YEARLY PLAN FOR THE FOUR POINTERS
10th, 11th and 12th Grades
Goals of the English Curriculum
 Interacting effectively in a variety of situations
 Obtaining and making use of information from a variety of sources and media
 Presenting information in an organized manner
 Appreciating literature and other cultures and the nature of language
Submitted by The English Staff: Otra Khalaila/Ahmad Khatib /Mickey Kazin /
10th Grade (Four points)
Books: Making Sense( Eric Cohen Books)
Log into Literature For 4 points (University Publishing Projects)
Number of
Time
Access to
Unit
Estimation
Information
Social Interaction
Appreciation of
Presentation
Language,
Grammar and
vocabulary
Literature and
Culture
Our Senses
September
(Introduction) October
November
Follow the
*Poem: Count
development of an
That Day Lost By
argument in a range
George Eliot.
of texts
- Comparing and
Contrasting.
- Simile, Rhyme
Scheme.
December
* Using titles and
* Expressing opinions * Comparing
For Your Eyes
January
pictures to predict
* Interacting for the
different elements of device using
in the present using
English to their
adjectives
the present simple
February
* Understanding the
purpose of giving
Only
advice
language
*Task: Write an
and present
Unit One
* Describing a
-Describing events
main idea
* Present simple and informative ad
progressive
* Locating specific
present progressive
- Using modals and
details
*Verb from after
semi-modals to
* Extracting relevant
modals and semi-
ability, obligation
information from
modals
and possibility
*Comparing word
And give advice and
order in English and
permission
in your language
(phrasal verbs 1)
different sources
*Understanding the
structure and
* Poem: The Road
convention of an
Not Taken by
information ad
Robert Frost
- Problem Solving.
- Stanza, Metaphor
and Rhyme.
Unit Two
March
* Understanding
* Engaging in longer
* Comparing
* Writing an
* Using relative
A Question Of
April
information from
conversations
different of English
opinion
clauses to add
to their language
- giving an opinion
information about
May
visual data
* Expressing ideas
Taste
* Distinguishing fact
and opinions
-relative pronoun
* Topic sentences
nouns
from opinion
*Interacting in order
-past progressive
* Supporting
*Describing events
to persuade
* Are aware that
sentences
in the past using the
languages use
*Task: write a
past simple and past
June
* Understanding the
structure and
convention of a
different idiomatic
review
expressions
*Adjectives ending
-expressions about
in –ed and -ing
taste
*Are aware of how
cultural practices are
reflected in
literature
*Appreciating a
poem
* A Short Story: A
Summer’s Reading
by Bernard
Malamud.
- Inferring.
- Making
Connections.
- Protagonist and
Symbolism.
restaurant review
progressive
11th Grade (Four points)
Books: Making Sense (E. C. B.)
Literature for 4 Points- Option 2 (E.C.B.)
Number of
Time
Access to
Unit
Estimation
Information
Social Interaction
Appreciation of
Presentation
Language,
Grammar and
vocabulary
Literature and
Culture
Unit Three
September
* Using text
* Engaging in longer
A World Of
October
organization to
conversations
Smells
November
understand the main
* Expressing ideas
idea of an article
and opinions
* Identifying the
*Interacting for the
attitudes of the writers
purpose of giving
* Are aware that
* Writing an email
*Expressing action
languages differ in
-applying for a job
or intention in the
syntax
using connectors
future using the
-suffix
* Task: write a
future simple and be
response on a forum
going to
* Comparing
different cultural
* Discussing events
* Understanding the
main idea of an
interview
* Understanding the
information
practices to their
using the passive
own
* Words that are
*Odors connected to
both nouns and
your culture
structure and
* A Short Story:
convention of a forum
The Split Cherry
Tree by Jesse
Stuart
- Explaining Cause
and Effect.
- Explaining
Patterns.
- Dialogue, Conflict
and Point of View.
verbs
Unit Four
December
Have You
January
Heard?
February
* Scanning for
* Asking and
* Are aware that
* writing a
*Using gerunds and
information
answering questions
languages use
paragraph
infinitives
*Drawing inferences
about general topics
different idiomatic
-giving advantages
* present perfect
to identify point of
* Interacting for
expressions
and disadvantages
simple and
view
purposes such as
- expressions about
using connectors
progressive
giving suggestions
hearing
and contrast
* compound nouns
* Expressing personal
*Are aware that
* Task: write a letter
opinions and
languages differ -
to an advice column
providing in depth
syntax
explanations
- adverbs
* Understanding the
main idea from the
first sentences of
each paragraph
* Extracting relevant
information from a
story
*Comparing famous
sayings in English to
their language.
