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Dawood Public School
Course Outline for 2013-2014
English Language
Class: II
Textbooks: Step Up Grammar book 2
Creative Writing Book 2 (Reference Book, used by teacher only for making worksheets)
The Folk Tales and Other Stories
Learner’s Primary Comprehension 2
Table of Contents:
August/September:
Language:
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Nouns
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Vocabulary Words

Punctuations
Literature:
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The Pied Piper of Hamelin Part 1 and 2
Comprehension:
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Unit 1: Thank you Letter (pg 1)
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Unit 2: The Robot Friend (pg 4)
Creative Writing:
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My New Classroom
October:
Language:
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Adjectives
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Punctuations (Contd)
Literature:

Rip Van Winkle 1 and 2
Creative Writing:
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My Favourite Fruit
Comprehension:

Unit 3 The Birthday Gift (pg 7)
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Unit 4 The Sunflower (pg 12)
November:
Language:
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Verbs (Simple Present Tense, Simple Past tense: regular and irregular verbs)
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Comprehension:
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Unit 5: Why the Bear Has a Stumpy Tail (pg 16)
Creative Writing:
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Paragraph on My Best Friend
Literature:
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Rip Van Winkle 3 and 4
December:
Mid Year Examination
January:
Language:
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Gender
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Synonyms/Antonyms
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The Verbs am, is and are
Comprehension:

Unit 11 Monkey Business at the Zoo (pg 42)
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Unit 19 Jo Jo the Monkey (pg 81)
Creative Writing:
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A paragraph on Horse Shoe Magnet
Literature:
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The Boy Who Drew Dragons Part 1
February:
Language:
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Pronouns
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Has and Have
Comprehension:
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Unit 6 Tilly Tidy-up (pg 19)
Creative Writing:
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A paragraph on If I Had a Magic Wand
Literature:
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The Boy Who Drew Dragons Part 2 and 3
March:
Language:
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Adverbs
Comprehension:
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Unit 7: The Little People (pg 24)
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Unit 14: Princess and the Pea (pg 57)
Creative Writing:
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A paragraph on: A Visit to the Zoo
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Literature:
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Dick Whittington and His Cat 1 and 2
April:
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Reinforcement and Revision
May:
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Final Examination
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Course Introduction:
Class II English syllabus is categorized into four parts.
Literature: Course Bk: Folk tales and other stories
Reference Bk: Dictionary
In Literature, the students will be introduced to different moral based stories. They will read four stories,
divided into parts: ‘The pied Piper of Hamelin 1 and 2, Rip Van Winkle part 1,2,3 and 4, The Boy Who
Drew Dragons part 1,2 and 3 and in the last Dick Whittington and his Cat part 1 and 2. These stories are
moral based and will help the students in character building.
Language: Course Bk: Step Up Grammar Bk 2
Reference Bk: Students Companion
Websites: www.helpteaching.com
www.loyolapress.com
www.education.com
In language, students will revise nouns and adjectives. They will also be introduced to new concepts like
tenses , pronouns and the correct use of is, am, are, has and have. New words will be introduced to
them by vocabulary building exercises and sentence formation will be done by students.
Reference books and websites that are mentioned above can be used by the students for further help
and practice.
Composition: Worksheets
Reference Bk: Creative Writing Book 2
In composition, students will be taught to use their creativity and imagination in their writings.
Worksheets will be provided to the students in which they will be given different situations and
scenarios to write on. Eg:

