EMSA Action Plan Grade 7.

What areas of each subject do you need to target for development?

Specific needs identified through data analysis.

Subject

What actions will you take, by when and who will ensure you achieve your targets?

Time-framed Strategies

Indicators of Success
What will you see? How will you measure this?

What

By when

By whom

English

Use a diagram to interpret the explanation of a technical term. Use appropriate strategies eg skimming/scanning to find information. Read and discuss literature related to their age. Analyzing challenging texts for deeper understanding.

Providing students with practice worksheets and EMSA past papers that cover most of the targeted areas of weakness for class work. Allocate the first fifteen minutes of each lesson to practice the targeted skills. Providing students with EMSA mock exams for class practice. Assigning HW to help students further practice the targeted skills. Integrating EMSA learning content points of the targeted areas into the curriculum ( parallel or modified curriculum). Communicating with students' parents to emphasize the importance of EMSA in improving their children academic achievement. Applying computer-based EMSA training software. Assigning scheduled three periods per week for EMSA in class practice work by the beginning of March. Review term 1 through one period once a week.

On-going practice for next years assessment will be evident in teachers daily lesson plans throughout the rest of the year.

Ibrahim Sarkas Samer Ali Coordinator EA

Students' EMSA scores on the targeted areas will increase by at least 5% as compared to the previous exam, the region and all male schools results . Integrating EMSA content points into teachers' daily lesson planning. Students will be more enthusiastic, motivated and serious about their EMSA work. Parents' awareness and appreciation of EMSA testing will increase.

Mathematics

Can express a number as the product of its prime factors. Can perform simple calculations with percentages. Can perform operations with directed numbers. Can find squares and related square roots and cubes and related cube roots. Check if these topics are on this years test.

each Monday (Mr Ayman) each Wednesday ( Mr Ghanem). term2. the last week in term 2.

Mr Ayman Mr Ghanem

Collect the students work to and arrange the students according to their level . the result of the practice test

Include the content of term2 inside the daily worksheets. make PRACTICE EMSA exam.

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Can complete simple numerical exercises based on geometrical properties. Can complete a simple numerical exercise based on the geometrical properties of a quadrilateral. Can translate between words and algebraic symbols. Can build a geometric pattern and complete a table of values.

Science

Arabic

Principals Signature: Cluster Managers Signature:

__________________________________ Date:_____________________________ __________________________________ Date:_____________________________

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EMSA Action Plan Grade 8.

Specific needs identified through data analysis. Subject
What areas of each subject do you need to target for development? What actions will you take, by when and who will ensure you achieve your targets?

Time-framed Strategies

Indicators of Success
What will you see? How will you measure this?

What

By when

By whom

English

Read and discuss literature related to their age. Critique the language/visual elements used in websites and picture books. Recognize viewpoints in complex texts. Compare and contrast texts written for different purposes.

Providing students with practice worksheets and EMSA past papers that cover most of the targeted areas of weakness for class work. Allocate the first fifteen minutes of each lesson to practice the targeted skills by the beginning of Trimester 2. Providing students with EMSA mock exams for class practice. Assigning HW to help students further practice the targeted skills. Integrating EMSA learning content points of the targeted areas into the curriculum ( parallel or modified curriculum). Communicating with students' parents to emphasize the importance of EMSA in improving their children academic achievement. Applying interactive computer-based EMSA training software . Assigning scheduled three periods per week for intensive EMSA in class practice work by the beginning of March. Prepare a wide range of EMSA practice worksheets for revision of Term 1.

On-going practice for next years assessment will be evident in the teachers daily lesson plans throughout the rest of the year.

Salah Kutub Faisel Bu Janah Coordinator EA

Student EMSA scores on the targeted areas will increase by at least 5% as compared to the previous exam, the region and all male schools results. Integrating EMSA content points into the teachers daily lesson planning. Students will be more enthusiastic, motivated, and serious about their EMSA work. Parents awareness and appreciation of EMSA testing will increase.

Mathematics

Can use formulae to find the area of composite shapes. Can use the formula to find the area of a trapezium. Can apply the formula for the volume of a prism. Can apply the formula for the volumes of a cylinder. Can apply the formula for the volume of a prism. Can explore recurring decimals. Can round a number to a specified number of significant figures. Can solve probability problems

one period each Thursday in Term 2 Term 2

Mr. Mohammed Alnubiri Mr. Adel Faleh

Prepare papers for Term 2 content contains question from EMSA. Every day in Term 2

Collect student work and arrange the students according to their level . The result of the practice test

Do fast questions for the first five minutes in each period.

