2024/25A.Y.

TERM I LESSON OVERVIEWS FOR GRADE 8

Dear Parents / Guardians and Students,

The following are the Lesson Overviews for the first term of the 2024/25A.Y. Please help your child
according to the information shared. Thank you!

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unit 1: Number and Calculation

● Irrational numbers
● Standard form
● Indices
unit 2:Expressions and formulae
● substituting into expressions
● constructing expressions
● Expressions and indices
● Expanding the product of two linear expressions
● Simplifying algebraic fractions
● Deriving and using formulae
unit 3:Decimals,Percentages and rounding
● Multiplying and dividing by powers of 10
● Multiplying and dividing decimals
● Understanding compound percentages
● Understanding upper and lower bounds

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Math

Unit 4:Equation and inequalities

● Constructing and solving equations
● Simultaneous equations
● Inequalities
Unit 5 :Angles
● Calculating angles
● Interior angles of polygons
● Exterior angles of polygons
● Constructions
● Pythagoras’ theorem
Unit 6:Statistical investigations
● Data collection and sampling
● Bias
Unit 7: Shapes and Measurements
● Circumference and area of a circle
● Areas of compound shapes
● Large and small units
Unit 8:Fraction
● Fraction and recurring decimals
● Fractions and the correct order of operations
 ● Multiplying fractions

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UNIT 1: Going Underground

1.1: Relic

● · Discussing genre

● · Characterisation

● · Effects of a story structure

1.2 : The Doorkeeper

● · Effect of structure and language choices

● · Use of punctuation to present a character

1.3 : Reviewing Dark Paris

● · Make book recommendations

English
● · Writing a formal review

1.4 : The Second Test

● · Using voice and gesture to convey character and theme in drama

● · Effect of structural choices in a script

● · Write a dramatic scene

1.5 : Visiting Coober Pedy

● · Implications of explicit information

● · Extended metaphors and their effect on a text

● · Language choices

1.6 : Living Under The Ground

● · Structural choices in travel writing

● · Themes and ideas

UNIT 2: Law and Order

2.1: Right and Wrong

● · Explanatory text

● · Effects of sentence types

2.2 : Joining the Police

● · Purpose, audience and structural features of a text

● · Different views on a complex topic

● · Colons and semicolons for effect

2.3 : The Art Detective

● · Agreement and disagreement points in a discussion

2.4 : Young Detectives

● · Analyzing a detective text

2.5 : Making Deductions

● · Implications of information in a story

● · Deduction as a structural feature

● · Character study

2.6 : Detective Fiction

● · Conventions of detective fiction

● · Purpose of a text-biased or not

● · Language and grammar choices and their effects on a text

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UNIT 3: The Red Headed League

 ● · Structural choices in a mystery text

● · Writing a formal report

● · Making predictions based on given hints

● · Language and structural choices contribution to the overall effect of a text

● · Theme

● · Responding to a text based on personal contexts

UNIT 4: Time

● · Exploring how ideas about time are presented in a range of texts.

● · Discussing nonfiction articles about the past and the future

● · Exploring the genre of science fiction-how verb choices convey action pace and
atmosphere.

● · Effect of withholding information

● · How a writer portrays a mysterious character

● · Exploring a poet’s theme and the effects of various language choices

● · How a poem’s structure can be used to convey meaning

● · Forms of bias in a text

● · Persuasive speech.

● · Formal and informal language and their effects

UNIT 5: That’s Entertainment

● · Exploring a comedy play and an account of a fantastic achievement.

● · Exploring issues about fame and music

● · The use of animals to entertain people: A debate

● · Analyse a drama

● · Creating humor
 ● · Autobiography analysis

● · Organizational features in nonfiction

● · Effect of political language in a text

● · Effects of language and grammatical choices

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UNIT 2 - PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS

2.1 ATOMIC STRUCTURE AND THE PERIODIC TABLE

2.2 TRENDS IN GROUPS WITHIN THE PERIODIC TABLE

2.3 WHY ELEMENTS REACT TO FORM COMPOUNDS

2.4 SIMPLE AND GIANT STRUCTURES

UNIT 5 - REACTIVITY

Chemistry 5.1 REACTIVITY AND DISPLACEMENT REACTIONS

5.2 USING THE REACTIVITY SERIES AND DISPLACEMENT REACTIONS

5.3 SALTS

5.4 OTHER WAYS OF MAKING SALTS

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● 5.5 REARRANGING ATOMS

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Physics
 INTRODUCTION AND REVISION

3.1 Density

3.2 Heat and temperature

3.3 Conservation of energy

3.4 Moving from hot to cold

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3.5 Ways of transferring thermal energy

3.6 Cooling by evaporation

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Unit 1 - Photosynthesis and the carbon cycle (pages 8-44)

1.1 The process of photosynthesis

1.2 More about photosynthesis

1.3 Mineral deficiency investigations

Biology 1.4 The carbon cycle

1.5 Climate Change

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Unit-4 Maintaining Life (pages 142-163)

4.1 Plants and Water
4.2 Transpiration
4.3 Excretion in humans
4.4 Keeping a fetus health

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ICT
● Important Database terms
● Functions of DBMS
● Database objects
● Creating Database
● Components of Databases
● Data types
● Primary keys
● Changing the view
● Creating tables
● Modifying tables and their content
● Saving a database
● Opening existing databases
● Queries
● Forms
● Reports
● Open office writer
● Open office impress

