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Short-term plan for English in Grade 8
| Unit | The world of work |
| Teacher’s name | ____________________ |
| Date | _____________ |
| Class | Grade 8 Attendance: _____ Absent: _____ |
| Lesson topic | Discussing the advantages and disadvantages of taking a gap year |
| Learning objectives covered in this lesson (curriculum reference) | 8.5.3.1 write with moderate grammatical accuracy on a growing 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 |
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Lesson flow
| Lesson stage / Time | Teacher actions (complete prompts and instructions) | Student actions | SEN support | Assessment (criteria • descriptors • points) | Resources |
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| Lesson opening (5 min) Engagement (real‑life hook) |
Teacher: "Good morning, everyone! Look at this photo of a student from Astana, Aruzhan. After 11th grade she decided NOT to go to university immediately. She spent a year volunteering in the mountains of Almaty region. Then she entered university. Some people say it’s a waste of time; others say it’s the best decision. What do you think? Why?" Show image (printed or on slide). Ask 2–3 students to predict: "Will she succeed later? Why/why not?" AI support (teacher use): Use ChatGPT to generate 3 short real‑life gap‑year stories from Kazakhstan as discussion fuel. |
Possible responses: "Maybe she will be more mature." / "She lost one year." |
SEN: provide printed photo with key word bank (gap year, volunteer, travel, work, experience). Simplified question: "Good or bad? Why?" | Descriptors (no points): • participates in pair discussion • gives a prediction with a simple reason |
Photo from unsplash (gap year image); slide; word bank card for SEN |
| Откроется после регистрации: Lesson middle (25 min) · Lesson end (10 min) · Reflection (5 min) | |||||