Giáo án Tiếng Anh 8 - Unit 4: Our past

UNIT 4 : OUR PAST
Division of lessons :
1.Getting started and Listen & read
2.Speak + Language focus 3 ,4
3 Listen + Language focus 1, 2
4.Read
5. Write
Date:
Period :
 UNIT 4: LESSON 1: GETTING STARTED 
 LISTEN & READ
I Aims : At the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to tell the activities people used to do in the past .
II. Language contents:
1/ Grammar : Past simple tense
2/ Vocabulary: look after equipment(n) folktale(n) 
 traditional (a) great grandma
III.Techniques: Slap the board , T/ F statement prediction
IV.Teaching aids : pictures, tape , sub- board
V. Procedures:
 Teacher and Ss ‘ activities
 Contents
T asks Ss to look at the picture on page 38 and write the name of things that do not belong to the past
Work in groups
T presents new words to Ss by different ways
.Using synonym
.Giving example
.Translating into Vietnamese
.Explaining
Ss repeat and say the meaning
Ss copy
T checks the new words from the game
T presents the model sentence to Ss
Ss listen carefully and notice the grammar point
Ss read the statements and predict they are true or false
Ss work in pairs
Ss listen to the tape, the dialogue between grandma and Nga (page 38) once/twice
T asks Ss to correct False statements
Practice the dialogue in pairs(closed pairs and open pairs)
After practicing the dialogue, Ss work inpairs , asking and answering the questions part 2
Ss write on the board
T corrects
T uses a picture of a red flower to introduce. T can gives two sentences
 .This is a red flower ->Fact
 .It’s the most beautiful flower I’ve seen
 -> Opinion
Have Ss read the statements part 3 on page 39 and decide which is a fact and which is an opinion
Ss read the exercise carefully , then choose the right word to fill in the blanks
1. Warm up(7’) Marks
Answers: 
The TV , the radio , the mobile phone , the lighting fixture , modern clothing / school uniforms
2.Presentation (8’)
New words
Look after = take care of
Equipment (n) ( machine , cassette, video )
Folktale(n) : Taám caùm, Seven-mile shoes, One- hundred- section bamboo
Traditional(a)
Great grandma(n)
XSlap the board
a/ Habit in the past
EX: I used to look after my younger brother and sister
b/ Modal Verb : Have to
Ex: I had to stay home and help my mom
3.Practice(20’)
T T/F statement prediction
a- Nga used to live on the farm (F)
b-Nga ‘s grandma didn’t go to school (T)
c-She had an easy and happy life when she was young (F)
d-There wasn’t any modern equipment at her time (T)
e-“The lost shoe” is a short story (F)
Ñ Correction
a-Grandma used to live on a farm
c- She had a hard life.
e- It is an old folktale
2/Answer keys
a/ She used to live on the farm
b/Because she had to stay home and help her mom (look after her)
c/She used to cook the meals, clean the house and wash the clothes
d/Her great- grandmother used to lit the lamp and her great- grandfather used to tell them stories.
e/She asked her grandmother to tell her the tale : The lost Shoe”
3/Fact or Opinion
Sentence
Fact
Opinion
a/
b/
c/
d/
e/
f/
O
O
4.Consolidation(7’)
Choose the right words
1/..is a story passed on in spoken form from one generation to the next
(Novel ,Fiction, Folktale)
2/When I was a child, I . follow my mom to the market (used to, usually, use to)
3/”Son Tinh Thuy Tinh” is a ..
(folktale, traditional story, novel )
5.Homework(3’)
-Learn new words by heart
-Do exercises in workbook
-Prepare :Lesson 2 Speak+ Focus 3,4
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UNIT 4 : LESSON 2 : SPEAK
 LANGUAGE FOCUS 3,4
I Aims : 
 By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to use “ used to” to talk about the things they used to do.
II.Language contents:
1/Vocabulary: none
2/ Grammar : used to + V (inf )
III. Techniques : Jumbled words
IV. Teaching aids : pictures, sub- board
V. Procedures:
Teacher and Ss ‘ activities
 Contents
Teacher holds the class to play game “ Jumbled words”
Recall the conversation between Nga and her grandma
Teacher asks Ss some questions and present the grammar 
Teacher asks Ss to use USED TO to make question and answer( Remember in the dialogue)
Let Ss write structures
Students practice the structures with wordd cue drill
Students work in pairs
Get students to work in open pairs then closed pairs
Compare 2 pictures( on page 40 part 1) using “used to” to talk about the actions in the past
Elicit some ideas so that students can talk about them
Tell their partner about the things they usea to do last year
Students complete the sentences. Use the prepositions of time (page 44)
Have Ss do exercise. Looking at 4 pictures on page 45, using “ Used to” to complete the dialogue between Nga and Hoa
1. Warm up (5’) Marks
 Jumbled words
Reiletcicty -> Electricity
Menttaenterin -> Entertainment
Rkmaet -> Market
Permasuekt -> Supermarket
2.Pre- speaking (10’)
 Pre- teach
Where did Nga’s grandma always live?
-> She always lives on a farm.
Another word for “ always live” -> “used to”
Where did Nga’s grandma use to live?
She used to live on a farm
Form:
 S + used to + V ( Infinitive)
 S+ didn’t use to + V ( Inf)
 Did + S + use to + V (Inf) .?
The usage: USED TO express a past habit or and action usually happened in the past
3. While- speaking( 20’)
word cue drill
(1)
a) live/ Hue/ Hanoi
àDid you use to live in Hue?No, I used to live in Hanoi
b) Have/ long hair/ short hair
àDid you use tohave long hair? No, I used to have short hair
c) get up/ late/ early
d) walk to school/ bicycle
3 White-Speaking
a/ Where did they live in the past? And now?
àPeople used to live in a small house
Now they live in big houses and buildings
b/ How did they travel?
àThey used to walk. Now they can go by cars, motobikes
c/ What’s about the electricity? 
àThere didn’t use to be electricity in the home.
Now there is electricty everywhere
d/ What’s about their life/ work?
 àThey used to work hard all the time
Now there have a lot of time for entertainment
e/ Did childrent use to go to school?
Now, they all to go school
(2)
Example: Last year, I used to get up early
Now I get up late
4. Post- speaking( 8’)
Key ( Language focus 3)
a) in c)between d)at- after e)before
Key (language focus 4)
1- used to have
2- used to be
3- used to live
5. Homework
 - Rewrite about things you ued to do last year
- Learn by heart voc/ structures
-Repare period 22 Lesson 3 Listen+ focus 1,2
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UNIT 4: LESSON 3 LISTEN
LANGUAGE FOCUS 1,2
I.Aims : By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to understand the main idea of a story by listening and further practice in Past simple tense.
II.Language contents;
a/Vocabulary: foolish (a) greedy(a) gold (n) lay / laid (v) amazement (n) 
 discover (v) excitedly (adv) moral lesson (n)
b/ Grammar: Simple past tense
III.Techniques: What and where , Pelmanism , Prediction
IV. Teaching aids: stereo, pictures, cards
V. Procedures:
Teacher and Ss ‘ activities
 Contents
T prepares 6 or 11 cards, then Ss holds class to play game
T presents new words
Ss repeat and say the meaning
Ss copy
T introduces the lesson by asking some questions : 
“Do you often read books / stories ?
 What kinds of stories do you like ?
 Do you like folktale?”
T says “You are now listening to a folktale.Read the 4 sentences in “Listen “ and try to guess something about the folktale”
Ss guess
Ss listen to the tape and check their prediction
T asks Ss to find out the verbs in the story
-> Past simple tense
Ss can get some information which they hear from the tape
Ss work in groups
T gives feedback
Ss write the past form of each verb
Ss work individually
Ss work in pairs , complete the dialogue
Ss write on the small cards
T corrects
1. Warm up (7’ Marks
Ò Pelmanism
Run
ran
Fly
Flew
Ride
rode
Eat
Ate
Sit
sat
2.Pre-listening (10’)
µ Pre-teach
Foolish(a)
Greedy (a)
Gold(a)
To lay / laid -> lay eggs
 In amazement (n):moät caùch ngaïc nhieân
Discover (v)
Excitedly(adv)
Moral lesson :baøi hoïc ñaïo ñöùc
Á What and Where
çPrediction
 Titles
 Guess
a/Don’t kill chickens
b/Don’t be foolish and greedy
c/Be happy with what you have
d/It’s difficult to find gold
3.While-listening (20’)
Story
Answer : “ Don’t be foolish and greedy “
Answer : lived – laid- went- discovered-shouted-ran – looked
Chickens
Husband
Wife
-laid many eggs
-laid a gold egg one day
-were dead
-collected and sold eggs
-found one gold egg one day
-killed all the chickens
-foolish
-greedy
4. Post- listening (5’)
ØLanguage focus 1 ( page 44 )
Ex: run -> ran
Take-> took
Go -> went
Have -> had
Ride -> rode
ØLanguage focus 2 (page 44)
a/Did you eat bread for breakfast ?
b/I rode a bicycle to school
c/Where were you yesterday ?
d/I had Math , English and History
5.Homework (3’)
-Learn new words by heart
- Tell the story again 8-19 lines) ,play the role of the chickens 
-Do exercises 1,2 in workbook
- Prepare: Lesson 4 Read
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UNIT 4 : LESSON 4 :
READ
I. Aim : By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to understand and retell the story “ The lost shoe”
II. Language contents
1/Grammar :Past simple tense
2/Vocabulary: cruel(a) upset(a) fairy (n) magically(adv) rag (n)
 to fall in love with immediately(adv)
III.Techniques: Brainstorming, Prediction
IV.Teaching aids : Word cards, stereo
V.Procedures:
Teacher and SS’ activities
Contents
T asks Ss some questions
T can give marks
Ss tell the names of folktales that they have read using Simple English or Vietnamese
T says “ you are going to read the story “ The lost shoe “. Have you read it ? Can you guess anything from the title?”
