Giáo án Tiếng Anh 8 - Units 12: A vacation abroad

Unit 12 	 a vacation abroad
Lesson 1: 	 	 - getting started 	 (P111)
Period 73:	 - listen and read	(P112- 113)
A- AIM:
 Reading the dialogue for deatails about making plans for a vacation abroad.
B- OBJECTIVE:
Ss will be able to aware of how to make, accept and decline invitations.
C- MATERIALS: Textbook, poster, photocopied picture, tape and cassette.
D- WAYS OF WORKING: W.C, T- Ss, Individual, Pair work, Group work.
E- PROCEDURE: 
Steps/ Activities
Ways of working
I- WARM UP.
* Greetings.
* Getting Started: guessing game
- Show Ss the photocopied pictures one by one and ask Ss to guess what country it is .
Answer Key:
a. The U.S.A b. Australia c. Thailand
d. Britain e. Canada f. Japan
 * Chatting:
T: Which country do you want to visit?
St:..
T: Why?
St: .
II. Pre- reading.
1. Pre- teach Vocabulary: elicit N.W from Ss
- (to) include:
- (to) come over:
- (to) pick sb up:
- abroad (adv):
- a schedule:
bao gồm
ghé thăm, ghé qua
đón ai đó
ở nước ngoài
lịch trình
(example)
(explanation)
(example)
(explanation)
(relia) 
 * Checking the V.O.C: Making sentences
2. True/ False Statements Prediction.
- Set the scene: Mrs. Quyen is going to the USA for a vacation. She is calling her friend, Mrs Smith to tell her about the trip.
- Ask Ss to guess if the statements on the poster on the b.b are true or false.
1. Mrs. Quyen is calling Mrs. Smith from the airport in San Francisco.
2. Mrs. Smith invites Mrs. Quyen and her husband to stay with her while they are in town.
3. Mrs. Quyen doesn’t accept Mrs. Smith’s invitation because she wants to stay with her Vietnamese friend.
4. Mrs. Quyen and her husband will be in the USA for 3 days.
5. Mrs. Quyen and her husband will come over to Mrs. Smith’s place for dinner one night.
6. Mr. Thanh; Mrs. Quyen’s husband, goes abroad for a business meeting.
- Give feedback and write Ss’ prediction on the b.b.
Prediction
1.. 2. 3 4 5 6.
iii. while reading.
1. Reading and checking the prediction.
- Have Ss open their books and listen to the tape while reading the dialogue to check their prediction.
- Give feedback and correct.
Answer Key:
1- F ( Mrs. Quyen is calling Mrs. Smith from Ha Noi)
2- T
3- F ( because her accommodation is included in her ticket price)
4- T
5- F ( only Mrs. Quyen will come over to Mrs. Smith’s)
6- T
2. Grid Table. 
- Draw the grid on the b.b and ask Ss to copy.
- Have Ss read the dialogue again and work in pairs to complete Mrs. Quyen’s schedule with the information from the dialogue.
- Call on some Ss to write the information in the grid on the b.b.
Answer Key:
Date
Mon 25
Tue 26
Wed 27
Thur 28
Schedule
Coming to San Francisco
Going out
Having dinner with the Smiths
Leaving San Francisco
- Ask Ss to copy.
3. Comprehension Questions. (P113)
- Have Ss work in pairs to ask and answer the questions (P113).
- Call on some pairs to work open.
- Give feedback and correct.
Answer Key:
a. No. Because their accommodation is included in their ticket price, so they will stay at the hotel.
b. No, he won’t. Because he will have a business meeting in the evening that day.
c. Mrs. Smith will pick her up at her hotel.
iV- post reading: Grammar Awareness
- Get Ss to read the dialogue again and find the sent.s indicating the following situations.
1. Making an invitation.
2. Accepting an invitation.
3. Declining an invitation.
4. Making a complaint.
- Give feedback and correct.
Answer Key:
1. Making an invitation.
- Would you like to come and stay with us ?
-  you must come over for dinner one night.
