ENGLISH FORM ONE SCHEME OF WORK

THE YEARLY PLAN

OBJECTIVES

At the end of the secondary school education, learners should be able to:
 Form and maintain relationships through conversations and correspondence; take part in social interaction; and interact to obtain goods and services;
 Obtain, process and use information from various audio-visual and print sources, present the information in spoken and written form;
 Listen to, view, and read and respond to different texts, and express ideas, opinion, thoughts and feelings imaginatively and creatively in spoken and written
form; and
 Show an awareness and appreciation of moral values and love towards the nation

There are three main topic for the student to learn:

 Interpersonal - to make friends and communicate with people
 Informational - to understand the world we live in, to acquire knowledge and to think
 Aesthetic - to enjoy language as something creative and beautiful

THEME
SOUND
AND INTERPERSONAL INFORMATIONAL AESTHETIC GRAMMAR VOCAB EDUCATIONAL EMPHASIS
SYSTEM
WEEK
-Introduce self, family and -listen to taped message on -Read a folk tale about family -Simple -S /s/ and -family relationships Thinking skills
others nuclear and extended families love present tense sh / ∫ / -dictionary skills  Analyze information
-Talk about self and family -note important details -Read a poem for: -Dictation -building a word  Make decisions
-Write descriptions about self -Identify main ideas -Act out sections of a text Instructions bank Learning how to learn skills
and family members -Draw conclusions -Read an excerpt from a story Habitual b/b/ and p  Obtain information from the
-Write simple rules -Give sequence of events actions /p/ -Words to describe a dictionary, newspaper,
PEOPLE -Write a simple account of -Talk about values -Adjectives person’s quality encyclopedia, internet
experiences -Listen to a book review -Talk about a character in a -Punctuation -Prefixes: un-, dis-, ICT Skills
-Recount what happens during -Note important details story Capital letters im-, in.  Use the internet
a festival -Find more details in simple -Compose simple dialogues Full stops  Send electronic cards
-Write a simple letter texts Question
describing a family member -Read a story on hospitality marks Preparation for the real world
-Read a poem on friendship Exclamation  Be aware of intercultural
 -Talk about self and -Read an excerpt from a story marks differences
classmates -Act out sections of a text Commas Multiple Intelligences
-Find out about your -Tell how events and values in  Make cards
classmates the text are similar to one’s  Make a book of quotations
-Welcome and invite friends life -Questions Knowledge Acquisition
to a function and to one’s -Make simple predictions words: what,  Find quotations and proverbs
house -Compose simple poems whom
-Accept and decline -Adjectives
invitations -Personal
-Apologize for mistakes pronouns: I,
-Compliment others we, you, he,
-Send an electronic card she, it, they
-Make a greeting card
-Write a letter describing a
friend

THEME INTERPERSONAL INFORMATIONAL AESTHETIC GRAMMAR SOUND VOCAB EDUCATIONAL EMPHASIS

AND
WEEK
-Talk about lifestyle of -Listen to a talk on healthy
teenagers living
-Respond to questions politely -Tell what the text is about
by giving information -Note important details
-Scan for details
-Ask and respond to questions
-Prepare a menu
-Write a letter about a hobby -Read and understand a food
HEALTH label
-Write a paragraph on food
habits
SYSTEM
-Read a story on sharing and -Modals: must, -d /d/ and t -Food categories Knowledge Acquisition
caring should, should /t/ -Building a word  Find out ways of cooking
-Talk about where the story not, must not bank on food and
took place -Yes/No exercise Multiple Intelligences
questions  Make a scrapbook on healthy
-Give sequence of events living
-Talk about values in the text
-Change text to pictures Preparation for The Real World
 Consumer education
-Understand figurative
language

