Unit 14 - English 8

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Date: Unit 14: Wonders of the World Period 83: Listen and Read

LESSON PLAN

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A OBJECTIVES:

I Knowledge: Ss will seek information about a language game to complete a

summary

II Skills: Speaking, Writing, Reading

B PROCEDURE:

I Settlement: Checking attendance

II Checking:

III New lesson: Listen and Read

Teacher’s activities Students’ activities

* Warm-up: Quiz

- Prepare some postcards or pictures of the famous

world landmarks or scene spots in VN

- Show the pictures, one by one, to Ss and ask them

what place it is

- Divide the class into 2 teams, the team able to answer

the question will get 1 point

- Give Ss some suggestions to help them easily

recognize the place

Eg: Mount Bach Ma

Suggestions:

 It is a place in the Central Vietnam with cold

weather everyday of the year

* Getting started.

- Inform the topic: Wonders of the world

- Have Ss look at the pictures on page 131 and do the

matching

- Check if they know “Where in which country these

wonders are?”

* Listen and Read.

Team work

Individual work Answer key:

a) The Pyramid b) Sydney Opera House c) Stone Henge

1 Pre- reading

Ordering:

- Set the scene:

"Nga, Nhi and Hoa are playing a language game called

guessing game How does this game work?”

- Put the statements chart on the board

- Ask Ss to read the statements and put them in the

right order

Rearrange the Statements in the right order of the

game.

How to play the guessing game:

1 B asks questions to find out who or what is

2 A thinks of a famous person or place

3 B wins if he / she can guess the correct answer

4 A gives B a clue

5 B loses if he / she cannot guess the correct answer

6 A can only answer "yes" or "no"

- Ask Ss to open their books and read the dialogue on

page 131, 132 while listening to the tape

- Play the tape

- Check if Ss' guesses are right or not

- Have Ss copy the statements in the right order

- Call on some pairs to go to the board and write their

answers

2 While-reading

a Gap fill

- Have Ss read the dialogue again and complete the

summary (2) on page 132

- Ask Ss to compare their answers with their partners

- Have some Ss give their answers

b Grammar Awareness

Model Sentences:

3 Post - reading: Matching

- Asking Ss to read the summary again Write the

words on the board

Group work

Listen to the tape

Answer key: 2 4 1 6 3 5

Individual work Answer Key:

1 Game 2 Place 3 Clue

4 Vietnam 5 America 6 Golden

7 Right 8 Was Copy down

Pair work

- Ask Ss to match the words in Column A with their

explanations in Column B

- Ask some Ss to give their answers

Answer Key:

1.d 2.c 3.a 4.b

IV Consolidation:

V Homework: - Topic: famous tourist sites, do the exercises in the workbook

Date: Unit 14: Wonders of the World Period 84: Speak + Listen

LESSON PLAN

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A OBJECTIVES:

I Knowledge: Ss will be able to make a, report on famous places using reported

speech Ss will be able to recognize mistakes through listening to an advertisement

II Skills: Speaking, Listening

B PROCEDURE:

I Settlement: Checking attendance

II Checking:

III New lesson: Speak + Listen

Teacher’s activities Students’ activities

• SPEAK

1 Pre-teach: Matching

- Put the chart with the statements on the board

l It was designed and built by the French civil

engineer with 300 metres in height

2 It is in South Central Asia, 8.848 metres high

above sea level

3 It was built from 246 - 209 BC and some people

say it can be seen from the moon

4 It is a bell striking the hours in the clock tower of

the Houses of Parliament in London

5 It is a skycraper in Manhattan, New York City

6 It is a famous place in Quang Binh Province

recognized as a world Heritage Site by Unessco

- Ask Ss to read the statements and the names of

the famous places in the box on page 133 and do

the matching

- Check if Ss understand the statements

- Call on some pairs to give their answers

- Give feedback and correct

- Monitor and assist Ss if necessary

2 Questions and Answer Drill

- Ask Ss to write yes/no questions about 10 places

in the box, using the information in the matching

(Each student in a group asks a question)

Suggest

1 Have they just built the Eiffel Tower in Paris?

2 Is the Empire State building located in New

York City?

3 Are the Petronas Twin Towers located in

Maylaysia?

4 Is the Great Barrier Reef in Australia?

Pair work

Answer Key:

1 Effel Tower

2 Mount Everest

3 Great Wall of China

4 Big Ben

5 Empire State building USA

6 Phong Nha Cave

Group work

Ss work in groups of ten

5 Have you ever seen Mount Rushmore?

6 Is Mount Everest in Nepal?

- Have Ss ask and answer the questions, check yes

or no

- Call on a group to demonstrate their work

3 Grammar Drill

- Set the scene

- Ask Ss to listen:

• Ask a student: (Lan/ )

T: Is Hue Citadel in the Central Vietnam?

