Outline of the English Scheme of Work: Grade 1

Unit 1.1 Introduction to English: 25 hours Greetings Colours and objects Responding to oral instructions Numbers 110 Possessions Introducing self; greeting and saying goodbye; giving and requesting basic personal information Colours and classroom objects with Its a ; indefinite article a + noun; question words What and Who Understanding and responding to classroom instructions; making simple polite requests Counting to ten; plural nouns; naming plural objects using theyre ; polite requests Naming plural objects; they are and theyre not ; responding to yes/no questions; possessive adjective my, your and genitive s Unit 1.4 At school: 25 hours My school and classroom Classroom activities Whose pencil is this? How do you get to school? Lets play a game! Unit 1.5 Time: 25 hours Telling the time on the hour Talking about daily routines Days of the week Whats the weather like? Making suggestions Times of the day; meals; responding with short answers to questions about routine using verbs come and go; preposition in with time Describing routines (present simple tense, first person); telling the time; greeting people at different times of the day; phoneme /g/ Days of the week; routines (present simple tense, third person singular); preposition on with time Describing the weather; describing actions in progress (present continuous tense with it, e.g. Its raining) Responding to and making suggestions; verbs make and have; expressing wants Asking about location; describing facilities using has it got a ? and How many has it got? Classroom activities; describing where things are (prepositions of place); making informal requests, a blue one/a red one; classroom English Demonstrative pronouns This and These; revision of classroom objects and possessive pronouns; genitive s Transport vocabulary; prepositions (e.g. by bus, by car); begin naming and ordering letters of the alphabet Playground activities; suggestions (Lets + infinitive); making and following rules; expressing needs

Unit 1.2 My body: 25 hours Parts of the body Describing appearance (part 1) Numbers 120 Describing appearance (part 2) Feelings Unit 1.3 Family: 25 hours Family members Describing family members Pets Actions and ability Location Family members; introducing people using This is ; possessive pronoun my; asking and answering about age; phoneme /m/ Facial features; singular and plural pronouns This/These; describing people; possessive adjectives his and her Describing pets; talking about possessions with Have you got a ?; phoneme /k/ Expressing ability with can; action verbs; sentence stress Locating objects in a room; prepositions; following oral instructions; definite article Parts of the body; indefinite article an; responding to descriptions; have got (first person) Responding to descriptions; has got (third person); copying stress and intonation patterns; phoneme /h/ Counting to twenty; describing a scene using Theres a ... / There are + number + noun: phoneme /t/ Adjectives; more everyday objects; asking and answering questions about shape and size; joining ideas with and Describing feelings and situations using be and have; expressing wants; pronouns he and she ; phoneme /s/

Unit 1.6 Food and drink: 25 hours Food and drink Likes and dislikes Making orange juice Eating out Feeding time at the zoo Food and drink vocabulary; talking about meals and times of the day with the present simple tense Talking about likes and dislikes (+ noun); joining ideas with and; present simple yes/no questions Expressing needs; a + singular countable noun and some + plural nouns and uncountable nouns; following instructions Revising polite requests with please and thank you and correct intonation; likes and dislikes; imperatives with Dont ! Revision: likes and dislikes; food and drink; describing animals and talking about ability

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Outline of the English Scheme of Work: Grade 2

Unit 2.1 The weather: 25 hours Whats the weather like? Whats the time? Months of the year The snowman Animals in different climates Revising weather vocabulary; colours; talking about actions in progress; Whats (it) like?; revising phonemes /s/ /m/ /k/ /t/ /g/ /h/ Telling the time; numbers 160; describing things happening now; revising phonemes /s/ /m/ /k/ /t/ /g/ /h/ Talking about actions in progress; adverbs of time; months of the year; action verbs; capital letters Talking about abilities; expressing needs; following simple instructions; developing phonic knowledge; phoneme /s/ Describing animals; expressing needs; developing alphabet naming, recognition and sounds of letters; vowel phonemes / / and /e/ Unit 2.4 Celebrations: 25 hours Festivals in Qatar Festivals around the world My birthday Lets have a party! Whose is it? Revise numbers 1100; describing traditions using the present simple; describing foods; revising times of the year; phoneme /t/ Present simple for routines (third person singular); conjunctions and, then; phoneme // Dates; talking about likes and dislikes; prepositions of time, in and on; revising family vocabulary Talking about future plans; prepositions on, at, in with times and days; making and responding to invitations and suggestions; writing lists Describing possessions and talking about ownership; possessive pronouns mine, yours, his, hers; phoneme / /

Unit 2.2 At home: 25 hours My house After school Looking after a pet Toys and games Buckingham Palace Talking about where people live; present simple question form; prepositions of place (in, near, next to); phoneme /l/ Activities; describing personal routines (in the first person singular); using sequencing words (first, then, next); vowel phoneme /i/ Describing routines of others (using the third person singular); talking about times and days with the prepositions on, at, in Talking about possessions with have got; adjectives; describing objects; alphabetic order; intonation patterns; phoneme /n/ Talking about facilities; numbers 60100; Its got lots of / It hasnt got any ; sentence punctuation

Unit 2.5 Town, country and desert: 25 hours On the farm In the desert In the shopping centre In the clothes shop In the caf Describing routines; using sequencing words; prepositions of time: at; revising telling the time Describing animals with has got; questions forms; compound sentences with and and but Making requests with Can I have ?; pronoun one (e.g. the blue one/the green one); prepositions of place Imperatives; expressing wants; pronoun one/ones (e.g. the blue one/the green ones) Making polite requests; ordering food; countable and uncountable nouns; some and any; questions with how much and how many ?

