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The Oxford School, Dubai YEARLY BREAK UP 2014 2015 SUBJECT: English GRADE: 3 1 st TERM 2 nd TERM 3 rd TERM COLLINS PRIMARY LITERACY (pupil book and work book) PROJECT Fiction: UNIT 1: Something Happened in My Street (Story with a familiar setting) Non-Fiction: UNIT 3: Garden Birds (Report) Poetry: UNIT 4: Sights, Sounds And Feelings (Poem) UNIT 2: Speaking Loud And Clear (Playscript) Non-Chronological Report Writing Fiction: UNIT 5: Fantastic Creatures (Myths, legends and fables) Non-Fiction: UNIT 6: This Is What You Do ( Instruction Text ) Poetry: UNIT 7:All Shapes and Sizes (Poem) Writing an Instructional Text Fiction: UNIT 10 :A Roller coaster Read (Adventure and mystery stories) Non-Fiction: UNIT 9 : In The Post (Reading and writing letters) Poetry: Humorous Poems GRAMMAR & PUNCTUATION (Workbook) Unit 1:Parts of Speech Unit 2:Nouns (common and proper) Unit 18: Paragraphs Unit 19: Direct Speech Unit 5: Adjectives(1) Unit 13: Adjectives(2) Unit 15: Adjectives (comparatives and superlatives) Unit 3:Verbs Unit 11:Pronouns Unit 9: Verbs(past and present) Unit 10:Adverbs Unit 14:Prepositions SPELLING (Nelson Spelling) Unit 2: ff ll ss Unit 25: mis con ex co anti Unit 11: less ful ly Unit 3: un dis de re pre Unit 15: er est Unit 13: compound words Unit 1(Ext) compound words Unit 10: dictionary work Unit 17: making plurals Unit 24: shortened words

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The Oxford School, Dubai YEARLY BREAK UP 2014 – 2015

SUBJECT: English GRADE: 3 1

st TERM 2

nd TERM 3

rd TERM

COLLINS PRIMARY

LITERACY (pupil book

and work book)

PROJECT

Fiction:

UNIT 1: Something Happened in

My Street (Story with a familiar

setting)

Non-Fiction:

UNIT 3: Garden Birds (Report)

Poetry:

UNIT 4: Sights, Sounds And

Feelings (Poem)

UNIT 2: Speaking Loud And Clear

(Playscript)

Non-Chronological Report

Writing

Fiction:

UNIT 5: Fantastic Creatures (Myths,

legends and fables)

Non-Fiction:

UNIT 6: This Is What You Do

( Instruction Text )

Poetry:

UNIT 7:All Shapes and Sizes (Poem)

Writing an Instructional Text

Fiction: UNIT 10 :A Roller coaster Read

(Adventure and mystery stories)

Non-Fiction: UNIT 9 : In The Post (Reading

and writing letters)

Poetry:

Humorous Poems

GRAMMAR &

PUNCTUATION

(Workbook)

Unit 1:Parts of Speech

Unit 2:Nouns (common and proper)

Unit 18: Paragraphs

Unit 19: Direct Speech

Unit 5: Adjectives(1)

Unit 13: Adjectives(2)

Unit 15: Adjectives (comparatives and

superlatives)

Unit 3:Verbs

Unit 11:Pronouns

Unit 9: Verbs(past and present)

Unit 10:Adverbs

Unit 14:Prepositions

SPELLING

(Nelson Spelling)

Unit 2: ff ll ss

Unit 25: mis con ex co anti

Unit 11: less ful ly

Unit 3: un dis de re pre

Unit 15: er est

Unit 13: compound words

Unit 1(Ext) compound words

Unit 10: dictionary work

Unit 17: making plurals

Unit 24: shortened words

LITERATURE

(TEXT: The Prince And

The Pauper )

Ch#1 The Pauper

Ch#2 The Pauper Meets The

Prince

Ch#3 Changing Places

King Henry VIII (Pgs 29-33)

Ch#4 The Guild Hall

Ch#5 Sir Miles

Ch#6 The Life Of A King

Ch#7 Hendon Hall

Ch#8 The New King

READING

COMPREHENSION

(Workbook)

