Giáo án Tiếng Anh 8 - Units 1: My friends - Tran Thanh Vu - Long Son Secondary School

Week 1
Period 1
Preparing day: . / 8 / 2010
Teaching day: . / 8 / 2010
REVIEW AND GUIDE THE WAY TO LEARN
* Objective: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to review main knowledge that students have studied in English 7. Introduce more effective methods of learning.
* Teaching aids: Text book, cards, lesson plan, etc.
* Procedures:
Contents
T's activities
Sts' activities
I/ Grammar: 15’
 1/ Present tense:
S + am / is / are + O
S + V(s/es) + O
 ª Form: 	
 ª Adv: usually, often, always, sometimes,           never, every, 
 Ex: -	Hoa (be) is a beautiful girl.
 - She (go) goes to school everyday.
S + am / is / are + V-ing + O
 2/ Present continuous: 
 ª Form: 	
 ª Adv: now, at the moment, at present, at this /          that time, 
 Ex: - I (play) soccer now
 Ä I am playing soccer now
 - What Nam (do) at the moment?
 Ä What is Nam doing at the moment?
S + will / shall + V0 + O
S + be going to + V0 + O
 3/ Future tense / near future tense:
 ª Form:	
* Note: I, We à shall
 ª Adv: next (week /year /month), tomorrow, 
 Ex: - He (visit) his grandparents next week.
 Ä He will visit grandparents next week.
 - What you (do) tomorrow? 
 Ä What will you do tomorrow?
 4/ Past tense:
S + was / were + O
S + V2ed + O
 ª Form:
- Reminds sts the form.
- Writes on the board.
- Gives example on the board.
- Elicits and explains.
- Writes on the board.
- Gives examples.
- Give me the form of future tense/ near future tense, please.
- Writes them on bb.
- Gives example.
- Explains.
- Elicits the form. 
- Writes on the board.
- Listen.
- Look and take notes.
- Listen & repeat.
- Answer.
- Look.
- Copy down.
- Give the form. 
- Look.
- Look and copy.
- Listen.
- Give the form. 
- Look.
 ª Adv: yesterday, ago, for, last (week/ year/           month), 
Ex:	- Where Minh (go) yesterday?
 Ä Where did Minh go yesterday?
 - Hoa (be) a new student last year.
 Ä Hoa was a new student last year.
II/ Vocabulary: 15’
 - Adverbs, irregular verbs, regular verbs, and        vocabulary had learnt in English 7
III/ Guide the way to learn: 12’
 1/ How to learn vocabulary:
 - Everyday: learn by heart ten words, each       word times in writes ten a notebook.
 2/ How to learn grammar:
- After learning by heart vocabulary, next learn by heart the forms and adverbs of each tense, write many times until you always remember them.
 3/ How to prepare the lessons at home:
 - Read the new lessons carefully.
 - Find out new words, new structures, and        model sentences.
     - Write the meaning of new words in a prepare       notebook.
 - Do exercises in workbook.
IV/ Homework: 3’
- Go over today's lesson.
- Revise free time activities, simple present to talk about the other.
- Prepare Unit1, lesson 1: - Getting started.                                             - Listen and read.
- Gives example.
- Explains and gives answer.
- Reminds.
- Guides sts the way to learn English 8. 
- Asks sts what to do at home.
- Listen.
- Look and copy.
- Remind.
- Listen carefully.
- Listen and take notes.
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Week 1
Period 2
Preparing day: . / 8 / 2010
Teaching day: . / 8 / 2010
 Unit 1: MY FRIENDS
Lesson 1: Getting Started + Listen and Read
* Objective: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to know more about Hoa -Lan - Nien and to review simple present and simple past tense.
* Teaching aids: - Text book, cards, stereo, chalk.
* Procedures:
Contents
T's activities
Sts' activities
I/ Warm-up: Chatting. (Getting started) 8'
 - What did you do during the summer vacation ? 
 - Did you review your English lesson ? 
 - Did you have any new friends ?
 - How many people are there in each picture ?
 - What are these students doing ?
 Ä a) They are playing soccer.
 Ä b) They are reading books.
 Ä c) They are playing chess.
 Ä d) They are playing volleyball.