Unit 2.3 In space: 25 hours Life on Planet Zog The Zogons Expressing quantity A typical day on Planet Zog A space journey Describing places; a/an, some and any with countable nouns in affirmative and negative sentences Describing people; some and any in affirmative and negative sentences and questions; wh-type questions; phoneme /d/ Differentiating between countable and uncountable nouns; describing amounts of things with a, some, any; expressing wants; requests Describing routines (third person singular and plural); adverbs of frequency (always, sometimes, never); phoneme // Revising greetings and personal information; talking about actions happening now

Unit 2.6 Holidays: 25 hours Making arrangements On holiday Holiday in Egypt Choosing a holiday Revision: Holiday bonanza Talking about arrangements for the future; revising days of the week; asking permission; wh-type questions Expressing likes and dislikes; using present continuous to talk about the future; describing places; talking about holiday activities Making and responding to suggestions; prepositions of time; talking about schedules Conducting a class survey of holiday preferences and reporting findings; making and responding to suggestions Review of years work

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Outline of the English Scheme of Work: Grade 3

Unit 3.1 Welcome!: 25 hours Our school A typical day Giving personal information; describing places; expressing prohibition and obligation with have to and mustnt Describing routines; differentiating between temporary and habitual events in the present; adverbs of frequency; punctuation Expressing quantity and countability with How much ? / How many ? questions; making comparisons; weak forms and contractions Describing people; adverbs of manner; talking about possession; consonant clusters in initial CCVC and final CVCC positions Describing location; prepositions of place; asking for and giving directions Unit 3.4 Heroes: 25 hours Heroes from history Heroes next door Narrating past actions and events; regular and irregular past endings; using sequential time markers and conjunctions Contrasting temporary and habitual actions; adverbs of frequency; expressing obligation with have to/mustnt; compound sentences with because Describing routines; narrating past actions and events; describing direction of movement; adverbs of manner Narrating past actions and events; describing direction of movement; adverbs of manner; using connectives to signify time, frequency, and sequence Describing people and places; narrating past actions and events; talking about ownership and possessive relations

How tall are you? My family

Animal heroes The Trojan Horse

Our town

My favourite book

Unit 3.2 At the mall: 25 hours Shopping Jobs In the clothes shop Making comparisons Wheres the ice rink? Recounting past events; pronunciation of past simple -ed ending; conjunctions; reading and composing narratives Describing routines and habitual actions in the present; adverbs of frequency and How often ?questions; describing future plans Making polite requests (Could I please? and Could you please?); quantity and countability; adjectives with intensifiers really, so, too Making comparisons; describing ownership and possessive relations using possessive adjectives, possessive pronouns and genitive s Responding to instructions; giving directions and describing locations; reading and responding to informal letters and postcards

Unit 3.5 Planet Earth: 25 hours Facts and figures Dinosaurs Rivers The ocean Shipwrecked! Unit 3.6 Health: 25 hours Going to the doctor At the hospital After the operation Keeping clean Revision Giving and responding to personal information; describing past actions, events and situations Describing routines;, asking for and giving directions; time phrases and adverbs of frequency Narrating past events; expressing obligation and prohibition with have to/must/mustnt; describing future plans; polite requests Giving and responding to multi-step instructions; adverbs of manner; expressing quantity and countability with weights and measures Review of years work Using large numbers; expressing quantity and countability; routines and habitual actions in the present with adverbs of frequency Talking about the past; connectives to signify time, frequency and sequence; making comparisons; narratives Describing people and places; present simple tense; time phrases and adverbs of frequency; information texts Describing places; present simple for describing simple processes; conjunctions; punctuation Talking about the future; describing ownership; giving and following directions; prepositions

Unit 3.3 The way we live: 25 hours At home The food we eat Making a fruit shake Sports Champions! Describing habitual and temporary events in the present; prepositions of place; expressing ownership; revising time expressions Describing routines and habitual actions in the present; adverbs of frequency; expressing quantity and countability; object pronouns Following multi-step instructions; sequencers; adverbs of manner; expressing needs; quantity and countability Talking about plans; making suggestions; weak forms; making comparisons; intensifiers Narrating past actions and events; past simple, regular -ed endings; irregular past tenses; sequence connectives

