ENGLISH 8

Setting the scene: You are going to read a text about Alexander Graham bell, who invented the telephone But before you read , you have to guess if the following state[r]

UNIT : LESSON READ Period

A OBJECTIVES:

Knowledges:

By the end of the lesson, ss will be able to read and understand a passage about the invention of the telephone know more about Alexander Graham Bell

+ Vocabulary: emigrate (v); experiment (v; n); transmit (v) ; conduct (v); demonstrate (v); deaf- mute (n); assistant (n); device (n) ; exhibition (n); countless (adj)

+ Structures: Past simple Skills :

+ Reading- comprehension

Attitude: Ss will be more polite when talking on the phone

B TEACHING AIDS:

Lesson plan, English 8-book, pictures, extra board

C METHODS: T/ WhC, pairs, group and individual work D CONTENTS:

I Organization:

Class Date of teaching Absent Ss

8B ……… ………

Teacher’s activities Students’ activities

II Warm-up (5’): Brainstorming What is the mobile phone used for ?

T asks students to answer the questions by going to the board and write

Possible answers : - have a message - call someone

- make arrangements

- talk to a person who lives far from - get information at the airport or railway

station quickly (Chatting)

? What is the thing we use to talk with each other over long distances?

? What is a mobile phone?

? On the phone when people ask you to "hold on", what they want you to do?

III New lesson:

Play games in teams

+ Students take turns to write the answers on board

-telephone

-A telephone that does not have wires and you can carry it with you and use it almost anywhere

Step 1:Pre-reading (12’) Pre-teach

-emigrate : di cư

-Deaf-mute (n) : người câm điếc -Experiment (n) : thí nghiệm - transmit : truyền, phát (tín hiệu)

- invent : (inventor,invention) phát minh, - conduct (v): tiến hành, thực (nghiên cứu, thí nghiệm -assistant (n): người giúp đỡ, người phụ tá

-device (n): thiết bị, dụng cụ, máy móc

-demonstrate (v): chứng minh, trình bày

-commercial (a): (thuộc) buôn bán, thương mại *Checking: W-W

2 T / F statements prediction Hangs the picture on and asks ss 1.Do you know it is?

2.What is it used for ? who invented the T?

Setting the scene: You are going to read a text about Alexander Graham bell, who invented the telephone But before you read , you have to guess if the following statements are true or false

- Hang the poster of T / F statements on the board and ask Ss to work in pairs and guess which statements are true or false

…….a Alexander G Bell was born in the USA …….b He worked with deaf – mute patients in a hospital in Boston

…….c Thomas Watson was Bell,s assistant.

… d Bell and Watson introduced the telephone in 1877

……e Bell experimented with ways of transmitting speech between deaf-mutes over a long distance f Bell demonstrated his invention at a lot of exhibitions

- Call on some pairs to read their predictions and write them on the board

Step 2: While-reading (17’) Act Read and check

ask Ss to look at their books to read the text , then check their prediction

T collects Ss' answers

Answer key:

Listen and repeat

Guess the meaning of the new w -SS repeat chorally first, then individually

copy

answer the qs it’s a telephone listening

read through all statements in E

- Ss work individually and guess then share with their partner

Read all the sts silently

Look at the poster and work in pairs to predict

read the correct answers aloud

a) F (in Edinburgh, Scotland) b) F (at Boston University) c) T

d) F (1876)

e) F (transmitting speech over a long distance f) T

act 2: Ordering/ Putting the events in the correct order

- Ask Ss to look at the exercise and read the events of Bell’s life , then put them in the correct order

- Have them compare with their partners - Call on some Ss to read their answers aloud - Corrects and give feedback

1 d) was born in Scotland e) went to live in Canada

3 a Went to live in the United States

4 g worked with people who could neither speak nor hear

5.c worked with Thomas Watson

6 b Successfully demonstrated his invention f Invented the telephone

Step : Post-reading (8’) · Grids : ( with keys )

- Get Ss to read the text again and fill in the blanks about the biography of Bell

T monitors and gives the help if necessary then collects Ss' s answers and corrects

Name : ……… Alexander Graham Bell… Nationality : ………English ……….

Date of birth : ……… March 3rd , 1847 ……

Place of birth : ………Edinburgh , Scotland His invention : ……… telephone

In 1876 : ………The first telephone message introduced ………

In 1877 : …………The first telephone was in

commercial use ………

IV Summary (2’)

What is the main content of the lesson?

Who was Alexander Graham Bell? Was he born in Scotland ?

V Homework(1’)

a F He was born in

Edinburgh in Scotland

b F He worked with deaf –

mute patients at Boston University

c T

d F He introduced telephone

in 1876

e F He experimented with

ways of transmitting speech over a long distance

f T

Correct the false ones (one by one.)

Read them aloud Do the exercise Read their answers

-Read their correct sentences aloud -Write individually

- Ss work in four groups ( Ss write on the posters )