Giáo án Tiếng Anh 8 - Units 11: Traveling around Viet Nam - Dinh Thi Nhan - Hoa Hieu 2 Secondary School

Tuesday, January 18th, 2012.
 UNIT ELEVEN: 
 LESSON 1: (Period 66th)
Aims: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
Understand the new topic of the unit – “Traveling around Viet Nam”;
Listen and read the conversation among Tim, Hoa, Mr. Jones, Mrs.Jones and Shannon to understand the specific information;
Language focus:
- Vocabulary: corn (n); water buffalo (n); sugar – cane (n), crop (n)
 - Grammar:	Would you mind + V-ing;
Would you mind if + S + V(Past).
Teaching aids : +Taperecorder, tape, Book, pictures.
Procedure: 
Warm – up: (Getting started on P.98): 
Ask students to look at the pictures P. 98 and match the places of interest in Viet Nam with their name.
	 Ngo Mon Gate Nha Rong Harbor
 The Temple of Literature Ha Long Bay
II. Pre – Reading:
* Set the scene: Ask some questions:
	Do you remember Tim?
	Who is he?
	Where does he live?
	How many people are there in his family? Who are they?
ð Lead in new lesson: “Tim is Hoa’s penpal and Tim and his family are having a trip in Viet Nam. Now they are on the way from the airport to Ha Noi.”
*. Pre- teach vocabulary:
- corn (n)	: cây bắp, cây ngô
- crop (n)	: vụ mùa, thu hoạch
- water buffalo (n)	: con trâu
- sugar cane (n)	: cây mía
* Checking Vocabulary: * Pictures.
True/ False prediction:
This is the first time Hoa has met Tim’s family.
Hoa helps Mrs. Jones with her luggage.
The Jones family is traveling from the airport in a bus.
Shannon has never seen rice paddies before.
The car is traveling past farmland.
Only rice and corn are grown around Ha Noi.
III. While – Reading:
* Check predictions:
- Ask students to read the dialogue and check their predictions.
- Ask students to read aloud the sentences and correct the False sentences.
* Answer key:
a. True
b. True
c. False (bus à taxi)
d. True
e. True
f. False (Not only rice and corn but also sugar canes are grown around in Ha Noi).
* Role play: - Ask students to work in groups of five and practise the dialogue (P.99).
*. Comprehension questions:
	1. Where does Hoa meet Tim? ð She met Tim at the airport.
	2. Who does Tim come to Viet Nam with?
ð He comes to Viet Nam with his parents and his sister.
	3. Is it the first time Hoa has met Tim’s family? ð Yes, it is.
	4. How do they travel from the airport to Ha Noi? ð By taxi.
	5. How long does it take? ð About 40 minutes.
	6. What can Tim see? ð He can see a boy riding a water buffalo.
	7. Would Hoa like to sit with Tim and Shannon? ð Yes, she would.
	8. How does she say to Mr. Jones? 
ð Would you mind sitting in the front seat of the taxi?
9. What would Tim like to do? 
ð He’d like to take a photo.
10. How does he say to Hoa? ð Would you mind if I took a photo.
IV. Post - Reading: 
Polite request with “mind”
Would you mind + V-ing?
Would you mind if + S + V(past)? 
Ask students to give the correct formof the verbs in the bracket:
Would you mind if I .(close) the door?
I can see many people(work) in the field from this place.
My mother asked me..(go) to bed early.
I’d like you..(see) me off at the airport.
Would you mind(open) the window?
Ask students to close their book and arrange the the following sentences that are in the correct order.
They stop to take some photographs.
They get into the car to Ha Noi.
Hoa meets Tim at the airport.
Tim sees a boy on a water buffalo. 
Answerkey: 3 – 2 – 4 - 1
V. Consolidation: - Focus students on vocabularies and structures.
VI. Homework:
Ask Ss to do exercise in Workbook;
Prepare Lesson 2 – Speak + Listen. 
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