Date of preparing : Period 49 UNIT 12 A VACATION ABROAD
LESSON 4: READ A. Objectives
*Knowledge: -By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to know the information about some places of interest in the world.
* Attitude: Help Ss be more confident to communicate with others in English, love the people and country of other countries in the world
* Skill: Practice reading skill.
B. Teaching aids
T's preparation: Lesson plan, text book, pictures.
Ss' preparation: Text book, notebook, pen, homework.
C. Methods
- matching, rub out and remember - Pairs, individual and group work D. Contents
I. Organization (1m)
Class Date of teaching Absent students
8A 8B
II. Warm up* Pelmanism (4m)
Adj Noun
humid warm windy dry cloudy
humidity warmth
wind dryness cloud
*Game:
-T gives instruction: I will have the first letters of some words. You will write that word as quick as you can and as much as you can. Remember, the words are related to the weather.
-T models: W-wind, windy, wet, warm
-T gives more: H(humid, hot, humidity…)R(rain, rainy…)D (dry, dryness) C(cloudy, cold, cloud, cool)
S (sun, sunny, snow, snowy, stormy)
Teacher and Ss' activities Content
III. New lesson.
Step 1.Pre - reading (15m) +Check: Ro and R.
*Vocab:
-volcano(n): núi lửa
-lava(n):dung nham , nham thạch
-T sets the sence, introduces and writes the names of 5 places that MrsQuyen visited.
-T asks Ss to order these places through listening to T’s text:
-T reads aloud, Ss listen and number the pictures:
“Mrs Quyen and her husband visited many places of interest in the USA while they were there. First, they went swimming at Waikiki beach situated on the Hawaii Island of Oahu. There they could see the lava pouring out of the Kilauea Volcano when they flew
overhead. They also saw the heads of 4 American presidents carved into the rock of Mount Rushmore…”
Step 2. While- reading (15m) -T runs through the grid.
-T asks Ss to read the postcards from Mrs Quyen to her children and
complete the grid with the information from the postcard individually (using the pencils)
-Let Ss do in 5’ , then compare in pairs.
-T asks some Ss go to the board and write the answers. T corrects.
-T collects the pictures of these 7
-(to) pour out: tuôn ra, trào ra -(to) carve: khắc
-(to) be situated được toạ lạc, nằm ở -overhead(adv) phía trên đầu
*Ordering:
a-New York
d-Mount Rushmore b-Hawaii
e-Chicago c-San Francisco
*Grid(p.117):
Answer key:
Places What she did and saw.
1.Hawaii 2.New York 3.Chicago
4.Mount Rushmore 5.San Francisco
-went swimming, visited Kilauea volcano
-went shopping, bought lots of souvenirs
-saw Lake Michigan -saw the heads of 4 American presidents -visited Fisherman’s Whalf, the Napa Valley…
*Comprehension Qs: Lucky pictures:
+Answer key
places of interest and sticks on the board
-T checks again the rules of the game.
-Let Ss choose the pictures and play the game.
-T controls, marks and praises the winners….
Step 3. Post- reading (7m)
-T asks Ss to base on the grid and the answers to retell the main points about Mrs Quyen’s visit to some famous places of interests in the USA.
-T models
-Let Ss work in groups of 5, prepare in 5’.
-T asks some Ss to retell.
-T corrects mistakes after all.
-T asks Ss to work in pairs as interviewer and Mrs Quyen:
-T guides Ss to make Qs to interview:
-T models:
1-She went there by plane.
2-She saw the famous prison on the island os Alcatraz
3-It is the mount where the heads of the 4 American presidents are carved into the rocks.
4-It is also called “The windy city”
5-She went shopping
*Recall:
Mrs Quyen went to Hawaii by plane.
There she went swimming and visited the Kilauea Volcano…..
*Role play:
Suggested ideas:
1-Where/go?
2-How/go?
3-What/see?
4-What/buy?
5-What/do?
6-How/feel?
S1:Where did you go?
S2:I went to…….
IV. Summary (2m)
- T stresses on some main ideas of the lesson:
-Famous places in the USA V. Homework (1m)
-Answer the Qs on p.118
-Retell the main things about the 4 famous places in the USA.
