English Program 2012 - 2013 12th Grade Teacher: Gail Moscovich, Lucy Paz Month 4 Points Coordinator: Sharon Shapira Material Goals/curriculum Social Interaction: interact for purpose of giving information Unit 3: A World of Smells Sept Oct Access to Information: understand text organization to understand main idea identify the attitudes of the writer Understand the structure and conventions of text types. Appreciation of Lit/Cult: awareness that languages differ in syntax - suffixes Presentation: react to the content of something read, seen or heard. future simple, be going to, passive, words that are both nouns and verbs generating possibilities Listening: I Have a Problem Reading program: extensive reading in class and at home Literature: The Split Cherry Tree by Jesse Stuart Social Interaction: asking and answering questions about general topics expressing personal opinions and providing explanations Access to Information: scanning, drawing inferences to identify point of view, understanding main ideas of each paragraph Unit 4: Have You Heard? Nov Dec Appreciation of Lit/Cult: being aware that languages differ in syntax – adverbs Presentation: writing a paragraph, writing a letter to an advice column gerunds, infinitives, present perfect simple and progressive, compound nouns Listening: Noise Pollution (an interview) Inferring Reading program: extensive reading in class and at home Literature: Count That Day Lost (poem) by George Eliot Jan Unit 5: Just the Right Touch Social Interaction: expressing personal opinions, interacting with purpose to persuade Access to Information: understanding sequence of events, following development of an argument, understanding structure and conventions of a website Appreciation of Lit/Cult: different syntax – adjectives awareness how cultural practices are reflected in a text Presentation: writing a report, writing a proposal Past perfect simple, first conditional, temporals Making connections Reading program: continue reading in class and at home Literature: The Verger by W. Somerset Maugham Jan Winter Bagrut Feb Oral Bagrut practice Mar Oral Bagrut Apr Summer Bagrut May Bagrut: Modules D and E Matconet for the winter Bagrut – anyone who needs to make up a module Winter Bagrut Preparation for the Oral Bagrut Matconet for the Oral Bagrut Literature Program: continue Present Projects Oral Bagrut Continue regular programs Begin practice papers for Bagrut MOD D and E Literature: Practice for the written Bagrut Matconet for the Bagrut MOD D and E Hand in Literature Portfolio Bagrut for the modules D and E