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Dawood Public School Course Outline for 2014-2015

English Language Class: VI

Books Prescribed:

1. Oxford Progressive English Book 6 2. An Anthology of English poetry 3. Novel: A Little Princess

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. We going to instill these skills in our students, by following these stratagies:-

Skills:

1. 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.

2. Reading:

Reading actually means to read with proper intonation (accent) and mindfulness, comprehend what you are reading, learn new words and phrases, and then express analytically by responding correctly to the given questions related to the text

3. Writing:

Writing will be taught in such a way that the students will not be jumbled with their thought, try to organize their work and be self-corrigible. Following process will be followed to make them

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expert.

Course Categorization:

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 Progressive English Book 6

Listening and speaking lessons are given in 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: A Little Princess Reference Book: Dictionary

Students will read and analyze the complete novel. A short review of the novel is as follows:-

3. Comprehension (Reading, Writing and Analysis)

Course Book: Oxford Progressive English Book 6

Grammar Skills: Students will read comprehension passages given in the course book and do the related exercises , in their note books.

Edit

• Correct and improve spellings and punctuation, grammar, clarity of text, add or take away information, fix mistakes.

Publish

• Write a final draft, presenting to public, make it look good.

Before writing

• Brain Storming and discuss to generate the ideas; select a topic, decide the purpose and audience; organize the ideas.

Make a Rough Draft

• Write the first or a rough draft not perfect and final, contain mistakes, do not worry about the mistakes or details just write!

Revise • Consider content, focus and organize your ideas and that improve

what you have wrote, make it clearer, change words and information.

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4. Grammar (Writing) Reference Book: Grammar Tree

Nouns, verbs, vowels, articles, conjunctions, tense etc. have been done in previous classes. These will be revised and done in continuation with more variations and in detail according to their class level. New concepts like, types of sentences, idioms, metaphors 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 skills in them. Written work will be done in note books and work sheets. Reference books and websites mentioned above can be used by the students for further help and practice.

5. Creative Writing (Writing and Analysis)

Students’ creative, imaginative and thinking abilities will be developed and polished in this part of curriculum, so that they will be able to express themselves in writing independently using parts and figures of speech that they have been learning in English Grammar. Exercises and activities for creative thinking and writing are given by the teacher. They will follow teacher’s instructions and write in their note books after following writing process. Brainstorming will be done in class and teachers’ assistance will be provided to the students.

Activities:

• Crosswords, Word puzzles, Jumbled Sentences and Sequencing of Paragraphs will be conducted in various classes to make language learning a fun exercise.

• Essay Writing Competition, Story Writing Competition and Poetry Writing Competitions will be held to give a vent to their creative energies and to encourage students to work at improving their writing skills.

• Debates, Panel Discussions, Declamation and Extempore will also help raise their confidence level and make them develop the art of public speaking.

• Elocutionary Competitions will be encouraged to recite their favourite poems or a short prose, which requires the skill of being able to manifest expressions in the written text.

• Students will attend the Drama Festival organized by the joint effort of all the levels to encourage students’ imagination, creativity, and possible acting skills. It will also help to inculcate in them the desire to work independently and responsibly.

AUGUST / SEPTEMBER

Comprehension: Unit 1: ‘Where we live’ from OPE 1. Reading emails-page 2 2. Summers in Murree-page 7 3. Information on host families in England-page 15 Unit 2: ‘The Sea’ 1. A website advertisement-page 30 2. Vocabulary-page 31 Literature: Novel: A Little Prince Chapter 1 to 3: Pg 1-36 Reading Discussion Vocabulary Building Main Events Characters Comprehension Exercises Reference to Context Comprehension Exercises

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An Anthology of English poetry The Duck and the Kangaroo

Grammar:

Compound Adjectives - page 5 Connectives (Although, While, Since) Figures of Speech : Personification, Metaphors and Similes Degrees of Adjectives, Superlative and Comparative- page 33

Creative Writing: Narrative Writing Email Writing

OCTOBER Comprehension: Unit 2: The Sea 1. Oil spillage disaster-news report 2. The King and the Tide-page 38 Unit 3-OPE 1. The School master-page 51 2. Crows know-page 59 3. The laughter Potion-page 63 Literature: Novel: A Little Prince Chapter 4, 5 & 6: Pg 37-79 Main Events Objectives Complete the Given Statements Questions & Answers Comparison Between Characters Sequencing the Events

An Anthology of English Poetry Stars-page 5

Grammar:

1. Direct speech-page 53 2. Adverbs-page 67 3. Prefixes-page 68 Creative Writing: Report Writing

NOVEMBER Comprehension: Unit 4: Natural disasters 1. Monsoon floods Pakistan-page 79 2. Earthquakes-page 92 3. The Yellow Emperor’s flood-page 81

