d. Mount Rushmore -> saw the heads of American Presidents carved into the rocks. San Francisco -> visited Fisherman’s Wharf, the Napa Valley wine growing area and the Alcatraz p[r]
(1)UNIT 12: LESSON READ
Period 72
A OBJECTIVES:
By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to read and understand postcards from Mrs Quyen to her children.
B TEACHING AIDS:
lesson plan, English 8-book, computer, projector
C METHODS: open prediction, grid, write it up, recall D CONTENTS:
I Organization:
Class Date of teaching Absent Ss 8C1 ……… ………
8C2 ……… ………
8C3 ……… ………
Teacher & Ss’ activities Content II Warm-up (5’):
- T guides Ss to play “hang man” game NEWYORK
- Do you like traveling?
Where you like to go most
Have you ever gone to Nha Trang / SaPa / Đa Lat / Ha Long Bay?
- What can you see there? III New lesson:
Step 1: Pre-reading (12’) Act Present some new words Repeat the new words in chorus Listen and correct by themselves - T calls some Ss to read the words Copy down
Act Open prediction: Set the scene:
Mrs Quyen and her husband visited many places of interest in the U.S.A You are going to read some postcards which Mrs Quyen sent her children tell about her trip
- Ask Ss to predict the places they visited in
1/ Vocab
+ lava (n) dung nhan nham thạch + volcano (n) núi lửa
+ pour out ( v) đổ + wharf : cầu cảng
+ Wine- growing : phát triển rượu + carve (V) : khắc, chạm
+ valley (n) : thung lũng + prison (n) : nhà tù
(2)the USA
- Collect their ideas
Step 2: While-reading(17’) Act1 Reading and checking
- Get Ss to read the text page 116 to correct their prediction
feedback:
Hawaii, New York, Chicago, Mount Rushmore and San Francisco
Draw the grid on the board
-Ask students to copy the grid in their notebooks
- Ask students to read the postcards from Mrs Quyen to her children and fill in the gaps with the information taken from them
- Call on some students to go to the board and write the information in the grid on the board -Give feedback and coerrect
Act Grid:
a Hawaii -> went swimming, visited Kilauea Volcano
b New York -> went shopping and bought lots of souvenirs
c Chicago -> saw Lake Michigan
d Mount Rushmore -> saw the heads of American Presidents carved into the rocks San Francisco -> visited Fisherman’s Wharf, the Napa Valley wine growing area and the Alcatraz prison
Act Comprehension questions:
- T asks Ss to read the postcards again to answer the questions
- T calls some pairs to give the answer - T comments and gives the correction a) How did Mrs Quyen go to Kilawea Volcano?
=> She went there by plane
b) Where in San Francisco did Mrs Quyen see the famous prison?
=> She saw the famous prison on the island of
2/ Reading
Hawaii, New York, Chicago, Mount Rushmore and San Francisco
Place What she did and saw a Hawaii Went swimming,visited
Kilawea Volcano b New
York
went shopping, bought lots of souvernirs
c Chicago saw Lake Michigan d.Mount
Rushmore
saw the heads of American Presidents
e San Francisco
visited Fisherman's wharf, the NapaValley wine-growing area and the Alcatraz Prison a
d) Chicago/ also/ call/ "The windy City" => It is also called "The windy City"
(3)Alcatraz
c) What is special about Mount Rushmore? => It is a mount where the heads of four
American Presidents are carved into the rock, and it can be seen from more than 100 kms away
d) What is the other name of Chicago? => It is also called "The windy City"
e) What did Mrs Quyen while her husband was visiting the Statue of Librety? => She went shopping
Step 3: Post-reading (8’) Write it up:
Ask stusents to look at the questions on page 118 and answer the questions
Tell them to comparte their answers with their partners
IV: Summary (2’)
What is the main content of the lesson?
- famous places Mrs Quyen and her husband came to visit V Homework(1’)
- Learn by heart all vocabulary
-Write the answers into their notebooks