This document provides a scheme of work for an English language class in SMK Lahar over 15 weeks. It outlines the weekly themes, learning outcomes, activities and educational emphasis for developing students' language skills. The themes cover topics from novels, environmental issues, social issues and health. Learning outcomes focus on developing students' ability to use English for interaction, obtaining information and aesthetic purposes. Associated activities include group discussions, summarizing texts, character descriptions and role plays. The educational emphasis is on thinking skills, multiple intelligences and developing various grammar and sound system rules.

1. SMK LAHAT
Prepared by
UMAGOWRIE SUPRAMANIAM
SMK LAHAT
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2. ENGLISH LANGUAGE – FORM 5
SCHEME OF WORK 2015
WEEK THEME /
TOPIC
LEARNING OUTCOMES L1 L2 L3 ACTIVITIES EDUCATIONAL
EMPHASIS
GRAMMAR SOUND
SYSTEM
1-2
12/1 –
23/1
CHAPTER1GREATEXPECTATIONSPeople Language For Interpersonal Use
a. introducing oneself
b. relate persona; experience
Language For Informational Use
a. identifying main ideas
b. reading materials in print
c. make inferences
Language For Aesthetic Use
NATURE
CATCH US IF YOU CAN
a. elements of a novel
b. describe setting
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1. Group discussion.
2. Answer wh-questions
3. Talking about oneself (experiences, etc.)
4. Writing down significant happenings.
5. Scanning for specific ideas.
6. Look for required information in a text.
7. Following sequence of ideas.
8. Describe the setting in a novel.
Thinking Skills:
Reflecting
Multiple
Intelligences:
Interpersonal
ICT Skills:
Creating an e-
mail account
Countable
and
uncountable
nouns
Articles
Consonant
s /b/ and
/g/
3
26/1 –
30/1
CHAPTER2DARETODIFFERENTPeople
Language For Interpersonal Use
a. take part in discussions on career choices.
Language For Informational Use
a. listening to spoken texts.
b. reading materials in print.
c. identify important notes.
d. writing letters
Language For Aesthetic Use
NATURE
CATCH US IF YOU CAN
a. describe characters
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1. Talk about career choices and
exchanging ideas among peers.
2. Listening to an interview.
3. Skimming and scanning for specific ideas.
4. List important details.
5. Write a job application and a curriculum
vitae.
6. Describing characters and setting
7. Read a magazine article and make
inferences.
8. Describe characters and write a
description about them in a paragraph
Thinking Skills:
Hypothesizing
Preparation for
the real world:
Writing a job
application and
a curriculum
vitae
The Simple
Present and
Past Tense
(revision)
Subject Verb
Agreement
(revision)
Punctuation:
Apostrophe
Dictation
Vowels
/3:/ and /ə/
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3. 4
2/2 –
6/2
CHAPTER3EARTH’SSENTINELSPeopleEnvironment
Language For Interpersonal Use
a. take part in social interaction
Language For Informational Use
a. listening to spoken texts.
b. reading materials in print
c. composing short text: summary
d. present information
Language For Aesthetic Use
ARE YOU STILL PLAYING YOUR FLUTE
CATCH US IF YOU CAN
a. characters in a novel
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1. Asking someone to decide on something.
2. Reading text to understand contextual
clues.
3. Summarize: write concisely.
4. Draw conclusions.
5. Look for words and phrases that describe
the characters –
either what the author says or what the
other characters say about these characters.
Thinking Skills:
Giving
opinions
ICT Skills:
1. Accessing
the Internet
2. Learning
about e-
journals and
e-zines
The Passive
Prepositions
of time
Consonant
/Ө/ and /σ/
WEEK THEME /
TOPIC
LEARNING OUTCOMES L1 L2 L3 ACTIVITIES EDUCATIONAL
EMPHASIS
GRAMMAR SOUND
SYSTEM
5
9/2 –
13/2
CHAPTER4RAINONTRIALEnvironment
Language For Interpersonal Use
a. take part in social interaction
b. taking part in discussions
Language For Informational Use
a. obtain information for different purposes.
b. reading materials in print
c. composing short text: summary
d. present information to different audiences
Language For Aesthetic Use
ARE YOU STILL PLAYING YOUR FLUTE
CATCH US IF YOU CAN
a. respond to literary work
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1. Exchange ideas on topics of interest:
solving problems and making decisions.
