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

GIÁO ÁN TIẾNG ANH Unit Country life and city life Period 46 lesson : Getting started Listen and read A / Aims and Objectives : By the end of the lesson , Ss will be able to talk about the city life and the country life B / Teaching aids : Textbooks , cassette , chalks , boards … C / Procedure : I / Warm up : Chatting - Talk to Ss about life in the city and life in the country by asking some questions Where you live ? Chatting ( whole class ) Do you want to live in the city ? Why ? Do you want to live in the country ? Why ? => Lead in the new lesson II / Pre -reading : Introduce the topic of the passage Listen and copy reading and some new words Pre – teach vocabulary : - a relative = uncles , aunts cousins - peaceful = quiet and calm (a) Listen and repeat - permanently (adv) : its means existing all the time chorally - accessible = co the den gan duoc Copy down - medical facilities = cac phuong tien y te * Checking vocabulary : Rub out and remember Brainstorming ( Getting started ) - Get Ss to talk about city life and country life The Play game words in the box of getting started may help you city life country life • Possible answers : - tall buildings - beautiful views - plenty kinds of goods - fresh food - polluted air - fresh air - traffic jams - friendly - entertainment - peaceful Work in groups - busy III / While – reading : True / false statements Statements Na lives in the city True x Na went to a village which has x False some relatives lives there The village is very peaceful and x quiet Work in groups to Hoa prefers the city life x - Turn on the tape and ask Ss to work in groups to predict predict the true / false statements - Call on some Ss to report their predictions and write them on the board - Ask Ss to read the dialogue between Na and Hoa and compare their ideas - Give feedback and get more information - Call on some pairs to practice the dialogue Read the dialogue , Comprehension questions : compare their ideas - Get Ss to work in pairs to answer the questions in ex / 73 Practice the dialogue in - Call on some pairs to practice asking answering the pairs questions in front of class - Give feedback a Na has been to Kin Lien village Work in pairs b She was there for the weekend c to her , the countryside is peaceful and quiet and there is nothing to d There is no libraries , no movies , no supermarket , no zoos … e Country life is becoming better Many remote area are getting electricity People can now have things like refrigerators and TV , medical facilities are more accessible - Ask Ss to work in closed pairs IV / Post - reading : Practice asking and Discussion answering the - Divide the class into groups Two groups include Ss questions who prefer the city life and the others include Ss who prefer the country life - Ask Ss to work in groups to answer the questions “ Do you prefer the city or the country life ?Why ? “ - Call on pioneers from groups to show their ideas before class V / Homework : Work in groups Learn by heart new words and copy two lines for Demonstrate their ideas each word in front of class Copy the answers in their notebooks Prepare the next lesson Listen and copy Unit Country life and city life Period 47 lesson : Speak A / Aims and Objectives : By the end of the lesson , Ss will be able to practice speaking about the changes of a place B / Teaching aids : textbooks , pictures , poster C / Procedure : I / Warm up and pre - speaking Word square - Ask Ss to find out adjectives E O U I Y S U B X A B C L M O P P M O D E R N T E D I R T Y O F N N S T L H I D S U V R L G S E I V E A Y L - Ask Ss to work in teams - Ask Ss to go to the board and circle the word they find B E A U T I F U Work in group - The team which circles more words will win the game Modern – dirty – busy – noisy – tall – expensive – beautiful • Setting the scene “ Hoa,s grand father is 78 “ - Five years ago , she was 73 and she was stronger than she is now - Ask Ss to make a sentence about her health Work in the whole class => Hoa,s grand father is getting weaker + Form : am / is / are + V-ing + Use : used to describe changes with get and become II / While – speaking : Listen and copy - Ask Ss to look at the two pictures on page 73 and talk to their partners about the changes of the town The words in the box under the pictures may help you - Write the word prompts on the board so that Ss can speak easily - traffic - > busy - sky -> cloudy - houses -> high - city -> beautiful - trees - > green - Get Ss to work in pairs - Monitor and help Ss speak * Possible answers : - The traffic is getting busier - There are more tall buildings and houses - The houses are getting more modern - The town is becoming more beautiful Work in pairs - The streets are becoming cleaner / larger / noisier III / Post - speaking : - Ask Ss to work in groups and talk about changes in their hometown / neighborhood - Call on volunteer from each group to show their ideas before the class Other groups can add in their ideas IV / Homework : Work in group Write some sentences , using Present Progressive Tense to describe changes in their school Work individually Listen and copy Unit Country life and city life Period 48 lesson 3: Listen A / Aims and Objectives : By the end of the lesson , Ss will be able to complete the dialogue by listening B / Teaching aids : Text book , cards , cassette C / Procedure : I / Warm up : Matching - Prepare eight cards with phrases on them - Write eight verbs on the board ( play , , watch , go , clean , have , phone , speak ) - Divide the class into teams Work in group - Hand out each team cards - Ask Ss to stick the cards with phrases besides the suitable verbs - The team which is faster is the winner * Answers : - play table tennis - my homework - watch a program Listen and repeat - go to a violin lesson chorally and - clean the house individually - have a meeting - phone my aunt , Mrs Hang - speak to Mom Copy down => Lead in the new lesson II / Pre - listening Listen and copy - Set the scene “ Aunt Hang is talking to Lan on the phone She is coming to visit Lan in Hanoi “ Work in groups to - Ask Ss to predict information in the dialogue predict - Call on some Ss to report their predictions III / While - listening : Listen to the tape to - Turn on the tape and check their predictions check their predictions - Let them listen twice and find out the missing words individually Listen again and share - Ask Ss to share their answers with their partners their answers with their - Call some Ss to read their results friends Give feedback that this It is Read their answers where from coming aloud next week arriving Thursday 10 late 11 afternoon 12 speak Work in pairs to 13 my 14 get her practice the dialogue IV / Post - listening - Ask Ss to play the roles of Lan and Aunt Hang to practice the dialogue V / Homework : Listen and copy Copy down the completed dialogue in their notebooks Do exercises in work book Prepare the next lesson Unit Country life and city life Period 49 lesson : Read A / Aims and Objectives : By the end of the lesson , Ss will be able to understand the text about one of the social problems B / Teaching aids : Textbooks , poster , cassette C / Procedure : I / Warm up : Jumbled words - Write the words with disordered letters on the board + Fulentipl -> plentiful + taneru -> nature + loofd -> flood + roestdy -> destroy + viroped -> provide Work in group + suertl -> result + ciliestial -> facilities - Ask them to write the correct words on the board and repeat chorally , individually => Lead in the new lesson II / Pre- reading : Listen and copy down - Introduce the topic of the passage reading and some new words to Ss Pre - teach vocabulary : - rural (adj ) : something deals with the countryside Listen and repeat - urban ( adj ) >< rural chorally , individually , - strain (n) = su qua tai ( dan so ) then copy down - typhoon (n) = storm (n) - drought (n) : hot and dry weather for a long time - to struggle = dau tranh - migrant (n) : a person who moves from one place to another especially in order to find work - to increase = tang len , tang them Play game * Checking vocabulary : What and where Brainstorming : - Ask Ss to think of the difficulties of farmers,life Possible answers : droughts / the weather / hard work / no vacations / lack of clean water / electricity / insects destroy harvests Work in groups difficulties of farmers,life Demonstrate in front of class - Ask Ss to work in groups to guess how farmers deal with difficulties - Call on some Ss to report their predictions and write them on the board III / While - reading : - Let Ss listen to the tape and read the text silently to Work in groups to check their predictions guess the difficulties of - Answer “ What many farmers to solve their farmers problem ? “ => They have to move to the city so that they can get well – paid jobs Listen to the tape and - Call on some Ss to read the text in front of class read the text to check Gap- filling : their predictions - Ask Ss to work in pairs o complete summary , using the information from the passage Answer the question - Call on some volunteers to report their results - Give feedback Read the text aloud leaving home city rural city problems schools hospitals Work in pairs problem 10 world Read their results - Call on some Ss to read the complete passage aloud Finding the words - Ask Ss to read the text again and work with their partners - Call them to report their results Read the complete - Give feedback summary a rural b plentiful c increase Read the text again and d strain e tragedy f urban the exercise / 75 IV / Post - reading : Discussion - Give a situation : If you were a Minister , what would Read the complete results you for farmers ? - Ask Ss to work in groups to discuss * Suggested answers : - build streets , theaters , stadiums in the countryside Work in groups to - build schools , hospitals discuss - provide clean water , electricity , facilities - build factory - Call on volunteers from groups to show their ideas before the class V / Homework : Write things that government should for the Show their ideas before rural areas class Do exercises in workbook Prepare the next lesson Listen and copy Unit Country life and city life Period 50 Lesson : write A/ Aims and Objectives : By the end of the lesson , Ss will be able to write letters to their friends about their neighborhood B / Teaching aids : Textbook , cards , chalks……… C / Procedure : I / Warm up : Revision - Ask Ss to put the outline for an informal letter in the correct order - Prepare cards with outlines on them Work on the whole - Call Ss to hold them and stand in a random order class - Ask some other Ss to rearrange them in the correct order - Write the answer on the board and ask Ss to copy Listen and copy down Heading - Writer,s address - Date - Dear ……… , opening Body closing II / Pre- writing : - Ask Ss to work in pairs to answer the questions Work in pairs to - Call on some pairs to practice asking and answering practice asking and the questions answering the questions - Give feedback III / While … writing : Work individually - Ask Ss to write letters to friends about their neighborhood - Let them write individually Compare with their - Have them compare with their partners and correct if partners they can * Suggested letter : ( Writer,s address) ( Date ) Dear , I live in … , a small town My family has a large house with four rooms and a small garden My sister and I share one bedroom From the bedroom window , I can see a beautiful park with green tress , flowers and a pond we not live far form 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 