Grade 4

I] COMPRHENSIONS 

Factual Story

• Factual involves passages based on non fiction topics which is informative in nature.
• Story involves passages based on fiction tales.

 
Core Learning :

• Comprehending direct answers.
• Framing indirect answers. [word/phrase]
• Answering questions based on understanding the passage.
• Changing direct speech [ indirect] speech
• Application of better vocabulary.

 
II) GRAMMAR

• Nouns [basic] [collective – Creative writing , ABSTRACT]
• Tenses [simple,  continuous and perfect tense [ past participle]
• Adjectives [types, degrees]
• Adverbs [types and degrees]
• Pronouns [all types- 6]
• Prepositions
• Types of sentences
• Conjunctions [coordinating and subordinating conjunctions
• Subject and predicate [ with types of sentences also]
• Transitive and intransitive verbs
• Direct and indirect speech [ base level continues till grade 10]
• Active and passive voice [ base level continues till grade 10]
• Clauses

Understanding GRAMMAR topics aids in sentence and text structure in Creative writing

Basic: The moon shone in the sky. Amanda was a beautiful girl working hard  on her  project and her cat is asleep.

Grammar Power
The glistening [ ADJECTIVE] moon dazzled [ VERB] radiantly[ADVERB] in the colossal [ huge] sky. Amanda was an alluring [ ADJECTIVE] girl working sedulously [ADVERB] on her crucial [ADJECTIVE] project while [ CONJUNCTION] her charming [ ADJECTIVE] cat dozed off [ VERB].
 
III) CREATIVE WRITING TECHNIQUES

• Vocabulary [Learning basic words]
• Styles of Writing
• Similes

       - ​The drink is cold.
       - ​The drink is as cold as ice.

• Metaphor [Direct Comparison]

       - ​The sun is gleaming like a gold coin in the sky [ SIMILE]
       - ​The sun is a colossal gold coin in the sky.

• Idioms

       - ​It is raining heavily.
       - ​It is raining cats and dogs.

IV) APPLICATION

Vocabulary	Simile	Idioms
i) Tina is happy because she is now famous. ii) Tina is elated as she is now renowned [famous].	Tina is as elated as a lark for she is now as renowned as a celebrity.	Tina is on cloud nine as she has grabbed the spotlight [ become famous] in dancing.