Grade 4_EHL_Curriculum Coverage 2023-2024.docx

Grade 4 curriculum coverage term 1-4

1. ENGLISH LANGUAGE
CURRICULUM COVERAGE
GRADE 4
TERM 1
Teacher Name and Surname:
Week English Home Language Recovery ATP 2023 - 2024
Each class in the Grade
(Fill in date indicating when it was
completed)
COMMENTS/REFLECTION
A B C D
1 Baseline Assessment
2
Text type: Information Text with visuals
Listens to an information text of a poster advertising an
event
Reads information text with visuals
Reads for meaning
Assessment for Learning: Reads aloud.
Reads for enjoyment
Writes an advertisement
Uses the writing process
Records words and meanings in a personal dictionary.
Uses a reading log.
Word level work:
Articles, plurals (noun prefixes), common nouns,
abstract nouns, adjectives, verbs
Sentence level work:
Simple sentences, statements, questions
Word Meaning:
Similes, metaphors, idioms
Spelling and punctuation:
Question mark, exclamation mark, dictionary use
3-4 Text type: Extract from a Novelette
Listens to and responds to an extract from a novelette
Introductory activities
Reads an extract from a novelette
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2. Uses a summary writing frame
Uses reading methodologies
Literature study
Assessment for Learning: Reads aloud
Reads for enjoyment
Writes a character sketch
Uses the writing process
Records words and meanings in a personal dictionary
and word wall
Uses a dictionary
Uses a reading log/card
Word level work:
Relative pronouns, reflexive pronouns, adverbs,
connections, interjections
Sentence level work:
Simple present tense, simple past tense, concord
Word meaning:
Antonyms, synonyms
Spelling and punctuation:
full stop, comma, dictionary use, word division
5-6
Text type: Short Story
Listens to a short story
Introductory activities
Retells a story
Reads a short story
Reading for meaning
Literature study
Uses reading methodologies
Assessment for Learning: Reads aloud.
Reads for enjoyment
Writes a story based on a personal experience/event
Uses the writing process
Records words and meanings in a personal dictionary
Uses a dictionary
Uses a reading log/card
Word level work
Countable and uncountable nouns
Sentence level work
Simple sentences
Spelling and Punctuation
Full stop, capital and lower case (small letters)
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3. 7-8
Text type: Instructional Text: Recipe
Listens to and discusses a recipe
Introductory activities
Reads a recipe
Reads for meaning
Uses reading strategies
Uses reading comprehension strategies
Reading methodologies
Assessment for Learning: Reads aloud
Reads for enjoyment
Writes instructions: How to make a cup of tea
Uses the writing process
Records words and meanings in a personal dictionary
Uses a dictionary
Uses a reading log/card
Word level work:
Personal Pronouns, possessive pronouns,
demonstrative pronouns, conjunctions
Sentence level work:
Subject, object, simple sentences
Word meaning: Borrowed words
9-10
Text type: Posters/Notices
Participates in a short conversation
Practises listening and speaking
Retells a story heard/read.
Reads posters/notices
Practises reading
Reading methodologies
Assessment for Learning: Reads aloud
Reads for enjoyment
Designs a poster advertising an event
Uses the writing process
Records words and meanings in a personal dictionary
and word wall
Uses a dictionary
Uses a reading log/card
Word level work:
Adverbs
Sentence level work:
Complex sentences, metaphors, similes
Word meaning:
One word for a phrase
TERM 1 SUMMARY OF ASSESSMENTS
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4. Task Number Nature of the Task Task Details
1 ORAL (20 marks)
Read aloud (20 marks)
Commence with this task in Term 1 and conclude in Term 2 when the mark will be recorded.
