Giáo án Tiếng Anh 8 Unit 8: Country life and city life

GIÁO ÁN TIẾNG ANH Unit 8: Lesson 1/44: Country life and city life Getting started + Listen and read A Aim: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to talk about city life and the country life * Lexical item : Relative , peaceful , permanently , facility , accessible * Skill : reading * Techniques : Practice in pairs and group * Teaching aids: posters, tape, a picture B Content: I Warmer: (Getting started) - Talk to ss about life in the city and life in the country by asking some questions: ? Where you live? ? Do you like living in the city or in the country? Why? ? What are differences between the countryside and the city? - Ask them to work with their partner then make a list City Country - quiet - noisy II Pre-reading: Pre teach vocabulary: - relative (n) : họ hàng (example) - peaceful (adj) : bình (situation) - permanently (adv) : vĩnh viễn, mãi (explanation) - facility (n) : sở vật chất (example) - accessible (adj) : sử dụng (translation) * Checking vocabulary: What and where Brainstorming: - Get ss to talk about city life and country life - Hang on the picture about Na and Hoa on board and ask ss to guess what they are talking about - Work in pairs III While-reading: Checking ss' guess: - Let ss read the dialogue between Na and Hoa to check - Give feedback and get more information Comprehension questions: Lucky number: - Ask them read the dialogue again to answer questions * Question: a/ Where has Na been? 10 b/ Lucky number c/ How long was she there? d/ Lucky number e/ What her opinion of the countryside? f/ Na says, “There is nothing to do.” What does she mean by this? g/ Lucky number h/ What are some of the changes that Hoa mentions? i/ Do you prefer the city? why or why not? k/ Do you like living in the country? why or why not? - Have ss play this game * Answer key: a/ Na has been to Kim Lien village c/ She was there for the weekend e/ To her, the country side is peaceful and quiet and there is nothing to f/ There is no libraries, no movies, no supermarkets, no zoos h/ Country life is becoming better Many remote areas are getting electricity, IV Post-reading: * Dicussion: Living in the country Bad points Good points - no movies - quiet, fresh Living in the city Bad points Good points - noisy - convenient - Ask ss to discuss with their friends to fill in the table - Work in group of six people - Ask ss to write on board - Correct mistakes V Homework: - Learn by heart vocabulary - Do exercises in workbook - Prepare for Unit 8: Speak + Listen Unit 8: Country life and city life Lesson 2/45: Speak + Listen A Aim: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to practice speaking about the differences in town now and in the past and complete a dialogue by listening and further practice in present progressive tense to talk about the future * Grammar : Present progressive tense : S + be + V-ing ( getting/ becoming) + O *.Skill : Speaking and listening * Techniques : {Practice in pairs * Teaching aids: posters, a picture, cassette B Content: * Warmer: Revision of the present progressive tense - Ask ss to rewrite the form and use of the present progressive tense on the board and then give some examples Form: S + be + V-ing + O Use: to talk about an action is happening at the moment Eg: I am teaching English now II Speaking Presentation: - Present the dialogue between Hoa and Na: Hoa: Have you (1) - away? Na: I went to - (2) for the - (3) Hoa: How - (4) - it now? Na: It is getting more (5) - - Ask them to write down the missing words in their notebooks - Ask ss to go to the board and fill in * Answer key: (1) been (2) Kim Lien (3) weekend (4) is (5) beautiful - Underline sentence: It is getting more beautiful * Form: S + am/ is/ are + V-ing (getting/ becoming) + O * Use: To describe changes with "get" and "become" Practice: Word cue drill a The boys/ get/ tall b The old men/ become/weak c It/ become/ dark d The weather/ get/ cold e The students/ get/ better - Ss repeat chorally and then individually - Ask ss work individually with the rest cues Further practice: Speaking - Ask ss to look at the two pictures on page 73 and talk about the changes of the town with their partners using the words in the box - Write the words prompts on the board so that ss can speak easily Eg: traffic - busy goods - expensive Sky - cloudy houses - tall/ modern Town - beautiful trees - green Street - clean/ large/ noisy ……… - Check as a whole class Ask ss if the changes are a good thing or a bad thing and then label them with faces Ex: + The streets are getting dirtier  + The building are getting more beautiful  - The traffic is getting busier - There are more tall buildings and houses - The houses are getting more modern - The town is becoming more beautiful - There are more green trees - The streets are more becoming cleaner/ larger/ noiser - Goods are getting more expensive II Listening: Matching: - Ask ss to match the verbs with suitable phrases A B * Answer key: play a a program 1-d b my aunt, Mrs Ha 2-f watch c the house 3-a go d table tennis 4-h clean e to Mom 5-c have f my homework 6-g phone g a meeting 7-b speak h to violin lesson - e Listen and fill in the gaps: * Set the scene: Aunt Hang is talking to Lan on the phone She is coming to visit Lan in Ha Noi - Ask ss to listen to the tape and complete the dialogue on page 74 * Answer key: 1/ that 2/ this 3/ It’s 4/ Where 5/ from 6/ coming 7/ next week 8/ arriving 9/ Thursday 10/ late 11/ afternoon 12/ speak 13/ my 14/ get III Homework: - Learn by heart form and use - Do exercises in workbook and textbook - Prepare for Unit Read Unit 8: Country life and city life Lesson 3/46: Read A Aim: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to understand the text about one of the social problems * Lexical item : Rural , urban , typhoon , drought , strain , struggle * Skill : Reading * Techniques : Practice in pairs * Teaching aids: posters B Content: I Warmer: Jumbled words: - Write the words with disordered letters on the poster - Devide class into teams and ask ss each team to go to board and write correct words - The team which is faster with more correct words wins the game + fulentipl -> -(plentiful) + laputipoon -> - (population) + taneru -> -(nature) + viroped + loofd -> - (flood) + suertl -> (result) + roestdy -> - (destroy) + ciliestiaf -> (facilities) -> - (provide) II Pre-reading: Vocabulary: - rural (adj) : thuộc nông thôn (example) - urban (adj) : thuộc đô thị, thành phố (antonym) - typhoon (n) : trận bão lớn (situation) - drought (n) : nạn hạn hán (explanation) - strain (n) : - (to) struggle : tải (dân số) (translation) đấu tranh (translation) * Checking vocabulary: What and where Brainstorming: - Ask ss to think of the dificulties of farmers’life typhoon floods Difficulties of farmers’ life no vacations hard work get little money - Ask ss to guess how farmers deal with difficulties - Get ss to work in groups to guess III While-reading: Checking ss' guess: - Let ss look at the text on p.75 read silently and check - Ask them a question:  What many farmers to solve their problem? - They move to the city so that they can get well-paid jobs Gap fill: - Ask ss to read the text again to complete summary on p.75, using the information from the passage - Work individually - Ask them to compare with their friends - Call ss to write the answer on board - Let ss look at the answer to correct * Answer key: (1) leaving (4) rural (7) schools (2) home (5) city (8) hospitals (3) city (6) problems (9) problem (10) world Finding the words: - Hang on the poster about the phrase words on p 75 on board - Let ss to look at them and run through - Ask ss to read the text again to find the word in the passage that means - Have ss to share with their friends - Call ss to go to board and write Check and correct * Keys: a/ rural d/ strain b/ plentiful e/ tragedy c/ increase f/ urban IV Post-reading: * Discussion: - Give ss a situation: If you were a Minister, what would you for farmers? - Work in groups of six and discuss - Ask ss to write on board * Possible answer: - Build sreets, theaters, stadium in the country - Build schools, hospitals, factories, ………… - Provide clean water, electricity, facilities, ……… IV Homework: - Learn vocabulary + Do ex 4, in workbook - Prepare for Unit 8: Write Unit 8: Country life and city life Lesson 4/47: Write A Aim: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to write letters to their friends about their neighborhood * Skill : Writing * Techmiques : Practice in group * Teaching aids: posters B Content: I Warmer: Revision - Ask ss to put the outline for an informal letter in the correct order - Prepare cards with outline on them - Call 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 so that ss can remember the outline of a letter Heading - Writer’s address - Date - Dear , Opening Body of the letter Closing II Pre-writing: - Ask ss to work in pairs to answer the questions in ex.2 on p.76 - Give feedback  Where you live? - I live in a small town/ big city/ village  What does your house look like? - My room look very nice/ small with 5/ rooms and a nice/ big garden  What can you see from your bedroom window? - From my bedroom window, I can see a small park with many green trees