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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



2 | Qatar English scheme of work | Grades 10 to 12 Advanced | Introduction © Education Institute 2005




Contents

1 Introduction 5

2 Outline of the units for each grade 9

3 Units of work: Grades 10 to 12 Advanced 25

Grade 10 Advanced 35






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Background to this document

The new curriculum standards for Arabic, English, mathematics and science

lie at the heart of Qatar’s 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 Qatar’s 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.

Conventions usedThe spelling, pronunciation and other stylistic conventions used in the scheme

of work are based on standard British English.




• 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 school’s timetable for English?

• Is there enough detail in the scheme to help teachers when they planlessons?

• Does the scheme allow for some flexibility when it is used?




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 eachunit;

• 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.

The flow of the units reflects continuity and progression in students’ learningthroughout 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.

English scheme of work: Grade 11 Advanced units 120 hours

Unit 11A.1: English as a

world language

Unit 11A.6: Family

relationships

Unit 11A.11:

Communication

Unit 11A.2: The book club Unit 11A.7:

Complementary medicine

Unit 11A.12: Inventions

Unit 11A.3: Language and

culture

Unit 11A.8: Life

expectancy

Unit 11A.13: Water

Unit 11A.4: The

mysterious universe

Unit 11A.9: Computers

Unit 11A.5: Space

exploration

Unit 11A.10: Animal rights

In the diagram above, each of the 13 units is defined as a topic to providecontext 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.

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