First Foreign Language (English) — Secondary Grade 2

Each unit follows the book: inquiry question → Section A (two lessons) → Section B (two lessons) → writing in the JRE model; the academy adds model texts, grammar practice and novel guides.

Estimated duration: full year ≈ 30 weeks (45 academy lessons: 40 unit lessons + 5 novel lessons; reviews A–E in the review weeks)

What you will learn

• Identify bias and rhetorical devices in media texts about well-being; use participial phrases, relative clauses, "if" conditionals and hedging; write evidence-based JRE paragraphs
• Read reports, articles and narratives on leisure for gist and detail and distinguish fact from opinion; use gerunds and infinitives and the three narrative tenses; write an opinion paragraph and a reflective diary entry
• Analyse historical narratives and the writer's viewpoint; distinguish stated from unstated information; use prepositional phrases of place and time and concession clauses; write a discursive paragraph
• Identify causes and effects of food waste and online-consumption tactics; use the present perfect, linking words and fronting for emphasis; write a clear opinion paragraph
• Analyse informational texts on climate change and renewable energy; use cause-and-effect structures and adverbs of degree and frequency; write argumentative paragraphs and informational leaflets
• Analyse texts on shared resources and advocacy; use reported speech; write formal request and persuasive emails with a call to action
• Analyse narratives on passion and purpose; use *used to* / *would* for past habits; write a proposal and a balanced discursive essay
• Analyse texts on vocational education and workforce skills in Egypt; use the present continuous accurately and career vocabulary; write informative, persuasive and reflective texts
• Analyse narratives on belonging and inclusion; use *so…that* / *such…that* and the causative (*have / get something done*); write a personal narrative and a discursive essay
• Identify hidden costs of consumption; distinguish stative and action verbs; use quantifiers; write a problem–solution paragraph, a diary entry and a discursive essay
• Follow the plot, characters, themes and decisions of *The Lost World* (ten chapters) and justify judgements with evidence (JRE)

Who it is for: All Baccalaureate S2 students (core subject), using «English — Egyptian Baccalaureate 2nd Year» Parts 1–2 and the novel

Prerequisites: S1 English (CRS-S1-ENGLISH)