- Read the text again at home, learn by heart the new words - Prepare for the next lesson. Do exercise in workbook
* Evaluation
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Period 50
UNIT 12 A VACATION ABROAD LESSON 6: LANGUAGE FOCUS A. Objectives
*Knowledge: -By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to understand the uses and the form of the 2 tenses above and the use of the present progressive tense with the adv “always”
* Attitude: : Help Ss be more confident to communicate with others in learning English
* Skill: Doing exercises skill.
B. Teaching aids
T's preparation: Lesson plan, text book, pictures, references books Ss' preparation: Text book, notebook, pen, homework.
C. Methods
- Chatting, ordering the pictures, picture drill, matching.
- Pairs, individual and group work D. Contents
I. Organization (1m)
Class Date of teaching Absent students
8A 8B
II. Warm up: Chatting: (2m)
-Which tense is used to describe the action which happening at the same time of speaking?
-What is the form of this tense?
- Which tense is used to describe the action which happening at a point of time in the past?
Teacher and Ss' activities Content
III. New lesson
1.Activity 1: Language focus 1:
(15m)
-T asks Ss to look at the pictures on p.119 carefully, listen to the T’s verbs and number the pictures.
-T writes the letters of the pictures on the board:
a- b- c- d- e- f- -T reads aloud the verbs:
1-walk with a dog
4-talk to Grandma
Ordering the pictures:
+Answer key :a-3 , b-2 , c-5 ,d-6 , e- 1 ,f- 4 .
2-eat dinner
5-read a comic 3-take a shower
6-write a letter -T calls some Ss to give their answers.
-T gives feedback and corrects.
-T sets the scene: Look at the picture “a”:What was Ba doing at 8 o’clock last night?
-T elicits to take out the model sentences:
+Concept check:
-Is the action happening now or at a point of time in the past?
-Which tense is used here?
What is the form?
*Practice: Picture drill:
-T runs through carefully all the actions in the pictures.
-Let Ss practice speaking: T asks, Ss answer, exchange, half-half, pairs…
- T models first:
-T corrects Ss’ mistake after all.
2.Activity 2(15m) Language focus 2:
-T asks Ss to look at the pictures on p.119.
-T runs through the sentences on p.120.
-T asks Ss to do the matching on p.120
-Let Ss read out the answers.
-T corrects.
-T elicits to take out the model sentences:
+Look at picture “a”: Who is the man in this picture?(A mailman) +Concept check:
-Look at the model 1:Is it a single
*Grammar:
Model sentence:
Ba was taking a shower at 8 o’clock last night.
+Form:
. S + was/were + Ving
. S +wasn’t/weren’t + Ving . Was/Were + S + Ving?
. Wh + was/were + S + Ving?
+Use :Past progressive tense is used to indicate an action that was in progress at a point of time in the past.
Example exchange
+What was Ba doing at 8 o’clock last night?
+He was taking a shower.
*Matching:
+Answer key:a-3, b-6, c-5, d-2, e-4, f-1.
*Grammar:
Model sentence
1-What was the Le family doing when he came?
They were sleeping.
2-What happened while Nga was eating?
The phone rang while Nga was eating.
+Form:
Main clause Conjunctio n
Adv clause Past simple
Past progressive
while when
Past progressive Past simple
+Use :Sequence of tenses: An action was
or a complex sentence?(Complex) -Is the verb after “when” past simple or past continuos? (simple) -Which action happened first?
(sleep)
-What about the other verbs?
-Look at the model 2:How many actions are there?(2)
-Which word links/connects the 2 clauses?(While)
-Is the verb after “while” past simple or past continuous?
(continuous)
-T notices Ss the positions of the 2 conjunctions “When/While”:
They stand at the beginning of the sentence or in the middle of the sentence. They are used to connect an action was taking place in the past when another action took place.
*Practice: Picture drill:
-T puts the photocopied pictures on the board in the order of the word cues.
-T models with the first sentence:
-Let Ss practice speaking in 2 ways-with both “when” and
“while”-at the beginning and in the middle of the sentence.
