ELEVENTH GRADE

Suggested sample Content Analysis

of Modules 1, 2, 3 (for Teaching)

Text Book: Jordan Opportunities Grade: Eleven

Title of the Module 1: The SEA

Vocabulary

1. Getting Organized (p. 4): Key Words:

     adventure, stories, the sea, civilization,  design…etc.

1. Word Power (p.5) Vocab in the Reading text:

     English in the Third Millennium

1. Warm-up (p.7): leisure activities, adjectives
2. Sea Stories short texts (pp.8-9): wordbuilding
3. At the Seaside  Reading Text (pp.10-11):

     key words

1. Going Overseas (Listening Comprehension

     Text): (pp.12-13): key words

1. Undersea world: extract from a Promotion

      brochure (pp.14-15):Marine animals,

      adjectives: Key Words

1. Review (p.20): vocabulary revision

Grammar and structures:

1. Grammar (p.6) self test and self assessment of

      grammar ( articles,  adverbs, adjectives, nouns,

      tenses, pronouns, quantity expressions,

      prepositions)

1. Sea Stories short texts (pp.8-9):Linking words:

      time linkers

1. At the Seaside  Reading Text (pp.10-11):

       Present Perfect 3

1. Undersea world: extract from a Promotion

       brochure (pp.14-15):Comparison of adjectives

1. Review (p.20): comparative adjectives used

       for description

Functions:

1. Going Overseas (Listening Text): (pp.12-13):

     Function: interaction (using words and expressions

     to keep a conversation going)

1. Communication Workshop (pp.16-17):

      Function: Giving opinions

1. Focus on Jordan 1 (pp. 18-19): The Dead Sea

      Text: Function: Measurements

Listening :

1. Warm-up (p.7):Identifying activities
2. Going Overseas (Listening Comprehension

      Text): (pp.12-13): Radio programme (listening

      strategies: listening for specific information)

1. Communication Workshop (pp.16-17):

      listening: a song

Speaking:

1. Sea Stories short texts (pp.8-9): disaster situations
2. Going Overseas (Listening Comprehension Text):

      (pp.12-13): Interview

1. Going Overseas (Listening Text): (pp.12-13):

      Pronunciation: showing interest

1. Communication Workshop (pp.16-17):

      Public debate

1. Review (p.20):Pronunciation: /a:/   /O:/   /3:/

Reading:

1. Warm-up (p.5) Reading text: English in the

       Third Millennium ( Reading strategy: dealing

       with new words)

1. Sea Stories short texts (pp.8-9) Reading strategy:

      sequencing

1. At the Seaside  Reading Text (pp.10-11):

            a personal letter

1. Undersea world: extract from a Promotion

       brochure (pp.14-15):An aquarium

       brochure

1. Focus on Jordan 1 (pp. 18-19): The Dead Sea 

       Reading comprehension Text: Main ideas

       ( cause and effect; measurements)

Writing:

1. Communication Workshop (pp.16-17):

       Writing: comments in a note form

1. Writing: a report (thinking of pros and cons)

       ( Write a report about a place you have visited:

     support your opinion with evidence (pros and cons)

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Title of the Module 2: CIVILIZATIONS

Vocabulary:

1. Warm-up (p.21): talking about time (years,

       centuries plus prepositions)

1. Ibn Battuta (p.22-23) Reading text: Key Words :

(Types of people-- ambassador, explorer,

hermit, judge.)

1. Knowledge  (pp.28-29) Reading a Page from an

Information leaflet: Key Words:  audio cassettes,  

Resources)

1. Sightseeing (pp.24-25): Key Words
2. The Incas (pp.56-27): Listening text: Key Words
3. Review (p.32): vocabulary revision

Grammar and structures:

1.      Sightseeing (pp.24-25):A text from a brochure):

      future arrangements and intentions: (Present

      continuous, simple present, going to)

2.      Knowledge  (pp.28-29) Reading a Page from an

       information leaflet: will for decision; time clauses

       (as soon as, before, when plus simple present)

3.      Review (p.32): tenses plus linking words( although,

       if, as soon as, when, before)

4.      Language Problem-solving 1 (p.34): Question tags

Functions:

The Incas (pp.26-27): Functions: Asking for, giving

      and refusing permission

Listening :

1. Warm-up (p.21):Slideshow; Listening to a recording

       about events in history

1. Sightseeing (pp.24-25):Listening comprehension:

       a recorded conversation:

1. The Incas (pp.26-27):  recorded tour guide presentation:

      Listening strategy: (Multiple Choice comprehension

      questions; extracting specific details)

1. Communication Workshop (pp.30-31):listening

       comprehension: a story

Speaking:

1. Ibn Battuta (p.22-23) Reading text: sharing plans
2. The Incas (pp.26-27):  Listening to a recorded text:

      asking for permission

1. Communication Workshop (pp.30-31):

      Giving a short talk about a civilization

1. The Incas (pp.26-27):  Pronunciation: unstressed

     words

1. Review (p.32):Pronunciation: / d/  /t/

Reading:

1. Ibn Battuta (p.22-23) Reading  a history extract text:

      Reading strategy: gapped sentences

1. Sightseeing (pp.24-25):Reading a brochure:

     comprehension

1. Knowledge  (pp.28-29) Reading a page from an

      Information leaflet: Comprehension of

       Information in a leaflet.

