4) Grade 8:

Unit

Strands

Learning objectives

Term 1

1 Our World

Content

8.1.2.1- use speaking and listening skills to provide sensitive feedback to peers;

8.1.3.1- respect differing points of view;

8.1.4.1- evaluate and respond constructively to feedback from others;

8.1.5.1- use feedback to set personal learning objectives;

8.1.7.1- develop and sustain a consistent argument when speaking or writing;

8.1.8.1- develop intercultural awareness through reading and discussion;

8.1.9.1- use imagination to express thoughts, ideas, experiences and feelings;

8.1.10.1- use talk or writing as a means of reflecting on and exploring a range of perspectives on the world

Listening

8.2.1.1- understand with little or no support the main points in extended talk on a wide range of general and curricular topics;

8.2.3.1- understand with little or no support most of the detail of an argument in extended talk on a wide range of general and curricular topics;

8.2.7.1- recognize typical features at word, sentence and text level of a growing range of spoken genres;

Speaking

8.3.1.1-use formal and informal registers in their talk on a growing range of general and curricular topics;

8.3.3.1- give an opinion at discourse level on a wide range of general and curricular topics;

8.3.4.1-respond with some flexibility at both sentence and discourse level to unexpected comments on a range of general and curricular topics;

8.3.5.1- interact with peers to negotiate, agree and organise priorities and plans for completing classroom tasks;

8.3.6.1 link comments with some flexibility to what others say at sentence and discourse level in pair, group and whole class exchanges;

8.3.7.1- use appropriate subject-specific vocabulary and syntax to talk about a range of general topics, and some curricular topics

Reading

8.4.1.1- understand the main points in texts on a growing range of unfamiliar general and curricular topics, including some extended texts;

8.4.2.1- understand specific information and detail in texts on a growing range of familiar general and curricular topics, including some extended texts;

8.4.4.1- read a growing range of extended fiction and non-fiction texts on familiar and some unfamiliar general and curricular topics;

8.4.8.1- use familiar and some unfamiliar paper and digital reference resources to check meaning and extend understanding

Writing

8.5.1.1- plan, write, edit and proofread work at text level with little support on a growing range of general and curricular topics;

8.5.2.1- write with minimal support about real and imaginary past events, activities and experiences on a range of familiar general topics and some curricular topics;

8.5.3.1- write with moderate grammatical accuracy on a growing range of familiar general and curricular topics;

8.5.4.1- use with some support style and register appropriate to a variety of written genres on general and curricular topics;

8.5.7.1- use with minimal support appropriate layout at text level for a range of written genres on familiar general and curricular topics;

8.5.8.1- spell most high-frequency vocabulary accurately for a range of familiar general and curricular topics

Use of English

8.6.5.1- use questions which include a variety of different tense and modal forms on a range of familiar general and curricular topics;

8.6.9.1- use appropriately a variety of active and passive simple present and past forms and past perfect simple forms in narrative and reported speech on a range of familiar general and curricular topics;

8.6.15.1- use infinitive forms after a limited number of verbs and adjectives; use gerund forms after a limited variety of verbs and prepositions; use some prepositional verbs and begin to use common phrasal verbs on a growing range of familiar general and curricular topics;

8.6.16.1- use a growing variety of conjunctions including since, as to explain reasons and the structures so ... that, such a... that in giving explanations on a range of familiar general and curricular topics

2 Daily Life and Shopping

Content

8.1.1.1- use speaking and listening skills to solve problems creatively and cooperatively in groups;

8.1.3.1- respect differing points of view;

8.1.4.1- evaluate and respond constructively to feedback from others;

8.1.5.1- use feedback to set personal learning objectives;

8.1.8.1- develop intercultural awareness through reading and discussion

Listening

8.2.1.1- understand with little or no support the main points in extended talk on a wide range of general and curricular topics;

8.2.2.1- understand with little or no support most specific information in extended talk on a wide range of general and curricular topics;

8.2.3.1- understand with little or no support most of the detail of an argument in extended talk on a wide range of general and curricular topics;

8.2.7.1- recognize typical features at word, sentence and text level of a growing range of spoken genres

Speaking

8.3.5.1- interact with peers to negotiate, agree and organise priorities and plans for completing classroom tasks;

8.3.6.1- link comments with some flexibility to what others say at sentence and discourse level in pair, group and whole class exchanges;