Unit 1:Monkey Business

Unit 2:Caterpillars

Unit 3:Working on a Farm

Unit 4:The Cow

Unit 5:Looking at Books

Unit 6:Gumdrop has a Birthday

Unit 7:An Ants’ Nest

Unit 9:The Lion and the Mouse

Unit 10:The Dragon’s Cold Unit 11:Fun on Bikes

Unit 13:Lost in the Zoo

Unit 15:On Holiday

WRITING

FICTION Story with a familiar

setting

Playscript

Sequel to a myth Adventure story

NON –

FICTION

Non-chronological Report

Numbered instructions

(Recipe etc)

Informal Letter

SPEAKING AND

LISTENING

Collins Primary Literacy

UNIT 2: Speaking Loud

And Clear Role play pg 15

UNIT 3: Garden Birds

Role play pg 23

The Prince And The Pauper

Listening Activity pg 12

Speaking Activity pg 13

The Prince And The Pauper

Listening Activity pg 42

Speaking Activity pg 43

Listening Activity pg 52

Speaking Activity pg 52

The Prince And The Pauper

Listening Activity pg 59

Listening Activity pg 68

The Oxford School, Dubai YEARLY BREAK UP 2014 – 2015

SUBJECT: English YEAR: 4 1

st TERM 2

nd TERM 3

rd TERM

COLLINS PRIMARY

LITERACY (Pupil

Book and Workbook)

Unit 1 - Story from the Past

Unit 7 – Information Texts

Unit 2 - Playscripts

Unit 9 – Different Forms of Poetry

Unit 13- Advertisements

Unit 10- Difficult Feelings

Unit 3- Newspapers

Unit 6 – Fantasy Story and

Science Fiction

GRAMMAR &

PUNCTUATION

(Workbook)

Tenses of Verbs -Units 3, 20

Powerful verbs

Adverbs- Units 6

Types of Sentences – Unit 2

Speech Marks – Unit 19

Supplementary Units:

Unit 1- Parts of Speech

Unit 11- Subject-Verb-Object

Unit 16- Subject Verb Agreement

Unit 4- Auxiliary verbs

Speech Marks

Possessive Nouns- Units 12, 7

Apostrophe- Unit 7

Powerful Adjectives – Unit 5

Similes

Supplementary Units:

Unit 15- Paragraphs

Unit 8 – Singular and Plural Nouns

Unit 10- Pronouns

Unit 13 – Possessive Adjectives and

Possessive Pronouns

Connectives

Phrases – Unit 14

Commas

Supplementary Units:

Unit 9- Direct Speech

Unit 19- Indirect Speech

Unit 17 – Prepositions

Unit 18 - Clauses

SPELLING

(Nelson Spelling)

Unit 3- ur and ure words

Unit 4- ing and ed

Unit 6- ness and ment

Unit 18- qu words

Unit 20- suffixes and prefixes

Unit 10 – Homophones

Unit 13- ous and ious

Unit 15 – Singular and Plural

Unit 16 – en and on words

Unit 17 – Syllables

Unit 21 – sion words

Unit 22 – tion words

LITERATURE

(TEXT: )

Chapter 1 – The Thief

Chapter 2 – The Green Dragon

Chapter 3 – Stop the Train!

Chapter 4 – Fire!

Chapter 5 – The Spy

Chapter 6 – Danger in the Tunnel

Chapter 7- A Strange Feeling

READING

COMPREHENSION

(Workbook)

Unit 5 – Stowaway!

Unit 19 – The Day the Helicopters

Came

Unit 18 - Basilisks

Unit 2 – On the Move

Unit 6- What’s It All About?

Unit 12 – What is the Sun?

Unit 15 – Feathered Record

Breakers

Unit 7 – Tim the Trumpet

Unit 17- A Day When Frogs Wear

Shoes

Unit 4 – Thrills City

Unit 9 – I Love Our Orange Tent

Unit 16 – Bus Route

Unit 10 – The Swoose

Unit 14 – The Mango Tree

Unit 1- The Eagle and the Turtle

Unit 3 – Three Girls

Unit 8 – The Wind and the Willows

Unit 13 – In the Rue Bel Tesoro

Unit 11- The Dragon’s Egg

Unit 20 – Humans – Friends or

Foes?

WRITING FICTION Unit 1 - Story from the Past

Unit 11- Stories with Issues Unit 6 – Fantasy Story and

Science Fiction

NON -

FICTION

Unit 7 – Information Texts

Unit 9 – Different Forms of Poetry

Unit 13- Advertisements

Unit 3- Newspapers

SPEAKING AND

LISTENING

Speaking:

Narrating a story from the past

Role play/ reading lines from a

playscript

Round Robin Activities

Think Pair Share

Listening Passages:

Theras

Books

Theras Looks On

Speaking:

Narrating a story with issues

Poetry Recitation

Presentation of an Advertisement

Round Robin Activities

Think Pair Share

Listening Passages:

The Frogs

The Journey

Treasure Box

Speaking:

Narrating a fantasy story/ science

fiction

News Reporting

Presentation of an Advertisement

Listening Passages:

The Tea Party

Karl Katz

PROJECTS Drama/Role Play – Head in the

Sand

Poetry Recitation

The Oxford School, Dubai YEARLY BREAK UP 2013 – 2014

SUBJECT: English GRADE: 5 1

st TERM 2

nd TERM 3

rd TERM

COLLINS PRIMARY

LITERACY

*Michael Morpurgo

*Poets with Passion

*Explanation Text (Resource

Provided)

*Monsters and Myths

*Classical Stories

*Daring Adventures

*Tales in Verse

*Caribbean Tale

*The Art of Persuasion

*Speaking Aloud

* Different Fiction Genres:

GRAMMAR &

PUNCTUATION

* Creating opposites by adding a

prefix or suffix

*Pronouns

* Turning nouns into adjectives –

done mostly with suffixes

* Making comparative adjectives –

with suffixes er and est.

* Comparative and Superlative

adjectives

* Direct and Reported speech.

* Phrasal Verbs

*Range of adverbs

*Replacing verb + adverb with a

more powerful verb.

* Adding suffixes and prefixes to base

words.

* Use of imagery and figurative

language

* Patterns of rhythm and rhyme

* Exploring Direct Speech

* Using the apostrophe for omission

* Use of imagery and figurative

language

* Use of Pronouns

* Possessive Noun Phrases

* Preposition & Prepositional

Phrases

SPELLING &

VOCABULARY

*Group words according to their

meanings

*Less common Prefixes such as im-.

ir-

*Classify words according to their

spelling patterns

*Classify words according to

their spelling patterns and their

meanings

LITERATURE

(TEXT)

*The Workhouse

* Mr. Sowerberry's Shop

* On the Road to London

* Fagin's game

* London in Dickens' s Time

*Mr. Brownlow

* The Crime

* A New Home

* Nancy's Secret

* Old Friends Meet

* Monks

* The End of the Story

* Children and Education in the

1800s

READING

COMPREHENSION

( WORKBOOK

RESOURCES)

1-Ferry sinks in Shark Hell 2-Recycling Glass

3-An island of Sand 4-For Carlos, a letter from father

5- Reduce, Reuse, Recycle 6- Fire in the night

7- The Hippalectryon 8- Weird Weather

9-Prometheus and the story of fire 10-The first men on the moon

11- Making a box file 12-Norse Mythology

13- Bullied 14- What's in your cell?

15- The Teddysaurs 16- Tutankhamun's gold

WRITING FICTION *Survival Story

*Rewriting a Story Opening in the

first person

*Free-verse Poems

*Writing an original Myth & Rap

*Plan/write a chapter opening for a

story, with an ending that includes

tension.

*Write a poem with a mood,

atmosphere and a narrative element

*Story Opening with the

depiction of a character

*Write a poem about a train

journey

NON -

FICTION

* Writing a non-chronological

report and explanation text.

*Writing a News Report

*Create persuasive Texts-

Advertisements / Letters from

local newspapers / Flyers/leaflets

/ Brochures / Broadcasts

SPEAKING AND

LISTENING

* Work effectively as a group,

displaying good listening skills.

* Work effectively as a decision-

making group, displaying good

listening skills.

*Listen to a rap version of a myth and

appreciate how rhythm and rhyme

bring the story alive.

* Use role play to explore characters'

emotional responses and to predict

events.

*Work effectively as a group to

present a news report.

*Use role play and drama to explore

poems, and perform poems.

*Use role play to explore

different characters' perspectives,

exploring issues such as bullying.

Present a story orally.

*Use drama to explore a poem,

and identity rhythm in poetry.

*Through role play, present

effective spoken arguments,

analyse the use of persuasive

language.

The Oxford School, Dubai YEARLY BREAK UP 2014 – 2015

SUBJECT: English GRADE: 6 1

st TERM 2

nd TERM 3

rd TERM

COLLINS PRIMARY

LITERACY (pupil book

and work book)

Fiction:

UNIT 1: Fairytales, Fantasy and

Beyond (Exploring features of

different fiction genres)

UNIT 2: Heroes and Villians ( Spy

Thrillers)

Non-Fiction:

UNIT 3: This is your Life

(Autobiographies and biographies)

Poetry:

UNIT 4: The Power of Imagery

(Personification Poems)

Fiction:

UNIT 5: A Quest for Adventure

(Quest stories)

Unit 10: Time Travelling (stories that

include flashbacks)

Non-Fiction:

UNIT 8 : The Great Debate

( Discussion text)

Unit 11: Walk to School

(formal , impersonal language to

complain, inform, explain and

persuade)

REVISION FOR PRIMARY

CHECKPOINT

GRAMMAR &

PUNCTUATION

Word classes- nouns, verbs,

adverbs, adjectives and

prepositions

Simple, Compound and

Complex Sentences

Active and passive voice

Commas

Relative Clauses

Non-finite clauses

Direct and reported speech

Punctuating direct speech

Apostrophes

REVISION FOR PRIMARY

CHECKPOINT

WRITING

FICTION Selecting appropriate

features to plan and write

stories in a specific genre

Writing a spy thriller

Writing a quest adventure

Writing a story that uses time

in an interesting way

REVISION FOR PRIMARY

CHECKPOINT

NON –

FICTION

Research, plan and write a

biography

Writing an argument

REVISION FOR PRIMARY

CHECKPOINT

SPEAKING AND

LISTENING

Storytelling from a specific

character’s point of view.

Role play- a scene from Rescuing

Dad

Hot Seating as Dr. Grief and Alex

Rider

Role play: An argument between Sam

and her Dad

PAST PAPERS 3 past papers 3 past papers 2 past papers

LITERATURE

TEXT: Silas Marner

Chapters 1 to 3 Chapters 4 to 6 Chapters 7 to 11

The Oxford School, Dubai YEARLY BREAK UP 2014– 2015

SUBJECT: English GRADE:7

1st TERM 2

nd TERM 3

rd TERM

Oxford-An

International

Approach to English

2

Unit-1

Unit-2

Unit- 3

Unit-9

Unit-10

Unit- 5

Unit- 6

Unit- 7

GRAMMAR &

PUNCTUATION

Punctuation(question mark,

exclamatory mark, full stop

Adjectives

Connectives to join

sentences

Use of contractions

Types of

sentences(identification)

Types of sentences

Phrases and clauses

Direct and indirect speech

Punctuation (comma, speech

marks)

Use of exclamation mark

Connectives to form

paragraph

Prepositions of place and time

Adjectives ending with –ed

and -ing

SPELLING,PHONIC

S AND

VOCABULARY

Syllables

Use of Affixes and

meanings

Homophones

Use of Thesaurus entries to

find synonyms

Unstressed vowels

Homonyms, synonyms and

antonyms

Vocabulary to describe a

character

Blockbuster games(web links)

Vocabulary building

Pluralisation

Words having silent letters

LITERATURE

TEXT:

Great Expectations

Chapters 1-4 Chapters 5-8 Chapters 9-12

READING

COMPREHENSION

( Workbook)

1. Rosalie by Robert

Westall

2. The War of the Worlds

by H.G Wells

1. At Sea

2. Books

1. A Changing Life by Omar

Qureshi

Writing a personal response

to a poem

Writing task based on the

theme of horror and

suspense, fable and science

fiction

Children select a book of

their choice and write a book

review about it

Letter writing

Journal

Memoir

Express point of view

Writing to persuade

Character diary entry Writing a response to a text

extract

Dialogue writing

Summary writing

Questions reflecting theme,

understanding of plot and

behaviour of characters.

Letters and diaries

SPEAKING AND

LISTENING

Role play based on the

reading of horror/suspense

text

Group presentation and

discussion based on the

features of narrative and non

narrative poem.

Role play based on situations

in which students will advise

and inform.

