SMK KOTA SAMARAHAN

ENGLISH LANGUAGE: SCHEME OF WORK

FORM 4
FIRST SEMESTER 2015
TOPIC /
THEME
Knowing me
Knowing you
p. 1

LEARNING
OUTCOMES
1.1(a)
taking part in
conversations and
discussions
1.1 (b)
introducing oneself;

People
1.2(a)
carrying out a variety of
language functions;
1.2(b)
discussing plans and
arrangements, solving
problems, and making
decisions;
2.1(a)
listening to spoken texts
such as talks, speeches
and viewing television
documentaries and
multimedia;
2.1(c)
reading materials in print
such as reports and
articles and using other
electronis media such as
the internet.
2.3(a)
writing recounts,
descriptions,
explanations, speeches,
reports, and articles

OBJECTIVES

LITERATURE

By the end of Form 4,

students should be able to

Lit ComponentIn the midst of

Hardship
LatiffMohidin

- Make conversations and

talk on various topics with
friends and with people
whom they meet for the
first time;

DOMAIN

SKILLS

interpersonal

listening

PEDADOGICAL
STRATEGIES
MI

informational

speaking

VL

reading

IP

writing

CC

i-THINK
Week1:
Introduce:
Circle Map &
Bubble Map
Week2:
Introduce:
Brace Map &
Tree Map
Week3:
Introduce:
Double Bubble
Map & Flow
Map

CX

LANGUAGE
CONTENT
Language Forms
and Functions
Vowel Sounds / I /
/ i: /
Diphthong
/el /
/al /

CCT

ACTIVITIES
1. Getting to know each
other by asking and
finding out as much as
you can about another
person.

DURATION

Week 1-3
12/1 30/1

1. Talking about wedding

customs.
2. comparing and
contrasting between 2
wedding

Past Tense
1. Listen to a
conversation on how
birthdays are celebrated
today and in the past.
1. Reading a variety of
texts - tel. message, diary
entry, E-mail, newspapers
report.
1. Food Dilemma Discuss problems and
brainstorm for
suggestions.
1. Writing skills - Outline
of an essay:
a. Intro
b. Main Body
C. Closure

Wedding Ceremony
page 16

TOPIC /
THEME

Looking Up
Lifestyles
p. 121

LEARNING
OUTCOMES

OBJECTIVES

Literature

1.1 (d)
Exchanging ideas,
information and opinions
on topics of interest.

- Interact with people and

develop skills in forming
and maintaining friendships
by expressing care and
concern and willingness to
help, and creating a sense
of togetherness:

Week 4:
Lit ComponentIn the midst of
Hardship
LatiffMohidin

2.1(b)
Interviewing and using
questionnaires;

People
2.3(a)
Writing recounts,
descriptions,
explanations, speeches,
reports, and articles;
1.3(a)
Making enquiries and
ordering goods and
services;
1.3(b)
Making complaints and
responding to complaints.
2.2(a)
Skimming and scanning
for specific information
and ideas;
2.3(g)
Summarising information;

- Have a positive outlook

and act appropriately in
social situations:

Week 5-6:
Short
Story-The
Fruitcake
Special By
Frank Brennan

DOMAIN

SKILLS

PEDAGOGICA
L
STRATEGIES

interpersonal

listening

MI - VL

informational

speaking

LL

reading

MI - VI

writing

CX
CCT

i-THINK
Week4:
Introduce:
Multi-Flow
Map & Bridge
Map

LANGUAGE
CONTENT
Concord - Subject
- Verb Agreement
Adjectives and
Nouns
Words from
foreign languages

ACTIVITIES

1. Sharing experiences
on eating foreign
food.p.122
2. Completing a
conversation.p.123

DURATION

Week 4 - 6
2/2 18/2

1. Interviewing people on
their lifestyles and
activities when they are
young p.126
1. Using information
gathered from the
interview, write a simple
report p.126
1. Role Play - Making
enquiries, placing an
order and giving
feedback. p.124
1. Making a verbal
complaint about a
product.
2. Responding to a
complaint.p.125
1. Reading an article on
'Mobile Phones'.
2. Reading for details
and making inferences.
Read a talk on following
fashions.
2. Underline main points.
3. Summarize passage
in 140 words.

