Unit I: Your Daily Challenges

Unit

Topic

Communicative
Area

Vocabulary

Grammar

Lesson 1
On Vacation

Talking about free time activities,

about holidays

Phone talking
expressions, free time
activities

I love to . I quite like .

I dont enjoy . I would
like to .

Lesson 2
Blackboard vs
Computer

Speaking about school, describing

advantages and disadvantages of a
computer, telling the time.

School words,
computer words, time
expressions.

There is/there are.

Lesson 3
Life Events

Speaking about famous people,

describing life events.

Adjective describing
people, action verbs
about life events.

Present simple, frequency

adverbs.

Diagnostic Test
Test Analysis

Practical application of knowledge

and skills acquired in the previous
year
Agreeing and disagreeing about
daily schedule, talking about things
that help to manage time

Time management
words, linking words
to show contrast

Collective nouns.

Lesson 5
Fast FactsCivilization

Talking about the UK and the USA

comparing info about two countries

Countries ,cities, facts

about states

There is/there are., it is..

Lesson6
Grammar Page

Revising present simple, studying

there isthere are . It is.

Lesson 7
Round-up

Identifying the benefits of time

management, practicing
conversation, contrasting photos.

Lesson 8
Progress Test
Test Analysis

Practical application of knowledge

and skills acquired while studying
this unit.

Lesson4
Time
Management

Collective nouns There

is/there are., it is..
Web words,
technology word
combination.

Revision of the themes

studied in the unit

Nr. of
hours

Date

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Unit II: Choices

Unit

Topic
Lesson 1
Politeness

Lesson 2
Its not about you.
Its about the
PEOPLE around
you

Communicative
Area

Vocabulary

Grammar

Discussing about politeness, using

the polite requests, ways of
responding

Politeness
Antonyms , synonyms,
expressions, greeting could/would questions
habits in Moldova and
the UK
Talking about values, matching the Word combinations
Should, question word order.
words with definitions
used for expressing
opinions , room mess
words

Lesson 3
To Lie or Not to Lie

Answering the questions ,

interviewing a classmate,
completing the phrases

White lies, cartoon

words

Imperative sentences

Lesson4
Jobs

Jobs action verbs

linked to jobs

Would sentences

Lesson 5
Museums
-Civilization

Discussing about jobs, describing

a job, expressing opinions about
different topics
Writing a letter , an e-mail,
discussing and completing the
chart about British Museum

British museums,
museums in the USA

Tenses, should have

shouldnt have

Lesson6
Grammar Page

Finding the mistakes, talking

about regrets and complaints

Special words: lay/lie, Noun formation

laid/lay, laying/lying,
laid/lain.

Lesson 7
Round-up

Describing a holiday, role-playing

a situation

Adjectives ,
expressions used to
express opinions

Lesson 8
Progress Test
Test Analysis

Practical application of knowledge

and skills acquired while studying
this unit.

Tenses, should have

shouldnt have, Noun
formation

Nr. of
hours

Date

Unit III: Lifestyle

Unit

Topic

Communicative
Area

Vocabulary

Grammar

Lesson 1
Heroes of Our Time

Describing people, talking about

heroes

Adjectives describing
appearance

Indefinite pronouns

Lesson 2
The Way We Dress

Speaking about clothes, about

school uniform, classifying words
about school uniform.

Styles of dressing,
items of clothing

The emphatic pronouns

Lesson 3
Who Am I?

Answering the questions,

identifying the most important
things in life

Interests, values,
attitudes

Reflexive pronouns

Lesson4
Body Image

Commenting on sayings about

beauty, comparing choices

Physical fitness, self

compound words

Present/ past progressive

Lesson 5
Body Language
-Civilization

Discussing about gestures and

their use, answering the questions

Future progressive

Lesson6
Grammar Page

Using the necessary form of the

verbs, completing the sentences

Non verbal
communication,
gestures, body
language
Pronouns, verbs

Lesson 7
Round-up

Giving arguments about life,

answering the questions.