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Outline of the English Scheme of Work: Grade 4

Unit 4.1 Around the world: 25 hours My country Names of countries; describing places; making comparisons; use of capital letter; simple present /s/ and /z/ endings; listening for main ideas Describing places; making comparisons; listening for main ideas and details; exploring information texts Describing routines; third person singular -s; listening for main ideas and details; sequence markers; writing a short narrative Asking for and giving advice; expressing obligation with need to, have to and mustnt; contractions; weak forms; sentence punctuation Making polite requests and offers; talking about quantity; imperatives; linking final consonants to initial consonants using /w/ /r/ and /j/ Unit 4.4 Adventure: 25 hours Great explorers Narrating past actions and events; past simple + ago; prepositions of time; talking about obligation; recognising and responding to sequence markers Narrating past actions and events; capital letters and sentence punctuation; linking final and initial sounds; writing short narratives Question forms; factual recounts, recognising and responding to sequence markers; using a dictionary Talking about the future; expressing future possibility and certainty; asking for and giving advice; responding to main ideas in oral and written texts Talking about customs and habits in the past using used to; following instructions; developing reading strategies

Homes around the world Lifestyles Customs and laws

Lost cities A lucky escape Survival!

Food from around the world Unit 4.2 Nature: 25 hours Weather around the world Forecasting the weather Seasons Life in a cold climate Volcanoes Unit 4.3 Doha: 25 hours Doha, past and present City and desert

The Great Pyramids of Giza

Unit 4.5 Holidays: 25 hours Weather vocabulary; responding to main ideas in oral and written texts; following instructions; making comparisons; information texts Making predictions about the future; listening for main ideas and details; developing reading strategies; using a dictionary Describing times of the year; making comparisons; responding to main ideas in oral and written texts; descriptive texts Talking about routines; using prefixes to create opposites; using a dictionary; expressing degrees of possibility about the future Describing a process; responding to main ideas, detail and sequence in texts; predicting the future; reading strategies (predicting) Holiday activities Come to Dubai! Planning a class outing A holiday disaster! Holidays of the future Talking about holiday activities; likes and dislikes; compound words; indefinite pronouns; writing postcards and informal emails Describing places; talking about future plans; making comparisons; making requests; writing short information texts Making decisions and promises using will/wont; expressing wants and needs; making lists and writing instructions Narrating past actions and events; modals; the writing process (plan, draft, edit, improve); writing short narratives Talking about the future; expressing degrees of possibility; editing written work on a word processor

Unit 4.6 Buying and selling: 25 hours Describing places; comparing; describing finished habits in the past using used to; reading for information; writing factual descriptions Making comparisons using not as as; linking sounds; developing reading strategies (using punctuation); reading for pleasure Talking about past customs and habits; responding to main ideas and detail in oral text; responding to and writing instructions Making predictions; reading strategies (dealing with unknown words); strategies for communication maintenance and repair Talking about likes and dislikes; using and responding to different question types; prefixes Money Possessions Talking about past customs and habits; identifying future intentions; developing spelling strategies; writing captions for pictures Describing objects and personal belongings; using a dictionary; talking about the future using going to and the present continuous; reading strategies Talking about money, weights and measures; compound words; punctuation and intonation; writing information texts Making polite offers and requests; making comparisons; question types; giving advice with should/shouldnt; writing a simple narrative Review of years work

Traditional and modern sports Doha in the future Entertainment

International trade Shopping Adverts

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Outline of the English Scheme of Work: Grade 5

Unit 5.1 In the wild: 25 hours Migration Animals and their habitats Threats to wildlife Describing animals and climate; present simple for facts and permanent truths; non-chronological texts Likes and dislikes + verb + gerund; reading strategies (scanning and predicting); information texts Modals (past tense); giving advice; intensifiers; compound sentences; information texts Giving advice; talking about obligation and prohibition; modals (past tense); punctuation; recounts Reading strategies (working out meaning if unknown words); speech punctuation; advice and warnings; writing a story Unit 5.4 Way of life: 25 hours Traditional ways of life Water for life Fishermen Describing routines; comparisons (adjectives and adverbs); describing feelings; compound sentences; recounts Future possibilities and probabilities; comparative and superlative forms; punctuation; modals; making rules; information texts Describing routines; processes; talking about frequency connectives that signal sequence; adverbs of frequency; word stress; describing a process Intensifiers; connectives to signal sequence; making and responding to offers of help; suffixes -ly, -ed, -ing; short recount in the form of an email Understanding and responding to multi-step instructions; articles; giving commands; connectives; sentence punctuation; likes and dislikes

