Summary

• Description:

  The MS Word document comprises Grade 8 English Term 2 Records of Work 2026 - Skills in English. The PDF version is also available upon your request.

  These records of work provide comprehensive coverage of the Term 2 2026 Grade 8 English syllabus.

  • Number of Weeks: 1-7, 9-13 (The missing weeks 8 and 14 out of the 14 weeks are dedicated to the mid-term break, end of term 2 revisions, and exam preparation and administration.)

  It covers the following strands and sub-strands:

  • Writing
    • Mechanics of Writing
      • Spelled commonly misspelt words correctly and used prefixes and suffixes correctly in writing (Weeks 1, 12)
      • Wrote words with silent vowels (-ie and -ei) correctly and made connections between spelling and meaning (Week 1)
    • Composition Writing
      • Identified the steps in the writing process and wrote a dialogue on a given topic (Week 3)
    • Assessment of writing
      • Identified errors in an essay written by self or peers, and assessed a composition to suggest corrections (Week 5)
    • Creative Writing: Narrative Compositions
      • Recalled a specific event, emotion or experience, and created a narrative composition using revealing details (Week 7)
    • Functional Writing: Thank you notes and Congratulatory notes
      • Recognized key elements/layout and used the correct format to write thank you and congratulatory notes (Week 10)
  • Listening and Speaking
    • NATURAL RESOURCES - WILDLIFE
      • Identified main ideas in a listening text and responded appropriately to questions (Week 1)
    • TOURISM: DOMESTIC - Oral Narratives (Myths)
      • Identified the characters, narrated key events, explained moral lessons, and related characters to real life (Week 3)
    • HEROES AND HEROINES: AFRICA - Pronunciation
      • Pronounced target vowel and consonant sounds correctly and applied stress on content words (Week 5)
    • ART – Oral Presentations
      • Identified items in speech formats, presented written speeches, and prepared short speeches on given topics (Week 7)
    • CHOOSING A CAREER - Conversational Skills: interviews
      • Identified and used polite words and expressions in a radio/television interview setting (Week 10)
    • MODERN FASHION - Attitude
      • Explained messages in songs and used appropriate expressions to express attitude towards them (Week 12)
  • Reading
    • Intensive Reading: Visuals
      • Identified and interpreted different visuals in given contexts correctly to derive meaning (Weeks 1-2)
    • Intensive Reading: Short story
      • Identified characters, explained relationships, highlighted main events, and identified settings (Weeks 2, 9)
    • Intensive Reading: Poem / Poetry
      • Selected required information, inferred meanings using context clues, and described traits of inanimate characters (Weeks 3-4)
    • Extensive Reading: Grade appropriate fiction Materials
      • Identified characters in a given fiction text and described their traits (Weeks 5-6)
    • Intensive Reading: Similes and metaphors
      • Listed similes and metaphors in short stories and explained/used them in their own sentences (Week 6)
    • Study Skills: Note Making
      • Identified key points in a text and made notes from written texts (Weeks 7, 9)
    • Extensive Reading: Non-fiction
      • Identified and read print and non-print non-fiction materials for general information (Weeks 10-11)
    • Intensive Reading: Lessons Learnt
      • Identified the lessons learnt in a short story and related them to real life (Week 11)
    • Intensive Reading: Comprehension Strategies
      • Identified mental images in texts and used contextual clues to infer information and meanings of words (Weeks 12-13)
  • Grammar in use
    • Word Classes: Pronouns
      • Identified indefinite and reflexive pronouns correctly and used them in sentences (Week 2)
    • Word Classes: Simple prepositions
      • Identified prepositions of position, time and place and practiced gap filling (Week 4)
    • Word Classes: Conjunctions
      • Identified conjunctions (because, that, when, if, unless, since) and used them correctly in sentences (Week 6)
    • Word Classes: Determiners and Quantifiers
      • Identified and used demonstratives, plural forms, and quantifiers in given texts (Week 9)
    • Word Classes: Adverbs
      • Identified adverbs formed from adjectives and used them correctly in sentences (Week 11)
• File Size:

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• Length:

  12 pages
• Category:

  Records of Work
• Level:

  Grade 8
• Subject:

  ENGLISH
• Posted By:

  Caleb_Peter

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