ENGLISH CLASS WISE COMPETENCIES CLASS I 1.

Listening and Speaking

Narrative: Listen to narratives involving codeswitching and code-mixing and show signs of understanding verbally as well as non-verbally
Dialogue:

Listen to dialogues/conversations related to self introduction, introducing others, likes and dislikes, needs, possessions, etc and orally construct dialogues in specific contexts, using fragmentary expressions or by mixing codes Songs / Poems / Rhymes: Listen to simple rhymes or songs involving the recurrence of sounds, words, phrases and various structural patterns ; recite them and produce rhymes / songs etc., by substituting words / phrases Descriptions: Listen to simple descriptions of familiar objects and construct them orally

Read rhymes or songs involving the recurrence of sounds , words and phrases Passage: Reading a passage and telling others about their reflections Link what they have read with their own experience Picture Reading: Read pictures and identify words and concepts

3. Conventions of Writing
Conventions of Writing: Writes graphically Pay attention to the differences in letter orientation (e.g.b and d; p and q; m and w), no of strokes (e.g., n and m; v and w), direction of the tails (e.g., b and q) Trace / copy / write the letters of the alphabet (lower and upper case) with appropriate shape, size, and space Supply missing letters in words with the help of picture cues Write numbers one to ten

2. Reading Comprehension
Descriptions: Read simple dialogues / conversations related to self introduction , introducing others , likes and dislikes , needs etc. Narratives: Read simple narratives (containing one event and single exchange of dialogue) (This in most cases will be graphic reading only) Songs/Poems/Rhymes:
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4. Creative Writing (Discourses)

Dialogues: Write the initiation or response to the dialogue related to a specific context (sometimes using fragments) Descriptions: Recognize simple, short and common words used in the following contexts.

Home / shop / colour/ body / vegetables/ animals / market / kinship terms / things of school / vehicles/ action verbs related to daily routine Narratives: Write the beginning, the middle and the end of a story / narrative with dialogue wherever necessary (using fragments ignoring spellings and linkers) or by graphic writing Rhymes / Poems / songs: Add lines to a rhyme / song by substituting words or phrases (writing in grade I may be graphic writing only

5. Vocabulary
Recognize simple, short and common words used in the following contexts. Home / shop / colour/ body / vegetables/ animals / market / kinship terms / things of school / vehicles/ action verbs related to daily routine

6. Grammatical Awareness
State verbs. Possessive forms. Personal pronouns He-words and she -words. Present, past and present progressive forms of common action verbs. Prepositions of locations

ENGLISH CLASS WISE COMPETENCIES CLASS II 1. Listening and Speaking

Narrative: Listen to narratives involving codeswitching and code-mixing (wherever necessary) and show signs of understanding verbally as well as nonverbally; come out with their comments and observations Dialogue: Listen to dialogues/conversations related to self introduction, introducing others, likes and dislikes, needs, possessions, etc and construct (both orally and in writing) dialogues in specific contexts, or by using fragmentary expressions
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Songs / Poems/Rhymes: Listen to simple rhymes or songs involving the recurrence of sounds, words, phrases and various structural patterns ; recite them and produce rhymes / songs etc., by substituting words / phrases/ sentences Descriptions: Listen to simple descriptions of familiar objects and construct them orally using fragmentary expressions or by mixing codes

2. Reading Comprehension
Descriptions:

 Read simple dialogues / conversations related to self introduction, introducing others , likes and dislikes , needs etc. Narratives: Read simple narratives (containing one event and single exchange of dialogue) Songs/Poems/Rhymes: Read rhymes or songs involving the recurrence of sounds, words and phrases Passage: Reading a passage and telling others about their reflections Link what they have read with their own experience Picture Reading: Read pictures and identify words and concepts

Home / shop / colours/ body, vegetables/ animals / market / kinship terms / things of school / vehicles/ action verbs related to daily routine/play ground / games we play / professions /stationery / village fair/things we use at home and school Narratives: Write the beginning, the middle and the end of a story / narrative with dialogue wherever necessary Songs/Poems/Rhymes: Add lines to a rhyme / song by substituting words or phrases or sentences

