Giáo án Tiếng Anh 8 - Units 4: Our past - Do Thi Cuc - THCS Thanh Mai

eedy wife.
POST LISTENING
(12 minutes)
Q: What tense do we use to tell the story? (Past simple tense)
 - Teacher asks students to further practise the past simple tense. (pair work)
- Besides the adverbs of time we use the prepositions of time to say when the actions happened. E.g: on, at , in.
- Students match the prepositions with the noun phrase.
- Students do the exercise in pair, then teacher corrects it.
IV. Language focus
1. Language focus 2. P.44
a) Lan: Did you eat rice for lunch?
 Nga: No. I ate noodles.
b) Ba: How did you get to school?
 Nam: I went/ got to school by bike. (on foot)
c) Minh: Where were you yesterday?
 Hoa: I was at home.
d) Chi: Which subject did you have yesterday?
 Ba: I had Math, Literature, Art and physical education.
 2. Language focus 3.
Matching:
in
on
at
between
before / after
 3 pm
 7 am and 8 am
 6 am
 Monday, July 2
 November 1995
* Key:
a) on d) at ... after
b) in
c) between e) before 
3. Summary: (1 minute)
- Repeat the lesson
4. Homework: (1 minute)
- Learn by heart all the new words.
- Do exercises: 1, 2, 3. P.27, 28 (WB)
- Prepare: part “Read”- P41.
Planning date: 10 - 10 - 2014
Period 24: UNIT 4: OUR PAST
 Lesson 4: READ. P.41
I. Aims: 
- To help students read the story “The Lost Shoe” for details.
- To develop students’ reading skills.
II. Objectives: - By the end of the lesson, students will be able to understand and retell the story “The Lost Shoe”.
III. Ways of working: - T - WC, pair work, individual work.
IV. Materials: - Textbook, extra board.
V. Anticipated problems: Retell the story may be difficult for some students .
VI. Teaching steps:
1,Warm uyp:(5 minutes) * Teacher greets and checks the students’ attendance.
 * Revision: * Brainstorming: 
 Name some folktales that you have read or heard.
The folktales
The Frog Prince
Seven-mile shoes
One hundred-section bamboo
Tam cam
Snow White and Seven Dwarfs
(Cây tre trăm đốt, Tấm Cám, Hoàng Tử Cóc, Đôi hia bảy dặm, Bạch Tuyết và Bảy Chú Lùn)
2. New lesson: 
STAGES
T & SS’ACTIVITIES
THE CONTENT ON BOARD
PRE READING
(12 minutes)
* Preteach vocabulary:
- Teacher uses techniques to teach students new words.
- Checking understanding:
Slap the board
* True-False prediction:
- Students predict which sentence is true and which one is false.
I. New words:
- (to) be cruel to: độc ác với
- upset (adj): buồn rầu
- (to) die of: chết vì
- festival: lễ hội
- a fairy: nàng tiên
- (to) fall in love with: phải lòng
- magically (adv): cách thần bí, kỳ diệu
- rag(n): quần áo rách
- immediately (adv): ngay lập tức
II. True - False prediction:
1. Little Pea’s father is a poor farmer.
2. Her father got married again after his wife died.
3. Her new mother was beautiful and nice to Little Pea.
4. Little Pea worked hard all day.
5. She didn’t have new clothes to take part in the festival.
WHILE READING
(20 minutes)
* Read:
- Students read the text for the first time and check their predictions.
- Students read the text again and answer the comprehension questions on page 42. (pair work)
(Let SS play a game “Lucky numbers” to answer the questions)
- Students read the text for the third time and do the exercise 1 on page 42.
III. Read. P. 41
1. Checking T-F prediction:
* Answer key:
1. T 2. T 3. F 4. T 5. F
* Correct:
3. Her new mother was cruel to her.
5. A fairy gave her beautiful clothes. 
2. Answer the comprehension questions:
* Key:
a. She was a poor farmer’s daughter.
b. She made Little Pea do the chores all day.
c. Before the festival started, a fairy appeared and magically changed her rags into beautiful clothes.
d. The prince decided to marry the girl who fitted the lost shoe / who owned it.
e. (Students’ answers.)
3. Gap fill. P.42:
*Key:
a) a farmer
b) died
c) used .... again
d) marry / choose
e) new clothes
f) lost
POST READING
(6 minutes)
* Retell the story:
- Students use their own words to retell the story.