8.3.7.1- use appropriate subject-specific vocabulary and syntax to talk about a range of general topics, and some curricular topics;

8.3.8.1- recount some extended stories and events on a range of general and curricular topics

Reading

8.4.2.1- understand specific information and detail in texts on a growing range of familiar general and curricular topics, including some extended texts;

8.4.3.1- understand the detail of an argument on a range of familiar general and curricular topics, including some extended texts;

8.4.4.1- read a growing range of extended fiction and non-fiction texts on familiar and some unfamiliar general and curricular topics;

8.4.6.1- recognise the attitude or opinion of the writer on a growing range of unfamiliar general and curricular topics, including some extended texts

Writing

8.5.1.1- plan, write, edit and proofread work at text level with little support on a growing range of general and curricular topics;

8.5.2.1- write with minimal support about real and imaginary past events, activities and experiences on a range of familiar general topics and some curricular topics;

8.5.3.1- write with moderate grammatical accuracy on a growing range of familiar general and curricular topics;

8.5.6.1- link, independently, sentences into coherent paragraphs using a variety of basic connectors on a range of familiar general topics and some curricular topics;

8.5.9.1- punctuate written work at text level on a range of familiar general and curricular topics with growing accuracy

Use of English

8.6.10.1- use present continuous forms for present and future meaning and past continuous, including some passive forms, on a range of familiar general and curricular topics;

8.6.11.1- use some reported speech forms for statements, questions and commands: say, ask, tell including reported requests on a range of familiar general and curricular topics;

8.6.12.1- use comparative degree adverb structures not as quickly as / far less quickly with regular and irregular adverbs; use an increased variety of pre-verbal, post-verbal and end-position adverbs on a range of familiar general and curricular topics;

8.6.15.1- use infinitive forms after a limited number of verbs and adjectives; use gerund forms after a limited variety of verbs and prepositions; use some prepositional verbs and begin to use common phrasal verbs on a growing range of familiar general and curricular topics;

8.6.16.1- use a growing variety of conjunctions including since, as to explain reasons and the structures so ... that, such a ... that in giving explanations on a range of familiar general and curricular topics

Term 2

3 Entertainment and Media

Content

8.1.1.1- use speaking and listening skills to solve problems creatively and cooperatively in groups;

8.1.3.1- respect differing points of view;

8.1.4.1- evaluate and respond constructively to feedback from others;

8.1.8.1- develop intercultural awareness through reading and discussion;

8.1.9.1- use imagination to express thoughts, ideas, experiences and feelings;

8.1.10.1- use talk or writing as a means of reflecting on and exploring a range of perspectives on the world

Listening

8.2.1.1- understand with little or no support the main points in extended talk on a wide range of general and curricular topics;

8.2.2.1- understand with little or no support most specific information in extended talk on a wide range of general and curricular topics;

8.2.5.1- recognize the opinion of the speaker(s) with little or no support in extended talk on a wide range of general and curricular topics;

8.2.6.1- deduce meaning from context with little or no support in extended talk on a growing range of general and curricular topics

Speaking

8.3.1.1- use formal and informal registers in their talk on a growing range of general and curricular topics;

8.3.3.1- give an opinion at discourse level on a wide range of general and curricular topics;

8.3.6.1- link comments with some flexibility to what others say at sentence and discourse level in pair, group and whole class exchanges;

8.3.7.1- use appropriate subject-specific vocabulary and syntax to talk about a range of general topics, and some curricular topics

Reading

8.4.1.1- understand the main points in texts on a growing range of unfamiliar general and curricular topics, including some extended texts;

8.4.2.1- understand specific information and detail in texts on a growing range of familiar general and curricular topics, including some extended texts;

8.4.5.1- deduce meaning from context in short texts and some extended texts on a growing range of familiar general and curricular topics;

8.4.6.1- recognise the attitude or opinion of the writer on a growing range of unfamiliar general and curricular topics, including some extended texts;

8.4.8.1- use familiar and some unfamiliar paper and digital reference resources to check meaning and extend understanding

Writing

8.5.1.1- plan, write, edit and proofread work at text level with little support on a growing range of general and curricular topics;

8.5.3.1- write with moderate grammatical accuracy on a growing range of familiar general and curricular topics;

8.5.4.1- use with some support style and register appropriate to a variety of written genres on general and curricular topics;

