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Short-term plan for English in Grade 8
| Unit | Module 8 Food and drink |
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| Teacher’s name | ____________________ |
| Date | _____________ |
| Class | Grade 8 Attendance: _____ Absent: _____ |
| Lesson topic | Across the curriculum 8F: food labeling. Summative assessment task for the Module 8 Food and drink |
| Learning objectives covered in this lesson (curriculum reference) |
8.1.2.1 use speaking and listening skills to provide sensitive feedback to peers 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 7.4.7.1 determine the characteristic properties of a word, sentence and text within the framework of most written genres; |
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Lesson flow
| Lesson stage / Time | Teacher actions (complete prompts and instructions) | Student actions | Assessment (criteria • descriptors • points) | Resources |
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| Lesson opening (5 min) Engagement (Real-life case hook) |
Teacher: "Good morning! I want to show you a news headline from last week: 'Government proposes new "traffic light" system for food packaging to fight obesity.' What do you think this might mean? Look at this picture of two cereal boxes. One says 'Made with Real Fruit!' and the other has a complex nutrition table. Prediction Question: Based on this news, predict: What kind of information on a food label is most important for making a healthy choice, and what might be designed to persuade us to buy?"
AI Integration: The teacher uses an AI news aggregator (e.g., Google News with specific filters) to find a recent, relevant, and level-appropriate article on food labeling regulations. A text-to-speech AI (like NaturalReaders) can read the headline aloud to support auditory learners and model pronunciation of key terms like "obesity," "packaging." |
Students examine the visual of cereal boxes and the headline. They discuss the teacher's question together (as a pair). They make a prediction, e.g., "The nutrition facts are most important, but the big words about 'real fruit' are to make it look healthy." |
Descriptors (no points):
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Projector/Screen. Slide with news headline and images of two contrasting food labels (e.g., a "healthy" marketing front vs. a detailed back label). AI tool: AI news aggregator, Text-to-speech software. |
| Откроется после регистрации: Lesson middle (25 min) · Lesson end (10 min) | ||||