Curriculum Outline - Secondary (Academic Year 2017/18)

English Department
Subject : English Level : Secondary 1
Term :1 Teacher : Ms. Hiede

WEEK UNIT/ SKILLS CLASS ACTIVITIES HOMEWORK EXTENDED TASKS

 Orientation  Gap-fill exercises  Clarify word,
ORIENTATION,  Diagnostic Assessment  Sentence sentence, and text
DIAGNOSTIC  Review on grammar and structures completion tasks structures and
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ASSESSMENT, &  Identifying functions
REVIEW sentence errors  Supply correct
verb form
 Quotation: From “The Rime of the Rime of the  Research for the  Compare
Ancient Mariner” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge following:
 Text Extract: Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind - The Great
 Textual analysis Depression
 Context Clues (Synonyms and Antonyms) & - The Dustbowl
Etymology  Read chapters 1-
o Text extract from Shabanu: Daughter of 3 of the novel To
Reading the Wind by Suzanne Fisher Staples Kill a
o Determine word meanings through Mockingbird by
context clues and their etymology Harper Lee
o Differentiate prose fiction from other
narrative fiction text structures
o Read a prose fiction
o Develop readings skills: skimming,
scanning, and contextual inferences
Target:  
 Simple Past Tense
 Irregular Past Verb Forms
2 Unit 1  Uses and effects of past tense in narrative
Grammar fiction
o Transcribe basic to past verb forms
o Familiarise with irregular past verb forms
o Link the uses and effects of past verb
forms in narrative fiction
Target:  
 Connectors using comparison
 Write a composition
o Plan a comparative essay using a Venn
Writing
diagram
o Compare two subjects using connectors
o Demonstrate writing skills using
comparative conventions
 Pre-reading: Historical and Biographical  
Background
Novel
 Critique the writer’s style and narrative lines
Critiquing
 Identify the characters, setting, plot and story
development
Target:  
 Context Clues
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Reading o

2 Unit 1

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Grammar
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 Curriculum Outline - Secondary (Academic Year 2017/18)
English Department
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Writing
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Novel
Critiquing

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