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EMSA Action Plan Grade 8.

using fractions. Can round a number to a specified number of significant figures. Can estimate calculations. Can convert between fractions and percentages. Can add fractions with like denominators and mixed numbers. Can identify similar figures and determine their properties. Can calculate the dimensions of similar figures using the scale factor. Matter: atoms, acid and base. Life: reproduction ,meiosis, sickness. Physical: electric plugs, circuits. Earth: earthquakes, plate tectonic. Skills: R1: remembering ( data, symbols,). UA1: understanding and analysis ( explaining). To increase the targeted students' performance on the areas of Arabic literary reading and comprehension by 5% for Bands A and B. To decrease the number of students who scored Band D by 5% in the same areas. To increase the targeted students' performance on the areas of Arabic writing by 5% for score Bands A and B. provide post EMSA questions focusing on the needs identified through data analysis. questions to the student through 5 min at the start in class. questions on the school web site. provide student with soft copies to take on home. Start: 27th of January 2013 To the beginning of EMSA tests Teacher (Taher) Marked answer sheet samples. EMSA test results in 2013.

Science

Arabic

Provide students with remedial worksheets that cover the targeted areas of weaknesses. Allocating either the first five minutes or the last five minutes of each Arabic class to cater for the targeted skills. Integrating targeted EMSA skills into the curriculum to improve student academic achievement. Motivating students by various means to help them focus on their EMSA work. Communicating teachers EMSA plans with parents to inform them of the actions taken by the concerned teachers.

Until the End of March 2013

Mr. Ridah Mr. Salah

Skill-based and interactive class activities. Increase of student EMSA scores as compared to previous exams.

Principals Signature: Cluster Managers Signature:

__________________________________ Date:_____________________________ __________________________________ Date:_____________________________

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EMSA Action Plan Grade 9.

Specific needs identified through data analysis. Subject
What areas of each subject do you need to target for development? What actions will you take, by when and who will ensure you achieve your targets?

Time-framed Strategies

Indicators of Success
What will you see? How will you measure this?

What

By when

By whom

English

Use predicting, paraphrasing etc to understand texts. Analyse text and explain the effects of particular use of language. Explore real, imagined and virtual worlds presented in texts. Recognize authors attitude and bias in texts.

Providing students with practice worksheets and EMSA past papers that cover most of the targeted areas of weakness for class work. Allocate the first fifteen minutes of each lesson to practice the targeted skills. Providing students with EMSA mock exams for class practice. Assigning HW to help students further practice the targeted skills. Integrating EMSA learning content points of the targeted areas into the curriculum ( parallel or modified curriculum). Communicating with students' parents to emphasize the importance of EMSA in improving their children academic achievement. Applying computer-based EMSA training software. Assigning scheduled three periods per week for EMSA in class practice work by the beginning of March. Prepare a group of worksheets for revision of Term 1. Prepare papers for Term 2 content contains question from EMSA. Do fast questions for the first five minutes in each period.

On-going practice for next years assessment will be evident in the teachers daily lesson plans throughout the rest of the year.

Osama Shahin Samer Ali Coordinator EA

Student EMSA scores on the targeted areas will increase by at least 5% as compared to the previous exam, the region and all male schools results . Integrating EMSA content points into teachers' daily lesson planning. Students will be more enthusiastic, motivated and serious about their EMSA work. Parents awareness and appreciation of EMSA testing will increase.

Mathematics

Can find the volume of a squarebased pyramid. Can find the volume of a cone. Can identify angles of elevation. Can find the surface area of a cylinder. Can solve problems involving threefigure bearings. Can order numbers using scientific notation. Can solve a problem using scientific notation. Can determine the midpoint of an interval joining two points on a number

One period each Thursday in Term 2 Term 2 Every day in Term 2

Mr. Mohammed Alnubiri

Mr. Ghanem

Collect the work sheets from students and correct it each week. Measure the level of the students before and after the revision.

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plane. Can solve a simple quadratic equation. Can solve a linear equations that arises from substitution into a formula. Can simplify an algebraic expression involving fractional indices. Can solve simultaneous equations using analytical methods. Can graph linear relationships from equations using gradients and intercepts. Can solve a word problems that result in a linear equation. Can solve linear inequalities involving expansion. Can solve a complex linear equations, including grouping symbols.

Science

Arabic

To increase the targeted students' performance on the areas of Arabic literary reading and comprehension by 5% for Bands A and B. To decrease the number of students who scored Band D by 5% in the same areas. To increase the targeted students' performance on the areas of Arabic writing by 5% for score Bands A and B.