-T corrects Ss’ mistakes.
3.Activity 3 (10m) Language focus 3:
-T photocopies the pictures on p.120, hangs on the board.
-T elicits to model: Who is the boy in the picture? (Bao) Do you know what happens?
+Concept check:
-Are Nam and Bao good students?
Why?
-Is “always” adv or adj?
taking place (at a point of time )in the past when another action took place.
Model:
The Le family were sleeping when the mailman came.=While the Le family were sleeping, the mailman came.
+Picture a:The Le family/sleep +Picture b:Hoa/eat
+Picture c: Nam/win the race +Picture d:Mrs Thoa/ cook +Picture e: Lan/ arrive school +Picture f: it/rain.
Model sentences
Yes. Bao is always forgetting his homework.
+Form: S + am/is /are + always +Ving.
+Use :To express a complaint.
Picture drill:
-Which tense is used here?
*Practice:
-T asks Ss to look at the pictures, T runs through.
-T models-Ss repeat.
-Let Ss practice speaking.
-T calls some Ss to go to the board and write.
IV. Summary (1m)
T stresses on some main ideas of the lesson. -Past progressive and Past simple with
“when/while”
-The adv “always” with the present progressive tense.
V. Homework (1m)
- Prepare for the next lesson. Do exercise in workbook
* Evaluation
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Date of preparing : Period 51 REVISION
A. Objectives
*Knowledge: By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to remember the vocabs, main grammar structures that they have learnt from unit 1-8.
* Attitude: Help Ss to be more confident to communicate with others in learning English
* Skill: Doing exercises skill
* Capacity Development: how to work in groups B. Teaching aids
T's preparation: Lesson plan, text book, reference books Ss' preparation: Text book, notebook, pen, homework.
C. Methods - individual D. Contents
I. Organization(1’)
Class Date of teaching Absent students 8A
8B II. Warm up III. New leson:
Teacher and Ss' activities Contents
I. Review1 (5’)
* Past simple:
- T helps sts review.
- Sts give the form & the use - Sts give some examples II. Review 2 (5’)
- Sts review the use of prepositions of time: ( at, on, in………)
III. Review 3 (5’)
* Commands / requests:
* Advice:
IV. Practice (10’)
Ex 1: Complete the sentences with the suitable prepositions:
1. I was born……….January 1st, 1965.
2. When did you meet him? -….lunch today.
3. It often rains…….October in Vietnam.
4. What are you going to do…….2004?
5.You want to watch the sky…….sunset
Ex 2: Change these direct sentences into the reported speech. (5’)
1. My husband said to me: "Go to the movies"
2. I said to him: " Stay at home"
3. My son said to us: " Watch T.V "
4. He said to her: " Can you speak up?
"
5. The doctor said to the patient: "
You should in bed."
Ex 3: Complete the dialogue, using the structures of asking for favor: (5’) - Sts work in pairs
1. The past simple tense:
- Form: V-ed.
- Use : Express the past events
2. Prepositions of time:
at / after / before ( 8am) on ( Tuesday / 23rd /...) in ( January....)
between ... and .../ from ....to ....
3. Reported speech:
S + asked / told + O + to V not + to V S1 + said ( that ) + S2 + should + V
* Answer key:
1. on 4.in 2. at 5. at 3. in
1. My husband told me to go to the movies.
2. I told him to stay at home.
3. My son told us to watch T.V . 4. He asked her to speak up.
5. The doctor advised the patient to stay in bed.
Minh : Oh ! It’s too high
Lan : Do ……….……?
Minh : Yes, . ……… get that book? It’s too high.
Lan : No problem. Here . ……… are.
Minh : Thanks. ……… of you 1. She likes ……… (plant) roses in the garden.
2. My sister hates ……… (do) morning exercises.
3. My mother loves ……… (play)
Ex4: Put the verbs in the correct form - Sts work individually (5’)
chess.
4. I enjoy ……… (get) up late on Sunday mornings.
IV. Summary (2’)
- T stresses some main ideas of the lesson.
V. Homework (2’)
- Do exercise in workbook.
- Prepare for the 45' test
* Evaluation
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