Chinese New Year Holidays

19/2 20/2

Diagnostic Test For Form 1 & 4 (TOV)

Week 6

16/2 20/2
Progressive Test 1 For Form 1 & 5

Week 7 9
23/2 -10/3

Mid Semester Break

Week 10
16/3 20/3

Test Review and Correction

Week 11
23/3 27/3

TOPIC /
THEME

Promoting
Our Crafts
p.252
People

LEARNING
OUTCOMES
1.1(d)
Exchanging ideas,
information and opinions
on topics of interest.
1.2 (b)
Discussing plans and
arrangements, solving
problems and making
decisions

OBJECTIVES

- Show an awareness and

appreciation of our crafts.
- Obtain information from
various sources including
factual material and
present the information
clearly and accurately to
others both orally and in
writing

LITERATURE

Short
Story-The
Fruitcake
Special By
Frank Brennan

DOMAIN

SKILLS

PEDAGOGICA
L
STRATEGIES

interpersonal

listening

TS

informational

speaking

KA

reading

MI

Checking Up
On Health
p. 65

Poem He had such

quiet eyes
BibsySoenharj
o

interpersonal

listening

SS

informational

speaking

ICT

reading

CCT

writing

The dipthong
sound /ev/
The /e/ and / /
sounds
Types of
sentences:
simple
sentence,
compound
sentence,
complex
sentence

writing

2.3 (d)
Extracting main ideas
and details
2.2(a)
- Obtain information from
Skimming and scanning
various sources
for specific information
including factual material
and ideas;
and present the
information clearly and
2.2(h)
accurately to others both
Using print and electronic
orally and in writing
dictionaries:

LANGUAGE
CONTENT

Stress on foursyllable words

The Present
Perfect Tense
Revision on The
Simple Past Ten

ACTIVITIES

DURATION

1. Choral reading
2. Completing a table
with words or phrases
which appeal to the
senses

Week 12 -14
23/2 13/3
Good Friday
Fri 3/4

3. Identifying similes
and metaphors

1. Students read a text on

'Discovery of Down's
Syndrome'.
2. Reading for details,
making inferences.
3. Skimming and
scanning to identify fact
or opinion.

Week 15 -16
20/4 30/4

Health
2.1(a)
Listen to spoken texts as
talks, speeches and
viewing television
documentaries and
multimedia;

1. Use a thesaurus to
find the synonym of a list
of words.
9
1. To listen to a
conversation about end-

TOPIC /
THEME

LEARNING
OUTCOMES

OBJECTIVES

LITERATURE

DOMAIN

SKILLS

PEDADOGICAL
STRATEGIES

LANGUAGE
CONTENT

1.1(d)
Exchanging ideas,
information and opinions
on topics of interest.

ACTIVITIES

DURATION

stage renal failures.

2. Completing a flow
chart.
3. In groups discuss
views on organ donations

Write a journal p./g 73

2.2(a)
Skimming and scanning
for specific information
and ideas;
Healthy
Living
p. 196
Health

2.1(c)
Reading materials in print
such as reports and
articles and using other
electronic media such as
the internet.

- Obtain information from

various sources including
factual material and
present the information
clearly and accurately to
others both orally and in
writing:

Poem He had such

quiet eyes
BibsySoenharj
o

interpersonal

listening

FS

informational

speaking

MI

reading

ICT

writing

TS

Prepositions of
time
Prepositions of
association
Consonant
sounds
/k/
/ ks /
/z/

1. Students read a text

on 'Alternative Medicine'
p.206
2. Reading for details,
making inferences

Week 17
5/5 -8/5

1. Students discuss and

decide which food
products are suitable for
-a growing child, a
teenager, a pregnant
woman, an elderly
person.

Wesak Day
Sun 3/5

Labour Day
Fri 1/5

First Semester Examination

Week 18-20
11/5 26/5

Semester 1 Holiday Break

Week 21-22
1/6 -12/6

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SMK KOTA SAMARAHAN

ENGLISH LANGUAGE: SCHEME OF WORK
FORM 4
SECOND SEMESTER 2015
TOPIC /
THEME

LEARNING
OUTCOMES

OBJECTIVES

LITERATURE

DOMAIN

SKILLS

PEDADOGICAL
STRATEGIES

LANGUAGE
CONTENT

ACTIVITIES

Test Review and Corrections

Reaching
Out
p. 44
Social Issues

1.1(c)
Talking about self, family
and friends, interests,
part events, feelings,
personal experiences
and u/standing when
others talk about
themselves

Week 23
15/6 19/6
-Interact with people and
develop skills in forming
and maintaining friendships
by expressing care and
concern and willingness to
help, and creating a sense
of togetherness

Short
Story-QWERT
YUIOP By
Vivien Alcock

interpersonal

listening

MI -VL

informational

speaking

SS

reading

CCT

The Simple Past

Tense Modals 'should' and 'need'

Week 24 - 25
22/6 3/7

writing
1. Students listen to a
talk and follow the
sequence

1. Students read a
passage 'Alone in His
Twilight Years".
2. Skimming, scanning
and locating specific
details.

2.2(a)
Skimming and scanning
for specific information
and ideas;
2.3(a)
Writing recounts,
descriptions,
explanations, speeches,
reports, and articles;