T presents new words
Ss repeat and say the meaning
Ss copy
T prepares some statement prediction
Ss read the statements and guess T or F
They share with their partners
T asks Ss to read the story and find information about 3 people
1/ Little Pea
2/ Stout Nut
3/ Stepmother
Ss check their predictions and correct the false sentences
After Ss understand the story, they do exercise 1 on page 42
Ss work in groups
T corrects and gives feedback
T asks Ss some questions about the story
Ss give their own answers
T says”The moral lesson is “ One good turn deserves another “ 
1.Warm up (8’) Marks
.Do you like folktales ?
.What usually happens at the end of a folktale ?
.Name the titles of some folktales you know.
@Brainstorming
 One hundred-section bamboo
Folktales
 Tam Cam
The frog Prince 	Seven-mile shoes
2.Pre-reading(15’)
*Pre-teach
cruel(a)
 upset(a) 
 fairy (n) 
 magically(adv)-> magical(a)
 rag (n)
 to fall in love with 
 immediately(adv)
î Prediction
T/F statement predictions
a/ Little Pea ‘s father is a poor farmer
b/Her father got married again after his wife died
c/Her new mother was beautiful and nice to her
d/She worked hard all day
e/She didn’t have new clothes to take part in the festival
3.While- reading (15’)
“The Lost Shoe “
Guess
Answer
Correction
a
b
c
d
e
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T
T
F
T
F
1/Complete the sentences with words from the story
a-farmer
b-died
c-had- again
d-marry/ choose
e- new clothes
f- lost
2/Answer the comprehention questions
a/She was a poor farmer ‘s daughter
b/She made Little Pea do the chores all day
c/Before the festival started, a fairy appeared and magically changed her rags into beautiful clothes
d/The prince decided to marry the girl who fitted the lost shoe
e/No, it isn’t a true story .It’s a folktale
4.Post- reading(5’)
.Do you like the story?
.Who do you like/ hate ? Why ?
.What is the moral lesson from the story ?
5.Homework(2’)
-Learn new words by heart
-Retell the story , play role of stepmother
or Little Pea
-Prepare next period : Lesson 5 Write
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UNIT 4 : LESSON 5
 WRITE
I. Aims : By the end of the lesson , Ss will be able to use Simple Past tense to write a folktale
II.Language contents
1/Vocabulary : wisdom (n) a stripe a straw a servant escape (v)
 graze (v) light (v)
2/ Grammar : Past simple tense
III. Techniques : Matching
IV. Teaching aids : pictures , sub – boards
V. Procedures:
Teacher and Ss ‘ activities
Contents
T asks Ss some questions
Ss answer
T gives marks
Teacher presents new words
Students listen – repeat ( chollary individual)
Ss say the meaning
Copy
Teacher asks students the meaning of verbs in the box
Ss work in pairs, using suitable verbs to fill in the blanks
Exercise 1 ( page 42 – 43 )
T asks Ss some questions
Ss answer
T gives marks
Get students to ask and answer question
Get students to do exercise 2 on page 43
Students have to imagine to be a man in order to write the story
Get Ss to change
Ss write individually then share with their partners and correct mistakes
Take some writings to correct in front of the class
They work in team, telling the story
Teacher asks a volunteer from each team to tell the story in front of the class
Teacher sets the homework
1. Warm up (3’) 
.Do you like the folktales ?
.Name some of them
.Which story do you like best ?
.Have you ever read the story “ How the tiger got his stripes ?
2. Pre- writing (15’)
* Pre- teach
Wisdom (n) 
A stripe (n)
Straw (n)
A servant >< master (n)
Escape (v)
Graze (v)
Light (v)
@ Matching
Reading : Words in box (page 42 )
Keys :
1.appeared 6. tied
2.was 7. lit
3. said 8. burned
4. left 9. escaped
5. went
@ Comprehension questions
a/ Where was the man ?
b/What did the buffalo do when the tiger appeared ?
c/What did the tiger want to know ?
d/What did he do before going home ? Why ?
e/What did he do when he returned ?
3. While- writing (20’)
The man -> I
His -> my
Answer keys
One day , as I was in the field and my buffalo was grazing nearby , a tiger came . It asked why the strong buffalo was my servant and why I was its master . I told the tiger that I had something called wisdom . The tiger wanted to see it , but I told it I left the wisdom at home . Then I tied the tiger to a tree with a rope because I didn’t want it to eat my buffalo . I went to get some straw that I said was my wisdom and I burned the tiger . The tiger escaped , but today it still has black stripes from the burns
4. Post- writing (5’)
@ Team Tiger changes : a/ the tiger -> I
@Team Buffalo changes : a/ the buffalo
 -> I
5. Homework (2’)
- Learn new words by heart
-Write the story again , imagine you are :
 . the tiger
 . the buffalo
-Prepare next period : Correction 1
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