Latest, Updated form 4 English Schemes of Work

TERM ONE 

· Distinguish between common and proper nouns

· Use common and proper nouns correctly.

· Writing sentences

· Teachers guide page 7

· Appreciate the importance of writing neatly

· Write neatly and legibly

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· discussion

Sample of good handwriting

· Teachers guide page 8-9

· Listen and talk about possible causes of accidents in the country and how they can be prevented

· Pronounce the sounds /l/ and  /r/ correctly

· Newspaper reports on accidents

· Teachers guide page 10-11

· Appreciate the need to develop good silent reading skills

· Read silently without moving the head or pointing at words

· Teachers guide page12

The Sick Man

· Read the passage and answer questions on the passage correctly.

· Appreciate the need to shun corruption.

· Infer meaning of the new words used

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Anti-corruption posters

· Teachers guide page 13-14

· A good English dictionary

· Recognize abstract nouns

· Recognize concrete nouns

· Form abstract nouns from other word classes.

· Use concrete and abstract nouns in sentences correctly.

· Writing sentences

· Teachers guide page 15

· Identify the commonly misspelt words.

· Learn to spell the commonly misspelt words correctly.

· Write neatly and legibly

· discussion

Sample

· Teachers guide page 17

· Identify and define ogre stories

· Appreciate the lessons we get from ogre stories

· Pronounce the vowel sounds /i/ and /I:/ correctly.

· Teachers guide page 19

· Appreciate the need of developing good oral reading skills.

· Explain the importance of understanding what they read aloud.

· Teachers guide page 20

· A good English Dictionary

Mlafi and Ndele

· Read and answer questions on the passage correctly.

· Appreciate the need to show gratitude.

· Infer meaning of the new words used

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· Teachers guide page 22-23

· A good English dictionary

· Distinguish between count and non-count nouns.

· Master spelling rules for count nouns.

· Use count and non-count nouns correctly.

· Writing sentences

· Teachers guide page 24-25

· Discuss the features of narrative writing.

· Write a narrative.

· Use vocabulary and sentence structures correctly.

· Write neatly and legibly

· discussion

Sample

· Teachers guide page  26

· Listen and talk about their future careers using correct English

· Pronounce the sounds given correctly.

· Teachers guide page 27

· Use their voices to emphasize important ideas during oral reading.

· Reading audibly to an audience.

· Vary the tone of voice.

· Teachers guide page 27

Relating with Parents

· Read and answer questions on the passage correctly.

· Appreciate the need to relate well with parents and guardians.

· Infer meaning of the new words used

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· Teachers guide page 29-30

· A good English dictionary

· Use the definite and indefinite articles correctly.

· Writing sentences

· Teachers guide page 30-31

· Use commas correctly in writing.

· Writing a composition that is free of grammatical and punctuation errors.

· Write neatly and legibly

· discussion

Sample

· Teachers guide page 31-32

· Define a riddle

· Describe what happens in a riddling session.

· Participate in riddling session

· Explain the functions of riddles.

· Teachers guide page 33

· Oral literature by OkumbaMiruka

· Appreciate the need to vary reading rate depending on purpose for reading.

· Read in word groups instead of individual words.

· Teachers guide page 34-35

What about this Child?

· Read and answer questions on the passage correctly.

· Appreciate and shun the evils of child labour

· Recognize children’s rights.

· Infer meaning of the new words used

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· Teachers guide page 36-37

· A good English dictionary

· Distinguish among personal, possessive and reflexive pronouns correctly.

· Use personal, possessive and reflexive pronouns correctly.

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· Writing sentences

· Teachers guide page 37-39

· Use final punctuation marks correctly.

· Use vocabulary and sentence structures appropriately in writing.

· Write neatly and legibly

· discussion

Sample

· Teachers guide page 39-40

· Pronounce correctly words with similar pronunciations but different spellings.

· Teachers guide page 41

· Explain why people visit a library

· Explain how reading materials are organized in a library.

· Display appropriate behavior in a library.

· Chalkboard

· Catalogued books

· Teachers guide page 42

Alfred Nobel-A Man of Contrasts

· Read and answer questions on the passage correctly.

