Giáo án Tiếng Anh 8 - Units 14: Wonders of the world - Nguyen Son Ha

Ss: look at the passage and guess what the mistakes are.
Ss: work in pairs to discuss about the mistakes.
T:explain new words 
In which country is there Queensland / Coconut Balm / Coral Sea  ? 
- Vnese
- Explain
Ss: practice vocabulary
T: checking vocab
Ss: listen to the tape (3 times) 
1st: Listening through the dialogue.
2nd: Listening and correcting the mistakes
3rd:Listening and working in group about the mistakes they see.
Some Ss write the mistakes they see on the board. 
T and other Ss correct the mistakes if necessary.
Ss: listen for the fourth to check their answers.
Ss: read the passage again and then copy it into their exercise books.
T: ask Ss to report the passage before the class.
Ss: individual work 
 * Remark :
Period 88 UNIT 14 READ
Date: 2/4/ 10 
1. Objectives: By the end of the lesson, Ss ‘ll be able to see the seven wonders of the world. 2 . Language contents: past simple
3. Techniques: Brainstorming , Group work
4. Teaching aids: Pictures 
5. Procedures 
Stages/ Time
 Contents
 Notes
Pre-reading
 15’
While-reading
 20’
Post-reading
 7’
Homework
 3’
Do you know something about the seven wonders of the world ?
* Answer :
-Temple of Artemis 
- Colossus of Rhodes
- Pharos of Alexandria 
- Hanging Gardens of Babylon ( in Iraq )
- Mausoleum of Halicarnassus 
- Statue of Zeus ( in Greece )
- Pyramids of Egypt
New words: 
- compile (v) : (write (v))
- religious (a) :
- royal (a)	:
- ancient (a) :
- honor (v) :
- ruler (n) :
 Complete the sentences
* Answers:
 a - C c – D 
 b – A d – B 
* Talk about Seven Wonders of the world
- Study new words 
- Prepare : Writing
Ss: Listen and answer 
Ss: work in group to answer the question.
Ss: Feedback
Ss: read the text.
Some new words are explained through Ss’reading.
T: hang an extra board for exercise on page134
Ss : read the text and answer the questions
Ss: work in groups
Feedback
T: call some Ss to go to the board and complete the sentences (one by one)
Correction
Ss: look for books on the Seven Wonders of the World
Some Ss say their choice before the class.
T: correct if necessary.
Ss: work in groups to say the Seven Wonders of the World again.
Ss: take notes
* Remark :
Period 89 UNIT 14 WRITE 
Date: 5/4/ 10
1.Objectives: By the end of the lesson, Ss ‘ll be able to write letters to their friends. 2 . Language contents: past simple 
 Simple present
3. Techniques: Brainstorming
 Group work
4. Teaching aids: Extra boards 
5. Procedures : 
Stages/ Time
Contents
Notes
Check up 
Pre-writing
 12’
While-writing
 20’
Post- writing
 10’
Homework
 3’
1. Complete the letter Tim sent to Hoa about his trip to the Grand Canyon . Insert the letters of the missing sentences . 
* Answer:
 2 – B 3 – D 4 – A 
Write a letter.
EX:
 Dear Mai,
I have just returned from Nha Trang. It is a beautiful city. I spent three days there. It is about 100 kms from my house. I went there by train. Its beach is very wonderful. The weather was cool when I was there. I had a good time there. What are you going to do this summer ? Write to me after your 
exams.
 Your friend,
 Tan 
* Speaking
EX: Who did you write to ?
 What did you tell him / her ?
- Write a letter to your friend
- Have a look at Language Focus. 
 + Passive form ( past simple )
 + Reported speech
 + Question word before to-inf
Two Ss go to the board read the text “read” and answer the questions:
- Who wtote the list of what about the seven wonders of the world ?
- Was Angkor Wat a part of a royal khmer ?
Ss: Work in groups to complete the letter Tim sent to Hoa (1. p135 )
Some Ss read the letter aloud before the class.
Review:
T: asks Ss how many parts of a letter there are.
Ss: write the letter to tell his friend about the place he has visited recently.
Individual work
Share their writing
Feedback
T: correct Ss’writing
Ss: pair work to talk about their letters
Ss: take notes
* Remark : 
Period 90 UNIT 14 LANGUAGE FOCUS 
Date: 5/4/10 
1.Objectives: By the end of the lesson, Ss ‘ll be able to speak or write about something done and report something said by someone. 
2. Language contents: Passive ; Reported speech 
 Wh-to-inf ; v + to-inf.
3. Techniques: Brainstorming , Question and answers , Group work
4. Teaching aids: Extra boards 
5. Procedures :
Stages/Time 
Contents
Notes
Warm up
 5’
Activity 1
 7’
Activity 2
 10’
Actitity 3
 7’
Activity 4
 6’
Consolidation
 7’
Homework
 3’
* Seven wonders of the world
SIMPLE PASSIVE FORM
 Review: was / were + p.p
* Answers: 
b. was constructed c. was designed
d. was presented e. was reached
REPORTED SPEECH : Yes- No questions
EX: 
Direct: He said : “Are you a student ?”
Reported:He asked( me) If / whether I was
 a student
Notes: said asked
 you I
Tense: present simple past simple
 are(am - is ) was ( were )
 If / whether 
* Answers: 
b. Nhi asked Nga If it was far from Ha noi. 
c. Nhi asked Nga If My Son was in QN.
d. Nhi asked Nga whether many people lived at My Son. 
WH - TO-INF. PHRASE
 Ex: Nga told Nhi how to get there.
 Notes: 
how can be replaced by where / what / 
when / why
* Answers: 
b. Nga showed Nhi where to get tickets.
c. Nga pointed out where to buy souvenirs d. Nga advised Nhi how to go from My Son 
to Hoi An.
e. Nga told Nhi what to do there during the visit
TO-INF. / BARE-INF. 
 EX: I decided to buy a book.
 (To-inf.)
 You may watch this film.
	(Bare-inf
* Answers: 
(1) to jog (2) go (3) to gather 
(4) to rain (5) to reach 
(6) to continue (7) get
 Notes: VERBS + TO-INF.
 Decide, start, begin, try, want
 VERBS + BARE-INF.
 Special verbs : may, can, must, might, could
* Use the correct forms of the verbs in the brackets.
1. My house ( build ) _______ 20 years ago.
2. I asked Tom if he ( live ) ___ in London.
3. They told me where ( go ) ______.
4. She couldn’t ( play ) _______ tennis.
5. I try ( do ) ______ my homework.
- Learn the above rules by heart.
- Do the exercise all exercises again at home in the exercise book.
Ss: say something they know about the wonders.
T: ask Ss to retell the form of the simple past passive.
Ss: individual
T: hang an extraboard for ex 1/136
Ss: work in groups to do the exercise 1 ( p.136 )
Feedback, correction
Ss: look at the example and say what are changed.
T: give notes
T: hang an extra board for ex 2/136
Ss: look at the board and chage the sentences into indirected ones
Some Ss write sentences on the board.
Coreection
Explain how to write sentences with Wh - to-inf. phrase
Ss: copy into their notes books.
Ss: write sentences ( 3. p137 )
Ss: groupwork
Feedback
Correction
T: explain and give examples
Ss: copy into their notebooks.
T: hang an extra board for ex4/137
Ss: work in groups to guess 
which blank needs to-inf / bare-inf.
Ss: look at the answers and say something about to-inf. and bare-inf.
Ss do the exercise (on the extra board) and the write their answers on the board.
Individual work
Feedback
Correction
Ss: take notes
* Remark :
Period : 91 TEST
Date : 13/4/2010
1.Objectives: By the end of the lesson, Ss ‘ll be able to remember the knowledge learn in 
 previous lessons
2. Language contents: The test
3. Techniques : photocopies of the test
4. Teaching aids: 
5. Procedures : Ss do the test 
* ANSWERS:
Period 91 TEST A
Class : 8	Time : 45 minutes
I. LISTEN TO THE PASSAGE AND FILL IN THE BLANKS :(2ms)
 Peter is my (1). He is fifteen years old. He lives in an (2).. in London. He has lived there for ten years. He is an (3) student. He always works hard at school and gets good marks. He loves leaning Vietnamese in his free time. He often (4)writing letters in Vietnamese. Next summer, he is going to visit Ho Chi Minh City with his family. I’m expecting to see him.
II. CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWERS :(3ms)
1. He decided  out for a walk . a. go b. to go c. going d. goes
2. He knows how  these questions. a. answer b. to answer c. answering d. answered
3. The girl  the trees over theere is Hoa. a. water b. waters c. watering d. watered
4. a. She asked me if I live in Phu Yen	 c. She asked me if I lived in Phu Yen ?
 b. She askes me if I lived in Phu Yen d. She asked me if am living in Phu Yen.
5. I must go. I promise  late. a. not to be b. don’t be c. to not be d. tonot be 
6. When I arrived, they  a. sang b. was singing c. were singing d. singing
III. COMPLETE THE SECOND SENTENCE SO THAT IT HAS THE SAME MEANING TO THE FIRST : (3ms)
1. “Does she likes reading books ?” -->He asked me ..
