Giáo án Tiếng Anh 8 - Units 15: Computers

Date: 
Period : 91
TEST 45 Minutes
I. Aim: This period helps Ss to have a chance to review the knowledge having been learnt from unit 12 to unit 14 and Ss can recognize their errors and then they’ll correct them
II. Contents: 
I. Make the complete sentences from the words given (2ms)
1/ you/ mind/ if/ wait/ me/ moment ?
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2/ Who/ man/ waiting outside ?
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3/ There/ be/ some children/ swim/ the river
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4/ you/ visited/ Bach Ma mountain ?
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II. Fill in each blank with one suitable word in the box (2ms)
temples carved single double flag Crystal-clear water starting point 
1/ I spent my time swimming in................... of the Coral sea
2/ Angkor Wat is one of the largest............. in the world
3/ Ancient people ............... figures into rocks
4/ A................. bed is for two people 
III. Choose the right word ( 2ms )
1/ The first pyramids of Egypt ( built, were built, are built ) around 3000 BC
2/ He urged me ( to learn, learning, learn ) French better
3/ I use these pieces of wood to ( do, make, have) the fire
4/ You are always ( talking, talk, talked) in class
5/ Motorbikes ( make, made, making) in China are cheap
6/ Thanks ( to, with, for ) inviting me to the party
7/ Paris is famous for its............( Big Ben Clock, Eiffel Tower, Statue of Liberty )
8/ Do you know how ( make, making, to make ) fire without using the matches ?
IV. Change the sentences into the passive voice (1m )
1/ They have just built a new church near my house
2/ Miss Thanh taught me to draw the Christmas cards
V. Change the sentences into indirect speech (1m) 
1/ The children said, “ We are waiting for the school bus “
2/ Nga said , “ Is Phong Nha Cave in southern Vietnam, Nhi ? “
VI. Supply the correct form of the verbs (1m)
a. May I ( borrow) your bike when you are on vacation 
b. We decide ( buy) a book about the seven wonders of the ancient world
c. When we ( meet ) Tam yesterday , we ( walk ) through the park
 d. Your poem should ( write ) in French
VII. Give the correct form of words (1m)
a. His plays were ........................... on the stages in London ( performance)
b. On Christmas Day, I often send my close friends......................... cards ( greet )
c. There are .............................. in the race ( compete)
d. .......................... , we lost the game. we felt very disappointed ( fortunate)
dCOMMENTS:
Unit 15: COMPUTERS
Division of lessons:
1. Listen & read + Focus 3
2. Speak + Listen
3. Read
4. Write + Focus 4
5. Focus 1, 2
Date: ..
Period:92
Unit 15: COMPUTERS
 Lesson 1: Listen & read + Focus 3
I.Aim: Ss will be able to express their opinions about a problem and get Ss to differentiate facts from opinions through reading
II. Language contents:
1. Vocabulary: 	Printer 	connect 	plug 	manual 	under guarantee 	socket
2. Grammar: Present Perfect tense
III. Techniques: Bingo, T/ F prediction, write it up
IV. Teaching aids: photocopied picture, realia, cassette, chart
V. Procedure:
Teacher and students’ activities
Contents
Ss write the topic on the board
Ask Ss to think of the topic and express their opinions
T collects Ss’ opinions
T presents new words
Ss repeat and say meaning
Teacher sets the scene: “ Mr Nhat are talking about the problem of the computer they’ve just bought. What happens to the computer ?”
T puts the chart on the board and have Ss guess which statements are true and which are false
T writes Ss’ guesses on the board.
Ask Ss to open their books, read the dialogue and listen to the tape
Have Ss work in pairs again to check if their guesses are right or not
Give feedback and corrrect
T explains “ Facts or Opinion”
+ Fact: a thing that is known to be true, especially when it can be proved
+ Opinion: your feelings or thoughts about someone or something, rather than a fact
Ss read the statements and check 
T corrects
T explains
Ask Ss to look at the table on page 146, read the sentences and check
Ss give their answers
T corrects
Aks Ss to use reported speech to rewrite the dialogue 
Ss work in 3 groups
They write their report on a poster and put it on the board for public check.
1. Warm up (5’)
Brainstorm
Computers can help us
- save time
- .............