2. Interview people and using
questionnaires.
3. Summarize: link ideas using logical
connectors.
4. Write about cause and effect:
expand notes and outlines.
5. Retell an event in one’s own words.
6. Discuss values explored in the text.
Multiple
Intelligence:
1. Spatial
2.
Interpersonal
Thinking Skills:
Giving
opinions and
evaluating
Logical
Connectors
Conjunction
Punctuation:
exclamation
marks, full
stops,
question
marks
Vowel
/ǽ/ and /e/
6 CUTI SEMPENA TAHUN BARU CINA (16/2/15 – 20/2/15)
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4. 7 - 8
23/2 –
6/3
CHAPTER5THROUGHGREENEYESSocialIssuesEnvironment
Language For Interpersonal Use
a. take part in social interaction
b. obtain goods and services
Language For Informational Use
a. reading materials in print
b. composing short text: summary
c. Expanding notes and outlines
Language For Aesthetic Use
NATURE
ARE YOU STILL PLAYING YOUR FLUTE
CATCH US IF YOU CAN
a. moral values in a novel
b. understand and discuss moral values.
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1. Make enquiries about a product.
2. Listening to a radio talk and take notes of
text heard.
3. Reading descriptive text: identify main
ideas, important details and understand
contextual clues.
4. Summarize: link ideas using logical
connectors.
5. Write an explanation: state preference
6. Discuss point of view.
7. Making inferences.
Thinking Skills:
Making
inferences
Multiple
Intelligences:
Linguistic-
verbal/bodily-
kinesthetic
Adverbs of
manner and
degree
Adverbs to
express
certainty
Vowels
/i:/ and /I/
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9/3-3/3
PEPERIKSAAN DALAMAN USBF 1
MID TERM HOLIDAYS (14/3/15- 22/3/15)
10
23/3 –
27/3
CHAPTER6PERILSOFPETROLEUMEnvironment
Language For Interpersonal Use
a. listening to a news bulletin.
Language For Informational Use
a. reading materials in print
b. composing short text: summary
c. expanding notes
d. drawing conclusion
Language For Aesthetic Use
NATURE
ARE YOU STILL PLAYING YOUR FLUTE
CATCH US IF YOU CAN
a. Significant events in a novel.
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1. Write missing details in blanks.
2. Read a factual account and a news
report.
3. Summarize: link ideas with sentence
connectors.
4. Write a news report.
5. Describe events in a novel in the
students’ own words.
Thinking Skills:
Evaluating
Multiple
Intelligence:
Spatial –
reading a chart
The Present
Perfect
Tense
Sequence
Connectors
Punctuation:
the
semicolon (;)
Dictation
Consonant
s
/f/ and /l/
WEEK THEME /
TOPIC
LEARNING OUTCOMES L
1
L
2
L
3
ACTIVITIES EDUCATIONAL
EMPHASIS
GRAMMAR SOUND
SYSTEM
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5. 11
30/3 –
3/4
CHAPTER7WHATEYESSEESocialIssues
Language For Interpersonal Use
a. taking part in conversation
b. give points of view
Language For Informational Use
a. listening to spoken text
b. composing short text: summary
c. reading materials in print.
d. extracting main ideas.
e. write recounts.
f. presenting information in non-linear forms.
Language For Aesthetic Use
NATURE
ARE YOU STILL PLAYING YOUR FLUTE
CATCH US IF YOU CAN
a. moral values in a novel
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1. Work in small groups – topic of
current interest.
2. Listen to an eyewitness and note
important details.
3. Summarize: link ideas with sequence
connectors and preposition of time.
4. Understand contextual clues.
5. Write a short paragraph based on a
bar chart.
6. Write a recount of important event.
7. Discuss point of view – moral values
in a novel.