Role play and enactment of

script, Great Expectations

Presentation and discussions

based on dialogue writing

Presentation on a given topic

Read aloud the diary entry.

The Oxford School, Dubai TERM WISE BREAK UP 2014 – 2015

SUBJECT: English GRADE: 8

1st TERM 2

nd TERM 3

rd TERM

OXFORD ENGLISH

(Pupil Book)

Unit 6

Unit 7

Unit 8

Unit 3

Unit 4

Unit 5

Unit 1

Unit 2

GRAMMAR &

PUNCTUATION

Punctuating to convey shades

of meaning.

Use accurate punctuation in

various situations.

Features of formal and informal

language

Prepositional phrases.

Simple and Complex sentences to

achieve purpose and effect.

Complex nouns.

Fronted adverbials.

Adverbial phrases.

PHONICS,SPELLING

AND VOCABULARY

Polysyllabic words.

Commonly misspelt words.

Homophones.

Prefixes and Suffixes.

Commonly misspelt words.

Fact and Opinion.

LITERATURE

Prose

Three Questions.

The Last Leaf

Poetry:

If

Prose :

The Bet.

Three Skeleton Key

Poetry:

Road not Taken

Prose :

The Imp and the Crust

Poetry:

Under the Greenwood Tree

READING

COMPREHENSION

5 Additional Comprehension

Passages

5 Additional Comprehension

Passages

4 Additional Comprehension

Passages

WRITING

FICTION AND

NONFICTION

Letter Writing ( formal and

informal Writing)

Science Fiction

Construction of narrative tension

drama.

Construction of a setting and

atmosphere.

Constructing a Character.

Dialogue Writing.

Email Writing

Summary writing.

Autobiography

Explanation Non Fiction Text

Reviews.

Magazine Article.

Blogs.

SPEAKING AND

LISTENING

Interviews.

News broadcast and Report

Role play.

Drama

Debates

Monologues

LITERACY

PROJECTS

Travel Brochure Self – Study Poetry Project Leaflets

The OxfordSchool, Dubai YEARLY BREAK UP 2013 – 2014

SUBJECT: English GRADE: 9 1

st TERM 2

nd TERM 3

rd TERM

OXFORD

INTERNATIONAL

ENGLISH

Unit 1. Money

Unit 2. First Impressions

Unit 3 Fire

Unit 4 Reaching Out

Unit 5 Time

GRAMMAR &

PUNCTUATION

Simple, Complex & compound

sentences.

Fact/opinion

Literary devices

Types of phrases

Punctuation

Direct/Indirect speech

Conditionals

Types of clauses

Connectives

Literary Devices

Tenses overview

Direct/indirect speech

Parts of speech

SPELLING

Vocabulary enhancement through

use of ambitious or complex

polysyllabic words.

Assessing writer’s language

choices.

Vocabulary enhancement through use

of ambitious or complex polysyllabic

words.

Assessing writer’s language choices.

Vocabulary enhancement through

use of ambitious or complex

polysyllabic words.

Assessing writer’s language

choices.

READING

COMPREHENSION

1. This Jhonny

2. What’s money

3. Drama Merchant of Venice

4. The rocking horse winner

5. First day at the village

school

6. First day at school in

Barbados

1. Fire!

2. Fire in the snow

3. Phoenix and the carpet

4. The malfeasance

5. The Poison Tree

6. For Venezuela’s poor music

opens doors

1. All the world’s a stage

2. The dinosaur hunter

3. Return to a lost

homeland

4. The Lilac dress

WRITING 1. Formal Letter

2. Persuasive writing

3. Summary writing

4. Opinion based newspaper

article

5. Writing a comparison

6. Writing an account

1. Writing from a different point

of view

2. Argumentative writing

3. Descriptive writing

4. Report writing

1. Journal entry

2. Narrative writing

3. Drafting a

proposal

4. Note taking and

summarizing

SPEAKING AND

LISTENING

Listening for details & Close

Listening practice.

Speaking: Delivering an account

effectively

Listening for details & Close Listening

practice.

Speaking: Presenting factual

information using media

Listening for details & Close

Listening practice.

