THE HINDU SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL, TRIPLICANE.

MACRO PLAN FOR CLASS 5 FOR 2019 - 2020

ENGLISH
UNIT: 1
LESSON: Ice-cream man (Poem)
Month/weeks April / 2
No. of periods: 14
Competency: Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing
Theme: Multicultural approach to food.
Language items  Adjectives
Expected learning outcome:  Able to enjoy and appreciate the poem
 Able to exchange ideas with peer
 Able to narrate experiences & incidents
 Able to write a short description of a hawker.
 Able to think and write creatively
 Able to write a short composition on the given topic
Suggested activities:  Children to recite the poem with proper intonation
 Children to recite similar poems
 To pick rhyming words from the poem
 List the different activities we enjoy doing in different
seasons
 To underline the adjectives in a given passage
 Children to list the things required to make Ice cream
and write a step by step recipe of how they will prepare
ice cream at home
 Write an advertisement for ice –cream using ideas,
words& logo
 Children to write a paragraph describing their favourite
food/sweet dish using the forms of simple present
 Describe your “DREAM ICECREAM”.
 Children to write about what they do after reaching
home
TLM & Resources:  Advertisement/Posters of different brands of ice creams
available in the market
 Other related poems from the net/books
 A Poster
Value: Respecting people who help us in society

UNIT: 1
LESSON: Wonderful waste (Prose) / Bamboo curry
Month/weeks JUNE / 3
No. of periods: 21
Competency: Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing
Theme: Recycling waste Folk Tales
Language items  New phrases (Given in the lesson)
 Nouns
 Simple Past Tense
Expected learning outcome:  Able to enjoy reading a story with understanding
 Able to use new words and language items in proper
context and produce in a meaningful paragraph)
 Able to exchanges ideas with peers
 Able to exchange ideas with peers
 Able to write a story based on given pictures
Suggested activities:  Children to do loud reading with proper pronunciation,
expression & pause
 Children to do silent reading followed by question
answer activity to test their comprehension
 Dramatization of the story
 Discussion of the recipe step by step
 Sequencing of the story
 Language development: Use of phrases with the help of
clues
 Picking/identifying nouns from the given text/unseen
passage
 Drilling of the use of simple past tense in proper context
followed by the production of the same in a meaningful
paragraph
 To underline the past tense in a given passage
 Discuss in groups how they make utility items out of
waste materials like old newspaper, shoe box etc.
 Talk on environment and recycling of waste
 Look up the words in the dictionary, know their
pronunciation & meanings
 Drilling of new words in proper context
 Children to do loud reading of the story with proper
pronunciation, expression and pause
 Children to do silent reading followed by question-
answer activity to test their understanding
 Drilling of new words in proper context
 Drilling of new language items in proper context and
production of the same in a meaningful paragraph
 To collect information on other useful grass like sugar
cane, Alfafa etc and discuss in the class
 Picture- composition with the help of question clues
TLM & Resources:  Visuals of the story
 Reading cards - (CIEFL)cards
 Story sequencing card
 Environment friendly materials e.g. paper bags, bottle or
plastic box may be used to recycle and create new items
 Flash cards to be posted on notice board in class room
 Visual resources Children’s Encyclopaedia
 Picture cards
Value:  Respect for the environment
 REDUCE RECYCLE REUSE

UNIT: 2
LESSON: Teamwork (Poem)
Month/weeks JUNE / 3
No. of periods: 21
Competency: Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing
Theme: Collaboration Teamwork Doing work on time
Language items  Question Words using ‘How’
 Use of contractions We’ll, we’ve, Can’t…
 Compound words
Expected learning outcome:  Able to recite a poem with proper rhyme and rhythm
 Able to exchange his/her ideas with peers
 Able to ask questions using ‘How’
 Able to use We`ll, We`ve, Can`t etc. in proper context
Suggested activities:  Children to recite the poem with proper action &
intonation
  Recitation of the similar poems
 Talk on activities children like to do alone and things
they like to do in groups
 Make questions using ‘How’
 To find the compound words in the grid & use in
sentences
 Drilling of the use of We’ll, We’ve, Can’t etc
 The poem may be correlated with EVS lesson Up you
Go.
TLM & Resources: 
Value:  Cooperation (Joys of working together)

