Giáo án môn Tiếng Anh 8 - Unit 8: Country life and city life speak & listen

Period: 46
UNIT 8: COUNTRY LIFE AND CITY LIFE
SPEAK & LISTEN
I. Objectives 
1. Knowledge, Skills, Attitude: 
a. Knowledge: 
- By the end of the lesson, Ss practice speaking about the changes of a place, listen to complete the blanks with right words concerned with the plans in the future.
- Vocabulary: 
- Grammar: 
b. Skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing
c. Attitude: Ss will be educated about helpful activities for our country.
2. Capacity is formed and developed for students 
II. Preparation
1. Teacher: lesson plane, book, color chalks, pictures, MP3
2. Students: books, notebooks, pen, ruler 
III. Students’ activities
1. Warm up (5’) Matching
Teacher’s and Students’ activities
Content
- T asks Ss to find 7 adjectives
- T divides the class into 2 teams
- T asks Ss to go to the board and circle the word they find
- The team which circles more words will win the game 
- T corrects and gives marks if necessary.
1. play a. table tennis
2. do b. a program
3. watch c. to Mom 
4. go d. my ant. Mrs. Hang
5. clean e. a meeting 
6. have f. to violin lesson
7. phone g. my homework
8. speak h. the house
KEY:
1. a; 2. g; 3. b; 4. f; 5. h; 6. e; 7.d; 8.c.
2. Knowledge formation activities (36’)
- T asks Ss to look at two large size pictures (p. 73)
- T has one Ss to describe picture A, another one B.
- T can write some descriptions on the board. S.A: The traffic was quiet.
S.B: The traffic is getting busier.
S.A: The houses were small.
S.B: The houses are getting more modern.
-Ss: Pair work: Speak about the changes. of the town, following the pictures.
- T goes around and observes, makes any correction if necessary.
III. SPEAK
* Ss know the difference between the past and now.
Presentation
Practice
1. Work with a partner. Look at the two pictures and talk about the changes of the town. The word prompts in the box may help you.
A
B
Traffic
Quiet
Busy
House
Small
Tall
Vehicles
Bicycles
Motorcycles and cars
Sight
Not beautiful
Beautiful
Trees
Fewer green trees
More green trees
- T has some pairs talk in front of the class.
- T asks Ss “Tell me some changes in your town/ school/ house?”
-T has Ss work in groups of 4 to express their opinions.
Free practice
Answer :
- The traffic is getting busier.
- There are more tall buildings and houses.
- The house is getting more modern. 
- T asks students to work in groups and talk about changes in their hometown/ neighborhood.
- T calls on volunteer from each group to show their ideas before the class. Other groups can add in their ideas.
- The town is becoming more beautiful.
- There are more green trees. 
- The streets are becoming cleaner/ large/ noisier.
- Goods are getting more expensive.
- T asks Ss to look at the pictures and then introduces the conversation between Lan and her aunt, Hang.
2. Work with a partner. Talk about changes in your hometown
- T says: Listen to the tape (1st time) to draw out the main idea of the conversation.
- Ss listen.
- T asks some students for the answer and corrects (if necessary)
- T says: Listen to the tape (2nd time) and fill the missing words.
- Ss listen and fill in the blanks.
- T says: Listen to the tape again (3rd time) and check the answers in pairs.
- Ss listen and check the answers.
- T corrects.
- T asks Ss to practice the conversation in pairs.
- Ss work in pairs (closed, adjacent, open)
IV. LISTEN
* Ss complete the conversation.
Key:
1. that
6. coming
11. afternoon
2. this
7. week
12. speak
3. It’s
8. arriving
13. my
4. Where
9. Thursday
14. get
5. from
10. late
- T asks ss some questions.
- Ss answer.
- T corrects and gives marks if necessary.
Questions- Answers.
1. Who does Lan speak to? -> Aunt Hang
2. Where is Lan phoning from? -> Hue
3. What is Lan doing next week? -> Visit Lan’s aunt, Hang.
4. When is Lan arriving? -> Thursday
5. Do you intend to visit your aunt/ uncle? -> Yes/ No
6. When are you visiting her/ him? -> Tomorrow/ next week/ next year 
3. Consolidation (3’)
T reminds ss of the question words and Yes/ No questions
Wh- questions: 	- What ?/ Where ?/ When ?/ Yes/ No questions
	- Do/ Does ?/ Are/ Is ?
4. Its operations (1’)
Write 5 sentences, using present Progressive tense.
IV. Experience:
Period: 47
UNIT 8: COUNTRY LIFE AND CITY LIFE
READ
I. Objectives: 
1. Knowledge, Skills, Attitude: 
a. Knowledge: 
- By the end of the lesson, Ss read comprehension about the problem of migrating from the countryside to the city.
- Vocabulary: migrant, flood, typhoon, drought, struggle, urban, rural, strain, well – paying job
- Grammar: 
b. Skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing
c. Attitude: Ss will be educated about helpful activities for our country.
2. Capacity is formed and developed for students 
- Self-learning capability. 
- Communicative competence 
- Cooperation capacity 
II. Preparation
1. Teacher: lesson plane, book, color chalks, pictures
2. Students: books, notebooks, pen, ruler 
III. Students’ activities
1. Warm-up (5’)
Teacher’s and Students’ activities
Content
- T asks Sts some questions
- Sts answer the questions.
- T corrects and gives marks if necessary.
- Do you like in the city or in the country?
- What is the difference between the countryside and the city?
