English Curriculum

Reading Skills 9-11

• Apply strategies to comprehend words and ideas
• Understand and apply content/academic vocabulary critical to the meaning of the text, including vocabularies relevant to different contexts, cultures, and communities.
• Apply comprehension monitoring strategies during and after reading: determine importance using theme, main idea, and supporting details in grade-level informational/expository text and/or literary/narrative text.
• Apply comprehension monitoring strategies for informational and technical materials, complex narratives, and expositions: use prior knowledge
• Apply comprehension monitoring strategies for informational and technical materials, complex narratives, and expositions: synthesize ideas from selections to make predictions and inferences
• Apply comprehension monitoring strategies for informational and technical materials, complex narratives, and expositions: monitor for meaning, create mental images, and generate and answer questions
• Apply comprehension monitoring strategies for informational and technical materials, complex narratives, and expositions: determine importance and summarize the text
• Apply understanding of complex organizational features of printed text and electronic sources
• Analyze story elements
• Apply understanding of text organizational structures
• Analyze informational/expository text and literary/narrative text for similarities and differences and cause and effect relationships
• Evaluate informational materials, including electronic sources for effectiveness
• Evaluate the use of literary devices to enhance comprehension
• Synthesize information from a variety of sources
• Analyze informational/expository text and literary/narrative text to draw conclusions and develop insights
• Analyze author's purpose and evaluate an author's style of writing to influence different audiences
• Analyze and evaluate text for validity and accuracy
• Analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of the author's use of persuasive devices in influence an audience
• Analyze text to generalize, express insight, or respond by connecting to other texts or situations
• Analyze and evaluate the presentation and development of ideas and concepts within, among, and beyond multiple texts
• Analyze and evaluate the reasoning and ideas underlying author's beliefs and assumptions within multiple texts
• Analyze web-based and other resource materials (including primary sources and secondary sources) for relevance in answering research questions
• Apply understanding of complex information, including functional documents, to perform a task
• Apply appropriate reading strategies for interpreting technical and non-technical documents used in job-related settings
• Evaluate traditional and contemporary literature written in a variety of genres
• Analyze recurring themes in literature
• Analyze and evaluate the great literary works from a variety of cultures to determine their contribution to the understanding of self, others, and the world
• Evaluate reading progress and apply goal setting strategies and monitor progress toward meeting reading goals
• Evaluate books and authors to share reading experiences with others

Language Arts Skills 9-11

• Formulate a thesis statement that examines why as well as how
• Identify key words; use advanced search strategies; independently locate appropriate and varied information sources; evaluate sources primary/secondary
• Evaluate reliability, credibility, and validity of information from a variety of sources
• Produce and interpret outlines, charts, graphs, maps, tables, timelines, and decision-making grids that explain problems and/or construct solutions
• Create a product to support a thesis and present product in appropriate manner to a meaningful audience
• Voice original ideas; demonstrate content knowledge; persuade audience; listen critically and build upon ideas of others; ask clarifying questions and challenge statements of others; negotiate and compromise
• Participate in developing group process, persuade, compromise, debate, resolve conflicts, and negotiate differences
• Select appropriate people to gain needed information, identify bias of subject, ask questions to refine and verify understanding
• Identify central issue; formulate appropriate questions; identify multiple perspectives; compare and contrast; validate data using multiple sources; determine relevant information; paraphrase problem
• Distinguish between fact, opinion, and reasoned argument; clarify print of view and context; identify assumptions and fallacies, recognize stereotypes, cliches, bias, and propaganda techniques; evaluate accuracy and timeliness of information; determine main message and identify target audience; analyze credibility and authenticity
• Compare benefits and costs, suggest logical alternatives, predict probable consequences, provide evidence to justify best solution, select most effective manner of communicating solution
• Hypothesize possible outcomes from an initial event recognizing multiple causes and accidental factors
• Group human and natural events into broadly defined eras and use timelines to explain patterns of continuity and change in the succession of events
• Reconstruct and express multiple points of view and integrate a historic, geographic, civic, or economic perspective

Math Curriculum

Grade 9 - Geometry :

Holt geometry is built on a solid foundation of research, proven to work in the classroom and is consist with no child left behind. Geometry textbook includes lesson and cumulative review in standardized test to develop student confidence in testing skills without taking time away from core content.

Grade 10 - Algebra 2 :

Holt Algebra 2 is built on a solid foundation of research, proven to work in the classroom, and is consistent with no child left behind requirements. This research is backed by the expertise of a world class team of authors who have executed a program that makes students want to learn, helps them actually learn, and ensure their success on high-stakes tests.

Grade 11 - Pre-Calculus :

This book is intended to provide the mathematical background needed for calculus, and it assumes that students have taken a geometry course and two courses in Algebra. Mathematics is presented in an informal manner that stresses meaningful motivation, careful explanations, and numerous examples, with an ongoing focus on real world problem solving. The concepts that play a central role in calculus are explored from algebraic, graphical and numerical perspectives.

Science Curriculum

Grade 9

Holt McDougal Biology provides all the needs for Biology in high school, including different branches of the subject. These include the required skills and laboratory experiments, preparing the students for high school examinations and college Biology courses.

We start our syllabus in cell biology, then a part of zoology and botany.  Then we give a big part of molecular biology and biochemistry, providing the students with a range of problem solving skills, strategies and plans. Included are practical experiments and laboratory manuals to apply most of the studied ideas.

Each topic begins with the syllabus learning outcomes which identifies essential objectives. The text is written in straightforward language. There are photographs, electron micrographs and full color illustrations  linked to support the relevant text.

Grade 10

Modern chemistry focuses on the concept, properties, and structure of matter and energy. Meanwhile, it explores the concept through a combination of lecture, demonstration and laboratory work.  preparing the students for high school and college chemistry courses.

Modern chemistry presents a balanced and engaging approach to conceptual and problem solving instruction. It is well improved at which concepts are explained in an easy and detailed way. Moreover, modern chemistry includes a challenging and supportive problem solving support resources to help students masters the fundamentals of chemistry problem solving.

Grade 11

It is widely believed that physics is a fundamental subject required for most of the scientific majors; be it science, engineering, or medicine in prestigious universities. With that in mind, Al-Ibdaa International School’s curriculum is prepared in a manner to suit the basic skills and requirements of this very field.

It is compulsory for the senior students of grade 12 to opt at least one science course. Henceforth, physics is one of the main science courses which will benefit the students who are willing to pursue their professional careers into mostly scientific realms.

Arabic Subjects Curriculum:

Since its establishment, the school has been keen to attach the utmost importance to the curriculum of the classes from the preliminary and even through the application of the ministerial curriculum for Arabic language materials, Islamic education and social studies.
And aims to develop various aspects of the personality of the learner  comprehensive development of psychological, social and cultural in the framework of the principles of Islamic faith and the components of Omani identity.