Curriculum · English

English at SSSGS

Reading, writing, listening and speaking — four-skill English from foundations to depth.

Overview

What we teach in English

English is the medium of instruction at SSSGS. Across the grades, students move from phonics-based reading to literary analysis and persuasive writing, with structured oral and presentation work along the way.

Foundations

Grades 1–2

Phonics-based decoding of unfamiliar words
Sight-word fluency to 200+ words
Sentence-level writing with capitalisation and punctuation
Listening for meaning in short passages

Build

Grades 3–5

Multi-paragraph writing in narrative and descriptive forms
Reading novels and articles with comprehension questions
Grammar — tenses, parts of speech, sentence patterns
Vocabulary growth via context and root-word study
Oral presentations of 2–3 minutes

Depth

Grades 6–8

Persuasive and analytical essays with thesis and evidence
Literary analysis — character, theme, narrative structure
Public speaking and structured debate
Editing and peer review against a rubric
Research writing with citation

Worth knowing

Supported by the English Lab with NCERT plus CEFR-aligned instruction across all grades.
Phonics enrichment available for Grades 1–5 as an after-school option.