By Karim Tahtawy

My
English Language
Teaching Strategies
and Lesson Planning
 I am

Karim Tahtawy

Junior and Senior High School English Teacher

IBDP TOK Instructor
3eme, 2nde, 1ere, 1ere (AMC), and Tle
are the classes I am currently teaching
at the French division
 Index
1. Tackling the four skills

2. Curriculum Outline

3. Scaffolding
and other teaching strategies

4. Projects and Assessments

 1.
Tackling the four skills
Basic English Skills
 2.
Curriculum Outline
Classes Niveau cible Notions

Langages

Cycle 4 : École et société

de A2 à B1
3° Voyages et migrations

Rencontre avec d’autres cultures

 1 TRIMESTER – 3EME
ST
SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 1 2
8 9 10 11 12 13 14 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
15 16 17 18 19 20 21 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
22 23 24 25 26 27 28 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
29 30 27 28 29 30 31 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31

SEPTEMBER – Round-up OCTOBER – Round-up NOVEMBER – Round-up DECEMBER – Round-up

• Introduction to the English • Oliver Twist novel Cont’d. Oliver Twist novel wrap-up
language course. • Clauses & phrases. Full revision
• Compiled comprehension texts • Subject-verb agreement. End of term exam
collective correction. • Phrasal verbs.
• Introduction to British Literature. • Informal and formal register.
• Elements of literature. • Copybook check
• Commencement of Charles • Graded test
Dicken’s Oliver Twist Novel.
• Grammar: Relative Pronouns,
direct & indirect speech.
• Skills: Reading texts, Listening
passages, and Informal letter
writing
• Graded Test
2 ND
TRIMESTER – 3EME
JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 1 2
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
28 29 30 31 25 26 27 28 29 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31

JANUARY – Round-up FEBRUARY – Round-up MARCH – Round-up

• 2nd trimester course introduction • Commencement of The • The Outsiders Chapter 1 and 2
• Introduction to contemporary Outsiders novel by S.E Hinton. quiz
American literature. • Argumentative writing technique • Rhetorical Appeals – Ethos,
• Present and past tenses. • Listening Practice Pathos, Logos
• Listening Practice • Copybook check • Full revision
• Graded Test • Graded Test • End of term exam
 3 RD
TRIMESTER – 3EME
APRIL MAY JUNE
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 1
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
28 29 30 26 27 28 29 30 31 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30

APRIL – Round-up MAY – Round-up JUNE – Round-up

• Rhetorical appeals quiz • TBD • TBD
• Evalang Online Placement Test • Graded Test • End of term exam
• Listening Practice
• Comprehension passages and
writing assignments
• Graded Test
 Classes Niveau cible Thématique Axes

Vivre entre générations

Les univers professionnels, le monde du

travail

Le village, le quartier, la ville

Représentation de soi et rapport à autrui

L’art du vivre ensemble dans l’aire
2nde B1/B1+
linguistique concernée
Sport et société

La création et le rapport aux arts

Sauver la planète, penser les futurs

possibles

Le passé dans le présent

Identités et échanges

Espace privé et espace public

Art et pouvoir

Citoyenneté et mondes virtuels

Cycle terminal :
Gestes fondateurs et mondes en
de B1+ à B2
mouvement Fictions et réalités
1° et terminale
Innovations scientifiques et
responsabilité

Diversité et inclusion

Territoire et mémoire.
 1 TRIMESTER – 2NDE
ST
SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 1 2
8 9 10 11 12 13 14 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
15 16 17 18 19 20 21 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
22 23 24 25 26 27 28 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
29 30 27 28 29 30 31 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31

SEPTEMBER – Round-up OCTOBER – Round-up NOVEMBER – Round-up DECEMBER – Round-up

• Introduction to the English • Christopher Marlowe’s Dr. Christopher Marlowe’s Dr. Faustus play wrap-up.
language course. Faustus play Cont’d. Full revision
• Techniques of Persuasive Writing • Context clues. End of term exam
(PEEL). • Punctuation: semi-colons,
• Compiled comprehension texts colons, commas…etc.
collective correction. • Types of Ads.
• Introduction to British Literature. • Deconstruction of Ads.
• Elements of literature. • Copybook check
• Commencement of Christopher • Graded test
Marlowe’s Dr. Faustus play.
• Grammar: Present and Past
tenses.
• Active and Passive Voice.
• The three Rs.
• Graded Test.
2 ND
TRIMESTER – 2NDE
JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 1 2
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
28 29 30 31 25 26 27 28 29 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31

JANUARY – Round-up FEBRUARY – Round-up MARCH – Round-up

• 2nd trimester course introduction • Commencement of Sherlock • Sherlock Holmes and the
• Formal and informal letter Holmes and the Speckled Band Speckled Band wrap-up
writing technique by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle • Grammar: Pronoun Cases
• Subject-verb agreement • Writing a blog technique • Full revision
• Listening Practice • Listening Practice • End of term exam
• Graded Test • Copybook check
• Graded Test
3 RD
TRIMESTER – 2NDE
APRIL MAY JUNE
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 1
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
28 29 30 26 27 28 29 30 31 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30

