Giáo án Tiếng Anh 8 - Units 5: Study habits

Week: 9	Date of preparing: 1/10/09
Period: 27	Date of teaching:
Class: 8
Unit 5: Study habits
Lesson 1: 	- GETTINGS STARTED.
- LISTEN AND READ.
	Lesson 2: 	- SPEAK + LISTEN.
	Lesson 3:	- READ.
	Lesson 4:	- WRITE.
	Lesson 5:	- LANGUAGE FOCUS.
I. OBJECTIVE:
- By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to give instructions and advice, express obligation.
- Speak: Ss will be able to talk about their study habits . 
- Listen: Ss will be able to listen for specific information to fill in a report card . 
- Read: Ss will be able to understand the text and get specific information .
- Write: Ss will be able to know the format of a friendly letter and practice writing a letter to a friend .
- Language focus: Ss will be able to use adverbs of manner and modal Should as an advice , reported speech with commands , requests and advice .
- Developing listening, speaking, reading and writing skills.
II. Method and teaching aids:
1. Method: Communicative Approach.
2. Teaching aids: text book, pictures, tape, extra board, .
III. New lesson:
1. Greetings.
2. Checking attendance.
3. Checking up.
4. The new lesson.
Teacher’s activities
Students’ activities
Unit 5: Study habits
Period: 29	Lesson 1: 	- GETTINGS STARTED.
	- LISTEN AND READ.
* Warm up: 
GETTINGS STARTED.
- Lets Ss go to the bb and write the names of subjects that they learn at school.
	Math	English
Subjects
 History
- Calls on two representations to write on the bb.
- Lets Ss practice in pairs:
A: How often do you have Math?
B: We have Math five times a week.
A: When do you have English?
B: We have English on Monday and Thursday.
A: Which subjects do you like best?
B: I like English, Math and Geography.
LISTEN AND READ.
* Pre-reading:
- Asks Ss to look at the pictures and asks:
+ Who is this? => This is Tim’s mother.
+ Who is this? => This is Tim.
+ What are they talking about? => They are talking about Tim’s studying.
- Asks them to listen to the tape two times.
- Presents the new words.
New words:
Report card (n): học bạ, phiếu học tập, ..
Excellent (adj): loại xuất sắc
Tobe proud of : tự hào về ..
Semester (n): học kỳ
To improve: nâng cao, cải thiện, ..
Pronunciation (n): ngữ âm
Spanish (n): tiếng Tây Ban Nha.
To believe: tin tưởng
- Lets Ss listen and repeat the new words many times.
- Calls on some Ss read aloud.
- Asks Ss to listen and repeat the dialogue.
* While-reading:
- Asks Ss to practice the dialogue with partner in 3 minutes.
Task 1: Practice the dialogue with partner.
- Calls on some Ss to practice before class.
- Corrects their pronunciation.
- Asks Ss to read the dialogue again and do the task 2 in pairs.
Task 2: True or False? Check (ü) the boxes.
- Lest Ss work in 5 minutes.	T	F
Tim was out when his mother called him 	o	o
Tim’s mother met his teacher at school.	o	o
Tim’s report is poor.	o	o
Tim’s mother wants him to improve one thing.	o	o
Tim needs to improve his Spanish grammar.	o	o
Tim promised to try his best in learning Spanish.	o	o
- Calls on some Ss to write the answers on the bb.
Answers:
a). F	b). T	c). F	d). T	e). F 	
f). T
- Gives feed back.
Task 3: Answer the questions.
- Asks Ss to answer the questions on page 47.
- Lets them work in groups.
- Calls on some Ss to write the answers on the bb.
Answers:
a. She is Tim’s teacher. 
b. She gave Tim’s mother his report card. 
c. He worked really hard. 
d. She said Tim should work harder on his Spanish pronunciation.
e. She gave him a dictionary. 
- Checks and gives feed back.
* Post-reading:
- Asks Ss to work in groups by standing to ask each other the question “ What subject do you need to improve ? “ and they have to write the names and the subjects that their friends answer : 
Name
What subject
Lan 
.
History 
..
- Asks Ss who need to improve the same subjects work in group and discuss how to improve. 
- Write the subjects on the bb.
- Work with a partner.
- Practice before class.
- Look at the picture.
- Answer T’s questions.
- Listen to the tape.
- Repeat in choral.
- Read aloud.
- Listen and repeat the dialogue.
