YearlyAnnual Plan

School name :Megele no -2 primary school Total period for year _____________
Teacher Name : Marefu Abera Number of Period per week ……
Subject English Time allowed for 1 period = 40
Grade- 8 Year 2016 E.C
Main content Teaching method Teaching Evaluati Rem
aid on ark
semester

Objectives
month

period
unit
week

Unit 1 ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES IN RURAL AREAS After completing this unit students are able to: Lecture method Book -home
• listen to a text and identify important details; . active teaching T/book work
1 • talk about common economic activities in your village; method Picture -quiz
• read a text and identify main ideas; chart Class
• transfer information from a reading text to a table; work
R

• use words to describe economic activities in your village;

September

• describe your daily routines in simple present tense; and

• write five sentences about the main economic activities in
E

1th-4st

your area.
T

Unit : 2 TYPES OF CALENDARS After completing this unit students will be able to: Book
E M E S

• listen and understand a text about calendars; Lecture method T/book

• talk about different local calendars; Picture
2 • work out the contextual meanings of new words; active teaching chart Class
• use the newly learnt words in spoken or written method work
sentences;
• apply comparative adjectives for different communicative Quiz
S

purposes; Test
1st-4th
october

• use expressions of comparison while comparing calendar

types; and
• write a well-developed paragraph.
 Unit : 3 TRAFFIC RULES AND After completing this unit students are able to :- Book
REGULATIONS • listen to a text on traffic rules in Ethiopia; active teaching T/book Oral
3 • talk about common traffic rules to their classmates; method Picture questions
• conduct a role play based on a dialogue; chart Class
• learn the meanings of vocabulary items related to traffic work
rules;
• use modals (should/ought to, have to, may, might, can,
could…) while giving
and receiving advice;
November

• comprehend a reading text;

• give and receive advice on the subject of the use of traffic
-4th

rules and regulations

1st

using modals; and

• write a letter to a friend
Unit : 4 ENDEMIC ANIMALS IN ETHIOPIA After completing this unit students will be able to:-
• listen a text for specific information; Book quiz
• speak about endangered animal species in Ethiopia; T/book
• read a text for a specific information; active teaching Picture Class
4 • use words and expressions related to animal conservation method chart work
in their writing; Test
December-

• use past continuous tense to describe past activities;

1st-3rd

• apply expressions of sympathy and anger while

communicating; and
• write a paragraph on an endangered animal.
Unit : 5 LIVESTOCK FARMING • isten to a text for specific information; Book
• use livestock-related words in context; T/book
5 • use correct expressions to speak about their preferred active teaching Picture quiz
jobs; method chart
December-January

• apply common expressions while conducting a debate on Class

advantages and work
F I R S T

disadvantages of livestock farming;

December

• comprehend a text on livestock farming;

4th week

1st week
January

• use action verbs to describe the behavior of farm animals.

• write a memo; and
• evaluate a memo.
FINAL EXAMINATION AND BREAK
 Unit : 6 AFFORESTATION At the end of this unit students are able to Book
• Listen to a text about advantages of afforestation; T/book quiz
5 • Express their agreement and disagreement about active teaching Picture
plants; method chart Class work
• Appreciate a poem about trees; Test
• Recognize meanings of words from a text.
• Use prefixes and suffixes;
February

• Use relative clauses appropriately;

3rd-4th

• Write a summary of a text.

At the end of this unit students are able to Book quiz

17 • Listen and comprehend a story; T/book
6 Unit 7 CHARITY • Tell a story; active teaching Picture Class work
• Read and comprehend a story; method chart Test
• Add new words to their word store and use them in Graph
March

1st-3rd

context;
• Narrate a story using past tense; and
• Write a narrative paragraph.
Unit : 8 PERSONAL HYGIENE After completing this unit students will be able to:- Book
• Listen and answer questions correctly; T/book
7 • Speak on the meaning and importance of personal Picture
hygiene; active teaching chart Class work
• Answer comprehension questions correctly based on method lecture quiz
4th week march
1st-4th April

the reading passage; method

1st may

• Work out meanings of words from the reading text Test

contextually; and
• Use adverbs of frequency appropriately to speak/
write about frequent events
SEMESTER