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Suggestions:
Coputers help us learn interestingly
Computers help us learn more quickly
Computers are convenient/ easy for keeping/ storing information
Computers are very quickly in giving answers to our questions
2. Presentation (10’)
I. Pre_teach vocabulary
Printer (n)
Manual (a)
Connect (v)
Under guarantee (n)
Plug (n)
Socket (n)
* Bingo
II. True/ False prediction
1. The printer isn’t working.
2. Nam has already turned the computer on
3. Nam knows how to connect a printer but he hasn’t connected it properly.
4. The manual helped them to find out the problem.
5. Mr Nhat bought the computer in HCM city and it’s still under guarantee.
6. Mr Nhat thinks the company wouldn’t do anything with his computer because it’s too far from his place.
3. Practice (15’)
Answer key
1. T
2. T
3. F......and he has connected it properly
4. F
5. T
6. F Mr Nhat thinks the company should do something with it
Answer key
a) Fact
b) Opinion
c) Fact
d) Opinion
e) Fact
f) Opinion
4. Production:(10’)
 *** Language focus 3
Present Perfect tense
Use: finished actions ’ indefinite time incompleted actions ’ for, since, recently
Form: have/ has + past participle
Write it up
5. Homework (10’)
- learn new words
- Do exercises in workbook
dCOMMENTS:
Date:..
Period:93
Unit 15: COMPUTERS
 Lesson 2 Speak + Listen
I.Aim: Ss will be able to use some common useful expressions to express agreement and disagreement
II. Language contents:
1. Vocabulary: challenging (a), time_consuming, adjust (v)
knob (n), disagree, agree (v)
2. Grammar: none
III. Techniques: guessing game, brainstorm, Mapped dialogue
IV. Teaching aids: photocopied pictures, charts, cassette
V. Procedure:
Teacher and students’ activities
Contents
Ask Ss each to think of one of the ways computers are helpful and write it on a piece of paper
Call on a student to the front of the class
Get the rest of the class ask him/ her “ Do you think that computers are........?”
Ss can only answer with “Yes or No”
T writes the topic on the board
Useful expressions to express agreement and disagreement
Explain “on the other hand”
Put the table on the board and elicit Ss’ answers then write them in the table 
Put the photocopied pictures on the right of the board and the cues on the left
Get a student to demonstrate the model (a)
Ask Ss to use the adjectives in the box on page 140 to express their opinions
T presents some new words
Ss practice speaking
Ss practice before class
Ss work in pairs
T corrects
T gets Ss to understand how events are sequenced in a flow chart and the meaning of all the shapes used in the chart
T plays the tape 2 or 3 times and asks Ss to listen
Tell Ss to fill the gaps with the information they have heard from the tape
Ss compare answers withtheir partners
Ss write on the board
1. Warm up (5’)
Guessing game
“ Do you think that ..........?”
2. Pre_speaking (10’)
Brainstorm:
Matching
1. Reading comic books 	d
2. Playing in the rain 	a
3. Oriving a car 	b
4. Foreign food 	c
Answer key: 1b 2c 3a 4d 
3. While_speaking(15’)
T: I think driving a car is easy.
P: I disagree. I think it’s difficult to drive a car.
New words
Challenging (a)
Time_consuming
Adjust (v)
Knob (n)
Mapped dialogue
I am having problems with
What’s wrong ?
It doesn’t work. I........
No, you didn’t
Oh, sorry
4. Post(10’)
Listen
 ™ ’ starting/ stopping point
 (circle)
 r ’ questions
(triangle)
’ answers
 (oval)
a. Do you have the correct change ?
b. Yes
c. What do you want to drink ?
d. Take it
5. Homework(5’)
- Do exercises in workbook
- prepare Lesson 3
dCOMMENTS:
Date: ...
Period: 94
Unit 15: COMPUTERS
 Lesson 3 :Read
I. Aim:
 Ss can know more about how computers work in a university
II. Language contents:
1. Vocabulary: 	freshman (n)	bulletion board (n) 	impact (n)
	jack(n)	skeptical (a)
2. Grammar: /
III. Techniques: jumbled words, open prediction
IV. Teaching aids: chart, cardboards
V. Procedures:
Teacher and students’ activities
Contents
Put the cardboards on the board
Ss work in 2 teams 
Elicit words from Ss
Ss repeat and say the meaning
T asks Ss to guess what they’ve going to read
T writes Ss’ guesses on the board
Get Ss to read the text again then choose true or false
T asks Ss to answer questions
Ss write on the board 
T corrects 
1. Warm up(5’)
*** Jumbled words: words relating to a computer
1. terpirn
2. seumo
3. recsnc
4. nimorot
5. bdoaryke
6. moseu dap
Answer key
1. Printer
2. mouse
3. screen
4. monitor
5. key board
6. mouse pad
2. Presentation (10’)
freshman (n)
jack (a)
bulletion board = notice board
skeptical (a)
impact (n)
What and Where
* Open prediction
1. Where in the library do we get/ find information ?
2. How can we store the information ?
3. If we want to discuss something, how can we do ?
3. While_reading (15’)
a) T
b) T
c) T
d) F
e) F
f) T
4. Post (10’)
a) It has no library. All the information normally found in a library is now stored in the university’s computes
b) All the information normally found in a library or messages normally foound on a bulletin board
c) A computer and a telephone
d) With a bulletin board on the Internet, a great number of people can get access to bulletin and exchange informatin quickly
5. Homework (5’)
- Learn words
- Prepare for next period
dCOMMENTS:
Date: .
