1 Dawood Public School Course Outline for 2014-2015 English Language Class: IV Textbooks: Oxford International English Book 4 Oxford International English Book 4 (Workbook) The Canterville Ghost and other stories by Oscar Wilde (Oxford Progressive English Readers 3) Students’ Companion Table of Contents: August Listening and Speaking: • Life long ago (pg # 8) • Best Advices to give a new student arriving in your class or school for the first time. (Pg # 13) Language: • Common Nouns/ Proper Noun/ Collective Noun • Synonyms • Word cloud: centuries, decade, laws, dictation, disgraceful, imagination, scrumptious(Vocabulary) Literature: • The Canterville Ghost (Pg # 1 – 24) Comprehension: • Anne’s First Day (pg 10-13) • An Angry incident (pg 14-15) • Anne of Green Gables (pg 2-3)Workbook Creative Writing: Historical story Writing • Write about a real historical event, for example, Pakistan’s nuclear explosion in Chagai -1 in 1998. • Complete the given story of Albert and write four more paragraphs. Students will use the paragraph plan given on pg 22 in course book that will help them. September Listening and Speaking: • Beautiful bugs! (pg #24) • Insects are nutritious and people around the world think they are tasty! In countries such as Thailand, Australia, Brazil and China, it is common to find insects on the menu. Have you eaten a bug before? If not, what do you think one might taste like? (Pg # 29) • The class will be split into small groups and each group of students will focus on one insect. Then each group will share what they learned with the entire class. Language: • Adjectives and degrees of Adjectives • Punctuation Marks Literature: • The Happy Prince (Pg # 25 – 3 4)
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Dawood Public School
Course Outline for 2014-2015
English Language
Class: IV
Textbooks:
Oxford International English Book 4
Oxford International English Book 4 (Workbook)
The Canterville Ghost and other stories by Oscar Wilde (Oxford Progressive English Readers 3)
Students’ Companion
Table of Contents:
August
Listening and Speaking:
• Life long ago (pg # 8)
• Best Advices to give a new student arriving in your class or school for the first time. (Pg # 13)
Language:
• Common Nouns/ Proper Noun/ Collective Noun
• Synonyms
• Word cloud: centuries, decade, laws, dictation, disgraceful, imagination, scrumptious(Vocabulary)
Literature:
• The Canterville Ghost (Pg # 1 – 24)
Comprehension:
• Anne’s First Day (pg 10-13)
• An Angry incident (pg 14-15)
• Anne of Green Gables (pg 2-3)Workbook
Creative Writing:
Historical story Writing
• Write about a real historical event, for example, Pakistan’s nuclear explosion in Chagai-1 in 1998.
• Complete the given story of Albert and write four more paragraphs. Students will use the paragraph
plan given on pg 22 in course book that will help them.
September
Listening and Speaking:
• Beautiful bugs! (pg #24)
• Insects are nutritious and people around the world think they are tasty! In countries such as
Thailand, Australia, Brazil and China, it is common to find insects on the menu. Have you eaten a bug
before? If not, what do you think one might taste like? (Pg # 29)
• The class will be split into small groups and each group of students will focus on one insect. Then
each group will share what they learned with the entire class.
Language:
• Adjectives and degrees of Adjectives
• Punctuation Marks
Literature:
• The Happy Prince (Pg # 25 – 3 4)
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Comprehension:
• Bugs 1 (pg 26-29)
• Bugs 2 (pg 30-31)
• Beautiful Bugs! (Pg 8-9)
• Research the life cycle and habitats of any four different types of insect.
Creative Writing:
• A bug's life can be really interesting if you take a closer look at one. Have
students go outside and find a bug. Have them observe its features,
surroundings, and fellow friends. Then have students write a story about
where the bug is coming from and where it's going.
• If you had to be an insect, which one would you choose and why?
• Write a poem about an insect that you may have encountered.
• Make diagrams of four insects, and write about their habitats and life
cycles.
October
Listening and Speaking:
• Tricks and truth (pg #40)
• Read the story. Imagine you are going to talk to Scheherazade. Think of three questions to ask
her.(Pg # 40)
• Think of a story that you know well and tell it to a partner. Make it as imaginative and exciting as
you can.