2. “My father works in a foctory” -->She said 
3. I have done the test for 10 minutes. -->The test 
4. It is a contest in which contestants have to speak English.
-->It is ..
5. “Is Phong Nha Cave in North Viet Nam ?
-->She asked me 
6. Can you eplain the lesson for me?” --> She told me .
IV. READ THE TEXT AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS : (2ms)
A goup of tourists on a tour of the Grand Canyon had a free helicopter ride on a recent vacation. The group rent a boat for a ride through the canyon, but the boat ran into a rock and sank. The tourist swam to the shore and spent a night in a cave. The next morning, a rescue team in a helicopter saw them and lifted them out of the canyon. “It was the best part of our tour.” Said one of the tourists.
1. Where did a group of tourists go on a recent vacation ?
-->
2. How did they go through the canyon ?
-->
3. What happened to the boat ?
-->
4. Who lifted them out of the canyon ?
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Period 91 TEST B
Class : 8 	Time : 45 minutes
I. LISTEN TO THE PASSAGE AND FILL IN THE BLANKS :(2ms)
 Peter is my (1). He is fifteen years old. He lives in an (2).. in London. He has lived there for ten years. He is an (3) student. He always works hard at school and gets good marks. He loves leaning Vietnamese in his free time. He often (4)writing letters in Vietnamese. Next summer, he is going to visit Ho Chi Minh City with his family. I’m expecting to see him.
II. COMPLETE THE SECOND SENTENCE SO THAT IT HAS THE SAME MEANING TO THE FIRST : (3ms)
1. “Does she likes reading books ?” -->He asked me ..
2. “My father works in a foctory” -->She said 
3. I have done the test for 10 minutes. -->The test 
4. It is a contest in which contestants have to speak English.
-->It is ..
5. “Is Phong Nha Cave in North Viet Nam ?
-->She asked me 
6. Can you eplain the lesson for me?” --> She told me .
III. READ THE TEXT AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS : (2ms)
A goup of tourists on a tour of the Grand Canyon had a free helicopter ride on a recent vacation. The group rent a boat for a ride through the canyon, but the boat ran into a rock and sank. The tourist swam to the shore and spent a night in a cave. The next morning, a rescue team in a helicopter saw them and lifted them out of the canyon. “It was the best part of our tour.” Said one of the tourists.
1. Where did a group of tourists go on a recent vacation ?
-->
2. How did they go through the canyon ?
-->
3. What happened to the boat ?
-->
4. Who lifted them out of the canyon ?
-->
IV. CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWERS :(3ms)
1. He decided  out for a walk . a. go b. to go c. going d. goes
2. He knows how  these questions. a. answer b. to answer c. answering d. answered
3. The girl  the trees over theere is Hoa. a. water b. waters c. watering d. watered
4. a. She asked me if I live in Phu Yen	 c. She asked me if I lived in Phu Yen ?
 b. She askes me if I lived in Phu Yen d. She asked me if am living in Phu Yen.
5. I must go. I promise  late. a. not to be b. don’t be c. to not be d. tonot be 
6. When I arrived, they  a. sang b. was singing c. were singing d. singing
Peter is my pen pal. He is fifteen years old. He lives in an appartment in London. He has lived there for ten years. He is an exelent student. He always works hard at school and gets good marks. He loves leaning Vietnamese in his free time. He often practises writing letters in vietnamese. Next summer, he is going to visit Ho Chi Minh City with his family. I’m expecting to see him.
Period 92 UNIT 15 COMPUTERS
Date: 13/4/2010 GETTING STARTED , LISTEN AND READ 
1.Objectives: By the end of the lesson, Ss ‘ll be able to express opinions 
2. Language contents: _ Vocabulary ralating computers 
 _ Present perfect tense with YET , ALREADY 
3. Techniques: Brainstorming , Question and answers , Group work
4. Teaching aids: extra board , cassette 
5. Procedures 
Stages / Time 
 Content 
 Notes 
Check up 
 5’ 
Presentation
 20’
Practice 
 17’
Conduction 
 5’
Homework
 3’ 
I . GETTING STARTED : 
* Questions : 
1. Do you like computer science ? 
2. Is it your favorite subject ? 
3. How can computers help you in studying ? 
* Work with the partner . Make a list of how computers can help us . 
