Agrupamento de Escolas do Cadaval Escola Básica dos 2º e 3º Ciclos de Cadaval Year Planning 2009/20 LEVEL: 4 Form: 8 th Aims: - to develop speaking, listening, reading and writing skills; - to acquire a basic general foreign language ability; - to acquire and develop further knowledge on Anglo-Saxon culture; - to develop an open mind towards different cultures, - to develop a sense of responsibility, co-operation and solidarity; - to acquire and develop autonomous learning abilities. Number of : 1 st term: +-40 from 15/9/09 to 18/12/09 2 nd term:+-35 from 4/1/ to 26/3/ 3 rd term: +-25 from 12/4/ to 18/6/
1 st term Topics / Units 1 Free Time and Entertainment 2 Sports and Friends Bonfire night Thanksgiving Xmas Communication /Language Function Talking about free time activities - Describing habits -describing actions happening at the time of speaking or in a period around now -talking about future actions which have already been planned -talking about hobbies -describing past actions -expressing likes and dislikes - Talking about sports - Giving opinions Expressing preferences - Describing actions which were in progress in the past - Describing actions taking place simultaneously in the past - Talking about friendship - Making predictions about the future - Giving advice - Talking about festivals /traditions Grammar -Present simple, continuous and past simple - Nouns: feminine and masculine - Compound nouns -Omission of nouns after the genitive -Past simple -Personal pronouns subject and object -Reflexive pronouns -Plural form of nouns - Position of adjectives - Adjective + preposition - Past continuous and past simple - Will - Going to - Adverbs of manner - Adjective degrees - Adverb degrees Strategies/ Activities Guessing topics - Brainstorming - Describing pictures - Personal questions - Gap filling - question /answer - Listening/reading for specific information Table filling - true/false - Multiple choice - Skimming -Scanning - Finding evidence / equivalence - Matching -Finding synonyms - Finding opposites - Completing sentences /paragraphs - Putting words into categories - Anagram - Completing words -Word search - Crossword -Doing puzzles - quiz /questionnaire - Identifying the wrong words -Unjumble sentences; -Complete tables - making sentences - Asking questions - Grammar quiz - Class discussion - Interview - matching letters with replies - Identifying main ideas -Translation - Survey - Rewriting / building sentences Aids Skills Nr. Of - Course book New Getting on 8 + Workbook -Teacher s resource pack - OHP -transparencies - maps - language cards -Cue-cards - magazines -CD audio (songs and dialogues) - visual aids (photos, paintings, postcards) - materials from Internet (Moodle platform) - Videos - DVD - DVD player - TV - Dictionary Encyclopaedia Internet sites - blackboard - notebook Listening Speaking Writing 13 14 6 Evaluation Entry test/ diagnostic activities; Student's interest and commitment in his/ her own learning process; Student's active and correct participation in classroom activities; Student's understanding of basic vocabulary and structure; Student's progress throughout the year; Student's use of learned strategies to improve her/ his work ; Student's written and spoken production; Worksheets; Homework; Formative tests ; Project work; Portfolio Self-evaluation; Cooperation; Initiative; Autonomy; Organisation;
2 nd Term Topics / Units 3. Food and health Communication /Language Function - Talking about different types of food, meals and healthy food -Comparing American fast food with students food habits - Describing disadvantages of fast food - Ordering a meal in a restaurant - Talking about eating disorders - Describing eating habits of family and friends - Recognising a good and balanced diet 4. Fashion - Talking about fashion - Describing jobs related to fashion - Describing the life of top models - Comparing teenage fashion with haute couture - Describing clothes - Expressing preferences Reflecting on body image Grammar - Modal verbs: can, could, may, might, should and must - Countable and uncountable nouns - Relative pronouns - Quantifiers: some, any and no - Present perfect - The imperative - Reported speech - Wh-questions Reporting questions - Verbs