This document provides a scheme of work for Form 1 English Language. It outlines 10 units to be covered over the year, including themes like family, friends, health, safety, school, values and the environment. Each unit lists learning outcomes, language content, activities and educational emphases for three levels of students. A variety of grammar, vocabulary and language skills are practiced through activities such as stories, poems, projects and class discussions. Testing and breaks are also included in the schedule.

1. Form 1 English Language
Scheme of Work
WEEK THEME / TOPIC LEARNING OUTCOMES LANGUAGE CONTENT ACTIVITIES EDUC. EMPHASES /
MORAL VALUES
1 ORIENTATION WEEK
2&4 UNIT 1 Level 1 Grammar Dialogue Thinking Skills
PEOPLE & SOCIAL  Introduce self, family & Simple Present Tense Family Tree  Analyze information
ISSUES / FAMILY others  Instructions Poem Recitation  Make Decisions
CIRCLES  Listen to taped  Habitual actions Birthday Card
Literature : message on nuclear & Building a word bank Values
Introduction extended family Adjectives  Af ection
f
 Write descriptions about Punctuation
self & family members Vocabulary Preparation for the Real
 Read a poem Relationship – aunt, World
nephew, niece, cousin  Be aware of intercultural
Level 2 & 3 Sound system differences
 Give sequences of ‘s’ and ‘sh’
events Dictation
 Identify main ideas in a
text
 Talk about values in a
text
 Write simple rules or an
account of any
experiences
 Recount what happen
during a festival
 Predict outcomes
 Read and locate main
and supporting ideas
3 CHINESE NEW YEAR BREAK
5-6 UNIT 2 Level 1 Grammar Building a word bank Multiple Intelligences
PEOPLE / CIRCLES OF  Find out about your Question words Reading a story  Make cards

2. FRIENDS classmates & note  what, whom Finding out about  Make a book of
Literature : important details classmates quotations
The River  Welcome & invite Adjectives Making a greeting cards
friends to a function / Personal pronouns : Finding details in simple Values
one’s house  I, we, you, he, she, it, texts  Hospitality
 Read a story on they Compose simple poems
hospitality Knowledge Acquisition
 Accept & decline Vocabulary  Find quotations and
invitations Words to describe one’s proverbs
 Apologize for mistakes qualities
Prefixes : un-, dis-, im-, in-
Level 2 & 3 Sound system
 Find more details in ‘b’ and ‘p’
simple texts
 Tell how events &
values in the text are
similar to one’s life
 Compose simple poem
 Send an e -card / make
a greeting card
 Write a letter describing
an friend
7-8 UNIT 3 Level 1 Grammar Ways of cooking Multiple Intelligences
HEALTH /  Listen to a talk on Modals Scrapbook on healthy  Make a scrapbook on
LIVE SMART healthy living  must,should,should lifestyles healthy living
Literature :  Talk about lifestyles & not,must, must not Consumer education
The River teenagers Talk about values in the Preparation for the Real
 Read a story on sharing Yes / No questions text World
& caring & scan for details Vocabulary  Consumer Education
 Respond to questions Food categories
politely Building a word bank on Knowledge Acquisition
food and exercise  Find out ways of
Level 2 & 3 Sound system cooking
 Ask & respond to ‘b’ and ‘p’
questions
 Read & understand food
label
 Change text to pictures
 Give sequence of
events
 Write a paragraph on
teenagers’ lifestyles and