Write a paragraph on your best friend. Mention his good qualities and bad habits also.
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Imagine you were given a magic wand. What things will you do for yourself and for others?
They will be taught to write picture stories and also, to form sentences with the given words.
Reference book that is mentioned above can be used by the students for further help and practice.
Comprehension:
Course Bk: Learner’s Primary Comprehension 2
Reference Bk: Grammar Skills
Websites: www.superteacherworksheets.com
www.englishforeveryone.org
www.havefunteaching.com
Students will do comprehensions in course book and they will also be provided extra comprehension
passages from the above websites for further practice.
Reference books and websites that are mentioned above can be used by the students for further help
and practice.
An example of comprehension passage:
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Superhero Joey
Joey put on his mask. He flapped his cap in front of the mirror. This is the best costume, he thought.
I’m sure to win the contest. Joey skipped downstairs. “Here I come to rescue you!” Joey shouted.
“Nice costume,” said Joey’s dad. “I’m a superhero,” said Joey.
“Joey,” said Mom, “I need you to watch Mindy at the party.” Joey looked at his little sister. “But Mom,
superheroes don’t have kid sisters.” “Well this superhero has a sister,” said Mom.
“What will Mindy’s costume be?” asked Dad. “I’m not sure,” said Mom. Joey got an idea. “I know!”
Joey took Mindy upstairs to his room. He dug through his closets. Joey found his baby blanket. He put it
around Mindy’s shoulders. At the party, Superhero Joey and his sidekick Super girl Mindy won first prize!
Questions
A: Choose the best answer:-
1. What was Joey supposed to do at the party?
A. Fly in the air
C. Watch his little sister
B. Help makes the food
D. Clean up
2. When does this story take place?
A. At the party
C. After the party
B. Before the party
D. At Joey's house
B: Give complete answer to each question.
1. Name all four characters in this story.
2. Why was Joey dressed like a Superhero?
C: Circle “T” for “true” or “F” for “False” for each statement:
1. Joey was dressed like a super girl
2. Joey was going to the picnic
T/F
T/F
August / September:Language:
Nouns: Proper / Common
Definition:
A name used for an individual person, place, or organization, spelled with initial capital letters,
e.g., Larry or Mexico.
A common noun is a noun used to refer to general people, places, and things. Examples of common
nouns include: things, paper, pencil, doll
Students will also be given some sentences and they will be asked to underline common and proper
nouns. Eg:
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Soha and Fatima are going to seaview.
The baby is sleeping in the cot.
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Singular/Plural nouns:
Students will be explained different rules of making a singular noun to plural. Eg:
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Words ending with x : If nouns are ending with ‘x’ we just add ‘es’ at the end. E.g:
fox-foxes
box – boxes
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Words ending with f and fe: If nouns are ending with ‘f’ or ‘fe’ we remove ‘f’ or ‘fe’ and just add
‘ves’. Eg:
leaf ---- leaves
knife ------ knives
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If a noun is ending with ‘y’ we remove ‘y’ and add ‘ies’. But if a vowel comes before ‘y’ we just
add ‘s’ to it without removing ‘y’. Eg:
Candy – candies
monkey - monkeys
A list of singular and plural nouns will be done in copy.
Exercises for these kinds of noun will be done in the book Step Up Grammar, pgs 13-16
Vocabulary Words
List of Vocabulary words will be given to students from the book Learner’s A-Z Word Bank and they will
make sentences.
Punctuations :
Definition:
The use of standard marks and signs in writing and printing to separate words into sentences, clauses,
and phrases are punctuation marks. Eg:
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Who is your teacher?
Please, sit down.
Students will also be explained the use of commas in sentences like: We usually put a comma after yes
and no. we usually put a comma before please or the name of the person you are talking to.
Exercises to the students will be given to punctuate the sentences or to add commas(,), fullstops(.) and
question marks where necessary. Eg:
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my dream is to become a doctor
My dream is to become a doctor.
how many students are present today
How many students are present today?
Exercises to insert punctuation marks will be done in the book Step Up Grammar, pgs 70-72
Comprehension:
MCQs, questions/answers and true/false given at the end of the comprehension, will be done in the following lessons in
the book Learner’s Primary Comprehension 2:Unit 1 Thank you Letter (pg 1)
Unit 2 The Robot Friend (pg 4)
Composition:
Worksheets will be provided to the students on the following topics. The topics will be discussed with
them and brain storming will be done on board.
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My New Classroom
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Literature:
The Pied Piper of Hamelin Part 1 and 2:
Words/meanings, questions/answers, reference to context, sentences formation will be given to the
students to do in their note books. They will be explained everything and all exercises will be discussed
in class. Examples of the above mentioned exercises are as follows:-
Words/Meanings:
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Secret--- undisclosed
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Frightened--- afraid
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Mayor---- king of town
Questions/ Answers:
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Why are promises important?
Promises are important because if you break your promise something bad usually happens.
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Why were the people of Hamelin afraid of rats?
The people of Hamelin were afraid of rats because all the rats came into their houses and
shops.
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Write the character sketch of Mayor.
The mayor was a little fat man. He wore beautiful robes and big white feathers. He enjoyed
eating enormous dinners but he was a lazy man too.
Reference to context:Give reference to contexts of the following :
“ You have to do something. ”
Speaker: old man
Listener: mayor
Chapter: The Pied Piper of Hamelin-1
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“Now go home, I’ll think of something.”
Speaker: Mayor
Listener: People of Hamelin
Chapter: The Pied Piper of Hamelin-1
October:Language:
Adjectives:
Definition:
An adjective is a describing word. It tells you more about a person, animal, place or thing. It also tells
you about colour, number, size, shape, taste, feel, smell, or other information about a noun. Eg:
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Many fish
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Soft pillow
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Salty chips
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Little boy
Many adjectives come before a noun:
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They live in a big house.
Noun: house
Adjective: big (which is describing the size of a house)
Some adjectives come at the end of a sentence also. Eg:
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Their house is big.
Moreover, exercises will be given to students to underline or insert suitable adjectives. Eg:
Long
strong
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The giraffe has a ______ neck.
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He is a ______ man.
happy
Underline the adjectives in the following sentences:
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My friend has curly hair.
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The chirping birds woke us up.
Exercises of adjectives will be done by the students in the book Step Up Grammar, pgs 50-52
Punctuations:
Revision of the topic will be done and more exercises will be given in copy to punctuate sentences and
to begin a sentence with a capital letter or to insert capital letters when writing a proper noun. Eg:
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we celebrate independence day in august.
We celebrate Independence Day in August.
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sara planned to celebrate her birthday party at mcdonalds.
Sara planned to celebrate her birthday party at Mcdonalds.
Comprehension:
MCQs, questions/answers and true/false given at the end of the comprehension, will be done in the following lessons in
the book Learner’s Primary Comprehension 2:Unit 3 The Birthday Gift (pg 7)
Unit 4 The Sunflower (pg 12)
Composition:
Worksheet will be provided to the students on the following topic. The topic will be discussed with them
and brain storming will be done on board.
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My Favourite Fruit
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Literature:
Rip Van Winkle Part 1 and 2:
Words/meanings, question/answers, reference to context, sentence formation will be given to the
students to do on the same pattern as mentioned in the planning of Aug/Sept. Everything will be
explained to them.
November:Language:
Verbs (Simple Present/ Past Tense):
Simple present tense is a tense that expresses action in the present time. We use simple present
tense to talk about something that is always true. We also use simple present tense to talk about
something we often or always do. Eg:
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I go to school by bus everyday.
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I have a new bicycle.
Simple past tense is a tense that expresses action in the past time and which does not extend into the
present. Eg:
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An apple dropped on his head.
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She went home alone.
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Mike climbed up the ladder carefully.
Exercises to insert appropriate tense in the given sentences, conversion of sentences and paragraphs from
one tense to another will be explained. Exercises will be given to the students.
They will be asked to change present tense to past tense and vice versa.
Eg:
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We eat lunch at 11.30.
We ate lunch at 11.30.
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Machine mixes the flour and water together.
Machine mixed the flour and water
together.
Regular and irregular verbs:
Definition:
Irregular verbs are common verbs in the English language that do not follow the simple system of adding
“d” or “ed” to the end of the word to form past tense and in regular verbs their simple past tense ends in
‘’ed’’. Some examples are as follows:
Irregular Verbs
Regular Verbs
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Awake –awoke
play - played
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Drink –drank
finish - finished
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Eat –ate
complete - completed
Exercises for these verbs will be done in the book Step Up Grammar, pgs 37-44
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Comprehension:
MCQs, questions/answers and true/false given at the end of the comprehension, will be done in the following lessons in
the book Learner’s Primary Comprehension 2:
Unit 5 Why the Bear Has a Stumpy Tail (pg 16)
Composition:
Worksheet will be provided to the students on the following topic. The topic will be discussed with them
and brain storming will be done on board.
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My Best Friend
Literature:
Rip Van Winkle Part 3 and 4:
Words/meanings, questions/answers, reference to contexts, sentence formation will be given to the
students on the same pattern as mentioned in the planning of Aug/Sept. They will be explained
everything and all exercises will be discussed in class.
December:Mid Year Examination
January:Language:
Genders :
Students will be explained the categorization of genders like:Genders are categorized into two forms:
male gender / masculine used for boys, men and male animals. Eg:
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son, man, rooster
female gender/feminine: used for girls, women and female animals. E.g.
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Daughter, hen
Some nouns can be masculine and feminine both e.g. baby
Students will also be given a list of masculine nouns, and they have to write their feminine . Eg:
Masculine
Feminine
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Father
mother
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Son
daughter
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Goose
gander
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Uncle
aunt
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Peacock
peahen
Students will also be asked to change the gender of the underlined words. Eg:
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My father has two sons.
My mother has two daughters.
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The twin babies are brothers.
The twin babies are sisters.
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All these exercises will be done in note book.
Moreover, students will be given different exercises and tasks to clear their concepts.
