Giáo án Tiếng Anh 8 - Units 9: A first-Aid course

Unit 9: a first-aid course
1. Points: By the end of the unit Ss will be able to
make and respond to offers, promises and requests
give instructions
write a thank-you note
II. Language focus:
1. Grammar:
in order to, so as to
future simple
Modal will to make request, offers, and promises
2. Vocabulary:
a burn
a wound
an emergency
(to) promise
(to) bleed/ a bleed
Conscious
a bee sting
chilled
a paramedic
a crutch
a stretcher
an eye chart
eyesight
(to) wheel/ a wheelchair 
a fainting
(to) lie flat
(to) revise
( to) minimize
a sterile dressing
III. Teaching aids: tape, cassette, pictures, photographs, realia, book, board
IV. Teaching procedure:
Unit 9: a first-aid course
Lesson 1: getting started + listen and read P.80-81
* Present first-aid vocabulary and talking about emergency.
1. Warm up:
Matching
Ss match the English words with pictures or Vietnamese definitions
cotton wool
a bandage
cold water
alcohol
tiger balm
medicated oil 
B¨ng
N­íc l¹nh
Cån
B«ng
DÇu xoa bãp
MËt gÊu
2. Presentation:
Pre teach
(to) promise: høa
a burn: vÕt báng
(to) bleed/ a bleed: ch¶y m¸u 
conscious: trong tr¹ng th¸i tØnh t¸o
a wound: vÕt th­¬ng
an emergency : sù cÊp cøu, khÈn cÊp
a bee sting: vÕt ong ®èt
Getting started
Ss work in groups, discuss and decide what they should do in each situation P.80. T can give the weaker ones the following suggested instructions to do the matching:
take that person to the nearest clinic/ hospital
put cold water on the burned area
put a tight bandage on it
put loose, clean covering on/ put a clean towel or a handkerchief on
put cotton wool in that person’s nose
press down hard on the wound with a clean cloth to stop the bleeding for at least 10’
put some medicated oil or rub with tiger balm
clean the wound well with soap and water
Listen and read
Set the scene
Pre Qs:
Who are talking? Where are they? What happened?
Ss listen to the tape and read the D, then answer Pre-Qs
Ss practice the D with their partners and do Listen and read 2 P.81
T focuses on the language functions:
- Arranging for an ambulance: This is emergency. Please send an ambulance to
- Giving First-aid instructions: Try to stop the bleeding. Use a tower or a handkerchief 
- Describing the condition of the injured person: She is conscious, but she cut her head 
3. Practice:
Ss work in 4 groups; make similar Ds using the 4 situations in Getting Started
4. Further practice:
 Role- play: Ss work in pairs, one acts as a nurse and the other acts as a person who sees an injured person
5. Homework: 1-2 P.55
Unit 9: a first-aid course
Lesson 2: speak + LISTEN P.81-82 
* Practice in making and responding to requests, offers and promises; Listening to the description of an emergency room for specific information
1. Warm up:
Brainstorming
Ss work in groups, discuss and write down their idea about health problems and cures
E.g. a headache – take some aspirins
 a cold – have a hot drink and go to bed early
 toothache – go to the dentist
2. Pre speaking:
Revision: 
Ways to ask people to do sthg and ways to respond to requests
Ways to offer to do sthg and ways to respond to offer
Ways to promise sthg and ways to respond to promises
Then Ss compare with the phrases on P.81
3. While speaking:
- Ss work in pairs, use the phrases on P.81 and the pictures on P.82 to make and respond to requests, offers and promises. T does the first with the whole class as an example
4. Post reading:
Role play
Ss use the Brainstorming in Pre-speaking to make offers, requests and promises
E.g.
S1: Your nose is red. Have you got a cold?
S2: Yes.
S1: Shall I call a doctor?
S2: No, thank you. Can you get me a hot drink? I think I’ll be better if I have a hot drink and go to bed early?
5. Pre listening:
Pre teach
a paramedic: hé lý
a crutch: c¸i n¹ng
a stretcher: c¸i c¸ng
eyesight ( unc ) : tÇm nh×n
an eye chart: b¶ng ®o thÞ lùc
(to) treat/ treatment: ®iÒu trÞ
(to) wheel/ a wheelchair : ®Èy (xe cã b¸nh)
Matching : Ss match the letters A, B, C, D, E and F to the correct words in the box.
Ordering : Ss discuss in pairs and predict the correct order, then fill in their chosen 1, 2, 3 .etc. in the “ I think ” column.
I think
I hear
ambulance
3
stretcher
1
crutches
6
wheelchair
2
scale
5
eye chart
4
6. While –listening
Ss listen to the tape, tick or correct, the fill in the “ I hear ” column
Tape transcript:
This is the emergency room in a large hospital. A paramedic is wheeling a patient on a stretcher in to the emergency room where a doctor is waiting to treat the patient. The patient doesn’t look well. His head is bandaged and his eyes are closed.
A nurse is pushing an empty wheelchair towards the exit. She is probably taking it to a patient in the ambulance.
