WEEK

ENGLISH LANGUAGE
SCHEME OF WORK FOR FORM 2 (IGCSE)
SEMESTER I

THEME &
TOPIC
People

RESOURCES
Youtube:
Websites advertising
holidays
English Key Stage 9
Framework page 15-17

Environment

Health,
people,
social issues

BBC news
Current news from NST

DISTRIBUTION OF LESSONS
1. Past tense How I spent my
2014 school holiday (public
speaking in front of the class)
2. Comparing two brochures or
homepage of a place to
identify features of a brochure

1. Adjectives each group is

assigned one popular
destination of their own choice
(local or abroad) and prepare a
giant brochure.
2. Sentence structure simple
and compound
Countries in conflict reading four
passages on four different countries in
conflict and answer comprehension
questions
Fill in form to become a volunteer
Fill in form to become a volunteer in
specific countries

PPPM
Band 5
speaking
Band 1
reading

SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES /
REMARKS
HOM: #9
Thinking and communicating
with clarity and precision
HA: Look for two brochures on
their own on the website

Band 2
writing

LA: Teacher selects and prints

brochures for the students
HOM: #11
Creating, imagining and
innovating

Band 2
reading
Band 3
Writing

HA: Foreign destinations

LA: Local destinations
HOM: #6, #4
Striving for accuracy
Thinking flexibly
HA: Working interindependently in pairs/groups
LA: T prompts which line to
find answer

Environment
People

Environment

Real Progress page 14-18 Literal interpretation, figurative

Reading for
language (poetry) and deductions,
Understanding page (37
inferences (reading texts)
& 38)
Lets KS3 (pg 22-23)

2014 PT3 English Paper

1

Band 6
Reading

HOM: #10
Gather data through all senses

Summary identifying topic sentences Band 3

and supporting details in a text
writing
Synonyms
Band 2
Linking words
reading

HA:Complete the second task

on page 38 independently
LA: Teacher guides students for
activity on page 38
HOM: #9
Thinking and communicating
with clarity and precision
HA: Given longer text
LA: Given shorter text

2014 PT3 English Paper

1

Error Identification and revision of

grammar, sentence structure, tenses

HOM: #6
Striving for accuracy
HA peer marking
LA teacher marks and one-toone consultation

Standardized test /
Activity week

Standardized test /
Activity week
The movie Hoot

Environment

Chapter 11 Collins
material (teacher
worksheet)

Test : Summary
Reading comprehension
Filling in form
Error identification
Watch the movie Hoot and students
complete a worksheet while watching
the movie
Students read sample reviews and
write a movie review
2

Band 4
writing

HOM: #5
Thinking about your thinking
HA writes the review
LA Teacher provides a

10

11

Social issues

Chapter 01 Worksheets
(Indranees persuasive
technique)
*website :
www.teacherspayteache
rs.com

Health

Persuasive language and technique

Letter writing persuade your best
friend to join you for a voluntary
project

Band 4
writing

Report writing - students write a

report based on the voluntary work
carried out

Band 4
writing

template and vocabulary

assistance
HOM: #1
Persisting
HA: writes the essay
independently
LA: Teacher provides a
template and vocabulary
assistance
HOM: #8
Applying past knowledge to
new situations
HA: : writes the essay
independently
LA: Teacher provides a
template and vocabulary
assistance

12
13

Standardized Test
People

Letts KS3 Success

English Complete
Coursework
Students handout:
Letts KS3 Success
English Revision Guide
Pg 64-67

14

Health

Letter writing
Reading Comprehension
Poem
Punctuation semi-colons, colons, full
stop, comma, apostrophe, dash,
exclamation mark, quotation mark,
and question mark
Write a short drama (with narrative
and dialogue) consisting of 10-20
lines with appropriate use of
punctuations
Survey students to choose one
research topic and conduct a survey
transfer the findings into a non-linear
text (pie chart & bar chart)
3

Band 5
writing

Band 1 &
3speaking
Band 2
writing

HOM: #6, #11

Striving for accuracy
Creating, imagining and
innovatimg
HA: Write 15-20 lines
LA: Write a maximum of 10
lines with accuracy
HOM: #12, #15
Responding with wonderment
and awe
Thinking inter-dependently

