DEPARTMENT OF LITERATURE AND LANGUAGES

ENGLISH LANGUAGE TERMLY SCHEMES OF WORK

GRADE: 8 CLASS _________ TERM: 3 YEAR: 2023 NAME OF

TEACHER:_________________________

WK/ DATE TOPIC / CONTENT OUTCOMES METHODS Knowledge/ T/L AIDS REF COM
Values/Skills

-Reporting and registration of

1 learners

-Revision Of End Of Term 2 Test LSBAT: - Discussions

-Test scripts
-Revise and make -Group -Refer to
-Structure:(As reflected in test necessary correction discussion JSSL (2013)
papers) to previous test Syllabus
-Chart on page 20 -22
-Comprehension: (As reflected in -Identify and use -Discussions verbs for specific
test papers) regular and irregular language
verbs correctly items
-Parts of Speech: Verbs (Regular &
Irregular Verbs) -Narrate their holiday -Individually
experiences

HOME WORK: Narrative

2 ENG 8 MK TEXT BOOK LSBAT
Structure: -Use appropriate -Class MK textPp’s
-Result structure patterns to discussion -Eng 8 bk. MK bk page 178
express result (Syll pg 440
-Apply appropriate -Pair work -Charts
-Tense recognition tenses to complete Eng 8 MK
given passage. Pp’s pg 143-
-Read given passage

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 for pleasure -Individually
-Extensive Reading - Answer -Pp's MK bk
comprehension pg 80, 123
-Reading Comprehension- Passage 10 questions having read -Group -JSSE
(Earthquake) the passage discussion Syllabus pg
-Eng 8 Pp’s.
MK 23
-
3 - Eng 8 Pp's
Eng. 8 bk 2 bk 2 pg
LSBAT text bks, 187-192
-Structures: The Future Perfect -Use given tenses Class ZBEC
Continuous and the Future Perfect correctly discussion -bk 1 pg 120
Tenses
-Individually -Eng 8 bk 1
-Let’s Get It Right: (Discuss, Talk -Use given grammatical ZBEC -Eng 8 MK
about) terms correctly Pp's. bk Pg
-Group Eng 8 MK 130
-Composition; Describing a person/ -Write a descriptive discussion text books
place. composition acceptably -JSSE
Syllabus pg
-chalk board 23
-Individually
-Individually, learners
-HOME WORK: Describing of a give a vivid descriptive -Charts
place visited before. of a place visited.

4 LSBAT
ENGLISH 8 BK 1 (ZBEC): UNIT 7:
ON THE MOVE Class -Eng 8 Pp's
discussion -Eng. 8 bk 1 bk 1(Zbec)
-Extensive Reading (Transport -Read given passage text bks, Pg 86 - 104
Through the Ages) for pleasure and retell -Individually

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 it in own words
-JSSE
-Composition: Narrative ( A Journey -Use given picture -Group -chalk board Syllabus
to Kabwe.) strip to narrate a discussion page 15
story. -Charts

-Structure: Let’s Get It Right (get -Group work -Eng 8 bk 1

on, get onto, get into, get off, -Use given verbial pg 99
get out of) phrases correctly -Eng 8 bk 1

-Reading Comprehension: A Journey - Read and extract

by Air. relevant information
from the passage to
answer questions
HOME WORK: Narrate a story correctly
(factual/fiction)
5 STRUCTURES: LSBAT Class -Eng. 8 bk 1 -Eng 8 bk1
-Let’s Get It Right: Hear and ‘Listen -Use given structural discussion text bks, (Zbec) 45
to items correctly
-Individually Eng 8 book 1 -Eng 8 bk1
-Make requests (Zbec)
-Polite Requests politely Pge222
-Group disc -Eng 8 bk 1 -pg 23
-Question Tags and Short Answers -Provide appropriate
tags to statements
-Discussion -Eng 8 bk 2
-Intensifiers (Adverb of degree) -Use given structure (ZBEC) pge
correctly 238

MONTH 1 TEST

6 ENG. 8 MK TEXT BOOK LSBAT

-MK Eng 8
-Structures: -Use correctly the text bks. -Eng 8 MK

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 -Parts of Speech: The possessive apostrophe to indicate text bk pg
form of Nouns possessiveness -Chalkboard 157
Group
-Identify the plural discussion -Charts
-Countable and uncountable nouns: form of regular and Eng 8 MK
Regular and Irregular Nouns irregular nouns Pp’s bk page
-Word cards 159-163
- Read and extract -Individually
-Comprehension: Road Accidents relevant information
from the passage to -Eng 8 MK
-Structure: Homophones answer questions Pp's bk pg
-Pair work
correctly 49-51
-Eng. 8 MK
-Group work text bks.
-Role play given short
plays -page 59-66
-A Short Play: No condition is
permanent -Role play
-Fill in appropriate
words in blank spaces
HOME WORK: Cloze Passage
to complete given
( page 163- MK text book) -Individually
passage