UNIT: 2
LESSON: Flying Together (Prose)
Month/weeks JUNE / 3
No. of periods: 21
Competency: Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing
Theme: Collaboration Teamwork Doing work on time
Language items  Use of verbs
 prepositions, to, of, on
 Questions using What, when, where, Why and How.
Expected learning outcome:  Able to recite a poem with proper rhyme and rhythm
 Able to exchange his/her ideas with peers
 Able to ask questions using ‘How’
 Able to use We`ll, We`ve, Can`t etc. in proper context
 Able to read with understanding
 Able to use language items in proper context
 Able to write short composition with appropriate
vocabulary
 Able to write a short story
Suggested activities:  Children to read the lesson aloud with proper
pronunciation, expression & pause
 Children to do silent reading followed by question-
answer activity to test their understanding
 Children to read a story from Panchatantra and narrate
it.
 Drilling of new language items in proper context and
production of the same in a meaningful situation in
writing as well as speaking
 Drilling of framing questions using What, When, Where,
How etc
 Children to write an incident/ event using different
proverbs
 Children to use describing words to complete a story
 Drilling of prepositions
 To make meaningful sentences from Jumbled sentences
TLM & Resources:  CD on Panchatantra stories
 Class library for supplementary reading
 Picture card
Value:  Cooperation (Joys of working together)

UNIT: 3
LESSON: My Shadow (Poem)
Month/weeks JULY / 4
No. of periods: 28
Competency: Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing
Theme: Investigating the unknown
 Surprise and curiosity
Overcoming fears by scientific analysis
Language items  Questions using which, who, whose, whom
 Compound words
Expected learning outcome:  Able to recite the poem with proper rhyme and rhythm
 Able to participate in group activities and contribute
Suggested activities:  Children to recite the poem with proper intonation
 Drilling of framing of questions using Which, Who,
Whose, Whom
 Children to identify compound words
 Children to discuss various situations group wise and
express themselves e.g. You missed your school bus and
is late ……. A bull chases you……..
 Discussion about shadows
 Outdoor activity – Children to observe the shadow of
different objects & draw its shadow at different time of
the day MORNING, NOON, EVENING
 Children to estimate Time through shadow
TLM & Resources:  Books on poems from class library
 Outdoor visit to observe shadows
Value:  Logical enquiry

UNIT: 3
LESSON: Robinson Crusoe (Prose)
Month/weeks JULY / 4
No. of periods: 28
Competency: Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing
Theme: Investigating the unknown
Surprise and curiosity
 Overcoming fears by scientific analysis
Language items Conjunctions
Expected learning outcome:  Able to read the lesson with understanding
 Able to narrate his/her experiences about any event
 Able to take part in group activities and role play
 Able to write a short description on the given topic
 Able to carry out a brief conversation involving seeking,
giving information
Suggested activities:  Children to read the story aloud with proper
pronunciation, expression & pause
 Children to do silent reading followed by question-
answer activity to test their understanding
 Children to read other stories like: SINDBAD THE
SAILOUR, SWISS FAMILY etc.
 Drilling of new words & language items in proper
context
 To conduct an Interview with the question clues: How
you felt when you got lost on an excursion trip?
 Role Play: Speak about their unknown fear
 Children to write a paragraph on a given topic: How
ships and planes are guided towards land?
 Real life narration by the teacher about discovery
voyages taken in the past e.g.” Columbus Discover
America.”
 Matching Flash cards with suitable conjunctions E.g. I
ran fast. {and/but} I missed the bus.
 To Identify the foot print of the famous person based on
the clues given:
 A historic step made by man on the Moon.
  Who was he?
 Which country does he belong to?
 Name the space craft used.
 What were his words?
 Name the other astronauts who landed with him.
 To write a short paragraph with the help of the question
clues about (treasure hunt) or To write on personal
experience of happiness, surprise etc.
TLM & Resources:  Books on poems from class library
 Outdoor visit to observe shadows
 Story Books. Film-Treasure Island
 Karadi Tales CD by Times Music
 Children encyclopaedia Tell Me Why?
 Film/ Story Books on Adventures of Marco polo, Vasco-
De-Gama, etc.
 Visual clippings on Apollo 11
 Related articles and pictures of INDIAS MOON
MISSION CHANDRAYAN
 Picture clues and word clues
Value:  Logical enquiry

