Teaching Date: 19/12/2007 Teaching Duration: 48 Grade 8 Teaching period: 4 Unit 13 : CITY LIFE AND COUNTRY LIFE Lesson 5: LANGUAGE FOCUS I. OBJECTIVES After the lesson, students can learn, review and practice some important grammatical points such as present progressive talking about the future and showing changes with get and become, and comparative and superlative adjectives. II. LANGUAGE CONTENTS * Grammar: - present progressive - comparative and superlative adjectives * Difficult words and expressions: ship name(n), destination(n), time of departure, status(n), delayed(adj), revised time, origin(n), time of arrival, balcony(n) III. TEACHING METHOD : Communicative Approach IV. TIME : 45 minutes V. TEACHING AIDS : Teacher’s and Student’s books, pictures, handouts, projector,…. VI. PROCEDURES : T’S & S’s ACTIVITIES CONTENTS WARM UP - Ss play the game “Matching” - T uses these sentences to present some main gramatical points in this lesson . - Ss observe and copy the structures. * Answers: 1 - c ; 2 - d ; 3 - a ; 4 - b • Present progressive : * Talking about the future: S + am/is/are + V_ing . * Showing the changes with get and become: S + am/is/are + getting / becoming + (comparative) Adj • Comparative : * with short Adj : S 1 + be + short Adj_er + than S 2 * with long Adj : S 1 + be + more long Adj +than S 2 • Superlative : * with short Adj : S 1 + be + the short Adj_est +(Noun) Teacher: Nguyen Van ai Page 1 Teaching Date: 19/12/2007 Teaching Duration: 48 Grade 8 Teaching period: 4 * with long Adj : S 1 + be + the most long Adj +(Noun) ACTIVITY 1 (present progressive: to talk about the future) - T presents the situations, then explains some difficult words and how to practice Exercise 1, page 77. - Ss listen, read the exercise carefully, then make similar dialogues in pairs using the shipping information. - Ss give the answers. - T checks the answers. - T presents and explains Exercise 2 with the example as well. - Ss practice. - Some pairs practice aloud. - T checks and gives the correct answers. 1. Read the dialogues : (1a,b page 77) * Present progressive : S + am/is/are + V_ing . * Now make similar dialogues. Use the shipping information (p.77) - Ss’ answers 2. Complete the dialogues. Use the verbs in the present progressive tense: * Example: a) Nam: What are you doing tonight? Bao: I’m playing table tennis. - Ss’ answers * Answers: b/ are doing c/ am watching d/ am going e/ are cleaning f/ am having ACTIVITY 2 (present progressive: to show changes with get and become) - T uses the example given to present the structure and explain the exercise. 3. Complete the sentences . Use the verbs and adjectives in the boxes: * Example: a/ The boys are getting taller. * Structure: S + am / is / are + getting / becoming + Teacher: Nguyen Van Ai Page 2 Teaching Date: 19/12/2007 Teaching Duration: 48 Grade 8 Teaching period: 4 - Ss look at the example and structure to do the exercise. - Ss present the answers. - T checks and gives the correct answers. (comparative) Adj - Ss’ answers * Answers: b) The old men are getting weak. c) We should go home. It is getting dark. d) The weather is becoming cold. e) The students are getting better. f) The school yard is becoming cleaner. ACTIVITY 3 (Comparative Adjectives) - T tries to explain the exercise clearly with example and structure as well. - Ss observe and practice the exercise in pairs first. - Some Ss present their work aloud. - T checks and corrects Ss’ mistakes if necessary. - T can give some more guiding answers. 4. Make comparisons between the city and the country about these things. The adjectives in the box will help you. * Comparative: S 1 +am/is/are+ than S 2 * Example: The food in the city is more expensive than the food in the country. - Ss’ work * Guiding answers: - The entertainments in the city are better (than the entertainments in the country.) - The medical facilities in the country is worse (than those in the city). - The traffic in the city is busier (than that in the country). ACTIVITY 4 (Comparative and superlative Adjectives) 5. Look at the advertisements. Compare the house, the villa and the apartment. Teacher: Nguyen Van Ai Page 3 short Adj_er more + long Adj Teaching Date: 19/12/2007 Teaching Duration: 48 Grade 8 Teaching period: 4 - T gives and reviews comparative and superlative adjectives first. - Then T has Ss read the three advertisements and use the adjectives given in the box to compare the house, the villa and the apartment. - T explains difficult words if necessary. - Ss read the examples given. - Ss in groups speak and write down their work into handouts, then stick them on the board. - T checks and gives some guiding answers if necessary. Use the adjectives in the box.(p.79) * Comparative: S 1 + be + than S 2 * Superlative: S + be + the (Noun) * Examples: - The house is more expensive than the apartment. - The apartment is smaller than the villa. - The villa is the oldest home. - Ss’ work * Guiding answers: - The villa is the most expensive. - The apartment is the cheapest. - The house is bigger than the apartment. HOMEWORK * Ss have to - Copy all the exercises into their notebooks. - Review Unit 1,2 Teacher: Nguyen Van Ai Page 4 short Adj_er more + long Adj short Adj_est most + long Adj . Teaching period: 4 Unit 13 : CITY LIFE AND COUNTRY LIFE Lesson 5: LANGUAGE FOCUS I. OBJECTIVES After the lesson, students can learn, review and practice