E.g:
Little Pea’s father was a poor farmer. Unfortunately, Little Pea’s mother died when she was very young and her father got married again. The new wife was very cruel to her and made her work all day. One day, the Prince wanted to choose a wife from her village. Her new mother didn’t make new clothes for her, but the fairy did. She came to the festival and lost a shoe. The Prince found her shoe and decided to marry her.
IV. Retell the story:
3. Summary: (1 minute) 
- Repeat the lesson
4. Homework: (1 minute)
- Learn by heart all the new words and rewrite the story again.
- Prepare: Write
Planning date: 10 - 10 -2014
Period 25: UNIT 4: OUR PAST
 Lesson 5: WRITE. P.42 - 43
I. Aims: 
- To help students write a short imaginary story.
- To develop students’ writing skills.
II. Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to use the simple past tense to write a folktale.
III. Ways of working: T-WC, team work, group work, pair work.
IV. Materials: Textbook, cards.
V. Anticipated problems: -The lesson may take time.
 - Writing may be difficult for some Ss
VI. Teaching steps:
1.Warm up: (5 minutes) * Teacher greets and checks the students’ attendance.
 * Revision: 
 ?1: Read the text ‘The lost shoe” then answer some questions.
 ?2: Retell the story ‘The lost shoe”?
2. New lesson: 
STAGES
T & SS’ACTIVITIES
THE CONTENT ON BOARD
PRE WRITING
(15 minutes)
* Pre-teach vocabulary:
- Teacher uses techniques to teach students new words.
- Checking understanding:
Matching
* Reading:
- Students read and complete the story
- Students read the story again and do the matching.
I. New words:
- a servant: nô lệ
- a master: ông chủ
- wisdom: trí khôn
- (to) tie: trói, buộc
- (to) escape: trốn thoát
- (to) graze: gặm cỏ
- a stripe: kẻ sọc
II. Read. P.43
1. Complete the story
* Answer key:
(1) appeared / came (6) tied
(2) was (7) lit
(3) said (8) burned
(4) left (9) escaped
(5) went
2. Matching:
L6. a rope
L7. straw
L8. fire
L10. burn
sự cháy
lửa
rơm, rạ
sợi dây
WHILE WRITING
(15 minutes)
* Write:
- Students work in group, imagine they are the man, the tiger and the buffalo and write the story on posters.
Group 1 is the man:use the word cues to write the story.
Group 2 is the tiger:
Group 3 is the buffalo:
(For clas8A,8C play group 1)
III. Write:
E.g: One day as I was in the field and.
* Suggested writing:
One day, as I was in the field and my buffalo was grazing nearby, a tiger came. It asked why the strong buffalo was my servant and why I was its master. I told the tiger that I had something called wisdom. The tiger wanted to see it, but I told it I left the wisdom at home (that day). Then I tied the tiger to a tree with a rope because I didn’t want it to eat my buffalo. I went to get some straw that I said was my wisdom and I burned the tiger. The tiger escaped, but today it is till has black stripes from the burns.
POST WRITING
(8 minutes)
* Correction:
- Students put their posters on the wall and go round to read and correct other groups’ writing.
- Teacher corrects students’ writing.
3. Summary: (1 minute)
- Repeat the lesson.
 4. Homework: (1 minute)
- Learn by heart all the new words.
- Imagine you are the man, the buffalo, the tiger in the story. Rewrite the story.
- Prepare: Unit 5.
Planning date: 15 - 10 - 2014
Period 26: UNIT 5: STUDY HABITS
Lesson 1: GETTING STARTED + LISTEN AND READ. P. 46
I. Aims: 
- To help students read the dialogue for details.
- To introduce the structures with commands, requests and advice in reported speech.
- To develop students’ skills.
II. Objectives: - By the end of the lesson, students will be able to understand the dialogue between Tim and his Mom about his study and practice the structures with commands, requests and advice in reported speech .
III. Ways of working: T-WC, pair work, individual work.
IV. Materials: Textbook, picture in the textbook, cassette, computer.
V. Anticipated problems: The lesson may take time.
VI. Teaching steps:
1.Warm up: (5 minutes) * Teacher greets and checks the students’ attendance.
 *Revision:Net work:
 Math
 Chemistry Physics
 EnglishSubjects at
 school
 History
 Literature
 Geography
*Ask Ss some questions:
 1. What subject are you good at?
 bad at?
2. What subject do you like best? Why?
3. How often do you have Math?
 Literature?
 English?
