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English scheme of work for the State of Qatar

Grades 10 to 12 Advanced
Developed for the Education Institute by CfBT

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Contents
1 2 3 Introduction Outline of the units for each grade Units of work: Grades 10 to 12 Advanced
Grade 10 Advanced Grade 11 Advanced Grade 12 Advanced

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Background to this document


The new curriculum standards for Arabic, English, mathematics and science lie at the heart of Qatars education reforms. The standards draw on international expectations for what students should know, understand and be able to do at each stage of their schooling. The new standards were introduced into Qatars Independent Schools in September 2004. This optional scheme of work for English is a long-term teaching plan showing how the standards can be taught in each grade. It has been developed by the same team of curriculum experts that developed the standards, guided by the staff of the Education Institute. Local teachers and curriculum specialists have helped to ensure that the scheme of work reflects Qatari values and culture and is relevant to the needs and interests of Qatari students. The complete scheme of work covers Grades 1 to 12. This document contains the materials for Grades 10A to 12A. Similar documents contain the English scheme of work for other grades.

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Conventions used
The spelling, pronunciation and other stylistic conventions used in the scheme of work are based on standard British English.

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1 Introduction
This introductory section is intended to give some guidance about how schools might use the scheme of work. Decisions about how best to teach the curriculum standards are left to schools. Each school can develop its own policies for lesson planning, teaching and learning, and assessment, so that as many students as possible achieve the standards expected for their grade. There is no requirement for Independent Schools to use the scheme of work. Schools may use as little or as much of it as they find helpful, supplementing the materials or adapting them where appropriate to meet their students needs and the teaching time that they have available.

The scheme shows how the units can be distributed within each grade and across grades in a sequence that promotes continuity and progression in students learning. The units then act as a guide to teachers when they create their lesson plans.

Modifying the scheme of work


Adding further material
There is no right or wrong way to present a scheme of work: it can be set out in any way that is useful to teachers. Schools that choose to use the scheme of work may decide to add further details to it, such as: extra notes to help teachers to interpret the scheme of work: for example, teaching points, references to ICT, common misunderstandings, suggestions for extension activities and for homework; more ideas for differentiated activities to cater for students who are very able or who need extra support; further assessment activities to help teachers to judge students progress; suggestions for links that can be made across subjects such as Arabic and English, or science and mathematics; out-of-school activities that can enhance learning in school.

A scheme of work
The cycle of planning, teaching and assessment is a continuous one. Good teaching is based on good planning, and good planning is informed by effective assessment.

Planning

Changing parts of the scheme of work


Some schools may decide to modify the whole scheme of work, the units for one or more grades, or particular units. Some possible modifications are to:

Assessment

Teaching

emphasise or expand particular parts of the scheme; vary contexts, resources or activities to take account of the different interests of boys and girls; add to one or more units some objectives based on standards for a higher grade in order to give students opportunities to progress more rapidly; identify the essential supporting standards that need to be taught before the grade-specific standards;
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The Qatar scheme of work for Grades 1 to 12 is a long-term plan to help schools to achieve the aims for English, stated in the Introduction to the standards. It interprets the new curriculum standards and translates them into coherent, manageable teaching units, typically 6 to 10 hours of work.

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give students more time for particular aspects of the scheme, or opportunities to revisit knowledge and skills in different contexts; adapt activities to provide greater support for students with learning difficulties, or for those with a first language other than Arabic.

Reviewing an existing scheme of work


Some schools may already have a scheme of work that they have developed. These schools may want to review their scheme of work and supplement it with parts of the scheme of work in this document. Some questions to ask when reviewing an existing scheme of work are as follows. How firmly is the scheme linked to the standards? Does it build up concepts in an organised, systematic and rigorous way? Does it identify what students are expected to learn, and how students learning may be assessed? Does it describe appropriate teaching and learning activities? Are the activities linked to the learning that they are intended to promote? Does the scheme provide opportunities to develop ICT skills and, where appropriate, links with other subjects, such as science? Are the resources needed to teach the scheme identified? Are these resources appropriate to the age and ability of the students? Does the scheme indicate the time needed to teach each unit, consistent with your schools timetable for English? Is there enough detail in the scheme to help teachers when they plan lessons? Does the scheme allow for some flexibility when it is used?

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2 Outline of the units for each grade


Content of the scheme of work
The scheme of work for English: draws the standards together into coherent, manageable teaching units; indicates the approximate number of teaching hours or lessons for each unit; orders the units across two semesters of the school year so that they build on preceding work, link with other units and prepare students for the next grade; develops sufficient detail in each unit about what to teach and how to teach it for teachers to be able to create a series of lesson plans from it.

English scheme of work: Grade 11 Advanced units


Unit 11A.1: English as a world language Unit 11A.2: The book club Unit 11A.3: Language and culture Unit 11A.4: The mysterious universe Unit 11A.5: Space exploration Unit 11A.6: Family relationships Unit 11A.7: Complementary medicine Unit 11A.8: Life expectancy Unit 11A.9: Computers Unit 11A.10: Animal rights

120 hours

Unit 11A.11: Communication Unit 11A.12: Inventions Unit 11A.13: Water

In the diagram above, each of the 13 units is defined as a topic to provide context and relevance for the language teaching. The topics are designed to be taught in sequence and the standards are grouped and recycled within each topic to ensure systematic coverage. The diagram illustrates only one way of grouping the standards and ordering the teaching units for Grade 11A. Schools can decide: to use this model in full; not to use the model; to customise individual units, change or topics.

The flow of the units reflects continuity and progression in students learning throughout the school year. The sequence provides one or more opportunities to revisit particular standards or groups of standards throughout the course of the year. This gives students the chance to consolidate their learning in a range of contexts and to make connections between different aspects of the subject. The example above right shows how units of work in English are organised and sequenced in the scheme of work for Grade 11 Advanced.

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