Speaking: Presenting an

argument

PROJECT Evolution of music – a presentation My favourite celebrity – a

presentation

The Oxford School, Dubai YEARLY BREAK UP 2014-2015

SUBJECT: English Second language Grade: 9

1st TERM 2

nd TERM 3

rd TERM

English as a Second

Language

Course book 2&

Workbook 2

Part 1 Leisure & Entertainment

Unit 1

Unit 3

Unit4

Unit5

Part 1 Leisure & Entertainment

Unit 2

Part 2 Work and Education

Unit 8

Unit 9

Unit 10

Part 2 work and Education

Unit 6

Unit 7

Unit 5; 10 ( Revision)

GRAMMAR &

PUNCTUATION

Subject Verb Agreement

Simple, Complex & compound

sentences.

Punctuation

Clauses and types of clauses

Phrases and types of phrases

Conditionals

Tenses

Modal Verbs

Paragraph writing

SPELLING

Vocabulary enhancement through

use of ambitious or complex

polysyllabic words.

Vocabulary enhancement through use

of ambitious or complex polysyllabic

words.

Vocabulary enhancement through

use of ambitious or complex

polysyllabic words.

READING

COMPREHENSION

Ex Pg 3 Course book

Pg 9 Course book

Pg 29 Work book

Pg 31 Work book

Pg 36 Course book

Pg 14 Course book

Pg 17 Course book

Pg 9 Work book

Pg 29 Work book

Pg 74 Course book

Pg 34 Work book

Pg 47 Course book

Pg 34 Course book

Pg 39 Course book

WRITING 7. Informal Letter

8. Summary writing

9. Writing a description

10. Expressing opinion

11. Writing from a different point

of view

12. Note taking and Summarizing

13. Article writing

14. Formal Letter

15. Note taking and

summarizing

16. Revision

LISTENING

Pg 25 Work book

Pg 32 Course book

Pg 37 Course book

Pg 69 Course book

Pg 70 Course book

Pg 78 Course book

SPEAKING

Preferences and

suggestions

Express opinion

Delivering an account

effectively

Presenting factual information

using media

Telephone conversation

Preparing an argument

Topic presentation

Interview someone

The Oxford School, Dubai

YEARLY BREAK UP 2014-2015

SUBJECT: English Grade: 10

1st TERM 2

nd TERM 3

rd TERM

English as a Second

Language

Course book 2&

Workbook 2

Part 3 People and relationships

Unit 11

Unit 13

Unit 14

Part 3 People and relationships

Unit 12

Unit 15

Part 4 Ideas and the future

Unit 16

Part 4 Ideas and the future

Unit 17

Unit 18

Unit 19

Unit 20

GRAMMAR &

PUNCTUATION

Subject Verb Agreement

Simple, Complex & compound

sentences.

Punctuation

Clauses and types of clauses

Phrases and types of phrases

Conditionals

Tenses

Modal Verbs

Paragraph writing

SPELLING

Vocabulary enhancement through

use of ambitious or complex

polysyllabic words.

Vocabulary enhancement through use

of ambitious or complex polysyllabic

words.

Vocabulary enhancement through

use of ambitious or complex

polysyllabic words.

READING

COMPREHENSION

Ex Pg 82 Course book

Pg 83Course book

Pg 67 Work book

Pg 85 Course book

Pg 91 Course book

Pg 108 Course book

Pg 109 Course book

Pg 72Work book

Pg 74 Work book

Pg 89 Workbook

Pg 97 Work book

Pg 108 Workbook

Pg 103 Workbook

Pg 121 Work book

Pg113 Course book

WRITING 17. Informal Letter

18. Summary writing

19. Writing a description

20. Expressing opinion

21. Writing from a different point

of view

22. Note taking and Summarizing

23. Article writing

24. Formal Letter

25. Note taking and

summarizing

26. Revision

LISTENING

Pg 86 Work book

Pg 103Course book

Pg 105 Course book

Pg 111 Course book

Pg 94 Work book

Pg 135 Course book

Pg136 Course book

Pg 115 Workbook

Pg146 Course book

SPEAKING

Preferences and

suggestions

Express opinion

Delivering an account

effectively

Presenting factual information

using media

Telephone conversation

Working on test cards

Topic presentation

Group discussion

The Oxford School, Dubai YEARLY BREAK UP 2013 – 2014

SUBJECT: English GRADE: 10

1st TERM 2

nd TERM 3

rd TERM

OXFORD

INTERNATIONAL

ENGLISH

Unit 6: Escaping Unit 7: In the Dark

Unit 8: Viewpoint

Unit 9: Colours

Unit 10 The English Language

GRAMMAR &

PUNCTUATION

Simple, Complex & compound

sentences.