 - What do you often do in your free time ? 
 - Do you play soccer ? 
 - What are your favorite activities after school?
II/ Presentation: (Listen and read) 15'
 1/ Vocabulary:
 - (to) seem : döôøng nhö
 - (to) look like : troâng gioáng nhö
 - (to) smile : mæm cöôøi
 - a next door neighbor : ngöôøi haøng xoùm
 2/ Scene:
 - Do you remember Hoa ?
 - Where is she from ? 
 - Who does she live with now ? Hoa
 - Which grade is she in ?
 Ä Hoa is from Hue. Now she lives in Ha Noi with       her uncle and aunt. She is talking to Lan about       one of  her friend in Hue.
 3/ Dialogue / P.10:
 § Structures:
What do / does + S + look like ?
=> S + is / look(s) + adj
 *
 Ex: What does she look like ?
 She is beautiful
 *
What + a/an + adj + N !
 Ex: What a lovely smile!
 * 
S + be (not) + adj + enough + to inf
 Ex: She wasn’t old enough to be in my class
III/ Practice: (Answer the questions 2/ P11 ) 14'
 Ä Answer key:
a) Nien lives in Hue.
b) No, she doesn't know Nien. 
c) The sentence is "She wasn't old enough to
be in my class"
d) Nien is going to visit 8 Hoa at Christmas.
IV/ Consolidation: (True/ False statements) 5'
 1) Nien is Lan’s friend. F (Hoa’s friend)
 2) Hoa and Lan are old enough to be in class. T
 3) Nien was 11 last year. T
 4) Hoa said: “Nien is going to visit her at the          new school year” F (at Christmas)
V/ Homework: 3'
- Learn by heart new words, structures and read the dialogue again at home.
- Prepare Unit 1, lesson 2: Speak + Listen.
- Asks sts some questions
- Asks sts to look at 4 pictures/ P.10 and asks.
- Asks sts to work in pairs (ask and answer), describe these groups of friends and their favorite activities.
- Corrects the mistakes.
- Asks sts to write the question & the answers in their notebooks.
- Elicits new words.
 + Translation.
 + Translation.
 + Mine.
 + Explanation.
- Checks (ROR)
- Asks these questions.
- Introduces.
 - Asks sts listen to the tape and answer this questions “What does Hoa talk about her friend?”
- Plays tape twice.
- Reviews some structures and writes on the board.
- Plays the tape again.
- Asks sts to read the dialogue in pairs.
- Checks pronunciation.
- Now read again and do the exercise 2/ P11.
- Please write on the board.
- Checks & corrects.
- Sticks poster on bb.
- Asks sts to read the and check T/F.
- Gets feedback.
- Corrects & give marks
- Asks sts what to do at home.
- Answer.
- Look at the pictures then answer. a, b, c, d
- Practice in closed pairs and opened pairs (ask and answer about 4 pictures/ P.10)
- Listen.
- Copy down.
- Listen and guess.
- Repeat. 
- Copy down.
- Rewrite.
- Answer.
- Listen.
- Listen to the tape and answer the questions.
- Listen to the text.
- Listen carefully and write notes.
- Listen.
- Read the dialogue in pairs.
- Present.
- Reread and answer the questions in pairs.
- Write on the board.
- Check & take notes.
- Look.
- Read statements and check T/F.
- Give feedback.
- Correct.
- Listen and take notes.
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Week 1
Period 3
Preparing day: . / 8 / 2010
Teaching day: . / 8 / 2010
Unit 1: MY FRIENDS
Lesson 2: Speak + Listen
* Objective: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to describe someone and complete the dialogue by listening.
* Teaching aids: Text book, pictures, chalk, stereo.
* Procedures:
Contents
T's activities
Sts' activities
I/ Warm-up: Brainstorming. 5'
 fat thin curly 
 fair
 body build hair 
 slim
 short bald
 slender straight 
II/ Speaking: 
 1/ Pre - speaking: Presentation dialogue: 5’
 Ex: - She has long blond hair.
 - She is short and thin. 
 Ä Form:
S + have/has + adj + hair
S + be + adj
 Ä Usage: describing body build and hair.