2. Accepting an invitation.
- Yes, we’d love to but we’ll only be in town for three nights.
3. Declining an invitation.
- That’s very kind of you but we’re coming on a tour
4. Making a complaint.
- Oh dear. He’s always working.
V- homework.
- Learn the new words and practice writing them.
- Prepare Unit 12- Speak.
T- W.C
Individual
T - Ss
T- Ss
Individual
Pairwork
W.C
Pairwork
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Open pairs
Individual
W.C
Unit 12 	 a vacation abroad
Lesson 2: 	 	 - speak 	 	 (P113- 114)
Period 74:	 
A- AIM:
Practice in making plans using tourist brochures and flight information.
B- OBJECTIVE:
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to talk about their plans for a trip abroad.
C- MATERIALS: Textbook, poster, relia.
D- WAYS OF WORKING: Individual, T- Ss, W.C, T-W.C, Pairwork, Team work
E- PROCEDURE: 
Steps/ Activities
Ways of working
I- WARM UP.
* Greetings.
* Slap the board: 
flight
accommodation
include
arrival
come over
abroad
departure
II. Pre- speaking.
1. Pre- teach Vocabulary: elicit N.Ws from Ss
- an itinerary:
-a gallery:
- a flight:
- via:
- facilities:
- a brochure:
lộ trình
phòng trưng bày
chuyến bay
đi qua, ngang qua
phương tiện, CSVC
tờ rơi, mục quảng cáo
(explanation)
(explanation)
(trans.)
(situation)
(trans.)
(relia) 
 * Checking the V.O.C: R.O.R
2. Matching.
- Stick 4 photocopied on the b.b and write 4 titles on the left.
- Ask Ss to go to the b.b to match the titles with the correct pictures.
Answer Key:
1.Hotel Advertisement
2. Flight information
3. Itinerary
4. Travel Brochure
iii. While speaking.
1. Questions.
- Take turns to show the tables on the b.b and ask Ss some questions for information about the flights, accommodation and tourist places.
 * Flight Information:
- How many flights a week can you take from Los Angeles to Boston?
- Which flight can you take everyday of the week?
 * Hotel Advertisement:
- Which hotel is cheaper, Revere or Atlantic Hotel?
- How much is a double room in Revere Hotel?
- How about the Atlantic?
 * Travel Brochure:
- Where can you visit?
2. Mapped Dialogue.
- Set the scene: these people are making a plan for their trip from Los Angeles to Boston. Let’s do it with them.
- Put the mapped dialogue chart on the b.b and elicit exchanges from Ss.
- Have some pairs practice the exchanges before moving to another exchange.
- Get some pairs to read the dialogue
- Ask Ss to work in pairs, replacing the information using the tables.
- Monitor and help Ss.
Mr. Smith
Mrs. Smith
- Where shall we stay?
- Where should we visit?
- What time should we leave Los Angeles?
- The Revere Hotel is expensive but it has a gym.
- I think we should visit Havard Medical School, the Museum and Arts Gallery.
- There’s a dairly flight at 10 a.m, would that be OK?
- Get Ss to practice in front of the class.
iv. post speaking: Transformation
- Ask Ss to make a plan for their coming summer holiday by filling the information in their itinerary.
Depart (Hue):..
Arrive (Ho Chi Minh City):.
Accommodation: ..
Sightseeing:..
Depart (Ho Chi Minh City) :.
- Call some pairs to demonstrate their plans for the class.
- Give feedback and correct.
V- homework.
- Learn by heart the N.Ws and practice writing them.
- Write the itinerary in your notebooks.
- Prepare Unit 10: Read + Language Focus 1.
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Unit 12 	 a vacation abroad
Lesson 3: 	 	 - listen 	 	 (P115)
Period 75:	 - language focus 1, 2	 (P119- 120)	 
A- AIM:
Listening for information about the weather.
Practice in Past Progressive.
B- OBJECTIVE:
Ss will be able to get information about the weather in big cities in the world through listening to the weather forecast.
