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Basic 6

Basic 6 English Language Notes

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  1. Songs and Experiences, -sure/-ture/-tch Endings, Nouns for Conditions, Personal Handwriting and MechanicsIn this topic you will relate songs to your experiences, read words ending in -sure, -ture and -tch, use nouns that describe conditions, develop a personal handwriting style and follow writing conventions.
  2. Composing Songs, Minimal Pairs, Proper Nouns, Modes of Writing and Quotation MarksIn this topic you will compose songs around values, decode words with minimal pairs, use proper nouns, choose modes of writing for national issues and use commas and quotation marks.
  3. Poems and Experience, Content and Function Words, Articles, Brainstorming National Issues and Noun Phrases for ConditionsIn this topic you will relate poems to your experiences, use content and function words, use articles, brainstorm a national issue and use noun phrases to describe conditions.
  4. Values in Poems, Reading for Meaning, Quantifiers, Organising Ideas and Proper Nouns in TitlesIn this topic you will discuss values in poems, read a passage and construct meaning, use quantifiers, organise ideas into an outline and use proper nouns for titles and organisations.
  5. Connecting Stories to Life, Centring Diphthongs, Reflexive Pronouns, Revising Drafts and Time ExpressionsIn this topic you will connect stories to personal experiences, use centring diphthongs, use reflexive pronouns, revise a draft and use the simple past and present perfect with time expressions.
  6. Formal and Informal Speech, Homophones, Comparatives, Formal Letters and ParticiplesIn this topic you will compare formal and informal speech, use homophones and homonyms, use comparative adjectives, write a formal letter and use past participle forms.
  7. Thematic Stories, Main Ideas in Sequence, Regular and Irregular Verbs, Revising for Coherence and SuperlativesIn this topic you will tell stories around themes, recall main ideas in sequence, use regular and irregular verbs, revise drafts for coherence and use superlative adjectives.
  8. Speech Features, Three-Syllable Blends, Phrasal Verbs, Introducing Main Ideas and Adverbs of Degree and ReasonIn this topic you will use the features of spoken language in a speech, blend three-syllable words, use phrasal verbs, introduce the main idea of a paragraph and use adverbs of degree and reason.
  9. Role-Play, Building Vocabulary, Verb Forms, Free Writing on National Issues and PrepositionsIn this topic you will role-play scenes, build vocabulary through reading, use different forms of verbs, write freely on national issues and use prepositions to convey meanings.
  10. Pace, Stress and Tone, Silent Reading, Conjunctions, Supporting Opinions and Correlative ConjunctionsIn this topic you will use pace, stress and tone to convey meaning, read silently for meaning, use conjunctions, support opinions with explanations and examples, and use correlative conjunctions.
  11. Dramatisation, Skimming and Scanning, Conjunctions of Contrast and Condition, Persuasive Conclusions and Complex SentencesIn this topic you will dramatise stories, skim and scan texts, use conjunctions of contrast and condition, write persuasive conclusions with rhetorical questions and identify subjects and verbs in complex sentences.
  12. Instructions, Reading with Meaning, Modals, Describing Incidents and SpellingIn this topic you will create instructions for a game, read grade-level texts with meaning, use modals, write short paragraphs describing incidents and check literary work for spelling.