15/15 weeks ready · Follows the order of the Egyptian Ministry of Education and Technical Education textbook English, Preparatory Schools, Year Two (Grade 8), Student’s Book, Term 1. All explanations, dialogs, exercises and quizzes are Darslab’s own.
Term 1Start Smart (revision); Unit 1 Gen Alpha; Unit 2 My Digital Footprint; Unit 3 Facing Challenges; Review 1; Unit 4 Art and Expression; Unit 5 Around the World; Unit 6 Young Innovators; Review 2 and the Term 1 review
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Start Smart: plans, texts and tenses Start Smart (revision) and the Unit 1 opener: finish a dialog about plans, read a text for its main idea (reference only), tenses and word choice, a short paragraph, the Unit 1 aims
Digital natives and screen habits Unit 1 Gen Alpha (A): a text about digital natives (reference only), generation / trends / emojis / screen time / balance, listening for details (our own read-aloud text), the present continuous (now, temporary, arranged future), a text on two generations (reference only), connect / include / in common
Opinions, stories and blogs Unit 1 Gen Alpha (B): a story chapter (reference only), identity / passionate / permission / curious, opinions and polite disagreement, a gap-fill dialog, a blog post, Assessment Corner, Self-Reflection
Footprints, privacy and the passive Unit 2 My Digital Footprint (A): a text on privacy (reference only), synonyms and antonyms, digital footprint / privacy / secure / password / data / trace / setting, listening about online safety (our own read-aloud text), the present simple passive and the modal passive, active and passive footprints
Calm advice and safety tips Unit 2 My Digital Footprint (B): a story chapter (reference only), persevere / empathy / frustrated / trustworthy, advice about online safety and a role-play, account / hack / scary / secure, a list of tips for staying safe online, Assessment Corner
Challenges, tenses and busy roads Unit 3 Facing Challenges (A): a text about a challenge (reference only), time expressions, courage / challenge / determination / obstacle, expressing problems and suggesting solutions, listening about a hard moment (our own read-aloud text), past simple and past continuous, a text about city traffic (reference only), flyover / monorail / tunnel / stressed / traffic jam
Success, talk and paragraphs Unit 3 Facing Challenges (B): a story chapter (reference only), creativity / display / honestly / inspire, a talk about a hard moment with because, so and although, a dialog with Really / To be honest, a paragraph with a topic sentence, supporting sentences and a concluding sentence, Assessment Corner
Review of Units 1 to 3 Review 1 (Units 1–3): a listening and a dialog about Gen Alpha (audio not used), words and a paragraph about staying safe online, active and passive footprints, past simple and past continuous, vocabulary, a question set on the story
Art, connectors and craft Unit 4 Art and Expression (A): a text about art (reference only), scanning, artwork / sculpture / special / valuable / original, listening to an artist interview (our own read-aloud text), because / so / but / although, an article about a sculptor (reference only), promote / national / recognition / participate / sculptor
Museum talk and writing an email Unit 4 Art and Expression (B): a story chapter (reference only), appreciate / explore / freedom, a museum dialog and a role-play, deserves / fabric / original / recognition, an email about a kind of art, Assessment Corner
Places, facts and comparing Unit 5 Around the World (A): a travel blog (reference only), facts and opinions, inference, continent / capital / landmark / population / tradition, listening to a guided tour (our own read-aloud text), comparatives and superlatives, a tour-company text about four places (reference only), trail / lagoon / charm / glacier
Places visited and online posts Unit 5 Around the World (B): a story chapter (reference only), split / explore / appreciate, a dialog about places visited (present perfect, past simple, comparatives), a role-play, carved / impressive / souvenir, a social media post, Assessment Corner
Inventions and ifs Unit 6 Young Innovators (A): a text on the steps of an invention (reference only), complex / impact / step / thought / version, listening to a biography (our own read-aloud text), tone, first and second conditionals, a profile of an engineer (reference only), context clues
Teamwork, if sentences and biographies Unit 6 Young Innovators (B): a story chapter (reference only), leadership / teamwork, a dialog about a young inventors’ competition with if sentences, a role-play, deadline / feedback / make a difference, a biography of a role model, Assessment Corner
Term 1 review and my portfolio Review 2 (Units 4–6) and the Term 1 review: a listening and multiple choice about an artist (audio not used), a text about a family trip (the book’s – not reused), a paragraph on innovation, a gapped text, a dialog, six rewritten sentences, an email about a museum visit, a look back at the whole term
The Egyptian Ministry of Education and Technical Education (MOETE) is not affiliated with, and does not endorse, Darslab. Lessons follow the order of the Ministry’s textbooks; all explanations, exercises and quizzes are Darslab’s own. Pictures of animals, plants and objects: Twemoji, CC BY 4.0.