7 ENG 8 BOOK 2 (ZBEC): UNIT 3: LSBAT

FOOD AND HUNGER -Eng 8
-Class -chalk board bk2(Zbec)
-Listening Comprehension (What -Provide relevant discussion Pge32-44
People Eat) information from a -Charts (TG pg 14-
listening task. 19)

-Composition: Writing Informal -Use correct tone and -Individually -JSSE

Letters register of an informal Syllabus
-G8 Eng.text
letter pg15,38
-Group work bk 2

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 --Read and extract -Eng 8 Pp's
-Reading Comprehension: “ In The relevant information -Class bk 2 pg 30-
Village; In Town” from the passage to discussion 31
answer give questions
-Eng 8 bk 2
- Use given structural pg 26-30
-Eng 8 bk 2
Let’s Get It Right: ‘agree’ and items correctly Pair work (ZBEC
‘Accept’

-Write semi-formal
HOMEWORK: Writing a semi- letters with correct Syllabus
formal Letter tone and register page 17
-individually

Extensive Reading: ‘Not Enough to - Read given passage Eng 8 Bk 2 Bk 2 page

Share’ for pleasure and retell 40
8 the story
-Structure: Co-ordinators (‘and’; -Use co-ordinators Eng. 8 bk 2
‘but’; ‘either….or’; Neither….nor’, correctly text bks,
Group
both…and’ discussion -page 193
Eng 8 MK
-Use determiners -Individually text books -Eng 8 Pp's
-Determiners (much, many, a lot before nouns correctly bk 2(Zbec)
of, lots of, plenty of) -Pair work Pg 175, 177,
-Use given structures -chalk board 183,
-Having/Getting Something Done correctly to get things
-Group work
done. -Charts -Eng 8 TG 2
-Rewrite sentences as pg 76n-79
HOMEWORK: Extended exercise instructed.
on Co-ordinators (lesson 28)

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ENG 8 BOOK 2 (ZBEC): UNIT 4: LSBAT Eng. 8 bk 2 -Eng 8 Pp’s
MYSTRIES Group (Zbec) text bk 2 pages
-Extensive Reading -Read given passage discussion bks, 45- 56

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 for pleasure -JSSE Syll
pg
-Individually
Reading Comprehension (‘Where is - Read and extract
the Chief’?) relevant information Eng 8 bk 2 -Bk 2 pg96-
from the passage to -Pair work (Zbec) 48-50
answer questions
correctly -chalk board

-Use given note to give -Charts -Page 51

-Composition: Narrative A Strange -Group work
a narrative of events
Robbery
MONTH 2 TEST

-Let’s Get It Right: ‘Steal’ and ‘Rob’ -Use given vocabulary -Page 55 56
-Class disc -Charts
terms correctly
TEST 2
10 STRUCTURES ( Eng. 8 bk 2 ZEBC LSBAT
& Eng 8 MK TEXT BOOK) Eng 8 MK
Use quotation marks Group Eng, 8 Pp’s bk bks
Direct Speech correctly to indicate discussion 2 –Zbec -Eng 8 bk2
direct speech
pps pg 198,
-MK Eng 8 220
-Indirect Speech -Change direct speech -Individually Pp’s bk
-Syllabus
to reported speech
pg 46
correctly.
-Eng 8 Pps
-Reason (‘because’; Since’; ‘As’) -Pair work Charts
-Use appropriate bk 2 page
structures to express 203
-Group work
reason
Chalk board
-Use the comparative -Eng 8 bk 2
-Class
-Comparison and superlative degree pg 206
discussion
correctly
-Chart

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 11 ENGLISH 8 BOOK 2 (ZBEC): PSBAT
UNIT 5 Eng. 8 bk 2 Eng 8 bk 2
TRADITIONS -Read given passage Group text bks, page 57
-Reading: The Mutomboko Ceremony for pleasure discussion
Comprehension.
- Read and extract
relevant information -Individually -chalk board -Eng 8 Pp’s
-Reading Comprehension from the passage to bk 2 page
answer questions -Charts 58-62
correctly
-Pair work

-Express purpose -Page 216

-Group work -Eng 8 Pp’s bk
-Structure: Purpose correctly
2

-Use given vocabulary

Eng 8 bk 2 -Page 66-67
terms correctly
-Let’s Get It Right: ‘at that time’;
‘by that time’; ‘by then’
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&13
TERM 3 TEST REVISIONS & TERM 3 TEST REVISION & END OF TERM TEST
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