Period: 95
Unit 15: COMPUTERS
Lesson 4 :Write + Focus 4
I. Aim: 
Ss will be able to write a set of instructions on how to use the printer and complete a flow chart
II. Language contents:
1 Vocabulary: 	paper input tray (n)
	power button (n)
	icon (n)
	output path (n)
	remove (v)
2. Grammar: Present Perfect
III. Techinques: matching, gap fill
IV. Teaching aids: pictures, charts
V. Procedures
Teacher and students’ activities
Contents
Teacher holds class to play Bingo
T uses the picture on page 142 to elicit words from Ss
Ss repeat and say the meaning
Have Ss copy
Ask Ss to look at exercise 1 and do the matching
Get some Ss to give their answers and correct
Ask Ss to look at the pictures on page 143 and read the cues
Have Ss work in pairs to outline the instructions
Call on some Ss to say out the instructions first (1 or 2 Ss for each sentence)
Ask Ss to write the instructions in their notebooks
Give feedback and correct
Ss complete the dialogues 
Ss work in pairs
Have some pairs to demonstrate the dialogues for the class
Pronunciation correction
1. Warm up (5’)
Bingo
Monitor
power
Computer
Tray
Printer
Freshman
Notice board
Bulletin board
Paper
2. Pre_writing (10’)
I. Pre_teach vocabulary
Paper input tray (n)
Power button (n)
Icon (n)
Output path (n)
Remove (v)
Matching
Answer key
a)3 b)1 c)6 d)2 e)4 f)5
3. While_writing (15’)
Answer key
Remove the old paper and load the new paper in the paper input tray
 Wait for the power button to flash
Have the pages appear on the computer screen
Click the printer icon on the screen and wait for a few seconds
The printed paper will come out of the output path in a minute
4. Post (10’)
Focus 4
Answer key
1) Have you seen
 did you see/ saw
2) have not had
3) have been
4) have heard
5) happened
6) had
7) fell 8) broke
9) has arrived
 has / did it arrive / arrived
5. Homework (5’)
- Do exercises in workbook
- Prepare: Language focus 1, 2
dCOMMENTS:
Date: ..
Period: 96
Unit 15: COMPUTERS
Lesson 5: Language focus 1, 2
I.Aim:
 Ss can use “yet” and “already” to express the present perfect
II. Language contents
* Vocabulary: none
* Grammar: Present Perfect
III. Techniques: lucky number, gap_fill dialogue
IV. Teaching aids: chart
V. Procedures:
Teacher and students’ activities
Contents
T divides the class into 2 teams
T sets the scene
T shows the chart (Ba’s diary) on the board
T presents the present perfect with “yet” and “already”
Have Ss copy
Ss complete the dialogue using Yet and already
Call on some pairs to demonstrate the dialogue for the class
Give feedback and correct 
T corrects
Ask Ss to look at the flight information tables and asks questions to show the models
Ask Ss talking in turns to ask and answer the questions
1. Warm up (5’)
Lucky number
1/ What does your father / mother do ?
2/ What did you do last night ?
3/ Lucky number
4/ How often is Hue festival held ?
(It is held every 2 years )
5/ Lucky number
6/ What were you doing at 8 o’clock
last night ?
7/ Guess what your parents are doing at the moment ?
8/ Who often cooks in your family ?
9/ Which grade will you be in next school year ?
10/ Lucky number
2. Pre_teach (10’)
*Language focus 1
_ Do homework √ ’ (already)
_ Tidy the room X ’ (not yet)
_ Turn off the washing machine √ ’ (already)
_ Call and tell aunt Le to have lunch √ ’ (already)
Present perfect with “Yet” and “Already”
Use:
Yet: used in questions and negative statements.
Already: used in positive statements
Position:
Yet: at the end of the sentence
Already: between auxiliary have and past participle
3. Practice (15’)
Answer key
- I have finished it already
- I haven’t cleaned and tidied it yet 
- I have already turned it off
- I’ve already called and told her to have lunch with us
4. Post (10’)
** Focus 2
Questions and answers
T: Has the flight to Vientiane departed yet ?
S: Yes, it has already departed
T: Has the flight from Los Angeles arrived yet ?
S: No, it hasn’t arrived yet 
5. Homework (5’)
- Do exercises in workbooks
- Prepare: Correction 4 
- Write questions & answers
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