Giáo án Tiếng Anh 8 - Units 15: Computers - Nguyen Chien Thang

Period: 92nd 
Date: 15/03/2008
Unit: 15
Lesson: 2
COMPUTERS
SPEAK 
OBJECTIVES
Knowledge: By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to use some common useful expressions to express agreement and disagreement. Then Practice them well and introduce some new words such as: plug in, adjust the knob....
Skills: Speaking, giving opinions and respond.
B. PROCEDURE
1. Greeting & checking absence
- Greeting in English.
- Checking attendance
 2. New lesson:
WARM-UP	Networks Game
Computers
Time: 7 mins
-Play the Networks game in 2 groups.
PRE-SPEAKING
- T leads Ss to the lessons: In daily life, we always have to give and respond to opinions. We will learn further about this topic in today’s lesson.
*Structure:
Opinions
Agreement
Degree of agreement
Disagreement
I like......
So do I
I don’t like...
I agree
I agree, but...
I disagree.
I think...
You’re right
Yes, but on the other hand
I can’t agree with you more.
I feel...
Neither do I
I don’t believe
- T asks Ss to work in pairs and name the pictures in the book 
a. Learning to drive car.	b. Reading comic books.
c. Walking/ playing in the rain.	d. Eating foreign food.
- Now you work in group of 3, use the pictures and adjective in the box to express and respond to opinions about the activities you have mentioned above. The example in the book may help you.
Time: 12 mins
- Listen to the teacher and look at the book.
- Look at the structure and copy to the notebook
- Name the pictures in the book.
- work in group of 3
WHILE-SPEAKING
* Oral Drill 
- Get a student to demonstrate on the model (a) 
Teacher: I think driving a car is easy 
Student: I disagree. I think it is difficult to drive a car 
Student: So do I 
- Ask Ss to use the adjectives in the box to express their opinions after going through the meaning of some new words. 
1. entertaining (a) : thú vị, mang tính giải trí 
2. time - consuming (a) : tốn thời gian, mất nhiều thời gian
3. challenging (a) : đầy thách thức.
4. unhealthy (a) : không khỏe mạnh, không lành mạnh.
 * Suggestions : 
a . Driving a car
Learning to drive a car
- easy once we get used to it .
- Challenging difficult to get used to driving in traffic.
- Dangerous
b. Comic books
Reading comic books.
- boring
- interesting / fun
- time – consuming
c. Eating Foreign food
hamburgers , pizza , French fries
- delicious
- fun to eat
- unhealthy
d. Playing in the rain
- fun
- interesting
- entertaining
Time: 15 mins
- Look at the model
- Listen and answer teacher’s questions then take notes.
- look at the suggestions.
POST-SPEAKING
- T asks Ss to read the dialogue the base on that dialogue and information in the table, make similar dialogue s about the common computer’s problem.
- Calls some pairs to read aloud their conversation. 
Item
Problem
Solution
Printer
Won’t print
Turn it on
Monitor
Screen is too dark
Adjust the knob
Mouse
Doesn’t work
Check the plug
- Asks Ss to do as the model in the book and check & correct their mistake.
Time: 10 mins
- read the dialogue and do the exercise.
- make the conversation.
CONSOLIDATION:
Teacher consolidates the new words and structures.
HOMEWORK
Learn by heart the new words and phrase.
Do the exercise in the exercise book.
Prepare next lesson LISTEN and READ.