ENGLISH FOR EIGTH GRADE (PRIMARY LANGUAGE)

Standards of knowledge, skills and criteria of grading :

1) LEXICAL KNOWLEDGE- Students should/must understand the meaning of lexical units in accordance to the topics
given in the curriculum for fifth grade and the same ones can be used receptively and productively in an adequate
context.
2) GRAMMAR STRUCTURES- Students should /must understand and to use in the appropriate way grammar
structures according with the curriculum. Also applies grammar structures in framework of a complex sentence in oral
and written communication
3) COMMUNICATION MODELS- Student should/must make simple communication using the communicative models
according to the curriculum.
4) MULTICULTURAL CONTEXT- has the knowledge for specific landmarks of cultural characteristics of given nations
using the multicultural approach and making comparisons with other cultures and also finding the mutual
characteristics.
5) LISTENING COMPREHENSION- Students should/must recognize and notice concrete and important parts in
messages and dialogues and also recognizes high and low intonation. Globally understands longer oral statements(short
texts) and recognizes concrete information from various listened material.
6) CONVERSATION- Students should reproduce and produce simple statements with appropriate accents. Expresses
personal opinions, thoughts and reactions.
7) READING - Students should/must reads with the aim to recognize specific information in a given text and also reads
with comprehension ( instructions, signs, information and messages).
8) WRITING- Students should /must correctly write simple sentences in aspect of structures and punctuation and also
writes small number of linked sentences to receive or send simple information. Writes short compositions which
demand or transfer personal information, feelings , thoughts ,opinions . Writes letters( formal and informal) and
messages. Also describes and retells events from every day life in framework of given topics for curriculum for VIII
graders.

GRADE
Language
components

Lexical knowledge

Grammar
structures

Knowledge

Communication
Model

Understands
linked fund of
words from the
given topic
with great
number of
errors

Applies limited
fund of words
from the given
topics with
errors

Applies fund of Successfully uses words from

words from the
the given topic
given topics
with
insignificant
number of errors

Understands
and with
difficulties
applies basic
grammar
structures with
great number
of errors which
burden
comprehension
Applies basic
communicative
models
(thanking and
apologizing)

Applies basic
grammar
structures with
errors which
partially
burden the
comprehension

Applies basic
grammar
structures with
small number of
errors which not
burden
comprehension

Applies basic grammar

structures with not significant
number of errors

Applies part of
communicative
models with
errors which
not burden
comprehension

Applies part of
given
communicative
models with a
small number of
errors

Applies the given

communicative models with
insignificant number of errors

GRADE
Language
components

Skills

Recognizes
words and
simple
sentences

Recognizes
concrete
information in
a short text

4
Recognizes
concrete
information and
understands

5
Recognizes concrete
information in a short text and
understands simple
instruction , signs , information

Also by the students will be made a specific topics of Webquests ( projects done by using the Internet in Edubuntu Writer and
Edubuntu Impress) which will be graded bt points from 1-10. Each Webquest will be handed to the English language teacher
on a given time , if not the students who will not handle the Webquest on time will be rewarded by 0 points.