Compassvale Secondary School English Language and Literature Department Curriculum and Assessment Overview 2011 Secondary 3 Express

English Language Semester 2 Lesson Outline Topic/Theme 2 4/7 8/7 *Monday is a school holiday 3 11/7 - 15/7 Review Situational Writing from MYE Paper 1 and corrections in class Review Composition from MYE Paper 1 and corrections in class Review MYE Paper 2 Comprehension and Summary Class Test #1 on Little Ironies (45 min) and Reading (PP magazine) Viewing short documentary on bees and honey production and class discussion Paper 2 GCE O Level 2010 Comprehension Paper 2 GCE O Level 2010 Summary Planning for essay topic (new) from MYE Paper 1 and consultation with teacher in class Reading and Reflections of any selected article from National Geographic Review Class Test #1 (Little Ironies) and indepth analysis/discouse on stories IT lesson: Use UMPCs to conduct research on any culture (aspects such as beliefs/practices and food) and Production of Glogs (teacher demo) Class Test #2 on Little Ironies (45 minutes) and teacher demo on Glogs IT lesson: In-class activity on Production of Glog (1 per pair) Paper 1 Skills: Proposal Writing (format, content, style and tone) Proposal Writing: Analysis of GCE O Level 2008 Paper 1 Leadership Environment and Nature

Students Copy

Term 3 Week # 1 27/6 1/7

Homework Holiday HW (essay) Research on bees and honey production

Environment and Nature

Complete essay (new topic) from MYE Paper 1

Environment and Nature Cultures and Societies Racial Harmony

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4 18/7 22/7 -

Cultures and Societies

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5 25/7 29/7 7 8/8 12/8 (9/8,10/8 holidays) 8 15/8 19/8 -

In-class writing exercise (50 minutes): Draft 1 of Proposal Writing Review Draft 1 after teacher provides written feedback on points of discussion Reading Test (lab) for Star Reader IT based Programme Review and corrections for Class Test #2 and in-depth analysis/discourse on stories Class Test #3 on Little Ironies (50 minutes) Reading: National Geographic (August) and reflections in class Return, review and corrections to be done for composition from MYE (new topic) GCE O Level 2004 Comprehension GCE O Level 2004 Summary Oral Communication: Revision on Picture Discussion (OVPE) and Conversation (Any 3 topics from 2009 on the theme of 1) Sports and Community 2) Science Oral Communication: Revision on Picture Discussion (OVPE) and Conversation (Any 3 topics from 2009 on the theme of 1) Sports and Community 2) Science Class Test #4 on Little Ironies (50 min) Format and style for Situational Writing P1 Skills: Writing an Informal Letter (GCE 2007) Samples to be provided by the teacher to show tone, style and format Class discussion on analysis of question given by teacher (past year papers) Class presentation on organisation of content for their letters (in groups) In-class writing exercise: Students write out the informal letter based on another similar question Use AfL peer assessment checklist to check for grammatical errors for informal letter

Education and Literacy

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6 1/8 5/8

Science and Inventions

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Sports and Community Science Sports and Community Science

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9 22/8 26/8 -

Making Personal decisions Education

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10 29/8 2/9 1/9

Education Science & Technology

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Remaining lessons: Continue with oral communication practice (any 3 topics from year 2010) to ensure that students gain sufficient practice and awareness; use checklists and rubrics to help students improve for PD and Conversation Inform students of impending oral examination dates in September..

Term 4 Week # 1 12/9 16/9 2 19/9 23/9 3 26/9 30/9 4 3/10 7/10 5 10/10 14/10 6 17/10 21/10 7 24/10 28/10

Topic/ Genre Revision: Paper 1 skills (Situational Writing) Revision: Paper 1 skills (Composition Writing) Revision: Paper 2 skills (Comprehension and Sumary) Start of EOY exams EOY exams

EOY exams

Post exam activities & checking of scripts

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Time T3W2 T3W4 T3W4 T3W4

Formative Assessment Class Test #1 Class Test #2 Holiday Homework (essay) GCE O Level 2010 Comprehension

Max Score 25 25 30 25

Weighting 25% 25% 25% 25%

Compassvale Secondary School English Language and Literature Department Upper Secondary English Language Curriculum Overview Thematically-arranged Upper Secondary NE CoNE Recommendation: Encouraging students to take on multiple perspectives Secondary 3 Themes to (1) Family/ gender discrimination/ other consider for social issues/ population policies choice of material (2) Aging/ Healthcare/ Service to society & assignments Racial harmony/ Social bonding (3) Arts and culture/ Mass Media (4) Education/ Sports/ Competitions (5) Weather/ Environment (6) Natural disasters/ international aid Secondary 4 (1) Family/ gender discrimination/ other social issues/ population policies (2) Aging/ Healthcare/ Service to society Racial harmony/ Social bonding (3) Arts and culture/ Mass Media (4) Education/ Sports/ Competitions (5) Weather/ Environment (6) Natural disasters/ international aid (7) Wars (WW1, Cold War, Japan and Germany)/ Terrorism/ Diplomacy and International relations (8) Globalisation/ Business/ Science and progress (9) Politics and Governance

