Giáo án Tiếng Anh 8 sách thí điểm - Unit 1: Leisure Activities

Unit 1 LEISURE ACTIVITIES
GETTING STARTED: It’s right up my street!
Mai: Check out this book, Phuc. 'My Mini Guide to DogTraining'.
Phuc: Sounds great! Max'll like it too. Last weekend we learnt some tricks. I love to watch him. It's so much fun... Have you found your craft kit?
Miai: Yes, I’ve found this one. It's got eyerythinig: beads, stickers, wool, buttons.I don’t know, it'll take all my savings.
Phuc: But it's right up your street! Nick, what's that?
Nick: It's a CD of Vietnamese folk songs. I’ll listen to it tonight.
Mai: And you'11 be able to irmprove your Vietname!
Nick: Ha ha, not sure about that. But I think I’ll enjoy listening to the melodies.
Phuc: Look at the language website I sent you. It'll help you learn Vietnamese more easily.
Nick: Yes, I liked reading Doraemon comics while I was learning Japanese.
Phuc: Stop reading comics! I’ll bring you my favourite short story this Sunday when we play football.
Mai: Sorry but we have to hurry. Mum and dad are waiting. We need to buy some tools to build a new House for Max this weekend.
a. Cirde the correct answer.
Phuc, Mai, and Nick are in a library/ sports club.
Phuc is looking for a book/ dog/ craft kit.
Max is Phuc's cat/ goldfish/ dog.
Mai has found a book/ CD/ craft kit for herself. Nick's CD is of folk music/ pop music/ rock music
Nick is trying to learn Vietnamese/ Japanese/ English.
b.Which leisure activities do you think Phuc, Mai, and Nick have? Tick the boxes. Then find the information from the conversation to explain your choice.
Phuc 
Mai
 Nick
pet training
making crafts
reading
listerìing to music
learning languages
playing sports
helping parents with DIY projects
Learning tip
DIY: Do It Yourself: Work on the house that Ị you do yourself without the help of experts, e.g. painting a room, fixing the garden fence, building a dog house, etc.
c. Answer the questions.
1 What does Mai mean when she says 'Check out this book?
2, What does Phuc mean when he says 'It's right up your Street!?
 3. Complete the following sentences with words in the box.	
1. You do leisure activities in your free time and they make you feel .
2. You can do activities such as yoga, or ones such as mountain biking or
skateboarding.	
3. Hobbies such as making crafts or collecting things are..
4. You can surf the Internet but some people say this is .	
5 You can spend time with family and friends, or become a volunteer for the community. This will make you feel	
4 GAME:	CHANGING PARTNERS
 Choose one leisure activity from 2 or 3. In pairs, talk about it. Try to keep going for one minute each. When the time is up, find a new partner and talk about another activity.
You may:
describe the leisure activity
say if you have done this activity or not
share your feelings about the activity	
A CLOSER LOOK 1
Look at the following pie chart on leisure activities in the us and answer the questions 
Leisure time on an average day
Relaxing and thinking (17 minutes)
Using the Computer for leisure (25 minutes)
Doing sports and exercise (19 minutes)
Reading (20 minutes)
Socializing and communicating (39 minutes	)
TOTAL LEISURE AND SPORTSTIME = 5.1 HOURS
Other leisure activities (18 minutes)
Watching TV (2.8 hours)
NOTE: Data include all persons aged 15 and over. Data includes all days of the week and are annual averages for 2012.
How much leisure time did people in the us have on an average day in 20121
What did they do in their leisure time?
What were the three most common activities?
2 Complete the table with information from the pie chart
Name of activities
verbs
Relaxing
Relax
3. Look at the words. Match them to the category labels.
skateboarding, football, badminton
a novel, poetry, a magazine
the news, a reality show, a comedy
a new language, a skill
collecting stamps, making origami
going to local performances, visiting museums
visiting relatives, going shopping, doing DIY
texting, going to the cinema, hanging out
Now add more words to each category.	
4. How much time do you spend a day on leisure activities? What are the three activities that you do the most? Share your idea with a partner.
PRONUNCIATION
Clusters /br/ and /pr/
5 Complete the words under the pictures with /br/ or /pr/. Listen to check your answers and repeat.
a__ icot	3. _ acelet	5. _incess	7. _ esent
__ridge	4. _ead	6. _ esident	8. _ ococli
6. Listen and repeat.
She loves making apricot jam.
My dad likes making bread in his free time. Hien is our Club president.
Mai keeps all her bracelets in a beautiful box.
You will need a brush if you want to paint your room.
This is a wonderful present. Thanks so much.
A CLOSER LOOK 2
Verbs of liking + gerund
Verbs of liking +to-infinitives
If we want to follow a verb with another action, we must use a gerund or an infinitive.