· Appreciate the need to change the world for the better.

· Infer meaning of the new words used

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· Teachers guide page 44

· A good English dictionary

· Learn and use verbs correctly.

· Distinguish between action and stative verbs.

· Use the present simple tense correctly.

· Writing sentences

· Teachers guide page 45

· Recognize various types of sentence construction errors

· Write properly constructed sentences.

· discussion

· Teachers guide page 47-48

· Pronounce the sounds /l/, /r/, /t/ and /d/ correctly.

· Identify other sounds they find problematic.

· Teachers guide page 49

· Familiarize themselves with the alphabetic order of words in a dictionary.

· Look up words easily in a dictionary

· Use a dictionary effectively.

· Chalkboard

· Teachers guide page 50

Gender Violence and HIV/Aids

· Read and answer questions on the passage correctly.

· Explain the connection between gender violence and the spread of HIV.

· Appreciate the need to shun detrimental socialization.

· Infer meaning of the new words used

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· Teachers guide page 51

· A good English dictionary

· Appreciate the importance of having debating skills.

· Acquire debating skills.

· Participate in debates.

· Teachers guide page 57-58

· Describe the various types of information found in a dictionary.

· Use the dictionary effectively.

· chalkboard

· Teachers guide page 58-59

The Worrying Drug Problem in Kenya

· Read the passage silently

· Answer questions on the passage correctly.

· Appreciate the dangers of drug abuse.

· Infer meaning of the new words used

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· Magazine cuttings on drug abuse

· Teachers guide page 59-61

· A good English dictionary

· Master spelling rules of present and past participle verbs.

· Use the continuous and the perfect aspects correctly.

· Writing sentences

· Teachers guide page 61-62

· Identify the different parts of an informal letter.

· Write informal letters correctly.

· Write neatly and legibly

· Use vocabulary and sentence structures correctly.

· discussion

Sample informal letters

· Teachers guide page 63-64

· Listen and talk about trickster narratives

· Use intonation appropriately

· Teachers guide page 64

· Recognize a poem when they see one.

· Appreciate the experience of a poem.

· Describe the identity of the persona in a poem.

· Teachers guide page 65-66

Disability is not Inability

· Read and answer questions on the passage correctly.

· Appreciate that disability is not inability.

· Infer meaning of the new words used

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· Teachers guide page 66-67

· A good English dictionary

· Identify adjectives

· Use adjectives correctly.

· Writing sentences

· Teachers guide page 68-69

· Learn the features of poetry.

· Write simple poems.

· Write neatly and legibly

· discussion

Sample poems

· Teachers guide page 70-71

· Read the dialogue interpretively

· Answer oral comprehension questions correctly.

· Appreciate the harmful effects of drug abuse.

Pictures related to drugs

· Teachers guide page 72

· Appreciate further the nature of a poem.

· Describe the form of a poem.

· Identify and describe the theme of a poem.

· Sample poems

· Teachers guide page 73-74

· Demystifying poetry

Bad habits

· Read and answer questions on the passage correctly.

· Appreciate that smoking and drinking is injurious to heath.

· Infer meaning of the new words used

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· Teachers guide page 74-76

· A good English dictionary

· Mark gradability in adjectives in various ways

· Distinguish between gradable and non-gradable adjectives.

· Writing sentences

· Teachers guide page 76-77

· Discuss the features of a good description

· Write a description of someone.

· Write neatly and legibly

· discussion

Sample

· Teachers guide page 78-80

· Pronounce the sounds /tf/, /k/, and /f/ correctly.

· Identify other sounds they find problematic.

· Teachers guide

· Take notes from a sample news bulletin read by the teacher

· Write the notes neatly

· Teachers guide

Saito

· Appreciate that different students come from different backgrounds and face different problems

· Answer questions on the passage correctly.

· Infer meaning of the new words used correctly

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· Teachers guide

· A good English dictionary

· Identify the various types of adverbs

· Use adverbs correctly in sentences.

· Writing sentences

· Teachers guide

· Discuss the features of a good description

· Write a description of a creature, object or place.