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Unit 5: Sights and sounds 1. Information Pamphlets-page 103 2. Information text (news report)-page 105 3. A blind man-page 108 4. The blind beggar woman-page 109 5. The Odyssey Literature:

Novel: A Little Princess Review of the Novel

Chapter: 1-6

Excerpts to be given Vocabulary Reference to the Contexts Questions & Answers

An Anthology of English poetry If I were Lord of Tartary-page 7

Further Reading Harry Potter and the philosopher’s stone by J.K. Rowling

Grammar: Homonyms-page 93 Suffixes – page 96 Relative Pronouns – page 114

Creative Writing: Writing an Interview (Unit 4)

DECEMBER

Mid-Term Exams

JANUARY Comprehension: UNIT 6: Lions and Tigers 1. Vocabulary-Pg 123-124 2. Aesop’s Fables-Pg133 3. Folk Tales-Spider and The Lion-Pg134 UNIT 7: Searching 1. Mpho’s Search-Pg 146 2. The Two Brothers-Pg 157 3. Finding the Tomb of Tutan Khamen-Pg 164 Literature:

Novel: A Little Princess Chapter: 7, 8 & 9 Pg80-138

Reading Discussion Main Events Vocabulary Character Sketch Climax Question & Answers

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An Anthology of English Poetry Try, Try Again-Pg11

Further Reading Gulliver’s Travel by Jonathan Swift.

Grammar: Asking Questions-Pg125-126 Present Continuous Tense-Pg127 Antonyms using prefixes un- and anti-:-Pg131

Active and Passive Voice-Pg155

Creative Writing: Describing pictures (Unit 6)

FEBRUARY

Comprehension: UNIT8: Advances in Technology 1. Egyptian Twins Doing Well After Separation-Pg172 2. Non-Fiction: It’s an incredibly magical place 3. Writing Task-Sequencing-Pg190

Literature: Novel: A Little Princess Chapter: 10-13 Pg139-195 Excerpt Reference to Context Complete the Statement Questions & Answers

An Anthology of English Poetry My Shadow-Pg13 Grammar: 1. Indirect and Direct Question-Pg175 2. Pairs of Commas-Pg176 3. Acronyms-Pg188

MARCH Comprehension: UNIT: 9 SPORTS

1. Fan costs Cubs the World Serie-Pg200 2. The Language of Adverts-Pg206 3. Curling-Pg211

Literature: Novel: A Little Princess Chapter: 14-18 Pg 196-284

Character Sketch Sequencing the Events Theme of the Story Questions & Answers

AN ANTHOLOGY OF ENGLISH POETRY Little by Little-Pg 15

Grammar: Apostrophes-Pg202 Tag Questions-Pg209

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Creative Writing:

Writing your own advertisement- page 208

APRIL

UNIT 10: JOURNEYS 1. Crossing the River-Pg222 2. The Partitive Genitive-Pg228 3. Paradise in the Panjshir Valley-Pg230 4. Easy Travel Writing-Pg239 5. Planning your Stories-Pg244 Literature: Novel: A Little Princess Chapter 18: Last Chapter

Review of the Novel Reading & Discussion Vocabulary Ending of the Story/ Conclusion Excerpt Grammar Exercises to be done using text

Grammar:

1. Count and non-count Nouns-Pg227 2. Definite and Indefinite Articles-Pg225 Creative Writing: Writing an Autobiography

REVISION

1. Grammar 2. Composition 3. Comprehension 4. Poetry 5. Prose (Literature)

MAY

FINAL EXAMINATION

August & September

Comprehension:- Unit 1: ‘Where we live’ from OPE 1. Reading emails-page 2 2. Summers in Murree-page 7 3. Information on host families in England-page 15

Unit 2: ‘The Sea’ 1. A website advertisement-page 30 2. Vocabulary-page 31

Class discussion will be done followed by the exercises at the end of each chapter. Vocabulary is given with the passages that will help students with difficult words. These words will also help enhance their vocabulary.

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Creative Writing:

Email Writing: Send a birthday invitation to your friend via email

Narrative Writing: Visit to an interesting place in summer vacations

Topics will be explained to the students, brainstorming will be done in class. Students can take help from ideas given on page 2 and 7 of the course book.