Choices ,descriptive
words

Tenses, pronouns

Indefinite pronouns The

emphatic pronous Present/
past progressive ns

Nr. of
hours

Date

Lesson 8
Progress Test
Test Analysis

Practical application of knowledge

and skills acquired while studying
this unit.

Unit

Topic

Unit IV: At Leisure

Lesson 1
Boredom Is Not an
Option

Communicative
Area

Vocabulary

Grammar

Exchanging opinions about

quotation, designing a poster,
making funny comments

Vocabulary about feelings

Relative pronouns

Lesson 2
Teen Bestsellers

Answering the questions about

movies, speaking about Harry
Potter

Film vocabulary, work with

dictionary

Perfect simple/progressive

Lesson 3
Never Give UP

Refusing invitations, talking about

sport and sportsmen

Physical education vocabulary,

health vocabulary

Passive constructions

Lesson4
Travelling to the
World of Stars

Discussing about universe,

commenting on the famous book
Solaris

Descriptive words, words

related to universe

Perfect tense and passive

voice

Lesson 5
Welcome to the
World of
Wanderlust
Civilization

Talking about great explorers,

Biography words
debating the topics about travelling travelling words

Relative pronouns

Lesson6
Grammar Page

Exchanging info on the theme,

telling sentences with present and
past perfect forms

Pronouns ,passive
constructions

Relative pronouns passive

construction

Lesson 7
Round-up

Answering the questions about

leisure, talking about people in
need

Leisure vocabulary, failure and

success vocabulary

Future tenses

Lesson 8
Progress Test
Test Analysis

Practical application of knowledge

and skills acquired while studying
this unit.

Nr. of
hours

Date

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Topic

Unit V: Celebrations

Lesson 1
Holidays

Describing national
holidays,customs,traditions specific to
English speaking countries.

Lesson 2
Presents and
Wishes

Talking about presents and, expressing

opinions about giving and receiving
presents. Discussing about how to choose
the right present.
Describing school traditions, comparing
own ideas with other opinions. Listening
to some foreign students presentations.

Lesson 3
School Traditions

Lesson4
Enjoying Together
Lesson 5
Old and New,
Different and the
same-Civilization

Communicative
Area

Talking about city/town/village/day.

Writing greeting cards. Describing
pictures.
Describing a festivity, comparing
weddings in Great Britain and Moldova

Vocabulary

Grammar

Vocabulary related to
holidays,traditions,customs.
Text based vocabulary,
matching ex.5p.69
Text based vocabulary,ex6
p.71.
Making wishes-useful
expressions.
Vocabulary related to
school traditions.
Teachers Day, First Bell,
School Reunion etc.
Finding equivalents of
greetings and wishes in
native language.
Defining words referring to
traditions and culture.
Synonyms.

Sequence of tenses and

reported speech

Sequence of tenses and

reported speech
Conditionals
Wish-sentences

Lesson6
Grammar Page

Revising Sequence of tenses and

reported speech, Conditionals
Wish-sentences

Reporting verbs

Lesson 7
Round-up

Describing birthday party celebration

Identifying different types

of celebrations. Synonyms.

Sequence of tenses and

reported speech

Conditionals

Conditionals
Wish-sentences
Wish -sentemces

Nr. of
hours

Date

Lesson 8
Progress Test
Test Analysis

Practical application of knowledge and

skills acquired while studying this unit.

Unit

Topic

Unit VI: Observer

Lesson 1
The News You Care
About

Vocabulary

Grammar

Talking about media. Identifying

different sources of information.
Reading about Oprah

Identifying different
sources of information
Media words

Adjectives

Lesson 2
Things We See
Around Us

Talking about colours, shapes, art and

their influence on personality.

Shapes and colours.

