ANNUAL PLANNING

School: Şcoala Gimnazială „A.S.Puskin”

Teacher: Condurache Mihaela
School year: 2016-2017
Grade: VIIIth , 2h/week, L1
Textbook: High Flyer, Upper Intermediate, Longman
Nr Specific Number
crt Learning Units competences Contents of hours Week Obs.
1. Revision. Initial test. _ _ W1-W2
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2. A. Journeys Past and 1.1,1.2,2.1,  Present perfect: simple and continuous.
Present 2.2, 2.3,3.1,3.4  Reading: High Flyers-Journeys Past and
Present in London. 4 W3-W4

3. B. The World’s a Stage 1.1,1.2,2.1,  Position of adverbials.

2.2, 2.3,3.2,3.4  Scanning: Oresteia.
2 W5
4. C. Get Better Soon 1.1,1.2, 1.3,  Winter bugs and what to do about them.
1.4,2.1,2.2, 2.3,  Modal verbs: permission, obligation,
3.2,3.4 capacity- present and past meaning. 4 W6-W7

5. Unit 1. Crossing Borders 1.2,1.3,1.4, 2.3,  Past Perfect Tense.

3.2, 3.4  Predicting style from first paragraph. 4
W8-W9
The structure of an article.
6. Unit 2. Exploring the 1.2,2.1,2.2,2.3,3.4,  The adverb of manner: degrees of
 World 4.3 comparison .
2 W10
 Reading: Phantom Travellers.
7. Unit 4. Kicks and Thrills 1.2, 1.3, 1.4  Reported speech- statements.
2.2,2.3,3.2, 3.3,  Reading: Martial Arts. Bungee Jumping.
4 W11-W12
3.4,4.1
8. Unit 5. Parents in the 1.2, 1.4,2.1, 2.2,  Reporting advice: advice, recommend,
Classroom 2.3, 4.3 suggest, urge. W13-W14 Project
 Preferences and recommendation. 3

9. Revision  Grammar practice: Past Simple, Past

Continuous, Present Perfect Simple,
_ Present Perfect Continuous, Past Perfect,
5 W14-W16
Reported Speech.
 Christmas customs and traditions.
10. Unit 7. Don’t Judge a 1.1,1. 2, 1.3  Books can become addictive. Reading a
Book by Its Cover 1.4,2.2, 2. 3, long text.
3.1,3. 2, 3.3,  English famous people. 2 W17
3.4, 4.3
11. Unit 8. Puzzling Puzzles 1.1,1. 2, 1.3,  Past Perfect Continuous.
1.4,2.2, 2. 3,  Great Britain’s diversity.
Project
3.1,3. 2, 3.3, 3 W18-W19
3.4,4.1,4.2, 4.3
12. Revision  Today’s Cub Reporters, Tomorrow’s
Newshounds.
_  Grammar practice: Past Perfect W19-W20
3
Continuous or Past Simple
 Writing: Formal letter, Biographies.
13. Unit 13. What’s On the 1.1,1.2,1. 3,  Reviews of television programmers.
Box? 1.4,2.1,2.2, 2. 3, Types of programmes. 2 W21
3.1,3. 2,3.4, 4.3  Means of modern communication: mass
 media, internet, mobile phone.
14. Unit 14. Just the Job 1.2,2.1,2. 3,  Conditional sentence -type II.
3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 4.3  Words which avoid repetition.
 Easter holiday in Romania and in Great
6 W22-W24
Britain.
15. Unit 15. A Slice of Life 2.1,2.2,2. 3,  People in my life: a story. It’s a funny old
3.2,3.4,4.3 world!
4 W25-W26
 Future Simple and Future with going to
 Future personal plans.
16. Revision  Grammar practice: Present Simple or
Present Continuous, Conditional
_ sentence.
 Writing: Describe people’s general
6 W27-W29
appearance and character.
17. Unit 19. How Was It 1.4,2.3,  Passive Voice-present and past tense.
4 W30-W31
Done? 3.1,3.2
18. Unit 21. Behind the 2.1, 2.2, 2.3,  Reading techniques to suit your purpose.
Scenes 3.1,3.2; 3.3, 3.4, Good thinking Batman.
4.2;4.3 2 W32

19. Final Revision  Grammar practice: Passive voice, W34- “Scoala

_ Conditional Sentence, Reported speech. Altfel”
2 W33