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● Open office calculator

● Open office base

● Introduction to openoffice II

● Frames

● Frameset tag
● Frame tag
● Nested Frameset

● HTML 5

● New features in html 5

● Backward compatibility

● Attributes for HTML 5

● Inserting images
 ● Inserting audio and video files

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Section 1: Research Skills Overview

● Starting with Research Skill Lesson 1
● Starting with Research Skill Lesson 2
● Starting with Research Skill Lesson 3
● Developing Research Skill Lesson 4
● Developing Research Skill Lesson 5
● Developing Research Skill Lesson 6
● Getting better at Research Skill Lesson 7
● Getting better at Research Skill Lesson 8
● Getting better at Research Skill Lesson 9

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Global Section 2: Analysis Skills Overview

Perspective
● Starting with Analysis Skill Lesson 1
● Starting with Analysis Skill Lesson 2
● Starting with Analysis Skill Lesson 3
● Developing Analysis Skill Lesson 4
● Developing Analysis Skill Lesson 5
● Developing Analysis Skill Lesson 6
● Getting better at Analysis Skill Lesson 7
● Getting better at Research Skill Lesson 8
● Getting better at Analysis Skill Lesson 9
Section 3: Evaluation Skill Overview
● Starting with Evaluation Skill Lesson 1
● Starting with Evaluation Skill Lesson 2
● Starting with Evaluation Skill Lesson 3
● Developing Evaluation Skill Lesson 4
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Unit One : VIRTUE ETHICS

1.1. Concept of Virtue Ethics

1.2. Qualities and principles of Virtue Ethics

1.3. Importance of Virtue Ethics

1.4. Virtue Ethics in Daily Life

Unit Two : 2 STATE AND GOVERNMENT

2.1. State structures

2.2. Systems of the government

Civics and
Ethical
Education

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2.3 Relationship and differences between State and Government in Ethiopia

2.4. Forms of government in Ethiopia

UNIT 3 - DEMOCRACY

3.1. Concept of Democracy

3.2. Fundamental principles of Democracy

3.3. Values of Democracy

3.4. Importance of indigenous democratic values and institutions

3.5. Challenges and opportunities of democracy

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Unit One:Forms of rock to soil

Geography ● Our rocky home
● Rock and relief
● Linkage between rock,soil and landscape
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Unit Two: Using Earth's resource

● Earth's natural resource

● Water part 1

● Water part 2

● Water part 3

● Food part 1

● Food part 2

● Food part 3

● Energy part 1

● Energy part 2

● Energy part 3

● Changing our ways

Unit Three : Earning a living

● UKs changing patterns of employment

● Globalization and the UK

● Employment and COVID-19

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● አንብቦ መረዳት
● አዳምጦ መረዳት
● የቃላት አውዳዊ ፍቺ
● የቋንቋ ውስጣዊ መዋቅር
● ምዕላዶች
● ነጻ ምዕላድ
Amharic ● ጥገኛ ምዕላድ(ቅጥያዎች)የቅጥያዎች አከፋፈል
● ዓረፍተ ነገሮችን በዓይነት መመደብ
● አዎንታዊና አሉታዊ ዓረፍተ ነገሮች
● አንብቦ መረዳት (ገቢን ማሳደግ)፣
● በምክንያትና ውጤት ስልት ድርሰት መጻፍ፣
● መጠይቃዊ ዓረፍተ ነገር
● አጋኗዊ ዓረፍተ ነገር
● ሥነ-ቃል
● ቃላዊ ግጥሞች
● ቅኔና የቅኔ አፈታት ዘዴዎች
 ● አንቀጽ
● የአንቀጽ ማስፋፊያ ዘዴዎች
● ድርሰት ምንነት
● የድርሰት አጻጻፍ መርሆዎች
● የድርሰት አይነቶችና ስልቶች
● ጊዜ
● ቃላዊ ተግባቦት
● ጭውውት
● ቢጋር/አስተዋጽዖ
● ድርብ ቃላት
● ቁጥር
● ሥነ-ጽሑፍ
● ልቦለድ ምነነት
● አላባውያን ዘዴዎች
● አጭር ልቦለድ ምንነት
● ባህርያት
● የልቦለድ አላባውያን በአጭር ልቦለድ ውስጥ

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Unit One:Physical characteristics of the earth

● Force shaping the Earth's surface

● Composition and structure of the earth surface

● Elements and controls of weather and climate

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Social
Studies
Unit Two:Population and Socio Economic Activities

● Cultural diversity and changes

● Major economic activities

● Trade and market as the current national and local concern

● Government revenue and tax

Unit Three : Natural Resource and Socio Economic Development

● Conservation and utilization of natural resource for sustainable development

 DEFINE PHYSICAL EDUCATION

● Benefits of physical education

● Physical health
● Mental health
● Social skill
● Cognitive skill
● Motor skill development
Physical ● Stress relief
Education
DEFINE PHYSICAL EXERCISE

● Benefits of exercise
● Cardiovascular health
● Weight management
● Bone health
● Enhance mental health
● Increase longevity

● DEFINE PHYSICAL EDUCATION

● Benefits of physical education
● Physical health
● Mental health
● Social skill
● Cognitive skill
● Motor skill development
Physical
● Stress relief
Education
● DEFINE PHYSICAL EXERCISE
● Benefits of exercise
● Cardiovascular health
● Weight management
● Bone health
● Enhance mental health
● Increase longevity