APRIL – Round-up MAY – Round-up JUNE – Round-up

• Commencement of The Tell-tale • TBD • TBD
Heart by Edgar Allan Poe • Graded Test • End of term exam
• The difference between a
psychopath and a sociopath.
• Listening Practice
• Comprehension passages and
writing assignments
• Graded Test
 1 TRIMESTER – 1ERE
ST
SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 1 2
8 9 10 11 12 13 14 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
15 16 17 18 19 20 21 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
22 23 24 25 26 27 28 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
29 30 27 28 29 30 31 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31

SEPTEMBER – Round-up OCTOBER – Round-up NOVEMBER – Round-up DECEMBER – Round-up

• Introduction to the English • Mitch Albom’s For One More Day Mitch Albom’s For One More Day novel wrap-up.
language course. novel Cont’d. Full revision
• MLA Research Methodology • Argumentative writing End of term exam
• Compiled comprehension texts techniques.
collective correction. • Listening comprehension.
• Introduction to contemporary • Reading Comprehension Texts.
American literature. • Copybook check
• Elements of literature • Graded test
• Commencement of Mitch
Albom’s For One More Day novel
• Literary criticism from a
psychological perspective.
• Grammar: Modal Verbs.
• Present, past, and future tenses.
• Graded Test.
 2 ND
TRIMESTER – 1ERE
JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 1 2
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
28 29 30 31 25 26 27 28 29 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31

JANUARY – Round-up FEBRUARY – Round-up MARCH – Round-up

• 2nd trimester course introduction • Commencement of 1984 by • 1984 by George Orwell Cont’d.
• Grammar: If-conditionals George Orwell • Grammar: Time clauses
• Comprehension passages • Persuasive writing technique • The environment and climate
• Listening Practice • Listening Practice change comprehension passages.
• Graded Test • Copybook check • Full revision
• Graded Test • End of term exam
3 RD
TRIMESTER – 1ERE
APRIL MAY JUNE
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 1
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
28 29 30 26 27 28 29 30 31 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30

APRIL – Round-up MAY – Round-up JUNE – Round-up

• 1984 by George Orwell Cont’d. • TBD • TBD
• Listening Practice • Graded Test • End of term exam
• Comprehension passages and
writing assignments
• Graded Test
 1 TRIMESTER – TLE
ST
SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 1 2
8 9 10 11 12 13 14 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
15 16 17 18 19 20 21 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
22 23 24 25 26 27 28 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
29 30 27 28 29 30 31 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31

SEPTEMBER – Round-up OCTOBER – Round-up NOVEMBER – Round-up DECEMBER – Round-up

• Introduction to the English • Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby novel Cont’d.
language course. novel Cont’d. Full revision
• Techniques of Persuasive Writing • Listening comprehension. End of term exam
(PEEL). • Reading Comprehension Texts.
• Compiled comprehension texts • Copybook check
collective correction. • Graded test
• MLA Research Methodology.
• Commencement of Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
• Criticism from a sociological
perspective.
• Graded Test.
2 ND
TRIMESTER – TLE
JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 1 2
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
28 29 30 31 25 26 27 28 29 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31

JANUARY – Round-up FEBRUARY – Round-up MARCH – Round-up

• 2nd trimester course introduction • Writing a report technique • Time clauses
• Introduction to short stories and • Listening Practice • Punctuation
their notable writers: “A Slander” • Copybook check • Peer Editing
Anton Chekov and “I Guess • Graded Test • Proofreading
Everything Reminds You of • Full revision
Something” and “The Capital of • End of term exam
the World” by Ernest Hemingway
• Listening Practice
• Graded Test
3 RD
TRIMESTER – TLE
APRIL MAY JUNE
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 1
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
28 29 30 26 27 28 29 30 31 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30

APRIL – Round-up MAY – Round-up JUNE – Round-up

• The Great Gatsby wrap-up • TBD • TBD
• Criticism from a Marxist • Graded Test • End of term exam
perspective
• Listening Practice
• Comprehension passages and
writing assignments
• Graded Test
 3.
Scaffolding
and other teaching
strategies
Scaffolding
Literature Circles
 Literature Circles
1. Students choose an English novel.
2. Small groups are formed, based upon book choice
3. Different groups read different books
4. Students must read the assigned pages decided by their group and complete their
role sheet every week.
5. Groups meet every Thursday to discuss their reading.
6. Students use their role sheets to guide both their reading and discussion.
7. Each week students take upon a new role.
8. Discussion topics come from the students.
9. Group meetings aim to be open, natural conversations about books, so personal
connections, digressions, and open-ended questions are welcome.
10. The teacher serves as a facilitator, not a group member or instructor.
11. During Literature Circles each student is provided with the opportunity to
participate in the conversation and engage in critical thinking.
12. Evaluation is by teacher observation and student self-evaluation.
Bloom’s Taxonomy
 4.
Projects and
Assessments
English Radio Drama
 Assessments
Pre-reading Checks

Quizzes

End of term assessments

Thank You