5. Vocabulary
Recognize simple, short and common words used in the following contexts. Home / shop / colours/ body, vegetables/ animals / market / kinship terms / things of school / vehicles/ action verbs related to daily routine/play ground / games we play / professions /stationery / village fair/things we use at home and school

3. Conventions of Writing
Conventions of Writing: Write legibly first on four-ruled pages, then on single-ruled pages and finally on white sheets. Copy a text without errors. Capitalize the first word of a sentence Put a period at the end of a sentence. Supply missing letters in words with the help of picture cues

6. Grammatical Awareness
State verbs. Possessive forms. Personal pronouns He -words and she- words. Present, past and present progressive forms of common action verbs. Prepositions of locations. Adjectives related to physical attributes. Adverbs related to manner of action.
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4. Creative Writing
Dialogues: Write simple dialogues related to a specific context Descriptions: Recognize simple, short and common words used in the following contexts.

 Present perfect

ENGLISH CLASS WISE COMPETENCIES CLASS III 1. Listening and Speaking

Narrative: Listen to emotionally charged narratives dealing with animals, plants and human beings and talk about it Listen to a story / narrative /experience and narrate it with a beginning, middle and end involving events, dialogues and with proper gestures, facial expressions and voice modulation Dialogue: Listen to dialogues related to specific contexts and produce ones own dialogues Role-play dialogues related to specific contexts using appropriate actions and voice modulation Interact effectively with others on themes that are relevant to them. Songs / Poems/Rhymes: Listen to rhythmic Songs / Poems/ Rhymes on familiar themes and involving the recurrence of a few structural patterns Construct compositions on various themes in conformity with a given rhythm and pattern. Sing songs and recite poems with proper expressions and voice modulation Descriptions: Listen to descriptions involving a few attributes related to persons objects, places and events
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Describe people, objects and places and events using a few attributes Describe ones own reflections on people and events Slogans: Listen to slogans developed for specific purposes. Say slogans written for specific purposes rhythmically. Announcements: Listen to announcements related to specific occasions and respond to them Talk to others about the announcement

2. Reading Comprehension
Dialogues: Reading pieces of dialogue given in the textbook or displayed in the class and interact with others based on the reading*Construct dialogues related to a given context Role play the conversations with gestures and voice modulation*Role-play dialogues related to specific contexts using appropriate actions and voice modulations. Descriptions: Read descriptions depicting the characteristics of persons and scenic details of events and places

 Talk about the persons, places and events that they read Talk about their reflections on the persons, places and events Develop mind maps about the persons, events and places they read Narratives: Read a story / narrative involving a sequence of events and dialogues and containing sensual perceptions Talk about their understanding and perceptions about the story Talk about their reflections on the characters and events in the story Make predications on what can happen next Songs/Poems/Rhymes: Read songs and poems on various themes Talk about what they understood through reading Comment on the patterns of sound, rhythm and theme Passage: Reading a passage and telling others about their reflections Link what they have read with their own experience Picture Reading: Read pictures and identify words and concepts Diaries: Read diary depicting feelings and reflections Talk about the entries in the diary and make their own reflections on them Letters:

Read personal letters and comment on them Slogans: Read slogans developed for specific purposes Say slogans written for specific purposes rhythmically Notices: Read brief notices prepared for various occasions and purposes Posters: Read posters prepared for various purposes and talk about them Announcements: Read announcements related to specific occasions and respond to them Talk to others about the announcement

3. Conventions of Writing
Conventions of Writing: Write legibly first on four-ruled pages, then on single-ruled pages and finally on white sheets. Apply spelling strategies like matching letters/letter combinations to sound patterns (e.g., b - /b/ ; th - // or //) Capitalize the word I. Capitalize the first word of a sentence Capitalize the days of the week and the months of the year

4. Creative Writing
Dialogues: Write simple dialogues related to a specific context Descriptions:
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 Write descriptions depicting the characteristics of persons and scenic details of events and places Write about the persons, places and events that they read Write about their reflections on the persons, places and events Narratives: Write the beginning, the middle and the end of a story / narrative with dialogue wherever necessary Mind Mapping: Develop mind maps about the persons , events and places they read Short Story: Write the beginning, the middle and the end of a story / narrative with dialogue wherever necessary Songs/Poems/Rhymes: Write songs and poems/rhymes on various themes by adding lines in a given pattern Letters: Write personal letters for various purposes Diary: Write a diary depicting reflections and feelings Notices/Invitations: Write notices for various occasions and purposes Posters: Write posters for various purposes