The rainforest Lost in the jungle

Back to nature Survival

Unit 5.2 Inventions: 25 hours Great inventors Inventions that changed our lives Flight Talking about the past; time expressions; meta-language; reading strategies (identify meaning of words from context); recounts Expressing likes and dislikes; because to express reasons; How long ago? questions; past modals; non-chronological information texts Processes; connectives to show sequence; responding to stories with views and opinions about characters; multi-step instructions Discussing future possibilities or probabilities; adverbs of possibility; scanning; non-chronological information texts Adverbs of manner; definite, indefinite and zero article; word stress; non-chronological information texts

Unit 5.5 Weather: 25 hours Living in different climates Extreme weather Flood! Suggestions; connectives to signal sequence; describing feelings using past and present participles; personal recount Understanding and responding to advice and warnings; word stress; intensifiers; non-chronological texts Describing interrupted actions using the past continuous tense with while and when + simple past; understand and respond to advice and warnings Expressing likes and dislikes; connectives to signal sequence; prepositions; identify characters and relationships Questions formed with ago; scanning; spelling strategies recognising suffixes and prefixes; contractions

Robots How things work Unit 5.3 Travel: 25 hours Going on holiday Means of transport Travel past and present Crash in the desert The Titanic

Controlling weather Using natural forces for energy

Unit 5.6 Record breakers: 25 hours Making and responding to suggestions and invitations; word stress; definite article; future plans + time expressions; letters Requests and offers; non-chronological texts; adverbs of manner; suffixes and prefixes Talking about events in the past; dates; using a dictionary; nonchronological texts Making suggestions; expressing future possibilities; tone; speech punctuation; past continuous tense with while and when Simple past and past continuous; intensifiers; definite articles; recounts Sports The Olympic Games Breaking records Winner! Revision Expressing likes; describing sports around the world; explaining rules Reading factual texts; identifying text organisation; past simple + time expressions; capitalisation Describing past events with past simple and past continuous; describing people; comparatives and superlatives; listening for specific information Describing daily routine; expressing obligation Review of years work

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Outline of the English Scheme of Work: Grade 6

Unit 6.1 Ancient worlds: 25 hours The Aztecs Pyramids Myths and legends Fashion through time Preparing a time capsule Talking about the past; definite, indefinite and zero articles; suffixes tion, -sion and -cian; information texts Phrasal verbs; suffixes -ful and -less; comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs; writing notes from information texts Defining relative clauses; spelling and stress on two-syllable words with double consonants; narratives Order of adjectives; pre- and post-modification of noun phrases; vowel phonemes / / and //; informal letters Talking about plans, intentions and possibilities; making suggestions; phrasal verbs; formal announcements Unit 6.4 Pastimes: 25 hours The cinema How films are made Music Arts and crafts Unusual hobbies Unit 6.5 Health: 25 hours You are what you eat At the dentist The hospital Healthy living Medicine Unit 6.6 Time: 25 hours Making comparisons; describing similarities and differences; order of adjectives; describing a process Expressing future plans, intentions, predictions and degrees of certainty about the future; /l/; explanation text Present perfect; when/if clauses + zero conditional; connectives; taking notes from an explanation text Using a dictionary; speech punctuation; prefixes; question tags; writing multi-step instructions Dialogue verbs; punctuation (commas in lists and apostrophes for possession); reading and writing a narrative Measuring time Clocks The good old days? Time travel Revision Talking about the past; contrastive stress; defining relative clauses; information texts Describing objects, people, events, processes or plans; making comparisons; describing similarities and differences; explanation texts Talking about unfinished past actions and situations; for and since; connectives; information texts Future plans, intentions, promises and predictions; describing people and objects; articles; dialogue verbs Review of the years work Expressing likes and dislikes and preferences; reading non-sequential graphic texts; writing instructions Requesting and giving information; expressing certainty with question tags; reading and writing explanation texts Phrasal verbs; personal, possessive and reflexive pronouns; complex sentences with defining relative clauses; writing instructions Giving advice and making suggestions; stating preferences with Id rather and Id prefer to ; reading and writing explanation texts Talking about unfinished actions and situations using present perfect and present perfect continuous; writing notes to summarise a written text Talking about the past; verbs and expressions which take the gerund, the infinitive or both; expressing preferences; narratives Passives; defining relative clauses; simple present with if and when clauses; describing a process Taking messages; making offers and requests; expressing opinions, agreeing and disagreeing; informal letters and emails Describing similarities and differences; demonstrative pronouns and determiners; multi-step instructions Present perfect and present perfect continuous; for and since time phrases; formal announcements

Unit 6.2 Communications: 25 hours What is communication? The world wide web Books Codes Spies Unit 6.3 Space: 25 hours The solar system The International Space Station Astronauts Is there life on other planets? UFOs Expressing opinions, agreeing and disagreeing; phrasal verbs + gerund and infinitive; writing notes to summarise a written text Talking about future plans, intentions, promises and predictions; reading and writing multi-step instructions and directions Describing a process; passives; past tense forms and participles; explanation texts Prefixes un-,dis-, mis-, re-; punctuation; complex sentences; writing multi-step instructions Talking about the past; past continuous and was going to; question tags; narratives and factual accounts