Titles of people are often separated into masculine and feminine titles. Some are neutral titles; they can
refer to a man or a woman.
For example,
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Chairman (masc.)
Chairwoman (fem.)
Chairperson (neutral)
Look at this list of titles.
Nurse
headmistress
baroness
lord
Police officer
queen
duke
lady
Headmaster
duchess
doctor
baron
Prince
king
policeman
Headteacher
princess
policewoman
List the titles under these headings.
Masculine
feminine
Neutral
Lord
Police officer
Duke
Headmaster
Prince
King
Policeman
Baron
lady
policewoman
duchess
headmistress
princess
queen
policewoman
baroness
doctor
headteacher
Synonyms/Antonyms:
Definitions:
Synonyms are the words that have the same meanings. E.g.
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Cute—pretty
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Small—tiny---little
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Glad ----happy
On the other hand, antonyms are the two words that mean the opposite of each other. E.g.
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Hot—cold
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Down—up
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Near—far
A list of antonyms and synonyms will be given to the students in their note books. Eg:
Antonyms:
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Problem
solution
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Increase
decrease
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Pull
push
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Synonyms:
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Angry
mad
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Image
picture
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Begin
start
Verbs: am, is, and are:
There are some helping verbs in sentences to make the meaning of the sentence clear. They help out
the main verb in a sentence. They accomplish this by giving more detail to how time is portrayed in a
sentence. For this reason, they are used in [verb conjugation] to show the progressive and the perfect
tenses of verbs. Helping verbs don’t show meaning in that; they don’t communicate much when they
stand alone. Their sole purpose is to help the main verb, which provides the real meaning.
Here are some examples of the primary verbs being used as helping verbs.
“be” verb forms: am, is, are,. Eg:
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Katy is watching television.
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The other children are playing outside.
These helping verbs help other verbs to show action.
Moreover different exercises will be done in copy. Eg:
Insert is, am or are in the following sentences:
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I am helping mom to clean the house.
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She is waiting for me.
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They are taking her to the doctor.
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I am coming to the party.
Moreover, exercises will be revised timely.
Comprehension:
MCQs, questions/answers and true/false given at the end of the comprehension passage, will be done in the following
lessons in the book Learner’s Primary Comprehension 2:
Unit 11 Monkey Business at the Zoo (pg 42)
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Unit 19 Jo Jo the Monkey (pg 81)
Composition:
Worksheet will be provided to the students on the following topic. The topic will be discussed with them and brain
storming will be done on board.
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Horse Shoe Magnet
Literature:
The Boy Who Drew Dragons Part 1:
Words/meanings, questions/answers, reference to contexts, sentence formation will be given to the
students to do on the same pattern as mentioned in the planning of Aug/Sept.
They will be explained everything and all exercises will be discussed in class.
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February:Language:
Pronouns:
Definition:
Pronouns are the words that can be used instead of a noun. They are also personal pronouns which
are used as the object of the verb. We use them after preposition. E.g:
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Jane walks to the park everyday.
She walks to the park everyday.
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Ali speaks Spanish.
He speaks Spanish.
Pronouns are of two kinds: subject personal pronouns and object personal pronouns.
Subject personal pronouns are the nouns that give the action.e.g.
Object personal pronouns are the nouns either person or thing that receives the action of the
verb.
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Mary hugged her father. ( Mary= subject; father= object)
She hugged him.
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John carries a blue bag. (John= subject; blue bag= object)
He carries it.
Exercises will be given to the students.
They will be asked to change the underlined word with suitable pronouns. Eg:
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Sarah made dinner for the whole family.
She made dinner for the whole family.
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Tyler played tag with Miguel and Ramon.
Tyler played tag with them.
Exercises of pronouns will be done by the students in the book Step Up Grammar, pgs 21-24
Has and have:
A helping verb helps another verb to show an action. Has and have can be used as helping verbs. We use
have and has to talk about what a person owns.
We use has when the subject is singular or with he, she, it.
We use have when the subject is plural or I, you, we, or they. E.g.
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Mom has been looking for a new recipe
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Mom and dad have been married for eight years.
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Tom has given his dog a bath.
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They have waited for an hour for the tickets to go on sale.
Moreover, exercises in note book will also be done by the students. Eg:
Use has or have to fill in the blanks:
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She has a blue bundle.
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Tom has a lot of stamps.
Exercises of these verbs will be done in the book, Step up Grammar pgs 30-32.
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Comprehension:
MCQs, questions/answers and true/false given at the end of the comprehension, will be done in the following lessons in
the book Learner’s Primary Comprehension 2:
Unit 6 Tilly Tidy up. (pg 19)
Composition:
Worksheet will be provided to the students on the following topic. The topic will be discussed with them and brain
storming will be done on the board.