 2/ While - speaking: Word cue drill. 10'
 a) He / tall / thin. (He is tall and thin)
 b) She / short / slin. (She is short and slim)
 c) He / short / fat. (He is short and fat)
 d) Hoa / long / black. (Hoa has long black hair)
 e) Lan /curly /blond.(Lan has curly blond hair)
 f) Mai / straight / brown. (Mai has straight 
 brown hair)
 3/ Post - speaking: Picture drill. 5'
 Ex: S1: This person is short and thin. She has 
 long blond hair.
 S2: Is this Mary?
 S1: Yes.
III/ Listening:
 1/ Pre - listening: 5'
§ Present the expressions in the box (P.12).
- How do you do
- Nice to meet you
- It’s a pleasure to meet you
- I’d like you to meet / - Come and meet.
 § Gap fill prediction. (Dialogues P.12-13)
Dialogues
Guesses
Listen
a)
(1) ; (2) ?
b)
(3) ; (4) ?
c)
 (5) ?
d)
 (6) ?
 2/ While - listening: 7'
 a/ (1) I'd like you to meet.
 (2) Nice to meet you.
 b/ (3) I'd like you to meet.
 (4) It's a pleasure to meet you. 
 c/ (5) Come and meet.
 d/ (6) How do you do ?
 3/ Post - listening: 5'
§ Practice the dialogues.
IV/ Homework: 3'
 - Learn by heart structures and expressions.
 - Write about 6 people they have just described
 into their notebooks.
 - Prepare Unit1, lesson 3: Read. 
- Asks sts to think of the adjectives used to describe body build and hair.
- Elicits some new words.
- Shows sts a picture of Mary and ask them to describe her hair and her body build.
- Writes on the board.
- Explains the structure.
- Supplies the word cues and asks sts to complete the sentences
- Models first.
- Shows the word cues and asks sts to practice.
- Now look at 6 people / P.11-12 to describe one person, the others have to guess who he/she is.
- Goes round & helps.
- Asks sts to look at the expressions / P.12.
- Explain and read the expressions.
- Asks sts to guess and complete four dialogues on page 12,13.
- Gets feedback.
- Writes on the board.
- Plays tape twice.
- Gets feedback.
- Asks sts to listen 
again to give the right 
answers.
- Checks and correct.
- Asks sts to practice the dialogues in pairs.
- Gives the tasks.
- Give the adjectives to describe body build and hair.
- Listen and repeat.
- Describe Mary.
- Look at the board.
- Listen & take notes.
- Complete the sentences based on the word cues.
- Listen.
- Make sentence.
- Look at 6 people 
and describe them in pairs.
- Present.
- Look at the expressions.
- Listen and read the expressions.
- Read the open dialogues (P/12,13) and guess 
- Give feedback.
- Look.
- Listen 
- Give answers
- Listen again and 
make sure the answers
- Correct.
- Role play.
- Listen and take notes.
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Week 2
Period 4
Preparing day: . / 8 / 2010
Teaching day: . / . / 2010
Unit 1: MY FRIENDS
Lesson 3: Read
* Objective: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to know more about Ba's friend.
* Teaching aids: Text books, pictures, poster, chalks.
* Procedures:
Contents
T's activities
Sts' activities
I/ Warm-up: Describe people. 5'
 Ex: - She is  She has 
II/ Reading:
 1/ Pre-reading: 15'
 § Vocabulary:
 - character (n) : tính caùch.
 - orphanage (n) : vieän moà coâi.
 - sense of humor (n) : khieáu haøi höôùc.
 - reserved (adj) : kín ñaùo, deø daët. 
 - sociable (adj) : deã gaàn guûi.
 - (to) tell jokes : noùi chuyeän phieám.
 § Scene: Picture in textbook / P.13
 - Ba is talking about his friends. 
 ÄT/F statements prediction: Ba
 a) Ba only has three friends - Bao, Song, Khai.
 b) Ba and his friends have the same characters
 c) Bao-Song-Khai are quite reserved in public.
 d) They all enjoy school and study hard.
 2/ While - reading: 15'
 § Reading and checking sts’ predictions.
