Week: Date of preparing: Period 68 UNIT 11 : TRAVELING AROUND VIETNAM LESSON 3 : LISTEN, READ 1 A. Objectives : By the end of the lesson, students will be able to listen and read for details about the place directions and information about some places of interest in Viet Nam . B. Teaching aids :text books, posters, pictures, cassette, a route map. C. Methods : Quiz, Grid, Interview. D. Contents : I. ORGANIZATION (1 minute) Date of teaching : 8A : Absent students: 8B : Steps/ Activities Content II. WARM UP (5 minutes) 1. Quiz : What is this place ? - Ask questions and call the student who puts his / her hand up first to answer - Tell Ss each place consists of 3 questions ; 3 points for the first question , 2 points for the second question , 1 point for the third question a. What is this place ? 1. it is called the city of Eternal Spring . 2. It has a lot of waterfalls and lakes . 3. You can find the most kinds of flowers here . b. What is this place ? 1. It is a seaside resort . 2. It has a very big monument of Buddha . 3. It has an Oceanic Institute c. What is this place ? 1. It is a mountainous resort . 2. It has tribal villages . 3. Sometimes it has snow . d. What is this place ? 1. It is recognized as a World Heritage Site by UNESSCO . 2. It has a lot of caves . 3. It contains of a lot of islands . 2. Listen : - Set the scene “ The Jones family are going around Ha Key : a. Da Lat b. Nha Trang c. Sa Pa d. Ha Long Bay 1. Listen : Noi and they are talking about the directions to 5 places in the maps . Listen to them and match the places to the correct positions on the maps “ - Put the map on the board and ask sts to identify the places. - Play the tape 2 or 3 times - Ask Ss to compare their answers with their friends . - Call on some Ss to read their answers and give the correct answers - Play the tape once more to check the answers ( pause at some important paragraph ) III. NEW LESSON (35minutes) Step 1 : Pre Reading: Vocabulary : 1. It's a place to live , work or stay in 2. = huge / very big 3. (translation) 4. ( drawing) 5. = a very thick forest 6. (translation) Sts : - listen. - listen and repeat (chorally then individually). - copy. Check voc : What and where Step 2 : While Reading: Grid : - Ask Ss to read the advertisements about the resorts and check (v) the topics mentioned in the grid - Get Ss to work in pairs to compare their answer - Call on some Ss to give their answers Answer key : a) restaurant b) hotel c) bus station d) pagoda e) temple 2. Vocabulary : - accommodation (n) chỗ ở - giant (adj ) khổng lố - tribe (n) => tribal (adj) bộ tộc ,bộ lạc - slope (n) dốc - jungle (n) rừng rậm - limestone (n) đá vôi 3. Reading: Answer Key : Nha Trang : Flights to Ha Noi , railway , hotels , local transport , tourist attractions . Da Lat : Hotels , local transport , waterfalls , tourist attractions Sa Pa : Hotels , local transport , mountain slopes tourist attractions , villages Ha Long Bay : World Heritage , tourist attractions , sand beaches , railways , hotels , caves , locals Step 3 : Post Reading: Interview : - Ask sts to work in pair , one plays the role of a tourist and the other play the role of a tourist officer to ask for and give information about the tourist sites . - Show the cue chat on the board and get a good student to model . - Ask sts to use the information in the advertisements to make other dialogues and practice speaking . Group 1 : Nha Trang Group 2 : Sa Pa - Monitor and help sts with their work . - Get some pair to demonstrate their dialogue . Tourist Tourist officer - Would you mind telling me something about Nha Trang ? - Is there anything special? - How about accommodation? - How can I travel around the city? -Thank you very much . - Not at all. It's seaside resort . - Yes, you can visit the giant Buddha, the Oceanic Institute , the offshore islands. - There is a small selection of hotels here , so you have to book it in advance. - You can go to the northern and southern destinations by bus or train. - You 're welcome . IV. SUMMARY (2 minutes) - Listening and reading about the place directions and information about some places of interest in Viet Nam . V. HOMEWORK (2 minutes) - Rewrite the advertisements to make them into short paragragh, like this : transport . Tourist Tourist officer - Would you mind telling me something about Nha Trang ? 4. Homework : Nha Trang is a wonderful seaside resort for summer holiday E. Evaluation : . Duyệt ngày / / Phạm Thị Phúc Week: Date of preparing: Period 53 UNIT 8 : COUNTRY LIFE AND CITY LIFE LESSON 5 : WRITE A. Objectives : By the end of the lesson, students will be able to write letters to their friends about their neighborhood. B. Teaching aids :text books, posters, pictures. C. Methods : Ordering, Writing. D. Contents : I. ORGANIZATION (1 minute) Date of teaching : 8A : Absent students: 8B : Steps/ Activities Content II. WARM UP (5 minutes) Revision : - Ask Ss to put the outline for an informal letter in the correct order. - Prepare 6 cards with 6 outlines on them. - Call 6 Ss to hold them and stand in a random order. - Ask some other Ss to rearrange them in the correct order. - Write the answer on the board and ask sts to copy. III. NEW LESSON (35minutes) Step 1 : Pre Writing : - Ask Ss to work in