Thinking Skills:
Distinguishing
between fact and
opinion
Multiple
Intelligence:
Interpreting a bar
chart
Prepositions of
Direction
Interrogative
Pronouns
Simple Past
and Past
Continuous
Tense
Vowel
/x/ and /å/
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6/4 –
10/4
CHAPTER10HIDDENVOICESHealthSocialIssues
Language For Interpersonal Use
a. carrying out a variety of language function
Language For Informational Use
a. listening to spoken text
b. process information
c. reading materials in print.
d. present information – expand outline
Language For Aesthetic Use
IN THE MIDST OF HARDSHIP
ARE YOU STILL PLAYING YOUR FLUTE?
NATURE
ARE YOU STILL PLAYING YOUR FLUTE
CATCH US IF YOU CAN
a. Respond to literary work: sub-theme in
a novel
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1. Make enquiries and place an order.
2. Role-play a situation.
3. Listen to a book review and recall
important details.
4. Read texts and identify important
details.
5. Write a book review.
6. Discuss a sub-themes in a novel.
7. Dramatize sections of the novel.
8. Carry out pantomime and write a
script.
Thinking Skills:
Giving opinions,
evaluating
Learning How To
Learn Skills:
Using book
reviews
Multiple
Intelligence:
Logical-
mathematical
Adverbs of time
and frequency
Adjective and
preposition
combination
Phrasal Verbs
(revision)
Punctuation:
Brackets
Dictation
Diphthongs
/eə/
/ØI/
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6. 13
13/4 –
17/4
CHAPTER8RIGHTS,WRONGSANDRESPONSIBILITIESSocialIssues
Language For Interpersonal Use
a. discussing plans and arrangements
Language For Informational Use
a. obtain information
b. reading materials in print.
c. process information
d. drawing conclusion
Language For Aesthetic Use
a. Theme in a novel
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1. Exchange ideas and opinions on
topic of interest.
2. Listen to information in a fact sheet.
3. Read two extracts.
4. Identify main ideas in extracts.
5. Write on different viewpoints.
6. Make inferences.
7. Explain theme in a novel.
8. Identify the main theme.
Thinking Skills:
Giving opinions
with supporting
details
Reported
Speech
Punctuation:
the colon (: )
Dictation
Vowels
/å:/ and
/Λ/
WEEK THEME /
TOPIC
LEARNING OUTCOMES L
1
L
2
L
3
ACTIVITIES EDUCATIONAL
EMPHASIS
GRAMMAR SOUND
SYSTEM
14
20/4 –
24/4
CHAPTER9CLOUDOFCONCERNHealthSocialIssues
Language For Interpersonal Use
a. taking part in conversation
Language For Informational Use
a. reading materials in print.
b. process information
c. present information
Language For Aesthetic Use
NATURE
ARE YOU STILL PLAYING YOUR
FLUTE
CATCH US IF YOU CAN
a. Respond to literary work
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1. Persuade someone not to do something
and to do activities.
2. Discussion about health.
3. Read a virtual pamphlet.
4. Scan for important details.
5. Understand contextual clues.
6. Write an article for school magazine.
7. Make prediction as to what might happen
next.
8. Give one’s opinion of sections of a story.
Thinking Skills:
Solving Problems
Multiple
Intelligence:
Linguistic, Logical-
mathematical,
spatial
Modals :
may , might
Gerunds
Diphthongs
/əυ/
/eI/
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7. 15
27/4 –
1/5
CHAPTER11TOTELLORNOTTOTELLSocialIssuesHealth
Language For Interpersonal Use
a. discussing plans and
arrangements
b. solving problems and making
decision.
Language For Informational Use
a. listen to spoken text
b. identifying main ideas.
c. writing description.
d. expand notes and outlines
Language For Aesthetic Use
IN THE MIDST OF HARDSHIP
HE HAD SUCH QUIET EYES
ARE YOU STILL PLAYING YOUR
FLUTE?
NATURE
CATCH US IF YOU CAN
a. Respond to literary text
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1. Relate personal experiences.
2. Persuade someone not to do something.
3. Listening to a counseling session.
4. Read a problem page letter in a
newspaper.
