English 4

Budget of Work
First Quarter
Week Learning Competencies No of
No. days Taught
Week 1 Pre – assessment test 1
Note details in selections listened to: Identify characters, setting and plot 1
Sequence a series of events from stories listened to 1
Infer about feelings, traits of characters in selections listened to 1
Weekly Test/ Accomplishment of work sheets 1
Week 2 Speak clearly using appropriate pronunciation and intonation- poems, chants, rhymes, riddles 1
Express ideas clearly – sharing a story, news about the family, show and tell 1
Give oral directions 1
Use context clues (synonym) to find the meaning of unfamiliar words 1
Weekly Test/ Accomplishment of work sheets 1
Week 3 Use context clues (antonym) to find the meaning of unfamiliar words 1
Use context clues (definition) to find the meaning of unfamiliar words 1
Analyze a narrative in terms of its character, setting and plot 1
Sequence events in literary texts 1
Weekly Test/ Accomplishment of work sheets 1
Week 4 Infer about feelings, traits of characters in selection read/ listened to 1
Make inferences and draw conclusions based on a literary or expository text 1
Read words, phrase, poems and stories with long vowel sounds (a,e,i,o,u) 1
Read words, phrases, poems and stories with compound words 1
Summative Test 1
Week 5 Read words, phrases, poems and stories with diagraphs with accuracy (/sh/- /ch/, /ch/ – /k/, /sh/) 1
Read words, phrases, poems and stories with diphthongs with accuracy (oy, ow, oi) 1
Read words, phrases, poems and stories with silent letters with accuracy 1
Locate information using print and non – print sources 1
Performance Task – see reference Across Borders through Reading pp. 115 1
Week 6 Arrange words with the same first letter but a different 2nd letter in alphabetical order 1
Use graphic organizers to show understanding of texts 1
Introduction to Nouns 1
Plural form of regular nouns/irregular nouns 1
Weekly Test/ Accomplishment of work sheets 1
Week 7 Mass and Count Nouns 1
Use quantifiers of mass nouns 1
Use possessive nouns 1
Compose clear and coherent sentences using appropriate grammatical structures: present tense of verbs 1
Weekly Test/ Accomplishment of work sheets 1
Week 8 Write 2- 3 sentences about characters, setting or events in a story listened to or read 1
Write 2 -3 step directions using signal words 1
Write different forms of simple composition as a response to stories/poems read or listened to: 1
notes/letters
Write different forms of simple composition as a response to stories/poems read or listened to: 1
descriptive paragraph
Summative test 1
Week 9 Write different forms of simple composition as a response to stories/poems read or listened to: another 1
ending story
Summative test 1
Performance Task – see reference Across Borders through Reading pp.121 1
Post – assessment Test 1
Total number of competencies 32
Total number of performance task 11
Periodic Test 2
Overall number of days 45
 Second Quarter