* Asnwer : 
- Computer can save time 
- Computers can help students learn Enhlish vocabulary 
- Computers help students learn interestingly 
- Computers are easy for keeping storing information 
II. LISTEN AND READ : 
a. Vocabulary : 
- Connect (v) 
- Plug (n) 
- Socket (n) 
- Manual (n) 
- Guarantee (n) 
b. Language contents : 
* Present perfect tense with Yet / Already
Use : Haønh ñoäng chöa hoaëc ñaõ hoaøn thaønh sôùm hôn döï ñònh .
Ex: I have already posted the letter . 
1. Practice the dialogue with a partner 
2. Fact or opinion ? Check (x) the box : 
* Answer : 
a. The printer is’nt working . _ Fact 
b. There shouldn’t be anything
 wrong with it - Opinion 
c. I know how to connect a printer. – Op_ 
d. The manual is’nt very helpful._ Opinion 
e. I bought it in Ho Chi Minh City. _Fact 
f. I don’t know what they can do . _ Fact 
* Answer questions :
1. Is there something wrong with the
printer ? 
2. Where did Mr Nhat buy it ? 
3. Is the manual helpful ? 
4. How can they solve with it ? 
-Study vovabulary by heart 
- Read the dialogue 
-Prepare : Speak 
T: Check students ‘ preparation
Ss: Listen and answer 
Ss- Work in groups then write their answer on the board 
T- feedback and correct mistakes 
- Example 
- Real thing 
- Real thing 
- Picture 
Vietnamese meaning 
Ss: review the form and use 
of this tense 
Ss: take notes and write on
Their notebook 
Ss: Work in pairs 
T: hang an extra board for 2/139
Ss: Groupworks 
T: F eedback and give the correct answer 
Ss: Listen to the dialogue again and answer questions 
Ss: Take notes
* Remark :
Period: 93 UNIT 15 SPEAK
Date: 13/4/10
1.Objectives: By the end of the lesson, Ss ‘ll be able to express opinions and respond with agreement or disagreement 
2. Language contents: - Adjectives 
 - Statements with agreement or disagreement 
3. Techniques: Brainstorming , Question and answers , Group works
4. Teaching aids: extra board 
5. Procedures : 
Stages / Time 
 Contents 
 Notes 
Check up 
 5’ 
Pre-speaking 
 12’
While-speaking 
 18’
Post-speaking 
 7’
Homework
 3’ 
* Describing the pictures/139
a. Learning to drive a car 
b. Reading comic books 
c. Walking in the rain 
d. Eating foreign food 
Notes : Expressions for giving opinions 
Page / 140 
New words :
Mornitor (n)
Mouse (n) 
Adjust the knob 
Check the plug 
1. Work with a parner . Look at the table and the pictures . Take turn to express and respond to opinions about the adjectives in the pictures 
Example: 
A : I think driving a car is dangerous 
B : You are right 
2. Read the dialogue : 
Make similar dialogues about these items . Use the information in the table in ex 1 
a. A: I’m having problems with my printer.
 B: What’s wrong?
 A: It doesn’t print. I think it’s broken.
 B: No. You didn’t turn it on.
 A: Sorry.
Writing : Look at the reals thing on the table and give their opinions about using them 
Example : 
I think studying French is more difficult than English 
- Study vovabulary by heart 
- Learn the ways to give opinions 
- Prepare : Listen 
Ss: Read the dialogue 
 Check the statements in exercise 2 
Students say the actions in these pictures 
Ss: Work in groups then say these actions 
T: feedback and give correct answer 
Students see the table /p 140 and say how to give opinions with agreement or disagreement 
T: explain some new words if possible ( give example and using real thing )
 Ss: take notes and write on
their notebook 
Ss: Work in pairs 
Pair works 
Pair works 
T: explain how to do ex2
Give an example
Ss: work in pairs.
Feecback
Correction
s:write the sentenses on the board to check 
Ss: take notes
* Remark :
Period 94 UNIT 15 LISTEN
Date: 13/4/10 
1.Objectives: By the end of the lesson, Ss ‘ll be able to practice listeningto the tape to
 complete a flow chart . 
2. Language contents: 
 Vocabulary relating computer 
3. Techniques: Brainstorming , Question and answers , Group works
4. Teaching aids: Cassette
5. Procedures 
Stages / Time
Contents
Notes
Chatting 
 5’ 
Pre-listening 
 12’
While-listening 
 18’
Post-listening 
 7’
Homework 
 3’ 
Do you have a computer at home ? 
Do you enjoy learning computer science ? 
What does it help you in your learning ? 
* Explaining the flow chart 
This is the process of buying a lemon juice from a machine 
Note : 
Particular meanings are in these shapes 
+ Circle : a starting or stopping point
+ Triangles : questions 
+ Ovals : answers 
* Copy the flow chart into your book . Then listen and complete it 
* Answer : 
a. Do you have the correct change ? 
b. Yes 
c. What do you want to drink ? 
d. Take it 
* Talk about the process of buying a drink from a machine .
