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CISCE Class 4 English: read, imagine and communicate

A CISCE-aligned journey through stories, poems, clear sentences and your own writing.

6 Units32 MissionsAbout 14 hours

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An open book becomes an imaginary garden with a stream, bridge, paper boat and flying kite, inviting the reader into a story.
A colourful writing checklist and pencil: a clear action, the right order and no guesswork. An invitation to communicate clearly.

A CLOSER LOOK

Read like a detective

Read with understanding, enjoy language and help a real reader or listener follow your ideas.

See it. Try it. Make it yours.

  1. Read like a detective

  2. Words with possibilities

  3. Sentences that say what you mean

CISCE Class IV, usually ages 9–10 · What to know before you start

Bring with you: Read short everyday English sentences and recognise common words; ask a partner to help with unfamiliar words. Have a notebook and pencil. A partner can read the listening passages aloud; independent reading alternatives are included.

Read with understanding, enjoy language and help a real reader or listener follow your ideas.

Thirty-two Missions build from short texts to connected writing. Use a notebook for stories, poems and letters. A partner supports listening and speaking; online marks describe the bounded tasks, not the quality of an unheard speech or unseen essay.

By the end, you can…

  • Find details, order events, explain a main idea and support an inference with evidence.
  • Use reference tools and context, and explain how sound and comparison work in poems.
  • Build and edit clear sentences using agreement, tense, possession and punctuation.
  • Plan and practise attentive listening, relevant discussion, coherent retelling and a short report.
  • Plan, draft and revise connected paragraphs, an original story and a short poem.
  • Write a friendly letter, interpret everyday texts and assemble a small reading-and-writing portfolio.

For another Course

  • A particular school textbook, prescribed copyrighted anthology or CISCE endorsement.
  • Automatic grading of unrestricted essays, handwriting, pronunciation or live speech.
  • Every literary genre or advanced secondary-school grammar.

YOUR LEARNING PATH

One idea leads to the next.

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Unit 1

Read like a detective

Find details, order events, explain a main idea and support an inference with evidence.

  1. Mission 1 of 32The clue is in the wordsLocate an explicitly stated detail and distinguish it from a guess.Up next
  2. Mission 2 of 32What happened first?Order events using time words and causal clues.Up next
  3. Mission 3 of 32A whole paragraph in one thoughtChoose a main idea supported by the important details.Up next
  4. Mission 4 of 32A new word, a nearby clueInfer a word meaning from its sentence and surrounding clues.Up next
  5. Mission 5 of 32What can the clues support?Separate an observation, a supported inference and an unsupported claim.Up next
Unit 2

Words with possibilities

Use reference tools and context, and explain how sound and comparison work in poems.

Unit 3

Sentences that say what you mean

Build and edit clear sentences using agreement, tense, possession and punctuation.

Unit 4

Listen, discuss and present

Plan and practise attentive listening, relevant discussion, coherent retelling and a short report.

Unit 5

Become an author

Plan, draft and revise connected paragraphs, an original story and a short poem.

Unit 6

Write for a real reader

Write a friendly letter, interpret everyday texts and assemble a small reading-and-writing portfolio.

A Debsie Course · CISCE Class IV, usually ages 9–10