Tay Son secondary school English 8 School year: 2008 – 2009 Week: 07 Date of preparation: October 4 th , 2008 Classes: 8A 1 , 8A 4 UNIT 4: OUR PAST Period 21: GETTING STARTED + LISTEN & READ I/ Aims and objectives: * Language content: - Introduces a dialogue of Nga and her Grandma about things people do in the past *Language function: - To enable the students to practice listening to a dialogue, then express their feelings and distinguish between the facts and opinions * Educational aim : - Knowing to maintain good traditions and respect their grandparents. 1. Language: a. Vocabulary: - sound, light, folktale, tradition b. Structures: - Used to - Simple past 2. Skills: - Integrated skills 3. Educational factor: - Advice them to work harder for the future. II/ Teacher and students' preparation: 1. Method : - Communicative approach. 2. Techniques: - Question-Answer, Using pictures, Brainstorming, Transformation, repetition, Role- play, pair work and group work 3. Materials needed: Picture, cassette player, flash cards 4. Students' preparation: : New words and phrases 5. Previous exercises: Do exercises III/ Procedure in class: 1/ Stabilization ( 2ms): a. Warm up: - Greets the students b. Checking absence: - Asks the monitor about the absence 2/ Checking up the previous knowledge : (5 ms ) * Question: Ask them to write the past tense of these words a . Be b. Buy c. Write d . Say e. Bring f. Invent * Keys to questions: a. Was / Were b. Bought c. Wrote d. Said e . Brought f. Invented 3/ Presentation of the new materials: Teacher: Traàn Thò Hoaøng Anh 1 Unit 4: Our past Tay Son secondary school English 8 School year: 2008 – 2009 Time Teacher’s activities Students’ activities The content of the lesson 5ms 8ms 10ms I/ Lead in: -Has the students play a game in 4 groups to give the past tense form of these verbs -Gives feedback -Asks the students to talk something about their grandparents: 1. Do you live with your grandparents? 2. Do they tell you their life in the past? 3. Do you love your grandparents? - Uses the picture to introduce the new lesson: “Now, let’s read the story that Nga’s grandmother tells her to know more about our past or about Vietnamese children 100 years ago”. II/ Pre-practice: -Teaches some new words : 1. light –lit (v) 2. equipment (n) 3. folk tale = traditional stories - T/f Predictions: 1. Nga’s grandma used to live in a house on the street 2. She had to look after her younger brothers and sisters, so she didn’t go to school. 3. The great-grandma did hard work on the farm with the help of modern equipments. 4. Children in the past knew many folk tales by reading books. III/ Controlled-practice: -Turns the tape -Asks them to practice reading the dialogue to check their T/F statements 1.F 2.T 3.T 4.F -Has them play a game “Lucky -Play the game -Listen and answer -Listen -Listen, repeat and write. -Have a guess -Listen to the tape -Give the answers -Play a game “Lucky UNIT 4 : OUR PAST Period 21: GETTING STARTED + LISTEN AND READ I/ Content: *1.New words and phrases: 1.light –lit (v) 2.equipment (n) 3.folk tale = traditional stories 2.T/F predictions : 1. Nga’s grandma used to live in a house on the street 2. She had to look after her younger brothers and sisters, so she didn’t go to school. 3. The great-grandma did hard work on the farm with the help of modern equipments. 4. Children in the past knew many folk tales by reading books. 3.Answer the questions : a. She used to live on a Teacher: Traàn Thò Hoaøng Anh 2 Unit 4: Our past Tay Son secondary school English 8 School year: 2008 – 2009 Time Teacher’s activities Students’ activities The content of the lesson 5ms 5ms numbers” to answer the questions -Introduces the definitions of Fact or opinion: Ex: -I learn English. (F) -English is difficult. (O) -Asks them to discuss in groups to choose F or O and give the explanations a. F b. F c. F d. F e. O f. O IV.Free-practice: -Have them discuss in 4 groups to give the differences of life 100 years ago and now V.Consolidation: -Asks them to tell things young children had to do in the past -Retell the definition of F and O Fact : sự thật Opinion : ý kiến cá nhân numbers” -Listen -Pair work to give the answers - Discuss in 4 groups to give the differences of life 100 years ago and now - Retell - Listen farm. b. Because she had to stay home and help her Mom. c. She used to cook the meals, clean the house and wash the clothes. d. Her great-grandmother used to lit the lamp and her great-grandfather used to tell them stories. e- She asked her grandmother to tell her the tale “The Lost Shoe”. 4. Fact or opinion? a. F b. F c. F d. F e. O f. O 5. Discussion: the differences of life 100 years ago and now 4. Home work: (3ms) - Write a short text for the differences of children life 100 years ago and now 5. Preparation for the new lesson: (2ms) - Prepare the next section: speak 6. Self - evaluation: Teacher: Trần Thò Hoàng Anh 3 Unit 4: Our past . Son secondary school English 8 School year: 20 08 – 2009 Week: 07 Date of preparation: October 4 th , 20 08 Classes: 8A 1 , 8A 4 UNIT 4: OUR PAST Period. new materials: Teacher: Traàn Thò Hoaøng Anh 1 Unit 4: Our past Tay Son secondary school English 8 School year: 20 08 – 2009 Time Teacher’s activities Students’