with my sister 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 goodbye now I am looking forwards to hearing from you soon Love , ( Signature ) IV / Post - writing : Correction - Choose some letters to correct before class and ask them to read them aloud Exchange their writings V / Homework : to correct Write their letters on their notebooks Prepare the next lesson Listen and copy Unit Country life and city life Period 51 lesson : Language focus A / Aims and Objectives : By the end of the lesson , Ss will be able to use Present progressive and comparative and superlative adjectives B / Teaching aids : Textbooks , chalks , boards … C / Procedure : I / Warm up : Matching B play A a to Mom Key 1.b b table tennis 2.g watch c a program 3.c go d a meeting 4.h clean e my aunt , Mrs Hang 5.f have f the house 6.d phone g my homework 7.e speak h to violin lesson 8.a - Call volunteers from teams to the matching II / Practice : Ex : Ask Ss to use the suitable verbs in the Present Progressive Tense to complete the exercise - Get Ss to work in pairs Work in group ( teams ) - Call on some pairs to practice the dialogues before class and correct Work in pairs => What tense we use in dialogues ? What is the form ? Look at the adverbs of time in the dialogue Are Answer the questions they at present or in the future ? Present Progressive Tense is used to talk about the future Ex : Ask Ss to practice the dialogue as example S1 : Is the boat to Qui Nhon leaving at 11 30 ? S2 : Is that good fortune ? S1 : That is right S2 : I am very sorry It has been delayed Work in pairs S1 : Oh , no ! S2 : Now , it is leaving at 13 45 - Give them the shipping information and ask them to make similar dialogues Ex : Present Progressive Tense is used to describe changes with “ get “ and “ become “ * Drill : Prepare six cards of cues a The boys / get / tall b The old men / become / weak c It / become / dark Work individually d The weather / get / cold e The students / get / better f The school yard / become / cleaner - Model first two cues , then whole class repeat chorally , then some Ss read out individually - Give a new cue and go on until most of the Ss in class Repeat chorally , can remember the structure individually Comparative and superlative adjectives - Remind Ss of the forms of comparative and superlative adjectives Repeat the form of * Comparative : Short adj - er + than + object comparative and More long adj + than + object * Superlative : superlative adjectives The + short adjective - est The most + long adjective * Irregular adjectives good/ well – better – the best bad – worse – the worst many – more – the most little – less – the least Listen and copy Ex : Have Ss work in pairs to make comparisons between the city and the country Ex : The air in the country is fresher than in the city - Let each Student read aloud one of the sentences they have made - Give feedback Work in pairs IV / Further practice : - Ask Ss to read the advertisements then ask them some questions to check their understanding + 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 ) + How much we pay per month ? ( 900,000 dongs for the apartment , 6,6 million dongs for Listen and answer the questions the house and 7,8 million dongs for the villa ) - Game “ Nought and Crosses “ , using comparative and superlative adjectives old expensive big expensive small hot big beautiful old Eg : - The villa is older than the apartment - The house is more expensive than the apartment V / Homework : Play game ( whole class ) 1/Redo all the exercises and copy down 2/ Prepare the next lesson Listen and copy Period 52 + 53 Consolidation A / Aims and Objectives : By the end of the lesson , Ss will be able to grasp the knowledge they have learnt in the first semester and know how to supplement what they are short of B / Teaching aids : Textbook , chalks , boards C / Procedure : I / Warm up : Chatting about daily routine Play game II / Consolidation : Period 52 Grammar - Ask Ss to repeat the tenses they have learnt in the Repeat the tenses they first semester and write on the board have learnt 1.1 The tenses : - Present Simple - Present progressive / - Past simple / - Present perfect Listen and copy , then - Simple future give some more 1.2 The form of the verbs examples - Modal verbs : can , could , may might - Gerund ( V- ing ) => used after some verbs such as like / dislike / hate / love / enjoy and prepositions - Have Ss to repeat and copy , then give examples with Listen and copy each one Exercises : Repeat and copy - Using the posters with some exercises to show 2.1 Give the correct form of the verbs in the brackets + Ex 7/ 43 ( workbook ) : Infinitive or Gerund + Ex / 46 ( workbook ) : Past simple or Present perfect - Ask Ss to work in pairs - Call on some pairs to practice in front of lass - Ask some Ss to go to the board to write them on the Work in pairs to the board exercises and exchange - Give feedback their answers with their Period 53 friends Grammar 1.2 Comparison - Comparative - Superlative - Like Listen and copy - (not) as …… as - (not) the same as - different form 1.2 Direct and indirect speech - Commands - Requests Repeat and give some - Advice more examples => S + told + O +(not) to + V … Exercises : - Ex / 48 ( workbook ) : Comparison - Ex / 33 ( workbook ) / Ex 6/ 51 ( workbook ) + Have Ss work in pairs to all the exercises + Call on some pairs to practice in front of class + Give feedback • Homework : Redo all the exercises and copy Work in pairs Demonstrate in front of class Prepare the test : - Complete these sentences with the suitable words or phrases in the brackets - Complete the conversation - Read the passage carefully , then answer the questions below - Supply the correct tense form of the verb in the brackets - Listening comprehension Copy down