Year 11 - Mutiara International Grammar School

MUTIARA INTERNATIONAL
GRAMMAR SCHOOL
CURRICULUM GUIDE
2014/2015
YEAR 11
TERM 1
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Dear Parents/Guardians,
This Senior School Curriculum guide goes an outline of the topics
and content being studied by your child /children for the coming
term.
We believe strongly in a partnership between parents and teachers
to support the education at your child / children.
The information included in this guide is one way at connecting
home and school.
Thank you
Helen Swan
Head of School
This Curriculum Guide is intended to give you a snapshot of what
is being taught this term in the various subjects your children are
studying.
We sincerely hope that you will find this information useful in
supporting your children to attain academic excellence.
Michael Bradfield
Head of Curriculum
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Head of School
:
Ms. Helen Swan
Dep. Head of School :
Mr. Jehabar Sadiq
Head of Curriculum :
Mr. Michael Bradfield
Examinations Officer& SIMS Coordinator: Mr. Shahul
Science & Mathematics
Mathematics
Biology
Chemistry
Physics
Science
English
English
English Literature
Modern Languages
Bahasa Malaysia
Communication Malay
Mandarin
French
Arabic
Islamic Studies (whole school)
Islamic Studies
Humanities
Geography
History
Cultural Studies
ICT (whole school)
ICT
Business Studies
Accounting
Creative Arts (whole school)
Art & Design
Music
Drama
Community Arts
P.E. (whole school)
PE
Head of Department- Ms Raj Mahal
Mr. Shahul/ Mr. Raj/ Mr. Ivan
Ms. Radhika/ Ms. Josebell
Ms. Radhika
Mr. Raj
Ms. Abbhi/ Ms. Josebell
Head of Department- Datin Christie
Datin Christie/ Mr. Sami/Ms. Angie
Mr. Sami
Head of Department- Ms Mariam Suo
Ms. Azleen/ Ms. Asma /Mr. Rodney
Ms. Azleen / Ms. Abbhi
Ms. Mariam
Ms. Sybille
Dr Houcine
Head of Department- Mr. Ali Maskur
Mr. Ali/
Head of Department – Mr. Matthew
Kennedy
Mr. Bradfield/ Mr. Rabin / Mr. Justin
Mr. Bradfield/ Mr Matthew
Ms. Azleen/ Mr. Matthew /Ms. Angie
Head of Department- Ms. Kuna
Ms. Kuna/ Ms. Delphy / Mr. Justin
Mr. Jehabar / Mr. Justin
Mr. Jehabar
Head of Department- Ms Jackie
Ms. Jackie/ Mr. Ajesh
Ms. Farisya
Mr. Ajesh
Mr. Ajesh/ Ms. Winnie / Ms. Hannah
Head of Department- Mr. Rodney
Mr. Rodney/ Ms. Hannah / Ms Stephanie
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ENGLISH FIRST LANGUAGE
Reading Passages.
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Pupils select and organize material for answering questions.
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They write information in a more concise form, taking care
to use own words.
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Pupils take note of command words in the question, to
ensure the correct and precise response.
Directed writing.
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Pupils continue further practice on presenting and
transforming information, with particular emphasis on
persuasive style of writing: letter or article
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Pupils will continue to: write dialogue, interview, friendly
letter, complaint letter, advice letter, speech and newspaper
report.
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They will practice past year IGCSE papers.
Continuous Writing.
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Pupils continue with further practice of the skills of
Descriptive Writing: To develop ideas and images, to
describe complex atmospheres with a range of details.
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They are to provide an overall structure, through devices
such as movements of the writer, or the creation of
atmosphere or tension.
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Next, pupils will explore and come up with ideas for
Narrative Writing. The specific tasks that they will learn
are how to create an appropriate setting, original plot and
life-like characters.
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Pupils will attempt and practice exam-style essay topics.
ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE
Pupils will focus on reading, writing, listening and speaking.
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Reading and writing skills
Pupils will review vocabulary, read about transport,
research islands, write a description, and write notes.
