Summary

• Description:

  The MS Word document comprises Grade 8 English Term 2 Records of Work 2026 - Smart Minds 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: 1-11 (The missing weeks 12, 13, 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
      • Spelled commonly misspelt words, used prefixes and suffixes, and wrote words with silent vowels correctly (Weeks 1, 11)
    • Composition Writing
      • Identified the steps in the writing process and wrote dialogues on given topics (Week 3)
    • Assessment of writing
      • Identified errors in essays written by self or peers, and suggested corrections (Week 5)
    • Creative Writing: Narrative Compositions
      • Recalled specific events and planned/created narrative compositions using revealing details (Week 7)
    • Functional Writing: Thank you notes and Congratulatory notes
      • Recognized the key elements/layout and used the correct format to write thank you and congratulatory notes (Week 9)
  • Listening and Speaking
    • Listening for details
      • Identified main ideas in a listening text and responded appropriately to questions (Week 1)
    • Oral Narratives (Myths)
      • Identified characters, narrated key events, explained moral lessons, and related characters to real life (Week 3)
    • Pronunciation
      • Identified words with specific vowels and consonants and applied stress on content words (Week 5)
    • Oral Presentations
      • Identified speech formats, presented written speeches, and prepared short speeches (Week 7)
    • Conversational Skills: interviews
      • Identified polite words and expressions and used them when conducting interviews (Weeks 9-10)
  • Reading
    • Intensive Reading: Visuals
      • Identified and interpreted different visuals in given contexts correctly (Weeks 1-2)
    • Intensive Reading: Short story
      • Identified characters, distinguished main/minor characters, highlighted 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: Characters
      • Identified characters in fictional texts and described their traits (Weeks 5-6)
    • Intensive Reading: Similes and metaphors
      • Listed similes/metaphors in short stories and used them in original sentences (Week 6)
    • Study Skills: Note Making
      • Identified key points and made notes from written texts (Weeks 7-8)
    • Extensive Reading: Non-fiction
      • Identified print and non-print materials and read for general information (Week 10)
    • Intensive Reading: Lessons Learnt
      • Identified the lessons learnt in a short story and related them to real life (Week 11)
  • Grammar in Use
    • Word Classes: Pronouns
      • Identified and used indefinite and reflexive pronouns in sentences correctly (Week 2)
    • Simple Prepositions
      • Identified and used prepositions of position, time, and place in sentences (Week 4)
    • Conjunctions
      • Identified listed conjunctions and used them correctly to join sentences (Week 6)
    • Determiners and Quantifiers
      • Identified demonstratives and quantifiers, using them in sentences for clarity (Week 8)
    • Word Classes: Adverbs
      • Identified adverbs formed from adjectives and utilized them in sentences (Week 10)
• File Size:

  38.24 KB
• Length:

  11 pages
• Category:

  Records of Work
• Level:

  Grade 8
• Subject:

  ENGLISH
• Posted By:

  Caleb_Peter

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