English Year Planning Thoughts

1. WHY
English?
by Linda Morfonios
linda.morfonios@gmail.c
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2. Why is
English
relevant
for you?
Education – Future Workplace
Social Media - IT
News – Reasearch – Medicine
Tolerance towards other cultures
Sports – Entertainment
Friendships – Connections
More possibillities

3. Goals
Sources Search, Evaluate and Use Sources in English
Realia Know about the English-Speaking World
Speak and
Discuss
Speak and Discuss comrehensively
Write Write comprehensively
Read + Listen Read, Listen to and Understand English
Use Actively use the language

4. Abilities VS Knowledge
Abilities
• Reading
• Listening
• Writing
• Speaking
Knowledge
• Content
• Realia
• Sources

5. Language
Specifics We Need
• Grammar
• Spelling
• Vocabulary
• Pronunciation
• Strategies (Read Listen Write Speak)

6. Topics could be …
Copyright
of:
https://web
english.se/

7. Year 8 Listening
What we need to practice
• Strategies (main idea, main details, difficult words, taking notes).
• Types of audio (news, dialogues, podcasts, documentaries, stories,
instructions, songs, standarized tests).
• Different dialects (AmE vs BrE) / sociolects (formal vs informal).
• Vocabulary
• Spelling vs Pronunciation
• Homonyms/Homophones/Homographs
• Dictation
• Listen and talk about it
• Listen and write about it
Units and tests
 Short listening audios with various
content, style and dialect - Write about it.
 Stories, sagas and podcasts – Talk about
it.
 Standarized Listening tests – Practice
and Test.
 Song / Film – Listen and Present.
 Stand-up comedy – Listen and analyse
culture.

8. Year 8 Reading
What we need to practice
• Strategies (main idea, important details, difficult words,
understanding questions, finding information in texts, summarizing,
analyzing, comparing, taking notes).
• Types of texts
• Reading aloud – pace, pronunciation, intonation, stress.
• Vocabulary
• Commonly mixed-up words
• Translation
• Making questions from texts
• Reading Progress Tool teams (Läsframsteg).
Units and tests
 Fact text – Opinion text (krönika) – Twitter /Read and
Compare language and style.
 Biographies – Short Stories – Poems / Same topic –
different text types / Read and Analyse.
 Scary stories and Crime theme – read and discuss.
 Ads, Maps, Infographics, Graphs – close reading and
analyzing.
 Common Lit. project.
 Book project.
 Standarized Reading test.

9. Year 8
Writing
What we need to practice
• Structure of text (title, introduction, parapgraphs, linking).
• Sentence variety.
• Formal vs Informal Writing.
• Types of texts (syfte, publik, språk).
• Common errors.
• Vocabulary.
• Expressions - figurative language.
• Phrasal verbs - colloquations.
• Grammar.
• Planning – writing – revising.
• Find the errors.
• Example texts – analysis.
Units and tests
 Reserch and Write to Inform
 News Article.
 Formal vs Informal letter and e-mail.
 Opinion Writing
 Asking ang Giving Advice
 Writing Reviews.
 Writing Descriptions.
 Grammar Writing
 Vocabulary Writing
 Persnla Experience.
 Fictional Story.
 Manuscript.
 Changing genre of a text
 Life Skills Texts
 Image analysis

10. Year 8
Speaking
What we need to practice
• Strategies: explaining, rephrasing, turn-taking,
asking questions, politely ending a conversation,
validation, build on what other say, initiate new
topics, present a variety of examples and
perspectives).
• Pronunciation, pace, stress, intonation.
• Minimal pairs, silent letters, colloquations,
homophones, homonyms, homographs.
• Sound and spelling.
• Vocabulary
• Expressions, starters, discussion and
presentation phrases.
• Games
Units and tests
Shorties and games
Dialogues and Interviews
Realia topics presentations
Choose a subject in school and present
something in groups
Training session video (+Ida/Tobias)
Thank you speech
Debate
Role play
Commenting a sports game

11. Year 8 Research
What we need to practice
• Search information and sources
• Evaluate sources
• Use sources (Quoting and Paraphrasing)
• Compare sources
Units and tests
 Online Sleuth
 NE.se
 Comnpare two sources
 Write a source based text

12. Year 8 Realia
What we need to practice
• Countries
• Cultures
• Holidays
• History
• Way of life
• Society
• School
• Comparisons
Units and tests
 NE.se – repetition of English Around
the World
 Textbook “Explore”
 One historical event per student –
Present in groups.
 Cultural Awareness project.
 USA.

13. Important Moments
Year focus: Classroom language – Listening –
Examples – Vocabulary .
Repetition lesson –Vocabulary Pronunciation
Grammar / Groups.
Focused lessons - Skill, content, specific language
block.
Evaluation of lesson goal – what, why, how, how did I
do? (menti.com, hands, mindmaps).
NP Year 9 – Practice Abilities close to tests

14. Activities
Silent reading
Reading aloud
Silent viewing – write
Film / Series
Be the teacher
Reading progress
Error correction in groups
News segments – Turn and
talk (discussion prompts)

15. Everyday
Material: Desktop, online
links, books and copies
Short Starters
Notebooks
Dictation
Game lessons
Short speaking sessions
Group desks
Lesson closure recap