3. on food habits
 Write a letter about a
hobby
9 UNIT 4 Level 1 Grammar Read a story of an Multiple Intelligences
SOCIAL ISSUES /  Ask & respond politely Question words accident  Understand tables, pie
BETTER SAFE THAN to questions on accidents  what Match ideas with charts
SORRY  Listen to a talk on road paragraphs
Literature : safety Simple Past Tense Draw road signs Preparation for the Real
The River  Read a story of an  regular verbs Reading bumper sticker World
accident victim  spelling rules Making Badges on Road  Understand bumper
 Give advice to drivers &  time and place Safety stickers and road signs
passengers expressions
Values
Level 2 & 3 Modals  Consideraton for others
i
 Ask & respond to  must, should  Moderation
questions for clarification
 Read a pie chart Vocabulary
 Draw conclusions/ Words related to road
identify cause & effect traffic
 Write paragraphs / Words web on road safety
accounts on road safety Building a word bank on
and preventing accidents road safety
Sound system
‘f’ and ‘w’
10 1ST TEST ( MARCH )
11 1ST MID TERM BREAK
12 - 13 UNIT 5 Level 1 Grammar Read a poem about Multiple Intelligences
SOCIAL ISSUES /  Talk about school & Prepositions of time school  Kinaesthetic
SCHOOLDAYS class activities  at, before, by, after, on Describing a scene
Literature :  Ask questions to get Recite a poem Thinking Skills
Mr. Nobody information on extra- Adverbs of Manner Role-play  Identify true or false
curricular activities Vocabulary An exhibition statements
 Listen to a talk about Words related to school  Making associations
school of 30 years ago Building a word bank on
school life Values
Level 2 & 3 Suffixes : -er, -or, -ess  Self discipline
-
 Listen to a talk about Sound system  Cooperation
school of 30 years ago & ‘k’ and ‘g’
note important detail Knowledge Acquisition
 Read an excerpt from a Set up an exhibition on
story on school of the schools
future

4.  Write school rules
Level 2 & 3
 Identify main points in a
text
 Write a letter about
school
 Identify words used by
poets to describe a scene
( using figurative language
)
14 - 15 UNIT 6 Level 1 Grammar Read an excerpt from a Preparation for the Real
VALUES / MAKING  Talk about Countable nouns story about ‘brand World
CHOICES advertisements Uncountable nouns consciousness’  Learn to cope with
Literature :  Ask & respond to Articles Change text to dialogue advertisements
Mr. Nobody questions about any Punctuation Prepare an advertisement  Become sensitive to
products Question words different cultures
 Note important details  what, why, when,  Become aware of
 Tell what the text is where, who consumer issues
about
Vocabulary
Level 2 & 3 Words related to things
 Make inquiries about Building a word bank on
products the things that people use
 Recount a shopping Sound system
experience ‘s’ and ‘z’
 Fill in an order f rm
o Dictation
 Scan for certain details
in a text
 Write letter about a
present
16 - 17 UNIT 6 Level 1 Grammar Read an excerpt from a Preparation for the Real
VALUES / MAKING  Talk about Countable nouns story about ‘brand World
CHOICES advertisements Uncountable nouns consciousness’  Learn to cope with
Literature :  Ask & respond to Articles Change text to dialogue advertisements
Mr. Nobody questions about any Punctuation Prepare an advertisement  Become sensitive to

5. products Question words different cultures
 Note important details  what, why, when,  Become aware of
 Tell what the text is where, who consumer issues
about
Vocabulary
Level 2 & 3 Words related to things
 Make inquiries about Building a word bank on
products the things that people use
 Recount a shopping Sound system
experience ‘s’ and ‘z’
 Fill in an order form Dictation
 Scan for certain details
in a text
 Write letter about a
present
18 REVISION WEEK
19 - 21 1 ST MID TERM EXAMINATION
22 - 23 MID YEAR BREAK
24 - 25 UNIT 7 Level 1 Grammar Recite a poem Learning How To Learn
VALUES /  Talk about Malaysian Articles Describing characters Skills
PROUD TO BE life  ‘the’– for unique things Creating a folder on  Prepare a folder on
MALAYSIAN  Listen to a story about a recycling recycling
Literature : good Malaysian Comparatives and
Flipping Fantastic  Read a text on royal superlatives Thinking Skills
symbols Prepositions of place and  Make decisions
 Follow sequence of direction  Compare and contrast
ideas Simple future tense
 will, going to Values
Level 2 & 3  Good citizenship
 Read a poem about a Vocabulary  Loyalty
soldier’s death Words related to places
 Write a letter about Collective nouns / group
plans for a visit names
 Talk about values in a Building a word bank on
poem collective nouns
 Write a postcard Sound system
‘m’, ‘n’ and ‘ng’
26 - 27 UNIT 8 Level 1 Grammar Recite poems Learning How To Learn
SCIENCE AND  Talk about ways of Possessive pronouns Prepare posters on Skills
TECHNOLOGY / IT’S A communication & give  mine, yours, his, hers, modern inventions  Prepare posters on
SMALL WORLD AFTER required information ours, theirs modern inventions
ALL  Listen to a telephone