If I had a Magic Wand
Literature:
The Boy Who Drew Dragons Part 2 and 3:
Words/meanings, questions/answers, reference to contexts, sentence formation will be given to the
students to do on the same pattern as mentioned in the planning of Aug/Sept. They will be explained
everything and all exercises will be discussed in class.
March:Language:
Adverbs:
Definition:
An adverb is a describing word. It tells you more about verb. Adverbs tell you when, where and how. E.g.
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The girl sang sweetly.
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It suddenly began to rain.
Students will also be explained that adverbs and adjectives are not the same. Adverbs modify the verbs.
Many adverbs end in "ly," to help identify them. Many adjectives become adverbs by adding "ly." For
example,
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you don't sing "loud," you sing "loudly."
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Brave---bravely
Certain examples will be quoted to the students.
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"Henry proudly showed us his blue ribbon."
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"Henry secretly showed us his blue ribbon."
(By changing the adverb from "proudly" to "secretly", it completely changes the meaning of the sentence.
An adverb can describe how an action happens.
Examples:

Jason quickly read the book.
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How did Jason read? Quickly.
Adverb of time describes when an action happens.
example:

Emma left early.
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When did Emma leave? Early.
Adverb of place describes where an action happens. Eg:
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Lily and Ben played here.
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Where did Lily and Ben play? Here
Different exercises will be done in note book. Eg:
Circle the adverb that describes the verb.
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My grandpa snored loudly.
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Chloe played on the beach yesterday.
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I will visit my friend tomorrow.
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George, will you come here?
Comprehension:
MCQs, questions/answers and true/false given at the end of the comprehension, will be done in the following lessons in
the book Learner’s Primary Comprehension 2:
Unit 7 The Little People (pg 24)

Unit 14 Princess and the Pea (pg 57)
Composition:
Worksheet will be provided to the students on the following topic. The topic will be discussed with them and brain
storming will be done on board.

A visit to the zoo
Literature:
Dick Whittington and His Cat 1 and 2:
Words/meanings, questions/answers, reference to contexts, sentence formation will be given to the
students to do on the same pattern as mentioned in the planning of Aug/Sept. They will be explained
everything and all exercises will be discussed in class.
April:
Reinforcement and Revision
May:
Final Examination