8.5.5.1- develop with support coherent arguments supported when necessary by examples and reasons for a growing range of written genres in familiar general and curricular topics;

8.5.6.1- link, independently, sentences into coherent paragraphs using a variety of basic connectors on a range of familiar general topics and some curricular topics;

8.5.7.1- use with minimal support appropriate layout at text level for a range of written genres on familiar general and curricular topics;

8.5.8.1- spell most high-frequency vocabulary accurately for a range of familiar general and curricular topics

Use of English

8.6.1.1- use some abstract nouns and complex noun phrases on a range of familiar general and curricular topics;

8.6.2.1 - use a growing variety of quantifiers for countable and uncountable nouns including several, plenty, a large/small number/amount on a range of familiar general and curricular topics;

8.6.3.1- use a growing variety of compound adjectives and adjectives as participles and some comparative structures including not as…as, much …than to indicate degree on a range of familiar general and curricular topics;

8.6.5.1- use questions which include a variety of different tense and modal forms on a range of familiar general and curricular topics;

8.6.7.1- use a variety of simple perfect forms to express recent, indefinite and unfinished past on a range of familiar general and curricular topics;

8.6.1.13- use a growing variety of modal forms for different functions: obligation, necessity, possibility, permission, requests, suggestions, prohibition on a range of familiar general and curricular topics;

8.6.1.14- use some prepositions before nouns and adjectives; use prepositions as, like to indicate manner; use dependent prepositions following adjectives on a range of familiar general and curricular topics;

8.6.15.1- use infinitive forms after a limited number of verbs and adjectives; use gerund forms after a limited variety of verbs and prepositions; use some prepositional verbs and begin to use common phrasal verbs on a growing range of familiar general and curricular topics;

8.6.17.1- use if / unless/ if only in second conditional clauses and wish [that] clauses [present reference]; use a growing variety of relative clauses including why clauses on a range of familiar general and curricular topics

4 Sport, Health and Exercise

Content

8.1.1.1- use speaking and listening skills to solve problems creatively and cooperatively in groups;

8.1.3.1 - respect differing points of view;

8.1.7.1- develop and sustain a consistent argument when speaking or writing

Listening

8.2.1.1- understand with little or no support the main points in extended talk on a wide range of general and curricular topics4

8.2.2.1- understand with little or no support most specific information in extended talk on a wide range of general and curricular topics;

8.2.4.1- understand with little or no support most of the implied meaning in extended talk on a range of general and curricular topics;

8.2.5.1- recognize the opinion of the speaker(s) with little or no support in extended talk on a wide range of general and curricular topics

Speaking

8.3.5.1- interact with peers to negotiate, agree and organise priorities and plans for completing classroom tasks;

8.3.6.1- link comments with some flexibility to what others say at sentence and discourse level in pair, group and whole class exchanges;

8.3.7.1- use appropriate subject-specific vocabulary and syntax to talk about a range of general topics, and some curricular topics

Reading

8.4.2.1 - understand specific information and detail in texts on a growing range of familiar general and curricular topics, including some extended texts;

8.4.3.1- understand the detail of an argument on a growing range of familiar general and curricular topics;

8.4.6.1- recognise the attitude or opinion of the writer on a growing range of unfamiliar general and curricular topics, including some extended texts

Writing

8.5.1.1- plan, write, edit and proofread work at text level with little support on a range of general and curricular topics;

8.5.2.1- write with minimal support about real and imaginary past events, activities and experiences on a range of familiar general topics and some curricular topics;

8.5.3.1- write with moderate grammatical accuracy on a growing range of familiar general and curricular topics;

8.5.5.1- develop with support coherent arguments supported when necessary by examples and reasons for a growing range of written genres in familiar general and curricular topics;

8.5.6.1- link, independently, sentences into coherent paragraphs using a variety of basic connectors on a range of familiar general topics and some curricular topics

Use of English

8.6.8.1- use a growing variety of future forms including present continuous and present simple with future meaning on a range of familiar general and curricular topics;

8.6.1.10- use present continuous forms for present and future meaning and past continuous, including some passive forms, on a range of familiar general and curricular topics;

8.6.12.1 - use comparative degree adverb structures not as quickly as / far less quickly with regular and irregular adverbs; use an increased variety of pre-verbal, post-verbal and end-position adverbs on a range of familiar general and curricular topics;

8.6.13.1 - use a growing variety of modal forms for different functions: obligation, necessity, possibility, permission, requests, suggestions, prohibition on a range of familiar general and curricular topics;

8.6.15.1- use infinitive forms after a limited number of verbs and adjectives; use gerund forms after a limited variety of verbs and prepositions; use some prepositional verbs and begin to use common phrasal verbs on a growing range of familiar general and curricular topics;

8.6.17.1- use if / unless/ if only in second conditional clauses and wish [that] clauses [present reference]; use a growing variety of relative clauses including why clauses on a range of familiar general and curricular topics

Term 3

5 Reading for Pleasure

Content

8.1.3.1- respect differing points of view;

8.1.7.1- develop and sustain a consistent argument when speaking or writing;

8.1.8.1- develop intercultural awareness through reading and discussion

Listening

8.2.1.1- understand with little or no support the main points in extended talk on a wide range of general and curricular topics;

8.2.2.1-understand with little or no support most specific information in extended talk on a wide range of general and curricular topics;

8.2.5.1- recognize the opinion of the speaker(s) with little or no support in extended talk on a wide range of general and curricular topics

Speaking

8.3.2.1- ask more complex questions to get information about a growing range of general topics and some curricular topics;

8.3.3.1- give an opinion at discourse level on a wide range of general and curricular topics;

8.3.4.1 - respond with some flexibility at both sentence and discourse level to unexpected comments on a range of general and curricular topics;

8.3.8.1- recount some extended stories and events on a range of general and curricular topics

Reading

8.4.1.1- understand the main points in texts on a growing range of unfamiliar general and curricular topics, including some extended texts;

8.4.2.1- understand specific information and detail in texts on a growing range of familiar general and curricular topics, including some extended texts;

8.4.3.1- understand the detail of an argument on a range of familiar general and curricular topics, including some extended texts;

8.4.4.1-read a growing range of extended fiction and non-fiction texts on familiar and some unfamiliar general and curricular topics

8.4.5.1- deduce meaning from context in short texts and some extended texts on a growing range of familiar general and curricular topics;

8.4.6.1- recognise the attitude or opinion of the writer on a growing range of unfamiliar general and curricular topics, including some extended texts;

8.4.7.1- recognise typical features at word, sentence and text level in a range of written genres;

8.4.9.1- recognise inconsistencies in argument in short texts on a limited range of general and curricular subjects

Writing

8.5.3.1- write with moderate grammatical accuracy on a growing range of familiar general and curricular topics;

8.5.5.1- develop with support coherent arguments supported when necessary by examples and reasons for a growing range of written genres in familiar general and curricular topics;

8.5.6.1- link, independently, sentences into coherent paragraphs using a variety of basic connectors on a range of familiar general topics and some curricular topics

Use of English

8.5.8.1- use a growing variety of future forms including present continuous and present simple with future meaning on a range of familiar general and curricular topics;

8.5.9.1 -use appropriately a variety of active and passive simple present and past forms and past perfect simple forms in narrative and reported speech on a range of familiar general and curricular topics;

8.5.1.11- use some reported speech forms for statements, questions and commands: say, ask, tell including reported requests on a range of familiar general and curricular topics;

8.5.12.1- use comparative degree adverb structures not as quickly as / far less quickly with regular and irregular adverbs; use an increased variety of pre-verbal, post-verbal and end-position adverbs on a range of familiar general and curricular topics;

8.5.14.1- use some prepositions before nouns and adjectives; use prepositions as, like to indicate manner; use dependent prepositions following adjectives on a range of familiar general and curricular topics;

8.5.16.1- use a growing variety of conjunctions including since, as to explain reasons and the structures so ... that, such a...that in giving explanations on a range of familiar general and curricular topics

6 The Natural World

Content

8.1.1.1- use speaking and listening skills to solve problems creatively and cooperatively in groups;

8.1.2.1- use speaking and listening skills to provide sensitive feedback to peers;

8.1.3.1- respect differing points of view;

8.1.7.1- develop and sustain a consistent argument when speaking or writing;

8.1.10.1- use talk or writing as a means of reflecting on and exploring a range of perspectives on the world

Listening

8.2.1.1 - understand with little or no support the main points in extended talk on a wide range of general and curricular topics;

8.2.2.1 - understand with little or no support most specific information in extended talk on a wide range of general and curricular topics;

8.2.6.1 - deduce meaning from context with little or no support in extended talk on a growing range of general and curricular topics;

8.2.7.1 - recognize typical features at word, sentence and text level of a growing range of spoken genres;

8.2.8.1 - understand extended narratives on a wide range of general and curricular topics

Speaking

8.3.1.1 - use formal and informal registers in their talk on a growing range of general and curricular topics;

8.3.2.1 - ask more complex questions to get information about a growing range of general topics and some curricular topics;

8.3.3.1 - give an opinion at discourse level on a wide range of general and curricular topics;

8.3.4.1 - respond with some flexibility at both sentence and discourse level to unexpected comments on a range of general and curricular topics;

8.3.5.1 - interact with peers to negotiate, agree and organise priorities and plans for completing classroom tasks;

8.3.8.1 - recount some extended stories and events on a range of general and curricular topics

Reading

8.4.2.1 - understand specific information and detail in texts on a growing range of familiar general and curricular topics, including some extended texts;

8.4.5.1 - deduce meaning from context in short texts and some extended texts on a growing range of familiar general and curricular topics;

8.4.6.1 - recognise the attitude or opinion of the writer on a growing range of unfamiliar general and curricular topics, including some extended texts;

8.4.7.1 - recognise typical features at word, sentence and text level in a range of written genres;

8.4.8.1 use familiar and some unfamiliar paper and digital reference resources with little support to check meaning and extend understanding

Writing

8.5.3.1 - write with moderate grammatical accuracy on a growing range of familiar general and curricular topics;

8.5.5.1-develop with support coherent arguments supported when necessary by examples and reasons for a growing range of written genres in familiar general and curricular topics;

8.5.6.1 - link, independently, sentences into coherent paragraphs using a variety of basic connectors on a range of familiar general topics and some curricular topics;

8.5.7.1 - use with minimal support appropriate layout at text level for a range of written genres on familiar general and curricular topics;

8.5.8.1 - spell most high-frequency vocabulary accurately for a range of familiar general and curricular topics;

8.5.9.1 - punctuate written work at text level on a range of familiar general and curricular topics with growing accuracy

Use of English

8.6.1.1- use some abstract nouns and complex noun phrases on a range of familiar general and curricular topics;

8.6.3.1 - use a growing variety of compound adjectives and adjectives as participles and some comparative structures including not as…as, much …than to indicate degree on a range of familiar general and curricular topics;

8.6.4.1 - use an increased variety of determiners including all, half, both [of] in pre-determiner function on a range of familiar general and curricular topics;

8.6.6.1 - use a variety of pronouns including indefinite pronouns anybody, anyone, anything and quantitative pronouns everyone, everything, none, more, less, a few on a range of familiar general and curricular topics;

8.6.7.1 - use a variety of simple perfect forms to express recent, indefinite and unfinished past on a range of familiar general and curricular topics

7 Travel and Transport

Content

8.1.2.1 - use speaking and listening skills to provide sensitive feedback to peers;

8.1.3.1 - respect differing points of view;

8.1.5.1 - use feedback to set personal learning objectives;

8.1.7.1 - develop and sustain a consistent argument when speaking or writing;

8.1.1.10 - use talk or writing as a means of reflecting on and exploring a range of perspectives on the world

Listening

8.2.2.1 - understand with little or no support most specific information in extended talk on a wide range of general and curricular topics;

8.2.4.1 - understand with little or no support most of the implied meaning in extended talk on a range of general and curricular topics;

8.2.8.1 - understand extended narratives on a wide range of general and curricular topics

Speaking

8.3.3.1 - give an opinion at discourse level on a wide range of general and curricular topics;

8.3.5.1- interact with peers to negotiate, agree and organise priorities and plans for completing classroom tasks;

8.3.7.1- use appropriate subject-specific vocabulary and syntax to talk about a range of general topics, and some curricular topics

Reading

8.4.1.1 - understand the main points in texts on a growing range of unfamiliar general and curricular topics, including some extended texts;

8.4.2.1 - understand specific information and detail in texts on a growing range of familiar general and curricular topics, including some extended texts;

8.4.4.1 - read a growing range of extended fiction and non-fiction texts on familiar and some unfamiliar general and curricular topics;

8.4.5.1 - deduce meaning from context in short texts and some extended texts on a growing range of familiar general and curricular topics;

8.4.8.1 - use familiar and some unfamiliar paper and digital reference resources with little support to check meaning and extend understanding

Writing

8.5.1.1 - plan, write, edit and proofread work at text level with little - support on a growing range of general and curricular topics;

8.5.3.1 - write with moderate grammatical accuracy on a growing range of familiar general and curricular topics;

8.5.4.1 - use with some support style and register appropriate to a variety of written genres on general and curricular topics;

8.5.6.1 - link, independently, sentences into coherent paragraphs using a variety of basic connectors on

a range of familiar general topics and some curricular topics;

8.5.8.1 - spell most high-frequency vocabulary accurately for a range of familiar general and curricular topics;

8.5.9.1 - punctuate written work at text level on a range of familiar general and curricular topics with growing accuracy

Use of English

8.6.5.1 - use questions which include a variety of different tense and modal forms on a range of familiar general and curricular topics;

8.6.7.1 - use a variety of simple perfect forms to express recent, indefinite and unfinished past on a range of familiar general and curricular topics;

8.6.9.1 - use appropriately a variety of active and passive simple present and past forms and past perfect simple forms in narrative and reported speech on a range of familiar general and curricular topics;

8.6.13.1 - use a growing variety of modal forms for different functions: obligation, necessity, possibility, permission, requests, suggestions, prohibition on a range of familiar general and curricular topics;

8.6.14.1 - use some prepositions before nouns and adjectives; use prepositions as, like to indicate manner; use dependent prepositions following adjectives on a range of familiar general and curricular topics

Term 4

8 Food and Drink

Content

8.1.2.1 - use speaking and listening skills to provide sensitive feedback to peers;

8.1.3.1 - respect differing points of view;

8.1.4.1 - evaluate and respond constructively to feedback from others;

8.1.5.1 - use feedback to set personal learning objectives;

8.1.8.1 - develop intercultural awareness through reading and discussion;

8.1.9.1 - use imagination to express thoughts, ideas, experiences and feelings;

8.1.10.1 - use talk or writing as a means of reflecting on and exploring a range of perspectives on the world

Listening

8.2.3.1 - understand with little or no support most of the detail of an argument in extended talk on a wide range of general and curricular topics;

8.2.4.1 - understand with little or no support most of the implied meaning in extended talk on a range of general and curricular topics;

8.2.5.1 - recognize the opinion of the speaker(s) with little or no support in extended talk on a wide range of general and curricular topics;

8.2.6.1 - deduce meaning from context with little or no support in extended talk on a growing range of general and curricular topics

Speaking

8.3.2.1 - ask more complex questions to get information about a growing range of general topics and some curricular topics;

8.3.4.1 - respond with some flexibility at both sentence and discourse level to unexpected comments on a range of general and curricular topics;

8.3.5.1 - interact with peers to negotiate, agree and organise priorities and plans for completing classroom tasks;

8.3.6.1 - link comments with some flexibility to what others say at sentence and discourse level in pair, group and whole class exchanges;

8.3.7.1 - use appropriate subject-specific vocabulary and syntax to talk about a range of general topics, and some curricular topics;

8.3.8.1 - recount some extended stories and events on a range of general and curricular topics

Reading

8.4.2.1 - understand specific information and detail in texts on a growing range of familiar general and curricular topics, including some extended texts;

8.4.3.1 - understand the detail of an argument on a range of familiar general and curricular topics, including some extended texts;

8.4.4.1 - read a growing range of extended fiction and non-fiction texts on familiar and some unfamiliar general and curricular topics;

8.4.5.1 - deduce meaning from context in short texts and some extended texts on a growing range of familiar general and curricular topics;

8.4.6.1 - recognise the attitude or opinion of the writer on a growing range of unfamiliar general and curricular topics, including some extended texts;

8.4.7.1 - recognise typical features at word, sentence and text level in a range of written genres

Writing

8.5.1.1 - plan, write, edit and proofread work at text level with little support on a growing range of general and curricular topics;

8.5.2.1 - write with minimal support about real and imaginary past events, activities and experiences on a range of familiar general topics and some curricular topics;

8.5.3.1 - write with moderate grammatical accuracy on a growing range of familiar general and curricular topics;

8.5.4.1 - use with some support style and register appropriate to a variety of written genres on general and curricular topics

Use of English

8.5.2.1 - use a growing variety of quantifiers for countable and uncountable nouns including several, plenty, a large/small number/amount on a range of familiar general and curricular topics;