The eye chart on the wall is used to check people’s eyesight. The chart consist of about 28 letters ranging in the size from about 5 centimeters in height at the top of the chart to about 1 centimeter at the bottom.
A doctor is trying to weigh a crying baby on the scale. The baby’s mother is standing nearby. She’s trying to stop her child from crying.
The crutches, which are for someone with a broken leg, are leaning against the wall.
Comprehension questions:
Which room can you see in the picture? ( The emergency room )
Can you describe the patient on the stretcher? (He doesn’t look well. His head is bandaged and his eyes are closed).
What is the nurse pushing? ( a wheelchair )
How many letters does the eye chart consist of? ( 28 )
What is the baby’s mother trying to do? ( She’s trying to stop her child from crying )
7. Post – listening
Ss work in groups to describe the picture of the emergency room on page 82
8. Homework: 4 P. 56
Unit 9: a first-aid course
Lesson 3: read P. 83 
* Reading a text about First-Aid for specific information
1. Warm up:
Bingo: T elicit all the words Ss have learnt in this unit and write on the board, Ss choose 4 words from the board
a burn, a nose bleed, a bee sting, an emergency, conscious, a wound, to promise, a stretcher, crutches, a wheelchair, an eye chart, a paramedic, eyesight, etc
2. Pre reading:
Pre teach
a fainting: sù cè ngÊt söu
(to) lie flat: n»m duçi th¼ng
chilled : bÞ l¹nh
(to) revise: sèng, tØnh l¹i
(to) minimize: lµm gi¶m tíi møc tèi thiÓu
a sterile dressing: b¨ng v« trïng
Discussion: in groups Ss talk about what they should do when someone gets faint, gets shocked or gets burnt. Then T writes their idea on the board
3. While reading:
Ss read the text and compare with their ideas
Ss get the meaning of new words from context
(to) elevate > < (to) lower
(to) overheat
(to) cool
affected 
(to) ease
n©ng cao
lµm qu¸ nãng
lµm m¸t
gi¶ bé, gi¶ vê
lµm dÔ chÞu, bít ®au 
Ss read the text again and choose a correct case for each treatment on P. 84
Key: a, A b, B c, A d, C e, A
4. Post reading:
Chain game: Ss work in groups of 3 , 4 and 5 to tell other what to do in case of shock, burns and fainting
Qs with ‘Why’ and As with ‘in order to/ so as to’
E.g. Why should we put the burnt area under a running cold tap?
	We should do like that in order to stop the heat from spreading
5. Homework: 5 P.57
Unit 9: a first-aid course
Lesson 4: write P.84-85
* Write a thank –you note/ letter
1. Warm up:
Brainstorm: Ss work in groups, discuss and write down their answers to the following Qs
When do you often receive presents? (birthday, new year, new school year, woman’s day, get good marks, etc.)
What kind of presents do you often receive? (flowers, new clothes, a new bag, sweets, cakes, new shoes, a new hat, a bicycle, etc.)
2. Pre writing:
Gap - fill: Ss use the correct tense form of the verbs in brackets to complete the thank-you note Nga sent to Hoa after she left the hospital (Write 1 P.84)
Key: 1.was 2.were 3.helped 4.came 5.am 6.will/ shall phone
Comprehension Qs:
What did Hoa send Nga?
When/ on what occasion did she send them?
What were they like?
How did Hoa feel when she received the flowers?
How does Nga feel now?
What doed she want to do?
How will she contact Hoa?
3. While writing:
Transformation writing
Ss do Write 2 P.85, write the thank-you note from Nga to Hoa, transform some information of their own by using their As to the suggested Qs in write 2 P.85 ( Ss can use the information in Pre writing)
E.g Dear Lan,
	Thank you very much for the hat you sent me on my 13th birthday. It was lovely and I really like it .
4. Post writing:
Correction
Ss swap their letters to correct each other’s mistakes
T does indirect correction
5. Homework: Ss use the same format to write another letter to another friend for other occasions Write 3 P.85 
Unit 9: a first-aid course
Lesson 5: LANGUAGE FOCUS p.86-88
* ‘ in order to’; ‘so as to’; Future simple; Modal ‘will’ to make requests, offers and promises.
1. Language focus 1 P. 86 
Matching
Key: 1,f 2,c 3,b 4,e 5,a 6,d
2. Language focus 3 P.87 
Ss practice making and responding to requests ( Ss can use not only ‘will’ but also ‘would’, ‘can’, ‘could’
Then Ss can do the exercise again, but change a little. Now Nga is making some offers
E.g. 	a, Shall I open the window?
	b, Your book is on the floor. Would you like me it to give you?
	c, Can I answer the telephone?
	d, Shall I turn on the TV?
	e, Can I get you a glass of water/ pour a glass of water for you?
	f, I’ll get you a cushion if you like?
3. Language focus 4 P.88
Key:
paint/ door? tomorrow
study/ harder? 
carry/ the bag/ me? 
hang/ the washing?
 cut/ the grass
4. Language focus 2 P.86
 T elicits the difference between ‘will’ in Future Simple and ‘will’ in requests and offers, then ask Ss to do Language focus 2 P.86
5. Homework: Ss write Language focus into their notebooks