iRainbow’s Grade 5 English Educational Software, developed for parents and educators, propels children’s language skills to a more advanced stage, building on the foundation established up to Grade 4 English. This curriculum ventures into intricate areas of English grammar, focusing on an extensive range of topics such as nouns and pronouns, including common, proper, abstract, relative, and reflexive types, alongside a comprehensive exploration of verbs, both main and auxiliary. The program also encompasses adverbs, prepositions, adjectives, conjunctions, and interjections, significantly enhancing students’ linguistic understanding.
The Grade 5 course further delves into sentence structure, covering simple and compound sentences, subject-verb concord, and various sentence forms like statements, questions, and commands. It rigorously addresses tenses, punctuation, and word-level work, including singular and plurals, degrees of comparison, and spelling patterns. Additionally, elements of poetry and literary devices like metaphors, similes, and personification are introduced, along with studies in idioms, acronyms, and abbreviations. This comprehensive approach ensures that learners deepen their understanding of English and develop the skills necessary for advanced literacy and creative expression.
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Syllabus
English: Grade 5 (Intermediate Phase) Curriculum
Nouns & pronouns
- A1.1: Common nouns and proper
- A1.2: Abstract nouns
- A1.3: Personal and Possessive Pronouns
- A1.4: Relative and reflexive pronouns
Verbs
- A2.1: Main verbs
- A2.2: Auxiliary verbs and hyphenated verbs
Adverbs
- A3.1: Adverbs from: Time, Manner, Place, and Degree
Prepositions
- A4.1: Prepositions
Adjectives
- A5.1: Adjectives
Conjunctions
- A6.1: Conjunctions
Interjections
- A7.1: Interjections
Sentence types
- B1.1: Simple and compound sentences
- B1.2: Subject, object, and verb and concord
- B1.3: Statement, question, exclamation, and command sentences
Tenses
- B2.1: Present tense
- B2.2: Future time
- B2.3: Past tense
Punctuation
- C1: Full stop and comma
- C2: Apostrophe and quotation
- C3: Capital letters
- C4: Exclamation mark and question mark
Word level work
- D1: Singular and plurals
- D2: Degrees of comparison
- D3: Syllables
- D4: Homophones and homonyms
- D5: Synonyms and antonyms
- D6: Vowels and consonants
- D7: Direct and indirect speech
- D8: Spelling patterns
Idiomatic expressions
- E1.1: Idioms
Acronyms and Abbreviations
- F1.1: Acronyms and abbreviations
Elements of poetry
- G1: Alliteration and assonance and consonance
- G2: Metaphors, Similes
- G3: Personification, Rhythm and Rhyme, Oxymoron
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FAQ
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In Grade 5, students undertake termly tests in Terms 1 and 3, and formal exams are scheduled for Terms 2 and 4. The test schedule is flexible, as these assessments have no fixed dates.
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The transition from the Grade 4 to Grade 5 English curriculum marks a significant step in linguistic complexity and depth. While Grade 4 focuses on foundational grammar, including nouns, verbs, and basic sentence structures, Grade 5 advances to more sophisticated aspects such as different types of pronouns (relative and reflexive), compound sentences, and a deeper exploration of verb types, including main and auxiliary verbs. In addition, Grade 5 students delve into elements of poetry, such as alliteration and metaphors, and engage with more complex word-level work, including homophones, homonyms, and direct and indirect speech. This progression from basic grammatical concepts to a more nuanced understanding of language structure and literary devices signifies the enhanced analytical and creative language skills expected at this higher level.
