Weeks 1-3: Chapter 1 - What People Do

INTERPERSONAL:

 Level 1: Talk about daily routine, talk about friends (Read &
understand/Scanning/Spell it right/Note important details)
 Level 2: Write a simple account on one’s friend’s
 Level 3: Write a letter to a friend on one’s ambition

GRAMMAR:

 Simple present tense for habitual actions

 “Wh” words

AESTHETIC: I Wonder by Jeannie Kirby

 Talk about the place and people

 Give sequence of events
 Talk about persona
 Talk about values

Weeks 4-7: Chapter 2 – Villagers and their Livelihood

INTERPERSONAL:

 Level 1: Ask questions politely to get information on a flyer (Read, understand ‘Pulau
Duyung’/Scanning/Describe an activity)
 Level 2: Seek clarification to get certain information about an exhibition
 Level 3: Read topics of interest and discuss certain points with friends

GRAMMAR:

 Subject-Verb Agreement
 Punctuations-capital letters and full stops

AESTHETIC: I Wonder by Jeannie Kirby

 Talk about the place and people

 Give sequence of events
 Talk about persona
 Talk about values

Weeks 8-12: Chapter 3 – Famous Faces

INTERPERSONAL:

 Level 1: Talk about one’s favourite personalities, express congratulations & respond
appropriately, gives compliments (Read & understand an article on a remarkable man/
scan for details/ sequence ideas in diagram/ take dictation/ listen to conversation/ note
important details)
 Level 2: Participate in a class discussion (Identify main ideas)
 Level 3: Write a card to one’s favourite personality ( Make simple predictions/ write
an account on the person one admires the most)

GRAMMAR:

 Adjectives that show qualities

 Simple past tense

AESTHETIC: Rumpelstiltskin (Retold by Angela Lanyon)

 Literary element (Script, plot, character, setting, dialogue, conflict, symbols, theme)

Weeks 13-16: Chapter 4 – Stop Air Pollution

INTERPERSONAL:

 Level 1: Ask questions to get information, answer questions and give details (Read &
understand an interview about air pollution/ scan for details/ take dictation/ listen to a
news report on haze/ note important details)
 Level 2: Participate in a discussion to find the best way to reduce air pollution
(Identify main ideas/ identify supporting details)
 Level 3: Read topics of interest and discuss certain points with friends (Identify cause
and effect/ identify key ideas/ write a composition on pollution in a town)

GRAMMAR:

 Future tense using ‘going to’

 Punctuation – Question mark

AESTHETIC: Rumpelstiltskin (Retold by Angela Lanyon)

 Literary element (Script, plot, character, setting, dialogue, conflict, symbols, theme)

Weeks 17-20: Chapter 5 – Flood Woes

INTERPERSONAL:

 Level 1: Ask questions to get information, answer questions and give details, offer
help and respond appropriately (Read & understand an internet article on flash floods/
 scan for details/ spell it right/ listen to a news bulletin on the after-effects of a flash
flood/ tell what the text is about/ note important details)
 Level 2: Identify main ideas
 Level 3: Complete a newspaper report (Draw obvious conclusions/ design a thank you
card to express appreciation/ write a simple account on a flash flood)

GRAMMAR:

 Prepositions of directions
 Formation of the plural – words ending with ‘f’ and ‘fe’

AESTHETIC: Rumpelstiltskin (Retold by Angela Lanyon)

 Literary element (Script, plot, character, setting, dialogue, conflict, symbols, theme)

Weeks 21-28: Chapter 6 - Give Us Space to Run and Play

INTERPERSONAL:

 Level 1: Express satisfaction & dissatisfaction on a playground in one’s

neighbourhood (Read & understand a talk on the importance of play to children/ scan
for details/ spell it right/ listen to a conversation between two concerned mothers/ note
important details)
 Level 2: Participate in a discussion by agreeing or disagreeing with the opinions of
residents of Taman Sri Jaya (Identify main ideas)
 Level 3: Draw obvious conclusions, identify key ideas, write a simple account on a
gotong-royong activity

GRAMMAR:

 Negative statements
 Punctuations – exclamation mark

AESTHETIC: Heir Conditioning by M SHANmughalingam

 Talk about the place and people

 Give sequence of events
 Talk about persona
 Talk about values

Weeks 29-32: Chapter 7 – Time Is Gold

INTERPERSONAL:

 Level 1: Understand the types of services available at a sports centre, make enquiries
as to what a sports centre offers (Read & understand excerpts of a diary/ scan for
 details/ sequence ideas/ spell it right/ listen to a talk on how to spend the holidays
beneficially/ note important details)
 Level 2: Make further enquiries via telephone (Read & understand a simple table/
identify main ideas/ write an account on how one spent the holidays)
 Level 3: Fill in a registration form (Draw obvious conclusions)

GRAMMAR:

 Punctuation – apostrophe for contractions

 Article ‘the’

AESTHETIC: Heir Conditioning by M SHANmughalingam

 Talk about the place and people

 Give sequence of events
 Talk about persona
 Talk about values

Weeks 33-35: Chapter 8 – What Are Friends For?

INTERPERSONAL:

 Level 1: Talk about qualities one looks for in a friend (Read & understand an article
on how to build a healthy friendship/ use headings & subheadings to look for
information/ scan for details/ take dictation/ listen to the views of three students on
friendship/ note important details)
 Level 2: Participate in class discussions by agreeing, disagreeing & giving opinions
(Identify main ideas/ identify supporting details/ follow sequence of ideas)
 Level 3: Draw obvious conclusions/ identify key ideas/ reply to a letter from a friend
to offer advice.

