Teaching Contract F4

WEEK/DATES

WEEK/DATES

THEMESTOPICLEVELLEARNING OUTCOMESLITERATURELANGUAGE CONTENTTEACHING CONTRACT

Week 1

3/1/12to

5/1/12( 3 days)

1.0

PEOPLEKnowing Me Knowing You 1 Talk about wedding customs and ritual.

Reporting similarities and differences between two weddings.

Choral reading.

Reading a poem aloud.

Choral Reading.

IN THE MIDST OF HARDSHIPGRAMMAR:

Language Forms and functions.

SOUND SYSTEM:

Vowel sounds /I / i:/

Diphtongs /eI/ /aI/ /oi/

WORD LIST:

Words to describe wedding.

Writing: 1

Comprehension / Grammar: 5

Week 2

8/1/12to

12/1/12(5 days)2 Role playing using cue cards.

Interviewing people.

Finding meaning of words using contextual clues.

Matching meanings to expressions.

Identifying the rhyme scheme in prescribed poems.

IN THE MIDST OF HARDSHIPWriting: 1


Week 3

15/1/12to

19/1/12(5 days)3 Problem solving and decision making.

Predicting the outcomes of events.

Picking out the idea from each stanza.



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Week 4

22/1/12to

26/1/12(5 days)

2.0

ENVIRONMENTSaving Every Drop1 Recalling past experiences on water shortage by completing a mind map.

Reading a newspaper report.

Reading the poem aloud. Reading the poem aloud.

HE HAD SUCH QUIET EYESGRAMMAR:

Language forms and functions.

SOUND SYSTEM:

Consonant

/v/ and /w/

WORD LIST:

Words beginning with /v/ and /w/

Words related to environmental issues.Writing: 1


Week 5

29/1/12to

2/2/12(5 days)23 Brainstorming about organizing an event.

Writing a survey report.

Giving opinions on water conversation.

Presenting information on a campaign. Reading the poem to show the effect of repetition.

HE HAD SUCH QUIET EYES

Writing: 1


EVENTS:15/1/2012- Hari Keputeraan Sultan Kedah (State Holiday) 22 26/1/2012 Chinese New Year (School Holiday)

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Week 6

5/2/12to

9/2/12( 5 days)

3.0

SOCIAL ISSUESReaching Out1 Sharing and recording past events.

Using the internet to source for information.

Writing a letter of appreciation.

Listening to a poem to sequence events. Listening to a poem to sequence events.

NATUREGRAMMAR:

The Simple Past Tense

Modals- should and need

SOUND SYSTEM:

Sentence stress and intonation

WORD LIST:

Words related to social issues.

Writing: 1


Week 7

12/2/12to

16/2/12(5 days)2 Presenting a group report.

Get meaning of words using a dictionary.

Choosing appropriate descriptive words.

NATUREWriting: 1


Week 8

19/2/12to

23/2/12(5 days)3 Keeping a discussion going.

Giving a talk on Alzheimers disease. Reading excerpts to determine setting.

NATUREWriting: 1


EVENTS:5/2/2012 Prophet Muhammads Bithday (Public Holiday)

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Week 926/2/12to

1/3/12( 5 days)

4.0

HEALTHChecking up on health1 Reading about peoples experiences.

Skimming and scanning to identify fact or opinion. Reading excerpts to determine characters.

QWERTYUIOPGRAMMAR:

The Present Perfect Tense

Revision on the Simple Past Tense

SOUND SYSTEM:

Stress on four- syllable words.WORD LIST:

Words related to health. Terms for diseases.

Writing: 1


Week 104/3/12to

8/3/12(5 days) 23 Planning a visit to an organization.

Discussing organ donation. Listening for specific information to complete a flow chart.

Reading and listing characteristics of characters.

QWERTYUIOPWriting: 1


Week 1111/3/12to

15/3/12 (5 days)

SCHOOL HOLIDAYS

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Week 1218/3/12to

22/3/12( 5 days)

5.0

VALUES

Deciding on dams1 Sharing information on dams

Listening to a dialogue and answering true or false questions. Gathering information via media. Reading the poem aloud.

Relating the situation in the poem to real life.

ARE YOU STILL PLAYING YOUR FLUTEGRAMMAR:

Gerunds after prepositions

InfinitivesSOUND SYSTEM:

HomophonesWORD LIST:

Words related to issue of dams.Writing: 1


Week 1325/3/12to

29/3/12(5 days)2 Giving opinions on building dams. Summarizing short passages regarding dams.

Completing a graphic organizer.

Selecting images from poems that describe moods.

Picking out words which appeal to the senses.

