ENGLISH LANGUAGE SCHEME OF WORK FORM ONE

2016

WEEKS
1-3

THEME/ LEVEL
LANGUAGE OUTCOMES/ CURRICULUM SPECIFICATION
CHAPTER
Interpersonal Use
Informational Use Aesthetic Use
People
1
Introduce self, family Listen to a taped
Read a folk tale
and others
message on nuclear about family
Family
Talk about self and
and extended
Read a poem
Circle
family
families.
Act out sections
Write description
Note important
of a text
about self and family details
Read an exerpt
members.
from a story.
2

Write simple rules

Write a simple
account of
experience

Recount what
happens during a
festival.
Write a simple letter
describing a family
member

Identify main ideas

Draw conclusions

Give sequence
of events.
Talk about
values in the text.
Talk about a
character in a
story.

Compose simple
dialogues.
Introduction to
poem.
News Break
Compose simple
poems

LANGUAGE
CONTENT
Grammar
Simple Present
tense for:
Habitual actions
Adjectives
Punctuation:
Capital letters
Commas
Full stops
Question marks
Exclamation marks

Sound System:
s/s/ and sh/
Dictation

STANDARD
PERFORMANCE
B1
Know fundamental
skills in listening,
speaking, reading and
writing

DESCRIPTOR

EVIDENCE

INSTRUMENT

B1 DL1
Introducing oneself

B1DL1E1
Able to introduce
oneself using
suggested sentence
patterns

B1 DL1 E1
Introduce oneself
orally in class

B3
Use knowledge
acquired through
listening, speaking,
reading and writing

B3 DB1
Reading and
identifying information
in a linear/nonlinear text

B3 DB1 E1
Able to identify main
ideas in a linear/nonlinear text by
answering compre
hension questions
checking true/false
statements

B3 DB1 E1
Read a text and
answer the questions

B6
Apreciate literary
works and present
ideas critically in an
exemplary manner

B6 DL1
Listening and
responding to
literary works by
giving one's opinion
of the text and
relating it to life

B6 DL1 E1
Able to retell the text
in one's own words
using correct
grammar and
vocabulary

B6 DL1 E1
Listen to a poem and
retell the text in one's
own words

Vocabulary:
Family relationships
Dictionary skills
Building a work bank

CHINESE NEW YEAR BREAK (8 FEB - 10 FEB)

WEEKS
4&6

8 -- 9

THEME/ LEVEL
LANGUAGE OUTCOMES/ CURRICULUM SPECIFICATION
CHAPTER
Interpersonal Use
Informational Use Aesthetic Use
People
1
Talk about self and
Listen to a book
Read a story on
classmates
review.
hospitality
Find out about your
Note important
Read a poem on
classmates
details
friendship
Welcome and invite
Read an exerpt of
friends to a function
a story
and to one's house
Act out a section
Circle of
Accept and decline
of a text
Friends
invitations
Apologize for
mistakes
Complement others
2
Find more details in Tell how events
simple text
and values in the
text are similar to
one's life.
Make simple
3
Send an electronic
predictions
card
Make a greeting card
Introduction to
Write a letter
short story:
describing a friend
Flipping Fantastic

Health

Talk about lifestyles of

teenagers
Respond to
questions politely by
giving information

Listen to a talk on
healthy living
Tell what the text is
about Note
important details
Scan for details

Ask and respond to

questions

Prepare a menu
Read and
understand food
label
Write a paragraph on
food habits

Live
Smart

Read a story on
sharing and caring
Talk about where
the story took
place
Give sequence of
Talk about values
Change text to
pictures
Understand
figurative language

LANGUAGE
CONTENT
Grammar:
Questions words:
what, whom
Adjectives
Personal Pronouns:
I, we. You, she, he,
it they
Sound system:
b / b/ and p /p/
Vocabulary:
Words to describe a
person's qualities
Building word bank
on describing words
Prefixes: un-, dis-,
im-, in-

