SKILLS IN ENGLISH ACTIVITIES
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JOBS AND OCCUPATIONS - What i can be |
Questions – WH-, |
By the end of the sub strand,
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Learners is guided to: |
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Reading |
Intensive reading: Comprehension (Dialogues about 400 words) |
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Grammar in use |
World classes: Determiners as quantifiers: Few/ a few, little/ a little, a lot, each, all, enough, most, least |
By the end of the sub strand, the learner should be able to:
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Learners is guided to: Read a passage related to the theme featuring quantifying determiners. Identify quantifying determiners from the passage, in pairs. Match quantifying determiners with corresponding countable and uncountable nouns. |
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Writing |
Creative Writing Pictorial Composition (120-160 words) |
By the end of the sub strand, the learner should be able to:
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Learners is guided to: Interpret pictures, in pairs. Match the pictures with the different parts of a composition: beginning, middle and end. Watch a variety of animations, videos and sample write pictorial compositions, in groups. |
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A GREAT TEACHER |
Sounds /f/ as in farmer, /v/ as in van driver |
By the end of the sub strand, the learner should be able to:
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Learners is guided to: Practice saying words, phrases and sentences with the sounds /f/ and /v/. Say tongue twisters with the sounds /f/ and /v/ in groups. Watch a video of a dialogue in which statements and questions are used. Recite a choral verse in pairs or small groups. Role play a telephone conversation with intonation. Sing songs featuring stress and intonation. |
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Reading |
Intensive reading : Comprehension (Dialogues about 400 words) |
By the end of the sub strand, the learner should be able to:
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Learners is guided to: Make connections between the characters in the text and the people they know. Relate events in the dialogue with their experiences. Read and role play a dialogue in small groups. Pick out main ideas from the dialogue. Answer direct and inferential questions based on the dialogue. Infer the meaning of words from the context (for example, from words occurring before or after). |
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World classes: Determiners as quantifiers: Few/ a few, little/ a little, a lot, each, all, enough, most, least |
By the end of the sub strand, the learner should be able to:
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List quantifying determiners that can be used with both countable and uncountable nouns. Read sentences containing quantifying determiners from the internet, in small groups Construct sentences using quantifying determiners with nouns in small groups. Complete sentences by filling in gaps using the correct Quantifying determiners. |
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TECHNOLOGY:LEARNING THROUGH TECHNOLOGY |
Sounds /ə/ as in here, year ;/eɪ/ as in make, brain |
By the end of the sub strand, the learner should be able to:
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Learner is guided to: Select words with the sounds /ə/ and /eɪ/ from a dialogue. Take turns to read a dialogue in pairs. Interrupt appropriately. View a video of conversation and list words or phrases used to interrupt politely. Say the target sounds as modelled from a recording. Make sentences with words containing the sounds: /ə /eɪ/. |
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Reading |
Extensive reading: Extensive Fiction and Non-Fiction Texts (1000-1250 words) |
By the end of the sub strand, the learner should be able to:
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Learner is guided to: Skim through reading materials to obtain the main idea. Preview texts to determine suitability and relevance. Scan materials for specific details, in pairs Select appropriate reading materials from a library. Read the selected materials individually. Share reflections on the books read in groups. Keep a record of materials read. |
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Grammar In use |
Tense Future Time using will/shall |
By the end of the sub strand, the learner should be able to:
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Learner is guided to: Pick sentences which express future time from a text. Make sentences from a substitution table. Answer questions on future time using will/shall in pairs. Construct sentences using will/shall in pairs or groups. |
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Creative Writing Pictorial Composition (120-160 words) |
By the end of the sub strand, the learner should be able to:
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Arrange different pictures logically to write a story coherently, in groups. Write a pictorial compositions in small groups. Proof read each groups work and give feedback. Display their compositions in class. Role play activities they plan or wish to do in future in small groups. |
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Writing |
Mechanics of Writing Punctuation Use of the Commas |
By the end of the sub strand, the learner should be able to:
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Learner is guided to: Read a text in pairs. Identify punctuation marks used in the text in pairs. Use commas to show pauses between words, phrases or clauses. Complete sentences using double quotation marks and commas. |
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DEAR DIGITAL CHILD |
Pronunciation and Vocabulary: Interactive Listening |
By the end of the sub strand, the learner should be able to:
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Learner is guided to: Take turns to read a dialogue in pairs. Interrupt appropriately. View a video of conversation and list words or phrases used to interrupt politely. Say the target sounds as modelled from a recording. |
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Poems (not more than 5 stanzas) |
By the end of the sub strand, the learner should be able to:
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Learner is guided to: Skim through reading materials to obtain the main idea. Preview texts to determine suitability and relevance. Scan materials for specific details, in pairs Select appropriate reading materials from a library. Read the selected materials individually. Share reflections on the books read in groups. Keep a record of materials read. |
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Tense Future Time using will/shall |
By the end of the sub strand, the learner should be able to:
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Learner is guided to: Watch videos, computer, tablets, audio materials you tube which feature future time. Make predictions (events, weather among others using will and shall Create display charts with sentences which feature will and shall. |
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Use of Double Quotation Marks |
By the end of the sub strand, the learner should be able to:
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Learner is guided to: Pick out sentences with double quotation marks in newspapers, magazines, articles or internet resources. Play punctuation games. Create posters or charts with sentences with double quotation marks and commas and display them in class. |
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THE FARM - CASH CROPS - THE PLANTATION |
Oral narrative featuring proverbs and sayings (about 130 words) |
By the end of the sub strand, the learner should be able to:
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Learner is guided to: Listen to a narrative and select proverbs and saying. Search for vocabulary, proverbs and sayings in the internet Listen and view stories and songs featuring proverbs and sayings. Create posters and charts with common proverbs and sayings that the learners can relate to, in small groups. Display them in the classroom. |
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Reading |
Fluency in Reading Texts of about 400 words |
By the end of the sub strand, the learner should be able to:
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Learner is guided to: Skim and scan through paragraphs for information, in pairs or small groups. Search for an article on a topic they enjoy, select a portion to read, set a goal of the words to read per minute and time themselves as they read. |
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Grammar in use |
Use of Double imperatives: how many/ could/would |
By the end of the sub strand, the learner should be able to:
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Learners is guided to: Fill in gaps in sentences using double imperatives. Select question tags from a story, dialogue or poem. Match statements with the correct question tag to make a tag question. |
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Writing |
Similes and Proverbs |
By the end of the sub strand, the learner should be able to:
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Learner is guided to: Read narratives with formulaic expressions in print and digital format. List similes and proverbs in texts, in small groups. Create a clear and coherent story line using proverbs and similes. Compose a story featuring similes and proverbs, small groups. |
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THE FARM | Listening and speaking: Sounds /k/ as in acre, cotton; /g/ as in grow, green |
By the end of the sub strand, the learner should be able to:
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Learner is guided to: Make oral sentences using vocabulary. Practice saying words with the sounds /k/ /g/, in pairs. Create tongue twisters with the sounds /k/ /g/. Create posters and charts with common proverbs and sayings that the learners can relate to, in small groups. Display them in the classroom. |
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Fluency in Reading Texts of about 400 words |
By the end of the sub strand, the learner should be able to:
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Practice giving instructions related to the theme using double imperatives such as: Shut down your tablets and listen to the teacher. Type this word in your tablet and look up its meaning. Role play giving and receiving instructions at home using double imperatives. Use double imperatives to make rules for their class and display them in charts or posters |
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Question Tags on the Verb to be |
By the end of the sub strand, the learner should be able to:
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Practice giving instructions related to the theme using double imperatives such as: Shut down your tablets and listen to the teacher. Type this word in your tablet and look up its meaning. Role play giving and receiving instructions at home using double imperatives. Use double imperatives to make rules for their class and display them in charts or posters |
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Creative Writing |
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Read narratives with formulaic expressions in print and digital format. Engage in a dialogue to advance plot and story line. Write creative compositions using featuring similes and proverbs, individually. Create and display charts with proverbs and similes, in pairs or small groups. |
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b) Learner journals c) Peer assessment d) Self- assessment learner e) Portfolio dictation f)Standardized writing tests |
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HEALTH - COMMUNICABLE DISEASES |
Listening and speaking: Speaking Fluency Narrative of about 150 words |