- Practice in pairs.
- Practice before class.
- Listen and note.
- Read the sentences and work in pairs to choose T/F sentences.
- Write the answers on the bb.
- Read the questions.
- Work in groups.
- Write the answers on the bb.
- Listen and note.
- Work with a partner.
- Practice before class.
	Duyệt của TT
Week: 10	 Date of preparing: 1/10/09
Period: 28, 29, 30	Date of teaching:
Class: 8
Unit 5: (cont)
Period: 28	Lesson 2: SPEAK + LISTEN
A. SPEAK.
* Pre-speaking:
- Asks Ss a question:
How do you do to improve your English?
Possible answers : 
- Speak English to friends in class 
- Watch English TV 
- Do grammar exercises
- Read English stories 
- Read English newspapers / magazines 
- Listen to the English radio program 
- Talks to Ss the topic of the new lesson.
- Asks Ss to read the questions in the box on page 48.
- Lets Ss work with a partner in 5 minutes.
* While-speaking:
- Asks Ss to work in pairs.
Questions:
When do you do your homework?
Who helps you with your homeworks?
How much time do you spend on these subjects: Math, Vietnamese , History, English, etc.?
Which subjects do you need to improve?
What do you do to improve your English?
- Calls on some Ss to report the answers.
* Model : 
 Lan said she did her homework after dinner
 He / she said 
- Calls on some pairs to read the model 
- Asks Ss to work in pairs . 
- Calls on some pairs to practice in front of class. 
- Corrects mistakes if any . 
* Post - speaking : 
- Asks Ss to write with information above . 
Eg : Lan ,s elder brother helps him with his homework . 
- Calls on some Ss to read their writings.
B. LISTEN.
* Pre-listening:
- Asks Ss some question about themselves.
+ Do you ever read your report card.
+ How is your result?
+ Which subjects do you need to improve?
- Talks to Ss the topic of the listening.
- Presents new words.
- behavior (n) = cach ứng xử
- A participant (n) = người tham gia 
- Satisfactory >< không thoải mái
- cooperation (n) = hợp tác
- attendance (n) = có mặt
- to appreciate = đánh giá cao
Prediction : 
- Asks Ss to look at Nga,s report and predict the missing information and then compare with their partners . 
a. Day present (1)
b. Day absent (2) 
c. Behavior – participant (3)
d. Listening (4)
e. Speaking (5)
f. Reading (6) 
g. Writing (7)
- Calls on some Ss to read their predictions and write them on the board . 
* While - listening :
1. Listen :
- Gets Ss to listen to the tape and check their prediction . 
- Calls on Ss to read their results and give feedback .
1. 87 days present 
2. 5 days absent 
3. participation : Spanish pronunciation 
4. Listening : Comprehension 
5. Speaking : A 
6 . Reading : A 7 . Writing : B 
Comprehension questions : 
- Asks Ss to answer some questions about Nga,s report card . 
1. Who are Nga,s parents ?
2. What is Nga,s teacher,s name ? 
3. What subject was reported ? For what term ? 
4. What are the comments ? 
5. What does S stand for ? What about F UA B CD ?
- Asks Ss to listen to the tape again and work in pairs to answer the questions . 
- Calls on some pairs to practice in front of class . 
- Gives feedback . 
* Post - listening : Survey
Questions
You
Your partner
1. When do you do your homework ? 
2. Who helps you with your homework ? 
3. How much time do you spend on Maths / English / History / Literature ?
4. Which subject do you need to improve ? 
5. What do you do to improve your English?
- Asks Ss to work in pairs , asking their partners questions and taking notes of the answers . 
- Asks Ss to work in groups of 4 0r 5 to report what they have known about their partners, study . 
- Corrects mistakes if any . 
Unit 5: (cont)
Period: 29	Lesson 3: READ.
* Pre-reading:
- Asks Ss some questions:
1. Do you like English ? 
2. How many new words do you try to learn a day ? 
3. What do you do when you read a new words ? 
4. How do you learn / remember new words ? 
- Calls on Ss to practice asking and answering the questions above . 
- Corrects and lead in the new lesson . 
- Introduces the topic of the reading passage and some new words . 
1. Pre- teach vocabulary : 
- Mother tongue ( example )
- to underline ( example )
- to highlight ( example )
- to come across ( synonym )
- to stick ( mime )
2 . Brainstorming 
- Ask Ss to work in pairs to make a list of the ways how a language learner can learn new words . 