S: Yes, it is

T: I asked Lan if Hue Citadel was in the Central

Vietnam She said (that) it was

I said to Lan, "Is Hue Citadel in the Central

Vietnam?" (Yes/No question  direct speech)

- Write the statement on the board

• Model sentences:

- Have Ss copy

Use: - to say  to ask / want to know

- If the verb in the main clause is in past tense, the

tense in the indirect questions must be changed:

Direct question Indirect question

Present Simple Past Simple

Past Simple Past perfect

Present perfect Past perfect

- Choose a group's answer to demonstrate the

model (asking and reporting)

- Call on a pair in a group to demonstrate the

exchanges and tell one of them to report

- Have Ss work in their groups

- Call on Ss in different groups to report in front of

the class

- Give feedback and correct

• LISTEN

1 Pre-teach vocabulary

- Elicit words from Ss

1 Relaxing (adj) -> (translations) (a) relaxing

vacation

2 Crystal clear (adj) = completely clear and bright

Copy down

Group work

Copy down

3 Coral (n) : (realia / translation)

4 To snorkel (picture): bơi lặn có bình dưỡng khí

- Have Ss copy the vocabulary

* Checking technique: What and where

- Elicit words from Ss again- and write them inside

circles

- Get Ss to repeat and rub out the word, not the

circle

- Continue until the cirles are empty

- Get Ss to repeat the rubbed out words by pointing

at the empty circles

- When Ss seem to remember all the words, ask Ss

(5 at a time) to come to the board to fill in the

circles again

2 While-listening

- Set the scene:

- Have Ss read the advertisement in their books for

a few minutes

"You are going to listen to an advertisement on the

tape There are 4 mistakes in the advertisement in

your books What are they?"

- Ask Ss some questions about the geographical

names in the paragraph

- Play the tape 2 or 3 times

- Get some Ss to give their answers

- Play the tape the last time, give feedback and

correct

Check the vocabulary

Look at the book Individual work Listen to the tape

Answer Key:

Look no further than beautiful far nort Queensland Stay right on the beach at the Coconut Palm Hotel Take guided tours through the rainforest, swim in the crystal-clear water of the Coral Sea and Snorkel amongst the coral of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park - a world Heritage Site Call (077) 6924 3927 fer more information

IV Consolidation:

V Homework: Write 10 indirect questions of your group in your notebooks.

Date: Unit 14: Wonders of the World Period 85: Read

LESSON PLAN

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A OBJECTIVES:

I Knowledge: SS will be able to get some knowledge about the wonders of the

world

II Skills: Read for details about the wonders of the world.

B PROCEDURE:

I Settlement: Checking attendance

II Checking:

III New lesson: Read

Teacher’s activities Students’ activities

* Warm-up: Hangman

Revision: Coral, crystal-clear, snorkel, relaxing

- Draw dashes on the board, each dash is for a

letter of the world

- Have SS guess the letters, one by one

- For every wrong guess, draw a line (from 1 to 8),

SS will lose the game if they guess wrong 8 times

1 Pre - reading

a Pre-teach vocabulary

- Elicit words from Ss

1 (to) compile : (translation) biên soạn, biên tập

2 (to) claim : (translation/ explanation) (to say

something is true) khẳng định, tuyên bố

3 (to) honor = to show respect: thể hiện sự kính

trọng

4 (a) god (male)  goddess (female): nữ thần

5 religion (n) (translation)  religious (adj)

6 royal (adj) (situation)

e.g Phu Xuan (Hue) used to be an old royal

capital city of Vietnam

- Have Ss copy

* Checking technique: Slap the board

b True-False prediction

- Ask Ss to decide if the statements are true or

false

1 An Egyptian man compiled a list of what he

thought were the seven wonders of the world

Group work

Copy down

Check vocabulary

Individual work

2 The only surviving wonder is The Pyramid of

Cheeps in Egypt

3 Today, we can still see the Hanging Gardens of

Babylon in present - day Iraq

4 Angkor Wat was originally built to honor a

Hindu God

5 The Great wall of China first wasn't in the list

of the 7 wonders of the world

6 In the early 15th century, the Khoner King

chose Angkor War as the new capital

- Write Ss' guesses on the board

2 While - reading

a Check the True - False statements:

- Ask Ss to read the text on page 134, to check

their guesses

- Call on some Ss to correct the false statements

b Multiple Choice (prepare it as a listening task)

- Ask Ss to choose the best answers to complete

the sentences

- Put the answers chart on the board

- Read the statements aloud and make hand

gestures to show the missing words

- Ask Ss to choose A, B, C or D

- Correct and have Ss write the right answers in

their notebooks

3 Post - reading: Grid

- Draw the grid on the board and have Ss copy it

- Ask Ss to read the text again and fill in the grid

with the information taken from the text

Individual work Answer key:

1 False: A Greek man named Antipater did it

2 True 3.False : The only surviving wonder is the pyramid of Cheeps in Egypt

4 True

5 True

6 False : In the early 15th century, the Kh'mer King chose Phnom Penh as the new capital

Individual work Answer Key:

a) The only surviving wonder on Antipater's

list is the Pyramid of Cheops

b) Angkor Wat was originally built for

Hindus.

c) Angkor Wat was part of a royal Khmer

city a long time ago.

d) In the 1400s, the Khmer King chose

Phnom Penh as the new capital.