Language:
• Simple Tenses: Present/Past
Literature:
• The Star Child (Pg # 25 – 3 4)
Comprehension:
• The wonderful smell (pg 42-45)
• The wonderful smell (pg 46-47)
• Tricks and truth (Pg14-15)workbook
Creative Writing:
• Read the play script on pg# 50 in your course book. Carry on writing this
play script so Joe arrives at school late and with no homework. Will he tell
the truth or invent an excuse? Decide what the main message of your play
will be.
• Read your play script and describe each of your characters in five
words/phrases. Student could even draw a picture of them!
• Read a story and write a play script of the story.
• Watch a drama and write three positive and three negative aspects of drama script.
November
Listening and Speaking:
• Fantastic Journey (pg #54-55)
• Think of some fantastic journeys and talk about them with a partner. What are the dangers of going
on a journey to an unfamiliar place? Why is it exciting to explore new places?
• Think about a dangerous experience during a journey. Discuss it with your partner and share with
whole class.
• Talk about an experience that taught you a lesson. Discuss it with your partner and share with whole
class.
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Language:
• ‘Be’ verb
• Subject verb agreement
Literature:
• The selfish Giant (Pg # 52 – 57)
Comprehension:
• Kidnap (pg 56-59)
• Kidnap (pg 60-61)
• A fantasy story (Pg21)workbook
• More fantasy fiction (Pg23-24) Workbook
Creative Writing:
• Read and complete the given story that given in course book. Read the typical features of a fantasy
story; select which you can use in your own writing. (pg # 66-67).
• Write about a trip that you would like to take in winter vacation.
• Write about a vacation trip from your childhood
• Write about your first time, away from home.
December
Mid Year Examination
January
Listening and Speaking:
• Amazing animals (pg # 70-85)
• Students will be asked to explore the books, and magazines to research all kinds of animals.Each
student has to think of an animal she would like to be, including:
My animal’s name is...
My animal lives in...
Three great things about being this animal are...
Three bad things about being this animal are...
I chose this animal because...
Students will be encouraged to illustrate their animal reports and share them with the class.
• Tell your partner about a favorite pet. Ask your partner about her favorite animal.
When did you get the pet?
How old were you at the time?
Were your parents/family happy with the pet?
How did you take care of the animal?
Do you still have the pet?
Language:
• Adverbs and its Kinds
• Prepositions
• Articles
Literature:
• The Model Millionaire (Pg # 58 – 63)
Comprehension:
• The secret language of dolphins (pg 72-75)
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• Tigers cuddle with apes (pg 76-77)
• A Newspaper report (Pg 26)workbook
Creative Writing:
• Write a poem dedicated to the memory of a family pet or to a pet that you currently own right now.
• Write a story about someone who has successfully found a way to keep animals alive forever. What
are the positive and negative impacts of this research? How does this change the world?
• Class will be divided into small groups, and each group will be assigned a different habitat
(Woodlands, Rain Forest, Prairie, Plains, Jungle, Ocean, Desert). Invite group members to look
through the books and magazines to find at least five different animals that live in their assigned
habitat. Each group has to write a few facts about each animal and use books and magazines—or
the Internet—for their research.
• Writing a newspaper report (pg 30) workbook
February
Listening and Speaking:
• Families of the world (pg # 86-99)
• Describe your favourite family person in the family.
• Reflect on what makes some families different from others and in what ways is your own family
unique?
• How does having different kinds of families make the world and our classroom community a richer
place?
Language:
• Pronoun (personal and reflexive)
• Antonyms (prefixes)
• Contraction
Literature:
• The Nightingale and the rose (pg # 64-70)
Comprehension:
• A poem about family (pg 32-33) workbook
• Poems from different times and cultures (pg 88-91)
• Poems from different times and cultures (pg 92-93)
Creative Writing:
• Make your own poem about your family and friends. (pg 35) workbook
• Sometimes people in the same family can have different viewpoints. Interview each of your family
members to see why they think your family rocks. Then find a way to incorporate their opinions into
the family portrait.
• Write and share your opinion about why is it important to learn about different types of families?
March
Listening and Speaking:
• World of water (pg # 116-131)
• Sometimes water is responsible for causing serious problems. Do you think these situations can be
avoided? Discuss ideas as a class.
