Hoang Hoa Tham Junior High School Lesson Plan English 8 Date of preparation: 16-01-2008 unit :04 OUR PAST Date of teaching:18-01-2008 Period :21. Getting started & Listen and read I.OBJECTIVES :By the end of the lesson,students will be able to: +talk about things they used to do in the past. +read the dialogue about the life of many years ago. II.LANGUAGE CONTENTS : - Grammar:used to. - Vocabulary: look after,modern equipment, great-grandmother, folktale,light lamp. III.TECHNIQUES : elicitation, pairwork , groupwork, brainstorming. IV.TEACHING AIDS: extraboard,pictures, tape. V.PROCEDURES : STAGES CONTENTS NOTES 1.Warm up : 2.Presentation: *Net works: *Possible answers: television,refrigerator,telephone lamp,stereo,couch,chairs,clock I.Getting started:Look at the picture.write the names of the things that do not belong to the past. *Keys: mobile phone, uniform, TV, stereo, lighting fixture,modern clothing,school uniform. -Do you have a mobile phone / school uniform? II.Listen and read: *Set a scene: -Who is this? -Is this her grand-mother? -Now listen to the tape.There were some activities we often did in the past but now we didn’t do them any more.Today we are going to listen the conversation between Nga and her grandma.Can you guess what they are talking about? *Listen to the tape: Ss:work in 2 groups:go to the board and write names of furnitures in the house. T:feedback and correct the mistakes. T:show Ss the picture and ask them to identify the things that do not belong to the past. Ss:discuss with the partner to say the things that do not belong to the past (about 100 years ago). T:about 100 years ago we couldn’t see TV,mobile phone,uniform, stereo, lighting fixture. T:stick a picture and ask some questions to introduce the lesson. Ss:listen to the tape to find out what the conversation is about. Ss:look at their textbooks and listen to the tape about the dialogue. Nguyen Huu nhut School year: 2007-2008 P21/ E8 furnitures in your house Hoang Hoa Tham Junior High School Lesson Plan English 8 3.Practice: 4.Production 5.Homework : *Vocabulary: + look after (v) = take care of + sound (v) + modern (a) ≠ ancient(a): + equipment (n) + great-grandma(n): grandma’s mother: + folktale(n): *Notes: S+used to +inf - I used to play marbles when I was young. ⇒We used” S+used to +inf” when we want to talk about things that happened repeatedly in the past but don’t happen now or have changed. 1.Practice the dialogue with a partner: 2.Work with a partner.Ask and answer the questions : a.She used to live on the farm . b.Because she had to stay at home and help her mom. c.She used to cook the meal,clean the house and wash the clothes . d. Her great-grandmother used to light the lamp and her great-grandfather used to tell them stories e.Nga asked her grandmother to tell her the tale: “The Lost Shoe” 3.Fact or opinion?Check the ( √ ) the boxes . a) Fact b) Fact c) Fact d) Fact e) Opinion f) Opinion *Ask Ss to say what they used / didn’t use to do when they were younger children. Example:when I was a girl,I used to skip .Now I can’t skip any more . + cry at night + take a bath in the rain + eat too much candy -Learn the new words by heart. -Finish all exercises into your exercisebooks. -practice the dialogue with your partners. -Prepare:”SPEAK” +Find out new words. +Identify things in the pictures. -synonym - example - antonym - example:washing machine, electric fan,computer - explanation. - example: Tam cam T:introduce grammar notes. Ss:work in pairs:read the dialogue with their partners. T:feedback and correct the mistakes. Ss:answer the questions about the dialogue. T:feedback and correct the mistakes. T:explain the meaning of fact and Opinion. Fact : This flower is red . Opinion : I don’t like this flower Ss:work in groups:read the statement and decide which is fact /opinion. T:feedback and correct the mistakes. Ss use phrases to say what they used /didn’t use to do when they were younger children. T:guide Ss to learn at home . Ss:do as directed . Nguyen Huu nhut School year: 2007-2008 P21/ E8 Hoang Hoa Tham Junior High School Lesson Plan English 8 Date of preparation: 16-01-2008 Unit :04 OUR PAST Date of teaching:18-01-2008 Period 22. SPEAK I.OBJECTIVES :By the end of the lesson,students will be able to: +use“used to”to talk about the life in the past and what they used to do. +talk the differences between the life in the past and now. II.LANGUAGE CONTENTS : - Grammar: simple present tense / prepositions of place. - Vocabulary: a vase of flowers,dishrack (n),towel rack,(n),calendar (n). III.TECHNIQUES : elicitation, pairwork , groupwork, brainstorming. IV.TEACHING AIDS: extraboard,pictures, realias. V.PROCEDURES : STAGES CONTENTS NOTES 1.Warm up : ( 5 minutes) *Pre-speaking: ( 6 minutes ) *While- speaking: *Put the word phrases given in the correct columns: -play video games -travel by motorbike -do everythings by hands -watch colored TV -watch black and white TV -travel on foot -live in a big house/ building -work hard -have a lot of fun for entertainment -live in a cottage. In the past Now *Pre-questions: -Where did Nga’s grandma always live? →She