UNITATEA DE INVATAMANT : LICEUL TEHNOLOGIC PĂTÂRLAGELE

PROFESOR: POPA ALEXANDRA MARIA

MANUAL: HIGH FLYER UPPER INTERMEDIATE DIRECTOR,
CLASA:aVIII-a/ 2 ore/ sapt.

RESPONSABIL COMISIE METODICA,

PLANIFICARE CALENDARISTICA PENTRU CLASA a VIII a

LIMBA MODERNA 1
ANUL SCOLAR 2019-2020
35 SAPTAMANI
Unit Competente Continuturi Numar Saptamana Obs.
specifice ore
vizate alocate
Revision& Initial test 2.1;3.2 - previously studied tenses 6 09.09-29.09
1.3;2.2 - reading&comprehension S1-S3
3.2;4.2 - indirect speech
-passive voice
A. Journeys Past and 2.1;3.2 1. Present perfect: simple and continuous 4 30.09-13.10
Present 1.3;2.2 2. Reading: High Flyers-Journeys Past and Present in S4-S5
London.
B. The World’s a Stage 1.1;1.2 1. Position of adverbials. Verbs followed by gerunds. 2 14-20.10
2.4;3.2 1. Scanning: Oresteia S6
C. Get Better Soon 3.2;4.2 1. Winter bugs and what to do about them 2 21.10-27.10
2.2;4.3 2. Reading: The Enemy Within S7
D. Revision 1.3;2.2 1. Are you an optimist or a pessimist? 2 28.10-3.11
4.1;4.3 2. Grammar practice: Present Perfect or Present Perfect S8
Continuous, Infinitive or Gerund.
Unit 1. Crossing Borders 1.2;1.3 1. Past tenses: revision, negative statements and questions. 2 4-10.11
1.3;3.2 2. Predicting style from first paragraph. The structure of an S9
2.4;3.2 article.
 3. Reading: The New Speaker of English.
Unit 2. Exploring the World. 3.2;4.2 1. Be/get used to. Clauses of concession: even though, 2 11-17.11
2.2;4.3 despite. S10
2. Reading: Phantom Travelers. An informal letter of
advice.
Unit 3. That’s What Friends 3.1;3.2 1. Adjective + preposition combinations. So / such … that. 2 18-24.11
Are For. 1.1;1.2 2. Reading: Vision of Danger (Episode 1). The green-eyed S11
monster.
Unit 4. Kicks and Thrills 2.1;3.2 1. Indirect questions. Reported speech: revision. 2 25.11-1.12
3.3;4.3 2. Reading: Martial Arts. Bungee Jumping. S12
Unit 5. Parents in the 1.2;1.3 1. Reporting advice: advice, recommends, suggest, urge. 2 2-8.12
Classroom Preferences and recommendation. S13
2.4;3.1 2. Efficient reading. Teenagers and How to Survive Them.
2.1;2.2 3. Reading: Vision of Danger( Episode 2)
Unit 6. Revision 3.2;4.2 1. Reading: The Elephant Princess. 4 9-20.12 Christm
4.3;4.4 2. Grammar practice: Past Simple, Past Continuous, Present S14 as party
Perfect, Present Perfect Continuous, Past Perfect, Reported S15
Speech. Winter
holiday
21.12-
12.01
SEMESTRUL al-II-lea

Unit 7. Don’t Judge a Book 1.3;2.3 1. Defining relative clauses with prepositions. Non-defining 2 13-19.01
by Its Cover relative clauses. S16
2.3;4.2 2. Books can become addictive. Reading a long text.
4.1;4.3 3. A summary of Jane Eyre. A contemporary story.
Unit 8. Puzzling Puzzles 2.1;3.2 1. Past Perfect Continuous. Possessive Forms. Topic 4 20.01-26.01
1.3;2.2 sentences. S17
2. Reading: Vision of Danger (Episode 3). A dialogue.
Unit 9. Home and Away 4.1;4.4 2 27.01-2.02
S18
1.1;1.3 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) 2 3-9.02
too, enough. Finding specific information. S19
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. 2 10.02-16.02
4.1;4.3 2. Zooropa and U2; Reading: Vision of Danger (Episode 4). S20
Unit 12. Revision 3.2;4.2;4.3 1. Reading: Today’s Cub Reporters, Tomorrow’s 2 17.02-23.02
1.1;1.3 Newshounds. S21
1.3;2.2;4.1;4. 2. Grammar practice: Past Perfect Continuous or Past
3 Simple
3. Writing: Formal letter, Biographies.

Unit 13. What’s On the Box? 1.2;1.3 1. Present Simple as Future, static verbs. 2 24.02-1.03
1.3;3.2 2. Reviews of television programmers. Types of S22
2.4;3.2 programmers.
3. Reading: Vision of Danger (Episode 5).
Unit 14. Just the Job 3.2;4.2 1. Conditional sentences with unless, provided / providing 2 2-8.03 Celebrating
(that), as long as. Condition in the past. S23 Mother’s
3.2;4.2 2. Words which avoid repetition. Day
1.2;4.3 3. Making it as a model. An archaeologist at work.
Unit 15. A Slice of Life 3.1;3.2 1. Sequence of adjectives. Phrasal verbs 2: transitive and 2 9-15.03
1.4;1.5 intransitive. S24
2. People in my life: a story. It’s a funny old world!
Unit 16. Dreams and Worries 2.1;3.2 1. Wish/if only past tense, wish + would needn’t, don’t 2 16-22.03
have/need to, needn’t have, didn’t have / need to. S25
1.1;1.2 2. Dear diary. A Change of Heart.
Unit 17. In the Dead of the 3.2;4.2;4.3 1. Wish / if only + Past Perfect, regret + verb – ing.

Night 4.2;4.3 2. Reading: Vision of Danger (Episode 6). 23.03-29.03

S26
Unit 18. Revision 3.2;4.2 1. Reading: I Can’t Understand What They’re Talking About! 4 Școala
1.2;4.3 2. Grammar practice: Present Simple or Present Continuous, Altfel
Conditional. 30.03- Spring
4.2;4.3 3. Writing: Describe people’s general appearance and 4.04 holiday: 5-
character. Summaries. 21.04
21.04-
26.04
S28
Unit 19. How Was It Done? 3.1;3.2 1. The Passive Voice: revision, modals and impersonal it. 1/2 27.04-
1.4;1.5 2. Reading: The Sony Walkman. Vision of Danger (Episode 3.05
7). S29
Unit 20. Young People in the 1.3;2.2 1. Fixed phrases with prepositions. As, like, as...as, as if / as 2 4-10.05
News 2.1;3.2 though. S30
2.1;3.1 2. Identifying the outlook of a newspaper.
3. Reading: The runway. The Junior Golf World Champion.
Unit 21. Behind the Scenes 3.2;4.2;4.3 1. Participle clauses. See / hear somebody do / doing 2
2.1;3.1 something. 11-
2. Reading techniques to suit your purpose. Good thinking 17.05
Batman S31

Unit 22. Land of the Brave? 2.1;3.1 1. Ability in the past and future: could, be able to, manage 4 18-
1.3;2.3 to. 24.05
4.1;4.3 2. Phrasal verbs 3: review S32
3. Reading: Children of Courage. Vision of Danger (Episode 25-
8). 31.05
S33

Unit 23. let’s Keep Talking 1.5;3.3 1. Future and future in the past. Intentions, decisions and 4
1.4;5.1 asking for advice. 1-7.06
REVISION 3.2;4.2;4.3 2. The writer’s angle. English as a global language. S34
3.1;3.2 3. A composition based on fact and opinion.
8-14.06
S35