 ÄAnswers:
 a) F ® Ba has a lot of friends but he spends 
 most of his time with Bao, Song and Khai.
 b) F ® They have different characters.
 c) F ® Only Song and Khai are quite reserved.
 d) T.
 § Multiple choice: (Exercise 1 /P.14).
 ÄAnswers
a) A 
b) C 
c) B
d) D
 3/ Post - reading: 7'
 § Comprehension questions: (Exercise 2/ P.14)
 a) Ba feels lucky having a lot of friends.
 b) Bao is the most sociable.
 c) Khai likes reading.
 d) His jokes sometimes annoy his friends.
 e) Bao spends his free time doing volunteer 
 work at a local orphanage.
 f) My friends and I .
III/ Homework: 3'
 - Learn vocabulary by heart.
 - Write the answers (2/ P.14) in notebooks.
 - Prepare Unit 1, lesson 4: Write.
- Hangs picture on bb.
- Asks sts to describe
people.
- Checks & gives marks
- Elicits new words.
 + Translation.
 + Explanation.
 + Translation.
 + Situation.
 + Explanation.
 + Translation.
- Checks (STB)
- Sets the scene.
- Introduces the text
- Sticks poster on bb.
- Asks sts to read the and guess T/F.
- Gets feedback.
- Now open your books to read and check T/F.
- Gets feedback.
- Makes sure the answers.
- Checks and correct.
- Asks sts to read the text again choose the correct answers.
- Gets feedback.
- Checks and correct.
- Asks sts to read the text again and answer the questions in pairs.
- Goes round & helps
- Checks and correct.
- Asks sts what to do at home.
- Look at the picture.
- Describe people.
- Observe.
- Answer.
- Repeat.
- Copy down.
- Teamwork.
- Look.
- Listen.
- Look.
- Read statements and guess T/F.
- Give feedback.
- Read and check.
- Give feedback.
- Correct the false sentences.
- Correct.
- Read the text and do the exercise.
- Give feedback.
- Correct.
- Pairwork.
- Present.
- Listen and take notes.
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Week 2
Period 5
Preparing day: . / 8 / 2010
Teaching day: . / 8 / 2010
Unit 1: MY FRIENDS
Lesson 4: Write
* Objective: By the end of the lesson, sts will be able to write a paragraph about their close friends.
* Teaching aids: Text books, poster, pictures, board, chalks, teacher's book.
* Procedures:
Contents
T's activities
Sts' activities
I/ Warm-up: Matching 5'
 A B
 Name tall
 Age sociable
 Description 14 
 Character Nam
 Address 12 Le Loi street
II/ Writing:
 1/ Pre-writing: 15'
 § Scene:
 Ä Questions:
What is his name ? Tam
How old is he ?
 What does he look like ?
What does he like ?
Where does he live ?
 Who does he live with ?
 Who is his friends ?
 2/ While-writing: 15'
 § Write some information about one of you
 friends, then write a paragraph about him or        her.
 3/ Post-writing: 7'
 § Correction:
 His / Her name is.......She is.......years old. He / She     lives at.......in .......with his.......He / She is tall,..........     He / She has short.......hair. He / She has a lot of     friends.
III/ Homework: 3'
 - Write another paragraph about one of your     family members.
 - Prepare Unit 1, lesson 5: Language focus.
- Hangs poster on the board.
- Asks sts to match.
- Checks. 
- Sets the scene.
- Gives the situation for sts answer the questions.
- Ask sts to read the information about Tam then answer the questions.
- Asks sts to write a paragraph about one of their friends.
- Goes round & helps.
- Asks sts to share the writing with their
partners and correct. 
- Corrects.
- Asks sts what to do at home.
- Look at the words on the board.
- Match.
- Check.
- Look.
- Listen.
- Read and answer the questions about Tam.
- Write a paragraph about one of their friends.
- Share the writing and correct.
- Take notes.
- Listen and take notes.
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Week 2
Period 6
Preparing day: . / 8 / 2010
Teaching day: . / 8 / 2010
Unit 1: MY FRIENDS
Lesson 5: Language Focus 
* Objective: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to use simple present tense to talk about general truths and write some sentences using the structure (not) + adj + enough + to-inf.
* Teaching aids: Text book, teacher's book, posters, chalks.