Ways language learners learn new words
* Possible answers : 
+ Learn by heart 
+ Translate it into mother tongue 
+ Write each word on one piece of paper and put it into the pocket to learn whenever
+ Learn through example sentences 
+ Write it on small piece of paper and stick everywhere in the house .
* While - reading : 
1. True / False statements 
- Asks Ss to read the statements , then read the text and decide which is true and which is false . 
( Page 50 )
- Calls on Ss to read their answers and give feedback 
a. F b. T c . F d . T
- Calls on 2 or 3 Ss to read the passage aloud . 
2. Comprehension questions 
- Lets Ss work in pairs to answer the questions 
- Calls on some Pairs to practice asking and answering the questions 
- Gives feedback 
a. No . They learn words in different ways .
b. Because they help them to remember the use of new words .
c. They write examples , put the words and their meanings on stickers , underline or highlight them . 
d. They may think they can not do so . Instead , they learn only important words . 
e. Revision is necessary in learning words . 
f. Learners should try different ways of learning words t find out what is the best .
* Post - reading : 
Survey 
- Asks Ss to work in groups to interview one another and tick the ways they have used to learn new words 
Ways of learning words 
Lan 
Hoa 
...
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 or highlight the words .
5. Read stories in English . 
6. Learn words through songs . 
- Calls on Ss to report about their groups . 
Ex : Lan learns words by making a list of words .
Unit 5: (cont)
Period: 30	Lesson 4: WRITE.
* Pre - writing : 
- Introduces the topic of the writing and some new words to Ss .
1. Pre – teach vocabulary :
- Lunar New Year Festival ( explanation )
- Enjoyable (adj ) = vui thu , thich thu 
- to celebrate = ki niem 
-> celebration (n) 
2. Ordering 
- Asks Ss to put the parts of the letter in the correct order .
a. Opening d. Body of the letter 
b. Closing e. Signature 
c. The date f . Writer,s address .
- Give feedback 1-f 2-c 3-a 4-d 5-b 6-e
- Asks Ss to read the letter to check their order .
3. Labeling 
- Asks Ss to label each section with the correct letter . 
4 . Comprehension questions 
- Lets Ss work in pairs and answer some questions 
a. Who wrote the letter ? To whom ?
b. What are there in the heading ? 
c. What is the main part of the letter ? 
d. What did Hoa receive a few days ago ? 
e. What subject is Hoa good at ? 
f. Where is she going to celebrate the Lunar New Year Festival ? 
- Call on some pairs to practice asking and answering in front of class . 
* While - writing : 
- Asks Ss to imagine that they are Lan and write a letter to her pen pal Donna in San Francisco , using the given information .
- Calls on some Ss to demonstrate their writings in front of class . 
* Suggested letter : 
15 Quang Trung street 
Hanoi , July 12 th , 2005 
Dear Donna 
Thanks for your letter . I am glad to hear you had an interesting Mother,s Day .
We have received our second semester report last month . I got good grades for Geography , Physics and Math but my English and History results were poor . My teacher advises me to improve English and History . I think I have to study harder next school year . 
In a few weeks , we are going to celebrate the mid Autumn festival . That is an Autumn moon festival in Vietnam . This afternoon , I am going to Ha Long Bay with my aunt and uncle by bus and I am going to stay ther with them until the festival comes . I will send you a postcard from there . 
Write soon and tell me all your news . 
Best 
Lan , 
* Post - writing : Correction 
- Calls on Ss to read aloud their letters and correct the mistakes . 
- Listen and answer T’s questions.
- Discuss in groups.
- Listen and note.
- Read the questions in the box.
- Work in pairs.
- Practice before class.
- Report the answers.
- Practice before class.
- Write. 
- Listen and answer.
- Listen and repeat in choral.
- Read aloud.
- Look at Nga’s report and guess.
- Read the prediction.
- Listen to the tape.
- Complete the report on the bb.
- Answer the questions.
- Listen again and answer.
- Interview their friends.
- Read the results before class.
- Listen and answer.
- Practice in pairs.
- Listen and note.
- Listen and repeat in choral.
- Work in pairs to make the list.
- Read aloud.
- Report and copy the answers . 
- Work individually 
- Read the text aloud . 
- Practice asking and answering the questions in pairs . 
- Work in groups . 
- Copy down . 