ARE YOU STILL PLAYING YOUR FLUTEWriting: 1


Week 141/4/12to

5/4/12(5 days)3 Discussing consequences of land- clearing.

Presenting a speech.

Picking out words which appeal to the senses.

Finding evidence from poem on how feelings and mood are created.



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Week 158/4/12to

12/4/12( 5 days)

6.0

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYGoing High-Tech1 Sharing experiences about Internet shopping.

Simulating shopping over the Internet.

Listening and picking out specific words.

Dramatising the poem.

IN THE MIDST OF HARDSHIPGRAMMAR:

Passive Construction

Logical Connectors

Sequence Connectors

The prefix preSOUND SYSTEM:

Consonant clusters /sl/ /kl/WORD LIST:

Technology terms.

Words beginning with /sl/ and /kl/.

Writing: 1


Week 1615/4/12to

19/4/12(5 days)2 Reading short texts and transferring information onto a chart.

Interviewing people about their job.

Identifying similes and metaphors in a poem.



Week 1722/4/12to

26/4/12(5 days)3 Initiating and keeping a discussion going.

Writing a report. Revision



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Week 1829/4/12to

3/5/12( 5 days)

7.0

PEOPLELooking Up Lifestyles1 Sharing experiences on eating foreign food.

Completing a conversation.

Finding the origins of food. Role playing the characters.

QWERTYUIOPGRAMMAR:

Concord: Subject Verb Agreement

Adjectives and NounsSOUND SYSTEM:

Words from foreign languages.WORD LIST: Words from foreign languages.

Writing: 1


Week 196/5/12to

10/5/12(5 days)2 Role playing using cue cards.

Making a verbal complaint about a product and responding to the complaint.

Finding synonyms using a thesaurus.

Making inquiries, placing an order and giving feedback.

Rearranging and completing the sequence of events

QWERTYUIOP.Writing: 1


Week 2013/5/12to

17/5/12(5 days)3 Discussing using handphones.

Writing a composition. Writing a dialogue based on the short story.



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Week 2120/5/12to

24/5/12( 5 days)

8.0

ENVIRONMENTCaring For the Environment1 Sharing experiences on environmental damage.

Reading short texts and scanning for information.

Listening to a forum and completing a graphic organizer. Reading and comprehending the short story.

THE FRUITCAKE SPECIALGRAMMAR:

Verb and preposition combinations.

Adjective and preposition combinations.SOUND SYSTEM:

Homographs

WORD LIST: Words related to environmental issues.

Writing: 1


Week 22

30/5/10

to

3/6/10

(5 days)2 Exchanging ideas and opinions about the environment.

Identifying main ideas and supporting details.

Making predictions.

Completing a diagram to determine rising action and climax.

THE FRUITCAKE SPECIALWriting: 1


Week 2330/5/10

to

3/6/10

(5 days)

3 Having a discussion based on the short story.

Identifying cause and effect.

Writing a composition on deforestation. Rearranging sequence of events.



EVENTS:

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Week 23

27/5/12 to

31/5/12 ( 5 days)SCHOOL HOLIDAYS

Week 24 3/6/12 to

7/6/12 (5 days)SCHOOL HOLIDAYS

Week 25 10/6/12 to

14/6/12 (5 days)

9.0SOCIAL ISSUES

Facing Teenage Blues

1

Sharing experiences on problems.

Listening to problems and jotting down key points.

Reading an article on depression. Writing events in a poem in the form of a diary entry.HE HAD SUCH QUIET EYESGRAMMAR:

Punctuation- colon, hypen, brackets

Revision- Present Perfect and Simple Past Tenses.SOUND SYSTEM:

Consonant sounds /kr/ /br/ /fl/ /bl/

WORD LIST: Words related teenage issues.

Words beginning with /kr/ /br/ /fl/ /bl/

Writing: 1


2

3 Composing a poem.

HE HAD SUCH QUIET EYES

Week 26 17/6/12 to

21/6/12 (5 days)

Making decisions and coming to a consensus.

Interviewing a school counselor.

Giving advice to teenagers.

Writing: 1


EVENTS:

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Week 2724/6/12to

28/6/12( 5 days)

10.0SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYMoving Ahead1 Sharing experiences.

Watching a video advertisement and taking notes.

Reading for details, making inferences, moving beyond the text.

Reciting the poem in various musical styles.

NATUREGRAMMAR:

Prepositions of direction

Prepositions of purposeSOUND SYSTEM:

Consonant sounds /s/ /zem/ /sp/WORD LIST:

Words beginning with /s/ /zem/ and /sp/.

Writing: 1


Week 281/7/12to

5/7/12(5 days)2 Matching meaning of expressions.

Finding meanings to words using contextual clues and the dictionary.

