Calendar Thematic Plan for grade 11

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Units/ Changing lessons

Theme

Learning objectives

Hours

Date

Notes

1^st term 26 hours

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Unit 1:

Making connections in biology

(12 hours)

Journey to biological understanding

11.1.6 - organise and present information clearly to others;

11.1.8 - develop intercultural awareness through reading and discussion;

11.2.5 -recognise the attitude or opinion of the speaker(s) in unsupported extended talk on a wide range of general and curricular topics, including talk on a growing range of unfamiliar topics;

11.3.2 - ask and respond with appropriate syntax and vocabulary to open-ended higher-order thinking questions on a range of general and curricular topics, including some unfamiliar topics;

11.3.5 - interact with peers to make hypotheses and evaluate alternative proposals on a range of familiar and some unfamiliar general and curricular topics;

11.4.3-skim a range of lengthy texts with speed to identify content meriting closer reading  on a range of more complex and abstract,  general and curricular topics;

11.5.2.use a wide range of vocabulary, which is appropriate to topic and genre, and which is spelt accurately;

11.5.5-develop with minimal support coherent arguments supported when necessary by examples and reasons for a wide range of written genres in familiar general and curricular topics;

11.6.3 - use a variety of adjectives complemented by that, infinitive and wh- clauses on a wide range of general and curricular topics;                                                                    

11.1.2 - use speaking and listening skills to provide sensitive feedback to peers;        

11.1.4 - evaluate and respond constructively to feedback from others;                             

11.2.1 - understand the main points in unsupported extended talk on a wide range of general and curricular topics, including talk on a growing range of unfamiliar topics;                                                                                                                                  11.2.2 - understand specific information in unsupported extended talk on a wide range of general and curricular topics, including talk on a growing range of unfamiliar topics;                                                                                                                     11.3.2 - ask and respond with appropriate syntax and vocabulary to open-ended higher-order thinking questions on a range of general and curricular topics, including some unfamiliar topics;

11.3.4 - evaluate and comment on the views of others in a growing variety of talk contexts on a wide range of general and curricular topics, including some unfamiliar topics;

11.4.1 - understand complex and abstract main points in extended texts on a wide range of familiar and unfamiliar general and curricular topics;

11.4.5 - deduce meaning from context  in extended texts on a  wide range of familiar and unfamiliar general and curricular topics;

11.5.1 - plan, write, edit and proofread work at text level independently  on a wide range of general and curricular topics

11.5.3.- write with grammatical accuracy on a wide range of general and curricular topics;

11.5.4 - use style and register to achieve an appropriate degree of formality in a wide variety of written genres on general and curricular topics;

11.6.1 - use a variety of pre- and post- modifying noun structures on a wide range of general and curricular topics;

11.6.2 - use a variety of determiners relating to nouns for generic uses,  some appositional uses and textual reference on a wide range of general and curricular topics;

11.6.3 - use a variety of dependent prepositions with less common nouns, adjectives and verbs on a wide range of general and curricular topics;

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Journey to biological

Understanding Entering Test

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Journey to biological understanding

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Journey to biological understanding

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Journey to biological understanding

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Journey to biological

Understanding

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Formal and informal writing

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Formal and informal writing

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Formal and informal writing

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Formal and informal writing

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11

Formal and informal writing

Summative assessment for the unit «Making connections in biology»

12

Unit Revision

13

Unit 2:

Investigate and report on animal world: bats, eagles, bees and dolphins

(14 hours)

Introduction to the topic

11.1.1- use speaking and listening skills to solve problems creatively and cooperatively in groups;

11.1.3- respect differing points of view;

11.3.1- use formal and informal language registers in talk on a range of general and curricular topics, including some unfamiliar topics;

11.4.3 - skim a range of lengthy texts with speed to identify content meriting closer reading  on a range of more complex and abstract,  general and curricular topics;

11.4.5 - deduce meaning from context  in extended texts on a  wide range of familiar and unfamiliar general and curricular topics;

11.4.8 - select and evaluate paper and digital reference resources to check meaning and extend understanding;

11.6.6 - use a growing variety of impersonal and cleft structures on a wide range of general and curricular topics                                                                                                       11.1.3 - respect differing points of view;                                                                                       11.1.7 - develop and sustain a consistent argument when speaking or writing;

11.2.3 - understand the detail of an argument in unsupported extended talk on a wide range of general and curricular topics, including talk on a growing range of unfamiliar topics;

11.3.4 - evaluate and comment on the views of others in a growing variety of talk contexts on a wide range of general and curricular topics, including some unfamiliar topics;

11.3.5 - interact with peers to make hypotheses and evaluate alternative proposals on a range of familiar and some unfamiliar general and curricular topics;

11.5.1 - plan, write, edit and proofread work at text level independently  on a wide range of general and curricular topics

11.5.4 - use style and register to achieve an appropriate degree of formality in a wide variety of written genres on general and curricular topics;

