Giáo án Tiếng Anh 8 - Units 7: My neighborhood - Lâm Thu Hà – Trần Phú Secondary school

Period 40 	Week 14
Unit 7: My neighborhood
Lesson 1: Getting Started (Page 63)
Listen and Read (page 64)
Aim: Helping students to know about the places in their neighborhood.
Objective: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to know more about Na’s new neighbor.
Teaching Aids: Text book, cassette, poster
Warm up: Getting started
Match the names of places with the suitable pictures.
grocery store	d. drug store
stadium	e. hairdresser’s
wet market	f. swimming pool
Pre – reading
*Pre-teach:	Vocabulary
- at a shot distance	- close by(adj.) : sat cạnh
-give sb food or drink	- (to) serve : phục vụ
- translation	- a pancake : bánh tráng
- the same as “delicious”	- tasty : ngon 
Check: What & where
*Pre- questions:
Nam and Na are talking about the a. How long has Nam lived in that neighborhood?
 place where they live. But Na is 	- He has lived there for 10 years.
new there.	b. Where does Ba want to go?
You have to work in pairs to guess - Na wants to go to a restaurant.
 the answers.
While- reading
You have to do the exercise 2 a. Na is new to the neighborhood.
on page 64. b. she and her family arrived last week.
Work in pairs. c. Na’s mother is very tired.
 d. There is a restaurant in the area.
The restaurant serves food from Hue.
Nam thinks the pancakes are tasty.
Today I’m a student and the
whole class are teachers. You	
have to make questions for
answers .	Answers Given
a. How long has Nam lived? a. Nam Has lived there for 10 years.
b. Is your mother tired? b. Yes, my mother is too tired to cook. 
c. What kind of food does the c. The restaurant serves Hue food.
 restaurant serve?
d. What is the food like? d. Hue food is very good.
Work in pairs.
Post - reading: Work in pairs. a. How long have you lived in your neighborhood
You have to ask your friends some b. Do you like it? Why? (People are friendly/
 question about their neighborhood. The environment is good/ safe...)
 c. Is there a restaurant/ post office/ market /
 shop in your neighborhood?
 d. How do you do to keep your neighborhood 
	clean?
Consolidation: listen and read
Homework:
Make up the dialogue; interview a classmate about his/her neighborhood using 4 questions above.
Period 41 
Unit 7: My neighborhood
Lesson 2: Speak (page 64/65)
Aim: Speaking about how to send a parcel or a letter.
 Objective: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to talk about how to send a parcel or a letter.
Teaching Aids: Text book, poster
Warm up Chatting 
Look at a letter and answer some questions.
What is this? –a letter
Where can I post it to my friend? – at the post office
How can I post it? – stick a stamp on it
How much is the stamp?- 800 Vn dong
Is it more expensive when I send a parcel?- Yes, of course.
Have you ever sent a letter or a parcel?
Presentation:
Pre-teach: 	Vocabulary
- letter or parcel sent by air	- airmail: thư gửi bằng máy bay
- a parcel or a letter by bus/train.....	- surface mail: thư gửi bằng đg bộ 
- translation	- charge (v/n): giá tiền
Check : ROR
*Reading comprehension:	
Mrs. Kim wants to send a parcel to Qui Nhon, so she has to go to the post office.
Answer some questions:
a. Mrs. Kim sends the parcel surface mail	a. Does Mrs. Kim send the parcel 
 because it is much cheaper.	airmail or surface mail? Why?
b. Her parcel is 5 kilos.	b. That’s the weght of her parcel?
c. She pays 19.200 dongs.	c. How much she pay?
Practice
Work in pairs to practice the dialogue
 between Mrs. Kim and the clerk.
*Situation:
Mrs. Lan wants to post a letter airmail.	Clerk: Can I help you? 
You have to make a dialogue between	Mrs. Lan: I want to send a letter 
 Mrs. Lan and the clerk at the post office.	to Kontum.
You have to work in pairs.	Clerk: Do you want to send it 
airmail or surface mail?
 Mrs. Lan: I send it airmail.
 	How much is it?
	Clerk: Let me see. Mmm, 15
 grams, it’s only 1,2 dongs.
Mrs. Lan: Here you are.
Clerk: Thank you. 
Production
Look at the box on page 65 , practice 	- postcard/ HCM City/ airmail/15 g
in pairs .	- parcel/ Ca Mau/ airmail/ 2kgs
- parcel/ Buon Me Thuot/surface/
 5kgs
Homework: Write a dialogue on your notebooks.
Period 42 	Week 15
Unit 7: My neighborhood
Lesson 3: Listen (page 65/66)
Aim: Listening for specific information.