1. Culture Corner (p.33): London: an Information

       promotion and description leaflet ( gist;

        specific details)

Writing:

1. Sightseeing (p.25): Writing/sentence level

2. Communication Workshop (pp.30-31): Write a

      review of a book or  story  following the

      suggested stages

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Title of the Module 3: DESIGN

Vocabulary

1. Warm-up (p.35): Words to do with design
2. A Matter of Taste (pp.36-37) Museum Guide text:

       Key Words:   adjectives (opposites)

1. Great buildings (pp. 38-39): Key Words in a recorded

      text: (descriptive) architecture words

1. Style (pp. 40-41): an extract from a magazine.

       Vocabulary: hair, clothes and style

1. Dream houses (pp. 42-43): an extract from a

      short story The House on Mango Street: Key

1. Words: Describing a house; American and

       British words

1. Review (p.32): vocabulary revision
2. Communication Workshop (pp.44-47): Design and

      describe your perfect house or flat:

Grammar and structures:

1. A Matter of Taste (pp.36-37) Museum Guide text:

      Grammar: Prepositions of time and place( at, on,

       in, during, between, across, behind, near, above,

        under, along)

1. Style (pp. 40-41): an extract from a magazine.

       Relative clauses (who, that , which, where, whose)    

1. Communication Workshop (pp.44-45): Linking 'so that'
2. Review (p.48): structure  revision (relative pronouns:

      who, that, which, where, whose)

Functions:

1. Great buildings (pp. 38-39): a recorded text:

      describing places

2. Communication Workshop (pp.44-45):Function:

      discussion (prefer, my opinion…etc.)

Listening :

Great buildings (pp. 38-39): a recorded text:

   radio program: Listening strategies: self assessment

Speaking:

1. Warm-up (p.35): discussing designs

2. Great buildings (pp. 38-39): a recorded text:

     describing  a building

3. Dream houses (pp. 42-43): describing  rooms

4. Communication Workshop (pp.44-45):discussing a

     painting: Speaking strategy: expressing yourself fluently

5. Review (p.48): Pronunciation:   /I /  /i:/

Reading:

1. A Matter of Taste (pp.36-37) Museum Guide text:

    an art exhibition brochure: scanning and skimming

2. Dream houses (pp. 42-43): A short story The House on

     Mango Street: Reading strategy: self assessment

Writing:

Communication Workshop (pp.44-47): Describing

      a house:Design and describe your perfect house or flat:

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Suggested  sample Eleventh Grade Objectives for

Modules (for Teaching)

Text Book: Jordan Opportunities Grade: Eleven

Vocabulary

1.        show understanding  of meaning of vocabulary

         items at the sentence level through grammatically

        and semantically correct completion of sentences

2.        show understanding  of meaning of vocabulary

         items as used at the short text  level

Grammar and structures:

1.        produce equivalent meaning of sentences through

      applying relevant transformations

2.        identify correct tense usage

3.        produce correct usage of structures appropriate to

      the secondary level using given semantic and

      linguistic clues

Functions:

1.        identify correct use and usage of learnt structures 

      to produce appropriate responses to given situations

2.        identify appropriate language functions

Listening :

1. show understanding of the general ideas in a

          recorded text

2. extract specific details from a recorded text

3. infer attitudes and emotions and implicit ideas

         in a recorded text

Speaking:

1.        use relevant vocabulary and structures to narrate

      personal experiences about adventures,

      civilizations, modern living styles

2.        identify and produce word stress correctly

3.        use relevant vocabulary and structures to orally

      employ the functions  of expressing opinions,

4.        asking for  and granting permission and  descriptions

 Reading:

1.        identify the main ideas in different  text-types covering

      various kinds of general themes (skimming)

2.        extract specific details from a given text (scanning)

3.        identify relationships of ideas in a given text

            (such as cause and effect)

4.        identify the correct use and usage of cohesive devices

      in a given text

5.        identify the attitude of the writer

6.        employ critical thinking skills to authenticate

      conclusions based on ideas  in a given text

7.   deduce the meaning of new vocabulary items using

      vocabulary attack skills already learnt

8.   use appropriate contextual semantic and syntactic

      clues to identify bias in a text

Writing:

1.        employ vocabulary and structures already learnt to

      produce  a two-paragraph composition on general

      topics and themes covered in the  curriculum

      ( such as writing  a report, write a review of a story, writing notes and

      comments, an advertisement, a letter, a descriptive,

      narrative, analytical, or expository composition).

2.        employ correct punctuation and spelling rules

3.        apply appropriate grammatical rules to produce

      semantically and linguistically correct sentences 

      using contextual clues 

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Text Book: Jordan Opportunities Grade: Eleven

Suggested sample

Content Analysis (For Testing)

of Modules 1, 2, 3  

First Semester 2006-2007

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