Chapter 4: Language Arts
What you need to learn in this chapter
This chapter focuses on developing students' ability to enjoy and appreciate rhymes, poems, and songs. Students will learn to demonstrate proper book handling skills and express personal responses to literary works. They will be guided in planning, organizing, and producing creative works for enjoyment, with an emphasis on jazz chants, rhymes, and action songs.
The chapter encourages students to participate in performances, with guidance, and respond to elements in literary works. Students will be exposed to concepts related to print and will engage in non-verbal responses such as jazz chants, rhymes, and action songs to deepen their understanding and appreciation.
Through activities like reciting rhymes and poems, and singing songs with correct pronunciation, rhythm, and intonation, students will develop their verbal expression skills. The chapter also introduces important literary concepts such as homophones, idioms, literature, riddles, and figures of speech, which students will learn to identify and use in their creative works.
Overall, the chapter aims to cultivate a love for literature, enhance students' creativity, and improve their ability to express themselves through various forms of literary art.
Topics in this chapter
1. Able to enjoy and appreciate rhymes, poems and songs
What you will learn in this topic
- Able to enjoy and appreciate rhymes, poems and songs through non-verbal response: jazz chants, rhymes and action songs
- Able to recite rhymes or poems, and sing with correct pronunciation, rhythm and intonation: jazz chants, rhymes and action songs
2. Able to demonstrate book handling skills
What you will learn in this topic
- Able to understand the concept about print
3. Able to express personal response to literary works
What you will learn in this topic
- Able to respond to elements in literary works with guidance
4. Able to plan, organise and produce creative works for enjoyment
What you will learn in this topic
- Able to plan, produce and present creative works: (i) jazz chants (ii) rhymes (iii) action songs with guidance
- Able to plan, organise and participate in performances with guidance
5. Homophone
6. Idiom
7. Literature
8. Riddle
9. Figure of Speech
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