Coordinator: Alison Choy

Tsang Pik Shan Secondary School

F.6 English
Teaching Schedule (2012-2013)
Materials used

HKDSE Exam Skills Paper 3 Volume 2 (Set A)

Learning English through Workplace communication- School based material
CE past papers
HK Exam Authority Practice Papers

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3 Sep 2012 21 Sep 2012
Exam Skills Plus Volume 2 Unit 7 Celebrations & Unit 8 A book fair
Unit
Vocabulary
Listening skills
Integrated skills

7 Celebrations
(p. 2)

8 Keep in touch
(p.25)

Making
Vocabulary
and
related
to
completing lists
parties
and
(p. 4)

celebrations (p.
Matching
2)
information (p.
6)
Taking
phone
messages (p. 7)
V
ocabulary Listening
and
related
to
labelling
communication
diagrams (p. 28)
Listening
(p. 26)
for
comparisons and
preferences (p.
29)
Grammar link:
Comparison of
adjectives
and
adverbs (p. 29)
Listening
for
attitudes
and
opinions (p. 31)

Knowing the
question

Understanding
Writing
transcripts (p. 8)
task (p. 14)
Grammar
link:
Reported speech (p. 9)
Writing invitations (p.
10)
Writing
thank-you
letters (p. 12)
Reading
directories Listening
and floor plans (p. 32)
task (p. 40)
Changing information
in the Data File (p. 34)
Writing articles (p. 37)

Exam-taking skills

Preparing to
practise & Exam
practice
Coping
with Pp. 16-22
different speakers
(p. 15)

How
to
write pp. 42-49
effective answers
(p. 41)

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24 Sep 2012 5 Oct 2012 Exam Practice: HKDSE

Paper 1
Sample Paper
What will HK look like in 2047?
Come back and ask me in 40 years
Hong Kong now and then
The Choosing
Boys the classroom time bomb
Paper 2
2012
Learning English through Short Stories

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8 Oct 2012 26 Oct 2012
Exam Skills Plus Volume 2 Unit 9 Natural disaster relief & Unit 10 Extraordinary science
Unit
Vocabulary
Listening skills
Integrated skills
Knowing the
question
9 Endangered
species
(p. 57)

Vocabulary
related to
animal
conservation

(p. 58)

10 The latest thing

(p. 73)

Vocabulary
related to
technology
(p. 86)

Exam-taking skills

Preparing to
practise & Exam
practice
pp. 73-81

Listening for
descriptions of cause
and effect, problems
and solutions (p. 60)
Grammar link:
Connectives (p. 61)
Summarizing
information (p. 63)
Evaluating
information (p. 64)

Following
instructions (p. 66)
Linking ideas (p. 68)
Writing formal
letters (p. 69)

Writing task
(p. 71)

Spelling and
vocabulary (p.
72)

Listening for
descriptions of
objects, pictures or
drawings (p. 88)
Listening for spoken
instructions (p. 90)
Listening for
changes and selfcorrections (P.92)

Classifying
information (p. 94)
Writing press
releases (p. 95)
Writing proposal (p.
97)
Grammar link:
Modals (p. 98)

Writing task
(p. 128)

How to make
pp. 88-92
additions,
deletions or
amendments to
your answers (p.
101)

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29 Oct 2012 9 Nov 2012 Exam Practice: HKDSE
Paper 1
Practice Paper
An Ocean Apart
Dogs on the mend after pit bull attack
Chinas Army of irregular recyclers face scrapheap
Paper 2
2012
Learning English through Poems and Songs

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12 Nov 2012 30 Nov 2012
Exam Skills Plus Volume 2 Unit 11 Charities and voluntary work & Unit 12 A marketing project
Unit
Vocabulary
Listening skills
Integrated skills
Knowing the
Exam-taking skills
question
11 Give a
little (p. 97)

12
In
business

Vocabulary
related to
charities and
voluntary
work (p.
114)

Vocabulary
related to

Listening for main

ideas and
supporting points
(p. 116)
Distinguishing
facts from opinions
(p. 117)
Grammar link:
Patterns and
phrases expressing
opinion (p. 118)
Listening for
implied meanings
(p. 120)
Understanding
attitudes and
implied meanings
from the speakers
tone and volume
(p. 121)

Revision (p. 144)

Writing task (p.

128)

Checking your
work (p. 128)

Identifying similar and

contrasting ideas and
opinions (p. 122)
Writing speeches (p. 124)

Revision (p. 144)

Listening task (p.

157)

Checking your
radio and

Preparing to
practise & Exam
practice
pp. 112-117

pp. 140145

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(p. 141)

voluntary
work and
business
(p. 142)

stationery work
on the day of the
exam (p. 158)

03 Dec 2012 18 Dec 2012 Exam Practice: HKDSE

Paper 1
2012
Game Boys get Unplugged/ Saving the World, one Patch at a Time
Paper 2
2012
Learning English through Workplace Communication
Paper 3
2012
Extended Task: Writing a reply e-mail/ description for website
Paper 3
Sample Paper
Extended Task: Writing a reply e-mail
Paper 3
Practice Paper
Extended Task: Writing a reply e-mail

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03 Jan 2012 18 Dec 2012 School based material
Learning English through Workplace communication
Assessment
Summative
- quizzes
- uniform tests
- exams

Formative
- feedback from teachers
- homework assignments
- classroom learning/teaching
- questioning
- conferencing
- peer observation
- discussion & reflection