Syllabus - High School – Level 4 Quarter Three

Timeline	Skills/Objectives	Assignments	Status
Week 1 Future plans. Travel. The environment. Months of the year. (*All common topic areas.)	The students will learn the following: Grammar: The future tense. Verb forms VII and VIII, X. Other features of verbs. Vocabulary study.	Students undertake classroom activity: Create verb forms chart with examples of commonly used verbs fitting each form. Students practice listening: Reading comprehension exercises.
Week 2 Talking about yourself, childhood, nationality, and family. Describing character and feelings. The Arab World: a look at Egypt.	Developing confidence and fluency in speaking. Revision of greetings and essential vocabulary for the set exercises. Widening vocabulary.	*Students work in pairs: Meeting someone for the first time. *Students practice writing: Developing style. *Students practice reading comprehension:)0mm Kalthoum(from page 15 of Mastering Arabic, Book 2 by Wightwick, J and Mahmoud, G (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007) And Naguib Mahfouz( on page 17).
3 Week  House and Home. For rent. The Arab World: a look at Saudi.	Grammar review: *the plural *adjectives and plural Vocabulary: *adjectives describing home and local enviroment	*Unit page 2 (page 20-36) of Mastering Arabic, Book 2 by Wightwick, J and Mahmoud, G (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007). *Topic 2 in build your Arabic Vocabulary by Shirwani, H (GW Publishing, 2007). *teacher’s own materials with reference to the Minimum Core Vocabulary List (mcvl) from Appendix 5 in Edexcel GCSE in Arabic: Teacher Guide (from 2009)
Week 4 Individual speaking tests from previous week and introduction to Myself and others (*Personal information) from Mastering Arabic, Book 2 by Wightwick, J and Mahmoud, G (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007).	Listening/emulating Developing fluency. Developing variety of response.	Teacher and students engage in classroom activity: random volunteered individual speaking test.
Week 5 Food and cooking. Food and drink. At the greengrocer’s. Reserving a table	Expressions of measurement and quantities. Vocabulary study and weights and measures.	Students undertake classroom activities : making posters, powerpoint  prsentations, illustrations to help the assimilation of new vocabulary, working in pairs groups in role play
Week 6 Customer service and transactions      in the market. Describing what you have		Practice sheet Doing exercises : a. filling in the blanks. b. Pointing out some words. c. Vocalizing words and sentences.
Week 7 Climate and the environment Holiday plans talking about the future	Grammar: Forming the future tense Other ways of expressing the future The particle len (Vocabulary learning)	Students practice reading comprehension. Students practice speaking Students practice listening comprehension. Students practice writing(short tasks):postcards; advertisements with reference to holidays and the environment.
Week 8 Mock examination	Papers 01,03,04 during the course of the week	Teacher gives oral tests throughout the week
Week 9	Test