Objective: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to know what Na is going to do on the weekend by listening.
Teaching Aids: Text book, poster, cassette
Warm up: Make up the dialogue, using questions you have learnt about your neighborhood.
Pre- listening Brainstorming and guessing 
Look at 4 advertisements of “What’s on this week?” and guess what is in the blanks 2/ 3/ 4.
Movies : The new comer
Place : - stadium
School ground
City/ Town Ground
Activity : - drama/ play
English Speaking Club/ Contest
Dancing
Picture Exhibition
Music
Place : 	-gallery
culture house
school
city hall
*Set the scene: Na is new in the neighborhood. She is talking to Nam about 
 what she is going to do on weekend .
While - listening
*Listening task 1: 
Listen to the tape twice and give the	a. The new comer
 answers.	b. Town ground
	c. English Speaking Club
Culture House
*Listening task 2:
Read the statements in the exercise 2 
on page 66. You have to guess which
 is true, which is false and which has
 no information.
Share your ideas with your friends.
Listen to the conversation again and tick in the correct boxes. 
	 T	 F	no inf.
Na doesn’t know the neighborhood very well.
Na doesn’t like movies.
Na will go to the photo Exhibition.
Na won’t go to the English Speaking Club.
Na will go to the soccer match with Nam.
Nam is a soccer fan.	
*Comprehension questions: work in pairs.
Answer some questions:
Does Na like movies? – Yes.
Why won’t she go to see the film “The new comer”? – Because she has seen it before.
Why won’t Na go to the photo exhibition? - Because it doesn’t open during the weekend.
Who will Na go to the soccer match with? - Nam, Ba and Minh.
What time does the match start? - At 4 p.m.
Post- listening
Work in groups to talk to their friends about Na is going to do this weekend.
“Na looks at the advertisements to decide what to do and where to go this weekend. She likes movies but she won’t see the film at Millennium Cinema because she has seen it before. She won’t go to the photo exhibition because it doesn’t open at weekends. She cannot go to the English Speaking Contest either because it is on Thursday. Finally, she decides to go to the soccer match with Nam because she thinks it must be fun to watch a real match at the stadium and she wants to visit the Town Ground too.”
Homework: 
Write a short passage about what Na is going to do, using information above.
Period 43 	Week 15
Unit 7: My neighborhood
Lesson 4: Read (page 67/68)
Aim: Reading for details about Tran Phu Shopping Mall.
Objective: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to understand the 
 passage about a new shopping mall.
Teaching Aids: Text book, poster, cassette
Warm up: Guessing the words (revision)
Find out the words as quickly as possible.
A place where you can buy everything.(supermarket)
A place where you can buy vegetables and fruit.(grocery store)
A place where you can buy books. (bookstore) 
A place where you can come to eat.( restaurant)
A person who come to the store and buys something. (customer)
Pre- reading
*Pre- teach:	Vocabulary
- picture	- a roof : máI nhà
- translation	- convenient : tiện lợi
- a process of choosing carefully	- a selection: sự lựa chọn
- translation	- available : có thể
- many store, restaurants under one roof	- a mall : cửa hàng có mái che
- translation	- a resident : cư dân
*Check: What and where
*Set the scene: 
In Nam’s neighborhood, there is a new shopping mall. You have to think about the convenience of the mall. 
Customers don’t care of the weather	 shop in comfort
the convenience of the new shopping mall
wide selection 	 buy many things at the 
of goods	 same time
lower price	 have fun or relax while shopping
While – reading
Listen to the tape and read the text silently 	a. -F
and compare your ideas .	b - F
*True/ false statements:	c - T
Look at the exercise 1 on page 68.	d - F
Read the text again and decide which	e - T 
sentences are T, which sentences are F.
Correct false statements:
The mall is open daily.
There are 50 stores in the mall.
Not everyone is pleased. The owner of the small stores on Tran Phu Street
 are not happy.
Comprehension questions:
Work in pairs to answer the questions in the exercise 2 on page 68.
Answers:
It is different from the present shopping area. All the shops are under one roof. So customers will shop in comfort and won’t notice the weather, especially during the hot and humid summer months.
There are 50 air conditioned specialty stores, 4 movie theaters and 10 restaurants. There is also a children’s play area.
They think the mall will take their business .
The stores in the mall will offer a wider selection of products; some goods are at lower prices.
Post- reading 
You have to discuss the questions:
Do you want to have a new mall in your neighborhood?
If there is one, what will happen to the residents?
Work in pairs to discuss.
Consolidation: Reading for details.
Homework: 
Use 2 questions above to write a passage about a new mall in your neighborhood.