-Write a paragraph on
teenager’s lifestyle

THEME INTERPERSONAL INFORMATIONAL AESTHETIC GRAMMAR SOUND VOCAB EDUCATIONAL EMPHASIS

AND SYSTEM
WEEK
 -Ask and respond politely -Listen to a talk on road -Read a story of an -Question F /f/ and -Words related to Multiple Intelligences
to questions on accidents safety accident victim word: what w /w/ road traffic  Understand tables, pie
-Give advice to drivers and -Follow sequence of ideas -Simple past -Word webs on chart
passengers -Listen for details -Match main ideas with tense: K /k/ and road safety  Kinaesthetic
-Read news report paragraphs  Regular g /g/ -Building a word Knowledge Acquisition
-Ask and respond to -Scan for details -Talk about a setting in a verbs bank on road safety  Use personal observation
SOCIAL question for clarification story  Spelling as a source of information
ISSUES -Read a pie chart rules -Words related to  Set up an exhibition on
-Recount an accident -Write paragraphs on road -Read an excerpt from a  Time school schools
safety and preventing story on school of the and -Suffixes:
Road -Talk about school and accidents future -er, -or, -ess,
place Preparation for the real
safety, class activities -Read a poem about school -Building a word
expressi world
eg. -Ask questions to get -Draw conclusions -Act out sections of the text bank on school life
ons  Understand bumper
Obeying information on extra- -Identify cause and effect -Modals: stickers
road curricular activities -Understand how poet
signs and
must, should  Understand road signs
-Listen to a talk about describes a scene Thinking Skills
the do’s -Identify main points school of thirty tears ago -Tell how events in the text
and
-Prepositions  Identify true and false
-Note important details are similar to one’s life of time: at,
don’ts of statements
-Write a letter about school before, by,
road  Make associations
-Write rules for games and -Identify main ideas -Understand figurative after, on
safety clubs -Write an announcement language -Adverbs of
Personal -Write school rules manner
discipline -Write paragraphs with
at home main ideas and supporting
and in details
school -Set up an exhibition

THEME INTERPERSONAL INFORMATIONAL AESTHETIC GRAMMAR SOUND VOCAB EDUCATIONAL EMPHASIS

AND SYSTEM
WEEK
 -Talk about advertisements -Listen to a talk on advertising -Read an excerpt from a story -Countable S /s/ , z /z/ -Words related to Preparation for the real world
-Ask for the price of products -Note important details about ‘brand-consciousness’ nouns and es /Ιz/ things  Learn to cope with
-Make enquiries about -Tell what the text is about -Talk about values in the text  Spelling -Building a word advertisements
products -Scan for certain details -Change the text to dialogue rules M /m/ , n bank on the things  Become sensitive to different
-Recount a shopping -Identify supporting details -Describe a character -Uncountable /n/ and ng / that people use cultures
experience -Draw conclusions nouns ŋ/  Become aware of consumer
-Fill in an order form -Understand advertisements -Read a poem about a -Articles --Word related to issues
Write a letter about a present soldier’s death -Punctuation Ch /t∫/ and j places Thinking Skills
-Listen to a story about a good -Talk about characters in a -Question /dз/ -Collective nouns  Make decisions
-Talk about Malaysian life citizen poem words: what, -Building a word  Compare and contrast
-Respond appropriately to -Follow sequence of ideas -Talk about values in a poem why, when, L /l/, v /v/, bank on collective  Solve problem
questions -Read a text on royal symbols -Talk about the poet’s where, who aa / ä/ and nouns  Give opinions
-Write a letter about plans for -Deal with unfamiliar words message a/^/
Learning How To Learn Skills
a visit -Talk about the Malaysian flag -Tell how values in the poem -Article the for -homographs
 Prepare a folder on recycling
-Write a diary entry about a -Draw conclusions are similar to one’s life unique things Dictation -building a word
Knowledge Acquisition
holiday home -Comparatives bank on words that
 Make a scrapbook on
-Write a postcard -Talk about raising funds -Read a story on love and and show quantity
contributions of science and
-Listen to a talk on becoming compassion superlatives
-Ask and respond to questions a volunteer -Talk about the characters -Words related to technology to the disabled
-Prepositions
and the sick
-Discuss how to raise money -Follow sequence of ideas -Talk about the values in the of place and people
VALUES
-Seek clarification -Read a news report text -Words related to  Prepare a folder on Malaysian
direction
-Understand the meaning of -Talk about the writer’s -Simple future buildings Heroes
-Talk about setting records words using contextual clues message tense: will, -Building a word Multiple Intelligences
-Talk about achievements -Scan for details going to bank on sprots  Kinaesthetic
-Discuss what records Form 1 -Read a chart -Read a poem about
students can set -Rearrange sentences to form confidence -Some
a paragraph -Recite lines to notice rhyme -Each
-Write an announcement -Retell the story of the poem -Will
-Write a story about caring -Act out scenes in the poem  To show
families request
 To affirm
-Listen to a talk by an
achiever -
-Note important details Demonstrative
-Read an introduction about pronouns: this,
Lat these, that,
-Scan for details those
-Follow sequence of ideas -Phrasal verbs
-Find meanings of unfamiliar -Present
words
 -Identify main ideas continuous
-Identify supporting details tense
-Write a paragraph on a -Possesive
national symbol adjectives: my,
-Write an account of a your, his, her,
national event our, their
-Write a story on patriotism