Grammar:
Modals : must,
should not, must not
Yes / No questions

d /d/ and t /t/

Vocabulary:
Food categories
Building a word bank
on food and exercise

STANDARD
PERFORMANCE
B2
Understand meanings
at word, phrase and
sentence level

B3
Use knowledge
acquired through
listening, speaking,
reading and writing

DESCRIPTOR

EVIDENCE

INSTRUMENT

B2 DL1
Talking about self,
family, friends and
interests

B2 DL1 E1
Able to ask simple
questions to get
information and
respond appropriately
to questions on any
one of the following:
self
family
friends
interests

B2 DL1 E1
Ask and answer
questions

B3 DL1
Inviting someone to
a function through
a conversation

B3 DL1 E1
Able to invite and
accept or decline
invitations

B3 DL1 E1
Present a dialogue
in pair

B3 DT1
Writing a short
description

B3 DT1 E1
Able to write a short
description using
adjectives/adverbs
in a paragraph

B3 DT1 E1
Write a description
of a best friend

B1
B1 DL2
Know fundamental skills Able to identify initial
in L, S, R and W
and final consonants
long and short vowels
plural forms&contracti
B4
B4 DT1
Apply knowledge
Writing an informal
acquired in a variety of letter
situations using some
appropriate language
conventions

B1 DL2 E1
B1 DL2 E1
Able to identify initial
Listen to words &
& final consonants,
circle them
long & short vowels,
plural forms & contractions
B4 DT1 E1
B4 DT1 E1
Able to write an
Write a letter to a
informal letter using
pen-pal in Brunei
the correct format
and with appropriate
grammar

B6
Appreciate literary
works and present
ideas critically in an
exemplary manner

B6 DL1 E2
Able to state what
one thinks about the
text and how it
affects him/her using
correct grammar and
vocabulary

B6 DL1
Listening and
responding to
literary works by
giving one's opinion
of the text and
relating it to life

Write a letter about a Write a paragraph on

hobby
teenagers' lifestyle

1ST ASSESSMENT ( 7 MARCH - 11 MARCH) / 1ST MID TERM BREAK (11 MAR - 20 MAR)

B6 DL1 E2
Listen to a poem
answer the questions

13-Nov

CHAPTER
Social
Issues

Interpersonal Use
Ask and respond
politely to question
on accidents
Give advice to drivers
and passengers

Informational Use
Listen to a talk on
road safety
Follow sequence of
ideas
Read news report
Scan for details
Listen to details

Aesthetic Use
Read a story of an
accident victim

Ask and respond to

questions for
clarification

Read a pie chart

Write a paragraph on
road safety and
preventing accidents

Match main ideas

with paragraphs
Talk about the
setting in a story

Sound system:
f /f/ and w /w/

Recount an accident

Draw conclusions
Identify cause and
effects

Introduction to
poem:
Sad I Am

Vocabulary:
Words related to
road traffic
Words webs on the
road safety

Better
Safe
than
Sorry
2

14--15

Social
Issues

Talk about school

and class activities
Ask questions to get
information on extracurricular activities

Listen to a talk about

about school thirty
years ago
Note important
details

Identify main points

Identify main ideas

Write an
anouncement

3 Write a letter about

school
Write rules for games
and clubs

Write paragraphs
with main ideas and
supporting details
Set up an exhibition

School
days

CONTENT
Grammar:
Question word:
what
Simple Past Tense:
Regular verbs
Spelling rules
Time and place
expressions
Modals: must, should

B4
Apply knowledge
acquired in a variety of
situations using some
appropriate language
conventions

B5
B5 DL1
Demonstrate the ability Describing an event/
to use language in a
incident and narravariety of situations
ting it
using largely appropriate
language conventions
B5 DT1
Writing a narrative

Read an excerpt
from a story on
school of the future
Read a poem about
school.
Act out sections
of the text

Grammar:
B1
Prepositions of time: at, Know fundamental
by, after, on
skills in L, S, R & W
Adverbs of manner

Understand how a
poet describes a
scene.
Tell how events in
the text are similar
to one;s life
Understand
figurative language

