Tao Nan School English Language Department Primary 4 Scheme of Work for Parents Term 1, 2017

Unit 1 Prince Zak and the Wise Frog

VOCABULARY [from Prince Zak and the Wise Frog]

bird house*, duck pond*, garden shed*, gold ball*, hose, lawn, palace gardens*, pond slime*, post hole*, spade, tap
*2-word nouns with a specific meaning

Imagery use imagery in Writing [Worksheet E2]

Examples: slimy, weedy pond, big, yellow eyes, ball bobbing up towards the light, Shlop!

Metaphor make comparison without using like or as

Example : a mountain of slime

GRAMMAR

Determiners : zero article for uncountable Using Adjectives before and Phrasal Verbs
nouns after nouns
Examples: burst into tears / put on a play / put on
There is no determiner or article (the) in Examples: The wise frog. your shoes / came up with a plan
sentences whereby the nouns come after I The frog is wise.
like or Something is made of Refer to Longman Mastering English Grammar &
Worksheet E4 Vocabulary, page 251 to 258 for a list of phrasal
Examples: I like curry. verbs
The ball is made of gold.
Worksheet E5
Worksheet E3
Conditional Sentences using If Modals: Adverbs: [of place] nearby,
Example: If I get your ball back, you must do must, have to, should (for [of manner] keenly, sadly, boldly, warily
something for me. obligation) [of time] one morning, soon

Learn how to use the simple past and past could, would ( tentativeness) Prepositions: [of position] in, on, [direction] into,
continuous tenses and form sentences with if. against,
must ( to convey necessity) [complex or two word prepositions] out of, up
Worksheet E6 towards
Worksheet E7
Worksheet E8

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Tao Nan School English Language Department Primary 4 Scheme of Work for Parents Term 1, 2017

Literature Composition Listening Comprehension (LC) (Spelling and

Charlottes Web CWS 1 Using Effective Dictation)
Introductions
CWS 2 How to write LC 1 and 2
Conclusions Refer to Listening Comprehension Lists given.
CWS 3 Accurate Use of
Vocabulary
CWS 4 Punctuation for
Dialogues Part 1

Unit 2 Canoe Diary

VOCABULARY [from Canoe Diary]

beavers, campsite, canoe, dragonflies, garter snake, gear, moose, pitcher plants, supplies, swamp, terrapin

GRAMMAR

Suffixes Imagery: sound Countable Nouns: [without a plural marker]

[-ful] (graceful, peaceful, harmful, Examples: Egs : moose, salmon, deer
thoughtful) I heard heavy footsteps. Uncountable Nouns: food, clothing, furniture,
[ive] (protective, sportive) My heart started pounding. firewood, gear

Worksheet E1
Using Adverb and Adjective Adjectives with restricted positions Simple Past Tense
Past Continuous Tense
Examples: so clear, so peaceful, so Examples: Future Tense
graceful, very protective, so still, really, The writer was alone on the trip.
quite beautiful, so close His food was safe from the bears. Using correct forms of verbs

Worksheet E2 Worksheet E3 Worksheet E4

Adverbs Connectors for events in a recount [ but, Punctuation

somewhere / nowhere so, when, because, since] Speech marks for Direct Speech and Thoughts
Connectors for purpose [so that, in order

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Tao Nan School English Language Department Primary 4 Scheme of Work for Parents Term 1, 2017

Worksheet E5 to, so as to] Worksheet 8

Worksheet 6 and 7
Literature Composition Listening Comprehension (LC)
Charlottes Web Composition - C1 (Spelling and Dictation)
CWS 5 Punctuation for Dialogues Part 2 LC 3 and 4
CWS 6 Writing in Paragraphs Refer to Listening Comprehension Lists
CWS 7 Flow of Story and Paragraphing given.
CWS 8 Sentence Starters

Unit 3 Rubys Sunflower

VOCABULARY [from Rubys Sunflower]
badge, basketball, bedroom window, centimetres, contest, delight, ladder, plant food, spider, whopper

GRAMMAR
Antonyms Synonyms Proper Nouns [Revision]
win/lose, tall/ short, best/ worst, never/ always, quick/ fast, tall/ high, small/ little, biggest/ Ruby, Spider, Grandad, Saul, Mum
straight/ crooked, new/old, small/ big largest, great/ wonderful
Gerunds
Worksheet E1 Worksheet E2 Verbs used as nouns winning, swimming

Worksheet E3
Different kinds of verbs action, sensing, Modals might/ could / have to (for Sentence Structure: I wish
feeling, mental/ thinking obligation) I wish I was good at basketball.

Worksheet E4 Worksheet E5 Conditional if Mr Chen says I have to

practise if I want to get on the team.
Worksheet E6
Literature Composition Listening Comprehension (LC)
Charlottes Web Composition C2 (Spelling and Dictation)
CWS 9 Show Phrases Part 1 LC 5
CWS 10 Show Phrases Part 2 Refer to Listening Comprehension Lists
given.
Practice Paper 1