UNIT: 4
LESSON: Crying (Poem)
Month/weeks JULY / 4
No. of periods: 28
Competency: Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing
Theme: How to cope with different moods of people.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Laugh and the world laughs with
you .Cry and you cry alone!
Language items Words ending in – ness
Use of feeling words
Expected learning outcome:  Able to recite the poem with proper rhyme & rhythm
 Able to participate in Role play/Dramatization
 Can talk about personal opinion and experience
 Able to write and express their emotions using
appropriate vocabulary
Suggested activities:  Children to recite the poem with proper intonation
 Children to sing in chorus other songs like “When you’re
Happy and you know it clap your hands”
 Visuals showing different expression of people-dumb
charade games to be played
 To discuss : An incident that made them cry/laugh &
children to be asked to enact different emotions like joy,
anger, excitement, sadness etc.
 Children to narrate an incident about the experiences of
happiness, excitement, and surprise (Teachers may give
some clues.
 To use correct feeling words and fill in the blanks
 Word Building – drilling of build new words ending with
-ness
TLM & Resources:  Cassettes of different songs
 Cartoons face showing different emotions like
Happiness Sadness, Anger, Worry, Stress,” etc.
 Animal cries
Value:  Looking at the lighter side of life
 Respecting elders and their experience

UNIT: 4
LESSON: My Elder Brother (Prose)
Month/weeks AUGUST / 4
No. of periods: 28
Competency: Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing
Theme: How to cope with different moods of people.
 FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Laugh and the world laughs
with you. Cry and you cry alone!
Language items  Reading comprehension
 Use of correct form of the word: teach & learn.
 Use of for or since
Expected learning outcome:  Able to read the lesson with understanding
 Able to comprehend and answer questions based on
reading cards. Enhance their reading habit.
 Able to understand the information given in graphs or
tables
 Able to take part in group activity, role play and
dramatization
 Able to write an informal letter following the correct
format
 Able to use a Dictionary and look up words
Suggested activities:  Children to read the story aloud with proper
pronunciation, expression & pause
 Children to do silent reading followed with question-
answer activity to test their understanding
 Children to read other classics in English and other
languages
 Dramatization of the story (team work)
 Drilling of new words in proper context
 Drilling of language items for & since followed by
production in a meaningful paragraph
 Drilling of framing questions based on the Class Time
Table e.g. How many periods of English do you have in a
week? (Framing more questions based on other subject)
 To complete the paragraph choosing the correct form of
the word “LEARN” Learn, learns, learned, has learned
 Children to write a letter to their friend/ family member
telling them about the activities or event in their school
 Spelling games through flash cards, words having
double letters e.g. poor, door (vowels)
 Drilling of the words ending with ly, our, ment, tion …
(suffix) and using them in sentences
TLM & Resources:  Cassettes of different songs
 Cartoons face showing different emotions like
Happiness Sadness, Anger, Worry, Stress,” etc.
 Animal cries
 CIEFL Reading cards Story book-Hard times by Charles
Dickens
 Post card
 Flash cards
Value:  Respect your elders
 Value of time and importance of time management

UNIT: 5
LESSON: THE Lazy Frog (Poem)
Month/weeks AUGUST / 4
No. of periods: 28
Competency: Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing
Theme:  Social behaviour
  Discouraging Laziness
 Encouraging Hard work
Language items  Use of the Phrase –in vain
Expected learning outcome:  Able to recite the poem with proper rhyme and rhythm
 Able to use new words and a phrase `in vain` in proper
context
Suggested activities:  Children to recite the poem with proper intonation
 Matching words through team game
 Talking about some lazy animals and their habits
 Reciting related poems
 To pick out the adjectives from a given passage
 Drilling the phrase ‘in vain’ in proper context
 Children to talk about people they like, the game they
play
 To write a poem about an activity they enjoy.
 To write the correct word out of jumbled words
(Extended activity)
 Quiz (vocabulary based
TLM & Resources:  Picture cards showing frogs
 Visuals
Value:  Good “Social behaviour”
 Importance of work