Help Ss know how to use Past Progressive.
C- MATERIALS: Textbook, poster, tape and cassette.
D- WAYS OF WORKING: Individual, T- Ss, W.C, T-W.C, T- St, Pairwork.
E- PROCEDURE: 
Steps/ Activities
Ways of working
I- WARM UP.
* Greetings.
* Brainstorming: Network
 hot
The weather
 Possible Answers: hot, cold, cool, warm, wet, dry, humid, windy, cloudy, rainy, snowy, stormy, sunny, fine, bad, degree, minus, 
* Listening : 
II. Pre- listening.
1. Pre- teach Vocabulary: elicit N.Ws from Ss
- humid (adj):
- temperate (ajd):
- the weather forecast:
- minus :
- degree centigrade:
- zero degree:
- the temperature:
ẩm
ôn đới
dự báo thời tiết
(độ) âm
độ C 
độ âm
nhiệt độ
(syn.)
( trans.)
(question)
(example)
(oC)
(example) 
 (explantion)
 * Checking the V.O.C: Making sentences
2. Chatting.
- Ask Ss some questions to lead in the new lesson.
+ Have you ever listened to the weather forecast on TV or on the radio?
+ What does it often tell you about?
+ Do you think it is necessary to listen to the weather forecast? Why/ Why not?
iii. While listening.
1. Gap Fill.
- Put a poster with a Gap- Fill table on the b.b and ask Ss to copy.
City
Weather
Temperature
Low
High
1. Sydney
dry; windy
20
26
2. Tokyo
dry; windy
15
22
3. London
humid; cold
-3
7
4. Bangkok
warm; dry
24
32
5. New York
windy; cloudy
8
15
6. Paris
cool; dry
10
16
- Tell Ss that they are going to listen to the weather forecast about the six cities in the table and have to fill in the gaps with the information they hear.
- Let Ss listen to the tape 2 or 3 times.
- Ask Ss work in pairs to compare their answers.
- Give feedback and correct.
- Have Ss copy down the correct answers.
iv. post listening: Role Play
- Have Ss ask and answer questions about the weather and temperature using the information in the table.
- T models with a good St.
- Write the exchange on the b.b
A: What’s the weather like in Sydney today?
B: It will be dry and windy.
A: How about the temperature?
B: The low will be 20 and the high will be 26 degrees.
- Get 2 pairs to read the dial. again.
- Ask Ss to work in pairs to make similar dialogues.
- Monitor and correct.
- Call on some pairs to work open.
* language focus :
I. language focus 1.
1. Presentation: Ordering Pictures.
- Ask Ss to look at the pictures (P119) carefully.
- Have Ss listen and number the pictures.
- Read the verbs aloud.
1. walk with a dog 4. talk to Grandma
2. eat dinner 5. read a comic
3. take a shower 6. write a letter
- Give feedback and correct.
Answer Key:
a- 3 b- 2 c- 5 d- 6 e- 1 f- 4
2. Model Sentences.
- Set the scene: Look at picture a). What was Ba doing at 8 o’clock last night?
- Write Ss’answer on the b.b and have Ss repeat.
- Continue with picture f) with the same step: What were Lan and her Grandma doing at 8 o’clock last night?
Model Sentences:
- Ba was taking a shower at 8 o’clock last night.
- They were talking to each other at that time.
 be V-ing
- Concept checking: form and use.
Form: Past Progressive 
 was/ were + V-ing
Use: to express an action that was happening at a point of time in the past.
- Let Ss copy.
3. Practice: Word- Cue Drill
- Show Ss cardboards and go through the words.
1. Ba/ take a shower
2. Hoa/ eat dinner
3. Bao/ read a comic
4. Nga/ write a letter
5. Na/ walk with her dog
6. Lan and her Granma/ talk to each other
- Model the first sent. and have Ss repeat.
- Ask Ss to go through the rest of the cues.
- Call on some Ss to go to the b.b and write the sent.s.
iI. language focus 2.
