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CLASA: a VIIIa
MANUAL: High Flyer Upper Intermediate, EDITURA Pearson Education Longman

PLANIFICARE CALENDARISTICA
PENTRU LIMBA ENGLEZA - CLASA A VIII-A, LIMBA MODERNA 1

SEMESTRUL I
Nr. Unit
A. Journeys Past and
Present

Competente
specifice
vizate
2.1;3.2
1.3;2.2

B. The Worlds a Stage

1.1;1.2
2.4;3.2

C. Get Better Soon

3.2;4.2
2.2;4.3
1.3;2.2
4.1;4.3

D. Revision
Unit 1. Crossing Borders

1.2;1.3
1.3;3.2
2.4;3.2

Unit 2. Exploring the World.

3.2;4.2
2.2;4.3

Unit 3. Thats What Friends

Are For.

3.1;3.2
1.1;1.2

Continuturi
Forme de prezentare
1. Present perfect: simple and continuous
2. Reading: High Flyers-Journeys Past and Present in
London.
1. Position of adverbials. Verbs followed by gerunds.
1. Scanning: Oresteia
2. Initial testing
1. Winter bugs and what to do about them
2. Reading: The Enemy Within
1. Are you an optimist or a pessimist?
2. Grammar practice: Present Perfect or Present Perfect
Continuous, Infinitive or Gerund.
1. Past tenses: revision, negative statements and questions.
2. Predicting style from first paragraph. The structure of an
article.
3. Reading: The New Speaker of English.
1. Be/get used to. Clauses of concession: even though,
despite.
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

Numar
ore
alocate
2

Saptama
na

S2

S3

S4

S5

S6

S7

S1

Obs.

Unit 4. Kicks and Thrills

Unit 5. Parents in the
Classroom
Unit 6. Revision

Unit 7. Dont Judge a Book

by Its Cover
Unit 8. Puzzling Puzzles
End of term revision

2.1;3.2
3.3;4.3
1.2;1.3
2.4;3.1
2.1;2.2
3.2;4.2
4.3;4.4
1.3;2.3
2.3;4.2
4.1;4.3
2.1;3.2
1.3;2.2

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.
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.

S8

S9
S10

S11

S12

S13

S14

Winter
Festivities

SEMESTRUL II
Unit 9. Home and Away

Unit 10. Myths and Legends.

Unit 11. Rocking n Rolling
Unit 12. Revision

Unit 13. Whats On the Box?

Unit 14. Just the Job

Unit 15. A Slice of Life

Unit 16. Dreams and Worries
Unit 17. In the Dead of the
Night
S tii mai multe, s poi mai

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

a difference!
1.1;1.3
2. A formal letter. Discussing foreign exchanges. Countable
and uncountable nouns.
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.
1.3;2.2
1. Phrasal verbs: transitive separable / inseparable.
4.1;4.3
2. Zooropa and U2; Reading: Vision of Danger (Episode 4).
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 Simple
.3
3. Writing: Formal letter, Biographies.
1.2;1.3
1. Present Simple as Future, static verbs.
1.3;3.2
2. Reviews of television programmers. Types of
2.4;3.2
programmers.
3. Reading: Vision of Danger (Episode 5).
3.2;4.2
1. Conditional sentences with unless, provided / providing
(that), as long as. Condition in the past.
3.2;4.2
2. Words which avoid repetition.
1.2;4.3
3. Making it as a model. An archaeologist at work.
3.1;3.2
1. Sequence of adjectives. Phrasal verbs 2: transitive and
1.4;1.5
intransitive.
2. People in my life: a story. Its a funny old world!
2.1;3.2
1. Wish/if only past tense, wish + would neednt, dont
have/need to, neednt have, didnt have / need to.
1.1;1.2
2. Dear diary. A Change of Heart.
3.2;4.2;4.3 1. Wish / if only + Past Perfect, regret + verb ing.
4.2;4.3
2. Reading: Vision of Danger (Episode 6).

S1/15

S2/16

S3/17

S4/18

S5/19
S6/20

S7/21

S8/22

S9/23

S10/21

S11/22

S12/26

4.1;4.4

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Unit 18. Revision

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

Unit 22. Land of the Brave?

2.1;3.1
1.3;2.3
4.1;4.3

Unit 23. lets Keep Talking

Unit 24. Revision

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
3.4;4.4

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
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.

S13/27

S14/28

S15/29
S16/30

S17/31

S18/32
S19/33

S20/34
2

S21/35
S22/36

Childrens
Day