- T. introduces new lesson
2. New lesson: 
STAGES
T & SS’ACTIVITIES
THE CONTENT ON BOARD
PRESEN
TATION
( 12 minutes)
PRAC-
TICE
(20 minutes)
* Preteach:
- Teacher uses techniques to teach students new words.
- Checking understanding:
Matching
* True - False prediction:
- Students read the statements and decide which sentence is true and which one is false.
* Listen and read:
- Students listen to the tape and then practise the dialogue in pair.
- Students check the true - false predictions then corect the false sentences
- Students read the dialogue again and answer the comprehension questions.
I. New words:
- a report card: phiếu học tập.
- excellent(adj): xuất sắc
- (to) be proud of: tự hào về, hãnh diện về
- a semester: học kì
- (to) try one’s best: cố gắng hết sức mình
- (to) improve: cải thiện, trau dồi
- pronunciation (n): sự/cách phát âm
II. True - False prediction:
1. Tim was out when his mother called him.
2. Tim’s mother met his teacher at school.
3. Tim’s report is poor.
4. Tim’s mother wants him to improve one thing.
5. Tim needs to improve his Spanish grammar.
6. Tim promised to try his best in learning 
Spanish.
III. Listen and read: 
1. Checking True - False predictions:
1.F; 2.T; 3.F; 4.T; 5.F; 6.T 
* Correction:
1. Tim was in the living-room when his mother called him.
3. Tim’s report is excellent.
5. Tim needs to improve his Spanish pronunciation.
2. Answer the comprehension questions:
* Answer key:
a) Miss Jackson is Tim’s teacher
b) Miss Jackson gave Tim’s mother his report card. 
c) Tim studied very well this semester.
(Tim worked very hard this semester)
d) Miss Jackson said Tim should work harder on his Spanish pronunciation.
e) She gave him a dictionary / Miss Jackson’s dictionary.
3. Model sentences:
Eg1:Miss Jackson said:
- “ Can you give Tim this dictionary?”
or:“Please give Tim this dictionary”
Tim’smother reported it to him:
a. Miss Jackson said you should work harder on your Spanish pronunciation.
b. She asked me to give you this dictionary.
PRODU-CTION 
(6 minutes)
- Teacher elicits the model sentences:
- Concept checking:
+ What do these sentences mean in Vietnamese?
+ When do we use this structures?
+ What kind of sentences are they?
- T. explains the structures
* Practice:
- Teacher asks students to practise, using the reported speech, beginning with 
Miss Jackson asked me to Miss Jackson said 
- Miss Jackson asked me to give you this dictionary.
- Miss Jackson told me to give you this dictionary.
-> Commands and requests in reported speech: 
Form: S + asked/ told + Obj + (not)to V
Eg2: Miss Jackson said:
“ Tim should work harder on his Spanish pronunciation”
Tim’smother reported it to him:
Miss Jackson said you should work harder on your Spanish pronunciation.
-> Advice in reported speech
Form: S1 + said (that)+ S2 + should + V
4. Practice:
1.Spend more time on English pronunciation
2. You should practise reading English
3. You should speak English every day.
4. Can you help weak students?
5. Don’t stay up too late.
 Key:
1.Miss Jackson asked me to spend more time on English pronunciation.
2.Miss Jackson said we/I should practise reading English.
3. Miss Jackson said we/I should speak English every day.
4. Miss Jackson asked me to help weak students.
5. Miss Jackson told me not to stay up too late.
3. Summary: (1 minute)
- Repeat the lesson.
4. Homework: (1 minute)
- Learn by heart all the new word, structures and read the dilogue again.
- Do exercise: 7. P.36 (WB)
- Prepare: Speak + listen. P.47 - 48.
Planning date: 16 - 10 - 2014
Period 27: UNIT 5: STUDY HABITS
Lesson 2: SPEAK + LISTEN. P. 47-48
I. Aims: - To help students practice speaking and listening skills.
II. Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to talk about their study habits and to listen for specific information to fill in a report card.
III. Ways of working: T - WC, pair work, individual work.
IV. Mateials: Text book, tape.
V. Aniticipated problems: - Listening may be difficult for some students .
 - The lesson may take time.
VI. Teaching steps:
1.Warm up: (5 minutes) 
* Teacher greets and check the students’ attendance.
* Network: - Students go to the board and write the subjects in English.
Subjects
Math
English
- Teacher asks students some questions:
+ What subject do you like best?
+ How many hours do you spend on this subject?
+ What do you do to learn well?