THEME INTERPERSONAL INFORMATIONAL AESTHETIC GRAMMAR SOUND VOCAB EDUCATIONAL EMPHASIS

AND SYSTEM
WEEK
-Talk about ways of -Listen to a telephone -Read two poem on inventions -Possesive I / i/, ee /i:/, -Abstract nouns Thinking Skills
communication conversation -Talk about characters in the pronouns: e /e/ and a -Words related to  Make inferences of
-Give the required information -Note important details poem mine, yours, /æ/ ideas or qualities conclusions
-Write an e-mail message -Listen and follow directions -Tell how events in the poem his, hers, ours, -Building a word  Make decisions
giving directions to one’s -Read encyclopaedia extracts are similar to one’s life theirs Dictation bank on ways of Learning How To Learn Skills
home -Scan for details -Understand figurative -The and zero communication  Prepare posters on modern
-Identify supporting ideas language in the poem articles H /h/ and y inventions
-Talk about changes -Understand note-taking -Mime out sections of the -Punctuation /j/ -Building big words  Prepare a class folder on the
-Discuss what you would do if -Identify cause and effect poem -Apostrophes from small words world of the future
you were in charge of the -Write a paragraph on -Prefix: tele- Dictation -Similes Multiple Intelligences
country television -Read a poem about changes -Building a word  Kinesthetic
-Write a description on the -Find out the meaning of -Irregular bank on similes ICT Skills
SCIENC
role of gadgets in daily life words plurals  Listen to a broadcast
E AND
-Tell how values in the poem -Question Preparation for the real World
TECHNO
-Listen to a radio broadcast are similar to one’s life words: Which,  Learn how to use the ATM
LOGY
-Follow sequence of ideas -Compose simple lines why,when,
-Read extracts from an -Convey the poet’s message in what, who,
interview own words whose, where
-Scan for details -Conjunctions:
-Write instructions on how to and, but, or
use an ATM -Tenses and
-Understand the meaning of time
words using contextual clues expressions
-Identify main ideas
-Complete a chart
-Write the ending of a story
-Write a recipe for happiness
THEME INTERPERSONAL INFORMATIONAL AESTHETIC GRAMMAR SOUND VOCAB EDUCATIONAL EMPHASIS
AND SYSTEM
WEEK
-Talk about recreation parks -Make simple rules -Read a story on courage and -Negative Th /θ/ and -Smaller words in big Thinking Skills
-Give a simple account of -Listen to an account of a compassion verbs th /ð/ words  Make inferences or
ENVIRO preferences nature holiday -Make a simple prediction -Conditional -Words related to the conclusions
NMENT -Follow directions with the aid -Note important details -Talk about values in the text clauses: if Dictation environment  Compare and contrast
of a map -Read an announcement -Change text to pictures -Simple past -Homophones  Make decisions
-Discuss ways to solve air -Scan for details -Act out how to save a dugong tense -Building a word Learning How To Learn Skills
pollution -Write and present plans  Irregular bank on homophones  Prepare folders on saving the
-Make simple predictions -Identify supporting details verbs earth
-Write instructions on saving -Read a diagram on acid rain -Punctuations Multiple Intelligences
the environment -Write an announcement for a  Kinesthetic
-Recount an incident competition
-Draw conclusions
-Predict outcomes