11.6.7 - use a wide variety of simple perfect active and passive forms and a variety of perfect continuous forms on a wide range of general and curricular topics;

11.6.9 - use a wide variety of present and past forms, including a growing number of more nuanced contrasts [past and perfective aspect/simple and progressive aspect] on a wide range of general and curricular topics

11.1.4 - evaluate and respond constructively to feedback from others;

11.1.5 - use feedback to set personal learning objectives;

11.1.7 - develop and sustain a consistent argument when speaking or writing;

11.2.3 understand the detail of an argument in unsupported extended talk on a wide range of general and curricular topics, including talk on a growing range of unfamiliar topics;

11.2.8 - recognise inconsistencies in argument in extended talk on a range of general and curricular subjects, including some unfamiliar topics;

11.3.1 - use formal and informal language registers in talk on a range of general and curricular topics, including some unfamiliar topics;

11.3.4 - evaluate and comment on the views of others in a growing variety of talk contexts on a wide range of general and curricular topics, including some unfamiliar topics;

11.3.6 - navigate talk and modify language through paraphrase and correction in talk on a wide range of familiar and some unfamiliar general and curricular topics;

11.6.10 - use a wide variety of reported statement, command and question forms on a wide range of general and curricular topics

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Introduction to the topic

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Introduction to the topic

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Introduction to the topic

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Analyzing the specific features of animals

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Analyzing the specific features of animals

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Analyzing the specific features of animals

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Analyzing the specific features of animals

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Presentation of the animals’ specific features

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Presentation of the animals’ specific features

Summative assessment for the unit «Investigate and report on animal world: bats, eagles, bees and dolphins»

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23

Presentation of the animals’ specific features

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Presentation of the animals’ specific features

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25

Summative control work for the 1^st  term

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26

Unit revision

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2^nd  term 22 hours

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Unit 3:

Human brain

(12 hours)

Amazing human brain facts (based on the latest science)

11.6.4 - use a range of affixes with appropriate meaning and correct spelling on a wide range of general and curricular topics;

11.6.13 - use a variety of dependent prepositions with less common nouns, adjectives and verbs on a wide range of general and curricular topics;

11.6.14 - use a growing variety of more complex prepositional phrases including those relating to concession and respect use a variety of multi-word verbs of different syntactic types on a wide range of general and curricular topics

11.1.10 - use talk or writing as a means of reflecting on and exploring a range of perspectives on the world;

11.2.2- understand specific information in unsupported extended talk on a wide range of general and curricular topics, including talk on a growing range of unfamiliar topics;

11.3.2 - ask and respond with appropriate syntax and vocabulary to open-ended higher-order thinking questions on a range of general and curricular topics, including some unfamiliar topics;

11.3.4 - evaluate and comment on the views of others in a growing variety of talk contexts on a wide range of general and curricular topics, including some unfamiliar topics;

11.4.2 - understand specific information and detail in extended texts on a wide range of familiar and unfamiliar general and curricular topics;

11.5.4-use style and register to achieve an appropriate degree of formality in a wide variety of written genres on general and curricular topics;

11.6.4 - use a range of affixes with appropriate meaning and correct spelling on a wide range of general and curricular topics

11.6.12 - use a wide variety of past modal forms to express appropriate functions use a variety of near modal structures  including supposed to,  bound to, due, willing to on a wide range of general and curricular topics;

11.6.15- use a growing variety of more complex conjunctions to express  condition concession. and contrast  on a wide range of general and curricular  topics

11.1.7 - develop and sustain a consistent argument when speaking or writing;

11.1.9 - use imagination to express thoughts, ideas, experiences and feelings;

11.2.4 - understand implied meaning in unsupported extended talk on a wide range of general and curricular topics, including talk on a growing range of unfamiliar topics;

11.2.7 - understand speaker viewpoints and extent of explicit agreement between speakers on a range of general and curricular topics, including some unfamiliar topics

11.3.7 -use appropriate subject-specific vocabulary and syntax to talk about a range of familiar and some unfamiliar general and curricular topics;

11.4.4 - read a wide range of extended fiction and non-fiction texts on a variety of more complex and abstract general and curricular topics;

11.5.8 - communicate and respond to news and feelings in correspondence through a variety of functions on a wide range of general and curricular topics;

11.6.4 -use a range of affixes with appropriate meaning and correct spelling on a wide range of general and curricular topics

11.6.12 - use a wide variety of past modal forms to express appropriate functions 1use a variety of near modal structures  including supposed to,  bound to, due, w1illing to on a wide range of general and curricular topics

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Amazing human brain facts (based on the latest science)

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Amazing human brain facts (based on the latest science)

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Amazing human brain facts (based on the latest science)

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Giving and following instructions (How to use a  device)

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Giving and following instructions (How to use a  device)

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Giving and following instructions (How to use a  device)

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Giving and following instructions (How to use a  device)

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Using memory techniques

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Using memory techniques

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Using memory techniques

Summative assessment for the unit «Human brain»

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38

Unitrevision

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