16. Grammar
Common rules
Common
errors
Correct
together
Tenses Irregular verbs
Irregular
nouns
Conditionals
Active /
Passive voice
Auxiliary verbs
Modal verbs
(must be,
might be)
Some or any
Quantifiers
(too, enough,
a lot of etc.)
Verb and
gerund (like
going)
Verb and
infinitive (hope
to do)
Basic verb and
preposition
(listen to)
Word class Articles Determinants
Pronouns
Subject –Verb
Agreement
Transfer
/Swedish –
English
Negations
Writing from a
tense

17. Vocabulary
Prepositions Topic vocabulary
Synonyms –
Antonyms
In other words
Phrasal verbs Colloquations False friends
Commonly
mixed-up words
Comparatives
and superlatives
Figurative
language
Descriptive
words
Dictation
Prefix and suffix
Words ending in
– tion, -sion, -
ssion, -able, -ible
Double
consonants
Compound words
Commonly
misspelled words
Homophones,
hononyms,
homographs
AmE vs BrE
Instead of
common words
eg. Very –
incredibly, truly,
extremely

18. Pronunciation
Minimal pairs
Silent letters
Past tense –ed
Intonation, stress, pace
Homophones, homographs,
homonyms
Spelling vs Pronunciation
Consonant and Vowel sounds
Influence on language – effect
on spelling and pronunciation

19. Strategies
Starters and Prompts
Expressions
Linking
Paraphrasing
Summarizing
Plan – Notes – Create –
Revise / Practice

20. Year 9 Speaking
WHAT WE NEED TO PRACTICE
• Variety of topics
• Vocabulary
• Strategies for interaction
• Pronunciation, pace, intonation, stress
• Starters and gambits
• Phrases, colloquations, phrasal verbs
• Grammar when speaking
UNITS AND TESTS
 Speaking shorties / Games
 Lessons on content and specific speaking
practice
 Pronunciation / Vocabulary practice
 NP style discussion – Record with Reading
Progress
 Video viewing – Group discussion
 Presentation of topic in small groups /
Combine with read – Write – Listen and
then Talk about it (project)
 My trip to … (English-speaking countries)
 Graduation or thank you speech
 Debate – fun and serious

21. Year 9 Reading
WHAT WE NEED TO PRACTICE
• Strategies
• Vocabulary
• Variety of topics
• Comprehension
• Summarizing
• Analyzing
• Comparing
• Translations
• False Friends
• Reading aloud
• Silent Reading
• Standarized tests
UNITS AND TESTS
 Different types of texts –
Comparisons
 Reading with comprehension
tasks
 Pair and group reading – Pause
and discuss
 Reading Progress Teams
 Practice NP test
 Literature (Funny in Farsi, short
stories, Common Lit.)

22. Year 9 Listening
WHAT WE NEED TO PRACTICE
• Strategies
• Various types of audio
• Dialects / Sociolects
• AmE vs BrE etc.
• Pronunciation issues
• Main idea, details, summarizing
• Standarized tests
UNITS AND TESTS
 Variety of audio – tasks
 Listen and discuss
 Standarized test practice
 Songs
 Films

23. Year 9 Writing
WHAT WE NEED TO PRACTICE
• Vocabulary
• Topics
• Structure and linking
• Common mistakes
• Commonly confused words
• Synonyms
• Antonyms
• Variaty of text types
• Translation
• Formmal vs Informal language
• Reserch – use – edit
• Grammar
UNITS AND TESTS
 Short writing tasks
 Grammar / Vocabulary lessons
 One topic – different text types,
eg. Poem, facts, opinion essay,
tweet, letter to someone.
 Pre-NP writing
 Life skills writing topics (CV,
money, helth, forms)
 Thank you speech
 Graduation speech
 Image analysis
 Letter to next class
 Write about what you do in NO,
SO, Teknik etc.

24. Year 9 Research
WHAT WE NEED TO PRACTICE
• Search – evaluate – use sources
• Quoting and paraphrasing
• Comparing sources
• Write using several various sources
• Reference lists
UNITS AND TESTS
 Online sleuth planning
 NE.se planning on sources
 Comparison of sources –
eveluation
 Short searches “ Why …?” and
paraphrase
 Reaserch something 2 lessons –
show me (give topics)

25. Year 9 Realia
WHAT WE NEED TO PRACTICE
• USA
• ESW
• Cultures
• Comparison of cultures
• Food
• Way of life
• School, politics, economy etc.
• Holidays
• Traditions
UNITS AND TESTS
 Explore Textbook copies
 USA States – Video
 Food (+HKK)
 AmE vs BrE

26. Sv/En åk 7-9 Read Listen Write Speak Research Realia
Upplägg
 Liknande upplägg
 Mängdträning
 Avstämningar /Prov
 Ämnen – mentor
 Fasta platser
 Mappar:
MA, ES, AR, CC, LT: Mix
CO: Stavning CB: Planering
Resten: Extra träning ibland
Material
 Online träning
 Lovskolematerial
 Textbooks
 Literature
 Game-box
 Film
 Series
 Videos
 Jeopardy
Aktiviteter
 Common mistakes
 False friends
 Högläsning
 Reading progress
 Vocabulary
 Listening
 Read and discuss
 Writing shorties / tasks
 Grammar
 Pronunciation
 Topics – Research
 Phrases / prompts
 Speaking / Dialogues
 Linking
 Colloquations
 Phrasal Verbs
 Realia
 Present
 Interviews