2. Knowledge formation activities (36’)
-T presents the words.
-T uses pictures to explains new words 
-T reads new words , Ss repeat
 -T Checks vocabulary “ What and where ” 
- T has Sts check the As. Then T has Sts listen and repeat all the words and give Vietnamese meanings.
- T has some Sts read the new words to check their pronunciation
V. Read
* Ss read comprehension about the problem of migrating from the countryside to the city.
New words:
migrant (n) dân di cư
flood (n) trận lụt
typhoon (n) [tai'fu:n]: trận bão lớn
drought (n) [draut]: nạn hạn hán
struggle (v)(n) with : đấu tranh
urban ( adj) : thuộc đô thị, thành phố
rural ( adj ) : thuộc nông thôn
strain (n): sự quá tải (dân số)
well – paying job (n)
- T has Ss work in groups and fill in the summary (1/p.75)
- Ss work in groups. 
-T calls some Ss to give the answers.
-T checks and corrects if necessary.
-Ss copy down the correct answers.
* While-reading 
1. Complete the summary. Use information from the passage.
1. leaving	2. home	3. city
4. rural	5. city	6. problems
7. schools	8. hospitals	9. problem
10. world
- T has Ss look at the exercise 2 (p.75). Then read the text and find the words.
- Ss work in pairs. 
- T calls some Ss to give the answers.
- T checks and corrects if necessary.
- Ss copy down the correct answers.
2. Find the word in the passage that means:
 Answer:
a. rural	b. plentiful	c. increase
d. strain	e. tragedy	f. urban 
- Ss read and find the answers. Then ask and answer in pairs.
- Some pairs ask and answer the questions.
- T explains some more details through the Ss’ answer to help Ss understand the text.
Answer the Questions: 
1. Why do many people from the rural areas move to the city? 
2. Is life in the country so hard? Why?
3. Do the farmers often look for other work when they need more money?
4. What happens when too many people move to the city?
5. What happens to the migrants’ families?
6. What are the governments trying to do?
 * Key :
1. Because they believe that well-paying jobs are plentiful in the city.
2. Yes, it is. Because life is always a struggle with nature.
3. Yes, they do.
4. Increase in population put a strain on schools and hospitals, water and electricity supplies and increase in pollution.
5. They sometimes have to live apart 
6. They are trying to provide facilities for these migrants.
3. Consolidation 3’
T reminds ss of the reason people now migrate from the countryside to the city.
4. Its operations (1’)
Write 5 things that the government should do for the rural areas at home.
IV. Experience:
Period: 48
UNIT 8: COUNTRY LIFE AND CITY LIFE
WRITE
I. Objectives: 
1. Knowledge, Skills, Attitude: 
a. Knowledge: 
- By the end of the lesson, Ss write letters to their friends about their neighborhood.
- Vocabulary: 
- Grammar: 
b. Skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing
c. Attitude: Ss will be educated about helpful activities for our country.
2. Capacity can be formed and developed for students 
- Self-learning capability. 
- Communicative competence 
- Cooperation capacity 
II. Preparation
1. Teacher: lesson plane, book, color chalks
2. Students: books, notebooks, pen, ruler 
III. Students’ activities
1. Warm up (5’)
Teacher’s and Students’ activities
Content
T asks Ss to play game.
- Ss play “noughts & crosses”.
-T corrects if necessary.
Noughts and crosses 
Look forward
library
weekend
interesting
village
far
with
write
Small house
2. Knowledge formation activities (36’)
Teacher’s and Students’ activities
Content
- T gives situational questions. 
- T asks Ss to answer the questions.
VI. Write
* Ss complete letters to their friends about their neighborhood.
 * Pre - writing: EX: 
1. Have you ever written a letter?
2. Who did you write to?
3. Do you remember the form of a letter?
4. How many parts of a letter are there? What are they?
- T guides Ss to put the outline in the right order (exe.1).
- T corrects if necessary
While - writing:
1. Put the outline for an informal letter in the correct order. If you don’t remember, refer to the writing exercises in unit 5
Heading
Writers’ address
Date
Opening
Body of letter
Closing
-T asks Ss to discuss the questions in exe 2 (pair work) to find out the answers.
- T asks Ss answer them on the board.
-T asks them to use connectors to make the correct answers into a letter.
- Group work (four groups).
- Four groups present on the board.
- T corrects if necessary.
- Ss take notes.
2. Write a letter to a friend about your neighborhood. These questions may help you.
Suggested letter.
(Writer’s address)
 (Date )
 Dear,
I live in , a small town.
My family has a large house with four rooms and a small garden. My sister and I share one bedroom. From the bedroom window, I can see a beautiful park with green trees, flowers and a pond. We don’t live far from my school so I usually walk there.
In my neighborhood, there is a swimming pool and a beautiful park. On the weekend, I often go swimming with my friend s . Early in the morning, I always jog with my sister around the park, but the thing I like best in my neighborhood is the public library near my school. There is not only can study and read books but also watch video and learn how to use the computer.
Do you have a library like that in your neighborhood? Is there anything interesting in the place where you live? Write to me 
I’d like to say goodbye now .I’m looking forwards to hearing from you seen 
Love 
(signature)	
-T asks Ss to read the letter before the class.
* Post writing
3. Consolidation (3’)
Students copy the letter.
4. Its operations (1’)
- Learn by heart how to use a letter.
- Write a letter to a friend about your studying.
- Prepare Language focus. 
IV. Experience:
Signature
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