About Primary 6 english topics which will be taught at school.

1. P6 Term 1
RECAP ITEMS NEW ITEMS *Text Types Synthesis
1
Coolie Boy
(Narrative)
SR
credit-ticket, dreaded,
flexibility,
henchman/men,
humiliating, planks,
rowdy
Simile
BBC was like a …;
looked like a coolie boy
Idiom
it runs in the family
Spelling list
1. Parts of speech (nouns,
verbs, adjectives,
adverbs, prepositions,
connectors))
2. Adverbs of time and
frequency, manner,
degree and place
(constantly, hesitantly,
forlornly, finally, the
moment the recess bell
rang, by the time recess
was over)
3. Question Tags
4. Conditionals
1. Punctuation - hyphen for
compound words (great-
grandfather, credit-ticket)
2. Adverbial phrases
3. Relative pronouns and
clauses
4. Prepositions -
accompaniment and
collocation (forget about,
armed with, ask for/about,
point to, pay off/for, bite
into/off, run, to/from, look
at/for, yearn for)
Narratives Oral Booster
- DIEO
- 2 sides of a
coin
Direct/Indirect Read a story book
(preferably from the
class library).
Once a pupil has
completed the
book, he/she is to
complete a short
comment about the
book and post it on
the reading wall.
PD:
Resilience
(completion of work)
Serving and Giving
(Group work)
Integrity (Spelling
tests)
2
Bow Wow Brigade
(Information Report
SR
accelerants,
aggression, laboratory,
obstacle, operational,
professionals,
reputable, scenarios,
sooty, sweltering,
victims
Metaphor
could see Bailey’s eyes
light up
Spelling list
1. Apposition
2. Simple Present / Past
3. Relative pronouns /
relative clauses
4. Passive / Active voice
5. Main clause vs.
subodinate clause
1. Present Perfect (SCDF
has included … since; may
not have stabilized … yet;)
2. Complex sentence
Information Report
Refer to STELLAR
guideline
Oral Booster
- DIEO
- 2 sides of a
coin
Passive / Active
voice
Read a story book
(preferably from the
class library).
Once a pupil has
completed the
book, he/she is to
complete a short
comment about the
book and post it on
the reading wall.
PD:
Resilience
(completion of work)
Serving and Giving
(Group work)
Integrity (Spelling
tests)
ICT:
-
Unit Title / Time Frame Vocabulary
Grammar
Subject IntegrationOracy Programme
First 10 min of
double EL Period

2. 3
Defending The Seas:
ASEAN vs The Pirates
(Argument)
KWL
crude oil, delicate
ecosystem, maritime,
paramount, pirate-
infested, radar,
representative,
surveillance,
technology
Similes
like flies to honey
(supplementary text)
Metaphor
pirate-infested
Words to elicit
specific emotions
vicious, tough,
ruthless, pirate-
infested, theft, killed,
threatened (some
found in supplementary
text)
Spelling List
1. Conditionals
2. to- infinitive
3. Gerunds
4. Comparatives /
Superlative
5. Punctuation - hyphen,
comma, dash
6. Simple present, simple
past
7. Active / Passive voice
1. Present continuous,
present perfect
Argument
Refer to STELLAR
guideline.
Oral Booster
- DIEO
- 2 sides of a
coin
Active / Passive Read a story book
(preferably from the
class library).
Once a pupil has
completed the
book, he/she is to
complete a short
comment about the
book and post it on
the reading wall.
PD:
Resilience
(completion of work)
Serving and Giving
(Group work)
Integrity (Spelling
tests)
1
2

3. P5 Term 2
RECAP ITEMS NEW ITEMS Text Types Compo / Sit Writing Synthesis
4
Stop Thief!
(Narrative)
RT
calculator, court,magazines, rip-off,
shoplifter, thieves
Metaphor
secondary school costs heaps; stomach felt
heavy; head felt hot and thick
Simile
as white as a potato; tea tastes like he
waashes his socks in it
Synonym
private / public; realistic / unrealistic;
future / past; flexible / inflexible;
predicted / unpredicted
Spelling list
1. Time / Tense / Aspect
(Simple Past, Present
Perfect, Past Perfect,
Past Perfect Continuous)
2. SVO (+ DO / IO)
3. Punctuation + Editing
4. Connectors
Narratives Oral Booster
- DIEO
- 2 sides of a
coin
Situational Writing
Compo
Character Transformation
Point of view
(perspective)
Transformation Read a story book
(preferably from the
class library).
Once a pupil has
completed the book,
he/she is to complete
a short comment
about the book and
post it on the reading
wall.
PD:
Resilience
(Completion of work)
Serving and Giving
(Group work)
Integrity (Spelling
tests)
ICT:
5
Death before Dishonour
(Historical Recount)
RT
ammunition, artillery, bayonet, combat,
commander, crater, dedicated, depot,
diligent, disciplined, experimental, ferociouc,
grenades, ingenious, mission, mortar,
recruits, regulars, steadfastness, walking-out
dress
Spelling List
1. Adjectives
2. Tenses (simple past
and past perfect)
3. Adverbs of manner
4. Active / Passive
1. Abstract nouns
2. Collective nouns +
SVA
3. Punctuation (hyohen
for adjectives)
4. Postpositive
adjectives
5. Deconstructing
complex sentences
Historical Recount
of local heroes
Oral Booster
- DIEO
- 2 sides of a
coin
Situational Writing Transformation Read a story book
(preferably from the
class library).
Once a pupil has
completed the book,
he/she is to complete
a short comment
about the book and
post it on the reading
wall.
PD:
Resilience
(Completion of work)
Serving and Giving
(Group work)
Integrity (Spelling
tests)
ICT:
-
6
What Sallamah Didn't
Know
(Narrative)
SR/RT
adopted, biological, bleary-eyed, burly,
domestic, edible, elegant, indulgently, in
unison, iridescent, obvious, overwhelmed,
procession, regret, sibling, smugly, sullen
Simile
looked like six sardines, packed in a can,
crumpled like her heart, like the bag of
marbles, questions came to her like whispers
in the breeze
Metaphor
breeze curled its way around her, breeze
seemed t whisper an apology , the flood of
questions she had, the secrets leaked out,
swallowed her questions
Spelling List
1. Apposition (during
reading)
2. Tenses (simple past,
simple present, past
perfect)
3. Complex sentences
4. Relative clauses
5. Punctuation (quotation
marks for thoughts; dash
for more info)
1. Apposition (during
reading)
2. Phrasal verbs (verb +
preposition
3. Past Perfect
4. Hyphens (compound
words)
Oral Booster
- DIEO
- 2 sides of a
coin
Situational Writing
Type: Invitation (Email /
Letter)
Practice 7
(Pgs 39-41)
Transformation Read a story book
(preferably from the
class library).
Once a pupil has
completed the book,
he/she is to complete
a short comment
about the book and
post it on the reading
wall.
PD:
Resilience
(Completion of work)
Serving and Giving
(Group work)
Integrity (Spelling
tests)
Respect (Debate)
ICT:
-
First 10 min of
every double period
Subject IntegrationUnit Title / Time Frame Vocabulary
Grammar
Oracy Programme