Vocabulary:
Words related to
school
Suffixes: -er,
-or , -ess

Sound system:
k /k/ and g /g/

Building a word bank

on school life

B4 DB1
Reading and
processing informa
tion in a linear/nonlinear text

B1 DB1
Presenting informa
tion by reading aloud
written texts clearly
and fluently

B4 DB1 E1
Able to identify cause
and effect relationships in a factual/
narrative text by:
extracting specific
information
answering comprehension questions in
complete sentences
using appropriate
conjunctions

B4 DB1 E1
Read a passage and
answer questions.
Match the effects to
the causes

B5 DL1 E1
Able to listen and
relay information
about an event/
incident aptly

B5 DL1 E1
Orally describe what
happens in the
pictures

B5 DT1 E1
Able to write an
account of an incident/
event using correct
grammar and
mechanics of writing

B5 DT1 E1
Write a letter about
one's visit to the
children's home

with guidance
B1 DB1 E1
Able to read aloud
with proper pronunciation & intonation

B1 DB1 E1
Read aloud a short
text

WEEKS
16--18

THEME/ LEVEL
LANGUAGE OUTCOMES/ CURRICULUM SPECIFICATION
CHAPTER
Interpersonal Use
Informational Use Aesthetic Use
Values
1
Talk about
Listen to a talk on
Read an excerpt
advertisement
advertising.
from a story about
Ask for the price of
Note important
brand-conciousness
products
details

Make enquiries about

products
Recount a shopping
experience
Fill in an order form

Write a letter about a Draw conclusions

present
Understand
advertisements

Making
Choices

Tell what the text is

Scan for certain
details.
Identify supporting
details.

Talk about values

in the text
Change text to
dialogue
Describe a character

Short story:
20,000 Leagues
Under the sea.

LANGUAGE
CONTENT
Grammar:
Countable nouns
Spelling rules
Uncountable nouns
Articles
Punctuation
Questions words:
what, when, why,
where, who.
Sound system:
s /s/ , z /z/ and es / iz/
Dictation

STANDARD
PERFORMANCE
B3
Use knowledge
acquired through
listening, speaking,
reading and writing
B4
Apply knowledge
acquired in a variety of
situations using some
appropriate language
conventions

DESCRIPTOR

EVIDENCE

INSTRUMENT

B3 DT2
B3 DT2 E1
Spelling and dictation Able to spell and take
dictation of seen
texts

B3 DT2 E1
Read and take
dictation of a passage

B4 DL3
Enquiring about
products or services
and requesting them

B4 DL3 E1
Answer 'wh' questions
based on a picture

B4 DL3 E1
Able to use 'wh'
questions to obtain
information about
products or services
and respond
appropriately

Vocabulary:
Words related to
things
Building a word bank
on the things that

MID TERM EXAM ( 15 MAY - 26 MAY 2016)

MID TERM BREAK ( 28 MAY - 12 JUNE 2016)
WEEKS
22- 24

THEME/ LEVEL
LANGUAGE OUTCOMES/ CURRICULUM SPECIFICATION
CHAPTER
Interpersonal Use
Informational Use Aesthetic Use
Values
1
Talk about Malaysian Listen to a story
Read a poem
life.
about a good citizen. about a soldier's
Respond
Follow sequence of death.
Proud to
appropriately to
ideas.
be
questions.
Read a text on royal
Malaysian
symbols
2
Deal with unfamiliar Literature:
words.
Flipping Fantastic
Talk about
Malaysian flag
3

Write a letter about

Draw conclusions
plans for a visit.
Write a diary entry
about a holiday home
Write a postcard

LANGUAGE
CONTENT
Grammar
Article for the unique
things.
Comparatives
and superlatives
Prepositions of
place and direction.
Simple future tense:
will be going to
Sound system
m/m/,n/n/ and ng
l/l/,ee/l:/.e/e/
Vocabulary
Words related to
places.
Collective nouns
Building a word bank
on collective nouns

STANDARD
PERFORMANCE
B2
Understand meanings
at word, phrase and
sentence level

DESCRIPTOR

EVIDENCE

INSTRUMENT

B2 DB1
Reading and
locating information

B2 DB1 E2
B2 DB1 E2
Able to find the
Match words to
meaning of unfamiliar the meanings
words from a variety
of sources for example
dictionary, thesaurus,
etc

