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CLASS V ENGLISH Theory marks: 80 CCE marks: 20 Time : 3 hours Total marks : 100 Suggested Pedagogical Processes Learning Outcomes The learner may be provided The learner: opportunities in pairs / groups / answers coherently in written or oral form individually and encouraged to: to questions in English based on day-to-day answers to text based questions, short life experiences, unfamiliar story, poem descriptive paragraphs orally as well as in heard or read. writing . recites and shares English, poems, games, participates in activities which involve riddles, stories, tongue twisters etc. with English language use, such as role-play, peers. enactment, dialogue . acts according to instructions given in looks at print-rich environment in sign English, in games/sports, such as ‘Hit the boards, newspapers, comics, magazines etc ball!’ ‘Throw the ring.’ ‘Run to the finish prepares speech for morning assembly on line!’etc. selected topics reads simple stories in English infers the meaning of unfamiliar words independently, talks about it, and composes from the context while reading a variety of short paragraphs under guidance. texts. uses meaningful grammatically correct 1
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refers to the dictionary, for spelling, sentences to describe and narrate incidents; meaning of new words. uses synonyms such as ‘fast/rapid’, ‘late/ understands the use of synonyms and early’, and antonyms like happy/sad, antonyms. long/short side, from clues in context relates ideas and expressions in the stories reads text with comprehension, locates that they have heard, to those in their mother details and sequence of events. tongue/surroundings/culturalcontext. connects ideas that he/she has inferred, reads independently and silently in English through reading and interaction, with his/her m o r a l stories, folk/fairy tales andcurrent personal experiences. affairs. takes dictation for different purposes, suchas finds out different forms of writing lists, lists, paragraphs, dialogues etc. leave application, notice, invitation etc. uses dictionary learns grammar in a context and integrated writes paragraphs in English from verbal, manner (such as use of nouns, adverbs; visual clues, with appropriate punctuation differentiates between simple past and marks and linkers. simple present verbs.) writes formal letters, notices and invitations. uses conjunctions between words and reads print in the surroundings sentences such as ‘and’, ‘but’, etc. (advertisements, directions, names of places takes dictation of short texts such as lists and etc), paragraphs. identifies kinds of nouns pronouns, verb, enriches vocabulary through crossword adjective, adverbs; differentiates between puzzles, word chains etc. simple past and simple present verbs. looks at cartoons/ pictures/comic strips (advertisements, directions, names of places with or without words and speak/write a etc), understands and answers queries few sentences about them. attempts to write creatively (posters, etc) able to comprehend visual images. appreciates either verbally / in writing the variety in food, dress, festivals as read/heard in his/her day-to-day life/ in storybook Contents 1. The Elves and the Shoemaker 2. Two Frogs 3. Child and Grandma 4. The Flying Sikh- Milkha Singh 5. Raja Birbal 6. Bank- Our Need 7. Global Warming 8. A Glimpse From History 9. Safe Circle Book prescribed by Punjab School Education Board RAINBOW (English class-V) 2