Provide students with remedial worksheets that cover the targeted areas of weaknesses. Allocating either the first five minutes or the last five minutes of each Arabic class to cater for the targeted skills. Integrating targeted EMSA skills into the curriculum to improve students' academic achievement. Motivating students by various means to help them focus on their EMSA work.

Till the End of March 2013

Mr. Yousef Mr. Mohammed Hassanien

Skill-based and interactive class activities. Increase of student EMSA scores as compared to previous exams.

Communicating teachers' EMSA plans with parents to inform them of the actions taken by the concerned teachers.

Principals Signature: Cluster Managers Signature:

__________________________________ Date:_____________________________ __________________________________ Date:_____________________________

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EMSA Action Plan Grade 10.

What areas of each subject do you need to target for development?

Specific needs identified through data analysis.

Subject

What actions will you take, by when and who will ensure you achieve your targets?

Time-framed Strategies

Indicators of Success
What will you see? How will you measure this?

What

By when

By whom

English

Use predicting hypothesising etc to understand and respond to texts. Engage with unfamiliar texts and relate the content and ideas to the real world. Analyzing challenging texts for deeper understanding and appreciation.

Providing students with practice worksheets and EMSA past papers that cover most of the targeted areas of weakness for class work. Allocate the first fifteen minutes of each lesson to practice the targeted skills. Assigning HW to help students further practice the targeted skills. Integrating EMSA learning content points of the targeted areas into the curriculum ( parallel curriculum). Communicating with students' parents to emphasize the importance of EMSA in improving their children academic achievement. Prepare worksheets for weakness points of Term 1 and Term 2.

On-going practice for next years assessment will be evident in teachers daily lesson plans throughout the rest of the year.

Samaoen John Coordinator EA

Student EMSA scores on the targeted areas will increase by at least 5% as compared to the previous exam, the region and all male schools results . Integrating EMSA content points into teachers' daily lesson planning. Students will be more enthusiastic, motivated and serious about their EMSA work. Parents awareness and appreciation of EMSA testing will increase. Correct the worksheet and home work and then find the level of the students in these points.

Mathematics

Can sketch a cosine curve. Can explore trigonometry with non-right angled triangles and use the cosine rule. Can solve a problem with more than one triangle, using trigonometry. Can distinguish between rational and irrational numbers. Can use and apply various standard forms of the equation of a straight line. Can use and apply various standard forms of the equation of a straight line. Can solve a simultaneous equation that involves a first-degree equation and a second-degree

One period each Thursday in Term 2 Term 2 The last week of Term 2

Mr. Mohammed Mr. Salmeh Mr. Ashraf Salama

Homework from EMSA questions include the content of Term 2.

Plan to revision all the units.

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EMSA Action Plan Grade 10.

equation. Can use and apply various standard forms of the equation of a straight line . Can change the subject of a formula. Can simplify a complex algebraic expression. Can form a quadratic equation from a word problem. NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE

NOT APPLICABLE Science

Arabic

To increase the targeted students' performance on the areas of Arabic literary reading and comprehension by 5% for Bands A and B. To decrease the number of students who scored Band D by 5% in the same areas. To increase the targeted students' performance on the areas of Arabic writing by 5% for score Bands A and B.

Provide students with remedial worksheets that cover the targeted areas of weaknesses. Allocating either the first five minutes or the last five minutes of each Arabic class to cater for the targeted skills. Integrating targeted EMSA skills into the curriculum to improve students' academic achievement. Motivating students by various means to help them focus on their EMSA work. Communicating teachers' EMSA plans with parents to inform them of the actions taken by the concerned teachers.

Till the End of March 2013

Mr. Ali Mohammed Mr. Mohammed Abdul Hakeem

Skill-based and interactive class activities. Increase of students EMSA scores as compared to previous exam.

Principals Signature: Cluster Managers Signature:

__________________________________ Date:_____________________________ __________________________________ Date:_____________________________

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EMSA Action Plan Grade 11.

What areas of each subject do you need to target for development?

Specific needs identified through data analysis.

Subject

What actions will you take, by when and who will ensure you achieve your targets?

Time-framed Strategies

Indicators of Success
What will you see? How will you measure this?

What

By when

By whom

English

Identify the purpose, audience and context of a text. Use literal and interpretive comprehension to develop a response to texts. Read unfamiliar texts, using literal levels of comprehension. Analyse how language creates informative, discursive and imaginative texts.