UNIT: 5
LESSON: Rip van Winkle (Prose)
Month/weeks AUGUST / 4
No. of periods: 28
Competency: Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing
Theme:  Social behaviour
 Discouraging Laziness
Encouraging Hard work
Language items  Use of adjective
 Use of Have, Have not
 Adverb Phrase `Idle away`
Expected learning outcome:  Able to read with understanding
 Able to describe report and narrate incidents and
experiences in writing as well as speaking
 Able to comprehend and answer in simple sentences.
 Learns to write creatively short descriptive pieces
Character sketch etc
 Learns to use functional grammar in oral aural
transcription
 To be able to know silent letters in words Learns to use
language items in the right context
Suggested activities:  Children to read the story aloud with proper
pronunciation, expression & pause
 Children to do silent reading followed by question-
answer activity to test their understanding
 Drilling of the use of new words
 Story sequencing
 To pick out names of games mentioned in the story
 Dramatizing scenes of the story
 Children to describe some of the games they play at
school
 To write a character sketch of Rip Van Winkle based on
their understanding of the story
 To look up new words in dictionary to know meaning,
pronunciation and usage
  To pick out the describing words from the story
 To pick the silent letters from the given words
 Drilling of the use of “Have” and “Have not” followed by
production in a meaningful paragraph
 Drilling of the use of `idle away`
 Drilling of the use of always, often etc (Adverbs) in
meaningful sentences
TLM & Resources:  Story - Rip Van Wrinkle, the legend of sleepy hallow by
Washington Irving
 Sleeping beauty
 Dictionary

Value:  Good “Social behaviour”
 Importance of work

UNIT: 6
LESSON: Class Discussion (Poem)
Month/weeks SEPTEMBER / 2
No. of periods: 14
Competency: Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing
Theme: Humour
Awareness about different types of people
Language items  Use of adjective
 Use of Have, Have not
 Adverb Phrase `Idle away`
Expected learning outcome:  Able to recite the poem with rhyme and rhythm
 Able to use new words in proper context
 Able to write short notice, instructions, requests,
comments etc
 Able to describe people and situations using describing
words
Suggested activities:  Children to recite the poem with proper intonation
 To discuss in the class `What kind of a person are they?
 Narration of an incident /event describing a brave act
 Story sequencing based on clues
 To let the children, organize an Art competition /
Exhibition in the class and write a notice informing the
other classes about it
 Story sequencing based on clues
 To let the children, organize an Art competition /
Exhibition in the class and write a notice informing the
other classes about it
 Each student to describe their partner in a few
sentences
 To make right words out of Jumbled words
TLM & Resources:  Film or PPT on acts of bravery by young children
 Story sequencing cards
 Flash cards of jumbled words
Value: To be civil and courteous

UNIT: 6
LESSON: The Talkative Barber (Prose)
Month/weeks SEPTEMBER /2
No. of periods: 14
Competency: Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing
Theme: Humour
Awareness about different types of people
Language items  Opposite words
 beginning with un-, in-, dis, -im
 Conjunctions
Expected learning outcome:  Able to read with proper understanding
 Able to read and enjoy other stories and descriptive
passages appropriate to the level
 Able to speak and express themselves on a given topic
 Able to take part in group activity, dramatization, role
play etc.
 Able to write short paragraph based on pictures
 Able to complete incomplete stories
 Able to use new words and language items in proper
context
Suggested activities:  Children to read aloud with proper pronunciation,
expression and pause
 Children to do silent reading followed by question-
answer activity to test their understanding
 Drilling of new words
 Picture talk –A Picture to be shown to children, who will
observe the picture and talk about it-What is happening
in the picture? What will happen next? What will
happen in the future?
 Dramatization of the story
 Drilling of making opposite words using un, in, dis, im
 Drilling of the use of conjunctions- if, or, so, while, till,
etc. followed by production in meaningful sentences
 To make right words out of Jumbled words
 To complete the open-ended story-Did the barber finish
shaving the sultans head or did he vanish with the food
or did he start shaving the Sultan‟s beard?
TLM & Resources:  Stories -. The Arabian Nights Series, Akbar Birbal,
Tenali Ram etc.
 Library books
 Picture scroll to conduct picture talk Panorama pictures
 Word maze
Value:  Learning to plan and organize events
 Importance of wit and humour in life