Grammar:

Compound Adjectives: A compound adjective is an adjective made up of two or more words linked by a hyphen. Exercises to insert appropriate compound adjectives in the sentences will be given to the students to do in their notebook. E.g. The cottage was covered with snow. It was a snow-covered cottage. Connectives: A connective is a word or phrase that links clauses or sentences. Connectives like while, although and since will be done. Students will be asked to use these connectives in sentences. Figures of Speech: Metaphors Similes Personification Comparative and Superlative Adjectives: Comparatives and Superlatives are special forms of adjectives. They are used to compare two or more things. Generally, comparatives are formed using -er and superlatives are formed using -est. With some two-syllable words and almost all words with three or more syllables, the comparative and superlative adjectives are formed by using more and most. Exercise to fill grid with appropriate superlative and comparative adjective will be done in class. E.g:

Adjective Comparative Superlative

small smaller the smallest

cold colder the coldest

light lighter the lightest

short shorter the shortest

October

Comprehension:- Unit 2: The Sea 1. Oil spillage disaster-news report 2. The King and the Tide-page 38

Unit 3-OPE 1. The School master-page 51 2. Crows know-page 59 3. The laughter Potion-page 63

Class discussion will be done followed by the exercises at the end of each chapter. Vocabulary is given with the passages that will help students with difficult words. These words will also help enhance their vocabulary.

Creative Writing: Report Writing: Write a report on school’s Night Festival Topic will be explained to the students, brainstorming will be done in class. Students can take help fron ideas given on page 36 of the course book.

Grammar: Direct speech: Direct speech is the name given to the words inside speech marks which record what a character says. When people speak in text, what they say goes inside speech marks Exercise on writing dialogues in direct speech will be done I students notebook.

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Adverbs: An adverb tells more about the verb. It is usually formed by adding –ly to the adjective. Exercise on making adverbs will be done followed by making sentences with those wardrobes will be done. E.g. Quick- Quickly Prefixes: Prefixes are letters which don’t make any sense on their own but which, when they are put at the front of a stem word, change the meaning of the stem word. Exercise on prefixes un- dis- re- will be done where students will be asked to write appropriate prefixed word. E.g: Do again re-do

November

Comprehension: Unit 4: Natural disasters 4. Monsoon floods Pakistan-page 79 5. Earthquakes-page 92 6. The Yellow Emperor’s flood-page 81

Unit 5: Sights and sounds 6. Information Pamphlets-page 103 7. Information text (news report)-page 105 8. A blind man-page 108 9. The blind beggar woman-page 109

10. The Odyssey

Class discussion will be done followed by the exercises at the end of each chapter. Vocabulary is given with the passages that will help students with difficult words. These words will also help enhance their vocabulary.

Creative Writing:

Writing an interview Topic will be explained to the students, brainstorming will be done in class.

Grammar:

Homonyms: Homonyms are words which have the same spelling and sound, but have completely different meanings. Exercise will be done where students will find two meanings of a single word and then make sentence of each. E.g. Crane Meaning 1: (noun) a machine for lifting heavy weights During the storm the tall crane fell over and was blown into the sea Meaning 2: (noun) a type of large bird with long legs The crane was wading through the water at the river’s edge

Suffixes: A suffix is a syllable which does not make sense on its own. However, when it is added to the end of a word, it changes the meaning of the stem word. Exercise will be done in class where the students will write down correct adjectives ending in the suffix –less. E.g. Use-Useless Relative Pronouns: Relative Pronouns tell us more about someone in the sentence. Relative pronouns that go with people are Who, Whom, Whose Relative Pronouns that go with things are Which and That Exercise will be done where students will be asked to fill the blanks with appropriate Relative pronouns. E.g. The man whose ears were filled with wax sailed safely past the island.

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December Mid-Term Exams

January

Comprehension: UNIT 6: Lions and Tigers

4. Vocabulary-Pg 123-124 5. Aesop’s Fables-Pg133 6. Folk Tales-Spider and The Lion-Pg134

UNIT 7: Searching

4. Mpho’s Search-Pg146 5. The Two Brothers-Pg157 6. Finding the Tomb of Tutan Khamen-Pg164

Class discussion will be done followed by the exercises at the end of each chapter. Vocabulary is given with the passages that will help students with difficult words. These words will also help enhance their vocabulary.

Creative Writing:

Describing pictures (Unit 6) Topic will be explained to the students, brainstorming will be done in class.

Grammar:

Asking Questions- using do, does, did: When you ask a question, you have to use the auxiliary verb “do” a) Simple present: Do/Does + Infinitive form b) Simple Past: Did + Infinitive form Exercise will be done in class where students will be asked to write their own questions as per different situations provide to them. E.g: Ask whether they eat meat. Do they eat meat?

Present Continuous Tense: The present continuous tense is formed by the simple present of the verb ‘to be’ + the –ing present participle. Exercise will be done where students will be asked to fill blanks with correct tense of an appropriate verb. E.g: Irfan is feeding the birds.

Antonyms using prefixes un- and anti-: 1) The prefix un- changes the meaning of the stem word and makes a word that means the opposite of

the stem word. Another word for an opposite is Antonym

2) The prefix anti- means against, in opposition to. There is usually a hyphen (-) between anti- and the word.

