DISCIPLINA: LIMBA ENGLEZ CLASA/ NR. ORE PE SPT.: a VIII-a A/ 2 ore - L1 MANUALUL: HIGH FLYER - Upper-Intermediate ( Ed.

Longman)

PLANIFICARE CALENDARISTIC
SEMESTRUL I Nr. Unitati de nvatare Ob. Continuturi Nr. Sapt. I - II III Obs.

crt. ref. ore 1. REVISION Exercises 4 2. A. JOURNEYS PAST AND 1.1 Grammar: Present Perfect Simple and 2 PRESENT Continuous; Collective nouns 1.2 Reading: Skimming - High Flyers; Journeys 1.3 past and present inLondon 2.1 Writing: stages in writing 2.2 Speaking: Get talking: asking clarification; Describing a picture 3.2 Vocabulary: Forms of transport 3.3 for

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3. B. THE WORLD'S STAGE

1.1 Grammar: Position of adverbials; Verbs followed by gerunds 1.2 Reading: Scanning - Oresteia 1.4 Writing: Dialogues 2.1 Listening: Listening to conversations 2.3 Speaking: Get talking: inviting, accepting, 2.6 refusing 3.2 Pronunciation: Intonation - rise, fall, level Vocabulary: Drama

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C. GET BETTER SOON

1.2 Grammar: Obligation/ advice / prohibition; Passives with two objects 2.2 Reading: Winter bugs and what to do about 2.3 them; The enemy within 3.2 Speaking: Get talking : offering, accepting, refusing; Expressing trust Vocabulary: Word watch: aches and pains; Symptoms of illness 1.2 Are you an optimist or a pessimist? 1.3 Grammar: Present Perfect Simple or Continuous, Position of adverbials, Passives, 2.2 Infinitive or Gerund 3.1 4.1 4.3

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D. REVISION

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Unit 1: CROSSING BORDERS

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Unit 2: EXPLORING THE WORLD

1.1 Grammar: Past tenses - revis 11311w2213l ion; Negative statements and questions 1.2 Reading: Predicting style from first 1.3 paragraph; The new speakers of English; The Global Schoolhouse project 2.1 Writing: The structure of an article 2.2 Listening: Predicting structure and content 3.2 of a radio programme; The Young Internationals 3.3 Vocabulary: Adapting to a new culture 4.1 1.2 Grammar: Be/ get used to; Clauses of concession: even though, despite 2.1 Reading: Polar expeditions; Phantom 2.2 travelers 2.3 Writing: An informal letter of advice 2.4 Speaking: Get talking: negotiating a solution to a problem 3.3 Pronunciation: Word stress 3.4 Vocabulary: Explorers and expeditions

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Halloween

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Unit 3: THAT'S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR

1.1 Grammar: Adjective + preposition combinations; So/ such. that 1.2 Reading: Pen friend questionnaire; The 2.1 green - eyed monster; Vision of Danger: Episode One 2.4 Listening: Identifying a speaker's attitude; 3.2 Discussing pen friends 3.3 Speaking: Get attitude talking: expressing your

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Pronunciation: Using intonation to convey your attitude Vocabulary: Attitudes and relationships

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Unit 4: KICKS AND THRILLS

1.1 Grammar: Indirect questions; Reported speech: revision 1.2 Reading: Martial arts; Bungee jumping 2.1 Writing: A report 2.4 Listening: Enquiries about bungee jumping 3.2 Speaking: Get talking: expressing concern, 3.3 reassuring and persuading people 4.1 Vocabulary: Word watch: suffixes which change grammatical meaning; Sports and 4.2 emotions

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10. Unit 5: PARENTS IN THE CLASSROOM

4.4 1.1 Grammar: Reporting advice:advise, recommend, suggest, urge; Preferences and 1.2 recommendations 1.3 Reading: Efficient reading; Teenagers and how to survive them; Vision of Danger: 1.6 Episode Two 2.1 Writing: Designing a poster 2.2 Listening: Parents and teenagers report back