 Read maps and graphs, read about an archaeological
discovery, and look at abbreviations. Write using
information from a graph.
 Read about veganism, research food measurements, and
technical words. Write an informal letter
 Read about advertising, research the law about
advertisements listen to an interview and make notes. Write
a competition entry.
 Read about and research home-education, write an informal
letter. Use information on a table to write a description.
 Read about how animals can help humans. Write a formal
letter, read some guidelines for giving a presentation.
 Listening skills: Pupils will be tested on vocabulary and
reading.
Topics: Part 1: Leisure and entertainment
Part 2: Work and education.
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ENGLISH LITERATURE
Reading
1. Comment, understand and discuss literary context,
character, relationship, theme,
motifs and symbols in Oscar Wilde’s The Importance
of Being Earnest.
2. Understand the writer’s intentions and methods, and
respond to the writer’s use
of language (author’s craft).
3. Compare the presentation of ideas, values or emotions
in related or contrasting texts.
4. Comment, understand and discuss the anthology of
Nineteenth and Twentieth Century
poetry in English from Songs of Ourselves.
5. Refer closely to detail, outside opinions and use of
relevant quotations to support
discussions and opinions.
Writing
1. Refer closely to detail/knowledge and use of relevant
quotations to support written
responses to general and set essay questions.
2. Produce formal essays in Standard English within a
specified time, writing fluently,
legibly and maintaining technical accuracy when
writing at speed and at length.
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3. Write empathically in character within a specified time,
writing fluently, legibly and maintaining technical
accuracy when writing at speed and at length.
MATHEMATICS
Vectors
 Find modulus
 Use position vectors and coplanar vectors
 Find resultant vectors
Matrices
 Matrix order
 Zero and Identity matrix
 Inverse Matrix
 Matrix operation
Transformations
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Translations Reflections, Rotation,
Enlargements, Stretching and Shearing
 Describe transformations
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AO MATHEMATICS
Trigonometry
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General
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Graphs of Trigonometric functions
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Simple identities
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Trigonometric Equations
Differentiation
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General
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Product rule
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Quotient rule
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Applications
Integration
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Plane areas
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Kinematics
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BIOLOGY
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Homeostasis
Drugs
Reproduction
Growth & development
CHEMISTRY
Acids & Alkalis
Preparation of salts
Identification of ions & gases
Metals – reactivity series, extraction & uses
Air & Water
Sulfur & Carbonates
PHYSICS
Electric Quantities
o Electric charge
o Current
o Potential difference
o E.m.f
o Resistance
o Electrical energy
Electric Circuits
o Circuit diagrams
o Series and parallel circuits
o Action and using circuit components
o Digital electronics
Dangers of electricity
Magnetism Phenomena
INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
Part 1 Types and components of computer system
Revision Past Years Question Bank
Part 2 Input and output devices
Revision Past Years Question Bank
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Part 3 Storage devices and media
Revision Past Years Question Bank
Part 4 Computer Network
Revision Past Years Question Bank
Part 5 Data Type
Revision Past Years Question Bank
Part 6 The Effects of using ICT
Revision Past Years Question Bank
Part 7 The Ways in which ICT is used
Revision Past Years Question Bank
Part 8 Systems Analysis and Design
Revision Past Years Question Bank
Part 9 Communication
Revision Past Years Question Bank
Part 10 Document Production
Revision Past Years Question Bank
Part 11 Data Manipulation
Revision Past Years Question Bank
Part 12 Integration
Revision Past Years Question Bank
Part 13 Output data
Revision Past Years Question Bank
Part 14 Data Analysis
Revision Past Years Question Bank
Part 15 Website Authoring
Revision Past Years Question Bank
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Part 16 Presentation Authoring
Revision Past Years Question Bank
ACCOUNTING
1. Bank Reconciliation Statements
2. Journal Entries and Correction of Errors
3. Control Account
4. Incomplete Records
5. Accounts of Club and Societies
BUSINESS STUDIES
1. What is marketing?
2. What do customers want?
3. Handling information
4. What product?
5. How much is it?
6. How do businesses attract customers?
7. How does the customer get the product?
8. Marketing, planning and strategy
9. How are goods produced?
10. Letting people know
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11. Why do people work?