8 Unit 9 : GENDER EQUALITY After completing this unit students will be able to:- active teaching Book Class work
• Listen and comprehend; method lecture T/book quiz
3rd
1st-

• Research and speak with evidence; method Picture

• Answer comprehension questions; chart Test
• Use new words in context;
SECOND

• Write or talk about possibility; and

• Write a composition.
 10 Unit 10 COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY • At the end of this unit, learners will be able to: active teaching Book Class work
• Listen and take notes; method lecture T/book quiz
• Compare and contrast data from a table method Picture
• Make an oral argument for/against a proposition
4th week march

chart Test
1st-4th April

• Transfer information from a reading text into a table;

• Use words contextually;
• Use adverbs and adjectives in communicative
1 may

contexts
• Write an expository paragraph.
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2nd MODEL EXAMINATION

Teacher Name – Approved by ___________________________________

Sign____________ sign __________________

Date ___________ Date ______________________

 Yearly Annual plan
School Name :Megele no 2 secondary shool Total period For year --
Teacher name Marefu Abera Number of Period per week -
Subject English Time allowed for 1 period = 40
Grade- 7th Year 2016
Main content Teaching method Teaching Evaluation re
aid wo
Objectives rk
month

period
week

unit

UNIT 1: LIVING IN RURAL After completing this unit students are able to:-
AREA • listen to the text and identify specific information
• talk about their preferences in connection to living in cities or . quiz
country side
• Pronounce the interdental voiced [ð] and interdental
voiceless [θ] sounds correctly in Book Test
different sentences T/book
1 33 • talk about the similarities and differences of the life style of Lecture method Picture
people who live in rural chart
area versus those people who live in cities Class work
• associate the gist of the passage with their own life
experience
• work out the contextual meaning of the words in the reading
text
• use the words they learnt in the passage in different
communicative situations when/
1-4th week of September

where necessary
• discover how simple present tense is used in different types
of sentences
• write few simple present tense sentences that talk about
everyday activities, general
September

truths and planned future actions

semister

• use appropriate words in their appropriate place when they

write a paragraph
• use comma in different written sentences correctly
 active
At the end of this students are able to teaching method Book homework
• identify specific information based on the listening text T/book
UNIT 2: HISTORY OF • refer to different resources, collect important information and Picture Class work
2 22 CALENDAR talk about different chart
local calendars Quiz
• pronounce any word which consists of the consonants [p] [b]
and [f] [v] correctly
and avoid confusion during speaking or listening
• talk about the similarities and differences between the system
or principle different
calendars follow in counting days and months
• work out the contextual meanings of the words given in bold
in the passage
October-November

• use the newly learnt words in spoken or written sentences

1-4th November

• use the correct form of the verbs in simple past tense in

4th of October

different sentences
• use the simple past tense in its correct form for different
communicative purposes
• develop ideas to build a small paragraph
• use colon correctly in different written texts
At the end of this students are able to:-
3 UNIT 3: ROAD • find out specific information from the listening text in each Book homework
15 SAFETY paragraph T/book
• talk about your role in reducing car accidents active teaching Picture test
• pronounce words with silent consonants in English method chart
• identify specific information about of road safety in Ethiopia Quiz
• work out the contextual meanings of the words given in bold
in the passage
December January

• use the newly learnt words in spoken or written sentences

• decide when and how to use gerunds and infinitives in
sentences
• identify the words which are always followed by gerunds and
1 - 3rd

infinities
• order ideas logically into a paragraph
• use capital letter correctly in different written texts
BREAK AND FINAL EXAMINATION
 UNIT 4: ENDEMIC ANIMALS IN After completing this unit students
ETHIOPIA • find out a gist in the listening text
• collect evidences and talk about one of the active learning Book Quiz
1—4th of February 1st – 4th of march
endemic animals in Ethiopia method T/book Test
• pronounce a voiced sound /ŋ/ in any word Picture
correctly lecture method chart homework
• work out the contextual meanings of the
words given in the passage Class work
• use the newly learnt words in spoken or
written sentences
February --- March

