Unit
Titles
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Unit
Title
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1
Public holidays and traditions
5
6
W o rld o f m u s ic
45
1 Independence Day
6
1 How does music make you feel?
46
2 International Youth Day
7
2 Uzbek national music
47
3 Old traditions in modern life
8
3 Classical music? It’s great!
48
4 W hat’s in a name?
9
4 What about going to the concert?
49
5 New Year around the world
10
5 What is the future of music?
50
6 Project
11
6 Project
51
7 Home reading
12
7 Home reading
52
2
Mass media
13
7
Science and technology
53
1 What is mass media?
14
1 Everyday inventions
54
2 Mass media in our lives
15
2 What is science?
55
3 She says that ...
16
3 Looking into space
56
4 He said that ...
17
4 How techie are you?.
57
5 W hat’s your favourite mass
18
5 Just like humans.
58
media?
6 Project
59
6 Project
19
7 Home reading
60
7 Home reading
20
3
Inform ation age
21
8
P a in tin g a n d s c u lp tu re s
61
1 Digital media
22
1 What do they want to say?
62
2 After I’d watched TV ...
23
2 What’s this museum famous for?
63
3 She said that she had
24
3 What genre is this picture?
64
watched ...
25
4 W hat’s your favourite picture?
65
4 Future technologies
5 Do modern sculptures have
66
5 Is social media dangerous?
26
meaning?
6 Project
27
6 Project
67
7 Home reading
28
7 Home reading
68
4
Literature and life
29
9
T h e e n v ir o n m e n t
69
1 How important is literature?
30
1 Mother Nature
70
2 First in literature
31
2 What are alternative sources
71
3 Why do we read?
32
to fossil fuels?
4 At the library
33
3 Our green planet
72
5 Books or e-books?
34
4 Global climate change
73
6 Project
35
5 How can we help improve
74
7 Home reading
36
the world?
6 Project
75
7 Home reading
76
5
Cinema
37
10
A ll t h e w o r ld ’ s a s t a g e
77
1 History of the cinema
38
1 Ancient theatres
78
2 What kind of films do you like?
39
2 He asked her to say ...
79
3 At the cinema
40
3 Cinema or theatre?
80
4 How to choose a film to watch
41
4 Great playwrights
81
5 W hat’s the film like?
42
5 At the theatre
82
6 Project
43
6 Project
83
7 Home reading
44
7 Home reading
84
W orkbook
85-120
Classwork and homework
Gram m ar
121-127
Grammar points in Russian
English-Russian W ordlist
128-159
Words learnt in Class 8
UNIT 1 Public holidays and traditions
I n q u i r y q u e s t i o n :
W hy do people try to keep th e ir own tra d itio n s?
I n q u i r y t h e m e :
To understand th e role o f old and m odern tra d itio n s in p e o p le ’s lives
In t h i s u n i t y o u w i l l
s read a b o u t d iffe re n t c o u n trie s ’ holidays and tra d itio n s
s listen to info rm a tio n a bout peculia rities and interesting fe a tu re s of
tra d itio n s in various co u n trie s
s discuss th e role o f old and m odern tra d itio n s in p e o p le ’s lives
s cre ate yo u r own holiday and tra d itio n s
A c a d e m i c s k i l l s :
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listening fo r details
m aking sm all talks
giving reasons
guessing m eaning fro m co n te xt
expressing opinions
u nderstanding main ideas o f paragraphs
using W h-q ue stio n s____________________
C r i t i c a l t h i n k i n g :
s activating p rio r know ledge
s in te rp re tin g a Venn diagram
s co n sid e rin g o th e r options
s personalizing
s evaluating