Facing
teenage
blues

1. Students shared
experiences on helping
others.

Sentence Stress
and Intonation

2.1 (a)
Listen to spoken texts as
talks, speeches and
viewing television
documentaries and
multimedia;

Argumentative writing
p/g47
1.1(c)
Talking about self, family
and friends, interests,

DURATION

1. Writing an
argumentative
composition.
2. Development of ideas.
3. Paragraphing.
4. Use of transition
markers.of ideas.
- Have a positive outlook
and act appropriately in
social situations; and

Short
Story-QWERT

interpersonal

listening

MI - VL

Verb &
Preposition

1. Sharing experiences
on environmental

Week 26 - 27
6/7 16/7

p. 156
Social Issues
TOPIC /
THEME

part events, feelings,

personal experiences
and u/standing when
others talk about
themselves
LEARNING
OUTCOMES
2.2(b)Extracting main
ideas and details;

Going HighTech
p. 102
Science and
Technology

- Show an awareness and

appreciation of moral
values and love towards
OBJECTIVES

YUIOP By
Vivien Alcock

LITERATURE

informational

DOMAIN

the nation

speaking

CCT

combination

reading

SS

Homographs

SKILLS
writing

PEDADOGICAL
STRATEGIES
MI - IP

LANGUAGE
CONTENT

ACTIVITIES

Adjective &
Preposition
combinations
1. Reading short texts
and scanning for
information p.150
2. Identifying cause and
effect p.141

Writing a composition on
Deforestation P/g147

1. To give a talk on the

importance of preserving
trees.

2.1(a)
Listening to spoken texts
such as talks, speeches
and viewing television
documentaries and
multimedia;
2.2(b)Extracting main
ideas and details;
2.3(b)
Instructing, describing,
narrating, explaining, and
reporting orally;

- Give feedback on
products and services and
respond appropriately to
feedback given

Short
Story-QWERT
YUIOP By
Vivien Alcock

interpersonal

listening

MI-VL

informational

speaking

CCT

reading

MI - VISUAL

- Obtain information from

various sources including
factual material and
present the information
clearly and accurately to
others both orally and in
writing

writing

Consonant
clusters /SI / KL /

2.1(a)
Listening to spoken texts
such as talks, speeches
and viewing television
documentaries and
multimedia;

p. 176
2.2(b)Extracting main
ideas and details;

DURATION
Hari Raya
Puasa
Fri 17/7
Sat 18/7

2.3(a)
Writing recounts,
descriptions,
explanations, speeches,
reports, and articles;

1. To listen and complete

a table on shopping over
internet p.105

Week 28 -29
20/7 31/7

Passive
construction
Logical
connectors
Sequence
connectors
The prefix 'pre'

1. To read an article on
'Making Rubber Gloves'.
2. Transfer information
onto a flow chart.
1. Use the notes and
write out the process of
making paper.

Process writing p/g 116

Moving
ahead

damage.

- Give feedback on
products and services and
respond appropriately to
feedback given:
- Obtain information from
various sources including
factual material and
present the information

Drama- Gulp
and GaspJohn
Townsend

interpersonal

listening

ICT

informational

speaking

KA

reading

TS

writing

FS

Prepositions of
direction
Prepositions of
purpose
Consonant
sounds / s / /
zem / / sp /

1. Discuss about the

convenience that the
innovation has given us
p.176

Week 30 31
3/8 -14/8

1. To read an article on
'Living in a World of
Technology'.

Science and
Technology
TOPIC /
THEME

2.3(b)
Instructing, describing,
narrating, explaining, and
reporting orally;
LEARNING
OUTCOMES
1.1(c)
Talking about feelings
and personal
experiences

Saving Every
Drop
p.21
Environment

clearly and accurately to

others both orally and in
writing:
OBJECTIVES
- Give feedback on
products and services and
respond appropriately to
feedback given:

2. List the advantages

and disadvantages of
having Internet, Credit
cards, Mobile phones.
LITERATURE
Drama- Gulp
and GaspJohn
Townsend

DOMAIN

SKILLS

PEDADOGICAL
STRATEGIES

interpersonal

listening

MI - VL

informational

speaking

LL

reading

CC

writing

SS

1.1(d)
Exchanging ideas,
information and opinions
on topics of interest.

LANGUAGE
CONTENT

ACTIVITIES

Language Forms
and Functions

1. Recall past
experiences on water
shortage by completing a
mind map.

Consonant
sounds
/ v / // w /

MI - VI

1.2(a)
Carrying out a variety of
language functions:

1. Listen to a description
of how a housewife
recycles water and
complete a mind map.
2. Listen and identify
true or false statements.
1. Listen to a text on how
to save water.