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Outline of the English Scheme of Work: Grade 7

Unit 7.1 Words 9 hours Unit 7.2 Travel 11 hours Unit 7.3 Magic 5 hours Unit 7.4 Making a complaint 10 hours Unit 7.5 Earthquake! 9 hours Unit 7.6 Freedom 9 hours Unit 7.7 Young millionaires 11 hours Unit 7.8 Inventions 10 hours Classroom English; study skills; recording vocabulary; suffixes; likes and dislikes; phrasal verbs; using a dictionary; asking for and giving advice; writing a letter Making comparisons; present perfect to talk about past experiences; asking for travel information; using present simple to talk about schedules and timetables in the future; reading and writing information texts Making assumptions and deductions; reading for detail; prefixes; explaining how things work; sequencing devices; following written instructions Making suggestions and giving advice; listening for details; recognising attitude of the speaker; using definite, indefinite and zero article; developing spelling strategies; planning, drafting and editing a formal letter Recounting past experiences and events; describing interrupted past actions; consonant clusters; listening for main ideas and details; adverbs of manner; sequencing devices Talking about ability in the past, present and future; obligation in the past; giving warnings using first conditional with if, when, unless; verbs which take to + infinitive Talking about unfinished states and actions using the present perfect; future plans and intentions; asking for clarification; writing posters, leaflets or advertisements to publicise and persuade Describing the past; skimming and scanning; explaining how things work; recognising topic and supporting sentences; planning, drafting and editing explanatory texts Unit 7.9 Television 10 hours Unit 7.10 Chocolate 8 hours Unit 7.11 Friends 11 hours Unit 7.12 The news 11 hours Unit 7.13 Our changing world 8 hours Unit 7.14 Energy 6 hours Unit 7.15 Global communications 10 hours Talking about likes, dislikes and preferences; giving opinions, showing polite agreement and disagreement; relative clauses; analysing the features of persuasive writing; homophones; planning, drafting and editing a TV review Describing a process using the present simple active and passive; prefixes and suffixes; recognising and using sequencing connectives and other linking devices; listening to and reading information texts; making notes Describing people using defining and non-defining relative clauses; developing conversational strategies; listening for details; planning, drafting and editing a descriptive passage; using question tags to confirm, assure or check information Talking about past actions with present results; present perfect active and passive; listening to TV and radio reports for main ideas and details; reading for details; suffixes; planning, drafting and editing a news report Describing events happening now; describing changes using present perfect; expressing cause and result; prefixes and suffixes; developing conversational strategies; planning, editing and drafting a nonchronological report Explaining processes using the passive; making warnings using the first conditional with if, when, unless; conducting research; taking notes; planning, drafting and editing a non-chronological information text; developing a leaflet to publicise and persuade Speculating about the future using the future simple, first conditional, may and might; describing intentions in the past; phrasal verbs; telephone language; expressing cause and result; reading and responding to formal letters; writing an autobiographical narrative

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Outline of the English Scheme of Work: Grade 8

Unit 8.1 Getting organised 6 hours Unit 8.2 An interview 9 hours Unit 8.3 Shipwrecked! 10 hours Unit 8.4 Films 9 hours Unit 8.5 Water 8 hours Unit 8.6 Careers advice 12 hours Unit 8.7 Ive won! 10 hours Unit 8.8 Memory 10 hours Classroom English; learning needs and preferences; reading and listening strategies; working out meaning of words from context; organising a vocabulary record; extensive reading Telephone conversations; indirect questions to ask and respond to polite requests; comparing and evaluating publicity brochures; questions with prepositions; developing conversational strategies Talking about unfinished states and actions using the present perfect and present perfect continuous; for and since; turn-taking; planning, drafting and editing a diary entry Talking about likes and preferences using defining and non-defining relative clauses; using sequencing devices; strategies for communication maintenance and repair; summarising a story or plot; planning, drafting and editing a film review Understanding a writers mood; unstressed vowels; suffixes; understanding a scientific process; making notes in the form of a flow chart or diagram; writing an explanatory text Asking for and giving advice; verbs that take the infinitive and the gerund; practising strategies for communication maintenance and repair; using a thesaurus; planning, drafting and editing a formal letter Talking about hypothetical or unreal situations; collocations with make/do/let/give; responding to news; phrasal verbs; consolidating ways of giving opinions and giving advice; writing about a hypothetical situation Reading an explanatory text and making notes to capture the main ideas; expressions with make and let; collocations with make, do, give; reported commands with say, ask and tell; composing a short discussion text Unit 8.9 Arrivals 10 hours Unit 8.10 Stolen! 10 hours Unit 8.11 Music 8 hours Unit 8.12 Advertising 12 hours Unit 8.13 Runaway 7 hours Unit 8.14 Global warming 6 hours Unit 8.15 A narrow escape! 8 hours Introducing self and others; asking and responding to indirect questions; following and giving directions; making arrangements; verbs that take the infinitive and the gerund; using the Internet to search for information; writing instructions and directions Describing past events; past perfect; time expressions; verbs that take both gerunds and infinitives; comparing different accounts of an event; making notes from reading and listening; planning, drafting and editing an explanatory text Understanding the purposes and main organisational features of explanation texts; expressing likes and dislikes using a range of intensifying words to mark degree; conducting a survey, collecting and analysing information; writing a report Presenting and supporting an argument; recognising topic sentences and supporting ideas; analysing the features of persuasive texts; giving advice, using needs (do)ing and its time to (do); planning, drafting and editing a formal letter Making assumptions and deductions, making and responding to indirect questions; adjectives and verbs that take prepositions; phrasal verbs; writing about imaginary situations; reviewing options, possibilities and consequences Talking about possibilities and consequences; giving warnings with first conditional with if, unless; speculating about the future with first conditional with may and might; using the Internet to search for information; taking notes; drafting and editing an explanatory text Reading and responding to a set of instructions; second conditional to talk about a hypothetical or unreal future; telling a story; dialogue verbs; writing instructions