Readings Books Articles URL Free Writing Personal recounts and Narratives Expository essays (*) Argumentative essays (*) Letters (Formal and Informal) Reports Speeches (*) Thematic passages (Past school papers/ past UCLES papers) 2008 to 2004 GCE O Comprehension passages Personal recounts and Narratives

Situational Writing

Magazine and newsletter articles Letters (Formal and Informal) Reports Speeches (*) 2008 GCE O (Diagnostic test) 2009 GCE O 6 sets of MYE (June hols) 6 sets to prepare for Prelims 12 sets to prepare for O levels

Reading Comprehension

Summary

For above comprehension passages Teach paraphrasing/ recast/ transitional phrases

For above comprehension passages Teach paraphrasing/ recast/ transitional phrases

Oral Communications

Grammar

Vocabulary

(*) Teach structure and features of persuasive/ expository/ argumentative genre 2005 2006 Picture and Conversation grammar rules: word, phrase, sentence cohesive devices sentence structures deducing meaning of words through recognition of its form and function develop a rich vocabulary (extensive reading, words specific to content areas/ subjects) deduce meaning of words from how they are used in context (use of contextual clues, world class the words belong to) deduce meaning of words from how they relate to one another (words in same lexical field, synonyms, near synonyms, antonyms) learn the vocabulary of fixed expressions and what they mean (phrasal verbs, collocations, idioms, proverbs) Supplementary exercise in 2008 to 2004 TYS Newspapers/ articles DJ Debate Drama Library Journalism & Student Publications (pending)

(*) Revise structure and features of persuasive/ expository/ argumentative genre 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005 Full sets grammar rules: word, phrase, sentence cohesive devices sentence structures deducing meaning of words through recognition of its form and function develop a rich vocabulary (extensive reading, words specific to content areas/ subjects) deduce meaning of words from how they are used in context (use of contextual clues, world class the words belong to) deduce meaning of words from how they relate to one another (words in same lexical field, synonyms, near synonyms, antonyms) learn the vocabulary of fixed expressions and what they mean (phrasal verbs, collocations, idioms, proverbs) Newspapers/ articles

Enrichment modules

Overview of themes covered in other subjects Upper Secondary CoNE Recommendation: Encouraging students to take on multiple perspectives Term 1 History of Olympic Movement Traditions and Cultures Understanding society Establishing peace after WWI Inter-relationship between people & environment Rivers: features, processes/ impact on people Sec 4 Cold War Development Social Studies Sec 3 Population policies Healthcare (UK, Singapore) Governance Terrorism (Middle East) Globalisation (Problems, Opportunities & Strategies) Term 2 Olympism and Olympic Values Understanding society Term 3 Well-being and Healthy Lifestyle Service to society Term 4 Social responsibility Revision Revision Case study: Kalimantan, Indonesia

Mother Tongue

Sec 3 Sec 4

Revision Setting the Resilience right values Rise of authoritarian Rise of authoritarian regimes (Germany) regimes (Japan) Map reading techniques Natural vegetation: features, functions, and uses

History & Geography

Sec 3

End of Cold War

Revision

Revision

Geography of food Revision Revision Revision of map reading skills Conflicts in multi-ethnic Diplomacy and Revision societies International Relations Social bonding Venice (Rise and Fall)

Sec 4

Term 1 Chemistry & Biology Sec 3 Atomic Structure (Chemistry) Cells (Bio) Sec 4 Chemical calculations Sexual reproductions in plants and animals Physics, D&T Sec 3 Sec 4 Current issues Sec 3 (JC1) Light and waves Electricity Mass Media

Term 2 Atomic Structure Digestion Organic Chemistry Genetics & ecology Heat Electromagnetism Social Issues I: Gender issues: stereotypes, perceptions, discrimination Social Issues II: Family, education, religion; how these forces socialize an indv

Term 3 Periodicity Transport in plants and animals Practicals

Term 4 Periodicity Hormones, Nervous systems Practicals

Kinematics Revision Science and Human Values: Science and progress, impact of technology on society, the responsibility of the scientist, ethics

Work and energy Revision The Arts/ Cultural issues: Nature of culture; how culture is shaped by various forces; value of the arts

Sec 4 (JC 2)

Politics

Global issues: Globalisation; role of the state in business, international aid, terrorism

Philosophy: Freedom and control; personal morality; religion; the value of history as a guide to human behaviour