Group presentation of the survey

findings

15

16
17
18

Revision Error identification

Punctuation
Reading instructions
Exam
Exam
School holiday

-Holiday homework: Read The Fault

in Our Stars and watch the movie
-Write journal about the movie and the
novel

HA: Carry out survey with 50

respondents
LA: Carry out survey with 20
respondents
HOM: #1, #16
Persisting
Remaining open to continuous
learning
HOM: #1, #16
Persisting
Remaining open to continuous
learning

ENGLISH LANGUAGE
SCHEME OF WORK FOR FORM 2 (IGCSE)
SEMESTER II
WEEK
1

THEME &
TOPIC
People / Health

Social issues

Social issues

People

DSP
RESOURCES
Letts KS3 Success
English Complete
Coursework
Pg174-175

Past IGCSE Second

Language papers

Letts KS3 Success

English Complete
Coursework
Page 46-55

Students work in
previous week

DISTRIBUTION OF LESSONS
Debate Print versus Screen of The
Fault in Our Star

Argumentative writing - As versus Bs

-Distinguishing facts and opinions
-Formal language
-Organization of ideas

Literature text : MOEs short story

Narrative elements on myths and legends
from all over the world setting,
atmosphere, characterization, themes,
plot and structure, how dialogue reveals
character, narrative viewpoints and tense
Fronted adverbials and adverbial phrases
Drama T selects the best folklore from
the class and the class will produce a
drama.
Inter-class drama competition
5

Band 4
Speaking

Band 6
writing

SUGGESTED
ACTIVITIES /
REMARKS
HOM: #4, #2
Thinking flexibly
Managing impulsivity
HA: Find points
independently
LA: Teacher guides to
find points
HOM:#5
Thinking about your
thinking

Band 4
reading
Band 2
writing

Band 6
speaking

HA :200 words essay

LA : 100 words essay
HOM: #12
Responding with
wonderment and awe

HOM: #11
Creating imagining and
innovating

6
7

9
10

People and
social issues

Science and
technology

People

Social issues
Social issues,
environment
and people

Students work in
previous weeks

Standardized test
Refer to Stage 8
English Framework

Refer to Stage 7
English Framework
(page 32-36)

Refer to Stage 7
English Framework
(page 32-36)

School bulletin project

Suggested content:
1. Survey carried out in Semester 1
2. Drama critique on all the dramas
3. Interview with the audience and
judges
4. Debate results

Formal letter to a business/company to

raise funds for educational tools
Formal language and register, passive
voice

Exploring pre-20th century fiction

Teacher to give students extracts from
three different books written in different
times and compare the setting and style.
Five Go to The Mystery Moor
(Enid Blyton, 1943)
Alice in the Looking Glass
(Lewis Carroll,1871)
Hound of Baskervilles (Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle, 1901)
Exploring pre-20th century drama
Exploring pre-20th century poetry

HOM: #1, #13

Persisting
Taking responsible risk
HA: Editing and
proofreading
LA: collecting data and
drafting
Band 4
writing

HOM: #9
Thinking and
communicating with
clarity and precision

Band 5
reading

HA: : writes the essay

independently
LA: Teacher provides a
template and vocabulary
assistance
HOM: #12
Responding with
wonderment and awe
HA: : Compare and
contrast the texts in
pairs
LA: work in group with
teachers guidance

11

Activity week

12

Revision and past Checkpoint papers

practise
Revision and past Checkpoint papers
practise
Revision and past Checkpoint papers
practise

13
14

*HA- High Achievers / LA- Low Achievers

*HOM Habits of Mind
Suggested Reading List :
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

KS3 Revision Guide

Just English
Reading For understanding exercise book
Novel : The Faults in Our Stars and other novels by John Green
Movie : Hoots, The faults in our starr
UK KS2 Reading list
MOE Literature Components
20th century fiction novels
Five Go to The Mystery Moor (Enid Blyton, 1943)
Alice in the Looking Glass (Lewis Carroll,1871)
Hound of Baskervilles (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1901)

**** Listening!! : BBC 1 newsbeat (youtube)

HOM: #1, #6
Persisting
Striving for accuracy