- Listen and copy down 
- Listen and repeat in chorus , individually . 
- Copy down . 
- Do the exercise individually . 
- Read and check . 
- Label each section with the correct letter . 
- Work in pairs to practice asking and answering the questions . 
- Imagine and write the a letter individually .
- Read their letters aloud 
	Duyệt của TT
Week: 11	 Date of preparing: 9/10/09
Period: 31, 32, 33	Date of teaching:
Class: 8
Unit 5: (cont)
Period: 31	Lesson 5: LANGUAGE FOCUS
* Presentation 
1. Adverbs of manner .
* Form : S + V + a / an + adjective + noun 
 or : S + be + Adjective 
 S + V + adverb 
* Use : Adj modifies the noun after it / the subject 
 Adv modifies the verb of the sentence . 
Exercise 1 / 52 : Complete the dialogues 
- Asks Ss to work in pairs .
- Calls on some pairs to demonstrate in front of class 
- Gives feedback .
1. hard 2. fast 3. badly 4. softly
- Asks ss to practice the dialogue in open pairs . 
2. Modal : Should 
- Asks Ss to look at Mr Hao’s house and answer some questions 
a. Is his house new ?
b. Is the wall discolored ? 
c. How is the door ? 
d. Is there grass in his garden ? 
e. Should Mr Hao repair the roof ? 
Suggested answers : 
a. No , it isn,t b. Yes , it is c. It is broken 
d. Yes. There is lots of grass in his garden.
e. Yes, he should . 
-> Explains the modal “ Should “ 
+ Form : S + Should + infinitive 
+ Use : give advice 
+ Meaning : nên ( làm gì )
Exercise 2 / 52 
Gives Ss the question “ What should he do with his house ?
mend ? / paint ? / replant ? / cut ? / repair ? 
- Asks Ss to work in pairs to use the verbs to advise Mr Hao what to do . 
- Calls on some pairs to practice asking and answering the question “ What should he do with his house ? “ 
- Gives feedback . 
a. Mr Hao should repair the roof . 
b...paint the house 
c. .....cut the grass .
d. .....replant the tree 
e. .mend the door 
3. Commands , requests in reported speech 
- Explains the form of the reported speech : 
* Form : 
To ask / tell + someone + to do something 
+ Example : 
a. “ Can you give Tim this dictionary ? “ 
=> Mr Jackson asked me to give you this dictionary 
b. “ Please give Tim this dictionary . “ 
=> Miss Jackson told me to give you this dictionary 
Exercise 3 / 53 : 
- Explains the situation to Ss 
- Lets Ss work in pairs to do exercise .
- Calls on some pairs to read their answers aloud , then go to the board to write them on .
- Gives feedback 
a. Miss Jackson asked me to wait for her outside her office .
b. Miss Jackson told me to give you your report card for this semester . 
c. Miss Jackson asked me to help you with your Spanish pronunciation . 
d. Miss Jackson told me to meet her next week . 
- Calls on some Ss to practice is pairs and correct their pronunciations .
4. Advice in reported speech 
- Explains the form of it 
* Form : S + said ( that ) + S + should + V ...
Example : Miss Jackson said , “ Tim should work harder on his Spanish pronunciation . “ 
=> Miss Jackson said you should work harder on your Spanish pronunciation . 
Exercise 4 / 53 
- Asks Ss to work with their partners .
- Calls on some Ss to practice in pairs and correct pronunciation . 
- Gives feedback 
a. Miss Jackson said you should spend more time on Spanish pronunciation .
b. Miss Jackson said you should practice speaking Spanish every day .
c . Miss Jackson said you should listen to Spanish conversation on TV . 
d. Miss Jackson you should practice reading aloud passage in Spanish . 
e. Miss Jackson said you should use this dictionary to find out how to pronounce Spanish words . 
- Listen and copy down
- Work in pairs 
- Demonstrate in front of class .
- Practice asking and answering the questions . 
- Listen and give examples . 
- Practice in pairs 
- Practice in pairs in front of class . 
- Listen and copy . 
- Read the examples aloud . 
- Work in pairs 
- Practice in front of class . 
- Some Ss come to the board to write them on 
- Copy and read the examples aloud . 
- Work in pairs 
- Practice in closed pairs and open pairs . 
- Listen and copy . 
5. Homework:
- Learn by heart all the new words and grammars.
- Prepare for the language focus.
IV. EXPERIENCE.
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