Fact/opinion

Phrasal verbs

Subject verb agreement

prepositions

homophones/homonyms

linking words,/relative clauses

Figurative language & Literary

Devices

Parts of speech

Direct/Indirect

Mood Tone and register

Punctuation

Paragraphing

Tenses overview

SPELLING

Vocabulary enhancement through

use of ambitious or complex

polysyllabic words.

Assessing writer’s language

choices/Use of Formal language Word structure, borrowed words in science and using words in context

Vocabulary enhancement through use

of ambitious or complex polysyllabic

words.

Assessing writer’s language choices.

Vocabulary enhancement through

use of ambitious or complex

polysyllabic words in describing a friend/dressing.

Assessing writer’s language

choices.

READING

COMPREHENSION

The descent into the maelstrom

The year of the flood

Elephants escaping Zimbabwe

damage Zambian crops

In the mountains

My friend darkness

Mina Harker’s Journal

A crime of the night – time

The darkness

History 3

Geography lesson

Rats save human lives

A voyage to the country of

houyhnhnms

The sniper

Paint box

The story of colours

A passion for purple

White sari

Texting

WRITING Formal Letter

Journal entry

Newspaper article

Summarizing

Argumentative writing

Persuasive writing

Writing an opinion (pg 157)

Description of a person

Report writing

Note taking and summarizing

Writing a personal account

Descriptive essay

Narrative writing

Summary writing

Writing a review

Informal letter/letter of

invitation

Article for school magazine

Factual account:

(encyclopaedia entry)

SPEAKING AND

LISTENING

Listening for details & Close

Listening practice.

Speaking: Delivering an account

effectively

Listening for details & Close Listening

practice.

Speaking: Presenting factual

information using media- making a

presentation/ Talking point topics such

as no smoke without fire.

Listening for details & Close

Listening practice.

Speaking: Making a presentation

PROJECT My favourite animal – a

presentation

Phobias – a presentation My career choice – a presentation

The Oxford School, Dubai YEARLY BREAK UP 2014-2015

SUBJECT: English Grade: 10

1st TERM 2

nd TERM 3

rd TERM

English as a Second

Language

Course book 2&

Part 3 People and relationships Unit 11 Unit 13 Unit 14

Part 3 People and relationships Unit 12 Unit 15 Part 4 Ideas and the future

Part 4 Ideas and the future Unit 17 Unit 18 Unit 19

Workbook 2 Unit 16 Unit 20

GRAMMAR &

PUNCTUATION

Subject Verb Agreement Simple, Complex & compound

sentences. Punctuation Topic Sentence Express opinion

Clauses and types of clauses Phrases and types of phrases Conditionals Correcting sentences Kinds of supporting sentences Sequencing sentences

Tenses Modal Verbs Paragraph writing Analysing a paragraph Opinion paragraph Identifying facts and opinion

SPELLING

Understanding variations in

grapheme/ phoneme relationships

Using syllabification

Learning spelling rules or patterns

Decoding skills

Memorizing highly irregular words

Using syntax and grammar

READING

COMPREHENSION

Ex Pg 82 Course book Pg 83Course book Pg 67 Work book Pg 85 Course book Pg 91 Course book

Pg 108 Course book Pg 109 Course book Pg 72Work book Pg 74 Work book Pg 89 Workbook

Pg 97 Work book Pg 108 Workbook Pg 103 Workbook Pg 121 Work book Pg113 Course book

WRITING 27. Informal Letter 28. Summary writing 29. Writing a description

30. Expressing opinion

31. Writing from a different point of view 32. Note taking and Summarizing 33. Article writing

34. Formal Letter

35. Note taking and summarizing 36. Revision

LISTENING

Pg 86 Work book Pg 103Course book Pg 105 Course book

Pg 111 Course book Pg 94 Work book Pg 135 Course book

Pg136 Course book Pg 115 Workbook Pg146 Course book

SPEAKING Preferences and suggestions

Express opinion

Delivering an account

effectively

Presenting factual information using media

Telephone conversation

Working on test cards

Topic presentation

Group discussion