MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
NAME OF SCHOOL: THE DMS ONLINE SCHOOL
DEPARTMENT: LANGUAGES
NAME OF TEACHER: MR MASUMBA
SUBJECT: English
GRADE/CLASS: Grade 4
TERM: 2
YEAR: 2026
April 27, 2026|Listening and Speaking|4.1.1 Etiquette
4.1.10 Appropriate Language in a Social Setting|Demonstrate good manners and courteous behaviour; Use socially acceptable language to make polite requests|Textbooks, role-play cards, charts with polite phrases|Role-play, group discussions, pair work, teacher demonstration|Syllabus, English Grade 4 Learner's Book| |Week 2
May 4, 2026|Listening and Speaking|4.1.2 Conversation|Take part in a dialogue on chores and responsibilities of family members; Talk about objects found in the community|Pictures of community objects (shops, clinics, buses), charts, discussion prompts|Group discussions, pair work, Q&A, descriptive exercises|Syllabus, English Grade 4 Learner's Book| |Week 3
May 11, 2026|Listening and Speaking|4.1.2 Conversation|Talk about characteristics of domestic and wild animals; Talk about effects of bad practices in the community|Animal flashcards, pictures showing good/bad practices (pollution, garbage disposal), short video clips|Brainstorming, descriptive exercises, guided discussions, problem-solving scenarios|Syllabus, English Grade 4 Learner's Book| |Week 4
May 18, 2026|Listening and Speaking|4.1.3 Stories|Tell modern simple stories in the right sequence|Storybooks, picture cards for sequencing, story prompts|Storytelling, re-telling stories, sequencing activities, peer assessment|Syllabus, English Grade 4 Learner's Book| |Week 5
May 25, 2026|Listening and Speaking|4.1.4 Puzzles|Recognise and give meaning to puzzles|Puzzle books, riddles, word search printouts|Group puzzle solving, riddle games, vocabulary building|Syllabus, English Grade 4 Learner's Book| |Week 6
June 1, 2026|Listening and Speaking|4.1.5 Drama|Perform simple plays|Simple scripts, props, costumes (optional), open space|Role-play, improvisation, drama games, peer feedback|Syllabus, English Grade 4 Learner's Book| |Week 7
June 8, 2026|Listening and Speaking|4.1.6 Poetry|Recite poems and recognise basic elements of poetry|Poetry anthologies, charts with rhyme schemes, audio recordings of poems|Choral reading, memorisation, discussion of poetic elements, creative writing (simple poems)|Syllabus, English Grade 4 Learner's Book| |Week 8
June 15, 2026|Listening and Speaking|4.1.7 Oral Instructions|Respond to and follow a series of instructions|Materials for crafts (e.g., paper for paper boats), instruction cards, visual aids|Practical activities, demonstrations, step-by-step instruction following|Syllabus, English Grade 4 Learner's Book| |Week 9
June 22, 2026|Listening and Speaking|4.1.7 Oral Instructions|Get and respond to oral directions about locating a place|Maps (simple school/community map), directional flashcards, drawings|Map reading games, giving/following directions role-play, drawing routes|Syllabus, English Grade 4 Learner's Book| |Week 10
June 29, 2026|Listening and Speaking|4.1.7a Processes|Describe simple processes|Diagrams of processes, video clips of games, activity cards|Explaining rules of games, demonstrating processes, peer teaching|Syllabus, English Grade 4 Learner's Book| |Week 11
July 6, 2026|Listening and Speaking|4.1.8 Time|Tell seasons of the year and describe the activities done|Calendar, pictures of seasons and activities, charts|Discussion, storytelling about seasonal activities, drawing activities, Q&A|Syllabus, English Grade 4 Learner's Book| |Week 12
July 13, 2026|Listening and Speaking|4.1.9 Antonyms and Synonyms|Use antonyms and synonyms|Word lists, flashcards, matching games, thesaurus (simplified)|Vocabulary games, sentence completion, word association, dictionary work|Syllabus, English Grade 4 Learner's Book| |Week 13
July 20, 2026|Listening and Speaking|Revision and Assessment|All previously taught outcomes (4.1.1-4.1.10)|Revision materials, past papers, assessment rubrics|Review activities, oral presentations, mock assessments, feedback sessions|Syllabus, English Grade 4 Learner's Book|