always lived on a farm. -Where did she use to live? →She used to live on a farm. -What did she use to do at home? →She used to cook meals,clean the house and wash the clothes. *Notes: S + used to +bare infinitive S+ didn’t + use to + bare infinitive Did + S + use to + bare infinitive? +He used to play marbles +He didn’t use to play marbles. +Did he use to play marbles? ⇒Express a past habit or an action happened in the past. 1.Work with a partner.Look at the pictures.Talk about the way things used to be and the way theyare now . T:divide the class into 2 groups and guide the Ss to do the task. Ss:work in groups:put the word phrases given in the correct columns T:feedback and correct the mistakes. T:set a scene to lead-in by recalling the conversation between Nga and her grandma. T:remind Ss form and usage of”used to” T:Ask students some questions -What game did you use to play when you were younger ? -Did you use to cry a lot when you were a small child ? T:stick 2 pictures on board and guide Ss to do the task. Ss:work in groups:look at 2 pictures. Using”used to” to talk about the actions in the past. Nguyen Huu nhut School year: 2007-2008 P21/ E8 Hoang Hoa Tham Junior High School Lesson Plan English 8 ( 16 minutes ) ( 8 minutes ) *Post-speaking: ( 6 minutes ) 2.Homework : ( 4 minutes ) *Keys: -Long ago,people travel on foot, but now they travel by car, by motorbike. -In the past,children stayed at home, but now they go to school . -People used to live in a small house, but now they live in big house or tall building . -There didn’t use to be electricity in the home,but now there is enough electricity every where . -People used to work hard,but now they have a lot of time for entertainment . -People used to watch black and white TV,but now they can watch colored TV. - There didn’t use to be facilitites such as:school, hospitals, hotels, markets …but now there are enough facilitites for us to live on. - There didn’t use to be telephones,telegraph lines,internet services but now there are telephones,telegraph lines,internet services available for us to use. 2.Now tell your partner about the things you used to do last years: *Possible answers: -Last year,I used to spend much time on watchingTV -Last year,I used to study badly but now I study hard -Last year, I used to drink coffee but now I don’t. -Last year, I used to play video games. *Writing: Make the sentences: 1.People / used to / use oil lamps / but now / electric lights. 2.Last year / he / used to / get bad marks / but / doesn’t. 3.Last year / Nga / used to / walk to school / now / she / go to school / bike. -Learn the new words by heart. -Finish all exercises into your exercisebooks. -write 5 sentences about things you used to do in the past. -Prepare:”LISTEN” +read 4 sentences:a,b,c,d.What do they mean in Ss:work in pairs.Ask the partner the questions. -Where did people live in the past?and now? -How did they trval? -What’s about electricity? -What’s about their life / work? -Did children use to go to scholl? -What’s about entertainment? -Ss:give their ideas before the class and the teacher corrects if wrong . T:along with development of science and technology.Do our life get more and more comfortable comparing with life in the past? Ss:work in pairs:tell your partner about the things you used to do last years. T:feedback and correct the mistakes. Ss:make the sentences,using word cues. T:feedback and correct the mistakes. T:guide Ss to learn at home . Ss:do as directed . Nguyen Huu nhut School year: 2007-2008 P21/ E8 Hoang Hoa Tham Junior High School Lesson Plan English 8 VNes? Date of preparation: 16-01-2008 unit :03 AT HOME Date of teaching:18-01-2008 Period 23. LISTEN I.OBJECTIVES : By the end of the lesson Ss will be able to understand the main idea of the story by listening. II.LANGUAGE CONTENTS : - Grammar: modal verbs. - Vocabulary: foolish,amazement, gold, lay eggs. III.TECHNIQUES : elicitation, pairwork , groupwork, brainstorming. IV.TEACHING AIDS: tape,pictures. V.PROCEDURES : STAGES CONTENTS NOTES 1.Warm up : *Pre-listening: *While- listening: *Pelmanism: run ran fly flew ride rode eat ate sit sat *Keys: run eat fly sit ride ran ate flew sat rode *Pre-teach vocabulary: -foolish(a): -amazement(n): -gold(n): -to lay eggs: -to discover: -moral lesson: *Set a scence:There are a lot of Vietnamese folktales which have precious moral lessons . We are going to listen to one of those stories.You listen to it and decide the statement is the most suitable moral lesson . *answer key: b.Don’t be foolish and greedy *Find out the verbs in the story: -went -were -discovered -ran -laid -looked -shouted -wanted -finished -decided -couldn’t *Listen and complete the story with the words you hear Once a farmer lived a comfortable life with his family.His chicken laid many(1) ……… which the T:prepare 10 cards with numbers on one side and the verbs on the other side. -stick the cards on the board so that the students can only see the numbers, make sure the verbs are mixed up. -turn the cards over if they match.If not ,turn the cards over again.Continue until all the cards are finished -example: a cock can not lay eggs but Hoa thinks that it can lay eggs.she is foolish. -translation -Example:a hen is laying egg. -translation -translation T:introduce the lesson T:explain 4 moral lessons in the book then ask them to listen to the tape and tick which one about the story . Ss:listen to the tape and decide the statement is the most suitable moral lesson . Ss:work in groups:listen to the tape and write the the verbs in the story: T:share Ss handouts and guide them to do the task Nguyen Huu nhut School year: 2007-2008 P21/ E8 Hoang Hoa Tham Junior High School Lesson Plan English 8 *Post-listening: 2.Homework : farmer used to(2) ………. to buy(3) …… and clothing for his family. One day,he went to(4) ……… the eggs and(5) …. One of the chickens laid a(6) … egg. His wife ran to him and they both looked at the (7) … in amazement.The wife(8) ….more,so her husband decided to cut open all the chickens and find more gold eggs.Unfortunately,he couldn’t finf any eggs when he finished all,the chicken were dead. There were no more eggs of any kind for the(9)…. farmer and his(10) …… wife. *Retell the story: 1.Once a farmer raised chickens to get eggs. 2.One day he went to collect eggs and found an gold egg. 3. His wife wanted more. 4. The farmer decided to cut open all chickens. 5. Finally all his chickens were dead but he couldn’t find any gold eggs. -Learn the new words by heart. -Write a short paragraph,telling the story. -Prepare:”READ” +Find out newwords. Ss:listen to the tape and complete the story with the words they hear. *Keys: 1.eggs 2.sell 3.food 4.collect 5.discovered 6.gold 7.eggs 8.wanted 9.foolish 10.greedy T:ask Ss to find out which Vietnamese folktales have the same moral lesson. T: Ask Ss to listen to the tape and retell the story ( If Ss are not good, T should give suggested words) Ss:retell the story before class. T:guide Ss to learn at home . Ss:do as directed . *Tape transcript: Once a farmer lived a comfortable life with his family.His chicken laid many eggs which the farmer used to sell to buy food and clothing for his family. One day,he went to collect the eggs and discovered one of the chickens laid a gold egg. His wife ran to him and they both looked at the eggs in amazement.The wife wanted more,so her husband decided to cut open all the chickens and find more gold eggs.Unfortunately,he couldn’t finf any eggs when he finished all,the chicken were dead. There were no more eggs of any kind for the foolish farmer and his greedy wanted wife. Nguyen Huu nhut School year: 2007-2008 P21/ E8 Hoang Hoa Tham Junior High School Lesson Plan English 8 Date of preparation: ………………. unit :04 OUR PAST Date of teaching: ………………… Period : 24. READ I.OBJECTIVES :By the end of the lesson , students will be able to read for details to understand the story “The Lost Shoe” and to answer the Qs about the story. II.LANGUAGE CONTENTS : - Grammar:simple past tense. - Vocabulary:cruel,upset,magical,fairy,rag,marry,own . III.TECHNIQUES :elicitation, pairwork ,ask and answer, groupwork . IV.TEACHING AIDS: extraboard,pictures , tape. V.PROCEDURES : STAGES CONTENTS NOTES 1.Warm up : ( 5minutes ) *Pre-reading: *While- reading : *Pelmanism: have had come came go went lose lost find found *Keys: have lose come go find had lost came went found *Name some foltales: -Tam Cam. -One-hundred-section bamboo -Chicken lay gold eggs -Snow White and seven dwarfs -Seven-mile shoes -The frog prince -The lost shoe *True / false statement prediction: 1.Little Pea’father is a rich farmer. 2.Her father got married again after his wife died. 3.Her new mother was very kind to her. 4.She worked hard all day. 5.She didn’t have new clothes to take part in the festival. 6.The story has an unhappy ending. *Vocabulary: -to die:to stop living. -to marry: to take someone as a husband/a wife. -cruel(a): extremely unkind(a) -upset(a) ≠sad(a) -a broken heart: -fairy(a): -prince(n) ≠princess(n): -to fall in love with someone: 1.Complete the sentences with words from the story: T:prepare 10 cards with numbers on one side and the verbs on the other side. -stick the cards on the board so that the students can only see the numbers, make sure the verbs are mixed up. -turn the cards over if they match.If not ,turn the cards over again.Continue until all the cards are finished Ss:work in groups: say the names of the foltales they know. T:today you’ll read this foltale.It’s “The lost shoe”Can you guess How many characters there are in the story? How does the story end? T:share Ss handouts and guide them to do the task. Ss:work in groups:read the statements and decide which is true / false. -explanation -explanation -explanation -antonym -translation -translation -antonym -translation T:share Ss handouts and guide them to do the task. Nguyen Huu nhut School year: 2007-2008 P21/ E8 . Tham Junior High School Lesson Plan English 8 Date of preparation: 16-01-2008 unit :04 OUR PAST Date of teaching:18-01-2008 Period :21. Getting started &. Tham Junior High School Lesson Plan English 8 Date of preparation: 16-01-2008 Unit :04 OUR PAST Date of teaching:18-01-2008 Period 22. SPEAK I.OBJECTIVES