Calendar Thematic Plan for grade 8

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Units/

Changing lessons

Theme

Learning objectives

Hours

Date

Notes

1^st term 26 hours

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Unit 1:

Our World

(12 hours)

Diagnostic test

Our World. Global issues.

Content

8.1.2.1- use speaking and listening skills to provide sensitive feedback to peers;

8.1.3.1- respect differing points of view;

8.1.4.1- evaluate and respond constructively to feedback from others;

8.1.5.1- use feedback to set personal learning objectives;

8.1.7.1- develop and sustain a consistent argument when speaking or writing;

8.1.8.1- develop intercultural awareness through reading and discussion;

8.1.9.1- use imagination to express thoughts, ideas, experiences and feelings;

8.1.10.1- use talk or writing as a means of reflecting on and exploring a range of perspectives on the world

Listening

8.2.1.1- understand with little or no support the main points in extended talk on a wide range of general and curricular topics;

8.2.3.1- understand with little or no support most of the detail of an argument in extended talk on a wide range of general and curricular topics;

8.2.7.1- recognize typical features at word, sentence and text level of a growing range of spoken genres;

Speaking

8.3.1.1-use formal and informal registers in their talk on a growing range of general and curricular topics;

8.3.3.1- give an opinion at discourse level on a wide range of general and curricular topics;

8.3.4.1-respond with some flexibility at both sentence and discourse level to unexpected comments on a range of general and curricular topics;

8.3.5.1- interact with peers to negotiate, agree and organise priorities and plans for completing classroom tasks;

8.3.6.1 link comments with some flexibility to what others say at sentence and discourse level in pair, group and whole class exchanges;

8.3.7.1- use appropriate subject-specific vocabulary and syntax to talk about a  range of general  topics, and some curricular topics

Reading

8.4.1.1-  understand the main points in texts on a growing range of unfamiliar general and curricular topics, including some extended texts;

8.4.2.1-  understand specific information  and detail in texts on a growing range of familiar general and curricular topics, including some extended texts;

8.4.4.1- read a growing range of extended fiction and non-fiction texts on familiar and some unfamiliar general and curricular topics;

8.4.8.1- use familiar and some unfamiliar paper and digital reference resources to check meaning and extend understanding

Writing

8.5.1.1- plan, write, edit and proofread work at text level with little support on a growing range of general and curricular topics;

8.5.2.1- write with minimal support  about real and imaginary past events, activities and experiences on a  range of familiar general topics and some curricular  topics;

8.5.3.1- write with moderate grammatical accuracy on a growing range of  familiar general and curricular topics;

8.5.4.1- use with some support style and register appropriate to a variety of written genres on general and curricular topics;

8.5.7.1- use with minimal support  appropriate layout at text level for a range of written genres on familiar general and curricular topics;

8.5.8.1- spell most high-frequency vocabulary accurately for a range of familiar general and curricular topics

Use of English

8.6.5.1- use questions which include a variety of different tense and modal forms on a range of familiar general and curricular topics;

8.6.9.1- use appropriately a variety of active and passive simple present and past forms and past perfect simple forms in narrative and reported speech on a range of familiar general and curricular topics;

8.6.15.1- use infinitive forms after a limited number  of verbs and adjectives; use gerund forms after a limited variety of verbs and prepositions; use some prepositional verbs and begin to use common phrasal verbs on a growing range of familiar general and curricular topics;

8.6.16.1-  use a growing variety of conjunctions including since, as  to explain reasons and the structures so ... that, such a...that in giving explanations
on a range of familiar general and curricular topics

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2

Family, relations with  other people,  personal  identification; 

The steppe: A golden treasure.

1

3

Family,  relations  with  other people,  personal  identification; 

The steppe: A golden treasure

1

4

House and homes.

Infinitive / - ing forms.

1

5

Creating a personal profile.

World Formation (nouns from verbs).

1

6

Discussion on the role of social media. 

Natural disasters.

1

7

Discussion on the role of social media .

Applying to an environmental organization.

1

8

Critical  analysis  of  the  role  of  social  media  and  the  internet.

Unique structures.

1

9

Critical analysis of the  role  of  social  media  and  the  internet. 

Global citizenship.

1

10

Creating  a  survey  on  social  media use and collating the results.

A letter to the editor suggesting solutions to a problem.

1

11

Green Issues.

Living the dream

Summative assessment for the unit «Our World»

1

12

Unit  revision

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