UNITATEA DE INVATAMANT : SCOALA GIMNAZIALA TITU MAIORESCU

PROFESOR: MONICA CARUNTU

MANUAL: HIGH FLYER UPPER INTERMEDIATE
CLASA:aVIII-a/ 3 ore/ sapt.

Unit
Revision& Initial test

A. Journeys Past and

Present
B. The Worlds a Stage
C. Get Better Soon
D. Revision
Unit 1. Crossing Borders

Unit 2. Exploring the World.

DIRECTOR,

PLANIFICARE CALENDARISTICA PENTRU CLASA a VIII a

LIMBA MODERNA 1
ANUL SCOLAR 2014-2015
35 SAPTAMANI
Competente
Continuturi
specifice
vizate
2.1;3.2
- previously studied tenses
1.3;2.2
- reading&comprehension
3.2;4.2
- indirect speech
-passive voice
2.1;3.2
1. Present perfect: simple and continuous
1.3;2.2
2. Reading: High Flyers-Journeys Past and Present in
London.
1.1;1.2
1. Position of adverbials. Verbs followed by gerunds.
2.4;3.2
1. Scanning: Oresteia
3.2;4.2
1. Winter bugs and what to do about them
2.2;4.3
2. Reading: The Enemy Within
1.3;2.2
1. Are you an optimist or a pessimist?
4.1;4.3
2. Grammar practice: Present Perfect or Present Perfect
Continuous, Infinitive or Gerund.
1.2;1.3
1. Past tenses: revision, negative statements and questions.
1.3;3.2
2. Predicting style from first paragraph. The structure of an
2.4;3.2
article.
3. Reading: The New Speaker of English.
3.2;4.2
1. Be/get used to. Clauses of concession: even though,
2.2;4.3
despite.

Numar
ore
alocate
9

Saptamana

15.09-3.10

6-17.10

20-24.10

27.10-31.10

3-7.11

10-14.11

17-21.11

Obs.

Unit 3. Thats What Friends

Are For.

3.1;3.2
1.1;1.2

Unit 4. Kicks and Thrills

2.1;3.2
3.3;4.3
1.2;1.3

Unit 5. Parents in the

Classroom
Unit 6. Revision

2.4;3.1
2.1;2.2
3.2;4.2
4.3;4.4

2. Reading: Phantom Travelers. An informal letter of

advice.
1. Adjective + preposition combinations. So / such that.
2. Reading: Vision of Danger (Episode 1). The green-eyed
monster.
1. Indirect questions. Reported speech: revision.
2. Reading: Martial Arts. Bungee Jumping.
1. Reporting advice: advice, recommends, suggest, urge.
Preferences and recommendation.
2. Efficient reading. Teenagers and How to Survive Them.
3. Reading: Vision of Danger( Episode 2)
1. Reading: The Elephant Princess.
2. Grammar practice: Past Simple, Past Continuous, Present
Perfect, Present Perfect Continuous, Past Perfect, Reported
Speech.

24-28.11

1-5.12

8-12.12

15-19.12

Christm
as party

Winter
holiday
20.1204.01.20
15

Unit 7. Dont Judge a Book

by Its Cover
Unit 8. Puzzling Puzzles

Unit 9. Home and Away

1.3;2.3
2.3;4.2
4.1;4.3
2.1;3.2
1.3;2.2

4.1;4.4

1. Defining relative clauses with prepositions. Non-defining

relative clauses.
2. Books can become addictive. Reading a long text.
3. A summary of Jane Eyre. A contemporary story.
1. Past Perfect Continuous. Possessive Forms. Topic
sentences.
2. Reading: Vision of Danger (Episode 3). A dialogue.