6. Literature : conversation & note ‘The’ and zero article Thinking Skills
Flipping Fantastic important details Punctuation  Make inferences or
 Read encyclopedia  Apostrophes conclusions
extract  Make decisions
Scan for details & make Prefix : tele-
notes Vocabulary Multiple Intelligences
Abstract nouns  Kinaesthetic
Level 2 & 3 Words related to ideas or
 Talk about characters in qualities
the poem Building a word bank on
 Tell how events in the ways of communication
poem similar to one’s life Sound system
 Write an e -mail ‘i’, ee’ ‘e’ and ‘a’
message giving directions Dictation
to one’s home
 Write a description on
the role of gadgets in daily
life
28 - 29 UNIT 8 Level 1 Grammar Recite poems Learning How To Learn
SCIENCE AND  Talk about ways of Possessive pronouns Prepare posters on Skills
TECHNOLOGY / IT’S A communication & give  mine, yours, his, hers, modern inventions  Prepare posters on
SMALL WORLD AFTER required information ours, theirs modern inventions
ALL  Listen to a telephone
Literature : conversation & note ‘The’ and zero article Thinking Skills
Flipping Fantastic important details Punctuation  Make infer nces or
e
 Read encyclopedia  Apostrophes conclusions
extract  Make decisions
 Scan for details & make Prefix : tele-
notes Vocabulary Multiple Intelligences
Abstract nouns  Kinaesthetic
Level 2 & 3 Words related to ideas or
 Talk about characters in qualities
the poem Building a word bank on
 Tell how events in the ways of communication
poem similar to one’s life Sound system
 Write an e -mail ‘i’, ee’ ‘e’ and ‘a’
message giving directions Dictation
to one’s home
 Write a description on
the role of gadgets in daily
life

7. 28 - 29 UNIT 8 Level 1 Grammar Recite poems Learning How To Learn
SCIENCE AND  Talk about ways of Possessive pronouns Prepare posters on Skills
TECHNOLOGY / IT’S A communication & give  mine, yours, his, hers, modern inventions  Prepare posters on
SMALL WORLD AFTER required information ours, theirs modern inventions
ALL  Listen to a telephone
Literature : conversation & note ‘The’ and zero article Thinking Skills
Flipping Fantastic important details Punctuation  Make inferences or
 Read encyclopedia  Apostrophes conclusions
extract  Make decisions
 Scan for details & make Prefix : tele-
notes Vocabulary Multiple Intelligences
Abstract nouns  Kinaesthetic
Level 2 & 3 Words related to ideas or
 Talk about characters in qualities
the poem Building a word bank on
 Tell how events in the ways of communication
poem similar to one’s life Sound system
 Write an e -mail ‘i’, ee’ ‘e’ and ‘a’
message giving directions Dictation
to one’s home
 Write a description on
the role of gadgets in daily
life
30 2ND TEST ( JULY )
31 - 32 UNIT 9 Level 1,2.3 Grammar Prepare folders on saving Learning How To Learn
ENVIRONMENT / KEEP  Talk about recreation Negative verbs the earth Skills
IT GREEN, KEEP IT parks & give simple Conditional clauses Role-play  Prepare folders on
SIMPLE account of preferences  if Making a bookmark saving the earth
Literature :  Listen to an account of
Black Beauty a nature holiday & note Punctuation Thinking Skills
important details Simple past tense  Make inferences or
 Read a diagram on acid  Irregular verbs conclusions
rain  Make decisions
 Write an announcement Vocabulary  Compare and contrast
for a competition Smaller words in big
 Discuss ways to solve words Multiple Intelligences
air pollution Words related to the  Kinaesthetic
 Recount an incident environment
 Write an announcement Homophones Values
for a competition Building a word bank on  Courage
 Making predictions homophones  Compassion
Sound system

