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P4
Unit
Vocabulary
2 word nouns with a
specific meaning.
Highlight difference
between this and
compound words.
bird house, duck pond,
garden shed, gold ball,
palace gardens, pond
slime, post hole
lawn, hose, spade, tap
1
Imagery: sight &
sound
Metaphor: comparison
without like or as (do
not teach the term)
Spelling list
Grammar
RECAP ITEMS
NEW ITEMS
1. Countable vs.
1. Conditionals (1st)
uncountable nouns
2. Determiners - no article
2. Verbs (linking, action,
for uncountable nouns
sensing, saying, feeling
(materials)
mental or thinking)
3. Bare infinitives vs -to
3. Indefinite pronouns
infinitives
+ SVA :
4. Phrasal Verbs (list for
nothing, something
the entire year to be
4. Form & function of
drawn up)
adjectives
5. Tense - simple past /
5. Modals - must, have to
past continuous
should (for obligation) / 6. Adverbs of manner,
could, would
place, time
(tentativeness) / must
(please create a list
(tro convery necessity)
for P4 - include
6. Prepositions of
frequency)
position & direction
7. Complex prepositions
8. Punctuation - colon for
playscript
garter snake, pitcher
plants , beavers,
campsite, canoe,
dragonflies, gear,
moose, supplies,
swamp, terrapin
2
3
School Based Programmes
Compo
Skill:
Pupils are to create
their own fairy tale
Sequencing
using the 'Narrative
Refer to Pg 16 of
STELLAR guideline Text type Chart'
(RS1.8)
Compre
--> to show
reason &
purpose
For LA pupils, they can
write a parallel story of
a fairy tale or change
the ending of the fairy
tale, thereby making it a
fractured fairy tale.
1. Zero determiner
1. Nouns - singular, plural
2. Sensing / Mental verbs and without a plural
3. Simple past, Present
marker
and past continuous
2. Phrasal Verbs (list for
tense
the entire year to be
4. Adverbs of time - last
drawn up)
3. Pronouns: 1st person
night, today, this
Idioms (please create
(my / I vs. it / they) - link
morning)
to lesson on writing
a list for P4, inclusive
diary entries.
of items in this unit)
4. Adjectives with
restricted positions
Recap:
(form)
Suffix [-ful] - graceful,
5. Future tense - 'I am
peaceful, harmful,
going to...'
thoughtful
6. Adverbs - nowhere,
New:
somewhere
Suffix [-ive] - changing
7. Word Forms - verbs
a verb to an adjective
to adjectives
Spelling List
Skill:
Annotating
bedroom window, plant 1. Comparatives and
food, badge,
Superlatives (form
basketball,
and function) list to be
centimetres, contest,
drawn up
delight, ladder, spider, 2. Modals - might /
whopper
could
3. Verbs of action,
Antonyms
sensing, feeling,
mental, thinking
win / lose
(link to compo)
tall / short
best / worst
never / always
straight / crooked
new / old
small / big
Skill:
Annotating
Synonyms
quick / fast
tall / high
small / little
biggest / largest
great / wonderful
Spelling List
1. Gerunds (verbs that
function as nouns)
2. Using 'than' to
compare
3. Word forms - verbs /
nouns to adjectives
(-en / -ed)
4. Modals - have to
(show obiligation)
5. Subjunctive: "I wish I
was good at things"
6. 1st Conditional (form
and function)
* For gerunds, subjunctive
and conditional, DO NOT
teach the term.