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Outline of the English Scheme of Work: Grade 9

Unit 1 Jobs 8 hours Unit 2 Telling stories 7 hours Unit 3 World religions 8 hours Unit 4: The law 7 hours Talking about unfinished actions using the present perfect tense; using an EnglishEnglish dictionary; skimming and scanning; guessing meaning of words from context; conducting a simple survey Describing events in the past focusing on use of tenses and marking of time; describing character; investigating affixes and using root words to work out meaning; writing a narrative Using reading strategies; planning and carrying out internet searches; collating and synthesising information; reporting findings; planning, drafting and editing information texts Analysing features of persuasive texts; preparing and delivering short oral presentations; participating in debate; hypothesising about future events, writing persuasive texts Analysing the features of brochures in a persuasive genre; discussing in groups; reporting discussion outcomes; making suggestions; giving advice and warnings; constructing and evaluating persuasive posters Reading and writing technical texts; making notes from reading and listening; homophones; comparing and contrasting information in texts; summarising texts orally and in written form Listening to discussions; conducting internet searches; collating and summarising information; preparing and delivering PowerPoint presentations, focusing on present tenses and discourse organisation; writing and editing discussion texts Listening to radio or TV drama, focusing on mood, intention and character; reporting speech; using meta-language; planning, writing and evaluating play-scripts Unit 9 Culture 7 hours Unit 10 Holidays 10 hours Unit 11 Sources of energy 8 hours Unit 12 Famous people 7 hours Unit 13 Persuasion 7 hours Unit 14 Entertainment 7 hours Unit 15 Reviews 8 hours Reading and writing about cultural events; writing descriptions and instructions; making polite formal requests for information and giving directions; using conversational strategies Making suggestions, giving advice, warning, stating prohibitions and obligation; responding to formal announcements and making polite requests for information on the phone; reading and writing a persuasive text; making a presentation to persuade Making notes from reading and listening texts; summarising a text; discussing possible scenarios in the future; conducting research; making a presentation; planning, drafting and editing a discussion essay Analysing the features of biographies; talking about peoples careers focusing on past tenses and markers of time; homographs; planning, drafting and editing biographies Analysing the features of persuasive speaking and writing; evaluating arguing for a point of view in letters to newspapers; vocabulary use in book reviews; writing a book review Reading entertainment listings; scanning a text; making requests on the telephone; verb patterns; recounting a film plot using a range of narrative tenses; writing a film review; expressing regrets; making and accepting apologies Analysing mood, character and setting; comparing written English and spoken English; planning and writing a book review; making a presentation to convince or persuade

Unit 5 Fitness and health 8 hours Unit 6 Time 7 hours Unit 7 Agriculture 9 hours Unit 8 Drama 8 hours

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Outline of the English Scheme of Work: Grade 10 Foundation

