ENGLISH FOR ALL GRADE 8
English For All: Grade 8 is a second year secondary level English Language course aimed at developing and extending competence in language through an integration of form, function, meaning and context. It reflects a communicative approach to language learning and teaching and therefore addresses the personal, social and academic needs of students of varying language abilities. English For All: Grade 8 adheres to the principles and practices embodied in the major syllabi developed by the Ministries of Education throughout the Caribbean and The Caribbean Secondary Examinations Council (CSEC).
CORE FEATURES:
relevant and contemporary prose and poetry selections
integration of language and literature
real-world literacy tasks
multiple intelligence applications to language
language across the curriculum
research and study skills
language skills integration
task-based language learning
personal creative responses to literature
visual and graphic representations
balanced treatment of gender, culture and diversity information communication technology
- UNIT 1 HEALTH & NUITRITION
- A.1 speaking and listening
- A.2 speaking and listening
- B.1 READING
- B.2 READING: Developing comprehension skills
- B.3 READING
- C.1 writing
- C.2 RESEARCH REPORT: PROCESS WRITING APPROACH
- D.1 Responding to literature
- E.1 GRAMMAR
- E.2 grammar
- E.3 grammar
- E.4 grammar
- E.5 grammar
- E.6 grammar
- E.7 grammar
- F.1 punctuation
- UNIT 2 HEALTH & NUITRITION
- A.1 speaking and listening
- B.1 READING
- C.1 speaking and listening
- D.1 writing
- E.1 responding to literature Poetry
- F.1 GRammar
- G.1 vocabulary
- H.1 spelling
- I.1 spelling and pronunciation
- J.1 punctuation
- UNIT 3 HEALTH & NUITRITION
- A.1 speaking and listening
- B.1 READING
- B.2 READING: COMPREHENSION SKILLS
- C.1 VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
- D.1 Writing
- D.2 Writing
- D.3 Writing
- E.1 responding to literature
- E.2 RESPONDING TO LITERATURE
- F.1 SPEAKING AND LISTENING
- G.1 VOCABULARY
- G.2 VOCABULARY
- H.1 grammar
- H.2 grammar
- H.3 GRAMMAR
- I.1 CAPITALIZATION
- J.1 SPELLING AND PRONUNCIATION
- UNIT 4 UNHEALTHY PRACTICES
- A.1 SPEAKING AND LISTENING
- B.1 READING: DEVELOPING COMPREHENSION SKILLS
- B.2 READING
- C . 1 RESPONDING TO LITERATURE
- C.2 RESPONDING TO LITERATURE
- C.3 RESPONDING TO LITERATURE: POETRY
- D.1 REFLECTIVE WRITING
- D.2 WRITING
- E.1 INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
- E.2 INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
- F.1 VOCABULARY
- F.2 VOCABULARY
- G.1 GRAMMAR
- G.2 GRAMMAR
- G.3 GRAMMAR: PRONOUNS
- H.1 PUNCTUATION
- I.1 SPELLING PUNCTUATION
- UNIT 5 UNHEALTHY PRACTICES
- A.1 SPEAKING AND LISTENING
- A.2 THE INTERVIEW: ORAL LANGUAGE
- B.1 READING: SKILL BUILDING - COMPREHENSION
- B.2 READING
- B.3 READING FOR MEANING
- C.1 AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND BIOGRAPHY
- C.2 DIARY
- C.3 WRITING
- D.1 RESPONDING TO LITERATURE
- D.2 RESPONDING TO LITERATURE: POETRY
- D.3 RESPONDING TO LITERATURE: POETRY
- D.4 RESPONDING TO LITERATURE: POETRY
- D.5 D.4 RESPONDING TO LITERATURE: RHYTHM IN POETRY
- D.6 RESPONDING TO LITERATURE: POETRY
- E.1 GRAMMAR
- F.1 VOCABULARY
- F.2 VOCABULARY
- G.1 SPELLING AND PRONUNCIATION
- G.2 PRONUNCIATION
- UNIT 6 NARRATIVE
- A.1 reading for meaning
- B.1 writing
- B.2 PERSONAL NARRATIVE
- C.1 grammar IN NARRATIVE WRITING
- D.1 NARRATIVE POETRY
- D .2 book review
- D . 3 PERSONAL RESPONSE JOURNAL
- UNIT 7 TRADITIONAL COMMUNICATION
- A.1 SPEAKING AND LISTENING
- B.1 READING
- B.2 READING
- B.3 READING
- B.4 READING
- C.1 RESEARCH
- D.1 RESPONDING TO LITERATURE
- D.2 RESPONDING TO literature:poetry
- D.3 RESPONDING TO LITERATURE
- E.1 VOCABULARY
- F.1 LANGUAGE VARIETY
- G.1 vocabulary building
- H.1 GRAMMAR
- H.2 GRAMMAR
- I.1 spelling: past simple
- I.2 SPELLING AND PRONUNCIATION
- UNIT 8 MODERN COMMUNICATION
- A.1 SPEAKING AND LISTENING
- A.2 SPEAKING AND LISTENING
- B.1 READING
- B.2 READING: SKILL BUILDING COMPREHENSION
- C.1 RESPONDING TO LITERATURE
- D.1 VISUAL LITERACY
- E.1 WRITING
- F.1 RESEARCH
- G.1INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
- H.1 GRAMMAR
- H.2 GRAMMAR
- H.3 GRAMMAR
- H.4 GRAMMAR
- I.1 PUNCTUATION
- J.1 PRONUNCIATION
- UNIT 9 PERSONAL RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- A.1 SPEAKING AND LISTENING
- A.2 SPEING AND LISTENING
- A.3 SPEAKING AND LISTENING
- B.1 READING
- B.2 reading: DEVELOPING COMPREHENSION SKILLS
- C.1 RESPONDING TO LITERATURE
- C.2 RESPONDING TO LITERATURE
- C.3 RESPONDING TO LITERATURE
- C.4 RESPONDING TO LITERATURE
- C.5 ELEMENT OF POETRY: MOOD
- D.1 VISUAL LITERACY
- D.2 VISUAL LITERACY
- E.1 WRITING THE RESEARCH PROJECT
- E.2 RESEARCH
- F.1 WRITING
- G.1 SILL BUILDING VOCABULARY
- H.1 GRAMMAR
- UNIT 10 PERSONAL RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- A.1 SPEAKING AND LISTENING
- B.1 READing
- C.1 responding to literature
- C.2 responding to literature
- D.1 READING DEVELOPMENT: COMPREHENSION SKILLS
- E.1 WRITING
- F.1 grammar: language structureF
- G.1 VOCABULARY
- G.2 VOCABULARY
- H.1 GRAMMAR
- PUNCTUATION
- UNIT 11 HOW TO STUDY
- A.1 READING
- B.1 RESEARCH
- C.1 RESPONDING TO LITERATURE
- C.2 RESPONDING TO LITERATURE
- C.3 RESPONDING TO LITERATURE
- D.1 SPEAKING AND LISTENING
- D.2 SPEAKING AND LISTENING
- E.1 WRITING
- F.1 RESEARCH
- G.1 GRAMMAR
- G.2 GRAMMAR
- H.1 VOCABULARY
- UNIT 12 DRAMA FILM AND SONG
- A.1 DRAMA
- B.1 FILM REVIEW
- C.1 CHORAL SPEAKING
- D.1 SONG
- D.2 READING
- E.1 GRAMMAR
- E.2 GRAMMAR
- E.3 GRAMMAR
