yearly lesson plan english language (form 3)

LEARNING OUTCOMES/SPECIFICATIONS LANGUAGE CONTENT DEADLINE

WEEK/DATE TOPIC/THEME

LANGUAGE FOR INTERPERSONAL USE

LANGUAGE FOR INFORMAIONAL USE

LANGUAGE FOR AESTHETIC USE GRAMMAR

SOUND SYSTEM

EDUCATIONAL EMPHASIS

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1 - 2

(4 Jan – 15 Jan)

They touch our lives (People)

*Ask and respond politely to questions

*Listen to a conversation: give important details*Read an article: scan for details

*Talk about elements of a novel: characterization, theme, plot

*Simple present tense*Adjectives

Consonants:c/k/ as in ‘call’

r/r/ as in red

*ICT skills*Preparation for the Real World*Multiple Intelligence

*Take part in discussions

*Read an article: identify main ideas, details, contextual clues*Identify base words

*Read an article: make inferences, draw conclusions*Write a descriptions: expand notes

*Make predictions

3 - 4

(18 Jan -20 Jan)

Famous Leaders (People)

*Ask questions politely and respond appropriately

*Listen to a dialogue:give important details*Read an article:scan for details*State words of similar meaning

*Simple past tense*Collective nouns

Consonants:d/d/ as in ‘sand’

dd/d/ as in ‘meddle’

*Learning How to learn skills *Multiple IntelligenceValues and Citizenship

*Take part in discussions*Exchange ideas

*Read an article: identify main ideas, details, contextual clues

*Describe characters in a novel

*Read an article:make inferences, draw conclusions*Write a description: expand notes

*Give opinions on characters






SOUND SYSTEM



5 – 6

(1 Feb – 12 Feb)

Healing Hands

(People)

*Seek clarifications *Listen to a dialogue: give important details*Read a Web page: scan for details

*Personal Pronouns*Possessive Pronouns

Long vowelsound /æ/as in ‘back’

Short vowel sound /e/as in ‘set’

*Multiple Intelligence*ICT skills

*Read a Web page: identify main ideas, details, contextual clues*Understand formation of prefixes


*Read a Web page: make inferences, draw conclusions*Write a brief description: expand notes

7 - 8

(15 Feb -26 Feb)

Making Friends

(People and Social Issues)

*Greet and exchange pleasantries

*Listen to a dialogue:give important details*Read an article:scan for details*State words opposite in meaning

*Adverb of time*Adverb of place

Long vowelsound /α:/as in ‘farm’

Short vowel sound /۸/as in ‘must’

*Learnng How to Learn skills*Multiple Intelligence*Knowledge Acquisition

*Take part in conversations and discussions

*Read an article:identify main ideas, details, contextual clues


*Write a letter asking for advice

*Read an article:make inferences, move beyond the text

*Make predictions






SOUND SYSTEM



9 - 10

(1 Mar -12 Marl)

Life’s Challenges

(Social Issues)

*Talk about self, past experiences

*Listen to a talk: give important details*Read a report; scan for detailsUse the dictionary

*Subject Verb Agreement

Long vowelsound /u:/as in ‘broom’

Short vowel sound /u/as in ‘look’

*Thinking skills*Multiple Intelligence*Future Studies

*Take part in discussions*Exchange ideas and give opinions*Participate in discussions by giving and supporting opinions

*Read a report: identify main ideas, details, contextual clues

*Describe physical setting (place) in a story

*Read a report: make inferences, move beyond the text*Interpret information from graphs*Write a report

*Make predictions

First Term Holidays 13/3/2010 -21/3/2010

11-12

( 22 Mar – 2 Aprill)

Fit for Life (Health)

*Talk about self, past experiences

*Listen to a talk: give important details*Read a magazine article: scan for details

*Talk about the future using present continuous tense*Modals

Long vowelsound /s:/as in ‘fern’

Short vowel sound /ə/as in ‘about’

*Preparations for the Real World

*Take part in a discussionsParticpate in teacher-guided class

*Read a magazine article: identify main ideas, details

*Talk about social setting of a story

*Read a magazine article: identify cause and effect, make inferences*Write a text of a speech

*Relate values in a story to one’s life





LANGUAGE FOR

AESTHETIC USE

GRAMMARSOUND SYSTEM



13 – 14

(5 April – 16 April)

It’s Raining Its Pouring

(Environment)

*Listen to an interviewer; give important details*Narrate orally the events that took place*Read a news report: scan fir details

*Role play an event in the story

*Conjuctions*Sequence Connectors

Diphtongs:/e:/ as in‘faint’

/ai/ as in‘dry’

*ICT Skills*Multiple Intelligence*Thinking Skills

*Take part in a discussion

*Read a news report; identify main ideas, details, contextual clues

*Talk about elements of a plot

*Read a news report; identify cause and effect*Write a recount; expand notes

15 - 16

(19 April – 30 April)

Stop the floods

(Environment)

*Relay phone messages orally to the people concerned

*Listen to a radio talk: give important details*Read a speech: scan for details

*Phrasal Verbs Diphtongs:/əu/ as in‘grow’