* Procedures:
Contents
T's activities
Sts' activities
I/ Revision of simple tense: 15'
meet
come
live
think
send
thought
receive
met
lived
received
came
sent
 § Pelmanism: 
 § Present simple to talk about general truths:
 - Form: 
 - Use: express an action which is always true.
 Ex: The sun rises in the east.
 § Past simple tense:
S + V2ed + O
 - Form: 
 - Use: express an action which happened in the 
 past with clear time.
 Ex: - He went to Ba Dong beach yesterday.
 - We visited Ba Om pond last week.
 * Exercise 1.a)/ P.16: (Gap-filling)
ÄAnswers:
(0) lived (3) was
(1) lives (4) is
(2) sent
 * Exercise 2/ P.16: Complete the dialogue.
 ÄAnswers:
 1) sets 
 2) goes 
 3) moves 
 4) is 
 5) is
 6) is
 * Exercise 3/ P.17: Look and describe.
 a) How many people are there in the picture ?
 Ä There are four people.
 b) What does each person look like?
 Ä The woman is pretty.
 c) What is each person weaning ?
 Ä She has short black hair.
- The boy is tall and thin. He has short black hair
- The man who is standing beside the car is tall and fat. He has short black hair.
- The man who is standing beside the bus stop is fat. He has short black hair
II/ (not) + adj + enough + to-infinitive: (L.f2)17'
 § Scene: 
 - Lan is 14 years old. She can’t 
Lan
 drive a car
 Ž Lan is not old enough to drive a car.
S + be (not) + adj + enough + to- inf
 Ä Form:
 Ä Meaning: Ñuû / (khoâng ñuû) ñeå laøm gì ñoù. 
 * Exercise 4/ P.17 : Complete the dialogues.
 Ä Answers:
 a)  not big enough 
 b)  not old enough 
 c)  strong enough 
 d)  good enough 
III/ Further practice: 10'
 § Word cue drill:
 a) Nga / drive a car / x old
b) She / read English books / ügood
c) Ba / carry this bag / üstrong
d) He /solve this problem / x clever
e) I / have a lot of friends / ü lucky
 Ex: Nga is not old enough to drive a car.
IV/ Homework: 3'
 - See again all the grammar points above.
 - Write full exercises 1.a),2,3,4 / P.16,17 in the      notebooks.
 - Do exercises 1.b) / P.16 in the notebooks.
 - Prepare: Unit 2, lesson 1: - Getting started.
 - Listen and Read
- Guides sts how to play the game.
- Controls.
- Checks.
- Asks sts to give the form and the use of the present simple and the past simple tense.
- Writes on the board
- Gives examples.
- Asks sts to read and complete the paragraph 1.a)/P.16
- Gets feedback.
- Checks and corrects.
- Explains some new words.
- Asks sts to read the words in the box and then complete the dialogue 2/ P.16.
- Gets feedback.
- Checks and corrects.
- Asks sts to look at the picture/ P.17 . quickly and describe the people.
- Monitors and corrects.
- Sets the scene to 
introduce the structure.
- Asks sts to give the form, meaning.
- Writes on the board.
- Runs through the dialogues.
- Asks sts to complete the dialogues.
- Asks sts to practice the dialogues in pairs.
- Checks.
- Runs through the cues.
- Models. 
- Asks sts to work in 
pairs.
- Goes round & helps.
- Checks.
- Asks sts what to do at home.
- Listen.
- Play game.
- Check.
- Give the form and use of the present simple and the past simple tense. 
- Look.
- Listen & take notes.
- Read and fill in the gaps with the suitable words.
- Give feedback.
- Take notes.
- Listen.
- Read the words in the box and then complete the dialogue. - Give feedback.
- Present.
- Look at the picture for 30 seconds and then describe the people.
- Write sentences about persons in the pictures.
- Look and listen.
- Give the form, meaning.
- Look & copy down.
- Open books and pay attention.
- Complete the dialogues.
- Pairwork.
- Present.
- Listen.
- Listen and repeat
- Practice the structure
 in pairs.
- Pairwork.
- Present.
- Listen and take notes.
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S + is / am / are + O
S + V(s, es) + O