and colorful flowers  How far is it from your house to school? - It is very near so I can walk  What kinds of facilities are there in your neighborhood? - There is a park/ a swimming pool/ some restaurants, a post office, a library  What things in your neighborhood you like best? Why? - I like the park best beacause I can walk with my sister after dinner III While-writing: - Ask ss to write letter to friends about their neighborhood - Ss using the questions to help them write a letter - Let them write individually - Ask them to share with their friends and correct if they can - Call ss to read out the letter * Suggested letter: (Writer's address) (Date: mm.dd.yy) Dear ., I live in ( ), a small town My family has a large house with six rooms and a big garden From my bedroom window, I can see a beautiful park with green trees, flowers and a lake I don’t live far from my school so I usually walk there In my neighborhood, there is a swimming pool and a beautiful park On the weekend, I often go swimming with my friends Early in the morning, I always jog around the park But the thing I like best in my neighborhood is the public library near my school There I not only can study and read books but also watch video and learn how to use the computer Do you have a library like that in your neighborhood? Is there anything interesting in the place where you live? Write to me I would like to say good bye now I am looking forwards to hearing from you soon Love, (Signature) IV Post-writing: - Ask ss to write the letters on board - Let ss to look at them then find the mistakes and correct them - Help ss to correct mistakes V Homework: - Finish writing in notebook - Do ex in workbook - Prepare for Unit 8: Language focus Unit 8: Country life and city life Lesson 5/48: Language Focus A Aim: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to use comparative and superlative adjectives and further practice in present progressive tense to talk about the future * Grammar : Present progressive tense : S + be + Ving ( becoming / getting ) + O Comparative and superlative adjectives: Short adj + er + Than + Objective More + long adj + Than + Objective The short adj + EST The most + long adj * Teaching aids: posters B Content: I Warmer: Brainstorming: - Ask ss to find out short adjectives and long adjectives they have learned beautiful tall long adjectives short adjectives II Revision Activity one: comparative adjectives +) form: short adjective-er + than + objective more + long adjective + than + objective ? Ex: - Lan is taller than Mai - Ha noi is more beautiful than Vinh Activity two: superlative adjectives +) form: the short adjective + EST the most + long adjective ? Ex: - Ba is the fattest student in our class - Ho Chi Minh is the most expensive city in Vietnam Note: Irregular adjectives: good/ well -> better -> the best bad -> worse -> the worst many -> more -> the most little -> less -> the least III Practice: Exercise 4: p.79 - Hang on the words on a poster Run through the words - Have ss to look at the words to make comparison between the city and the country - Give a model: The air in the country is fresher than in the city - Ask ss to work in pairs - Let each student read aloud one of the sentence they have made 1/ The food in the city is more expensive than in the country 2/ The school in the city is better than in the country 3/ The traffic in the city is busier than in the country 4/ The entertainment in the country is poorer than in the city 5/ The transport in the country is worse than in the city Exercise5: p.79 - Have ss to look at advertisements then compare the house, villa and the apartment ? What are advertised? - an apartment, a villa and a house ? How old are they? - The apartment is years old, the villa is years old and the house is new - Devide class in two teams and ask them to play Noughts and Crosses One team is Noughts (O) and the other is Crooses (X) - Two teams choose the words in the boxes in turn then use the coparative or superlative If the sentence is correct, they will get one mark The team which has three (O) or (X) on a line will win the game old (1) expensive (4 big (7) expensive (2) small (5) beautiful (8 big (3) hot (6 old (9) - Model: The villa is bigger than the house - Work in pairs * Example: 1/ The villa is older than the apartment 2/ The house is more expensive the the apartment 3/ The villa is bigger than the apartment Exercise 2: p.78 - Let ss to complete the dialogue using the verbs in the present progressive tense - Ask pairs to read out and correct mistakes IV Homework: - Do again all exercises in textbook - Prepare for Revision