Synthesis
since, as,
so that,
so … that
Visualisation
Sequencing
Visualisation
Skills:
Sound imagery:
'My heart started
pounding / I heard
heavy footsteps …",
direct speech and
internal thoughts
(punctuation)
so
so as to
Skills:
SPCOC (focus on BIG
problem and
complications: the
relationship)
before, after,
as soon as,
since ,as
Sequencing
Refer to Pg 14 of
Dialogue
STELLAR guideline
Internal thoughts
(characterisation)
Refer to Pg 14 of
STELLAR guideline:
Thought Tunnel
--> to show
reason &
purpose
--> to express
time /
sequence
If (1st
conditional)
P4
Unit
Vocabulary
chocolate chip, rock
salt, vanilla essence,
equipment, freezer,
ingredients,
marshmallow, milk
shake, recipe,
variation, whipping
cream, white
chocolate, yoghurt
4
Grammar
RECAP ITEMS
NEW ITEMS
1. Pronouns: Personal
1. Determiners: all, all
(our, she, we, mine, they, the, a lot of, much, little,
his) and Indefinite
enough
(everyone, everybody) +
2. Imperatives: Form and
the SVA.
function
2. Comparatives and
superlatives
3. Collective nouns +
SVA (please create a
list)
Antonyms
backwards / forwards
small / large
freeze / melt
warm / cold
too little / too much
School Based Programmes
Compo
Synthesis
Skill:
Skill:
Expanding
Annotating
Show not Tell
Sentences
Visualisation
(Refer to Pg 15 of
Sequencing
the STELLAR
guide)
Extra: Strip Story
Refer to Pg 14 of
Recap: If
the STELLAR
guide
New: as well as
Compre
4. Past Conditional (If
she had brought … she
would)
5.Modals: Might / May
6. Punctuation: "…" to
show that there is
something different
about the way the word
is used.
Affixation
Prefix : -un
unwrapped, unroll,
unfreeze
Imagery
Of sound: ice cubes
clinked, jars clattered
Of sight: scratched our
names in the ice
Spelling List
ambulance, attendants,
bruises, minibus,
onlookers, passenger,
pavement, sirens,
stretcher, junction,
victims, seat belts,
traffic light
Affixation
Prefix: miniminibus, minimart,
minivan, miniskirt
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Clipping
Eg: refridgerator -->
fridge
Spelling List
1. Modals: should (for
1. Collective nouns +
being tentative or unsure) SVA (police, crowd,
vs. should (for obligation) group)
2. -ing verbs (walking,
standing, bleeding,
breathing, holding,
talking). Link to present
and past continuous
tense: Form and Function
2. Quantifiers: another,
other, each other, one
another
3. Relative pronoun that (for reposrted
speech as well), which
4. Word forms: Adjs that
act as a noun (the poor,
the sick, the wealthy)
5. Adverbs of degree Form / Word class and
function (showing how
much) : very, really,
seriously
Skill:
Annotating
Visualisation
Sequencing
Focus:
Road Accidents
Can use RS5.2 & 5.3
as brainstorming
Skill:
Show not Tell
Appropriate
Language (refer to
vocab)
Time phrases
Incorporate the
following phrases in
writing:
a few hours earlier,
as soon as, all of a
sudden, this time,
after that, still
Material from Pgs 1720 and RS5.11 - 5.14
can be used as
stimulus.
Complex
Sentences
Reinforce word
class concept.
Refer to Pg 14 of
STELLAR
guideline.
Recap:that (P2)
Refer to Pg 16,
Pt2 of STELLAR
guideline.
New: which
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competition, distance,
pest, spout of water,
waterspout
* dugout canoe / shark
country
1. Pronouns: Personal (I,
she, he, him, her, his,
hers, they, their) --> to
refer to someone already
described.
* 2 word nouns with a
specific meaning
2. 1st Conditional (Form
and Function)
Word Cline ( to add
more word clines if
possible)
sang
screeched
whispered
squeaked
shouted
(can link to the words
learnt preciously in
their spelling list)
3. Adverbs of time,
manner, duration and
frequency
1. Relative Pronouns
(what, where)
Skill:
Annotating
Visualisation
Sequencing
Skill:
Show not Tell
2. Adjectives (-ed vs. Characterisation
ing) Highlight diference
(Refer to STELLAR
in meaning. Please
Question / Answer: Guideline)
create a list of words you Question words
want to use for this.