1. Read the conversation in Getting Started again. Underline verbs that are followed by a gerund.
 Look out
adore, love, like, enjoy, fancy
don't mind dislike, don't like hate detest
2. Tick the appropriate box
 followed by gerund onlỵ
followed by both gerund!
and to-infinitive
1. love
2.enjoy I
3. detest
4. prefer
5. fancy
3. Write the correct form of the verbs
Mai enjoys especially bracelets.
people in Britain love (watch) TV in their free time.
Do you fancy .. (skateboard) in the park this Sunday?
Nick started	.. (learn) Vietnamese last month.
You should avoid .. (sit) at the computer for too long.
4 Write sentences about what you like or don't like doing in your free time, beginning with the following. Then share what you have written with your partner.
I adore .	
I love	.
I fancy .
I don't mind .
I don’t like .
I detest.
5. Look at the following e-mail that Minh Duc wrote to his new pen friend.
Hi, my name's Duc.
How are you? This is what I like do in my free time. I often play video games or watch TV. Or I go to the park and play football with my friends. I enjoy do this very much! I sometimes help my parents too. If have homework, I’ll try to finish it first before I do anything else. But I don’t like have lots of homework .I don't mind to do homework but I hate spend all evening on it! On Saturday or Sunday, I love eat out with my family. The food is delicious!
What about you?
There are six grammar mistakes in his e-mail Can you and correct them?
 b Answer the questions.	
1) How many activities does Duc mention in his e-mail?
2. Which two activities do you think he enjoys the most?
6. Write a similar e-mail to tell your friend about your free time, using the verbs of liking gerunds or verbs of liking + to-infinitive Swap your work with a partner and checkf mistakes.
COMMUNICATION
I love hanging out w/ my best friend Helen in my spare time, like going window shopping' J4F! We also work as volunteers (for animal protection organization. 2moro we r going to a farm!
This year my City is the European Capital of Culture, so lots goin’ on. At weekends my bro n'l go 2 our City community centre where we dance, paint, and do drama. I'm hooked on drama <3 it!
Posted Thu 6.26 pm
I like doing ‘.ports - I'm in my school football team. But what I mostly do in my free time is help my aunt. She has cooking classes 4 small groups of tourists. Ifs WF 4 me!
Posted Fri 7. i 9pm
This may sound weird, but I adore cloud watching. Find an open space, lie on ur back, n' look at the clouds. Use ur imagination. EZ! DYLI too?
Posted Wed 8.04 pm.
I ve been kind of addicteld to the net. I just love in front of my computer for hours! But now my mum has said it’s NUFF! I'II start rny judo class this weekend. It’s OK. WBU?
Posted Fri 8.45 pm
2. Can you understand the abbreviations in the text? Use this'netlingo'dictionary if necessary.
2moro	tomorrow
4	for
<3	love
bro	brother
DYLI	Do you love it?
EZ	easy
J4F	just for fun
goin'	going
n'	and
NUFF	enough
r	are
ur	your
w/	with
WBU	What about you?
WF	way fun
Other the abbreviations
Now add to the dictionary other abbreviations used for Online chatting/texting that you know.
3 Find information in the text to complete the table.
Who?
What activity is mentioned?
What does he / she think of it?
Emily
• hanging out with friends (window shopping)
• working as a volunteer
She loves it.
Hang
• cloud watching
She adores it. It's easy.
Linn
• going to community centre, painting, dancing,
• doing drama
She loves it.
Minh
 • playing football 
• helping his aunt in running cooking classes
He likes it.
Manuel
• hanging out with friends (window shopping)
• working as a volunteer
It's fun.
4 Work with your partner and put the activities in 3 in order from the most interesting to the most boring. Then compare your ideas with other pairs.
SKILL 1 
READING
What are the benefits of using computers or Mobil phones for leisure activities? What are the harmful things it may bring us?
Read the passage and choose the correct answer:
THE NET GENERATION’
Quang is watering his garden and can't wait to pick the ripe fruit. He spends most of his spare time looking after the garden. Sounds great, doesn't It? But his garden is a Virtual one.
In today's world, teenagers rely on technology more than in the past This can be a problem because using computers too much may have harmful effect on both their minds and bodies. They prefer watching TV and playing computer games to reading books, perhaps because they don't have to think and imagine as much. They don’t join clubs or have hobbies and they don't play sports. They sit in front of the computer all the time. They don't get out of the house, even for a walk. They are in a world that doesn't exist.
While Quang now knows the names of many plants, and his English seems to be improving as he chats with his 'gaming friends from all over the world, his parents are getting worried. They want him to get out more. They are even thinking of banning him from using the computer.
The text is about
teenagers' leisure time in the past 
teenagers' leisure time in the present 
adults' leisure time in the present
The text discusses 
A. the positive side of using technology in your free time
B. the negative side of using technology in you free time
C. both A and B’
3. Write the questions for the answers based on information from the text.
1.
No, it isn’t real. It is a computer game.
2.
It can harm both the mind and the body.
They don't go out but just sit in front of the computer all the time.