UNIT: 7
LESSON: Topsy –Turvy Land (Poem)
Month/weeks OCTOBER / 3
No. of periods: 21
Competency: Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing
Theme: Humour
Awareness about different types of people
Language items  Creative writing skills
Expected learning outcome:  Able to recite the poem with proper rhyme and rhythm
 Able to speak well and deliver dialogues
 Able to take part in group activities and interact with
their peer
 Able to write a short composition
Suggested activities:  Children to recite the poem with proper modulation
 Drilling of correct pronunciation of the words: Pleasure,
measure, leisure, treasure etc.
 Role play- Children to act all that is depicted in Topsy
turvy land e.g. Socks on their hands, belts as their
ties, ties as their belts etc
 Finding out rhyming words, words having double letters
 e.g. Door, feet, planned, Words having ‘ea’ „e.g. Wear,
tear, swear
 To arrange the jumbled-up stories
 Children to write a paragraph on `How to keep ourselves
neat and clean`
 Children to draw and write few sentences on their
dreamland.eg Birthday land, Chocolate land etc
 Children to write new words in cursive way
TLM & Resources:  FILM-CHARLEY AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
 Role play
 Cards with jumbled sentences for story narration
 Sample cursive style transcription for ready reference
 Development of cursive writing skills.
Value:  Cleanliness is next to godliness.

UNIT: 7
LESSON: Gulliver’s Travels (Prose)
Month/weeks OCTOBER / 3
No. of periods: 21
Competency: Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing
Theme:
Language items  Comparison e.g.: as sweet as………
 Degrees of comparisons,
 Punctuation,
 Use of “when” to join sentences
 Use of ‘why’
 Present continuous Form
Expected learning outcome:  Able to read with proper understanding
 Able to understand a poem, a story, a film, a TV talk
show of the same difficulty level
 Able to think logically and draw conclusion and make
predictions
 Able to use simile
 Able to give reasons for a particular event
 Able to form three degrees of comparison: er, est, more,
Most [positive degree, comparative degree, superlative
degree] and use them in proper context
 Able to use present continuous form in proper context
 Able to build a coherent and cohesive paragraph
[correctly ordered and logically sequenced] with facts,
e.g. and arguments
Suggested activities:  Children to read aloud with proper pronunciation,
expression & pause
 Children to do silent reading followed by question-
answer activity to test their understanding
 Drilling of new words in proper context.
 Drilling of the use of Present Continuous in the proper
context followed by production in a meaningful
paragraph
 To show a picture and ask the children to guess the
action- what is happening in the picture? and what will
happen in the future?
 To look up the meaning, pronunciation and usage of
new words in the dictionary
 Drilling of comparing similar things using the degrees of
comparison
 Drilling of the use of the right degree of compression to
compare objects/ situations
  Language items- use of “Why” to be drilled creating
situations in the class e.g. A student falls in class. Why?
(His shoe lace was open.) Rahul was late to school.
Why? (He got up late and missed his bus) etc.
 Drilling of the use of ‘when’ in proper context
 Recapitulation of rules related to punctuations
 Paragraph writing
 To write a paragraph on: “If you find yourself in the
land of dwarfs”. “The country of the blind” etc What
will you do? –Narrate your experiences
 Children to write the new words in cursive way
TLM & Resources:  FILM-THE CRONICALS OF NARNIA. Related stories:
Treasure Island. By R.L Stevenson.
 Picture scroll
 Dictionary
 Grammar activities from the text
 Make your own comparisons Picture, Role play
 Teacher to provide helping words as clues. To help
students think in the right direction.
Value:  To enjoy and read with complete understanding
 Importance of imagination in life