• decide when and how to use prepositions in

5 sentences correctly
36 • identify those words which are mostly not
followed by prepositions
• write supportive details for the main idea
• use hyphen correctly in different written
texts
At the end of this unit students are able to:- active learning
6 UNIT 5: DIARY • complete the paragraph with correct method
words/phrases based on the listening text
• debate on the title, ―continuing with lecture method Class work
Ethiopian origin cows versus the hybrid ones‖ Book quiz
in getting quality milk T/book
• pronounce long /u:/ and short /u/ vowels Picture Test
correctly chart Homework
• work out the contextual meanings of Assignment
unfamiliar words in the passage
• use the newly learnt words in spoken or
written sentences
1 --- 4th April

22

• identify the use of ―going to‖ and ―will‖ to

talk about future actions
• use ―going to‖ to express premeditative
future actions
APRIL

• prepare an outline for a paragraph

• use exclamatory mark in different written
texts
 • find out general information in the listening
UNIT 6: LAND CONSERVATION text
12 • pronounce long /i:/ and short /i/ vowels active teaching Book
7 • identify general and specific information in method T/book homework
the reading text Picture quiz
• work out the contextual meanings of new lecture method chart
words Test
• express your opinion using the target
expressions
• use the newly learnt words in various
contexts
• use countable and uncountable nouns in
different sentences
• write a paragraph based on outlines
• use commas in different written text
UNIT 7: VOLUNTEERISM • listen for specific information active learning Class work
• play the role of different characters as a method Book quiz
helpless citizen, volunteer, corrupted person T/book
and show their play to the class lecture method Picture Test
• identify and pronounce the /ə/ vowel sound chart Homework
in English words Assignment
• work out the contextual meanings of new
words
• apply the newly learnt words in spoken or
written sentences
• use past perfect tense in different
communicative situations
• write a conclusion to a paragraph
• apply the uses of semi-colon and colon
correctly in different written sentences
UNIT 8: FITNESS • Listen to a text to identify the most important active learning Class work
pieces of information method Book quiz
• argue for or against a premise and develop T/book
their skills of persuasion lecture method Picture Test
• pronounce [ ɔ] sound correctly in different chart Homework
words Assignment
• infer views from a text about fitness
• work out the contextual meanings of the
words given in bold in the passage
• use the newly learnt words in spoken or
written sentences
• add tag questions to both affirmative and
negative statements in different tenses
• write sentences that have unity of ideas in a
paragraph
• use apostrophe in different written sentences
UNIT 9: SELF-EXPRESSIONS • listen to the text and find out specific active learning Class work
information method Book quiz
• express yourself by using ways of self- T/book
expression lecture method Picture Test
• identify the difference between the long [ ai ] chart Homework
and the short [ i] sounds Assignment
• comprehend what self-expressions are
• determine meaning of vocabulary in context
• apply the newly learnt words in spoken or
written sentences
• use active and passive voices in simple
present tense form for different
communication
• use appropriate adjectives to describe people
• strengthen their skill of using capitalization
in writing
 UNIT 10: COMPUTER • listen to the text and write out one main idea active learning Class work
DEVELOPMENT from each of the three paragraphs method Book quiz
• employ essential skills (such as make T/book
decision, share views, solve a problem) in a lecture method Picture Test
group discussion chart Homework
• Pronounce the short [a] and long [a:] vowel Assignment
sounds
• use a wide range of reading comprehension
strategies to comprehend a text on the
historical development and benefits of
computer
• match the words written in bold in the
1st – 2nd May and

passage with their synonyms given after it

• use the words used in the passage and their
June 1st

synonyms in different communicative

settings alternatively
• join two sentences using because, but or or
either in spoken or written sentences
• use semi-colon in different written texts

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