8. ‘i’, ee’ ‘e’ and ‘a’
Dictation
33 UNIT 10 Level 1,2,3 Grammar Discussion on how to raise Thinking Skills
VALUES / MY  Ask and respond to ‘Some’ money  Make decisions
BROTHER’S KEEPER questions ‘Each’ Reading a story on love  Solve problems
Literature :  Talk about rising funds ‘Will’ and compassion
Black Beauty  Follow sequence of  to show request Making a scrapbook on Knowledge Acquisition
ideas  to affirm contributions of science  Make a scrapbook on
 Read a chart and a and technology to the contributions of science
news report Vocabulary disabled and the sick and technology to the
 Rearrange sentences to Homographs disabled and the sick
form a paragraph Building a word bank on
 Write a story about a words that show quantity Values
caring family Sound system  Compassion
 Write an a nnouncement ‘ch’ and ‘j’
Dictation
34 2ND MID TERM BREAK
35 - 36 UNIT 11 Level 1,2,3 Grammar Role play Knowledge Acquisition
VALUES /  Talk about setting Demonstrative pronouns Prepare a folder on  Prepare a folder on
WE DID IT records and achievements  this, these,that, those Malaysian heroes Malaysia heroes
Literature :  Read an introduction Recite lines to notice
Black Beauty about a personality Phrasal verbs rhyme Thinking Skills
 Retell the story of the Present continuous tense Group discussion  Give opinions
poem Possessive adjectives
 Write a story of national  my, your, his, her, our, Multiple Intelligences
symbol or national event their  Kinaesthetic
 Write a story on
patriotism Vocabulary Values
Words related to people Patriotism
Words related to buildings  Citizenship
Building a word bank on
sports
Sound system
‘l’, ‘v’ ‘aa’ and ‘a’
Dictation
37 - 38 UNIT 12 Level 1 Grammar Recite a poem Learning How to Learn
SCIENCE &  Read a poem about Irregular plurals Prepare a class folder on Skills
TECHNOLOGY / OUR changes Question words the world of future  Prepare a class folder
CHANGING WORLD  Find the meaning of the  which, why, what, when, Composing lines or poems on the world of the future
Literature : words using contextual who, whose, where Group discussions
Black Beauty clues Thinking Skills
 Identify main ideas Tenses and time  Make decisions

9. expressions
Level 2 Conjunctions ICT Skills
 Talk about changes  and, but, or  Listen to a broadcast
 Listen to a radio
broadcast Vocabulary Preparation for the Real
 Follow sequence of Building big words from World
ideas small  Learn how to use ATM
 Identify main ideas from Similes
the text Building a word bank on
 Read a poem about the similes
changes in our lifestyles Sound system
 Complete a chart ‘h’, and ‘y’
Dictation
Level 3
 Discuss what you do if
you were in charge of a
country
 Write an ending of a
story
 Write a recipe of
happiness
 Write instructions
 Compose simple lines
for a poem
 Convey the poet’s
message in one’s own
words
39 - 40 REVISION WEEK
41 - 43 FINAL YEAR EXAMINATION
44 - 45 DISCUSS EXAM QUESTION PAPERS, FINAL EXAM RESULTS AND PREPARATION TOWARDS 2013