· Write neatly and legibly

· discussion

Sample of a good description

· Teachers guide

· Write down the passage read out by the teacher correctly

· Explain what one needs in order to write a good dictation

· Writing

· Teachers guide

· Study a play accurately

· Identify the characters, conflict, inciting action, the root action in a given play

· Discussion

· Explanation

· Samples of plays

· Teachers guide

The Sweet Victory

· Read the passage and answer questions on the passage correctly.

· Appreciate the need to develop one’s talents

· Infer meaning of the new words used

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· Certificates of merit

· Teachers guide

· A good English dictionary

· Recognize prepositions

· Prepositions in sentences correctly.

· Writing sentences

· Teachers guide

· Rearrange sentences provided haphazardly into a cohesive paragraph

· Identify the topic sentence, supporting sentences and the clincher sentence in a given paragraph

· Discussion

· Explanation

Sample

· Teachers guide

· Pronounce words with similar spelling but different meaning correctly

· Write a list of words that have similar spelling but different meaning

· Writing

· Teachers guide

· Define literary language

· Identify literary language used in the given sentences

· writing

· Chalkboard

· Teachers guide

A Good Leader

· Read and answer questions on the passage correctly.

· Appreciate the need to be a good leader.

· Infer meaning of the new words used

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· Teachers guide

· A good English dictionary

· Differentiate between direct and indirect speech

· Use direct and indirect speech correctly in sentences

· Writing sentences

· Teachers guide page 45

· Define a packing list

· Write a good packing list

· discussion

· Teachers guide

· Read the given passage aloud

· Project the voice well, pronounce words correctly and observe punctuation correctly

· Answer questions from the passage correctly

· Pronunciation

· Answering questions

· Teachers guide

· Define literary language

· Identify literary language used in the given sentences

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· Writing

· Chalkboard

· Teachers guide

· Read and answer questions on the passage correctly.

· Appreciate the need to shun detrimental socialization.

· Infer meaning of the new words used

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· Teachers guide

· A good English dictionary

Interrogative sentences

· Distinguish between different types of sentences.

· Form interrogative sentences.

· Use interrogative sentences correctly.

· Writing sentences

· Teachers guide page52-54

· Appreciate the need of keeping an inventory.

· Make entries in an inventory.

· Write a good inventory.

· Write neatly and legibly

· discussion

Sample

· Teachers guide

· Appreciate the importance of having debating skills.

· Acquire debating skills.

· Participate in debates.

· Teachers guide

· Discuss the problems they face when reading or studying on their own

· Identify good reading/studying habits

· Draw a private study timetable

· Discussion

· Writing

· chalkboard

· Teachers guide

· Read the passage silently

· Answer questions on the passage correctly.

· Appreciate the dangers of corruption.

· Infer meaning of the new words used

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· Magazine cuttings on drug abuse

· Teachers guide

· A good English dictionary

Imperative sentences

· Distinguish between different types of sentences.

· Form imperative sentences.

· Use imperative sentences correctly.

· Writing sentences

· Teachers guide

· Identify the different parts of a public notice.

· Write a public notice correctly.

· Write neatly and legibly

· Use vocabulary and sentence structures correctly.

· discussion

Sample of public notices

· Teachers guide

· Listen and talk about trickster narratives

· Use intonation appropriately

· Teachers guide page 64

Studying poetry 1

· Recognize a poem when they see one.

· Appreciate the experience of a poem.

· Describe the identity of the persona in a poem.

· Teachers guide page 65-66

Poems

· Learn the features of poetry.

· Write simple poems.

· Write neatly and legibly

· discussion

Sample poems

· Teachers guide page 70-71

Dialogue on drug abuse

· Read the dialogue interpretively

· Answer oral comprehension questions correctly.

· Appreciate the harmful effects of drug abuse.

Pictures related to drugs

· Teachers guide page 72

Studying poetry 2

· Appreciate further the nature of a poem.

· Describe the form of a poem.

· Identify and describe the theme of a poem.

· Sample poems

· Teachers guide page 73-74

· Demystifying poetry

Gradable and non-gradable Adjectives

· DISTINGUISH BETWEEN Gradable and non-gradable adjectives

· Use them correctly in sentences

· Writing sentences

· Teachers guide page 76-77