5. Read and understand main ideas in
the text; understand contextual clues.
6. Summarize: write a summary of:
a. Daisy’s concerns
b. Aunt Sybil’s advice and Suggestions
7. Respond to letters in writing.
8. Recite a poem.
9. Discuss the theme of a poem.
Thinking Skills:
Gathering
information an d
evaluating
Multiple
Intelligence:
logical-
mathematical
Past Perfect
Tense
Prepositions of
association
Prepositions of
place
Consonant
clusters
/skr/
/spl/
/spr/
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4/5– 8/5 REVISION
17 -19 PEPERIKSAAN PPT (11/5/15 – 28/5/15)
MID YEAR HOLIDAYS (29/5/15 – 14/6/14)
WEEK THEME /
TOPIC
LEARNING OUTCOMES L
1
L
2
L
3
ACTIVITIES EDUCATIONAL
EMPHASIS
GRAMMAR SOUND
SYSTEM
7

8. 20
15/6 –
19/6
CHAPTER12OFBRANDSANDTRENDSSocialIssues
Language For Interpersonal Use
a. making enquiries and ordering
goods and services
Language For Informational Use
a. listening to spoken text.
b. extracting main ideas.
c. reading materials in print.
d. presenting information in non-linear
forms.
Language For Aesthetic Use
IN THE MIDST OF HARDSHIP
HE HAD SUCH QUIET EYES
NATURE
ARE YOU STILL PLAYING YOUR
FLUTE?
CATCH US IF YOU CAN
a. Events in a novel
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1. Compare and contrast the information
obtained and decide on a choice.
2. Give opinions on advertisement
3. Offer thanks for the service and product.
4. Identify main ideas in radio commercials.
5. Identify main ideas in a text.
6. Compare and contrast data from graphs
and charts.
7. Write a report based on a chart.
8. Retell events in the novel from various
points of view.
Thinking Skills:
a. Comparing and
contrasting
b. Making
judgments
Multiple
Intelligence:
Verbal-linguistic
Real World:
Being a discerning
consumer
Adjective
(revision)
Adjectives
functioning as
nouns
Punctuation:
Underlining for
emphasis
Dictation
Consonant
/t/
Consonant
clusters
/kl/
/sl/
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9. 21 – 22
22/6 –
3/7
CHAPTER13WASTENOT,WANTNOTScienceandTechnology
Language For Interpersonal Use
a. taking part in discussion.
Language For Informational Use
a. listening to spoken text.
b. reading materials in print.
c. identifying different points of view.
d. drawing conclusions.
e. summarizing information.
Language For Aesthetic Use
IN THE MIDST OF HARDSHIP
HE HAD SUCH QUIET EYES
NATURE
ARE YOU STILL PLAYING YOUR
FLUTE?
CATCH US IF YOU CAN
a. respond to literary work
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1. Take part in discussion – based on a
picture.
2. Keep record of activities – a week of an
activity pertaining to cleaning the
environment.
3. Exchange opinions.
4. Listen to panel discussion and note
important details.
5. Listen to a talk: recall main ideas.
6. Read the text of speech.
7. Identify main ideas
8. Write a summary about the environment.
9. Retell poem in the students’ own words.
10. Write a haiku.
Thinking Skills:
Making
interpretations;
planning and
carrying out a
project
Nouns
functioning as
adjectives
Simple,
compound and
complex
sentences
Consonant
clusters
/t∫/
/gl/
/pl/
WEEK THEME /
TOPIC
LEARNING OUTCOMES L
1
L
2
L
3
ACTIVITIES EDUCATIONAL
EMPHASIS
GRAMMAR SOUND
SYSTEM
23 – 24
6/7 –
17/7
CHAPTER14HANDLEWITHCAREScienceandTechnologyEnvironment
Language For Interpersonal Use
a. taking part in discussion
b. exchanging ideas
Language For Informational Use
a. listening to spoken text.
b. reading materials in print.
c. identifying different points of view.
d. drawing conclusions.
e. summarizing information.
Language For Aesthetic Use
IN THE MIDST OF HARDSHIP
NATURE
ARE YOU STILL PLAYING YOUR
FLUTE?