Newspaper article p/g38

p. 82
Values

2.2(b)
Extracting main ideas
and details;

1. Students start their

own journal about their
own contribution in
conserving water over a
week.
1. Role-Play

2.2 Making short notes

and mapping out ideas.

1.1(d)
Exchanging ideas,
information and opinions
on topics of interest.

Week 32 -33
17/8 28/8

FS

2.1(a)
Listening to spoken texts
such as talks, speeches
and viewing television
documentaries and
multimedia;

Deciding On
Dams

DURATION

- Obtain information from

various sources including
factual material and present
the information clearly and
accurately to others both
orally and in writing:

Drama- Gulp
and GaspJohn
Townsend

interpersonal

listening

MI-VL

informational

speaking

CCT

reading

SS

Gerunds after
prepositions
Homophones

1. Read newspaper
articles on the effects of
building a new dam
2. Share opinions and
discuss the predicament
of the settlers

Week 34
31/8 -4/9

writing
1. Read a passage
'Winds of Change'(87).

TOPIC /
THEME

LEARNING
OUTCOMES

OBJECTIVES

LITEARUTE

DOMAIN

SKILLS

PEDAGOGICAL
STRATEGIES

LANGUAGE
CONTENT

2.3(g)
Summarising information'
Writing an article p/g 89

ACTIVITIES

DURATION

and complete the graphic

organiser
1. Guidelines in writing a
summary(p.89)
2. Exercise - summarise
3 short passages (p.91)

Caring for
the
environment

1.1(c)
Talking about self, family
and friends, interests,
part events, feelings,
personal experiences
and u/standing when
others talk about
themselves

- Obtain information from

various sources including
factual material and present
the information clearly and
accurately to others both
orally and in writing:

Drama- Gulp
and GaspJohn
Townsend

interpersonal

listening

MI - VL

informational

speaking

CCT

reading

SS

writing

MI - IP

Verb & Preposition

combination

1. Sharing experiences
on environmental
damage.

Week 35 -36
7/8 18/9

Homographs
Adjective &
Preposition
combinations

p. 139
Environment

2.2(b)Extracting main
ideas and details;
1. Reading short texts
and scanning for
information p.150
2. Identifying cause and
effect p.141

2.3(a)
Writing recounts,
descriptions,
explanations, speeches,
reports, and articles;

1.

To give a talk on the

importance of
preserving trees

Writing a compositi9n on
Deforestation P/g147
Mid-semester 2 Holiday Break
Loving Our
Country
1.1(c)
p. 215
Talking about self, family
and friends, interests,
part events, feelings,
Values
personal experiences

Week 37
21/9 25/9
- Show an awareness and
appreciation of moral
values and love towards the
nation:

Revision:
PoemIn the midst of
Hardship
LatiffMohidin

interpersonal

listening

PFW

informational

speaking

KA

reading

ICT

The Past Perfect

Tense
Adverbs of degree
- thoroughly,

1. Talking about
patriotism
2. Decide whether to
agree or disagree with
the other people opinions

Week 38
28/9 1/10

and u/standing when

others talk about
themselves

completely, nearly
writing

2.0(c)
Reading materials in print
TOPIC /
THEME

LEARNING
OUTCOMES

OBJECTIVES

such as reports and

articles and using other
electronic media such as
the internet
2.2(b)
Extracting main ideas
and details

Preserving
Nature

2.2( e)
Predicting outcomes:
2.2 (a) Skimming and
scanning for specific
information and ideas

p. 233
2.2 Making short notes
and mapping out
ideas.

Short
Story-The
Fruitcake
Special By
LITEARUTE

MI

DOMAIN

SKILLS

PEDAGOGICAL
STRATEGIES

Sentence stress in
statements and
questions
LANGUAGE
CONTENT

1. Find more about the

famous people in the
internet
ACTIVITIES

DURATION

Frank Brennan

-Sharing information on
wetlands
-Discussing activities in a
wetland

KA
Revision:
Poem He had such
quiet eyes
BibsySoenharjo

Environment

interpersonal

listening
ICT

informational

speaking
MI
reading
writing

2.2(b)
Extracting main ideas
and details

about patriotism.

TS

Short StoryQWERTYUIOP
By Vivien Alcock

Conjunctions
either or,
neither nor
Conjunctions
Although,
However
Contractions d
and m
Silent g /n/, silent
l /m/, /lm/, /r/
sounds

1. Listening and
completing a chart

Week 39
5/10 9/10

2. Designing a brochure
for a wetland
3. Scanning for words to
complete a table
4. Drawing a food web

2.2( e)
Predicting outcomes:
Writing a summary

Final Examination For Form 1,2 & 4

SPM / Year End holiday begin

Week 39 40
5/10 15/10

Week 46
23/11

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