Home / shop / colours/ body, vegetables/ animals / market / kinship terms / things of school / vehicles/ action verbs related to daily routine/play ground / games we play / professions /stationery / village fair/things we use at home and school/ crops / seeds and plants/ names of drawing materials /words related to festivals/giant bodies on earth / furniture / things they love/ words related to kingdom. Recognize, read, write (with correct spelling), and use in simple sentences some simple mono syllabic and disyllabic words referred under READING and WRITING sections. Recognize words from reading materials and authentic materials. Maintain a personal dictionary. Look up unfamiliar words in a dictionary/picture dictionary. Use contextual clues, pictures, synonyms ( hot/warm), antonyms (good/bad), and illustrations to deduce the meaning of new words. Group words based on a criterion (living/non-living), setting (school home) and make web diagrams / concept maps. Develop vocabulary through reading extensively (e.g., bilingual texts, reading cards, environmental print) and through using it in spoken and written discourses. Opposite words

5. Vocabulary
Recognize simple, short common words used in following contexts. and the

6. Grammatical Awareness
State verbs. Possessive forms.
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 Personal pronouns. He- words and she -words. Present, past and present progressive forms of common action verbs. Prepositions of locations. Adjectives related to physical attributes. Adverbs related to manner of action. Present perfect.

Prepositions like along, across, through, under. Sequencing of words, structuring sentences and phrases. Expressing ability using can. Present continuous tense. Using imperatives for giving instructions. Use of too-to

ENGLISH CLASS WISE COMPETENCIES CLASS IV 1. Listening and Speaking

Narrative: Listen to emotionally charged narratives dealing with animals, plants and human beings and talk about it Listen to a story / narrative /experience and narrate it with a beginning, middle and end involving events, dialogues and with proper gestures, facial expressions and voice modulation Dialogue: Listen to dialogues related to specific contexts and produce ones own dialogues Role-play dialogues related to specific contexts using appropriate actions and voice modulation Interact effectively with others on themes that are relevant to them. Songs / Poems/Rhymes: Listen to rhythmic Songs / Poems on familiar themes and involving the recurrence of a few structural patterns
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Construct compositions on various themes in conformity with a given rhythm and pattern. Sing songs and recite poems with proper expressions and voice modulation Descriptions: Listen to descriptions involving a few attributes related to persons objects, places and events Describe people, objects and places and events using a few attributes Describe ones own reflections on people and events Slogans: Listen to slogans developed for specific purposes. Say slogans written for specific purposes rhythmically. Announcements: Listen to announcements related to specific occasions and respond to them Talk to others about the announcement

2. Reading Comprehension
Dialogues: Reading pieces of dialogue given in the textbook or displayed in the class and interact with others based on the reading Construct dialogues related to a given context Role play the conversations with gestures and voice modulation Role-play dialogues related to specific contexts using appropriate actions and voice modulations. Descriptions: Read descriptions depicting the characteristics of persons and scenic details of events and places Talk about the persons, places and events that they read Talk about their reflections on the persons, places and events Develop mind maps about the persons, events and places they read Narratives: Read a story / narrative involving a sequence of events and dialogues and containing sensual perceptions Talk about their understanding and perceptions about the story Talk about their reflections on the characters and events in the story Make predications on what can happen next Songs/Poems/Rhymes: Read songs and poems on various themes Talk about what they understood through reading Comment on the patterns of sound, rhythm and theme Passage:
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Reading a passage and telling others about their reflections Link what they have read with their own experience Picture Reading: Read pictures and identify words and concepts Diaries: Read diary depicting feelings and reflections Talk about the entries in the diary and make their own reflections on them Letters: Read personal letters and comment on them Slogans: Read slogans developed for specific purposes Say slogans written for specific purposes rhythmically Notices: Read brief notices prepared for various occasions and purposes Posters: Read posters prepared for various purposes and talk about them Announcements: Read announcements related to specific occasions and respond to them Talk to others about the announcement

3. Conventions of Writing
Conventions of Writing: Start a sentence with a capital letter and end it with a period.

 Capitalize all proper nouns, greetings, months and days of the week. Capitalize the word I. Capitalize the initials in names and abbreviations e.g. Mr. Mrs. Use commas in the salutation and closure of a letter and with dates. Use commas in dates, locations, and addresses and for items in a series. Spell frequently misspelled words correctly (e.g., their, theyre, there).