Providing students with practice worksheets and EMSA past papers that cover most of the targeted areas of weakness for class work. Allocate the first fifteen minutes of each lesson to practice the targeted skills. Assigning HW to help students further practice the targeted skills. Integrating EMSA learning content points of the targeted areas into the curriculum ( parallel curriculum). Communicating with students' parents to emphasize the importance of EMSA in improving their children academic achievement. Revision the two units in term 1 using one lesson each Thursday. Give homework each Thursday and receive it in Monday to be noticed. Include EMSA questions for Term 2 through the work sheets . Make work sheets from past EMSA. Prepare practice exam for EMSA by the first week of march

On-going practice for next years assessment will be evident in teachers daily lesson plans throughout the rest of the year.

Omar John Coordinator EA

Student EMSA scores on the targeted areas will increase by at least 5% as compared to the previous exam, the region and all male schools results . Integrating EMSA content points into teachers daily lesson planning. Students will be more enthusiastic, motivated and serious about their EMSA work. Parents awareness and appreciation of EMSA testing will increase.

Mathematics

Can use the compound angle formulae. Can use sin2 + cos 2 = 1 and related identities. Can compile a stratified sample. Can use measures of central tendency and spread to describe and compare distributions. Can graph the reciprocal of the Sin function. Can use the sum and product formula.

One week before the EMSA EXAM

Mr. Khaled Mr. Nafa Mr . Mahmoud

Collecting Students work and arrange students according to their level. Correct homework. Correct the practice exam.

Not Applicable Science

Not Applicable

Not Applicable

Not Applicable

Not Applicable

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Arabic To increase the targeted students' performance on the areas of Arabic literary reading and comprehension by 5% for Bands A and B. To decrease the number of students who scored Band D by 5% in the same areas. To increase the targeted students' performance on the areas of Arabic writing by 5% for score Bands A and B. Provide students with remedial worksheets that cover the targeted areas of weaknesses. Allocating either the first five minutes or the last five minutes of each Arabic class to cater for the targeted skills. Integrating targeted EMSA skills into the curriculum to improve students' academic achievement. Motivating students by various means to help them focus on their EMSA work. Communicating teachers' EMSA plans with parents to inform them of the actions taken by the concerned teachers. Till the End of March 2013 Mr. Ahmed Abdull Wahab Mr. Khalid Mohammed Skill-based and interactive class activities. Increase of students EMSA scores as compared to previous exam.

Principals Signature: Cluster Managers Signature:

__________________________________ Date:_____________________________ __________________________________ Date:_____________________________

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EMSA Action Plan Grade 12.

What areas of each subject do you need to target for development?

Specific needs identified through data analysis.

Subject

What actions will you take, by when and who will ensure you achieve your targets?

Time-framed Strategies

Indicators of Success
What will you see? How will you measure this?

What

By when

By whom

English

Identify the purpose, audience and context of a text. Use literal and interpretive comprehension to develop a response to texts. Read unfamiliar texts, using literal levels of comprehension. Analyse how language creates informative, discursive and imaginative texts.

Providing students with practice worksheets and EMSA past papers that cover most of the targeted areas of weakness for class work. Allocate the first fifteen minutes of each lesson to practice the targeted skills. Assigning HW to help students further practice the targeted skills. Integrating EMSA learning content points of the targeted areas into the curriculum ( parallel curriculum). Communicating with students' parents to emphasize the importance of EMSA in improving their children academic achievement. Revision the two units in term 1 using one lesson each Thursday. Give homework each Thursday and receive it in Monday to be noticed. Include EMSA questions for term2 through the work sheets . Make work sheets from past EMSA. Prepare practice exam for EMSA by the first week of march.

On-going practice for next years assessment will be evident in teachers daily lesson plans throughout the rest of the year.

Salem Omar Coordinator and EA

Student EMSA scores on the targeted areas will increase by at least 5% as compared to the previous exam, the region, and all male schools results . Integrating EMSA content points into teachers' daily lesson planning. Students will be more enthusiastic, motivated, and serious about their EMSA work. Parents awareness and appreciation of EMSA testing will increase.

Mathematics

Can find a derivatives using the chain rule. Can use the first derivative to find a local maximum turning point. Can graph a function given its derivative and a point on the curve. Can find derivatives implicit differentiation. Can apply the rules of differentiation. Can use the first derivative to find the maximum value of a function. Can use the second derivative to find a points of inflexion. Can show whether a function is differentiable at a given point. Can use the Sandwich

First week in Term 3 Worksheets in Term 2 include EMSA questions.

Mr. Hafez Mr. Khaled

Collecting students work . Correct Practice Exam.

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Theorem to determine the limit of a function at a point. Not Applicable Science Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable

Arabic

Principals Signature: Cluster Managers Signature:

__________________________________ Date:_____________________________ __________________________________ Date:_____________________________

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