Unit 1 Food and health 8 hours Unit 2 Survival 9 hours Unit 3 Energy 7 hours Unit 4 Natural resources 8 hours Unit 5 Recycling 8 hours Unit 6 Sport 8 hours Giving advice and making recommendations; hypothesising about the present and future using first and second conditional with unless, if ... not; conducting internet research; taking notes, writing an information text Sequencing events; time connectors; investigating portrayal of character and creation of setting; exploring word roots and suffixes; constructing story plans; writing and evaluating short stories Identifying topic and supporting sentences; subordinating conjunctions; talking about the hypothetical present and future; using interactive and language repair strategies; using affixes and word roots to develop vocabulary; writing a balanced discussion essay Analysing the features of persuasive texts; distinguishing fact from fiction; generating new words and guessing the meaning of unknown words from affixes and roots; making a presentation to convince or persuade; writing a persuasive essay Understanding and responding to descriptions and explanations of processes; conducting research, note-taking and writing a short information text; discussing possible scenarios in the present and the future; writing a persuasive letter Reading biographies; exploring the marking and sequencing of time in recounts; note-taking; writing a summary from notes; speculating about and criticising past actions; expressing regrets; reporting statements and questions Unit 7 Television 8 hours Unit 8 The news 7 hours Unit 9 Crime and punishment 8 hours Unit 10 Smoking 7 hours Unit 11 Heritage 8 hours Unit 12 Transport 6 hours Expressing preferences; skimming and scanning written texts; homophones; conducting a survey; expressing emotion through emphasis and use of appropriate stress; language repair strategies; making a presentation to persuade; writing a discussion essay Identifying main ideas and details in news stories; taking notes; writing a news report; exploring use of the present perfect and past simple; using the passive; exploring journalistic style Giving opinions; expressing obligation and lack of obligation; describing processes using passives; comparing and synthesising information from two or more sources; planning and writing a discussion essay Identifying and evaluating persuasive texts; reporting peoples opinions and beliefs; planning and writing a discussion essay; talking about permission using let/allow and obligation with make Exploring affixes and roots; taking notes; identifying points of view; presenting an opinion or point of view to convince or persuade; speculating about the past; criticising past actions; conducting research; writing a discussion essay Making predictions, describing continuous or long-term actions in the future; making and accepting apologies; expressing obligation; making a presentation to inform; writing information texts

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Outline of the English Scheme of Work: Grade 11 Foundation

Unit 1 English as a world language 8 hours Unit 2 Language and culture 7 hours Hypothesising about the past; giving an opinion; recounting and comparing narratives; reporting verbs; making an oral presentation; pre- and post-modification of adjectives; writing a narrative Hypothesising about the future, expressing future possibility; examining word roots; recounting past experiences; writing a narrative Unit 8 How computers have changed our lives 7 hours Unit 3 The mysterious universe 7 hours Unit 4 Space exploration 7 hours Unit 5 Family relationships 9 hours Unit 6 Complementary medicine 7 hours Presenting opinions, conjunctions; paraphrasing and appealing for assistance; indirect questions; predicting the future; 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 Exploring roots and affixes; homophones; reading for information; using dictionaries; making a presentation to inform; reporting what people say or believe; following an argument Unit 10 Communication 9 hours Unit 11 Inventions 9 hours Unit 12 Water 7 hours Giving advice and making recommendations; expressing obligation; exploring the purposes, organisation and typical language features of discussion texts; planning 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; writing a persuasive text Unit 9 Animal rights 7 hours Describing processes using the passive; reporting peoples opinions; making and responding to polite requests; talking about past actions and events with an effect in the present; speculating about the future; conducting a simple survey; recounting past events 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 Making predictions; future simple and future perfect + time phrases; distinguishing fact from opinion; discussing language learning problems; making suggestions and giving advice; writing a summary Unit 7 Life expectancy 6 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

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Outline of the English Scheme of Work: Grade 12 Foundation

Unit 1 Culture 9 hours Unit 2 Money 9 hours Unit 3 Leadership 9 hours Unit 4 Work 10 hours Unit 5 Applying for a job 8 hours Recounting events in the past; recognising and using features of discourse cohesion; exploring the point of view from which a narrative is told; writing an information text Wishful thinking in the present using if only; expressing past regrets; following a business-type meeting; identifying typical language and organisational features of minutes; writing a persuasive argument Expressing obligation and lack of obligation; giving an opinion, agreeing and disagreeing; following a business-type meeting; summarising a group discussion; conducting research on the Internet; making a presentation; writing a persuasive text Talking about imaginary situations; identifying cohesive devices; expressing dissatisfaction with the present using if only/I wish + past tense and hopes for future change using if only/I wish + would/could; making a presentation Making suggestions; responding to a job description; preparing a curriculum vitae; writing a cover letter; exploring paralinguistic features; conducting an interview Unit 6 Art 8 hours Unit 7 Advertising 10 hours Unit 8 Identity 8 hours Unit 9 Trade 10 hours Unit 10 Medicine 8 hours Paralinguistic features; speculating about the present and past; conducting research; presentation skills; punctuation; use of past tenses to recount past events and experiences; planning and writing a narrative Identifying and critically understanding emotive and persuasive language; investigating euphemism and connotation; understanding and responding to persuasive arguments; making a presentation; reading and composing persuasive texts Investigating character; pre- and post-modification of adjectives; understanding and responding to a discussion; conducting a survey, analysing and presenting the results Narrative tenses; cohesive devices (sequencing and reference); using dictionaries; following a lecture and taking notes; comparing linguistic and organisational features of discussion and persuasive essays; writing an email Taking notes and writing a summary; exploring word roots and affixes; conducting research; making a presentation to convince or persuade; writing a persuasive text

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Outline of the English Scheme of Work: Grade 10 Advanced