05-16.01

19-30.01

09-13.02

Vac.
Interse
mestrial
a 31.018.02

1.1;1.3

SEMESTRUL al-II-lea

1. A, an, the, zero article. Conservation camps: you can

make a difference!
2. A formal letter. Discussing foreign exchanges. Countable
and uncountable nouns.
Unit 10. Myths and Legends.
3.2;4.2
1. Expressing purpose: to, in order / so as not to, so (that)
too, enough. Finding specific information.
1.2;4.3
2. An encyclopedia entry Annie Oakley. A biography.
Unit 11. Rocking n Rolling
1.3;2.2
1. Phrasal verbs: transitive separable / inseparable.
4.1;4.3
2. Zooropa and U2; Reading: Vision of Danger (Episode 4).
Unit 12. Revision
3.2;4.2;4.3
1. Reading: Todays Cub Reporters, Tomorrows
1.1;1.3
Newshounds.
1.3;2.2;4.1;4. 2. Grammar practice: Past Perfect Continuous or Past
3
Simple
3. Writing: Formal letter, Biographies.
Unit 13. Whats On the Box?

1.2;1.3
1.3;3.2
2.4;3.2

Unit 14. Just the Job

3.2;4.2

Unit 15. A Slice of Life

3.2;4.2
1.2;4.3
3.1;3.2
1.4;1.5

1. Present Simple as Future, static verbs.

2. Reviews of television programmers. Types of
programmers.
3. Reading: Vision of Danger (Episode 5).
1. Conditional sentences with unless, provided / providing
(that), as long as. Condition in the past.
2. Words which avoid repetition.
3. Making it as a model. An archaeologist at work.
1. Sequence of adjectives. Phrasal verbs 2: transitive and
intransitive.
2. People in my life: a story. Its a funny old world!

16-20.02

2-6.03

9-13.03

16-20.03

23-27.03

30.03-3.04

Celebrat
ing
Mother
s Day

In cadrul
programului
Sa stii mai
multe, sa fii
mai bun!,
Sapt. 6-10
aprilie din
sem II este
dedicata act.

Exracurricul
are si
extrascolare,
avand un
orar specific

Spring
holiday: 1119.04

Unit 16. Dreams and Worries

Unit 17. In the Dead of the
Night
Unit 18. Revision

2.1;3.2
1.1;1.2
3.2;4.2;4.3
4.2;4.3
3.2;4.2
1.2;4.3
4.2;4.3

Unit 19. Hoe Was It Done?

3.1;3.2
1.4;1.5

Unit 20. Young People in the

News

1.3;2.2
2.1;3.2
2.1;3.1

Unit 21. Behind the Scenes

3.2;4.2;4.3
2.1;3.1

1. Wish/if only past tense, wish + would neednt, dont

have/need to, neednt have, didnt have / need to.
2. Dear diary. A Change of Heart.
1. Wish / if only + Past Perfect, regret + verb ing.
2. Reading: Vision of Danger (Episode 6).
1. Reading: I Cant Understand What Theyre Talking About!
2. Grammar practice: Present Simple or Present Continuous,
Conditional.
3. Writing: Describe peoples general appearance and
character. Summaries.
1. The Passive Voice: revision, modals and impersonal it.
2. Reading: The Sony Walkman. Vision of Danger (Episode
7).
1. Fixed phrases with prepositions. As, like, as...as, as if / as
though.
2. Identifying the outlook of a newspaper.
3. Reading: The runway. The Junior Golf World Champion.
1. Participle clauses. See / hear somebody do / doing
something.
2. Reading techniques to suit your purpose. Good thinking
Batman

20.04-24.04

27.04-01.05

4-8.05

11-15.05

1822.05

2529.05

22.04Celebrating
Earth Day

Unit 22. Land of the Brave?

2.1;3.1
1.3;2.3
4.1;4.3

Unit 23. lets Keep Talking

1.5;3.3
1.4;5.1
3.2;4.2;4.3
3.1;3.2
3.2;4.2;4.3
1.3;2.3
2.3;4.2

Unit 24. Revision

3.4;4.4

1. Ability in the past and future: could, be able to, manage

to.
2. Phrasal verbs 3: review
3. Reading: Children of Courage. Vision of Danger (Episode
8).
1. Future and future in the past. Intentions, decisions and
asking for advice.
2. The writers angle. English as a global language.
3. A composition based on fact and opinion.
1. Reading: Twentieth-Century Spies.
2. Reports / Accounts.
3. Grammar practice: Passive voice, Present and Participle
Clauses, Phrasal Verbs, Future.
4. Write a story.

1-5.06

1-5.06

8-12.06