- Study vovabulary by heart 
- Learn the ways to give opinions 
- Prepare : Listen 
Ss: whole the class
T : explain the content will be contained in these pictures 
T: explain the particular meaning in the shapes 
 Ss: take notes and write on
their notebook 
Ss: guess the words or questions to complete the shapes .
 Feedback
Ss: Listen to the tape 3 times and complete these shapes 
 Feedback
Ss:write the sentenses on the board to check 
T: pause the tape and correct the answer 
 Give the answers
Ss: talk about the process of buying a drink from a machine . 
 Feedback
Ss: take notes
Remark:
Period 95 UNIT 15 READ
Date : 21/4/10
1.Objectives: By the end of the lesson, Ss ‘ll be able to know more about computers work in university. 
2. Language contents: 
 * Vocabulary : freshman, jack, bullection board, skeptical, impact
 * Grammar : Present perfect
3. Techniques: Brainstorming , Question and answers , Group works
4. Teaching aids: extra boards
5. Procedures:
Stages/ Time
Contents
Notes
Pre – Reading
 15’
While – Reading
 10’
Post – reading
 15’
Homework
5’
 * Warm up: Jumbled words (relating to a computer)
1. terpirn = 4. nimorot =
2. seumo = 5. bdoaryke =
3. recsnc = 6. moseu dap =
(* Answer keys : 
1. printer	 4. monitor
2. mouse	 5. key board
3. screen	 6. mouse pad	
READ
* Vocabulary :
- freshman (n) : The first year student at a college/ university.
- jack (n) = sockect (n)
- bullection board (n) = notice board (n) 
- skeptical (n) :
1. True or false. Check tick the boxes:
Ex: a. T
* Answers:
b. T c. T d. F
e. T f. T
2. Answer the questions :
* Answers :
a. It has no library. All the information normally found in the library now stored in the university’s computers.
b. All the information normally found in the library or massages normally found on a bulletin.
c. A computer and a telephone
d. With a bullecttin board on the internet, a great number of peopl (over 20 million) can get access to the bulletin and exchange information quickly.
e. (Ss’ answers)
- Write the answers again into your notebooks
- Do exercises 1,2 (U.15- workbook)
- Prepare WRITE (Unit 15) 
T: give the game
 Inform the topic
 Divide the class into two groups
Ss: two groups go to the board and write their answers as fast as possible.
T: correct
T: introduce the lesson “Read”
T: get words from the Ss (elicit words from the Ss)
- Explaination
- synonymn
- synoymn
- Vietnamese
* Checking cocabulary : “What and where”
T: introduce the topic of the text
 Ask Ss to guess what they’re going to read
(?) : - Where in the library do we get/ find/ store information ?
 - If we want to discuss something, how can we do ?
Ss: whole the class.
 feedback
T: get Ss to read the text again and read the true/ false statementsand decide if the statements are tru or false.
T: hang an extra board for 1/ 141
Ss: individual --> share their answers with their friends.
T: call on some Ss to give their answers by atick (✓)on the board
 Ask Ss to correct the false sentences
T: correct and give the key
Ss: copy the wright snswers into their notebooks
T: have Ss read and answers the qus /142 
Ss: pairwork
 Feedback
 correction 
T: give the correct answers
Ss: take notes
Period 96 UNIT 15 WRITE
Date : 22/4/10
1.Objectives: By the end of the lesson, Ss ‘ll be able to write a set of instruction on how to 
 use the printer
2. Language contents: 
 * Vocabulary : paper input tray, power button, ion, out put path, remove.
 * Grammar : Present simple
3. Techniques: Brainstorming , Question and answers , Group works
4. Teaching aids: extra boards, pictures
5. Procedures:
Stages/ Time
Contents
Notes
Check up 
	5’
Pre - Writing
 15’
While – Writing
 15’
Post – Writing
 7’
Homework 
 3’
* Warm up :
Questions :
WRITE
* Vocabulary :
- paper input tray (n) :
- power button (n) :
- icon 
- out put path
- to remove 
1. Math the words with thw numbers in the pictures :
* Answer keys :
 a - 5 b - 3
 c - 6 d - 2
2. Look at the pictures and the words.
Write the introduction on how to use a pwinter:
* Possible answers :
1. Plug in the printer and turn on the power.
2. Remove the old paper and lood the new paper in the paper input tray.
3. wait for the power button to flash.
4. Have the paper appear and wait on the computer screen.
5. Click the