GRAMMAR:

 Negative adjectives using ‘im’ & ‘un’

 Pronouns – subjects & object pronouns

AESTHETIC: Heir Conditioning by M SHANmughalingam

 Talk about the place and people

 Give sequence of events
 Talk about persona
 Talk about values

Weeks 36-37: Chapter 9 – Looking Good, Feeling Great!

INTERPERSONAL:

 Level 1: Ask questions politely to get information on acne, give instructions orally
(Read & understand a letter on what beauty means/ scan for details/ spell it right/
listen to a talk on personal hygiene/ note important details)
 Level 2: Give advice (Identify main ideas/ identify supporting details/ follow
sequence of ideas)
 Level 3: Identify key ideas/ apply process writing skills on the topic of proper dental
care

GRAMMAR:

 Connectors – sequence connectors/ conjunctions ‘and’, ‘but’, ‘so’, ‘or’

AESTHETIC: One Is One & All Alone by Nicholas Fisk

 Literary element: script, plot, character, setting, dialogue, conflict, symbols, theme
 Technical element: scenery, costumes, props, sound, music, make-up
 Performance: acting, speaking, non-verbal expressions

Weeks 38-39: Chapter 10 – Food For Thought

INTERPERSONAL:

 Level 1: Give advice on a healthy diet (Read & understand a talk on the importance of
breakfast/ scan for details/ take dictation/ listen to the advice on proper ways to cook
vegetables/ note important details)
 Level 2: Participate in a discussion by giving advice and suggestions (Identify main
ideas/ identify supporting ideas)
 Level 3: Read topics of interest & share information with friends (Make simple
predictions/ identify cause & effect/ apply process writing skills on the topic ‘What is
a healthy diet?’

GRAMMAR:

 Modal verbs – ‘must’, ‘may’, ‘can’

 Preposition ‘of’

AESTHETIC: One Is One & All Alone by Nicholas Fisk

 Literary element: script, plot, character, setting, dialogue, conflict, symbols, theme
 Technical element: scenery, costumes, props, sound, music, make-up
 Performance: acting, speaking, non-verbal expressions

Week 40: Chapter 11 – Fun Ways To Fitness

INTERPERSONAL:

 Level 1: Understand the sports activities offered during a sports awareness campaign,
persuade a friend to try a sports activity (Read & understand a web page on
skateboarding/ scan for details/ take dictation/ listen to a briefing before a cross-
country race/ note important details)
 Level 2: Make further enquiries about the activities offered (Identify main ideas/
identify supporting details/ follow sequence of ideas/ write an account of a sports
event)
 Level 3: Draw obvious conclusions

GRAMMAR:

 Past tense form – ‘-ed’, /d/, ‘ed’, /id/

AESTHETIC: One Is One & All Alone by Nicholas Fisk

 Literary element: script, plot, character, setting, dialogue, conflict, symbols, theme
 Technical element: scenery, costumes, props, sound, music, make-up
 Performance: acting, speaking, non-verbal expressions

Week 41: Chapter 12 – Going Organic

INTERPERSONAL:

 Level 1: Talk about a trip to an agrotourism farm, give oral & written instructions to
make compost (Read & understand an article on organic farming/ follow sequence of
ideas in a diagram/ scan for details/ spell it right/ listen to the views on organic
farming/ note important details)
 Level 2: Identify main ideas/ identify supporting details
 Level 3: Read topics of interest & discuss certain points with friends (Write a simple
account on a trip to Happy Agrofarm)

GRAMMAR:

 Uncountable nouns
 Prepositions of place

AESTHETIC: One Is One & All Alone by Nicholas Fisk

 Literary element: script, plot, character, setting, dialogue, conflict, symbols, theme
 Technical element: scenery, costumes, props, sound, music, make-up
 Performance: acting, speaking, non-verbal expressions

Week 42: Chapter 13 – Our Green Heritage

INTERPERSONAL:

 Level 1: Read & understand an extract from an encyclopaedia on unusual plants,/ scan
for details/ follow sequence of ideas in diagrams/ spell it right/ listen to a description
about a nature trip/ note important details
 Level 2: Participate in a discussion (Identify main ideas/ identify supporting details/
follow sequence of ideas)
 Level 3: Read topics of interest & discuss certain points with friends (Identify key
ideas/ write a description about a trip to the National Park)

GRAMMAR:

 Simple present tense for facts that are generally true

 Future form using ‘will’

AESTHETIC: One Is One & All Alone by Nicholas Fisk

 Literary element: script, plot, character, setting, dialogue, conflict, symbols, theme
 Technical element: scenery, costumes, props, sound, music, make-up
 Performance: acting, speaking, non-verbal expressions

Week 43: Chapter 14 – Innovations in Technology

INTERPERSONAL:

 Level 1: Talk about latest innovations (Read & understand an article on robots/ scan
for details/ spell it right/ listen to a talk on technology & its effects/ note important
details)
 Level 2: Participate in a class discussion by agreeing, disagreeing & giving opinions
(Identify main ideas)
 Level 3: Read about the latest innovations & discuss the changes & benefits they bring
to man (Identify key ideas/ write a composition describing one’s innovation)

GRAMMAR:

 Adverbs of place & time

 Punctuation – apostrophe to show possession

AESTHETIC: One Is One & All Alone by Nicholas Fisk

 Literary element: script, plot, character, setting, dialogue, conflict, symbols, theme
 Technical element: scenery, costumes, props, sound, music, make-up
 Performance: acting, speaking, non-verbal expressions