from

/spr/ and /skr/

Vocabulary

Choose
between active
voice and
passive voice

Write a fact
sheet
SUMMARY
Summarize:
Summarize
ideas in a text

Compound
words

Writing
Present information in the
form of charts and sheets
SECOND MONTHLY TEST ( UJIAN PENILAIAN 2 )
( 06/04/10 09/04/10)
UNIT 10
SOCIAL
ISSUES
Time On
Your Hands

April
Week 3

Speaking
Participate in a
conversation (L2)
Make a decision based
on agreement of all
members of a group (L2)

Listening
Listen to a discussion,
recall important details
(L1)
Identify main ideas,
different point of views
(L2)
Respond to questions
orally (L1)

Relate
events,
characters
and values
to ones life
Give ones
opinions of
a story

Reading
Read a travel brochure
(L1)
List important details,
identify main ideas,
understand contextual
clues (L2)

Reported
Speech

Consonants
Clusters

Punctuation

/t/ and / k/

Comma (,)
Semi-colon (;)
Colon (:)

Vocabulary
Homographs

Write a report
SUMMARY
Summarize:
Summarize
ideas in text

 Making inferences (L3)

UNIT 11

April
Week 4

SOCIAL
ISSUES

Speaking
Ask and respond to
questions politely (L1)
Participate in a
conversation (L2)

On The
Road

Listening
Listen to a description of
an incident, recall
important details (L1)
Interview people to get
more information (L1)

UNIT 12
SOCIAL
ISSUES
Time On
Your Hands

May
Week 1

Speaking
Introduce oneself to a
friendly stranger and
initiate a conversation
(L1)
Participate in a
conversation (L2)

Listen to Read
and Respond
to Literary
Works
The Pearl by
John
Steinback

Reading
Read an article, scan for
details(L1)
List important details,
identify main ideas and
understand contextual
clues (L2)
Draw conclusions (L3)
Making inferences,
compare and contrast
data from a table, draw
conclusions

Retell a story
from another
characters
point of view

Listening
Listen to a conversation,
recall important details
(L1)
Reading
Read a text of a talk, scan
for details (L1)
List important details,
identify main ideas,
understand contextual
clues (L2)
Making inferences (L3)

Dramatize a
section of a
text and role
play characters
(L1)
Describe a
character and
write a
paragraph or
two about this
person (L2)

Modals

Vowels

May, might

/3:/ and / /

Punctuation
Vocabulary
Full-stop (.)
Exclamation
mark (!)
Question mark
(?)
Apostrophe ()
Underline (_)
Brackets ()

Thesaurus
skills

Consonants

(the +
adjectives)

Vocabulary

/b/ and /f/

Idioms
Modals
May have
Might have

MID YEAR EXAMINATIONS (PEPERIKSAAN PERTENGAHAN TAHUN)

( 05/05/10 20/05/10 )

SUMMARY
Summarize:
Summarize
ideas in a text

Using the right

words

Adjective
Functioning
as nouns

Compose a
simple
dialogue (L3)

Respond to
problem page
letters in
newspapers

Write a simple
speech (text of
a talk)
SUMMARY
Summarize:
Summarize
ideas in text

UNIT 13

May
Week 4

SOCIAL
ISSUES
The Power
Of One

Speaking
Ask and respond to
questions politely (L1)
Participate in a
conversation (L2)
Interview others to get
more information (L3)
Writing
Keep a record of events

Listening
Listen to a conversation ,
recall important
details(L1)
Interview people to get
more information (L1)
Reading
Read an article, scan for
details(L1)
List important details,
identify main ideas, follow
sequence of ideas and
understand contextual
clues (L2)

Listen to Read
and Respond
to Literary
Works

Gerunds

Consonants

Punctuation

/g/ and /t/

The Pearl by
John
Steinback

Write a
formal
letter of
complaint
SUMMARY
Summarize:
Summarize
ideas in a text

Recite a poem
Understand a
figurative
language of a
text, image
and imagery
Compose a
simple poem

UNIT 14
SCIENCE
AND
TECHNOL
OGY
Handle
With Care

June
Week 1

Speaking
Ask about satisfaction
and express satisfaction
(L1)
Participate in a
conversation (L2)
Express satisfaction and
offer thanks about the
service orally (L3)

Listening
Listen to a conversation,
recall important details,
answer a variety of
questions to demonstrate
understanding (L1)

Narrate the
sequence of
events

Subject-Verb
Agreement

Vowels

Writing an
article

/u:/ and /u/

Adverb of
Degrees

Vocabulary
Words used to
categorize
things

Reading
Read a fact sheet, scan
for details (L1)
List important details,
identify main ideas,
understand contextual
clues (L2)
Making inferences (L3)

SUMMARY
Summarize:
Summarize
ideas in text
Expand notes

Collective
Nouns

MID-YEAR SCHOOL HOLIDAYS ( CUTI PERTENGAHAN TAHUN )

( 05/06/10 20/06/10 )

UNIT 15
SCIENCE
AND
TECHNOL
OGY
Green
Solutions

June
Week 4

Speaking
Participate in a
conversation (L2)

Listening
Listen to a description ,
recall important
details(L1)

Listen to Read
and Respond
to Literary
Works

Reading
Read a fact sheet, scan
for details(L1)
List important details,
identify main ideas, follow
sequence of ideas and
understand contextual
clues (L2)
Making inferences (L3)

The Pearl by
John
Steinback
Narrate the
sequence of
events (L2)
Make
predictions as
to what might
happen next
(L2)
Give ones
opinion of a
story (L3)
Present the
text in another
genre (L3)
Compose a
simple poem
(L3)

Prepositions

Vowels

Among
Between

/ / and / /
Vocabulary

Adjective
+Prepositions
combinations

Suffixes
-ous
-al

Write an
article /
essay to
express
viewpoint
SUMMARY
Summarize:
Summarize
ideas in a text