Curriculum Shule Direct Kenya Secondary School Form 1 English

English Form 1 Syllabus

  1. Listening and speaking
    1. Pronunciation
      1. English sound: vowel and consonant sounds.
      2. Distinction between English sounds and mother tongue and Kiswahili.
      3. Identification of problematic sounds.
      4. Mastery of problematic sounds in meaningful contexts eg. through the use of tongue twisters, songs, poems.
    2. Listening Comprehension and note-taking
      1. Listening and responding to oral narratives (trikster and ogre stories) and riddles.
      2. Features of ogre stories
      3. Features of riddles
      4. Listening and responding to information/articles on children's rights, child labour, enviroment, HIV/AIDS and on moral values.
    3. Mastery of content
      1. Debate
    4. Etiquette
      1. Use of courteous language e.g. thank you, excuse me, sorry, please
    5. Non-verbal cues that enhance listening and speaking
      1. Importance of respecting personal space.
  2. Grammar
    1. Parts of speech: Nouns
      1. Common nouns
      2. Proper nouns
      3. Concrete nouns- Non-count nouns
      4. Abstract nouns
      5. Number- Regular nouns
      6. Number- Irregular nouns
      7. Articles-Definite articles
      8. Articles- Indefinite articles
      9. Articles-Functions of articles
    2. Parts of speech: Pronuons
      1. Personal pronouns
      2. Possessive pronouns
      3. Reflexive pronouns
      4. Functions of pronouns
    3. Parts of speech: Verbs
      1. Verbs
      2. Lexical
      3. Regular
      4. Irregular verbs
      5. Tenses
      6. simple present tense
      7. simple past tense
    4. Parts of speech: Adjectives
      1. Comparative forms
      2. Superlative forms
      3. Regular adjectives
      4. Irregular adjectives
      5. Gradable adjectives
      6. Non-gradable adjectives
    5. Parts of speech: Adverbs
      1. Adverbs of manner
      2. Adverbs of time
      3. Adverbs of frequency
    6. Parts of speech: Prepositions
      1. Prepositions
      2. Simple prepositions e.g. in, of, at
    7. Parts of speech: Conjunctions
      1. Conjunctions
      2. Co-ordinating conjunctions (and, but, or)
    8. Phrases
      1. Constituents of a phrase
      2. Constituents and examples of a noun phrase
    9. Simple sentences
      1. Sentence structure (subject, predicate)
      2. Types of sentences: Interrogative
      3. Types of sentences: Imperative
      4. Types of sentences: Exclamatory
      5. Types of sentences: Declarative/affirmative
      6. Types of sentences: Negative
  3. Reading
    1. Reading Skills
      1. Identification of the learner's reading problems in silent reading e.g. moving lips, verbalizing words, use of fingers and moving head.
      2. Development of good reading reading habits in silent, loud and spead reading.
      3. Using dictionary
      4. Using the library
    2. Intensive Reading
      1. Study of poems, plays and short stories.
      2. Focus on plot
      3. Focus on literary language.
    3. Extensive Reading
      1. Literary and non literary materials on the contemporary issues such as: children's right, child labour, enviroment, HIV/AIDS, moral values: Adventure stories
      2. Fairy tales
      3. Poems
      4. Plays
      5. Novels
      6. Short stories
      7. Newspaper/Magazines/Periodicals
    4. Comprehension Skills
      1. Recall, comprehension and application,
      2. Summary
      3. Note-making
  4. Writing
    1. Handwriting
      1. Legibility and tidiness
    2. Spelling
      1. Spelling rules
    3. Building sentence skills and paragraphing
      1. Writing clear and correct sentence
      2. Structure of paragraph-topic, supporting, clincher sentences in paragraphs
      3. Structure of paragraph-sequencing of ideas and unity in paragraphs
    4. Punctuation
      1. Capitalization
      2. Final punctuation marks
      3. Commas
    5. Personal writing
      1. Diaries
      2. Addresses
      3. Packing lists
    6. Social writing
      1. Informal letters
      2. Making notes
      3. Taking notes
    7. Creative Writing
      1. Imaginative compositions
      2. Poems
    8. Institutional Writing
      1. Public notices
      2. Inventories

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