Unit 1 Food and health 9 hours Unit 2 Film club 10 hours Unit 3 Survival 10 hours Unit 4 Energy 9 hours Unit 5 Natural resources 8 hours Unit 6 Recycling 10 hours Unit 7 Sport 11 hours Giving advice and making recommendations; hypothesising about the present and future using first and second conditional with unless, if...not; conducting internet research; identifying features of a formal written text; taking notes, writing an information text Discussing and evaluating themes, plot development, setting, and characterisation in films; recounting events; predicting the future, reporting speech; register, expressing emotion; writing a film review Sequencing events; time connectors; investigating portrayal of character and creation of setting; exploring word roots and suffixes; speech verbs for reported speech; constructing story plans; writing and evaluating short stories Identifying topic and supporting sentences; subordinating conjunctions; hypothetical present and future; following a lecture; interactive and language repair strategies; using affixes and word roots to develop vocabulary; writing a balanced discussion essay Analysing the features of persuasive texts; distinguishing fact from fiction; generating new words and guessing the meaning of unknown words from affixes and roots; making a presentation to convince or persuade; writing a persuasive essay Understanding and responding to descriptions and explanations of processes; conducting research, note taking and writing a short information text; making a presentation to persuade; possible scenarios in the present and the future; writing a persuasive letter Reading biographies; exploring the marking and sequencing of time in recounts; note taking; writing a summary from notes; speculating about and criticising past actions; expressing regrets; reporting statements and questions; presenting an argument Unit 8 Television 8 hours Unit 9 The news 9 hours Unit 10 Crime and punishment 10 hours Unit 11 Smoking 8 hours Unit 12 Heritage 9 hours Unit 13 Transport 9 hours Expressing preferences; skimming and scanning written texts; homophones; conducting a survey; expressing emotion through emphasis and use of appropriate stress; language repair strategies; making a presentation to persuade; writing a discussion essay Identifying main ideas and details in news stories; taking notes; writing a news report; exploring use of the present perfect and past simple; using the passive; exploring journalistic style; expressing obligation and absence of obligation Giving opinions; expressing obligation and lack of obligation; describing processes using passives; comparing and synthesising information from two or more sources; recounting plot; reporting speech; planning and writing a discussion essay Identifying and evaluating persuasive texts; reporting peoples opinions and beliefs; planning and writing a discussion essay; talking about permission using let/allow and obligation with make; making and responding to polite requests Exploring affixes and roots; taking notes; identifying points of view; presenting an opinion or point of view to convince or persuade; writing a persuasive letter; speculating about the past; criticising past actions; conducting research; writing a discussion essay; Making predictions, describing continuous or long-term actions in the future; making and accepting apologies; expressing obligation; making a presentation to inform; writing information texts; comparing formal and informal emails; writing informal emails

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Outline of the English Scheme of Work: Grade 11 Advanced

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 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

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Outline of the English Scheme of Work: Grade 12 Advanced

Unit 1 Culture 12 hours Unit 2 Money 10 hours Unit 3 Leadership 11 hours Unit 4 Work 10 hours Unit 5 Applying for a job 10 hours Recounting events in the past; recognising and using features of discourse cohesion; exploring the point of view from which a narrative is told; writing an information text; exploring characterisation Wishful thinking in the present using if only; expressing past regrets; following a business-type meeting; identifying typical language and organisational features of minutes; writing minutes; writing a persuasive argument Expressing obligation and lack of obligation; giving an opinion, agreeing and disagreeing; following a business-type meeting, summarising a group discussion; conducting research on the Internet; making a presentation; writing a persuasive text Identifying cohesive devices; expressing dissatisfaction with the present using if only/I wish + past tense and hopes for future change using if only/I wish + would/could; making a presentation Making suggestions; responding to a job description; preparing a curriculum vitae; writing a cover letter; exploring paralinguistic features; conducting an interview; chairing a meeting; writing minutes Unit 6 Art 12 hours Unit 7 Advertising 11 hours Unit 8 Identity 11 hours Unit 9 Trade 13 hours Unit 10 Medicine 12 hours Paralinguistic features; speculating about the present and past; conducting research; presentation skills; punctuation; critiquing films, use of past tenses to recount past events and experiences; planning and writing a narrative; Identifying and critically understanding emotive and persuasive language; investigating euphemism and connotation; understanding and responding to persuasive arguments; making a presentation; reading and composing persuasive texts Describing people; understanding and responding to a discussion; conducting a survey, analysing and presenting the results; exploring characterisation in literature; conducting research and making a presentation; acknowledging sources Narrative tenses; cohesive devices (sequencing and reference); using dictionaries; following a lecture and taking notes; comparing linguistic and organisational features of discussion and persuasive essays; writing an email; writing a discussion essay Taking notes from listening and writing a summary; word roots and affixes; giving opinions, agreeing and disagreeing; conducting research; making a presentation to convince or persuade; writing a persuasive text

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24 | Qatar English scheme of work | Grades 10 to 12 Advanced | Introduction

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