B6
Appreciate literary
works and present
ideas critically in an
exemplary manner

B6 DT1
Writing a composition
expressing one's
opinion

B6 DT1 E1
Able to write a
composition expressing one's opinion
with reasons using
correct grammar
and vocabulary

B6 DT1 E1
Write traits of one's
favourite character
in a short story

B4
Apply knowledge
acquired in a variety of
situations using some
appropriate language
conventions

B4 DL1
Making plans and
arrangements

B4 DL1 E1
Able to listen to &
make plans:
to go somewhere
to do something

B4 DL1 E1
Talk about plans to
go to places of
interest (dialogue)

TRIAL PT3 / 2ND ASSESSMENT ( 14 JULY - 21ST JULY 2016)

25--27

Science
Science &
Technology

Its a
Small
World
After All

WEEKS
32-34
28--30

Talk about ways of

communication
Give the required
information

Write an email
message giving
directions to one's
home

Listen to a telephone
conversation.
Note important
details.
Listen and follow
directions
Read encyclopedia
extracts
Scan for details
Identify supporting
details
Understand notetaking
Identify cause and
effect
Write a paragraph
on television
Write a description
on the role of

gadgets in daily life

LANGUAGE
THEME/ LEVEL
OUTCOMES/ CURRICULUM SPECIFICATION
CHAPTER
Interpersonal Use
Informational Use
Environment
Make simple rules
Environment
1
Talk about recreation Listen to an account
parks
of a nature holiday
Keep It,
Give a simple
Note important
Green,
account of
details
Keep It,
preferences
Read announcement
Clean
Follow directions
Scan for details
2
Write and present
plans
Identify supporting
3
Discuss ways to
details
solve air pollution
Read a diagram on
Make a simple
acid rain
predictions
Write anouncement
Write instructions on for a competition
saving the
Draw conclusions
environment
Predict outcome
Recount an incident

Read two poems

on inventions
Talk about
characters in the
poem.
Tell how events
in the poem are
similar to one's life
Understand
figurative language
in the poem
Introduction to
graphic novel:
Black Beauty

Aesthetic Use
Read a story on
courage and
compassion
Make a simple
prediction
Talk about values
in the text
Change text to
picture
Act out how to
save a dugong

Black Beauty

Grammar
Possessive
pronouns:
mine,yours,his,hers,
ours
The and zero article
Punctuation
apostrophes
Prefix:tele

Dictation
Vocabulary
Abstract nouns
Words related to
ideas or qualities
Building a word bank
on ways of
communication
LANGUAGE
CONTENT
Grammar
Negative verbs
Conditional clauses:
If
Simple past tense
Irregular verbs
Punctuation
Sound system
th,
Dictation
Vocabulary
Smaller word in big
words
Words related to
environment
Homophones
Building a word bank

Talk about various

B4
Apply knowledge
acquired in a variety of
situations using some
appropriate language
conventions

Thinking skills
B4 DL2
Giving and following
directions

B5
Demonstrate the
ability to use lang in a
variety of situations
using largely appropriate language
conventions

B5 DB1
Reading and
summarising texts

STANDARD
PERFORMANCE
B2
Understand meanings
at word, phrase and
sentence level

DESCRIPTOR

B2 DT1
Writing short
messages

B4 DL2 E1
B4 DL2 E1
Able to:
Give directions orally
give directions
to a friend's house
draw the route on a
given map as directions
are being given
B5 DB1 E1
Able to extract
relevant points &
reorganize them into
a paragraph using
suitable connectors

EVIDENCE

B2 DT1 E1
Able to write simple
instructions and
invitations

B5 DB1 E1
Write a summary on
the benefit of television

INSTRUMENT

B2 DT1 E1
Complete an
invitation card using
the words given

35-36
33--35

Values
Values
My
Brother's
Keeper

Ask and respond

Ask and respond to
questions

Talk about raising

raising funds
Listen to a talk on
becoming a volunteer
Follow sequence
of ideas
Read a news report
Understand the
meaning of words
using contextual
clues
Scan for details
Read a chart