2. New lesson:
STAGES
T & SS’ACTIVITIES
THE CONTENT ON BOARD
PRE LISTENING
(12 minutes)
* Preteach:
- Teacher uses techniques to teach students new words.
- Checking understanding: 
Matching
* Set the scene:
- You are going to listen to the conversation between Miss Blake and Mrs. Chen (Sarah Chen’s mother). Miss Blake is telling to Mrs. Chen about Sarah’s report card.
- Teacher presents the way to grade students in England.
* Open prediction:
- Students predict which grade Sarah gets for her listening, speaking, reading and writing skills.
I. New words:
- behaviour (n) cách cư xử
- a participant: người tham dự
- satisfactory (n) sự hài lòng
(# unsatisfactory): 
- cooperation (n): sự hợp tác
- (to) miss: lỡ, nhỡ
- attendance (n): sự tham dự, sự có mặt
- fair (adj): khá
- a comment: lời nhận xét
A = Excellent F = Fail:yếu
B = Good S = Satisfactory
C = Fair : khá U = unsatisfactory
D = Poor: kém
II. Prediction:
Listening:
Speaking:
Reading:
Writing:
WHILE LISTENING
(10 minutes)
* Listen:
- Students and check their predictions
- Students listen again and complete the blanks.
* Tapescript: (at the en of the page)
III. Listen. P.48:
1. Checking prediction:
Listening: C
Speaking: A
Reading: A
Writing: B
2. Complete the report card:
Days present: 87 days present
Days absent: 5 days absent.
Behaviour - Participation: S
POST LISTENING
(16 minutes)
*Speaking
- Students go round and ask their friends about their study habits, using the cues in the boxes.
IV. Speaking:
E.g:
S1: When do you usually do your homework, Tuan?
S2: I usually do my homework after dinner.
- Students report their survey.
( If having enough time)
E.g: - Tuan said that he usually did his homework after dinner.
- Ba said his brother helped him to do his homework.
3. Summary: (1 minute)
- Repeat the lesson.
4. Home work: (1 minute)
- Learn by heart all the new words.
- Do exercises: 3. P.33 (WB)
- Prepare: Read. P.49
* Tapescript:
Miss Blake	: Good evening, Mrs Chen.
Mrs Chen	: Good evening.
Miss Blake	: I’m pleased to tell you that Sarah has worked very hard this year and her 
	 grades are very good. 
Mrs Chen	: I’m so pleased to hear that.
Miss Blake	: She missed five days of school due to sickness but an attendance of 87 days for the whole term is acceptable. Both her participation and her cooperation are satisfactory. So, there’re no problems there.
Mrs Chen	: How is she doing in English?
Miss Blake	: Her speaking and reading are excellent and her writing is good. If she works harder on her writing skills, she should get an A for her next term.
Mrs Chen	: How about listening comprehension?
Miss Blake	: I’m afraid she is not very good at that. I gave her a C.
Mrs Chen	: How can I help her improve?
Miss Blake	: Get her to watch English TV if possible, and encourage her to listen to English radio programs. Also I have some cassettes her which you can borrow.
Mrs Chen	: Thank you very much, Miss Blake. We really appreciate your help. 
Planning date: 17 - 10 - 2014
Period 28: UNIT 5: STUDY HABITS
Lesson 3: READ
I. Aims: 
- To help students to read the text for details.
- To develop students’ reading skill.
II. Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to understand the text and know some ways to learn vocabulary well.
III. Ways of working: T-WC, group work, pair work, individual work.
IV. Materials: Textbook.
V. Anticipated problems: Students may be noisy during the post task.
VI. Teaching steps:
1.Warm up: (5minutes) * Teacher greets and checks the students’ attendance.
 * Revision: Teacher asks students some questions:
 1. Do you like learning English?
 2. How many new words do you try to learn a day?
 3. How do you learn new words?
2. New lesson:
STAGES
ACTIVITIES
THE CONTENT ON BOARD
PRE READING
(13 minutes)
* Preteach vocabulary:
- Teacher uses techniques to teach students new words.
- Checking understanding:
Matching
* Set the scene:
You are going to read the text about the ways to learn new words.
* True - False prediction:
- Students predict which sentence is true and which one is false.