UNIT: 8
LESSON: Nobody’s friend (Poem)
Month/weeks NOVEMBER / 3
No. of periods: 21
Competency: Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing
Theme:  Friendship
 Problems of growing up
 The evils of bulling
 Familiarity with animal world
Language items  Punctuation
Expected learning outcome:  Able to recite the poem with proper gestures, rhyme and
rhythm
 Able to read other poems of the same difficulty level and
understand
 Able to describe an event, person, place etc. in writing
and speaking
 Able to write in a cursive style
 Can write a story on their own on a given topic
Suggested activities:  Children to recite the poem with proper intonation
 Drilling of new words in proper context
 Children to express views about their friend
 Picking out rhyming words and contractions from the
poem
 Word building: forming words by adding suffix-less
 Word web -words starting with ‘no’.
 First initiating group discussion ‘How to become a good
friend’ (By sharing, lending, helping, loving etc.) and
then to write a paragraph on the above topic *To write a
story on the topic “A friend in need is a friend in deed.”
 To punctuate the given passage (seen/unseen)
 Children to write new words & expressions in cursive
way
TLM & Resources:  Enid Blyton series- The secret seven, The Famous five
etc.
 Sample cursive style transcription for ready reference
Value:  Friendship and co-operation
UNIT: 8
LESSON: The Little Bully (story)
Month/weeks NOVEMBER / 3
No. of periods: 21
Competency: Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing
Theme:  Problems of growing up.
 The evils of bullying
 Familiarity with the animal world
Language items  Adverb Words ending with- ‘ly’ [loudly, eagerly…]
 Use of articles- a, an the
 Use of won’t, couldn’t etc
Expected learning outcome:  Able to read with understanding.
 Able to use new words and language items in proper
context
 Able to look up difficult words in the Dictionary for
meaning, pronunciation and usage
 Able to write a report with facts, example and
arguments
Suggested activities:  Children to read aloud with proper pronunciation,
expression and pause
 Children to do silent reading followed by question-
answer activity to test their understanding
 Dramatization of the story by the children
 Drilling of new words in proper context
 Drilling of the use of `won`t, couldn`t etc. in proper
context followed by production in a meaningful
paragraph
 Finding opposite of the words given from the lesson
 Word formation drilling of making new words using
suffixes `ly`
 Drilling of the use of articles a/an/the followed by
production in a meaningful paragraph
 *Drilling of the Use of “ing” forms of verb in
sentences
 To write a paragraph on „‟SEA WORLD‟‟
 To write a report on a picnic
 Picture clues and question clues
TLM & Resources:  Visuals of sea life.
 Story-The Naughtiest girl in school-by Enid Blyton.
The Little Bully – Enid Blyton
 Some flash cards of verbs
Value:  Interpersonal value

UNIT: 9
LESSON: Sing a song of People (Poem)
Month/weeks DECEMBER / 3
No. of periods: 21
Competency: Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing
Theme:  Travel, Regards for others, Adventure, Imagination,
Familiarity with reading maps
Language items  Opposite words Verbs[- „ing‟ words in the poem]
Expected learning outcome:  Able to recite the poem with proper rhyme and rhythm
 Able to take part in group discussions and voice their
opinion
 Able to do a survey and write a report
 Able to conduct an interview of friends, teacher,
 neighbours etc. and be able to record, edit and compile
the script.
 Able to use the Dictionary-to look up new words and
their meaning
Suggested activities:  Able to recite the poem with correct intonation
 Debate on city life or village life which is better and
why?
 Poster making competition on population explosion with
suitable captions
 Children to collect information about five families in
their neighbourhood and write a report about them
 Children to interview their teacher, HM and Principal
and write a paragraph about them with the information
they have gathered
 Drilling of the use of new words in proper context
TLM & Resources:  Poster
 Dictionary
Value:  Unity in diversity