By the end of the sub strand, the learner should be able to:
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Learner is guided to: Construct sentences in pairs or small groups. Listen to a poem or narrative and identify words with the /h/ sound. Retell the narrative in own words in small groups. Listen to graded texts with audio recordings of whole narratives. |
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Listening and speaking: Speaking Fluency Narrative of about 150 words |
By the end of the sub strand, the learner should be able to:
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Learner is guided to: Construct sentences in pairs or small groups. Retell the narrative in own words in small groups. Listen to graded texts with audio recordings of whole narratives. |
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Reading |
Reading intensive: Descriptive Fictional or Non- Fictional Texts (About 400 words) |
By the end of the sub strand, the learner should be able to:
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Learners are guided to: Make connections between events in the text and their experiences. Retelling the story in pairs. Use illustrations, the introduction and the title of a text to make predictions. Describe in groups the characters, episodes and places in a text. Scan a text for specific details. Answer questions from a text. Say the main ideas from a text. Watch a video related to the theme and pick specific information |
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Grammar in use |
Adverbs (manner, time, place, frequency) |
By the end of the sub strand, the learner should be able to:
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Learners is guided to: Identify and list adverbs from a digital or print text, in pairs. Make sentences from a substitution table using the pattern how many…could/would. Fill blank with appropriate adverbs. Construct sentences using adverbs of manner, time place and frequency. Recite poems containing adverbs, in groups. |
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Adverbs (manner, time, place, frequency) |
By the end of the sub strand, the learner should be able to:
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Learners is guided to: Identify and list adverbs from a digital or print text, in pairs. Make sentences from a substitution table using the pattern how many…could/would. Fill blank with appropriate adverbs. Construct sentences using adverbs of manner, time place and frequency. Recite poems containing adverbs, in groups. Construct sentences using apostrophe and exclamation mark. Watch online videos or slides about the correct use of apostrophe and exclamation mark. |
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WASH YOUR HANDS |
Listening and speaking- speaking fluency Sounds: /h/as in health, heal |
By the end of the sub strand, the learner should be able to:
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Learner is guided to: Listen to a poem or narrative and identify words with the /h/ sound. Retell the narrative in own words in small groups. Listen to music and pick out sounds and vocabulary. Watch news at home for fun, and retell the interesting episodes to peers and friends in the classroom. Recite poems on communicable diseases. |
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many…could/wo uld |
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2. Which words describe when, how and where actions take place? |
Identify and list adverbs from a digital or print text, in pairs. Make sentences from a substitution table using the pattern how many…could/would. Fill blank with appropriate adverbs. Construct sentences using adverbs of manner, time place and frequency. Recite poems containing adverbs, in groups. |
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Writing |
Exclamation Mark |
By the end of the sub strand, the learner should be able to:
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Learner is guided to: Construct sentences using apostrophe and exclamation mark. Watch online videos or slides about the correct use of apostrophe and exclamation mark. Complete exercises related to the apostrophe and exclamation mark online and offline. Create and display charts or posters with sentences in which apostrophe and exclamation mark are used, in groups. Conduct a gallery walk and view the charts made by each group. Discuss about appropriate turn-taking skills in the conversation. Engage in a conversation in pairs, focusing on turn-taking and interrupting skills. |
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Reading intensive: Descriptive Fictional or Non- Fictional Texts (About 400 words) |
By the end of the sub strand, the learner should be able to:
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Learners are guided to: Make connections between events in the text and their experiences. Retelling the story in pairs. Use illustrations, the introduction and the title of a text to make predictions. Describe in groups the characters, episodes and places in a text. Scan a text for specific details. Answer questions from a text. Say the main ideas from a text. Watch a video related to the theme and pick specific information |
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Grammar in use |
By the end of the sub strand, the learner should be able to:
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How often do you come to school? |
Learners are guided to: Make connections between events in the text and their experiences. Retelling the story in pairs. Use illustrations, the introduction and the title of a text to make predictions. Describe in groups the characters, episodes and places in a text. Scan a text for specific details. Answer questions from a text. Say the main ideas from a text. Watch a video related to the theme and pick specific information |
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Writing | Punctuation Marks Apostrophe |
By the end of the sub strand, the learner should be able to:
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Learner is guided to: Listen to a short oral text and write the text with the correct punctuation marks. Underline the apostrophe and exclamation marks in a text, in pairs. |
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Reading intensive: Descriptive Fictional or Non- Fictional Texts (About 400 words) |
By the end of the sub strand, the learner should be able to:
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Learners are guided to: Make connections between events in the text and their experiences. Retelling the story in pairs. Use illustrations, the introduction and the title of a text to make predictions. Describe in groups the characters, episodes and places in a text. Scan a text for specific details. |
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Sounds /s/ as in surf; and /z/ as in zoo |
By the end of the sub strand, the learner should be able to:
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Learner is guided to: Construct sentences orally in pairs or small groups. Say words containing the sounds /s/ and /z/ in pairs or small groups. Discuss about appropriate turn-taking skills in the conversation. Engage in a conversation in pairs, focusing on turn-taking and interrupting skills. |
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Reading |
Intensive Reading Factual Texts of About 400 Words |
By the end of the sub strand, the learner should be able to:
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Learner is guided to: Skim through a text and obtain the main idea. Scan through a text to obtain specific information. Discuss and relate ideas with their experiences, in groups. Read a text independently. Answer direct and inferential questions from the text. Watch a video on leisure time and write the main points Create a display chart of sentences containing conjunctions, in small groups. Conduct a gallery walk and give feedback to each group. |
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Conjunctions and, but, or, because, since, also, for, yet, since |
By the end of the sub strand, the learner should be able to:
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Learner is guided to: Listen to a short dialogue and identify the conjunctions. Make sentences from a substitution table using but, or, yet, because, since and also. Construct sentences using the conjunctions in pairs. Fill blank spaces using conjunctions in sentences or paragraphs. Create a display chart of sentences containing conjunctions, in small groups. Conduct a gallery walk and give feedback to each group. |
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Writing |
Creative Writing: Descriptive Composition (120 -160 words) |
By the end of the sub strand, the learner should be able to:
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Learner is guided to: Read a sample composition from print or electronic sources. Talk about people or things in the text. Make sentences to describe how they spent their leisure time, in pairs. Organize the sentences to make a paragraph, in groups. Write a descriptive composition individually. Proof read their compositions, in pairs or groups. |
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Creative Writing: Descriptive Composition (120 -160 words) |
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Learner is guided to: Read a sample composition from print or electronic sources. Talk about people or things in the text. Make sentences to describe how they spent their leisure time, in pairs. Organize the sentences to make a paragraph, in groups. Write a descriptive composition individually. Proof read their compositions, in pairs or groups. |
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TOO MUCH TELEVISION |
Narrative in dialogue format (conversational narrative) |
By the end of the sub strand,the learner should be able to:
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Learner is guided to: Listen to a narrative and retell it while expressing different moods or feelings. Construct sentences orally in pairs or small groups. Say words containing the sounds /s/ and /z/ in pairs or small groups. Watch a video of a conversational narrative or a choral verse online or offline. Discuss about appropriate turn-taking skills in the conversation. Engage in a conversation in pairs, focusing on turn-taking and interrupting skills. |
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Reading |
Intensive Reading Factual Texts of About 400 Words |
By the end of the sub strand, the learner should be able to:
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Learner is guided to: Skim through a text and obtain the main idea. Scan through a text to obtain specific information. Discuss and relate ideas with their experiences, in groups. Read a text independently. Answer direct and inferential questions from the text. Watch a video on leisure time and write the main points |
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Grammar in use |
Conjunctions and, but, or, because, since, also, for, yet, since |
By the end of the sub strand, the learner should be able to:
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Learner is guided to: Listen to a short dialogue and identify the conjunctions. Make sentences from a substitution table using but, or, yet, because, since and also. Construct sentences using the conjunctions in pairs. Fill blank spaces using conjunctions in sentences or paragraphs. |
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LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES |
Listening and speaking: Interactive Listening Choral verse |
By the end of the sub strand, the learner should be able to:
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Learner is guided to: Listen to a narrative and retell it while expressing different moods or feelings. Construct sentences orally in pairs or small groups. Say words containing the sounds /s/ and /z/ in pairs or small groups. Watch a video of a conversational narrative or a choral verse online or offline. |
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