Exercise will be done where the students will have to write down antonyms with prefix un- and anti-. E.g: Happy- Unhappy Active and Passive Voice: The active voice is the "normal" voice. This is the voice that we use most of the time. You are probably already familiar with the active voice. In the active voice, the object receives the action of the verb The passive voice is less usual. In the passive voice, the subject receives the action of the verb Exercise will be done in class where students will be asked to identify the voice in each sentence. E.g: - She was sent a cheque for a thousand Euros. - I gave him a book for his birthday.

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February Comprehension: UNIT8: Advances in Technology

1) Egyptian Twins Doing Well After Separation-Pg172 2) Non-Fiction: It’s an incredibly magical place 3) Writing Task-Sequencing-Pg190 Class discussion will be done followed by the exercises at the end of each chapter. Vocabulary is given with the passages that will help students with difficult words. These words will also help enhance their vocabulary.

Grammar: Indirect and Direct Question: Indirect Question The reporter asked when doctor would know whether the operation had been a complete success. Direct Question “When will you know whether the operation has been a complete success?” asked the reporter Exercise will be done where students will be asked to re-write indirect questions as direct questions. Pairs of Commas: A word, phrase or clause, in a sentence sometimes gives you added, non-essential information about someone or something in the sentence. The sentence would make complete sense without the non-essential information. When this happens, the word, phrase or clauses giving the extra information is often presented between commas. Exercise will be done where students will put in pairs of commas where necessary. E.g: My friend, Sara, was not feeling well yesterday. Acronyms: Acronyms are words which are made up of the initial letters of a hroup of words. The initial letters make a new word, which can be pronounced. Acronyms should not be confused with abbreviations in which each initial letter is pronounced separately. Exercise will be done where students will be asked to tell what each acronym stand for. E.g: RAM

March

Comprehension: UNIT: 9 SPORTS

1. Fan costs Cubs the World Serie-Pg200 2. The Language of Adverts-Pg206 3. Curling-Pg211 Class discussion will be done followed by the exercises at the end of each chapter. Vocabulary is given with the passages that will help students with difficult words. These words will also help enhance their vocabulary.

Creative Writing:

Writing your own advertisement Topic will be explained to the students, brainstorming will be done in class.

Grammar:

Apostrophes: Apostrophes are used for two reasons: 1) Possession- To show that something belongs to someone 2) Omission- To show where a letter or letters have been left out, usually from verbs.

Exercise will be done where students will be asked to underline apostrophes in text of course book. Tag Questions: A tag is the little tail which, when put at the end of a statement, turns the statement into a question. We ask tag questions when we speak, and we write them in direct speech. Exercise will be done where students will complete statements with a tag question. E.g: The video will be for sale, won’t it?

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April

Comprehension: UNIT 10: JOURNEYS

1. Crossing the River-Pg222 2. The Partitive Genitive-Pg228 3. Paradise in the Panjshir Valley-Pg230 4. Easy Travel Writing-Pg239 5. Planning your Stories-Pg244 Class discussion will be done followed by the exercises at the end of each chapter. Vocabulary is given with the passages that will help students with difficult words. These words will also help enhance their vocabulary.

Creative Writing: Writing an Autobiography Topic will be explained to the students, brainstorming will be done in class.

Grammar: Count and non-count Nouns: A count noun refers to an individual thing, such as house, bird, train or computer. A non count noun refers to a ass or an abstract idea or notion, such as rice, petrol, cricket, music, advice. Exercise will be done where students will fill in the gaps in sentences with the correct form of noun. E.g: The woman was sewing by the light coming through the window. Definite and Indefinite Articles: The articles affect the meaning of the noun or noun phrase. The definite article ‘the’ is used for both singular and plural nouns. In other words, the definite article is used in specific cases when nouns refers to things or individuals which the reader or listener knows something about. The indefinite article ‘a’ or ‘an’ for a singular noun. Exercise will be done where students will be asked to fill blanks with appropriate articles. E.g: The dog was sleeping peacefully A dog was sleeping peacefully

Revision for Final Examination 2014-15

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Final Examination 2014-15

Instructions for Novel

Students are instructed to read the novel thoroughly to sequence the events and for identifying RTCs.

Must use new vocabulary in sentences of their own to enhance their writing skills. Try to find contrast in characters to comment on their personality traits with evidences from the

context.

Students can take help from the net to read chapter wise summary of the story.

Instructions for Comprehensions

Students must read as many passages as possible and try to answer the questions according to the

given instructions. Students need to use dictionary in- order to find out meanings of new or difficult

words.

Instructions for Compositions

Students will be given format for all types of compositions and letter writing. They must follow the

same pattern and work on the given instructions. Students will work on rough and fair drafts both.

Instructions for Work Book

Students will do selected exercises from the workbook of the units done.

Note

Worksheets on different topics will be provided by the school.

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