UNIT: 9
LESSON: Around the world (Prose)
Month/weeks DECEMBER
No. of periods: 21
Competency: Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing
Theme: Travel, Regards for others, Adventure, Imagination,
Familiarity with reading maps
Language items  Adjectives
 Use of verbs like- go, turn, cross.
 Use of prepositions- across, between, in front of
 Adverbs
Expected learning outcome:  Able to read with understanding
 Able to read other story of the same difficulty level and
understand
 Able to use new words and new language items in
proper context
 Able to read maps.
 Able to write short note containing information,
requests, instructions, etc.
 Able to creatively narrating a train journey giving
significant details
 Able to review of a story
Suggested activities:  Children to read aloud with proper pronunciation,
expression and pause
 Children to do silent reading followed by question-
answer activity to test their understanding discussion
with partners
 Children to describe A Journey by Train
 Drilling of the use of new words in proper context
 To pick out the adjective from the passage
 Drilling of the use of go, turn, cross in an meaningful
context
 Drilling of the use of prepositions across, between, in
front of in meaningful context
 Fill in the blanks using the right Adverb
 Use of collective nouns
 Children to study of the world and identify and discuss
different countries of the world.-the people , their dress,
their food habits etc
  Questions based on map reading
 Children to create a map of their school campus/
colony showing all the important land marks
 This lesson may be integrated and correlated with EVS
lesson” A Shelter So High”
 To discuss and write a paragraph on “How Messages
were sent in olden days? And how are they sent now?”
 Children to write a paragraph on an excursion they
went for
 Drilling of the correct usage of collective nouns.
 To describe a journey by train based on question clues
 To read and review a story from class library
Project
 To find information on” The Seven wonders of the world‟
and countries they are located in
TLM & Resources:  Various means of transports used in ancient and
modern time
 Maps, signs and landmark
 Library books
 Flash cards
 Atlas
 Extra reading material: Around the World in Eighty
Days by Jules Verne
 Visuals on the Seven Wonders of the world (TLM )
 Word clues
 Visuals on “THE SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD” –
 Referring to enclylopedia
Value:  Respect for others

UNIT: 10
LESSON: Malu and Bhalu (poem)
Month/weeks JANUARY / 3
No. of periods: 21
Competency: Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing
Theme:  Girl child - Gender Awareness
 Multi- lingualism
 Leadership qualities
Language items  Use of pronouns
Expected learning outcome:  Able to recite the poem with proper rhyme and rhythm
 Able to read the poem of same difficulty level and
understand it
 Able to know more about the birds and animals living
in the polar region
 Able to take dictation of new words
 Able to use a dictionary
Suggested activities:  Discussion on animals and birds living in the polar
region.
 Children to recite the poem with proper intonation
 Listening comprehension – Recite a related poem 2 -3
times and ask questions based on it
 Write a character sketch of Malu Bhalu after a
discussion on the nature, feature of Malu Bhalu
 Drilling of the use of pronouns in proper context
 To look up new words in the dictionary for meaning,
pronunciation and usage
 To practice cursive writing of new words and sentences
TLM & Resources:  Visuals and picture book of animals on polar region
 Dictionary
Value:  Equality

UNIT: 10
LESSON: Who will be Ningthou? (Prose)
Month/weeks JANUARY
No. of periods: 21
Competency: Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing
Theme:  Girl child - Gender Awareness
 Multi- lingualism
 Leadership qualities
Language items  Exclamatory words & sentences. E.g. Ah! , Hurrah! , etc.
 Action word ending with – ed.
 Tense
Expected learning outcome:  Able to read the lesson with understanding
 Able to read the lesson of the same difficulty level with
understanding
 Able to use the sentences showing present time and
past time in proper context
 Able to write a short narration, a paragraph etc.
 Able to use new words in proper context
Suggested activities:  Children to read aloud with proper pronunciation,
expression and pause
 Children to do silent reading followed by question-
answer activity to test their understanding
 Drilling of new words in proper context
 To punctuate the passage and underline exclamatory
words.
 Drilling of action word ending with –ed
 To make a list of irregular action words, Identify and
change the present tense in the passage to past tense
 Children to discuss their own character and write their
character sketch showing their strength and weakness
etc.
 To look up the words in the dictionary and know their
meanings and spellings
TLM & Resources:  CIEFL READING CARDS,STORY BOOKS from class
library
 Word cards
 Dictionary
Value:  Sensitivity to the environment
 Developing leadership qualities

UNIT:
LESSON: Revision
Month/weeks March
No. of periods: Remaining periods