Picking out lines to show personification

NATUREWriting: 1


Week 298/7/12to

12/7/12(5 days)3 Role playing buying a product.

Writing a letter of complaint.

Predicting the cause and effect of actions and decisions.

Writing the poem from a different point of view.

NATUREWriting: 1


EVENTS:

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Week 3015/7/12to

19/7/12(5 days)11.0

HEALTH

Healthy Living1 Completing a table on meals.

Discussing a meal plan.

Searching for information on health topics. Dramatising the poem.

ARE YOU STILL PLAYING YOUR FLUTEGRAMMAR:

Prepositions of time

Prepositions of associationSOUND SYSTEM:

Consonant sounds /k/ /ks/ /z/WORD LIST:

Words to describe health problems.

Words beginning with /k/, /ks/ and /z/.

Writing: 1


Week 3122/7/12to

26/7/12(5 days)2 Reading food labels and exchanging ideas.

Giving advice to health problems.

Choosing the most suitable word.

Deciding point of view.

Reading a poem and deciding the persona.



Week 3229/7/12to

2/8/12(5 days)3 Making enquires about a product and making decisions based on information.

Discuss the attitude of Malaysian youth on fitness.

Comparing reasons.

Rewriting the poem in the form of drama.



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Week 335/8/12to

9/8/12( 5 days)

12.0

VALUESLoving Our Country 1 Talking about patriotism.

Dictation.

Reading an article on the Twin Towers.

Completing a fact sheet.

Revision

QWERTYUIOPGRAMMAR:

The Past Perfect Tense

Adverbs of Degree- thoroughly, completely, nearlySOUND SYSTEM:

Sentence stress in statements and questions.WORD LIST:

Words to describe the beauty of our country.

Writing: 1


Week 3412/8/12to

16/8/12(5 days)2 Agreeing or disagreeing with opinions.

Finding words with the same meaning.

Completing a crossword puzzle with antonyms.

Revision



Week 3519/8/12to

23/9/12(5 days)3 Initiating and keeping a discussion going.

Writing a descriptive essay.

Writing ones opinion.

Revision



EVENTS:

31/8/2010- National Day (Public Holiday)

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Week 3619/8/12to

23/8/12 (5 days)SCHOOL HOLIDAYS

Week 3726/8/12to

30/8/12 (5 days)13.0

ENVIRONMENTPreserving Nature 1 Sharing information on wetlands.

Discussing activities in a wetland.

Carrying out an experiment on peat.

Reading a text on wetland site.

Designing a brochure for a wetland. Revision

THE FRUITCAKE SPECIALGRAMMAR:

Conjuctions eitheror, neithernor

Conjuctions- although, however SOUND SYSTEM:

Contractions d and m.

Silent g /n/,

Silent l /m/, /lm/, /r/ sounds.WORD LIST:

Words to describe wetlands.

Words with silent g /n/,

silent l /m/, /lm/, /r/ sounds.

Writing: 1


Week 382/9/12to

6/9/12 (5 days)2 Planning a trip to a wetland.

Scanning for words to complete a table. Revision



Week 399/9/12to

13/9/12 (5 days)3 Discussing aspects of a brochure and making decisions.

Drawing a food web.

Revision



EVENTS:

5/9/2010 -11/9/2010- School Holidays

10/9/2010-11/9/2010- Hari Raya Aidilfitri (Public Holidays)

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Week 4016/9/12to

20/9/12( 5 days)

14.0

PeoplePromoting Our Crafts1 Sharing experiences about arts or crafts.

Reading about lotus shoes.

GRAMMAR:

Types of sentences: simple sentence, compound sentence, complex sentence. SOUND SYSTEM:

The diphthong sound /eu/

The /e/ and /^/ soundsWORD LIST:

Words to describe different types of crafts.

Writing: 1


Week 4123/9/12to

27/9/12(5 days) 2

Reading short excerpts to give opinion.

Brainstorming and making decisions.

Listening and completing a graphic organizer.

Writing: 1


Week 4230/9/12to

4/10/12(5 days)3

Initiating and keeping a discussion going.

Writing a summary or description.

Writing: 1


Week 43 7/10/12 to

11/10/12 (5 days)REVISION

EVENTS:

Week 44

31/10/10

to

4/11/10

(5 days)REVISION

Week 45

7/11/10

to

11/11/10

(5 days)FINAL YEAR EXAMINATION

Week 46

14/11/10

to

18/11/10Discussion of Final Year examination paper

EVENTS:

17/11/2010- 18/11/2010- Hari Raya Haji (Public Holidays)

19/11/2010 -1/1/2011 School Holidays

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Teaching Contract F4