8.6.3.1 - use a growing variety of compound adjectives and adjectives as participles and some comparative structures including not as…as, much …than to indicate degree on a range of familiar general and curricular topics;

8.6.4.1 - use an increased variety of determiners including all, half, both [of] in pre-determiner function on a range of familiar general and curricular topics;

8.6.8.1 - use a growing variety of future forms including present continuous and present simple with future meaning on a range of familiar general and curricular topics;

8.6.9.1 - use appropriately a variety of active and passive simple present and past forms and past perfect simple forms in narrative and reported speech on a range of familiar general and curricular topics;

8.6.10.1 - use present continuous forms for present and future meaning and past continuous, including some passive forms, on a range of familiar general and curricular topics;

8.6.13.1 - use a growing variety of modal forms for different functions: obligation, necessity, possibility, permission, requests, suggestions, prohibition on a range of familiar general and curricular topics;

8.6.15.1- use infinitive forms after a limited number of verbs and adjectives; use gerund forms after a limited variety of verbs and prepositions; use some prepositional verbs and begin to use common phrasal verbs on a growing range of familiar general and curricular topics

9 The World of Work

Content

8.1.1.1 - use speaking and listening skills to solve problems creatively and cooperatively in groups;

8.1.3.1 respect differing points of view;

8.1.6.1 - organise and present information clearly to others;

8.1.9.1 - use imagination to express thoughts, ideas, experiences and feelings;

8.1.10.1 - use talk or writing as a means of reflecting on and exploring a range of perspectives on the world

Listening

8.2.2.1 - understand with little or no support most specific information in extended talk on a wide range of general and curricular topics;

8.2.7.1 - recognize typical features at word, sentence and text level of a growing range of spoken genres;

8.2.8.1 - understand extended narratives on a wide range of general and curricular topics

Speaking

8.3.2.1 - ask more complex questions to get information about a growing range of general topics and some curricular topics;

8.3.3.1 - give an opinion at discourse level on a wide range of general and curricular topics;

8.3.4.1 - respond with some flexibility at both sentence and discourse level to unexpected comments on a range of general and curricular topics;

8.3.5.1 - interact with peers to negotiate, agree and organise priorities and plans for completing classroom tasks;

8.3.6.1 - link comments with some flexibility to what others say at sentence and discourse level in pair, group and whole class exchanges;

8.3.7.1 - use appropriate subject-specific vocabulary and syntax to talk about a range of general topics, and some curricular topics;

8.3.8.1 - recount some extended stories and events on a range of general and curricular topics

Reading

8.4.2.1 - understand specific information and detail in texts on a growing range of familiar general and curricular topics, including some extended texts;

8.4.6.1 - recognise the attitude or opinion of the writer on a growing range of unfamiliar general and curricular topics, including some extended texts;

8.4.9.1 - recognise inconsistencies in argument in short texts on a limited range of general and curricular subjects

Writing

8.5.2.1 - write with minimal support about real and imaginary past events, activities and experiences on a range of familiar general topics and some curricular topics;

8.5.3.2 - write with moderate grammatical accuracy on a growing range of familiar general and curricular topics

Use of English

8.6.5.1 - use questions which include a variety of different tense and modal forms on a range of familiar general and curricular topics;

8.6.6.1 - use a variety of pronouns including indefinite pronouns anybody, anyone, anything and quantitative pronouns everyone, everything, none, more, less, a few on a range of familiar general and curricular topics;

8.6.7.1 - use a variety of simple perfect forms to express recent, indefinite and unfinished past on a range of familiar general and curricular topics;

8.6.8.1 - use a growing variety of future forms including present continuous and present simple with future meaning on a range of familiar general and curricular topics;

8.6.10.1 - use present continuous forms for present and future meaning and past continuous, including some passive forms, on a range of familiar general and curricular topics;

8.6.11.1 - use some reported speech forms for statements, questions and commands: say, ask, tell including reported requests on a range of familiar general and curricular topics

8.6.13.1 - use a growing variety of modal forms for different functions: obligation, necessity, possibility, permission, requests, suggestions, prohibition on a range of familiar general and curricular topics;

8.6.17.1 - use if / unless/ if only in second conditional clauses and wish [that] clauses [present reference]; use a growing variety of relative clauses including why clauses on a range of familiar general and curricular topics