Giáo án Tiếng Anh 8 - Units 7: My neighborhood

Prepared date: 31/10/2014
Teaching date: 10/11/2014
Period: 
Class: 8A1, 2, 3
Materials: textbook; handouts;...
Unit 7: My Neighborhood
Lesson 1 – Getting Started - Listen and Read
Learners’ aspects:
- Characteristics: work hard
- Language level: grade 8
- Background knowledge:
+ Ss know some places found in a neighborhood
+ Ss know how to use the present perfect tense with for and since
 - Number of students in the class: 32
Objective: At the end of the lesson, students will be able to know some places found in a neighborhood, how to use the present perfect tense.
Aims:
Language focus: 
 - Grammar:
	*Structure:
 *The present perfect tense with for and since.
 S + have/ has + V-ed/ V3 + since/ for
 - Vocabulary: area, serve, pancake, tasty,....
Language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing.
Teaching aids: projector, jokes, laptop ...
Procedure:
Time
Content
Teacher’s activities
Students’ activities
10’
Warm-up:
Task 1: Play game: Hangman
Draw strokes on the board. Each stroke stands for a letter of the word.
Students take turn to guess the letters of the word.
If a student's guess is not right, the teacher draws a stroke (according to the order in the picture).
If student guess wrong eight times, they lose.
Answer keys:
a/ grocery store 
b/ stadium
c/ wet market
d/ drugstore
e/ hairdresser’s
f/ swimming pool
Task 2: Read the dialogue and find key words
*New words
- area (n): part of place
- serve (v): give someone food or drink
- pancake (n): made from mixture of flour, eggs and milk that is fried on both sides.
- tasty (adj) = delicious
*Rub out and remember
- Rub out the new words one at a time
- When all the words are rubbed out, go through the Vietnamese list and get Ss to call out the English words. 
- If there’s time, get Ss to come to the board and write the English words again.
T guides Ss to play a game “Hangman”
T gives the answer.
- T gives Ss some new words
- T explains new words, guides Ss to read.
- T uses the technique: “Rub out and remember” to check Ss’ new words.
- Ask Ss to repeat chorally the words before and after you rub out each word.
Ss listen and play the games.
- Ss listen and repeat chorally then individually. Then copy new words in their notebooks.
- Ss repeat chorally the words before and after T rubs out each word.
25’
While – Listen and Read:
Task 3: Listen and read
(Dialogue on page 63)
Task 4: Read the dialogue carefully and answer the questions
- How long has Nam lived in that neighborhood?
- When has Na been there?
*Answer keys
- He has lived there for 10 years.
- Na has been there since last week.
1/ Practice the dialogue with a partner.
2/ Complete the sentences. Use words from the dialogue.
*Answers
a. new
b. last week
c. tired
d. restaurant
e. Hue
f. pancakes
Task 5: Give the structure of the present perfect tense
Structures
- We have lived here for 10 years.
- We have been here since last week.
*The present perfect tense with for and since.
S + have/ has + V-ed/ V3 + since/ for
Since: dùng cho 1 mốc thời gian.
For:dùng cho 1 khoảng thời gian.
Ex:
- She has learnt English for 3 years
- They have been here since January.
- T sets the scene: “Nam and Na are talking about the place where they live. But Na is new there.”
- Ask Ss listen and read the dialogue
- T asks Ss to read the dialogue at the same time silently then answer the question
- T calls some pairs to practice the dialogue in front of the class.
- T corrects Ss’ pronunciation.
- T asks Ss to complete the sentences.
- T explains some structures in the dialogue, gives examples to illustrate.
- T explains the usage of for and since in the present perfect tense.
- T writes the form on the board.
- Ss listen and read the dialogue
- Ss read the dialogue at the same time silently and answer the question
- Ss work in pairs in 2 minutes.
- Ss practice the dialogue in front of the class.
- Ss work in pairs in 3 minutes then some Ss write the answers on the board.
- Ss pay attention to the teacher then copy.
- Ss observe then copy.
8’
Post – Listen and Read:
Task 6: Answer the questions about the dialogue
*Questions
a/ Is Na’s mother tired?
→Yes. Her mother is too tired to cook.
b/ What kind of food does the restaurant serve?
→It serves Hue food.
c/ What is the food like?
→It is delicious.
Task 7: Ask about Ss’ neighborhood
*Questions
1/ How long have you lived in your neighborhood?
2/ Do you like it? Why?
3/ Is there a restaurant / post office/ market/ bank/ shop in your neighborhood?
4/ What do you do to keep you neighborhood clean?
Ss’ answers
Task 8: Give the correct form of the verbs.
 1. I (be) here for more than one hour.
2. She(learn) English since 1990
3. I(live) in Hanoi for 10 years.
*Answers:
a. have been
b. has learnt
c. have lived
- T asks Ss some questions to check their understanding.
- T asks Ss some questions about their neighborhood.
- Then some pairs ask and answer the questions in front of the class.
- T asks Ss to give the correct form of the verbs.
- Ss answer the questions
- Ss work in pairs in 2 minutes.
- Ss write the answers on the board.
Consolidation: (2’)
Teacher retells the places in a neighborhood and the structures in the lesson.
Home Assignment:
- Learn new words by heart.	
- Practice reading the dialogue again.
- Prepare: Unit 7: Speak.