ENGLISH LANGUAGE YEAR 5

WEEK 1

REVIEW OF LAST TERM’S WORK – Primary 4 English Studies

WEEK 2

TOPIC – CONTENT

1. Speech Work –  IPA Chart and Phonemes
2. Structure – Make sentences with ‘must, ought to, Have to… More Practice on Speech Word
3. Reading –  Determine Main Ideas in Passages
4. Grammar –  Phrases and Clauses
5. Writing –  Organized Writing – The effect of the Covid 19 break on Me, my family and my school
6. Dictation –  Selected Words from the Reading Passage

WEEK 3

TOPIC – CONTENT

1. Speech work –  Sentences in the Passive Voice ‘With and Without an Agent’’’’
2. Structure – Mastering of the Passive Voice Construction change Active Sentences into Passive Voice – Further Practice on Speech Work
3. Reading –  Teaching of new words meanings and Comprehension
4. Grammar – Relative Clauses using words such as “who”, “which”, and “that”
5. Writing –  Writing Abbreviated Forms of Letters E.g. Telegram format/content
6. Dictation –  Selected Words from the Reading Passage
7. Literature: Genres of Literature 

WEEK 4

TOPIC – CONTENT

1. Speech Work –  Intonation Practice in Statement, Questions, Command and Request
2. Structure:  Paragraph from Children Novels – Good Neighborliness, etc.
3. Reading –  Teaching of New Words meanings and Comprehension
4. Grammar: Homophones and Homonyms
5. Writing: Guided Composition – My Best Friend
6. Dictation –  Selected Words from the Reading Passage
7. Literature: Figures of Speech Used in Drama

WEEK 5

TOPIC – CONTENT

1. Speech Work –  Reading Poem on Good Neighborliness
2. Structure – Selected Poem Based on the Virtues of Good Neighbourliness – As in Speech Work
3. Reading –  Teaching of New Words meanings and Comprehension
4. Grammar –  Practice Plural forms
5. Writing:  Features of Formal and Informal Letters
6. Dictation –  Selected Words from the Reading Passage
7. Literature: Types/ Elements of Drama

WEEK 6

TOPIC – CONTENT

1. Speech Work –  Making Polite Requests
2. Structure:  Sentence Building on Reported Speech
3. Reading –  Teaching of New Words meanings and Comprehension
4. Grammar – Choose the Word from Group B that Goes with each Word in Group A (Cross matching)
5. Writing –  Formal Invitation
6. Dictation –  Selected Words from the Reading Passage
7. Literature:

WEEK 7

TOPIC – CONTENT

1. Speech Work –  Phonetic Symbols (Place and Manner of Articulation)
2. Structure – Compare and Contrast Polite Intonation and the Rude or Impolite tone/Intonation in Dialogue
3. Reading –  Teaching of New Words meanings and Comprehension
4. Grammar – Punctuating of Formal and Informal Letters in Request of Formal Feature
5. Writing: Guided Composition – My Bicycle
6. Dictation –  Selected Words from the Reading Passage
7. Literature:

WEEK 8

TOPIC – CONTENT

1. Speech Work –  Intonation Practice/Vowels Contrast
2. Structure: Reported Speech
3. Reading –  Teaching of New Words meanings and Comprehension
4. Grammar –  Writing the Opposite of the Underlined Words (Antonyms)
5. Writing:  Abbreviated Forms of Letter E.g. Telegram
6. Dictation –  Selected Words from the Reading Passage
7. Literature:

WEEK 9

TOPIC – CONTEST

1. Speech Work – Making Reports of Statements, Commands, Questions Changing Reports to Direct Speech
2. Structure – Sentence Building
3. Reading –  Teaching of New Words meanings and Comprehension
4. Grammar –  Intonation practice on Question Tags
5. Writing –  Describing a House
6. Dictation –  Selected Words from the Reading Passage
7. Literature:

WEEK 10

TOPIC – CONTENT

1. Speech Work –  Simple Narrative on the Virtue of Truthfulness
2. Structure: Attribute of Truthfulness – As in Speech Work
3. Reading –  Teaching of New Words meanings and Comprehension
4. Grammar – Present Tense and Past Tense
5. Writing –  My school
6. Dictation –  Selected Words from the Reading Passage
7. Literature:

WEEK 11

TOPIC – CONTENT

1. Speech Work – Direct and Indirect Speech
2. Structure: Sentence Building
3. Reading –  Teaching of New Words meanings and Comprehension
4. Grammar –The future tense
5. Writing –  Reply to an Invitation Letter
6. Dictation –  Selected Words from the Reading Passage
7. Literature:

WEEK 12

REVISION AND TEST

WEEK 13

EXAMINATION