2 ESSAY WRITING (20 marks)
Descriptive / Narrative Essay (3 paragraphs, 20 marks)
Complete during the term
3 RESPONSE TO TEXTS (40 MARKS)
Question 1: Literary/Non- literary text (15 marks)
Barrett’s Taxonomy - Cognitive Levels:
Level 1 and 2 questions – 6 marks
Level 3 questions – 6 marks
Level 4 and 5 questions – 3 marks
Question 2: Visual text (10 marks)
Barrett’s Taxonomy - Cognitive Levels:
Level 1 and 2 questions – 4 marks
Level 3 questions – 4 marks
Level 4 and 5 questions – 2 marks
Question 3: Language Structures and Conventions in Context (15 marks)
SIGNATURES:
Teacher: __________________________________________
Date: _____________________________________________
Departmental Head / Grade Head / Subject Head: __________________________________
Date: ________________________________________
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
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5. CURRICULUM COVERAGE
GRADE 4
TERM 2
Teacher Name and Surname:
Week English Home Language Recovery ATP 2023 - 2024
Each class in the Grade
(Fill in date indicating when it was
completed)
COMMENTS/REFLECTION
A B C D
1-2
Text type: Poem/Song
Listens to a poem/song
Introductory activities
Reads a poem/song/limerick
Literature study
Reading for meaning
Uses reading strategies
Uses reading comprehension strategies
Reading methodologies
Assessment for Learning: Reads aloud
Reading for enjoyment
Writes a poem/song/limerick
Uses the writing process
Records words and their meanings in a personal
dictionary and word wall
Uses a dictionary
Uses drawings or sentence to show meaning
Uses a reading log/card
Word level work:
Abstract and concrete nouns
Compound nouns
Sentence level work:
Simple sentences
Word Meaning
Rhymes
Borrowed words
Personification
Alliteration
Spelling and punctuation:
full stop, comma
3-4Text type: Information Text – Weather report/chart/table/map
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6. Listens to weather reports
Introductory activities
Listens to a description and describes an object
Reads a weather report/chart/table/map
Reading methodologies
Assessment for Learning: read aloud
Reading for enjoyment
Writes an information text, e.g. a weather chart
Uses the writing process
Records words and their meanings in a personal
dictionary and word wall
Uses dictionary
Uses drawings or sentence to show meaning
Uses reading log/card
Word level work:
Regular and irregular verbs
Finite and infinite verbs
Stative verbs
Adjectives
Sentence level work:
Subject-verb agreement
Past tense
Future tense
Word Meaning:
Idioms and proverbs
5-6
Text type: Dialogue
Listens to a dialogue
Introductory activities
Role-play a scenario related to a novelette in Term 1
Reads a dialogue
Literature Study
Use reading comprehension strategies
Reading methodologies
Assessment for Learning: read aloud
Writes an interview
Uses the writing process
Writes a book review of the chosen novelette in Term 1
Records words and their meanings in a personal
dictionary and word wall
Uses dictionary
Uses reading log/card
Word level work
Infinitive verbs
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7. Sentence level work
Direct Speech
Quotation marks for direct speech
Main clause
Dependent clause (simple)
Word meaning
Similes
Metaphor
Idioms and proverbs
 Spelling and punctuation:
 Comma
Colon
Semi-colon
Inverted commas
Question mark
Exclamation mark
Full stop
7-8
Text type: Instructional text
Listens to and carries out instructions, e.g.
directions/rules/safety rules/how to wash your
hands/instructions for making something
Introductory activities
Listens to and gives directions
Practices Listening and Speaking (Choose one for daily
practice): Responds physically to instructions/Gives and
follows simple instructions/directions
Reads an instructional text
Reading methodologies
Assessment of learning: read aloud
Reading for enjoyment
Word level work:
Auxiliary verbs
Modal verbs
Moods
Sentence level work:
Future tense
Spelling and punctuation:
Word division, dictionary use
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8. 9-10Assessments
TERM 2 SUMMARY OF ASSESSMENTS
Task Number Nature of the Task
Task Details
1 ORAL (20 marks)
Read aloud (20 marks)
This task is a continuation from Term 1. It will be completed and recorded in Term 2.
4 WRITING (10 marks)
Transactional writing: (10 marks)
Written before the controlled test
5 RESPONSE TO TEXTS (40 MARKS)
Question 1: Literary / non-literary text comprehension (15 marks)
Apply Barrett’s Taxonomy - Cognitive Levels:
Level 1 and 2 questions – 6 marks
Level 3 questions – 6 marks
Level 4 and 5 questions – 3 marks
Question 2: Visual text comprehension (10 marks)
Apply Barrett’s Taxonomy - Cognitive Levels:
Level 1 and 2 questions – 4 marks
Level 3 questions – 4 marks
Level 4 and 5 questions – 2 marks
Question 3: Summary writing (5 marks)
Question 4: Language Structures and Conventions in context (10 marks)
SIGNATURES:
Teacher: __________________________________________
Date: _____________________________________________
Departmental Head / Grade Head / Subject Head: __________________________________
Date: ________________________________________________________________
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9. ENGLISH LANGUAGE
CURRICULUM COVERAGE
GRADE 4
TERM 3
Teacher Name and Surname:
Week English Home Language Recovery ATP 2023 - 2024
Each class in the Grade
(Fill in date indicating when it was
completed)
COMMENTS/REFLECTION
A B C D
1-2
Text type: Folklore
Listens to folklore, e.g. myth/legend
Introductory activities
Retell the story (folklore: myth/legend)
Reads folklore, e.g. myth/legend
Reading for meaning/reading comprehension
Reading methodologies
Reading for enjoyment
Writes a recount of the folklore read
Personal dictionary
Word level work:
Prefix
Roots and suffix
Past tense
Sentence level work:
Simple sentences
Complex sentences
Paragraphs
Word meaning:
Proverbs
Idioms
Moral (of the story)
Punctuation:
Capital letters, full stop, comma, colon, semi-colon
3-4
Creative Writing Project - Selected Genre (poetry/folklore/drama/short story)
Listens to and participates in a brief conversation on
the Creative Writing Project based on the selected
genre
Introductory activities
Reads for information based on selected genre
Introductory activities
Uses different types of graphic organisers to collate
research findings of the Creative Writing Project
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10. Introductory activities
Word level work:
Adverbs
Sentence level work:
Complex sentences
Word meaning:
One word for a phrase
Strengthening of LSC that are related to research of the
selected genre
5-6
Creative Writing Project
Focuses on the selected genre
Introductory activities
Guides learners to understand the CWP rubrics and
assessment requirements
Introductory activies
Writes draws/creates the written aspect of the selected
topic
Introductory activities
Word level work:
Stems
Sentence level work:
Simple sentences
Complex sentences
Verb clause
Spelling and punctuation:
 Colon
Reinforcement of LSC covered in previous weeks
7-8
Text type: Poems
Listens to a poem/s and completes a listening
comprehension activity
Introductory activities
Assessment for Learning
Reads a poem/s and completes reading
comprehension
Introductory activities
Reading methodologies
Reading for enjoyment
Writes sentences that rhyme
Introductory activities
Personal dictionary
Word level work:
Conjunctions
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11. Sentence level work:
Statements, simple sentences
Word meaning:
Personification
Alliteration
Similes
Metaphors
Rhythm, rhyme
Spelling and punctuation:
Dictionary use, abbreviations – acronyms,
truncation, initialisation
9-10
Text type: Advertisement
Listens to an advertisement read aloud or from radio or
TV
Introductory activities
Learners to participate in group discussions on a social
issue related to the advertisements
Assessment for Learning
Reads an advertisement and completes a reading
comprehension
Introductory activities
Reading methodologies
Reading for enjoyment
Writes an advertisement
Introductory activities
Uses the writing process
Personal dictionary
Word level work:
Collective nouns
Reflexive pronouns
Stems
Conjunctions
Sentence level work:
Subject-verb agreement
Adjectives
Adverbs
Verbs
Similes
Metaphors
Idioms
Spelling and punctuation:
Full stop, commas, colon, semi-colon, question
marks, exclamation mark, capital letters
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12. TERM 3 SUMMARY OF ASSESSMENTS
Task Number Nature of the Task
Task Details
6 CREATIVE WRITING PROJECT
Project based on any ONE of the literature genres studied: poetry / folklore / drama / short
stories. Note: There must be a variation of genres across the grades.