Pair work

IV Consolidation:

V Homework: Learn new words by heart

Date: Unit 14: Wonders of the World Period 86: Write

LESSON PLAN

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A OBJECTIVES:

I Knowledge: Ss can write a letter to a friend about a place they have visited.

II Skills: Writing, Speaking

B PROCEDURE:

I Settlement: Checking attendance

II Checking: New words III New lesson: Write

Teacher’s activities Students’ activities

* Warm-up

• Guessing game: Wonders of the world

- Ask Ss to think of one of the wonders of the world

and write it on a piece of paper

- Call on a student to the front of the class with his /

her paper

- Have the rest of the class ask him/ her yes-no

questions to guess the wonder

- The student having the right guess will take the

place of the last student

1 Pre – writing

a Pre-teach vocabulary

- Elicit words from Ss

1 (a) ranger /'rein/ (explanation) (person who takes

care of a park) : Người bảo vệ rừng

2 Edge (n) (drawing)

3 (a) canyon /'knjn/: hẽm núi (translation / picture)

4 breathtaking /'breteiki/(adj) := very exciting,

impressive :ngoạn mục, hấp dẫn

5 temperate (adj) /'temprt/ : ôn hoà(explanation /

translation)

6 Stone Age (translation)

* Checking technique: Rub out and Remember

b Insertion

- Ask Ss to read the letter Tim sent to Hoa about his

trip to the Grand Canyon on page 135

- Tell Ss to complete the letter by inserting the letters

of the missing sentences (A, B, C and D)

- Call on some Ss to read their completed letters in

front of the class

Class work Play the game

Copy down

Individual work Read and do the exercise

- Give feedback and correct.

2 While-writing

- Set the scene: Imagine you have visited a place

recently Write a letter to a friend of yours and tell

him/ her about this place

- Draw the outline on the board and elicit some

details

+ Place (Phong Nha cave/ Cuc Phuong National

park )

+ Distance (100km/ 12 hours by train/ )

+ How to get there (by bus/ plane/ )

+ Sights (beautiful / breathtaking/ )

+ Weather (temperate/ sunny/ cool /

+ How you feel ( happy/ relaxed/ )

- Have Ss talk about something they have done first

by asking questions for them to answer

- Ask Ss to write the letter in their notebooks

- Monitor and assist Ss if necessary:

- Call on some Ss to read their letters in front of the

class

- Give feedback and correct

3 Post-writing: Interview

- Model : call on a student to stand up to answer the

questions:

• Where have you just visited?

• How far is it?

• How did you get there?

• What is it like?/ Is it beautiful?

• How about the weather?

• How did you feel?

- Ask Ss to use the outline on the board and the

information in their letters to make an interview

- Ask Ss to play in turn the role of an interviewer and

an interviewee

- Monitor and correct

- Call on some pairs to demonstrate their interview

Answer Key 1.C 2 B 3.D 4.A Listen to the teacher

Individual work

Write the letter in notebooks Read the letter

Pair work

IV Consolidation:

V Homework: - Write the completed letter (1) in your notebooks

- Do ther exercises in the workbook, page

Date: Unit 14: Wonders of the World Period 87: Language Focus

LESSON PLAN

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A OBJECTIVES:

I Knowledge: SS can report what people ask and answer about one of the world

cultureal Heritage of Vietnam

II Skills: Speaking, writing

B PROCEDURE:

I Settlement: Checking attendance

II Checking:

III New lesson: Language Focus

Teacher’s activities Students’ activities

 LANGUAGE FOCUS 1

1 Revision

- Ask Ss to resay the form of the passive in the

Past simple tense

Was/were + past participle

2 Practice

- Have Ss look at the exercise and choose the

right verbs in the box for the gaps in the

sentences

- Ask Ss to complete the sentences with the

right passive form of the verbs:

- Call on some ss to give their answers

- Give feedback and correct

3 Production: Matching

- Write the words and their meaning on the

board

- Ask Ss to read the exercises again and do the

matching

1 construct (v) a) thiết kế

2 design (v) b) đội thám hiểm

3 summit (n) c) xây dựng

4 expedition d) hướng dẫn viên

5 guide e) đỉnh (núi)

- Call on some Ss to go to the board to draw

the lines to connect the words

 LANGUAGE FOCUS 2

1 Set the scene

Yesterday, Nga and Nhi talked about My Son,

one of the world cultural Heritage of Vietnam

Beside answering some of Nhi's questions,

Nga gave her some additional information

about My Son

Pair work Answer Key:

a) was completed d) was presented b) was constructed e) was reached c) was designed

Individual work Answer Key:

1.C 2.A 3.E 4 B 5 D