AMRITA VIDYALAYAM
ENGLISH CURRICULUM
CLASS-II
2014-15
S.no Date
1.
2.
3.
No.of
working Content
days
19 March- 15
Reading:
7 April
Abu Ali counts his
Donkeys
Writing:
My School
Speaking:
Myself
Grammar:
Punctuation
8 April15
Reading:
30 April
The Swing (poem)
Writing:
Deer and the crocodile
Speaking:
Story telling session
Grammar:
Nouns
1st May17 May
15
Reading:
Androcles and the Lion
Writing:
5 things I would like to do
in my holidays
Class Activity
Draw picture of Abu
and his donkeys
Draw the picture of
your school and write 5
lines about it
Punctuation Corners
Rhyming Words
Each child will tell a
story with a prop
Name, Place, Animal,
Thing
Write about your
favorite
person,place,animal
and thing.
Picture of Androcles
and the lion
Talk to the children
Speaking:
Vacations
Grammar:
Pronouns
4.
5.
6.
2 July-19
July
20 July- 8
August
9 August-
15
15
15
Reading:
King Red Nose
Writing:
5 things I learnt in my
holidays
Speaking:
Dialogue( People who
help us)
Grammar
Adjectives
Reading:
Literature reader
When all the World’s
Asleep( poem)
Writing:
Be Kind to animals
Speaking:
Insects that you see when
you visit a garden
Grammar:
Articles ( A, An)
Reading:
about what would they
like to do in the
holidays.
Show a story on smart
board and ask them to
identify nouns and the
pronouns that will be
used to replace them.
Make crown of a king
using silver foil and
paste it in literature
notebooks.
Around the school:
Children would be
taken for a walk
around the school and
describe different
objects they see.
Make stick puppets of
insects like
spider,butterfly etc.
Goody bag: Children
will be shown different
objects and ask to tell
appropriate articles.
30 August
7.
1st Sep –
30th Sep
1
October31
October
15
8.
1 Nov –
21 Nov
15
9.
22
Nov- 10
Dec
15
The Boy and the Bear
Speaking:
Dialogue: My friends
Writing: Write a short
story using articles
Grammar:
Singular Plural
Revision of worksheets
and lessons
Reading:
Literature Reader: The
Powerful King
My Bear(poem)
Writing:
Imagine you have an
ostrich as your pet. How
will you take care of it?
Speaking:
Dialogue: At the farm
Grammar:
Verbs
Showing flash cards of
one and many objects.
Poem recitation with
expressions and
actions.
“ Simon Says” to teach
verbs.
Draw the picture of a
beautiful dream.
Reading:
Nikky’s Dream
Writing:
Write 5 fun things you can
do on the weekend.
Speaking:
Dialogue: The Things in
my room
Roll the Ball
Grammar:
Take one Object and
Prepositions
place it on different
positions.
Reading:
Oats and beans and barley Learn and write the
grow( Poem)
poem with a picture.
Literature reader: Rich
and poor
Writing:
Speaking:Dialogue:My
Aided by smart board
friends
Grammar: Helping
Verbs(is,am,are,was,were)
Reading:
Elephant’s Nose
Make an elephant
Writing:
using origami sheets.
Choose any wild animal.
Paste the picture and
write 3 amazing facts
about it.
Speaking:
Dialogue: Going on a
holiday
Grammar:
Helping Verbs ( continued)
10.
11 Dec30 Dec
15
11.
1 Jan- 31
Jan
15
Reading:
Elephant’s Nose
Writing:
Speaking: People who
help us
Grammar:
Synonyms and Antonyms
Children will be told
synonyms and
antonyms using flash
cards.
12.
1 Feb- 21
Feb
15
Reading:
The Circus Elephants
Literature Reader: Adrild’s
Crops
Speaking: Up in the sky
Writing:
A visit to the circus
Grammar:
Homophones
Draw “ Scene of Circus”
Make sentences to
differentiate among
similar sounding verbs.