Giáo án Tiếng Anh 8 - Units 1: My friends - Dinh Thi Nhan - Hoa Hieu 2 Secondary School

Saturday, August 13th, 2011.
 UNIT ONE: 
 LESSON 1: (Period 2nd)
Aims: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
Understand the new topic of the unit – “My friends”;
Listen and read the conversation between Hoa and Lan to understand the specific information;
Use “What does/ do ......look like?” and “(not) adj + enough + to + V” to ask and answer about people’s appearance.
Language focus:
- Vocabulary: adjectives about appearance, next door neighbor (n), look like.
- Grammar: Simple present tense; 
Structure: What does/do...look like? be (not) enough to V
Teaching aids : +Taperecorder, tape, Book, pictures.
Procedure: 
Warm – up: (Getting started on P.10): Chatting 
- Ask Ss to look at four pictures on page 10 and talk about the activities they want to do after school or in their free time.
- Give them questions:
 + What are these Ss doing?(play soccer/ play chess/ read books/ play volleyball)
+ What time of the day do you think it is?(in the mornin / evening / after school)
+ Do you like soccer/ reading books?
 + Whom do you like playing with?
Presentation:
* Set the scene: 	Do you remember Hoa?
	Where is she from?
	Where is she living now?
	Who does she live with?
Lead in: “As you know, Hoa is from Hue. She is talking to Lan about one of her friends in Hue. Now listen and read”.
*. Pre- teach vocabulary:
- to seem (v) (translation)
- a next door neighbor (n)(explanation): a person who lives next to your house.
- to look like (v)
* Checking Vocabulary: * Rub out and Remember.
III. Practice:
- Ask Ss to read the dialogue between Hoa and Lan on page 10.
*. Comprehension questions:
- Ask Ss to read the dialogue again and answer the questions in exercise 2 on page 11 (work in pairs)
- Call on some Ss to ask and answer the questions.
- Correct the mistakes or pronunciation 
- Ask them to work in closed pairs.
* Answer key:
	a. Where does Nien live? à She lives in Hue.
	b. Does Lan know Nien? à No, she doesn’t.
	c. Which sentence tells you that Hoa is older than Nien?
	à “She wasn’t old enough to be in my class.”
	d. When is Nien going to visit Hoa?
	à At Christmas.
IV. Production: * Make up similar dialogue:
Ask students to make up a new dialogue using the original dialogue.
Ask some pairs to demonstrate.
Give feed back.
V. Consolidation: - Focus students on vocabularies and structures.
VI. Homework:
Ask Ss to do exercise in Workbook;
Prepare Lesson 2 – Speak + Language focus 3, 4. 
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