*Relating to literary
text from a personal
perspective.
-folktale
* A Short Story:
Thank You Ma’m
By Langston
Hughes
- Predicting.
- Uncovering
Motives.
- Character, Plot and
Hero/Heroine.
Unit Five
March
* Understanding the
* Expressing personal
* Are aware that
* writing a report
*past perfect simple
Just The Right
April
main idea
opinions
languages use
- using examples to
*first conditional,
different idiomatic
support ideas
zero conditional and
May
*Understanding the
* Interacting for the
Touch
sequence of events
purpose of persuading - expressions about
Task: write a
temporal
taste
proposal to reduce
- changing verbs to
*Are aware that
violence using
nouns
languages differ in
martial arts
June
* Following the
development of an
argument
* Understanding the
structure and
conventions of a
website
-Synthesizing
syntax
- adjectives
*Are aware of how
cultural practices are
reflected in a text
- greetings around
the world
- Japanese cultural
practices
*Are aware of
cultural practices are
reflected in literature
* A Poem:
Grandmother By
Sameeneh Shirazie
- distinguishing
Different
Perspectives.
-Setting and Theme.
12th Grade (Four points)
Books: Making Sense (E. C. B.)
Literature for 4 Points- Option 2 (E.C.B.)
Mastering Module E (E.C.B.)
Number
Time
Access to written
Reading
Appreciation of
Access to spoken
Listening strategies and test taking
of Unit
Estimation
Information
strategies and
Language,
information
skills
test-talking
Literature and
skills
Culture
* Identifying the
* Asking and
* Understanding
* Writing a blog
* reported speech
September
attitudes of the writer
answering
different dialects
- editing
* second the third conditionals
October
and speakers in an
questions about
* Distinguishing
- Task: Interview
* phrasal verbs 2
November
article.
general topics
between British and
someone who does an
* Understanding the
* Engaging in
American
alternative treatment
extended
*Distinguishing
conversations
between words that
Unit Six
Making
Sense Of
The Sixth
Sense
main idea in an article.
sound the same in
different languages
but have different
meanings
*Predicting the
*Word families
*A tour of Duplin
*Reading the title and questions first
opening
*word connected to
(interview)
*focus on instructions
paragraph
advertising
*following
*Verbs and
The Fun
instructions
propositions
Theory
context clues
Unit One
December
(Mastering
Module E)
* Identifying opinions
* Identifying the
*scanning
* word families
*Michael Phelps
*taking notes
Beware Of
attitudes of the writer
*Bagrut
*expressions
(interview)
*multiple choice questions
Superbugs
and speakers in a report.
instructions
connected to health
* Understanding the
*paraphrasing
*prefixes
main idea in a report.
*cause and
Unit Two
January
*use of correct grammar
effect
Unit
Three
Mind
Reading
Computers
February
* Identifying the
*Context clues
attitudes of the writer
*questions about *word connected to
and speakers in a report.
the main idea
technology
*correcting spelling
* Understanding the
*connectors of
*noun phrases
*listening to the end
main idea in a report.
contrast
*questions about
* word families
* Cute crazy
* jotting down details
(interview)
*choosing the option
the title
Unit Four March
* Identifying the
*identifying the
* word families
* Stand Up Paddle
*instructions
A Global
attitudes of the writer
writer’s opinion
*expressions
Boarding
*linking words
Class
and speakers in an
* questions
connected to
(lecture)
*focus on what you hear
Room
article.
about cause and
education
* Understanding the
effect
*idiomatic
*finding
expressions prefixes
main idea in an article.
examples
Unit Five
Fake Meat
April
* Identifying the
*text
* word families
Attenborough’s Ark
*Making an educated guess
attitudes of the writer
organization/
*word connected to
(lecture)
*paraphrasing
and speakers in an
main idea/ the
food
article.
body
*phrasal verbs
* Understanding the
*completing the
main idea in an article.
sentence
* understanding
sequence
*choosing the correct answer
May
English Project
Oral Exam