1. Presentation: Matching
- Ask Ss to look at the pictures (P119) and do the matching (P120).
- Give feedback and correct.
Answer Key:
a- C b- F c- E d- B e- D f- A
2. Model Sentences.
- Elicit the model sent.s by asking Ss the questions:
1. What was the Le family doing when the mailman came?
2. What happened while Nga was eating?
Model Sentences:
- The Le family was sleeping when the mailman came.
 Past Continuous conj. Past Simple
- The phone rang while Nga was eating.
 Past Simple conj. Past Continuous
Form: 
Main Clause + Conjunction + Adv Clause
 Past Continuous when Past Simple
 Past Simple while Past Continuous
Use: to express an action that was happening in the past when another action took place.
- Let Ss copy.
3. Practice: Picture Drill
- Put the photocopied on the b.b in the order of the word cues.
- Model the first sent. and have Ss repeat.
The Le family was sleeping when the mailman came.
- Ask Ss to go through the rest of the cues.
Picture a)
Picture b) Picture c) Picture d) Picture e) Picture f)
The Le family/ sleep
Hoa/ eating
Nam/ win the race
Mrs. Thoa/ cook
Lan/ arrive at school
It / rain
V- homework.
- Learn the new words and practice writing them.
- Make 2 sentences for each form.
- Prepare Unit 12: Read
T- W.C
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T- Ss
W.C
Pairwork
W.C
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Open pairs
Close pairs
Open pairs
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T- W.C
T- Ss
W.C
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W.C/ 
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Unit 12 	 a vacation abroad
Lesson 4: 	 	 - read 	 	 (P116- 117)
Period 76:	 	 
A- AIM:
Reading for information about the places of interest in the world.
B- OBJECTIVE:
Ss will be able to get some knowledge about some scenic spots in the U.S.A.
C- MATERIALS: Textbook, pictures, poster, cardboards, relia, drawing.
D- WAYS OF WORKING: Individual, T- Ss, W.C, T-W.C, Pairwork, Team work
E- PROCEDURE: 
Steps/ Activities
Ways of working
I- WARM UP.
 * Greetings
 * Pelmanism: Adjectives – Nouns
 Answer Key: 
hot
warm
windy
humid
dry
heat
warmth
wind
humidity
dryness
II. Pre- reading.
 * Pre- teach Vocabulary: elicit N.Ws from Ss
- a volcano:
- lava:
- (to) pour out:
- (to) carve:
- (to) be situated in:
- a valley:
núi lửa
dung nham
phun trào
chạm, khắc
toạ lạc ở
thung lũng
(drawing)
(drawing)
(drawing, example)
(trans.)
(example)
(example)
 * Checking the V.O.C: R.O.R
iii. While writing.
1. Grid Table.
- Put a grid table on the b.b. and ask Ss to copy.
Place
What she did and saw
Hawaii
New York
Chicago
Mount Rushmore
San Francisco
- went swimming, visited Kilauea Volcano
- went shopping, bought lots of souvernirs
- saw Lake Michigan
- saw the heads of four American Presidents
- visited Fisherman’s Wharf, the NapaValley wine- growing area and the Alcatraz Prison.
- Have Ss read the postcards from Mrs. Quyen to her children and fill in the gaps with the information from the postcards.
- Call on some Ss to go to the b.b and write the information in the grid.
- Give feedback and correct.
- Have Ss copy down.
iv. post writing: Comprehension Questions.
- Ask Ss to look at the questions (P118).
- Have them work in pairs to discuss the questions.
- Divide the class into 2 teams and have them play Lucky Numbers to ask and answer the questions.
Lucky Numbers
1- LN
2- d
3- a
4-LN
5- LN
6-e
7-b
8-c
Answer Key:
a. She went there by plane.
b. She saw the famous prison on the island of Alcatraz.
c. It is the mount where the heads of four American Presidents are carved into the rock.
d. It is also called “The Windy City”.
e. She went shopping.
V- homework.