FRENCH
Oral
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Writing and oral for 5 minutes on a chosen topic
Role play initiation
Learn how to write a dialogue, friendly letter, or compliant
letter, that is, of various context.
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Preparation for IGCSE continuous writing
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Translating a text into English
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Converting a text from a tense to another
MANDARIN
Year 11
1. Social celebrations in China and their contributions.
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Chinese New year
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Moon cake festival
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Dragon boat festival
2. Chinese history of “Qing dynasty”
3. Continues writing
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Formal letter writing
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Short massage writing
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Creating stories
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Descriptive writing
4. Speaking
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My
country
/hometown
friends/
family
/hobbies/ambitious
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The advantage and disadvantage of using internet
Pupils get to know some of social celebrations in China and their
contributions, and histories of China. Pupils will also be able to
express their ideal and write essays in Mandarin.
GEOGRAPHY
1- Plate tectonics
 Layers of the earth& convection currents
 Types of plate boundaries
 Earthquakes
 Volcanoes
 Impacts of earthquakes and volcanoes
 Preparing for earthquakes and volcanoes
 Case studies
2- Farming
 Types of farming
 Farming and the environment
 EU agricultural policies
 Global food supplies and malnutrition
 Case studies
3- Energy
 Types of energy and their advantages and
disadvantages
 World energy consumption
 Case studies
4- Industry
 Industrial location factors
 Changes in industry
 Case studies
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HISTORY
America and Containment of Communism
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The USSR’s Relations with the States of Eastern Europe
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The UN
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ISLAMIC RELIGION AND CULTURE
Major teachings of the prophet: individual conduct and life
in the community. (The Hadiths will be selected from the
syllabus).
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Preparation for the GCE O Level Examination: Review on
Previous topics, discussion on the past years papers and tips
/ strategies.
ART & DESIGN
1. Coursework project –Component 4
2. Process and research
3. Gallery visit
4. Field Trip
5. Explore a variety of media
6. Using new media to enhance Artworks
7. Preparation for component 4 final piece
8. Review work
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COMMUNITY ARTS
1. Reading ( Wisdom reading club)
2. Discuss possible projects
3. Sharing knowledge/workshop with experts, from that
particular field
4. Reading workshops
5. Sharing skills with School community
6. Field workshops (Working with local schools)
7. Community Art blog/journal
8. Introduction to “Theory of Knowledge”
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
FOOTBALL
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Body Conditioning / Coordination and Endurance Exercise
Basic Skills
Positioning
Defense
Skills
Rules
Fouls and Their Penalties
Skills Application
BASKETBALL
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Body Conditioning / Coordination and Endurance Exercise
Basic Skills
Skills
Rules
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Positions
Defensive Systems
Skills Application
NETBALL
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Body Conditioning / Coordination and Endurance Exercise
Basic Skills
Throwing
Catching
Blocking Footwork
Skill Application
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VISION
Discovering Potential, Learning to Care,
Respecting Differences.
MISSION
“Our mission is to challenge each student to reach their full
potential by offering an international curriculum that encourages
students to become lifelong learners, develop intellectual curiosity
and a thirst for innovation”.
CLIENTS CHARTER
Mutiara International Grammar School will endeavor to:
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Provide opportunities in all aspects of the curriculum for
students to reach their full potential.
 Provide best practice in Teaching and Learning.
Provide a safe, caring, happy and conducive environment
for all.
 Provide opportunities for the use of technology.
Ensure that each child appreciates that serving and caring
brings the highest rewards in life.
Develop an awareness for the need for stewardship of the
earth’s resources.
Lot 707, Jalan Kerja Ayer Lama, Ampang Jaya
68000 Ampang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
Tel:(603)42521452/42578678 Fax:(603)42523452
Email :migs@tm.net.my Website:www.migs.edu.my
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