(why, where, have
you, how, what)
3. Verb + Time, Tense, Refer to Pg 16 of
Aspect (Refer to
the STELLAR
STELLAR Guideline Pg Guideline.
14)
Complex
Sentences
Reinforce word
class concept.
New:
whose + where
P4
Unit
7
Grammar
RECAP ITEMS
NEW ITEMS
1) Pronouns: those (as pronoun 1) Gerunds
athlete, baton, calendar,
and not determiner)
ceremony, championship,
divisions, events, energy,
2) Passive voice (Form and
2) Determiners (these, several,
Function)
scoreboard, sportsmanship,
every, all, none, one of, several, )
trophy
* prize-presentation, shot put (2-3 Form + SVA
word nouns with special
3) Adjectives (-er to show
meanings)
comparison)
Compounds (recap)
4) Preposition of Time (before,
championship, sportsmanship,
after, at, during, since, by, within,
scoreboard, teamwork
on, for)
Affixation (recap)
5) Punctuation: Capitalisation
Suffix : -tion / -ation / -sion
(oral)
(verbs to nouns)
division, competition, preparation,
examination, presentation
-al (Change word class to an
adjective): national
Vocabulary
Compre
Skill:
Annotating
Visualisation
Sequencing
School Based Programmes
Compo
Synthesis
Expanding
Sentences
(Refer to Pg 16
of the STELLAR
guide)
Recap: when /
while (time)
New: while
(to show
concession)
Acronyms (oral)
VIP and others common in S'pore
(to be mentioned and discussed
only)
Phrasal Verbs (highlight
meaning and use)
sign up, put up
Spelling List
beeline, chrysanthemum,
disease, muscle, statues
* bumble bee, lavendar bushes,
safety pin, sticky tape (2 word
nouns to mean a specific thing)
Synonyms
Word cline - dislike, hate,
despise AND afraid, scared,
terrified, frozen stiff
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Hyponyms
chrysanthemum and lavender
are flowers, a bee is an insect
Idioms
to make a beeline, to be frozen
stiff (with fear), to catch someone
out, to back someone up, to br
OUT
Sight images
her shadow reaches me before
she does
Spelling List
1) SVA - indefinite pronouns and 1) Tense
quantifiers
- Simple Present
- Present Perfect
2) Adjective order
2) What are participles?
3) -ing form as gerunds
3) Irregular verbs
4) Punctuation - quotation marks
4) past participle forms as
adjectives
* To create a and provide a
list of verbs (incldg
irrregular) in the various
forms (tenses)
Skill:
Annotating
Visualisation
Sequencing
Use of punctuation
Expanding
when using dialogue in Sentences
a compo
SVO +
complement
Thoughts of character; (Refer to Pg 19
Use of dilemma - think & 20 of the
aloud
STELLAR
guide)
New: except
earthquake, foundations, gravity,
landslide, reservoir, tides,
tsunami, undersea
*coastal water, harbour wave,
tidal wave (2 word nouns to mean
a specific thing)
Synonyms
giant / huge
ancient / very old
incredible / unbelievable
9
Similes (must recap)
like the sea is overflowing, like a
giant bulldozer, like twigs, like
ripples from a stone
Imagery
Sight: water gets pushed; a wall
of water
Sound: crashing waves
Spelling List
1) Determiners : Zero (oral - refer 1) 2nd and 3rd Person
to Pg 10 of STELLAR guideline) Pronouns (it - inanimate
things / you - for the reader
or indefinite person) - oral
2) Modals (might,can, would,
used to)
2) Tenses (Form + Function)
3) Passive voice (change in
- Simple, past with FOCUS
emphasis)
on past perfect. (To provide
a list for pupils)
3) Words that act as
adjectives and nouns
4) Punctuation (comma,
hyphen, brackets, open and
closed inverted commas)
Skill:
Annotating
Visualisation
Sequencing
Using the 5 senses to
enhance "Show not
Tell" in composition
writing.
