Unit 14 - English 8

Tan Lam High School Lesson plan English 8 Date: Unit 14: Wonders of the World Period 83: Listen and Read LESSON PLAN *** 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 Teacher in charge: Đặng Hồng Liên Tan Lam High School Lesson plan English 8 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 Teacher in charge: Đặng Hồng Liên Tan Lam High School Lesson plan English 8 - 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 Teacher in charge: Đặng Hồng Liên Tan Lam High School Lesson plan English 8 Date: Unit 14: Wonders of the World Period 84: Speak + Listen LESSON PLAN *** 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 Teacher in charge: Đặng Hồng Liên Tan Lam High School Lesson plan English 8 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 Teacher in charge: Đặng Hồng Liên Tan Lam High School Lesson plan English 8 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. Teacher in charge: Đặng Hồng Liên Tan Lam High School Lesson plan English 8 Date: Unit 14: Wonders of the World Period 85: Read LESSON PLAN *** 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 Teacher in charge: Đặng Hồng Liên Tan Lam High School Lesson plan English 8 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 15 th 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 Teacher in charge: Đặng Hồng Liên Tan Lam High School Lesson plan English 8 Date: Unit 14: Wonders of the World Period 86: Write LESSON PLAN *** 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 Teacher in charge: Đặng Hồng Liên Tan Lam High School Lesson plan English 8 - 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 Teacher in charge: Đặng Hồng Liên [...]... Nga told Nhi how to go there - Check if Ss recognize the model sentence (S1 + V + S2 + Question word +To infinitive) - Ask one student to say the next sentence - Give feedback and correct - Have Ss do the rest of the exercise orally with the same steps • Writing Drill - Ask some Ss to go to the board and write complete sentences - Give feedback, correct Lesson plan English 8 Individual work Key: a Nga... the reported sentence - Give feedback and correct if necessary - Go on asking Ss to do the rest questions orally with the same steps 3 Production • Writing Drill - Call on some Ss to go to the board and write the reported sentences - Correct and ask Ss to write the right answers in their notebooks  LANGUAGE FOCUS 3 Word Cue drill • Oral Drill - Show the word-cue chart on the board - Model the first sentence... plan English 8 Unit 14: Wonders of the World Period 87 : Language Focus LESSON PLAN *** 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... 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... 3.E 4 B 5 D Tan Lam High School - Ask Ss to report what Nhi asked Nga, using reported speech - Call on some Ss to resay the use of the Indirect Yes/ No question if necessary - Show the questions on the board - Model the first question and ask Ss to listen a) Do you know My Son, Nga?  Nhi asked Nga if / whether she knew My Son 2 Practice: Substitution Drill • Oral Drill - Call on one student to read... Nhi how to go from My Son to Hoi An e Nga told Nhi what to do there during the visit IV Consolidation: V Homework: - Language focus 1: Turn the passive sentences into the active - Do the exercises in the workbook Teacher in charge: Đặng Hồng Liên Tan Lam High School Lesson plan English 8 Date: Period 90: Feedback LESSON PLAN *** A OBJECTIVES: I Knowledge: Give feedback to 45 minutes test II Skills:... Key: 1 d 2 a 3 a 4 a 5 c 6 c 7 b 8 c II Matching: Each right answer gets 0.25 mark Individual work Key: 1 h 2 a 3 b 4 c 5 d 6 g 7 e 8 f III Writing: Each right answer gets 0.5 mark Individual work Key: 1 Minh asked me if I was an engineer 2 Our teacher asked us if Great Wall was the longest in the world 3 This hospital was built in 1993 4 Last week our class held a flower-arranging contest IV Verb forms:... Last week our class held a flower-arranging contest IV Verb forms: Each right answer gets 0.25 mark Individual work Key: 1 finish Teacher in charge: Đặng Hồng Liên Tan Lam High School Lesson plan English 8 2 to go 3 to visit 4 spoken 5 to make 6 was waiting/ arrived 7 looking V Reading Each right answer gets 0.5 mark IV Consolidation: V Homework: Teacher in charge: Đặng Hồng Liên Individual work Key:... 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 . 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. charge: Đặng Hồng Liên Tan Lam High School Lesson plan English 8 Date: Unit 14: Wonders of the World Period 84 : Speak + Listen LESSON PLAN *** A. OBJECTIVES: