English units Grade 11A

Contents
11A.1 11A.2 11A.3 11A.4 11A.5 English as a world language The book club Language and culture The mysterious universe Space exploration 165 177 185 195 207 11A.6 11A.7 11A.8 11A.9 11A.10 Family relationships Complementary medicine Life expectancy Computers Animal rights 215 225 235 243 253 11A.11 11A.12 11A.13 Communication Inventions Water 261 271 279

English scheme of work: Grade 11A units

Unit 1 English as a world language 12 hours Unit 2 The book club 10 hours Unit 3 Language and culture 10 hours Unit 4 The mysterious universe 8 hours Unit 5 Space exploration 8 hours Unit 6 Family relationships 10 hours Unit 7 Complementary medicine 8 hours Making predictions; future simple and future perfect + time phrases; distinguishing fact from opinion; discussing language learning problems; writing a memo; conducting a meeting, taking minutes and reporting orally using minutes for reference Extensive reading; critiquing books; exploring narrative, plot development and characterisation; making a presentation to inform or persuade; writing a book review Hypothesising about the future, expressing future possibility; examining word roots; exploring loan words; body language and non-verbal communication; recounting past experiences; writing a narrative Hypothesising about the past; giving an opinion; recounting and comparing narratives; reporting verbs; making an oral presentation; pre- and post-modification of adjectives; comparing recounts; writing a narrative Presenting opinions, conjunctions; paraphrasing and appealing for assistance; indirect questions; predicting the future; responding to persuasive texts; planning, drafting and editing a discussion essay Expressing regrets; criticising past actions; making and responding to apologies; writing an email; responding to narratives; analysing relationships in extensive reading texts and films Exploring roots and affixes; reading for information; using dictionaries; making a presentation to inform; reporting what people say or believe; reading and responding to discussion texts Unit 8 Life expectancy 10 hours

120 teaching hours

Hypothesising about the future using first and second conditional and modals for expressing uncertainty (e.g. it could/might be ); summarising a text; signalling devices; interpreting graphs and describing trends, writing a discussion essay Describing processes using the passive; reporting peoples opinions; talking about past actions and events with an effect in the present; speculating about the future; conducting a simple survey; recounting past events, exploring neologisms; writing instructions Evaluating persuasive texts; summarising peoples opinions and beliefs; distinguishing between fact and opinion; discussing possible scenarios in the present and future; presenting an opinion or point of view; writing an email or letter Giving advice and making recommendations; expressing obligation; exploring the purposes, organisation and typical language features of discussion texts; plan and composing formal discussion essays weighing arguments for and against an idea or issue Describing processes using the passive; using search engines; skimming and scanning; note taking; evaluating persuasive texts; planning, drafting and editing persuasive texts Talking about the future; making notes; explaining processes; recognising non-native varieties of English; reporting peoples beliefs and opinions; evaluating the strength of claims in a range of persuasive texts; making a presentation; writing a persuasive text

Unit 9 Computers 11 hours Unit 10 Animal rights 8 hours Unit 11 Communication 9 hours

Unit 12 Inventions 9 hours Unit 13 Water 7 hours