Refer to Pg 14 Refer to Pg 9 of
of STELLAR STELLAR Guidelines
for lesson.
guideline
(Whole Text
Study)
New: however,
either … or
Refer to Pg 15
of the STELLAR
guideline for
teaching ideas.
P4
Unit
Vocabulary
budgie, cereal, duvet,
experiment, garage,
goldfish, lunchbox, waffles,
wardrobe
* golden syrup, laundry
basket, peanut butter (2word nouns to mean a
specific thing)
Compounds (recap)
championship,
sportsmanship,
scoreboard, teamwork
10
Grammar
RECAP ITEMS
1) Gerunds
NEW ITEMS
1) Past Participle (Form
and Function)
2) Present and Past Tense
3) Irregular vs. Regular
verbs
2) Modals: will for future
time vs. emphasis or
determination
4) Relative clauses (that,
who)
3) Word Class: Nouns to
Adjs (-y, -ly, -en)
5) Adverbs of time,
manner and to connect
4) Punctuation:
apostrophe for possession
(Rats' vs Rat's) and
comma in direct address
1) Gerund (oral)
1) Abbreviations (oral)
2) Present Perfect Tense
(oral)
2) Quantifiers / SVA
(each, many, few, either,
neither + revision of the
rest)
Compre
Skill:
Annotating
Visualisation
Sequencing
Suffix : [-y] (recap)
smelly, dirty
Idiom:
to swing into action
to stir one up
School Based Programmes
Compo
Synthesis
New:
Show not Tell
Link to imagery in the either of
chapter - describing a neither of
scene in detail.
Eg:
Recap:
He was angry.
Vs. neither … nor
He clenched his fists
so tightly that his
Expanding
finger nails dug
Sentences
painfully into his pain. (Refer to Pg
His breathing became 12 of the
heavier as he tried to STELLAR
keep his temper in
guide)
check.
S+V+O+O
with the
Whole Text Study
posibility of
(characterisation)
relative
Refer to Pg 19 of
clause and
Stellar Guideline and prepositional
link to compo writing phrase
Clipping
lab(oratory)
Spelling List
carapace, creatures,
depths, flippers, octopus,
plastics, reptiles, species,
squid, surface, survival
* coral reefs, jelly fish,
leatherback turtles (2 word
nouns with special
meanings) Highlight the
difference between them
and compound words.
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Antonyms
hard/soft
hatchlings/fullgrown
deep/shallow
fast/slow
gracefully/awkwardly
rare/common
Suffixes
-less, -er, -est, -y
Spelling List
3) Adjectives vs. Adverbs
3) Phrasal verbs
(identification and
exposure)
4) Word Class (nouns
from adjs and verbs)
5) Passive to active
Skill:
Annotating
Visualisation
Sequencing
New:
Reporting
statements
with change
in tense, time,
day, adverb
of time,
pronouns,
place
though /
although
attachment, Community
Club, hydroslide, ollies,
pipes, takeaways,
spacewalks
* computer shop, concrete
ramp, power slides,
shopping mall, skateboard
park, video shop
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1) Relative pronoun - who 1) Idiomatic phrasal verbs Skill:
Annotating
2) Gerunds (oral)
2) Adjectives vs. nouns
Visualisation
that act as adjectives
Sequencing
3) Adverbs of Degree
(identification)
4) 1st Conditional
3) -ing adjective vs. -ed
adjective (eg: bored vs.
boring)
Slang
lame, wicked
4) Irregular verbs
Phrasal verbs
to put on, to pick up
5) Adding info to the
object in the sentence
Affixes (Prefixes)
hydro - meaning water
thermo - meaning heat
pro - meaning for
anti - meaning against
pre - meaning before
post - meaning after
6) Spelling rules: Singular
and Plural + Irregular (eg.
luggage / furniture)
Clipping (recap)
Spelling list
New:
prefer to …
rather than
Recap:
Reporting
statements
with change
in tense, time,
day, adverb
of time,
pronouns,
place