CATCH US IF YOU CAN
a. Theme and message of a
poem
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1. Ask and respond to questions politely.
2. Listening to a meeting in progress: note
important details.
3. expand notes and outline – a report.
4. Make inferences – solving the problem
waste disposal.
5. Write a summary about the use of
environmental biotechnology.
6. Discuss the theme and message of a
poem.
Thinking Skill:
Evaluating
Real World:
Solving the
problem of waste
disposal
Formation of
the negative of
adjectives
Prepositions of
purpose
(revision)
Punctuation:
hyphen
Homophone
s
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10. 25 -26
20/7 –
31/7
CHAPT
ER15
CROS
SROA
DS
PeopleSocialIssues
Language For Interpersonal Use
a. carrying out language function.
b. solving problems
Language For Informational Use
a. listening to spoken text.
b. reading materials in print.
c. summarizing information.
d. expanding notes and outline.
Language For Aesthetic Use
IN THE MIDST OF HARDSHIP
HE HAD SUCH QUIET EYES
NATURE
ARE YOU STILL PLAYING YOUR
FLUTE?
CATCH US IF YOU CAN
a. respond to literary work
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1. Talk about feelings and interests.
2. Help a friend make a decision.
3. Listen to a farewell speech.
4. Read an inspirational speech.
5. Identify main ideas and details in a
speech.
6. Understand contextual clues.
7. Write a speech – to honour the most
active member of the uniformed bodies.
8. Recite poem with feeling and expression.
Thinking Skills:
Drawing
conclusions
Real World:
Finding out how
others deal with
tragedies
Infinitives as
objects of verbs
Infinitive as
complements of
the verb ‘to be’
Modals:
may , might
Homographs
27 – 33
3/8-18/9 REVISION
MID TERM HOLIDAYS (19/09/15 – 27/09/15)
34 – 36
28/9-
6/10
SPM TRIAL
37 - 38 REVISION / POST MORTEM / REFLECTION (19/10/15 –30/10/15)
39 - 43 SPM (03/11/15 – 02/12/15)
L1 = Level 1 – outlines the basic skills to be achieved by students.
L2 = Level 2 – outlines the continuation of the students’ progress after achieving the basic skills.
L3 = Level 3 – outlines the advance skills to be achieved by students.
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11. FORM FIVE ENGLISH – SCHEME OF WORK 2015
LITERATURE COMPONENT
GENRE TITLE
POEM
NATURE BY H.D CARBERRY
ARE YOU STILL PLAYING YOUR FLUTE? BY ZURINA HASSAN
NOVEL CATCH US IF YOU CAN BY CATHERINE MACPHAIL
WEEK GENRE LEARNING OUTCOMES L
1
L
2
L
3
ACTIVITIES EDUCATIONAL
EMPHASIS
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12. POEM:
NATURE
ARE YOU STILL
PLAYING YOUR
FLUTE?
NOVEL:
CATCH US IF
YOU CAN
Language For Aesthetic Use
a. understanding and telling in one’s own
words the story and poem heard and/or
read, and giving one’s opinion of the
text;
b. recognizing elements in a story such as
characters and setting;
c. explaining the message the writer is
trying to convey and discussing how this
relates to one’s life;
d. understanding other people’s cultures,
traditions, customs and beliefs;
e. reciting poems with feeling and
expression.
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1. Reciting a poem with feeling and
expression and with correct pronunciation,
intonation, stress and rhythm.
2. Read a story
3. Talking about values found in the text.
4. Talking about the theme and writing a
simple paragraph about the theme of the
story.
5. Talking about the message the writer is
putting across and writing a simple paragraph
on it.
6. Telling how events, characters and values
in the text are similar to one’s life.
7. Giving the sequence of events.
8. Talking about the place and time the story
took place or the place the poem describes and
writing a simple paragraph on it.
9. Talking about characters in a story and
writing a simple paragraph on one or two
characters.
Thinking Skills:
Make decisions
Solve problems
Values:
Compassion
Courage
Self discipline
Cooperation
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