I. New words:
- mother tongue: tiếng mẹ đẻ
- (to) underline: gạch chân
- (to) highlight: làm nổi bật
- (to) come across: tình cờ gặp 
- (to) stick: dán, cắm, cài để
II. True - False prediction:
1. All language learners write the meaning of new words in their mother tongue.
2. Some learners write examples of words they want to learn.
3. Every learner tries to learn all new words the come across.
4. Many learners only learn new words that they are important.
WHILE READING
(15 minutes)
*Read. P.49
- Students read the text for the first time and check their predictions and correct the false sentences.
III. Read. P.49
1. Checking T-F predictions:
* Answer key:
1. F 2. T 3. F 4. T
*Correction:
1. Some language learners write the meaning of new words in their mother tongue.
3. Every learner doesn’t try to learn all new words they come across.
POST READING
(10 minutes)
* Survey:
- Students go round and interview their friends and tick the ways they have used to learn new words.
E.g:
S1: Do you learn new words by heart, Tuan?
S2: Yes, I do.
IV. Survey:
Ways of learning new words
Name
1. Make a list of words, their meanings and learn them by heart.
2. Write sample sentences with new words.
3. Stick new words somewhere in the house.
4. Underline and highlight the words.
5. Read stories in English.
6. Learn words through songs.
Tuan, Ha
3. Summary: (1 minute)
- Repeat the lesson.
4 Homework: (1 minute)
- Learn new words by heart.
- Write the ways of learning words that you think are the best for you.
- Prepare: Part 2( Answer the questions-P50)
Planning date: 21 - 10 - 2014
Period 29: UNIT 5: STUDY HABITS
Lesson 4: READ( cont)
I. Aims: 
- To help students to read the text for details.
- To develop students’ reading skill.
II. Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to understand the text and know some ways to learn vocabulary well.
III. Ways of working: T-WC, group work, pair work, individual work.
IV. Materials: Textbook.
V. Anticipated problems: Students may be noisy during the post task.
VI. Teaching steps:
1.Warm up: (5 minutes) * Teacher greets and checks the students’ attendance.
 * Revision:Network
 underline
How to learn new words
 or highlight the words
 stick it somewhere
Teacher asks students some questions:
 1. Do you like learning English?
 2. How many new words do you try to learn a day?
 3. How should you learn new words?
2. New lesson:
STAGES
T & SS’ACTIVITIES
THE CONTENT ON BOARD
WHILE
READING
(20 minutes)
*Read. P.49
- Students read the text again and answer the comprehension questions on page 50. (pair work) 
( T. can hold the game “Lucky number” to answer the questions)
III. Read. P.49
2. Answer the comprehension questions:
* Answer key:
a) No. Learners learn new words in different ways.
b) Such sentences help them remember the use of new words.
c) To remember words better, learners write examples, put the words and their meaning on stickers, underline or highlight them.
d) Because they want to learn only important words.
e) Revision is necessary in learning words.
f) Learners should try different ways of learning word to find out what is the best.
POST READING
(17minutes)
* Survey:
- Students go round and interview their friends and tick the ways they have used to learn new words.
E.g:
S1: Do you learn new words by heart, Tuan?
S2: Yes, I do.
Give feedback:Students report their survey: E.g: Tuan learns new words by making a list of words and learn them by heart.
IV. Survey:
Ways of learning new words
Name
1. Make a list of words, their meanings and learn them by heart.
2. Write sample sentences with new words.
3. Stick new words somewhere in the house.
4. Underline and highlight the words.
5. Read stories in English.
6. Learn words through songs.
Tuan, Ha
3. Summary: (2 minutes)
- Repeat the lesson.
4 Homework: (1 minute)
- Learn new words by heart.
- Write the ways of learning words that you think are the best for you.
- Prepare: Write- P50,51.
Planning date: 22 - 10 - 2014
Period 30: UNIT 5: STUDY HABITS
Lesson 5: WRITE
I. Aims: 
- To help students write a letter to their friends.
- To develop students’ writing.
II. Objectives: - By the end of the lesson, students will be able to know the format of a friendly letter and practise writing a letter to a friend.
III. Ways of working: T-WC, pair work, individual work.
IV. Materials: Textbook, poster
V. Anticipated problems: Some weak students may have difficulty in completing the letter in part two.
VI. Teaching steps:
1. Warm up: (5minutes) 
* Teacher greets and checks the students’ attendance.
* Revision: Read the text on P49 then answer some questions.
* Teacher asks students some questions to elicit new lesson:
 1. Have you ever written to someone?
 2. Who do you usually write to?
 3. What do you often write about?
2. New lesson: 
STAGES
T & SS’ACTIVITIES
THE CONTENT ON