FIRST PERIOD PLANNING

September-December
FIELD: Languages and Communication
Subject: English VIII (New Challenges)
First period - 39 hours
Key Competences Learning Outcomes
The student:
• reads fluently with the proper intonation
• listens attentivley to shool announcements
• designs his/her study plan
• compares schools in different countries
• uses his/her Language Portfolio to document his/her work and plan his/her learning
• manages his/her emotions and expresses preferences
• takes parts and contributes in activities in class and school respecting the group rules
• identifies different sources of information and uses the information for his/her individual or group work
• explains the benifits of arts
• uses IT skills in presenting his/her project work

Subject Competences Learning Outcomes

The student:
• uses basic learnt patterns to talk about school, likes and dislikes, health etc
• talks about abilities and expresses his/her opinion
• has sufficient vocabulary to express his/her opinions on familiar topics
• uses correctly the Present Simple, Present Continuous, Past Tense as well as auxiliaries
• pronounces words generally clearly enough
• writes with reasonably phonetic accuracy
• performs and responds to basic language functions such as agreeing/disagreeing ect
• understands the information in school announcements
• writes an e-mail to friends using informal expressions
• does a simple survey and writes a short report
 Methodologies
Topics Topics per hour Learning situations and students Assessment Resources
Nr.
activities

0
1. Portfolio-Presenting the 1. First Day of School • group work • observation • studentbook
ELP and describing the Quite naturally students • pair work • assessing • workbook
A1/A2 Levels talk about their summer • brainstorming answers • picture
2. Back to School Reading, holidays, the things they • questions and • assessing dictionary
GET READY Listening, Grammar- liked the most about the answers group work • CD
6 hours Past Simple and WB holidays, places they • gap filling • assessing • Internet
exercises have been to and seen, • matching home work • Digital
people they have met, exercises • using platform
experiences, things they
• games checklists • Posters,
didn’t like, books they
• questionnaire • self- photos
have read, films they
3. My world -Reading and assessment • ELP
Listening; have watched ect.
4. Grammar: indefinite
pronouns, WB ex.

5. What`s New? -Reading

and Listening;
Grammar: Present
Perfect
6. Project ( deciding on the
groups and topics
1
1. Get ready-discussion 1. Schooling • group work • observation • studentbook
2. Home Schooling: Students are put in a • pair work • assessing • workbook
Reading and Listening; situation where their • brainstorming answers • picture
Grammar: Present families have to decide • questions and • assessing dictionary
Simpe/Continuous; WB whether to send their kids answers group work • CD
SCHOOLS exercises to boarding schools or not. • gap filling • assessing • Internet
10 hours They will pretend to be a • matching home work • Digital
family where everyone exercises • using platform
3. Boarding Schools- discusses about the benifits
• Quiz checklists • Posters,
Reading and drawbacks of these • self- photos
4. Speaking ; WB schools and at last they assessment • ELP
Exercises, time out make a decision. • peer-
assessment
5. Arriving- Reading and 2. Moving to another
Listening school
6. Speaking , Role Play, Suppose one student moves
Listening WB exercises, to another school in
Time out another town or country
(that school might be
boarding or not). Teacher
creates a real life situation
7. Across Cultures- and students act as if they
Reading are the new comer, the
8. Study Corner- Grammar parents, the teacher, the
and WB exercises friends in the new school.

9. Project
10. European Language
Portfolio (ELP)
2
1. Magicians-get ready, 1. Tricks and Magics • group work • observation • studentbook
warm up , reading • pair work • assessing • workbook
2. Grammar- Past Students pretend to be • brainstorming answers • picture
Simple/Continuous, WB magicians and they • questions and • assessing dictionary
TALENT exercises and Time out perform different tricks and answers group work • CD
10 hours magics in class. After that • gap filling • assessing • Internet
they try to explain them in • matching home work • Digital
3. Hidden Talent- warm-up English. This situation exercises • using platform
might go on in the next
,readin • games checklists • Posters,
4. Speaking –Role of class when students • self- photos
pretend to be one of the
women in society WB assessment • ELP
exercises; time out famous magicians and the
others interview them.

5. Auditions- warm up, 2. The Magic Song

reading, Listening
6. Speaking, WB The teacher creates a real
exercises, Time out life situation where
students take part in the
auditions for the Magic
Song competition. They
7. Your Challange- writing take the role of the jury
an e-mail members, presenters and
8. Grammar- Question tags contestants. This situation
may last more than one
class.

9. Study Corner –
Grammar exercises
10. Reinforcement-
Grammar and
vocabulary , WB
exercises
3 HEALTH 1. Disease- Reading
13 hours 2. Grammar- The Passive 1. At the Doctor • group work • observation • studentbook
• pair work • assessing • workbook
3. Home Remedies- The teacher organizes • brainstorming answers • picture
Reading &Speaking the class into groups and • questions and • assessing dictionary
4. Grammar-Word gives to each group a answers group work • CD
situation of a person being • •
formation and WB gap filling assessing • Internet
ill. a) At first, students
exercises • matching home work • Digital
pretend to be a family and • using
exercises platform
try to help the family
5. Under the Weather- • games checklists • Posters,
person who is ill with • self-
Reading &Listening test photos
recommending home
6. Speaking, WB remedies. b) Then, as the
assessment • ELP
exercises, Time out person is not recovering ,
they decide to take him/her
7. Across Cultures- at the doctor. This situation
Reading may take more than one
8. Study Corner, WB class.
exercises, Grammar,
Time out 2. Healthy Eating
Students devided into
9. Test groups research on eating
habits of people from
10. Project diferent countries. They
11. Project present what they have
12. Portfolio (ELP) found and then they
13. Portfolio (ELP) discuss about what a
healthy diet is. This
situation may take more
than one class.