*Knowledge Acquisition*preparation for the Real World*ICT Skills*Take part in a

discussions*Read speech: identify main ideas, details, contextual clues

*Recognize elements in a plot

*Read a speech: make inferences, draw conclusion*Write a report: expand notes

*Give one opinion of the story






SOUND SYSTEM



17 - 18

(3 May – 14 May)

Nature’s Gifts (Environment)

*Express hope and support

*Listen to a talk; give important details*Scan for details in text read

*Prepositions of place and direction*Prepositions to show time and quality

ConsonantClusters at the beginning of the words: /str/ as in ‘straw’

/sm/ as in ‘smart’

*Preparations for the Real World*Multiple Intelligence*Knowledge Acquisition

*Take part in a discussions*Exchange ideas and give opinions

*Read posters: identify main ideas, details, contextual clues

*Read posters: identify cause and effect*Write a speech to express opinion

*Talk about moral values*Relate values to one’s life

19 - 20

(17 May – 28 May)

Active and Healthy (Health)

*Talk about self, interests*Enquire about services offered clarify the type of services offered

*Listen to a talk; give important details*Read advertisements: scan for details

*Positive and negative statements*Contractions

ConsonantClusters at the beginning of the words: /gr/ as in ‘grain’

/tr as in ‘train’

*ICT Skills*Knowledge acquisition*Mulitiple Intelligence

*Fill out a service form *Read an article: identify main ideas, details, contextual clues*identify base words

*Understand themes in a story

*Write a formal letter; use appropriate format

*Read an advertisement: draw conclusions

*Relate themes in the story to one’s life

21-23 Mid Year Examination and Mid-Year School Holidays






SOUND SYSTEM



24 - 25

21 Jun – 2 July)

Safety for One and All

(Health)

*Talk about self interest*Enquire about services offered*Clarify about the services offered

*Listen to a talk; give important details*Read an advertisement: scan for details

*Give personal response to novels: Characters & Values

*Comparison of adjectives – regular forms

ConsonantClusters at the beginning of the words: /gl/ as in ‘glee’

/pl/ as in ‘place’

*Multiple Intelligence* ICT Skills*Knowledge acquisition

*Take part in discussions*Exchange ideas and give opinion

*Read an article: identify main ideas. Details, contextual clues


*Read an article: make inferences, draw conclusions*Write a description: expand notes

*Give opinions on characters (Revision Form One)

26 - 27

(5 July -16 July)

The Inner You

(Health)

*Talk about self interest*Enquire about services offered*Clarify about the services offered

*Listen to a talk; give important details*Read an advertisement: scan for details

*Give personal response to novels: Characters & Values

*Form negative adjectives using prefixes ‘un’, ‘dis’, ‘im’, and ‘non’

ConsonantClusters at the end of the words: sh/∫/ as in ‘splash’

/t∫/ as in ‘such’

* ICT Skills*Knowledge acquisition

*Take part in discussions*Exchange ideas and give opinion

*Read an article: identify main ideas. Details, contextual clues


*Read an article: make inferences,

*Revise poems, relate messages

draw conclusions*Write a description: expand notes

and values in the poems to one’s life (Revision Form One)






SOUND SYSTEM



28

(19 July –23 July)

Man and the Sea

(Science and

Technology)

*Listen to a dialogue: give important details*Read a brochure; scan for details

*Compare people or things that are the same using “as….as”*Compare people or things that are not the same using “not as…as”*The Present Continuous Tense

ConsonantClusters at the end of the words: sk/sk/ as in ‘mask’

st/st/ as in ‘test’

*Multiple Intelligence*Knowledge Acquisition*Future Studies*Take part in

discussions*Exchange ideas and give opinion*Participate in class discussions by: -disagreeing politely and giving opinions-defending one’s point of view-seeking clarification

*Read a brochure: identify main ideas, details , contextual clues

*Describe characters in a novel (Revision form Two)

*Read a brochure: make inferences, draw conclusions*Write a brief description: expand notes

29

(26 July – 30 July) Oceans in

*Listen to a lecture: give important details*Read an article: scan for details

*Formation of plural – irregular plurals-nouns with no change in

Stress in words

*ICT Skills*Knowledge Acquisition*Future Studies

Motion (Science

and Technology)

number in the plural form

*Take part in conversations and discussions

*Read an article: identify main ideas, details, contextual clues

*Describe characters in a novel form 2

*Write a letter asking for advice

*Interpret information in bar graph, read an article: make inferences, draw conclusion.*Write an explanation: expand notes – move beyond the text

*Revision on characters from novel






SOUND SYSTEM



30

(2 Aug – 6 Aug)

Treasure from the Deep (Science and Technology)

*Listen to a lecture; give important details*Read a magazine article report; scan for details

*Talk on elements of a novel or story

*Punctuation: Capital letter, full stop. Question mark, comma, apostrophe,exclamation mark

Sentence stress and intonation

Knowledge Acquisition*Future Studies

*Take part in discussions& exchange ideas and give opinions

*Read a magazine article: identify main ideas, details , contextual clues

*Revise and answer questions on short stories and novels-physical setting-themes

*Write a letter to a foreign pen pal, expand notes, use appropriate format

*Make simple predictions*Read a magazine article: make inferences, make simple predictions

9 Aug-13 Aug

PMR Trial Examination 2010

yearly lesson plan english language (form 3)

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