GRADE 5
English
English Language
Grammar
Term 1
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Nouns
Adjectives
Verbs
Pronouns
Adverbs
Adverbials
Punctuation
Term 2
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Prepositions
Prepositional Phrases
Verb Tenses
Degrees of Comparison
Homophones
Review of grammatical concepts from Term I
Reading Comprehension
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Reading unseen passages and responding to the given text.
Explicit Writing
Term 1
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Studying and writing the following text types:
Recounts
Descriptions
Information Reports
Narratives (Prose and Poetry)
Explanations
Term 2
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Studying and writing the following text types:
Procedures
Expositions
Discussions
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Direct and Indirect Speech
Conjunctions
Subjects and Verbs
Clauses and Phrases
Simple, Compound and Complex Sentences
Types of sentences – statements, questions and
commands
Literature
Term 1
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Black Beauty – by Anna Sewell
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – by Mark Twain
Figurative Language in Poetry
Term 2
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An Elephant in the Garden – by Michael Morpurgo
Figurative Language in Poetry
Playscripts
Textbooks
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Cambridge Primary English Learner’s Book 5
Cambridge Primary English Activity Book 5
PM Writing Student Book
Penguin Readers – Black Beauty
Penguin Readers – Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Novel – An Elephant in the Garden
Assessments:
The Final Grade for the course will be calculated based on:
English Language:
Spelling
Classwork
Assessments
Exams
Total
5%
25 %
20 %
50 %
100
Classwork
Assessments
Exams
Total
25 %
25 %
50 %
100
English Literature:
Multiple forms of assessments, both formal and informal, will be used to gain knowledge about a student’s
level of understanding. Assessments will be in the form of assignments, projects, quizzes (announced or
unannounced), observations, group work, homework, class work, participation, tests and exams. All formal
test dates will be posted on the communicator.