followed by prepositions Strategies/ Activities - Writing definitions - Completing a song - Identifying places - Roleplay - Ordering word groups - Linking sentences - Correcting sentences - Writing letters - Writing a newspaper article - Writing a biography / an interview - Writing a message/ description /postcard - Composition - Project - Class work Pair work -Group work Aids Skills Nr. Of - Course book Getting on 8 + Workbook -Teacher s resource pack - OHP -transparencies - maps - language cards -Cue-cards - magazines -CD audio (songs and dialogues) - visual aids (photos, paintings, postcards) - materials from Internet (Moodle platform) - Videos - DVD - DVD player - TV - Dictionary Encyclopaedia Internet sites - blackboard - notebook Listening Speaking Writing 2 Evaluation Student's interest and commitment in his/ her own learning process; Student's active and correct participation in classroom activities; Student's understanding of basic vocabulary and structure; Student's progress throughout the year; Student's use of learned strategies to improve her/ his work ; Student's written and spoken production; Worksheets; Homework; Formative tests ; Project work; Portfolio Self-evaluation; Cooperation; Initiative; Autonomy; Organisation; Valentine s day Extensive - Talking about festivals /traditions Expressing opinions and feelings
3 rd Term Topics / Units 5. The Media 6. Across borders Communication /Language Function - Asking and giving opinion about the Media - Giving information about TV programmes - Identifying different types of newspapers - Describing processes - Talking about a possible future action - Talking about something unreal or imaginary - Describing places - Expressing preferences - Describing location - Talking about facilities Grammar - Many, much and a lot of - How questions - Present perfect continuous - Gerund - Infinitive - The passive - Prepositions of movement - First and second conditional - Definite, indefinite and zero article - Connectors: reason, purpose and result Strategies/ Activities - Guessing topics - Brainstorming - Describing pictures - Personal questions - Gap filling - question /answer - Listening/reading for specific information Table filling - true/false - Multiple choice - Skimming -Scanning - Finding evidence / equivalence - Matching -Finding synonyms - Finding opposites - Completing sentences /paragraphs - Putting words into categories - Anagram - Completing words -Word search - Crossword -Doing puzzles - quiz /questionnaire - Identifying the wrong words -Unjumble sentences; -Complete tables - making sentences - Asking questions - Grammar quiz - Class discussion - Interview - matching letters with replies Aids Skills Nr. Of - Course book Getting on 8 + Workbook -Teacher s resource pack - OHP -transparencies - maps - language cards -Cue-cards - magazines -CD audio (songs and dialogues) - visual aids (photos, paintings, postcards) - materials from Internet (Moodle platform) - Videos - DVD - DVD player - TV - Dictionary Encyclopaedia Internet sites - blackboard - notebook Listening Speaking Writing 8 Evaluation Entry test/ diagnostic activities; Student's interest and commitment in his/ her own learning process; Student's active and correct participation in classroom activities; Student's understanding of basic vocabulary and structure; Student's progress throughout the year; Student's use of learned strategies to improve her/ his work ; Student's written and spoken production; Worksheets; Homework; Formative tests ; Project work; Portfolio Self-evaluation; Cooperation; Initiative; Autonomy; Organisation;
Easter Independence day - Talking about festivals /traditions - Identifying main ideas -Translation - Survey - Rewriting / building sentences 2 Obs: In each term there are 4 left for tests and test correction and self evaluation. Fernanda Teixeira Organização do ano lectivo 2009-20 Quadro n.º 1 Períodos Início Termo 1.º Entre e 15 de Setembro. 18 de Dezembro 2.º 4 de Janeiro 26 de Março 3.º 12 de Abril 8 de Junho, para os 9.º, 11.º e 12.º anos, e de 18 de Junho, para os restantes anos de escolaridade Quadro n.º 2 Interrupções Datas 1.º De 19 de Dezembro a 3 de Janeiro 2.º De 15 a 17 de Fevereiro 3º 27 de Março a 11 de Abril, inclusive