NEW Smart English AR IM Y R P E T D 4 I E A U C H E R ’ S G CURRENT NERDC Curriculum NEW Smart English AR IM Y R P E T D 4 I E A U C H E R ’ S G Reviewers/Contributors: O. Bolaji N. R. Chinye O. O. Olufemi O. O. Olusegun O. Oluyale University Printing House, Cambridge CB2 8BS, United Kingdom One Liberty Plaza, 20th Floor, New York, NY 10006, USA 477 Williamstown Road, Port Melbourne, VIC 3207, Australia 314–321, 3rd Floor, Plot 3, Splendor Forum, Jasola District Centre, New Delhi – 110025, India 79 Anson Road, #06–04/06, Singapore 079906 Cambridge University Press is part of the University of Cambridge. It furthers the University’s mission by disseminating knowledge in the pursuit of education, learning and research at the highest international levels of excellence. www.cambridge.org © Cambridge University Press 2018 This publication is in copyright. 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Contents Introduction .............................................. 4 Evaluation Tools ............................................ 6 Term 1 Module 1 Review of Primary 3 ............................. 11 Module 2 My holiday..................................... 14 Module 3 A football match................................ 16 Module 4 Poetry is fun ................................... 19 Module 5 Working hard .................................. 22 Module 6 Interesting places and experiences ................. 25 Module 7 Travelling in Nigeria ............................. 27 Module 8 My family...................................... 30 Module 9 Families are important ........................... 33 Module 10 A visit from a friend ............................. 36 Module 11 My school ..................................... 39 Revision Term 1 ........................................ 42 Term 2 Module 1 Review of Term 1 ............................... 43 Module 2 Grace’s exciting holiday .......................... 46 Module 3 Out shopping .................................. 49 Module 4 The good news ................................. 52 Module 5 At the hospital ................................. 55 Module 6 My class ....................................... 58 Module 7 Understanding HIV and AIDS...................... 61 Module 8 Our Earth...................................... 64 Module 9 Ikogosi’s Warm Spring ........................... 66 Module 10 Visiting the Lekki Conservation Centre .............. 69 Module 11 More and more people .......................... 71 Revision Term 2 ........................................ 74 Term 3 Module 1 Review of Term 2 ............................... 75 Module 2 Good stories ................................... 78 Module 3 Eyewitness account.............................. 81 Module 4 Marriages ..................................... 84 Module 5 A memorable event ............................. 87 Module 6 Uzoma’s new school ............................. 89 Module 7 The Owl and the Pussycat ........................ 92 Module 8 Worship ....................................... 95 Module 9 Snakes alive! ................................... 97 Module 10 Landmarks in Nigeria ............................ 99 Module 11 Food......................................... 102 Revision Term 3 ....................................... 104 INTRODUCTION English is the official National language • Enjoy a wide range of local and international and medium of instruction in Nigeria. It is a texts written in English, including Fiction, compulsory subject offered at both the Basic Non-Fiction and Poetry Education Certificate Examination (BECE) • Engage with their other school subjects more and the Senior Secondary School Certificate meaningfully Examination (SSSCE). It is therefore an • Communicate with people effectively in extremely important subject, not only in the everyday life school context, but in the wider context of • Understand important national and communicating effectively in Nigeria. international issues • Feel proud to be a citizen of Nigeria. This Smart English Primary 4 course has been carefully developed by international and Nigerian educational experts, and offers the Evaluation following components: Evaluation plays a central role in the teaching • A Pupil’s Book written in accessible and learning of English. Evaluation has two language to enable understanding and purposes: learning. The Pupil’s Book is also available • It measures the level of each pupil’s in digital format. acquisition of the Performance Objectives • A Teacher’s Guide, providing answers specified in the NERDC Curriculum. for the activities in the Pupil’s Book and • It enables the teacher to monitor each pupil’s checklists and rubrics that can be used for development to identify areas of weakness evaluation. The Teacher’s Guide is only or strength, and to offer extra support or available in digital format. enrichment where needed. • A Workbook with activities to consolidate important skills learnt in the Pupil’s Book. There are two types of Evaluation that need to • A Reader with age-appropriate texts and happen in the school year: illustrations to develop sound reading skills. Formative Evaluation: This happens There is also an audio-visual Phonics continuously during class instruction. It can take Programme that can be accessed free of charge the form of Teacher, Peer or Self-Evaluation. from the Cambridge University website (www. • Teacher-Evaluation: This can be formal or cambridge.org). It can be used to help pupils informal. recognise and pronounce English sounds. – Informal Evaluation can be done throughout the year by the teacher’s The purpose of the English observation of each pupil’s progress Studies Curriculum in classroom situations, for example while pupils are working in pairs and The Main Objectives of the English Studies groups. A Record Book can be kept Curriculum are to enable pupils to: to record comments about each pupil • Develop the Basic Language Skills based on these observations. The of Speaking, Listening, Reading, comments can identify both strengths Comprehension, Writing and Grammar and weaknesses, for example: ‘Needs Structure 4 Introduction more practice with formation of Pupil’s Self-Evaluation Checklists diphthongs; Reading fluency has The Pupil’s Self-Evaluation Checklists are for improved this term’. use by the pupil for Self or Peer-Evaluation. – Formal Evaluation can be done These Checklists are particularly valuable for during the term as follows: Teachers Writing activities. The Checklists can be used as can evaluate Oral activities done follows: in the classroom and take in and • They can be given out at the beginning of a mark Essays, Comprehensions, and relevant activity, and the pupils can use them Grammar and Structure exercises. The to help prepare and plan a task. Revision Module at the end of each • They can be used to check a task before term can be used as a test. producing the final, neat version. • Peer-Evaluation: This can be done in the classroom in the form of group or Four Pupil’s Self-Evaluation Checklists are pair work. Once an activity or exercise is supplied in this Teacher’s Guide. They are: completed, the partner or other members • Pupil’s Self-Evaluation Checklist: of the group can give constructive Reading Aloud feedback. • Pupil’s Self-Evaluation Checklist: • Self-Evaluation: This is similar to Peer- Narrative Essay Evaluation except that the pupil works • Pupil’s Self-Evaluation Checklist: individually to reflect on his or her work. Descriptive Essay • Pupil’s Self-Evaluation Checklist: Summative Evaluation: This is used at Formal and Informal Letters the end of the school year, in the form of an Examination. The Examination is essentially Teacher’s Rubrics marked by the teacher, or another suitably qualified educator. The result of the Summative The Teacher’s Rubrics are for use by the teacher Evaluation decides whether a pupil can be only. They can be used to evaluate Oral and promoted to the next school level. Written activities. This Smart English Primary 4 course offers Six Teacher’s Rubrics are supplied in this teachers clear guidelines for both Formative and Teacher’s Guide. They are: Summative Evaluation in the following ways: • Teacher’s Rubric: Reading Aloud Skills • The Pupil’s Book supplies: • Teacher’s Rubric: Listening and Speaking – Activities and exercises that develop and (Oracy Skills) meet all the Teaching Objectives of the • Teacher’s Rubric: Speech NERDC Curriculum. • Teacher’s Rubric: Narrative Essay – A Revision Test at the end of each Term, • Teacher’s Rubric: Descriptive Essay with marks supplied. • Teacher’s Rubric: Formal and Informal • The Teacher’s Guide supplies: Letters – Evaluation Tools that the teacher can adapt to his or her needs, to evaluate the Teaching Objectives in the NERDC Curriculum. (They are provided on