pairs to answer the questions in exercise 2 on page 76. - Call on some pairs to practice asking and answering the questions - Give feedback. * Key : a. I live in a small town/ big city/ village. b. My house looks very nice/ small with 4 rooms and a nice/ small garden. c. From my bedroom window, I can see a small park with many green trees and colorful flowers. d. It's far from my home so I have to ride my bike / It's very near so I can walk. e. There is a park / a swimming pool / some restaurants / a post office f. I like the park best because I can walk with my sisters after dinner/ every morning. I like the library best because I can read many interesting books, or study/learn how to use the computer there. Step 2 : While Writing: - Ask sts to write letters to friends about their neighborhood. - Let them write individually. - Ask them to compare with their partners and correct if they can. * Possible answer: Writer’s address Date Dear , I live in a small house in the village. My house has 3 1. The outline of an informal letter: 1. Heading - Writer ' s address - Date - Dear ……… , 2. Opening 3. Body 4. Closing 2. Questions: 3. Writing rooms and a small garden. My sister and I share one bedroom. From the bedroom window, I can see a beautiful garden, trees and flowers. It’s about 500 meters from my house to school so I walk to school. In my neighborhood, there is a lake and a rice paddy. On the weekend, I often go swimming and fly kites with my friends. I like the river the best because I can go fishing there. Is there a river in your neighborhood? Is there anything interesting in the place where you live? Write to me. I’d like to say goodbye now. I’m looking forwards to hearing from you soon. Love, Nam. Step 3 : Post Writing: Correction: - Choose some letters to correct before class. IV. SUMMARY (2 minutes) - Writing letters to their friends about their neighborhood. V. HOMEWORK (2 minutes) - Ask sts to write their letters (after correction) on their notebooks. 4. Homework : E. Evaluation : . Week: Date of preparing: Period 54 UNIT 8 : COUNTRY LIFE AND CITY LIFE LESSON 6 : LANGUAGE FOCUS A. Objectives : By the end of the lesson, students will be able to use comparative and superlative adjectives. B. Teaching aids :text books, posters, pictures. C. Methods : Brainstorming, presentation, practice. D. Contents : I. ORGANIZATION (1 minute) Date of teaching : 8A : Absent students: 8B : Steps/ Activities Content II. WARM UP (5 minutes) Brainstorming: - Ask sts to find out short adjectives and long adjectives they have learnt. - Divide the class into two teams, one using yellow chalk and the other red chalk. - Get sts to go to the board and write the adjectives. Key: accessible beautiful convenient difficult intelligent comfortable delicious interesting busy easy cheap poor fresh small good bad III. NEW LESSON (35minutes) Step 1 : Presentation : - Remind sts of the forms of comparative and superlative adjectives. expensive big 1. Comparisons: * Comparative: S 1 + V + (short adj)-er + than + S 2 S 1 + V + more (long adj) + than + S 2 * Superlative: S 1 + V + the (short adj)-est long adjectives short adjectives Step 2 : Practice : (Language Focus 4 on page 79) - Ask sts to do exercise. They have to work in pairs to make comparisons between the city and the countryabout: food, traffic, transport, with the adjectives: easy, expensive, cheap, good Give an example. - Let sts make any sentences they want, only focus on structures, not on the meaning. Step 3 : Production : - Ask them to read the advertisements then ask them some questionsto check their understanding. + What are advertised? + How old are they? + How much do we pay per month? - Ask sts to look at the adjectives in the box and give the comparison forms of the adjectives. E.g. old - older - the oldest expensive - more expensive - the most expensive - Divide the class into 2 teams and them to play the game Noughts and Crosses - One team is Noughts (0) and the other is crosses(x). - One team starts choosing a number and makes a sentence with the given word. If the sentence is correct, T puts a mark (O or X ) in that square. - The first team to get 3 in a row (across, down or diagonally) wins the game. E.g: The apartment is older than the house. The villa is the oldest. IV. SUMMARY (2 minutes) - comparative adjectives. - superlative adjectives. V. HOMEWORK (2 minutes) - Unit 8 (Bai tap on luyen Tieng Anh 8) S 1 + V + the most (long adj) * Irregular adjectives: good/well - better - the best bab - worse - the worst many - more - the most little - less - the least 2. Language Focus 4: E.g. The air in the country is fresher than in the city. 3. Language Focus 5: old expensive big expensive small hot big beautiful old 4. Homework : E. Evaluation : . . Week: Date of preparing: Period 68 UNIT 11 : TRAVELING AROUND VIETNAM LESSON 3 : LISTEN, READ 1 A. Objectives : By the end of the. E. Evaluation : . Duyệt ngày / / Phạm Thị Phúc Week: Date of preparing: Period 53 UNIT 8 : COUNTRY LIFE AND CITY LIFE LESSON 5 : WRITE A. Objectives : By the end of the lesson,. on their notebooks. 4. Homework : E. Evaluation : . Week: Date of preparing: Period 54 UNIT 8 : COUNTRY LIFE AND CITY LIFE LESSON 6 : LANGUAGE FOCUS A. Objectives : By the end of