4. Creative Writing
Dialogues: Write simple dialogues related to a specific context Descriptions: Write descriptions depicting the characteristics of persons and scenic details of events and places. Write about the persons, places and events that they read. Write about their reflections on the persons, places and events Narratives: Write the beginning, the middle and the end involving events , dialogues and sensual perceptions Mind Mapping: Develop mind maps about the persons, events and places they read Short Story: Write the beginning, the middle and the end involving events , dialogues and sensual perceptions Songs/Poems/Rhymes:

Write songs and poems/rhymes on various themes by adding lines in a given pattern Letters: Write personal letters for various purposes Diary: Write a diary depicting reflections and feelings Notices/Invitations: Write notices for various occasions and purposes Posters: Write posters for various purposes

5. Vocabulary
Learn to use pronouns. Learn collective nouns. Learn to express dates. Recognize common abbreviations (e.g., Jan., Sun., Mr., St.). Use words relating to cries of animals. Adjectives derived from animals. Give the words related to the immediate environment - vehicles, playthings. Give the numbers. Give action words. Give the words relating to home appliances, directions. Use terms for groups of animals / habitat of animals. Identify simple multiple-meaning words. Make new words by adding, deleting or changing letters. Use knowledge of individual words in unknown compound words to predict their meaning.

 Use knowledge of antonyms, synonyms, homophones, and homographs to determine the meanings of words.

6. Grammatical Awareness
Various types of adjective that denote size, shape, age, colour, origin, material, etc. Possessive adjectives: Degrees of comparison Adverbs of manner , adverbs of time , adverbs of place . Modal auxiliaries to express ability and inability. Primary auxiliaries be, do, and have as main verbs. Articles Demonstrative pronouns.

Nouns: common and proper; countable and uncountable. Possessive form Prepositions Personal pronouns as subject Reflexive and relative pronouns Auxiliary questions (Yes / No questions): asking and answering The simple sentence Verbs with and without objects Simple Present Tense to talk about habits, universal truths, and facts decided by the calendar Simple present tense for an action taking place at the time of speaking Present Continuous Tense to talk about actions in progress at the point of speaking. Action verbs Regular and irregular verbs Gerunds and gerund phrases

ENGLISH CLASS WISE COMPETENCIES CLASS V 1. Listening and Speaking

Narrative: Listen to emotionally charged narratives dealing with animals, plants and human beings and talk about it Listen to a story / narrative /experience and narrate it with a beginning, middle and end involving events, dialogues and sensual perceptions and with proper gestures, facial expressions and voice modulation Dialogue: Listen to dialogues related to specific contexts and produce ones
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own dialogues Role-play dialogues related to specific contexts using appropriate actions and voice modulation Interact effectively with others on themes that are relevant to them. Songs / Poems/Rhymes: Listen to rhythmic Songs / Poems on familiar themes and involving the recurrence of a few structural patterns Construct compositions on various themes in conformity with a given rhythm and pattern.

 Sing songs and recite poems with proper expressions and voice modulation Descriptions: Listen to descriptions involving a few attributes related to persons objects, places and events to make the descriptions more vivid including scenic details Describe people, objects and places and events using a few attributes and scenic details Describe ones own reflections on people and events as vividly as possible Slogans: Listen to slogans developed for specific purposes. Say slogans written for specific purposes rhythmically. Compare their own slogans Announcements: Listen to announcements related to specific occasions and respond to them Talk to others about the announcement Make announcements for class /school functions

2. Reading Comprehension
Dialogues: Reading pieces of dialogue given in the textbook or displayed in the class and interact with others based on the reading Construct dialogues related to a given context Dramatize the dialogue before the class