2ND MID TERM HOLIDAY ( 10 SEPT - 18 SEPT 2016)

Read a story on
Grammar
reading and writing
love and
Some,each,will
Use knowledge
compassion
*to show request
acquired through
*to affirm
listening, speaking,
reading and writing

Reading and
identifying information
in a linear/non-linear
text

Able to find the

meaning of unfamiliar
words by using
contextual clues

Sound system
ch.j
Talk about
characters Talk
about values in the
text Talk about the
writer's message

Vocabulary
Homographs
Building a word bank
on words that show
quantity

Discuss how to raise Rearrange sentence

money
to form a paragraph
Seek clarification
Write anouncement *Black Beauty

WEEKS
37-38

Write a story about

caring families
LANGUAGE
THEME/ LEVEL
OUTCOMES/ CURRICULUM SPECIFICATION
CHAPTER
Interpersonal Use
Informational Use
Values
1
Talk about setting
Listen to a talk by
records
an achiever
Talk about
Note important
achievements
details
Read an introduction
about Lat
We Did
Scan for details
It
Follow sequence
of ideas
Find meanings of
unfamiliar words
2
Identify main ideas
3
Discuss what
Identify supporting
records Form 1
and details
students set
Write a paragraph
on a national symbol
Write an account
of a national event
Write a story on
patriotism

Aesthetic Use
Read poem
about confidence
Recite lines to
notice rhyme
Retell the story
of the poem
Act out scenes
in the poem

LANGUAGE
CONTENT
Grammar
Demostrative
pronouns: this,these
that,those
Phrasal verbs
Present Continuous
Tense
Possessive adjective
my,your,his,her,our
Sound system
l/l/,v/v/,aa and a
Dictation
Vocabulary
Words related to
people
Words related to
building

STANDARD
PERFORMANCE
ideas critically in an
Appreciate literary
works and present
ideas critically in an
exemplary manner

DESCRIPTOR
information at a
Reading and
processing
information at a
higher order

EVIDENCE

Able to predict
outcomes and draw
conclusions using
grammatically correct
structures

INSTRUMENT

Read a poem and

answer the questions

WEEKS
39--41

LANGUAGE
THEME/ LEVEL
OUTCOMES/ CURRICULUM SPECIFICATION
CHAPTER
Interpersonal Use
Informational Use
Science
1
Talk about changing Listen to a radio
&
world
broadcast
Technology
Follow sequence
of ideas
Read extracts
from an interview
Our
Scan for details
Changing
Write instructions
World
on how to use an
ATM
2

Discuss what you

would do if you were
in charge of the
country

Aesthetic Use
Read a poem
about change
Find out the
meaning of words

LANGUAGE
CONTENT
Grammar
Irregular plurals
WHQ
Conjunctions:
and,but,or
Tenses and time
expressions

ACTIVITIES
PERFORMANCE
B6
Appreciate literary
works and present
ideas critically in an
exemplary manner

EDUCATIONAL
B6 DL1
Listening and
responding to
literary works by
giving one's opinion
of the text and
relating it to life

Sound system
h/h/ and y/j/
Dictation

Understand the
meaning of words
using contextual
clues
Identify main ideas
Complete a chart

Tell how values

in the poem are
similar to one's
life

Write the ending of

a story
Write a recipe of
happiness

Compose simple
lines
Convey the poet's
message in

Vocabulary
Building big words
from small words
Similes
Building a word
bank on similes

own words
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REVISION WEEK
IMPLEMENTATION OF PLACEMENT INSTRUMENT FOR FORM 2 & 5 (2015) - 28 OCT - 30 OCT
UPDATE PBS FILES AND PREPARATION FOR 2017
FINAL YEAR BREAK (26 NOV 2016 - 01 JAN 2017)

B6 DL1 E3
Able to explain the
message/theme/
values the writer is
trying to convey
using correct grammar
and vocabulary

B6 DL1 E3
Read a poem and
explain the message,
theme and value