• Imagine that there is a break in the water cycle. Why might this happen? Discuss the problems that
occur when there is not enough water.
Language:
• Homophones
• Conjunctions
• Informal Letter Writing
Literature:
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• The Devoted Friend (pg # 71-84)
Comprehension:
• What we can do about wasting water (pg 118-121)
• What can you see in this cloud? (pg 122-123)
• World of water (pg 44-45)workbook
Creative Writing:
• What can you do to save water at your school and home?
• Write a summary of how the water cycle functions. (pg 128)
• Write and share a list of ten important facts about water that discussed in the class.
April:
Reinforcement and Revision
May:
Final Examination
Course Introduction:
Learning or teaching a language is based on four basic skills: Listening, Reading, Speaking and Writing,
and all these four skills are inter-related with each other. Therefore, our English Curriculum has been
designed to develop these skills in our students. How are we going to instill these skills in our students,
is as follows:-
Listening and Speaking:
Listening is the basic skill in English learning. If students learn to listen carefully and mindfully, they will
be able to read, write and speak well. So, to develop this ability in students, they will be provided
opportunities to listen and then speak on the given topics.
Writing:-
The focus will be on clearing the grammatical concepts to the students, enhancing their vocabulary,
developing imaginative and creative thinking and organizing their thoughts sensibly so that they will be
able to express themselves easily.
Reading:-
Reading in class does not mean to just turn pages and read the given lines. But reading actually means to
read with proper intonation (accent) and mindfulness, comprehend what you are reading, learn new
words and phrases, and then express yourself analytically by writing answers to the given questions
related to the text.
The course has been categorized into 5 parts, aims at escalating the above mentioned skills in the
learners. The categorization is as followed:-
1. Conversation sessions: - (Listening and Speaking)
Course Book:
Oxford International English Book 4
Listening and speaking lessons are given in the beginning of every unit in the above mentioned book.
Students will not be allowed to open books in class. Topics and prompts will be given by the teacher to
students, brainstorming will be done and they will be taught and motivated to think, organize their
thoughts and speak appropriately in class. Students will listen to their classmates and will be provided
opportunities to speak and express their thoughts sensibly. Such sessions will help students to enhance
their vocabulary, become creative, share and express their feelings, improve their spoken English and
gain confidence.
2. Literature: (Reading ,Writing and Analysis)
Course Book:
The Canterville Ghost and other stories by Oscar Wilde (Oxford Progressive English Readers 3)
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Reference Book:
Dictionary
In Literature, the students will be introduced to different stories. By reading stories, students will get the
tools to grow roots to wisdom, understanding, compassion, harmony, beauty as well as the wings for
imagination, empowerment, hope, freedom, courage and joy to follow them throughout their lives.
3. Comprehension: (Reading ,Writing and Analysis)
Course Book:
Oxford International English Book 4
Reference Books:
Learner’s Primary Comprehension 4
Grammar Skills 4
Websites:
http://www.primaryresources.co.uk
http://www.busyteacherscafe.com
www.havefunteaching.com
Students already know how to do comprehension passages as they have been doing it since class I.
Students will read comprehension passages in the course book and do the exercises given, in their note
books.
Reference books and websites that are mentioned above can be used by the students for further help
and practice.
4. Grammar: (Writing)
Course Book:
Oxford International English Book 4
Oxford International English Book 4 (Workbook)
Reference Book:
Students’ Companion
The Grammar Tree 4
Grammar Skills 4
Mc. Millan English Language 4
Websites:
www.primaryresources.co.uk
www.havefunteaching.com
www.education.com
Students have already been introduced to nouns, verbs, vowels, articles, conjunctions, tenses etc in
previous classes. Same topics will be revised and done in continuation with more variations and in detail
according to their class level. In addition, they will be introduced further to new concepts like, Adverbs
and its types, tenses, homophones and informal letter writing.
Language activities and exercises are associated with the comprehension passages in the book as this is
the latest trend in English learning. It will help students to relate grammar with comprehension and
literature, thus develop analytical skill in them.
Students will do the exercises in workbook and course book. Moreover, worksheets will be provided and
exercises will be given to do in their note book.
Reference books and websites that are mentioned above can be used by the students for further help