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2.4 Vocabulary: Word watch: easily confused advice/ advise, practice / 3.2 practice; Family relationships 11. Unit 6: REVISION 4.4 1.2 Reading: The Elephant Princess 1.4 Grammar practice: Past Simple, Past Continuous, Present Perfect, Present Perfect 2.1 Continuous, Past Perfect, Reported Speech 2.2 2.4 12. Unit 7: DON'T JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER 4.3 1.1 Grammar: Defining relative clauses with prepositions; Non-defining relative clauses 1.3 Reading: Books can become addictive; 2.2 Reading a long text - A summary of Jane Eyre 2.3 Writing: A contemporary story 3.2 Listening: Using key words to 4.1 aidunderstanding; Book at Bedtime

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Unit 8: PUZZLING PUZZLES

4.2 Speaking: Presenting a plan of action to the class 4.3 Vocabulary: Reading 5.1 1.2 Grammar: Past Perfect Continuous; Possessive forms 1.3 Reading: Topic sentences; Flying machines; 2.1 Vision of Danger: Episode Three 2.2 Writing: A dialogue 2.3 Listening: Solving a puzzle 3.2 Vocabulary: Word watch: combining two nouns 3.4 1.1 Grammar: Conservation camps: you can make a difference! 1.2 Writing: A formal letter 2.1 Listening: Listening in an intelligent way; 2.3 Discussing foreign exchanges 3.2 Pronunciation: The : / / or / /

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Unit 9: HOME AND AWAY

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4.3 Vocabulary: Word watch: countable and uncountable nouns; Conservation and exchanges 15. Unit 10: MYTHS AND LEGENDS 1.2 Grammar: Expressing purpose: (in order)to, in order/ so as not to, so (that); too enough 2.2 Reading: Finding specific information; An 2.3 encyclopedia entry; Annie Oakley 2.4 Writing: A biography 3.1 Speaking: Get talking: narrating a myth 3.3 Vocabulary: Myths and legends 4.1 16. Unit 11: ROCKING'N'ROLLING 5.1 1.2 Grammar: need to do, need doing / to be done; Phrasal verbs: transitive separable/ 2.1 inseparable 2.2 Reading: Zooropa and U2; Virtual reality concerts; Vision of Danger: Episode four 2.3 Listening: A conversation about a pop

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2.4 concert 3.2 Speaking: Get preferences 3.3 Vocabulary: Pop 4.6 technology talking: concerts expressing and new

SEMESTRUL al II-lea Nr. crt. 1. Unitati de nvatare Unit 12: REVISION Ob. Continuturi Nr. Sapt. XIX Obs. Valentine's Day

ref. ore 1.2 Reading: Today's cub reporters, tomorrow's 2 newshounds 2.2 Grammar practice: Past Perfect Continuous or 2.3 Past Simple 2.4 Writing: Formal letter, Biographies 3.2 4.1

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Unit 13: WHAT'S ON THE BOX?

4.4 1.1 Grammar: Present

Simple

as

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future;Stative verbs

Reading: Reviews of television programmes; 2.1 Staying in: Pick of the day; Vision of Danger: Episode Five 2.2 Writing: Reviews: the best of a day's television 2.3 programmes 2.4 Listening: Deciding what to watch on television 3.2 Speaking: Get talking : asking for, making and reacting to suggestions 4.3 Vocabulary: Types of programmes 1.1 Grammar: Conditional sentences withunless, provided/ providing (that), as long as; 1.2 Conditions in the past 2.1 Reading: Words which avoid repetition; Making it as a model; An archaeologist at work 2.2 Listening: Guessing what speakers have been 2.3 talking about 2.4 Speaking: Get talking: describing something; Describe your job 3.1 Vocabulary: Occupations: a model and an

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Unit 14: JUST THE JOB

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Mother's Day

3.2 archaeologist 3.3 4.1 4. Unit 15: A SLICE OF LIFE 4.2 2.1 Grammar: Sequence of adjectives; Phrasal verbs 2: transitive and intransitive 2.2 Reading: People in my life : a story ; It's a funny 2.3 old world! 2.4 Writing: Describing someone 2.5 Vocabulary: Word watch: adjectives similar meanings; Descriptive words1 3.2 3.3 4.2 5. Unit 16: DREAMS AND WORRIES 4.5 1.4 Grammar: Wish/ if only + past tense,wish + would; needn't, don't have / need to, needn't 2.1 have, didn't have/ need to 2 XXIV with 2 XXIII