Period 44 : 20/12 – 24/12 Week 15 
Unit 7: My neighborhood
Lesson 5: Write (page 68)
	Language Focus (page 71)
Aim: Helping students to write a notice and make comparisons by using adjectives: like, the same as, different from.
Objective: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to write a notice and to use some adjectives to make comparisons.
Teaching Aids: Text book, poster
Warm up:
I divide you into 2 teams. You have to find opposite adjectives with ones provided.
different – same	long – short
big – small cheap – expensive
Presentation:
 Look at 3 books. A red book and 	-The red book is the same as the yellow
a yellow one which have the same 	one.
size and a bigger brown one . You	-The red book is as big as the yellow 
 have to make comparisons.	one.
	-The yellow book is different from the 
	brown one.
	-The yellow is not as/so big as the 
brown one.
* Concept check: 
Translate these sentences into Vietnamese.	the same as ......
Give the forms of them.	(not) as...... as
	different from
Practice: Do exercise 5 on page 70/71	a. not as big as	f. the same as
Work in pairs.	b. different from	g. as long as
	c. different from	h. not as modern as 
	d. the same as	i. not as cheap as
	e. not as big as
Pre- writing:
The residents and store owners on	a. Why are the residents and store 
 Tran Phu street are going to hold 	owners on Tran Phu street going to 
a meeting to discuss the effects of 	hold a meeting ?
the new mall.	-To discuss the effects of the new mall.
Read the notice and answer the	b. When will they hold a meeting? What time
 questions to check your understanding.	- They will hold the meeting on May
 20 at 8 p.m.
c. Where will they hold the meeting?
they will hold the meeting at Hang
Dao Street, Binh’s hardware store.
Read the passage 2 on page 68.
Answer some questions:
a. What is the English Speaking Club 	- A Speaking Contest.
going to hold?
b. Where and when will it be held?	- At hall 204 on november 15th.
c. What time?	- From 7.30pm. to 10.00 p.m.
d. Who is the person to contact? 	- Tran Thi Thu Hang of class 8H.
While – writing:
 Work in groups of 4. Write the notice on your posters.
Answer:
The school English Speaking Club.
Holding a speaking contest to celebrate
Teacher’s day.
Date: November 15
Time: 7.30 pm. To 10.00 pm.
Place: Hall 204, building G
Please contact Ms. Tran Thi Thu Hang of Class 8H at the
above address for more information.
Post – writing 
Stick your posters on the board and check.
Consolidation: Write a notice
 Homework: 
Do exercise 3 on page 68.
Period 45 : 2/1 – 4/1
Unit 7: My neighborhood
Lesson 6: Language Focus 1,2,3,4 (page 69/70)
Aim: Practice in present Perfect Tense.
Objective: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to use Present Perfect 
Tense fluently.
Teaching Aids: Text book, poster
Warm up :
I divide you into 2 teams. You have to write past participle of these verbs.
be - been	write - written
see - seen	eat - eaten
collect - collected	do - did
go - went 	work - worked
live -	lived	 attend - attended
Check and repeat them.
Presentation:
*Set the scene: Na is new in Nam’s	Na: How long (1) you (2) in this 
 neighborhood?
 neighborhood. They are talking to each	Nam: I(3) ......(4) here (5) 10 years.
 other. You have to complete the dialogue. 	Na: Really. It’s a long time.
	Answers: 
Work in pairs to practice the dialogue.	 1 - have	3- have	5 - for
	2 - lived	4 - lived
*Concept check:
-Form: 	 Has/ have + past participle/PII
-Use: to talk about something which
 started in the past and continues up to
 the present. We often use “for/ since”
with the present perfect.
	For + length of time
	Since + starting point
Practice
 Drill 1: substitution drill	 - for 5 minutes
look at exercise 2 on page 69 and decide	- since 1990
 which is the length of time and which is 	- since the summer
starting point.	- for 3 hours
- for 10 weeks
since Friday
for 20 years
Drill 2: Word cues
Make sentences using Present Perfect.	a. I/ live / here/ last week.
	b. We/ not eat/ in that restaurant/ 2 years.
	c. I/ not see/ her/ yesterday.
	d. They/ attend/ Quang Trung School/ 
last year.
	e. My dad/ work/ for his company/ 20 years.
f. Ba / collect/ stamp/ 1995.
 Production:
Do exercise 4 on page 70.	a. have been
Work in pairs.	b. hope
	c. have ....... lived
	d. is
	e. want
	f. looks
	g. have ........ been
	h. have been
Consolidation: The Present Perfect
Homework: Do exercise 3 on page 69.