Adjectives

Lesson 3
Good Comes from
Doing Good

Describing personal feelings,

expressing attitude towards doing
good things. Writing short stories
based on the topic.
Discussing about folktales, about the
lessons they teach us. Animals and
their symbolic interpretation

Feelings and emotions

Defining words,
antonyms

Adjectives

Word formationaffixation. Adjectives

describing
people,animals
Word combinations,
antonyms
Social groups

Adjectives

Lesson4
Be Wise As Snakes,
Innocent as Doves

Communicative
Area

Lesson 5
The Streets of
London
-Civilization

Describing photos according to the

given pattern, expressing ideas about
the song The Streets of London

Lesson6
Grammar Page

Revising attributive and predicative

adjectives. Participle adjectives

Describing pictures
Similarities and
differences.

Attributive and predicative

adjectives. Participle
adjectives

Lesson 7
Round-up

Describing pictures
Similarities and differences
Talking about sense of beauty

Media, colors,shapes.

Conditionals - revision

Adjectives

Nr. of
hours

Date

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Topic

Unit VII: My Home Country

Lesson 8
Progress Test
Test Analysis

Lesson 1
How Much Do You
Know about
Moldova

Practical application of knowledge and

skills acquired while studying this
unit.

Communicative
Area

Vocabulary

Grammar

Talking about Moldova, its political

Structure and symbols.

Topic related
vocabulary
Fact file about Moldova

Inversion

Lesson 2
Economic and
Social Life

Talking about natural resources and

economic development. Speaking
about recent changes in Moldova

Words connected with

economic situation in
Moldova.

Inversion

Lesson 3
National Heritage

Talking about monuments and

historical places in Moldova.
Describing a historic place.

Words connected with

economic situation in
Moldova.

Complex Object

Lesson4
Home Sweet Home

Talking about museums and their

exhibits, describing a museum an art
gallery.

Complex Object

Lesson 5
From The Past to
the Future
-Civilization

Studying about the famous

monuments in Moldova and about the
history of Moldovan Flag

Topic related
vocabulary
Fact file about
museums in Moldova
National symbols,
monuments.
Improvising short
dialogues

Lesson6
Grammar Page

Revising Complex Object

Inversion

Complex Object
Inversion

Complex Object
Inversion

Nr. of
hours

Date

Unit VIII: Choices

Unit

Lesson 7
Round-up

Talking about geographical position

cultural riches, beautiful landscapes,
monuments of Moldova

Lesson 8
Progress Test
Test Analysis

Practical application of knowledge and

skills acquired while studying this
unit.

Topic

Communicative
Area

Topic related
vocabulary
Fact file about Moldova

Vocabulary

Grammar

Lesson 1
Friends of the Earth
Unite!!

Talking about environmental

problems and nature protection.

Vocabulary related to
environmental
problems and nature
protection.

Grammar revision
Reciprocal pronouns.

Lesson 2
Be Respectful of
Nature

Talking about the protection of

nature

Vocabulary related to
recycling: paper,
glass, plastic.
classifying words

Grammar revision
Reciprocal pronouns.

Lesson 3
Protect the Beauty
of the Countryside!

Talking about green-house effects

and nature protection. Talking
about tropical forests.

Grammar revision
Reciprocal pronouns.

Lesson4
Today Green Means
Someone Who Cares
About the Environ..
Lesson 5
British Tastes
-Civilization

Discussing about nature protection

organizations and their aims

Vocabulary related to
environmental
problems and nature
protection.
Words with green
meanings and
differences
Vocabulary related to
British eating habbits.

Grammar revision
Reciprocal pronouns.

Identifying and comparing British

Tastes. Describing the pictures.

Grammar revision
Reciprocal pronouns.

Nr. of
hours

Date

Lesson6
Grammar Page

Grammar revision
Reciprocal pronouns.

Lesson 7
Round-up

Talking about environmental

problems and nature protection in
Chisinau

Lesson 8
Progress Test
Test Analysis

Practical application of knowledge

and skills acquired while studying
this unit.

Grammar revision
Reciprocal pronouns.
Vocabulary related to
environmental
problems and nature
protection.