- Learn the new words and practice writing them.
- Prepare Unit 12: Write + Language Focus 3
T- W.C
Teamwork
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Teamwork
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Unit 12 	 a vacation abroad
Lesson 5: 	 	 - write	 	(P118)
Period 77:	 - language focus 3 	(P120)
A- AIM:
Practice in writing a postcard.
Help Ss know how to use Present Progressive with “always”.
B- OBJECTIVE:
Ss will be able to write postcards to their friends about their trip and use Present Progressive with “always” to express a complaint.
C- MATERIALS: Textbook, poster, drawing, pictures.
D- WAYS OF WORKING: T-W.C, Pairwork, Team work, W.C, T- Ss, Individual.
E- PROCEDURE: 
Steps / activities
Ways of working
I- warm up .
* Greetings.
* Jumbled Words: 
1. RABAOD (ABROAD)
2. VAAL ( LAVA)
3. LOVONAC (VOLCANO)
4. CADPORST (POSTCARD)
5. RACVE (CARVE)
II . PRE-WRITING.
1. Gap Fill: Write 1 (P118)
- Set the scene: from the U.S.A, Mrs. Quyen sent a postcard to her friend, Sally to tell her about the trip.
- Ask Ss to look at the postcard and fill in the gaps with suitable words.
- Call on some Ss to go to the b.b and write their answers.
-Give feedback and correct.
Answer Key:
in
people
weather
visited
her
nice
bought
for
heaviness
soon
- Let Ss copy down.
2. Grid.
- Write the topic on the board:
Information needed to write a postcard
- Ask Ss to look at part 2 (P118).
- Go through the instructions by asking some questions:
Ex: - What do you write about the place?
 (name of the place)
 - What do you write about the weather?
 ( The weather is warm/ cold/ hot)
- Put a poster with a grid on the b.b and ask Ss to copy.
- Ask Ss to read the postcard (Write 1) again and fill in the gaps with the sentences showing the information on the left.
- Call on some Ss to go to the b.b and write their answers in the grid.
- Give feedback and correct.
- Have Ss copy down.
Answer Key:
Information needed to write a postcard
Place
(We are having a wonerful time in the U.S.A)
How you feel about the people
(The people are friendly)
Weather
(The weather has been warm and sunny)
Who you meet/ visit
(In San Francisco, I visited my friend, Sandra Smith)
What you see
(No information)
What you buy
(I bought lots of souvernirs)
iii. while writing.
- Set the scene: imagine that you are a tourist on vacation in a certain place/ city in Viet Nam. Write apostcard to a friend to tell him/ her about the trip, using the information in the grid.
- Tell Ss to write the postcard in a piece of paper.
- Monitor and help Ss.
- Call on some Ss to go to the b.b and read aloud their postcards.
- Give feedback and correct.
iv. post writing: Language Focus 3 (P120)
1. Set the scene: elicit the model from Ss using Vietnamese.
- Have Ss repeat the sent. and write it on the b.b.
* Model Sentence:
Bao is always forgetting his homework.
 S be adv V-ing 
- Concept checking: form and use.
Form: am/ is/ are + always + V-ing
Use: to express a complaint.	
- Have Ss copy.
2. Picture Drill.
- Ask Ss to look at the pictures (P 120).
- Get Ss to write sentences to say what the people are always doing.
- T reads the model sent. again and has Ss make similar sent.s.
- Call on some Ss to write the sent.s on the b.b.
- Give feedback and correct.
Answer Key:
b. Mrs. Nga is always losing her umbrella.
c. Mr. and Mrs. Thanh are always missing the bus.
d. Nam is always watching TV.
e. Na is always talking on the phone.
f. Liem is always going out.
- Have Ss copy.
V. homework.
- Learn the new words and practice writing them.
- Learn by heart the forms and make 2 sent.s for each one.
- Prepare Unit 13: Getting started + Listen and read + Language Focus 3
T – W.C
 Team work
Pairwork
W.C
W.C
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W.C
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W.C
Individual
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