Week Learning Competencies No of

No. days Taught
Week 1 Pre – assessment test 1
Identifying the main idea and supporting details for a text heard 1
Compound words 1
Identifying story elements such as setting, character, and plot 1
Weekly Test/ Accomplishment of work sheets 1
Week 2 Note details from news reports/selections listened to 1
Answering wh - questions 1
Classify related words, ideas, and concepts according to certain characteristics and similarities 1
Use personal pronouns that agrees in gender, number with antecedent 1
Weekly Test/ Accomplishment of work sheets 1
Week 3 Note details by asking/answering questions about a story/poem listened to 1
Infer the moods or feelings of the character based on what he/she says or do 1
Identify and use the s- form of the verb 1
Write a friendly letter following the correct format 1
Weekly Test/ Accomplishment of work sheets 1
Week 4 Follow a set of three – to – five step directions 1
Give three to five step directions 1
Make a two – point sentence outline 1
Use the present form of verbs that agree with the subject 1
Summative Test 1
Week 5 Relate story events to one’s experience 1
Use prefix and root word as clues to get meanings of words 1
Give possible endings to stories 1
Use possessive pronouns that agree in gender with their antecedents 1
Performance Task – see reference Across Borders through Reading pp. 226 - 227 1
Week 6 Infer traits of characters from what they do or say in a story listened to 1
Use suffixes and root words to get the meaning of words 1
Predict outcomes of events in the story 1
Use the correct form of the verb that agrees with the subject in number 1
Use the correct time expression for an action in the present
Weekly Test/ Accomplishment of work sheets 1
Week 7 Give a possible ending to a story heard 1
Infer feelings and traits of the characters in a story read 1
Identify and use similes in the poem read 1
Read a poem with correct pitch, intonation and expression with consonant blends /tr/ and /cr/ 1
Summative test 1
Week 8 Sequence events in a story listened to 1
Infer traits and feelings of the character in a story read 1
Identify and use similes and metaphors in a story read 1
Read a story with correct intonation and expression with consonant blends /br/ and /gr/ 1
Use the past form of irregular verbs 1
Week 9 Note important details in an informational text 1
Identify and use personification 1
Read words with consonant blends pr and gr 1
Use the past form of regular and irregular verbs 1
Performance Task – see reference Across Borders through Reading pp.231 1
Post – assessment Test 1
Total number of competencies 32
Total number of performance task 11
Periodic Test 2
Overall number of days 45
 Third Quarter
Week Learning Competencies No of
No. days Taught
Week 1 Pre – assessment test 1
Note significant details (explicit/implied) 1
Write a paragraph describing a person, animal, place, thing or event 1
Identify and use adjectives that describe a person, animal, place thing or event 1
Weekly Test/ Accomplishment of work sheets 1
Week 2 Write sentences that show comparison of adjectives 1
Identify the words that show the degrees of comparison of adjectives 1
Note details in a story heard 1
Note significant details in a selection heard 1
Weekly Test/ Accomplishment of work sheets 1
Week 3 Identify sequence of events 1
Use a timeline to show the order of events 1
Use appropriate word signals to show sequence of events 1
Write about a significant event using sequence signals 1
Weekly Test/ Accomplishment of work sheets 1
Week 4 Identify cause and effect relationship 1
Locate meaning of words in the dictionaries 1
Identify and use the correct order of adjectives 1
Write/compose clear and coherent sentences using the correct order of adjectives 1
Summative Test 1
Week 5 Identify various text – types according to structure 1
Locate information from glossaries 1
Identify and use adverbs of place 1
Write/compose clear and coherent sentences using adverbs of place 1
Performance Task – see reference Across Borders through Reading pp. 320 - 321 1
Week 6 Make comparison and contrast 1
Use appropriate adverbs of time 1
Write/compose clear and coherent sentences using adverbs of time 1
Identify the visual elements used in a print/non – print material 1
Weekly Test/ Accomplishment of work sheets 1
Week 7 Identify different meanings of specific content words (denotations/connotations) 1
Make generalizations 1
Use appropriate adverbs of manner 1
Compose clear and coherent sentences using appropriate grammatical structures: adverbs of manner 1
Weekly Test/ Accomplishment of work sheets 1
Week 8 Build vocabulary through word associations 1
Use appropriate graphic organizers for texts read 1
Interpret charts 1
Use a particular kind of sentence for a specific purpose – making requests 1
Summative Test 1
Week 9 Make a predictions about a selection listened to 1
Classify words 1
Interpret graphs 1
Use a particular kind of sentence for a specific purpose – asking permission 1
Performance Task – see reference Across Borders through Reading pp. 325 1
Post – assessment Test 1
Total number of competencies 32
Total number of performance task 11
Periodic Test 2
Overall number of days 45
 Fourth Quarter
Week Learning Competencies No of
No. days Taught
Week 1 Pre – assessment test 1
Distinguish between fact and opinion 1
State fact and opinion from a narrative 1
Use context clues to predict meaning of unfamiliar words - synonyms 1
Weekly Test/ Accomplishment of work sheets 1
Week 2 Identify prepositions in sentences 1
Distinguish between fantasy and reality 1
Use context clues to find the meaning of unfamiliar words - antonyms 1
Use prepositions to and from 1
Weekly Test/ Accomplishment of work sheets 1
Week 3 Identify meaning of unfamiliar words with multiple meanings 1
Use the glossary to find meaning of words 1
Use the prepositions among and between 1
Write three to four sentences using among and between in sentences 1
Weekly Test/ Accomplishment of work sheets 1
Week 4 Give conclusions to realistic fiction heard 1
Identify meaning of words with prefixes 1
Use index to locate information 1
Use prepositions in, on, under, and above in sentences 1
Summative Test 1
Week 5 Identify meaning of words with suffixes 1
Read aloud cumulative poem 1
Use prepositional phrases in sentences 1
Interpret chart 1
Performance Task – see reference Across Borders through Reading pp. 444 - 445 1
Week 6 Identify meaning of words with the suffixes –er and –or 1
Interpret bar and line graphs 1
Use simple sentences with simple subjects and simple predicates 1
Write three to four sentences expressing opinion in a narrative text 1
Weekly Test/ Accomplishment of work sheets 1
Week 7 Identify meaning of words with prefixes de-, dis- 1
Distinguish fact and opinion from an informational text 1
Use the encyclopaedia to get information 1
Use simple sentences in giving facts and opinion (compound subject + simple predicate) 1
Weekly Test/Accomplishment of work sheets 1
Week 8 Distinguish fact from opinion from a narrative text 1
Give the meaning of words with suffixes –ly and –y 1
Use simple sentences in identifying problem and solution in a given text and in suggesting solutions to 1
problem
Write a 5 – to – 6 sentence paragraph about a given topic 1
Summative Test 1
Week 9 Identify meaning of words with suffixes –able and -ible 1
Follow steps in a process 1
Use compound sentences to compare/contrast persons/animals/places/objects/events/ideas 1
Decode words with silent letters 1
Performance Task – see reference Across Borders through Reading pp. 450 1
Post – assessment Test 1
Total number of competencies 32
Total number of performance task 11
Periodic Test 2
Overall number of days 45