Quang knows the names of many plants and his English seems to be improving.
Speaking 
Language notes
Giving an opinion: I think that.. In my opinion...
Agreeing: I agree with you.; That's so true.; Exactly. Disagreeing: I'm afraid I don’t agree.; I don't think so.
4 Quang and his parents are talking about how he should spend his free time. Decide which statements are from Quang and which are from his parents. 	
Go out and play a sport. It’s good for you!
Sitting for too long in front of the Computer makes your eyes tired.
My English is much better because I surf the net.
I think computer game train my mind and my memory.
I’ve made lots of friends from the game network. 
You see you friends less and less.
SKILL 2 
1 What do you usually do with your friends in your free time?
2. Listen to the radio programme and answer the questions.
1. What is the topic of this week's programme?
2. Which two main ways does the programme suggest you can hang out with your friends?
In this week's programme we'll share with you some cool ways to hang out with your best friends after a busy week at school. Basically you can hang out indoors or outdoors. If you like staying indoors ask your parents if you can invite one or two friends over. Make some popcorn! Watch a movie! It's more comfortable than going to a cinema! Or if you’re feeling Creative, you can make crafts together. You'll feel satisfied once you finish something. If you fancy being outdoors, play some sports together. Football, badminton, biking... you name it! Or it can simply be a relaxing walk in the park. All these activities are good for your physical health. Do you prefer something more exciting? Go downtown and do some people watching. It's fun. If you like something more organised, go to cultural centres, libraries, and museums. Educate yourself while having fun!
3. Listen again and complete the table.
What to do
Why
Watching
 (1) at home, eating popcorn
comfortable feeling, better than a  (2)
Making 	(3)
Creative, feeling satisfied
Playing  (4)
good for your ..
Watching  (6) downtown
fun
Going to  (7)
educating yourself
WRITING 
Writing to give an opinion
Organising your ideas
Introducing your opinion
In my opinion,
I believe
Explain your opinion
Firstly, secondly, thirdly, finally
besides, also, in addition
Concluding/summarising your opinion
For these reasons,
In short,
As I have noted.
4. Complete the passage
(1)  using the Computer as your hobby can be harmful to both your health and your social life. (2) , sitting all day in front of the Computer can cause health problems such as eye-tiredness and obesity. (3) , you may get irritated easily. (4) , if you use the Computer too much you won/t have time for your family and friends. (5) , computers should only be used for a limited time.
5. Now write a similar paragraph to answer of the following questions.
What do you think is the best leisure activity teenagers?
Should parents decide how teenagers spend their free time?
LOOKING BACK
1. Which one is the odd one out?
a comedy, a movie, DIY, a thriller
e-mailing, hanging out, blogging, surfing the net
cinema, museum, hospital, community centre
love, fancy, like, enjoy, detest
good, boring, exciting, relaxing
©, <3, Computer, how r u?
2. Rearrange the letters to find the name of the activities.
3. Fill the gaps with the correct form of the verbs.
She adores	with young children. (work)
She likes	English with the new teacher. (learn)
They hate	 their son texting his friends all day. (see)
He doesn't mind	homework. (do)
I enjoyed 	him last week ỉn the library. (meet)
We prefer 	outdoor games. (play)
4. Complete the following sentences with your own ideas.
My best friend doesn't mind .
Do you fancy .	?
My father used to hate ., but now he likes doing it.
I love .
My cousin detests.
5. Read this paragraph from www.thinkuknow.co.uk by CEOP, the UK government agency that Help protect children from harm Online and offline in the UK and internationally. Choose the most suitable words/ phrases to fill the gaps
When you game Online, be careful when you 'make friends' with strangers. What should
you do? (1)	, remember that it's easy to lie Online and some of these 'Online friends' may be adults who want to harm you. (2) 	, never give your personal information such as your full name or your hometown. (3) , only play Online games when you have updated antivirus software. (4) , tell your parents what games you're playing and what you love about them. (5) , just like in the real world/ you need to be careful when playing with strangers.
Communication	1
6 Choose from the leisure activities in this 
one activity you think is fun one activity you think is boring
one activity you think is exciting
one activity you think is good for physical heal
one activity you think is good for mental heal
Explain why you think so. Then exchange your idea with a partner.
Finished Now I can ....
talk about leisure activities
use verbs of liking+ gerunds and to-infinitives 
pronounce words containing the clusters /br/and /pr/correctly in isolation and sentences 
use signal words to write about my opinion in an organised way
PROJECT
JOIN OUR LEISURE ACTIVITIES.
In a small group decide on a leisure activity that you would like to organize. It could be a team sport, or a craft-making activity. Plan a poster advertising your activity. Include the following on your poster:
Explain the activity and include some pictures Explain why this activity is fun/exciting/interesting Give information about the meeting time and place Tell classmates what they should bring to do the activity
Use the poster to present the activity to the rest of the class. See how many classmates will sign up to your activity.