Stage 1: Research (10 marks)
Stage 2: Writing (30 marks)
7 CREATIVE WRITING PROJECT
Stage 3: Oral presentation (20 marks)
Commence with the oral task in term 3 and conclude in term 4 when the mark will be recorded.
SIGNATURES:
Teacher: __________________________________________
Date: _____________________________________________
Departmental Head / Grade Head / Subject Head: __________________________________
Date: ________________________________________________________________
ENGLISH HOME LANGUAGE
CURRICULUM COVERAGE
GRADE 4
TERM 4
Teacher Name and Surname:
Week English Home Language Recovery ATP 2023 - 2024
Each class in the Grade
(Fill in date indicating when it was
completed)
COMMENTS/REFLECTION
A B C D
1-2 Text type: Short Story
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13. Listens to a short story
Introductory activities
Participates in group discussions
Assessment for Learning
Reads a short story
Reading for meaning
Literature study
Reading methodologies
Reading for enjoyment
Writes a short story
Uses the writing process
Personal dictionary
Word level work:
Adverbs of place and degree
Tenses
Conjunctions
Pronouns
Sentence level work:
Noun phrase
Noun clause
Spelling and punctuation:
Capital letters
Full stop
Comma
Word division
3-4 Text type: Play/Drama
Listens to a play/drama read aloud or from radio or TV
Assessment for Learning
Reads a play/drama and completes a reading
comprehension
Reading methodologies
Reading for enjoyment
Writes a dialogue
Uses the writing process
Records words and their meanings in a personal
dictionary and word wall
Uses a dictionary
Uses a reading log/card
Word level work:
Collective nouns
Reflexive pronouns
Stems
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14. Sentence level work:
Subject-verb agreement
Direct and indirect speech
Spelling and punctuation:
Full stop, comma, colon, semi-colon, question
mark
5-6
Text type: Newspaper/magazine Article
Listens to and discusses current issues based on
newspaper/magazine article
Introductory activities
Presents a prepared speech
Assessment for Learning
Reads a newspaper/magazine article
Reading for meaning
Reflects on texts read during independent/pair reading
Reading for enjoyment
Writes a summary of a newspaper report
Uses the writing process
Records words and their meanings in a personal
dictionary and word wall
Uses drawings or sentences to show meaning
Uses a reading log/card
Word level work:
Adjectives
Verbs: main verbs, regular verbs, transitive and
intransitive verbs
Sentence level work:
Subject
Object
Subject-verb agreement
Present tense
Spelling and punctuation:
Full stop, comma, question mark, exclamation
mark
7-8
Revision
Formal Assessment of the oral presentation
9-10 Assessments
TERM 4 SUMMARY OF ASSESSMENTS
Task Number Nature of the Task Task Details
7 ORAL
Oral Presentation on CWP (20 marks)
This task is a continuation from Term 3. It will be completed and recorded in Term 4.
8 WRITING
Transactional writing: (10 marks)
Written before the controlled test
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15. 9 RESPONSE TO TEXTS (40 MARKS)
Question 1: Literary / non-literary text comprehension (15 marks)
Barrett’s Taxonomy: Cognitive Levels:
Level 1 and 2 questions – 6 marks
Level 3 questions – 6 marks
Level 4 and 5 questions – 3 marks
Question 2: Visual text comprehension (10 marks)
Barrett’s Taxonomy: Cognitive Levels:
Level 1 and 2 questions – 4 marks
Level 3 questions – 4 marks
Level 4 and 5 questions – 2 marks
Question 3: Summary writing (5 marks)
Question 4: Language Structures & Conventions (10 marks)
SIGNATURES:
Teacher: __________________________________________
Date: _____________________________________________
Departmental Head / Grade Head / Subject Head: __________________________________
Date: ________________________________________________________________
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