2S English Language Study Plan 1st Semester

For Student: My S.M.A.R.T Goal for learning English this semester is: Name: ______________________(Chinese) ___________________________________________________________________________ ______________________(English) ___________________________________________________________________________ Class No.: _______ ___________________________________________________________________________ Email: ______________________________ How am I going to achieve this goal? ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________
Contacting Mr.Tian (for students and parents) Make an appointment and find Mr.Tian at Staff Room B

For Parent: Parents Contact Number: ___________________________________ Parents Signature: ___________________________________

Contact Mr.Tian by email : tianhere@gmail.com Connect with Mr.Tian at Mr.Tians Tea House: www.mrtian.weebly.com

F. 2 Textbooks Title 1. Oxford English 3A -by Rachel Grant, Sarah Jarboe & Joanne Claire Kent 2. Oxford English 3B -by Tania Davidson & Alex Williams 3. Success in Listening and Integrated Skills 3 (Set B) 4. Junior Thematic Anthology 3 (Set B) 5. Back to the Dreamtime (Graded Readers Intermediate)(Student Book + Activity Book + Audio CDP -by H.Q. Mitchell 6. The Phantom of the Opera (Pack includes Reader, Activity Book & Audio CD), Graded Readers, Level 4 - by Gaston Leroux, adapted H.Q. Mitchell 1

Publisher OUP OUP OUP OUP MM Publications

Edition 2010 2010 2010 2010 1999

MM Publications

2005

Detailed Study Plan:

Month Sept 2013 Reader Back to the Dreamtime Ch. 1 3 Back to the Dreamtime Ch. 4 7 Back to the Dreamtime Ch. 8 11 Oxford English 3A Unit 1 City of dream Unit 2 Be respectful Unit 3 Entertainment Composition 1 (Recount) 1 (Letter of complaint) 1 (film review / play script) Month Sept 2013 Reader Back to the Dreamtime Ch. 1 3 Back to the Dreamtime Ch. 4 7 Back to the Dreamtime Ch. 8 11 Oxford English 3A Unit 1 City of dream Unit 2 Be respectful Unit 3 Entertainment

Oct 2013

Oct 2013

Nov 2013

Nov 2013

Dec 2014 Jan 2014 Internal SBA:

Date

Jekyll & Hyde Ch. 9-10

Unit 3 + Revision Mid-yr. exam

Component s
Writing

Requirements Term 1

Assessment Criteria

C.A. Weighting

% of Exam. mark

3rd week Sept. 3rd week Oct. 2nd week Nov. Listening 1st week Sept. 1st week Oct. 1st week Nov. Reading

Average of 3 compositions Recount (200 words) Letter of complaint (200 words) Play script / film review (200 words) Average of 3 dictations (both seen & unseen) Dictation 1 Dictation 2 Dictation 3 Average of 2 news journals & 2 Reading Portfolio work (e.g. book report, summary, character information chart, etc) News Journal 1 News Journal 2 & Reading Portfolio work 1 Reading Portfolio work 2 Individual presentation

language, content & style

33.3% 33.3% 33.3%

20% of Mid-yr. Exam Paper 2

Listening, spelling 20% of Mid-yr Exam Paper 3 33.3% 33.3% 33.3% Reading, summarizing, analyzing & critical thinking skills 20% of Mid-yr. Exam Paper 1

2nd week Sept. 2nd week Oct. 3rd week Oct. 2nd week Nov. Sept.- Oct.

Speaking Skills

Pronunciation and delivery Communication strategies Vocabulary and language patterns Ideas and Organization

25% 25% 25% 25% 100% 20% of Mid-yr. Exam Paper 4

Examinations:
Date Paper Mid-yr. Exam Jan 2014 Paper 1 Jan 2014 Paper 2 Jan 2014 Paper 3 Nov / Dec 2013 Paper 4 Marks out of 60/300 100/300 90/300 50/300 Composition Reading Writing Listening and Integrated Tasks Speaking: 2-minute Individual Book Report Presentation Weighting 20% 33.3% 30% 16.7% Duration 1 hr. 15 min. 1 hr. 1 hr. 2 minutes

Other Learning resources: www.coursera.org (Taking online courses for free. Course certificate can be used to replace all reading SBA work during 2nd semester.) www.memrise.com (Language and other games) www.getpocket.com (Keep information for later learning) www.meetup.com/Hong-Kong-Book-Readers-Club/ (Meeting up with readers) www.meetup.com/HKwriter (Meeting up with writers)