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2016 2017 LESSON PLAN - 8th GRADE TEACHER: Michel Cruz

Communication Objectives
Language Objectives

AUGUST

1. How often do you work

out?
Pages 2-7
(New World 3)
2. Dont worry! Be happy.
Pages 8-13

SEPTEMBER

2 0 1 6

3. What do we need?
Review Units 1-3
Pages 14-25

To talk about how often one does

everyday activities
To express likes and dislikes

To talk about emotions

To make suggestions
To give reasons

To talk about food, recipes, and diet

To talk about things one needs
To talk about quantities

Frequency adverbs
Gerunds as object of verbs
Everyday activities vocabulary
Write about a typical day

Negative questions with why

Why/ because
Intensifiers very, so, a little, a lot
Emotions
Animals
Write about things that make you
angry, happy, sad, etc.
Count / non-count nouns
Expressions of quantity
Names of foods and containers
Fruits from Asia
Curriculum area: Life science/ health
Write about ones daily diet.

4. Going shopping
Pages 26-31

Talk about shopping

To talk about plans
To agree with what someone has just
said

OCTOBER
5. Did you have a good
time?
Pages 32-37

NOVEMBE
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6. Accidents happen
Review Units 4-6
Pages 38-49

To talk about travel and trips in the

past
To talk about interesting places
To discuss the weather
To talk about accidents and blackouts
To talk about ongoing actions in the
past

Information questions with going to

Agreeing with so and neither
Vocabulary for clothes, accessories,
electronics, and sports
Shopaholics
Curriculum area: Life skills
Write about a popular pastime in
ones country

Simple past tense

Infinitives of purpose
Tourist activities
Geography/ social studies
Write a blog entry about a place one
visited
Past progressive
Past progressive + when
Verbs related to accidents
Technology
Write about an imaginary experience
in a blackout

DECEM
BER

REVIEW
MID-TERM EXAM
UNITS 1-6

JANUARY

2 0 1 7

7. Have you ever?

Pages 50-55

To talk about experiences one has had

Present perfect
Adverb ever
Vocabulary for outdoor and leisure
activities
Geography
Write about a personal experience
one will never forget

8. The more, the better

Pages 56-61

To compare two items or groups of

items

FEBRUARY

Comparatives
Adjectives to describe places
Animals
Social studies
Compare oneself to a family member
or a friend
Superlatives
Adjectives to describe animals
Life science
Write about an endangered species

To compare three or more things

To give opinions

To talk about possessions

To talk about sharing

Possessive pronouns
Social Studies
Life skills/ values
Write about experiences/ problems
living with family members

11. What should I do?

Pages 80-85

To ask for advice

To discuss problems and issues

12. Will you miss me?

To talk about the future

To make predictions
To discuss what someone will miss
from home

Auxiliary verb should

Vocabulary related to health
Write about what one does to stay
healthy
The future with will
Vocabulary related to college and
studies
Life skills
Write an email describing an
imaginary experience attending a
school away from home

9. Its amazing!
Review units 7-9
Pages 62-73
10. Leave my things alone!
Pages 74-79

MARCH
APRIL

Review Units 10-12

Pages 86-109

MAY

REVIEW
FINAL EXAM
UNITS 7-12