2.2 Reading: Dear diary; A Change of Heart 2.3 Writing: A summary using linkers; The next scene of a play 2.5 Listening: A scene from a play 3.2 Pronunciation: Emphasizing words to show 3.3 your feelings 3.4 Vocabulary: Teenage dreams and worries 3.5 6. Unit 17: IN THE DEAD OF THE NIGHT 4.1 1.2 Grammar: Wish/ if only+ Past Perfect, regret + verb-ing 1.4 Reading: Understanding connectors to predict 2.1 what follows; Sleeping like a baby; Vision of Danger: Episode six 2.3 Listening: Listening and note-taking ; A dream 2.4 Speaking: Get talking: degrees of 2.5 (dis)agreement 2 XXV

3.1 Pronunciation: Poetry: tone groups 3.4 Vocabulary: Sleeping and dreaming; Word watch: verb+ -ing or to + infinitive 4.2 1.2 Grammar practice: Present Simple or Present Continuous, Conditional 2.3 Reading: I can't understand what they're talking 2.5 about! 3.3 Writing: Describe people's general appearance and character. Summaries 4.5 1.1 Grammar: The Passive voice: revision; modals and impersonal it 1.2 Reading: The Sony Walkman; Vision of 2.1 Danger: Episode Seven 2.2 Writing: A report on scientific development 2.3 Listening: A talk: making use of 'extra' listening time to predict what will follow 3.2 Speaking: Get talking: giving a talk; 3.3 Pronunciation: Using stress to emphasize

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Unit 18: REVISION

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Easter

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Unit 19: HOW WAS IT DONE?

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4.1 meaning 9. Unit 20: YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE NEWS 4.4 Vocabulary: Gadgets and inventions 1.2 Grammar: Fixed phrases with prepositions; As, like, as.as if/ as though 1.4 Reading: Identifying the outlook of a 2.1 newspaper; The runaway; The Junior Golf World Champion 2.3 Speaking: Get talking: taking part in a 3.2 discussion 3.3 Vocabulary: Word watch: prefixes to form (near) opposites; Words which reflect a newspaper's attitude 2.1 Grammar: Participle clauses; See/ hear somebody do/ doing something 2.2 Reading: Reading techniques to suit your 2.3 purpose; Good thinking, Batman;Special effects 2.4 Writing: A story 3.2 Vocabulary: Word watch: similar words; The cinema and special effects 3.3 3 XXVIIIXXIX EuropeDay

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Unit 21: BEHIND THE SCENES

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3.4 11. Unit 22: LAND OF THE BRAVE? 4.1 1.1 Grammar: Ability in the past and future: could, be able to, manage to; Phrasal verbs 3: review 1.2 Reading: Children of courage; Vision of 2.1 Danger: Episode Eight 2.3 Listening: A teenager's tale 2.5 Speaking: Get talking: maintaining a conversation 3.2 Pronunciation: Using intonation to maintain/ 3.3 stop a conversation 4.2 Vocabulary: Descriptive words 2 12. Unit 23: LET'S KEEP TALKING 4.3 2.1 Grammar: Future and future in the past; Intentions, decisions and asking for advice 2.2 Reading: The writer's angle; English as a global 2.3 language; Keep up your English 2.4 Writing: A composition based on fact and 3 XXXII XXXIII Children's Day 3 XXXI XXXII

3.3 opinion 4.1 Listening: Languagelearners'strategies 4.2 Vocabulary: Language and language learning 13. Unit 24: REVISION 4.3 1.1 Grammar practice: Passive voice; Present and Participle Clauses, Phrasal Verbs; Future 1.2 Reading: Twentieth-Century Spies 2.2 Reports/ Accounts 3.3 Writing: Write a story 4.1 4.2 all Exercises 2 XXXIV

14. FINAL REVISION

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