English Language Learning Objectives for STELLAR (Primary 3) 2017
Terms
Learning Objectives
i)
Unit 1
ii)
i)
Unit 2
Term 1
i)
Unit 3
i)
Unit 4
Grammar
- Determiners: this, that, these, those
- Verbs: infinitives
- Modals: might, could, must
- Adjectives
- Sentence Structure
Punctuation
- Capital letters for proper nouns
Grammar
- Verbs: Simple Past Tense
- Adjectives: Adjectives with opposite
- Prepositions: prepositions of position
- Sentence Structure
- Word Class: Nouns, verbs, adjectives
Grammar
- Nouns: words that can be used as verb
- Verbs: Spy actions, movements,
communication
- Tenses: Past Tense, Present Tense
- Similes
- Sentence Structures
Grammar
- Verbs: verbs with irregular past tense
- Adjectives: Nouns as adjectives, adjective
order, comparatives
- Sentence Structure
Terms
Learning Objectives
i)
ii)
Unit 5
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ii)
Term 2
Unit 6
iii)
i)
Unit 7
ii)
Word Identification
- Initial consonants ch
- Word parts: -er, -re, -our, -or
Grammar
- Quantifier: several, some, most, all, none, a
few
- Conjunctions: before, but, then
- Verbs: variants of ‘said’, Phrasal Verbs
- Adjectives: Adjective order
- Sentence Structure
Word Identification
- word parts (suffixes) : -ful, -tion, -less, -y
Grammar
- Determiner: zero determiner
- Pronouns: everyone
- Conjunctions: before, when, so
- Adverbs
- Prepositions: near, at, on
- Verbs: knowing verbs, thinking verbs
- Sentence Structure
Punctuation
- Comma after a phrase (thank you)
- Full stop for abbreviations
Grammar
- Pronouns: himself, itself
- Nouns: uncountable, collective
- Contractions
- Adjectives: Adjectives order
- Sentence Structure
Punctuation
- Commas
- Capitals
- ‘s for ownership
Terms
Learning Objectives
i)
Unit 8
i)
ii)
Unit 9
Term 3
i)
ii)
Unit 10
iii)
Grammar
- Pronouns: no one, each other, one another
- Prepositions: for, with, against
- Adverbs: especially, still, nearly
- Tenses: infinitive verbs
- Conjunctions: and, but, as, neither, nor
Word Identification
- Word parts (Prefix) : unGrammar
- Pronouns: himself, herself, itself, myself,
ourselves, yourself, yourselves, themselves
- Adjectives: Adjectives from nouns,
adjectives from verbs
- Tenses: Past Continuous Tense
Word Identification
- Word parts (Suffix) : -ion / -tion/ - ation
- Compound Words
Grammar
- Adjectives
- Determiners: no, a lot, a lot of
- Prepositions: along, through, over, onto, on
- Tenses: simple present tense of a
description in information text
- Sentence Structure
Punctuation
- “ ” to show special meaning
Learning Objectives
Terms
i)
Unit 11
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ii)
Unit 12
iii)
Term 4
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ii)
Unit 13
iii)
Grammar
- Nouns
- Adjectives
- Tenses: simple past tense of historical
information report
- Sentence Structure
Word Identification
- Word parts (Suffix) : -er / -est / -ional
Grammar
- Adjectives
- Adverbs: Phrases of time sequence
- Conjunctions: too, also, as well
- Sentence Structure
Punctuation
- hyphens to indicate pauses in speech
- apostrophe to indicate possession without
the second noun
Word Identification
- Word parts (Prefix): un- Word parts (Suffix) : -ness / -less
Grammar
- Adjectives
- Tenses: Past tense for diary entries that
record past events
- Question tags
- Conjunctions: and, because
Punctuation
- Capitals for proper nouns and subject
names