Role-play dialogues related to specific contexts using appropriate actions and voice modulations. Descriptions: Read descriptions depicting the characteristics of persons and scenic details of events and places Talk about the persons, places and events that they read using a few attributes Talk about their reflections on the persons, places and events Develop mind maps about the persons, events and places they read and incorporate their reflections wherever possible. Narratives: Read a story / narrative involving a sequence of events and dialogues and containing sensual perceptions Talk about their understanding and perceptions about the story Talk about their reflections on the characters and events in the story Make predications on what can happen next Songs/Poems/Rhymes: Read songs and poems on various themes Talk about what they understood through reading Comment on the patterns of sound, rhythm and theme Talk about their impressions on poem Passage: Reading a passage and telling others about their reflections Link what they have read with their own experience Picture Reading:
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 Read pictures and identify words and concepts Diaries: Read diary depicting feelings and reflections Talk about the entries in the diary and make their own reflections on them Letters: Read personal letters and comment on them Slogans: Read slogans developed for specific purposes Say slogans written for specific purposes rhythmically Compose their own slogans Notices: Read brief notices prepared for various occasions and purposes and talk about their content Posters: Read posters prepared for various purposes and talk about them Announcements: Read announcements related to specific occasions and respond to them Talk to others about the announcement. Make announcements for class /school functions Drama: Read brief drama scripts and enact them

Capitalize the initials in names and abbreviations e.g. Mr. Mrs. Capitalize nationalities and languages e.g. Telugu, Tamil, American Use commas in the salutation and closure of a letter and with dates. Use commas in dates, locations, and addresses and for items in a series. Use question mark and exclamation mark appropriately. Spell frequently used, irregular words correctly (e.g., was, were, says, said, who, what, why).

4. Creative Writing
Dialogues: Write simple dialogues related to a specific context Descriptions: Write descriptions depicting the characteristics of persons and scenic details of events and places. Write about the persons, places and events that they read using a few attributes. Write about their reflections on the persons, places and events

3. Conventions of Writing
Conventions of Writing: Capitalize all proper nouns, greetings, months and days of the week.
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Narratives: Write the beginning, the middle and the end involving events , dialogues and sensual perceptions Mind Mapping: Develop mind maps about persons, events and places they read and incorporate their reflections wherever possible Short Story:

 Write the beginning, the middle and the end involving events , dialogues and sensual perceptions Songs/Poems/Rhymes: Write songs and poems/rhymes on various themes incorporating sensual perceptions (what they see, hear, smell, etc.) Letters: Write personal letters for various purposes Diary: Write a diary depicting reflections and feelings Notices/Invitations: Write notices for various occasions and purposes Drama: Write short drama scripts Posters: Write posters for various purposes Announcements: Write announcements for class / school functions Choreography: Write brief choreography script Essay: Write short essays with proper organization and linkers

Use/identify words denoting countries and their nationalities. Give the words related to the immediate environment - vehicles, playthings. Give the numbers. Give action words. Give the words relating to dress, food items, and games. Use terms for groups of animals / habitat of animals. Give the words relating to occupation, places, home appliances, directions, animals, flowers, insects, dress, vehicles, food items, and games. Identify simple multiple-meaning words. Make new words by adding, deleting or changing letters. Know the meaning of simple prefixes and suffixes (e.g., over-, un-, -ing, -ly).

6. Grammatical Awareness
Various types of adjectives that denote size, shape, age, colour, origin, material, etc. Possessive adjectives: Degrees of comparison Adverbs of manner adverbs of time , adverbs of place Agreement between subject and verb in a sentence. Modal auxiliaries to permission and prohibition Connectors to express time / sequence The indefinite article before common nouns.
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5. Vocabulary
Learn to use pronouns. Learn collective nouns. Learn to express dates. Recognize common abbreviations (e.g., Jan., Sun., Mr., St.). Use words relating to adjectives derived from animals.

 Quantifiers + countable and uncountable nouns. Nouns which are the same in both forms Nounsgender: masculine, feminine, common, neuter .... Prepositions: Reflexive pronouns Wh questions: The simple sentence: direct and indirect objects

Past Continuous Tense to talk about actions that were in progress at some time in the past Simple Past Tense to talk about completed actions, with or without mention of a specific time Simple Past Tense to talk about completed actions, with or without mention of a specific time Will / shall + infinitive to talk about future. Be + going to + infinitive to talk about future

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