COURSE OF STUDY

ENGLISH LANGUAGE FORM 4

NAME:________________________________

CLASS:__________________

TOPIC
KNOWS
1.

READING:

2.

Skim and scan for details

Identify main ideas & supporting details
Read and locate information in various texts
Understand meaning of words using contextual
clues
Follow sequence of ideas / events
Read and identify cause and effect
Read and make predictions, giving reasons
Read and make inferences
Read and identify problems and solutions
Read and find evidence
Interpret linear and non-linear texts
Identify points of view
SPEAKING:

3.

Give advice
Give instructions
Summarize ideas / events
Exchange ideas and opinions on current issues
Persuade someone to do something
Initiate a discussion
Talk on various topics
Talk about ones feelings and preferences
Express concern & sympathy
Respond to questions politely and giving the
required information
Share information
Make inquiries
Relate personal experiences
Role play characters
Give feedback
Make a decision, a complaint, recommendations,
Interview people
Suggest ways to solve problems
Deliver speeches
Respond to questions orally
Retell a story from another point of view/in own
words
WRITING
Directed Writing:

Write informal letters by expanding notes

STATUS
HAS NOT
MASTERED

HAS
MASTERED

Write formal letters of complaint , enquiry &

permission by expanding notes
Write speeches by expanding notes
Write reports by expanding notes
Write articles by expanding notes
Continuous Writing:

4.

Write descriptive essays people, places and

events
Write narrative essays
Write argumentative essays
Write reflective essays
Write factual essays
COMPONENTS OF GOOD ESSAYS:

5.

Use different types of introductions

Give appropriate content points
Write clear thesis sentences
Write clear topic sentences (TS)
Provide elaboration and examples to support TS
Conclude essays well
Use the correct format
Use interesting and appropriate words/phrases
Use a variety of sentences
Use idioms, proverbs, quotations
Use appropriate connectors to link points
Use dialogues and description effectively in stories
SUMMARY WRITING

6.

Identify 10 relevant points

Paraphrase/reorganise points
Connect points using relevant connectors
Use the appropriate pronoun and tense
Write a summary within the given number of words
LITERATURE
Short Stories: Leaving No Footprint

Identify the themes and provide evidence

Identify moral values/message and provide

evidence
Describe events and give appropriate evidence

Describe characters and provide evidence

Describe setting

Act out / mime out sections of the stories

Describe how events / values in the stories are

similar to ones life
Short Stories: Changing Their Skies

Identify the themes and provide evidence

Identify moral values/message and provide

evidence
Describe events and give appropriate evidence

Describe characters and provide evidence

Describe setting

Act out / mime out sections of the stories

Describe how events / values in the stories are

similar to ones life

Plays:

Identify the themes and provide evidence

Identify moral values/message and provide

evidence
Describe events and give appropriate evidence

Describe characters and provide evidence

Describe setting

Act out / mime out sections of the plays

7.

Describe how events / values in the plays are

similar to ones life
GRAMMAR
Building Sentences:

Simple Sentences

Compound Sentences

Complex Sentences

Active and Passive Sentences

Tenses:

Present Tense

Past tense

Future tense

Present Continuous Tense

Past Continuous Tense

Future Continuous Tense

Present Perfect Tense

Past Perfect Tense

Verbs:

Future Perfect Tense

Regular and irregular verbs

Adjectives:

Adjective and preposition combinations

Adjectives functioning as nouns

Adjectives of quality

Adjectives of comparison

Possessive adjectives
Adverbs:

Adverbs of Manner

Adverbs of Degree

Adverbs of Time

Adverbs of Frequency
Pronouns:

Interrogative Pronouns

Possessive Pronouns

 Demonstrative Pronouns
Nouns:

Countable and uncountable nouns

Nouns functioning as adjectives

Concrete Nouns

Abstract Nouns
Prepositions:

Prepositions of Time

Prepositions of Direction

Prepositions of Association

Prepositions of Place

Prepositions of Purpose
Conjunctions
Sentence Connectors & Sequence Connectors
Articles: with singular and plural countable nouns
Subject verb Agreement verb to be and have
Gerunds:

Gerunds as complements of verbs to be

Gerunds as objects of prep.

Infinitives:

Infinitives as objects of verbs,

Infinitives as complements of verbs to be

Modals: need to, should
Contractions
8.

9.

VOCABULARY

Abbreviations

Acronyms

Euphemisms

Cliche

Homonyms

Homophones

Word Formation Negative Prefixes / Suffixes

Word families derivatives

Borrowed Words

Phrasal verbs

Compound words

Idioms and proverbs

Figurative Language

Synonyms and Antonyms

Formal vs Informal Expressions

PUNCTUATION:

Comma

Apostrophe

Exclamation Mark

Question Mark

10.

Quotation Mark

Brackets

Underlining for emphasis

Hyphens

Capital Letters

Full stop

Colon

Semi Colon
FORM FIVE TOPICS:

Portrait of a Young Person

Qualities of a friend

Threats to wildlife and how to help them

Malaysian Patriots

Special People the sick, the aged, the

handicapped
Advances in technology

Random Acts of Kindness

Active Ageing

Helping Hands

Role water plays and how to conserve it

The Competitive Edge

For The Common Good

Earth Matters conservation of nature

A Rainbow Nation - multiculturalism

A Culture of Peace

Future Gazing