Giáo án Tiếng Anh lớp 8 - Unit 1: My Friends

 UNIT 1: MY FRIENDS
 ¯ DIVISION OF LESSONS:
 Period 2: Lesson 1: getting started, listen and read
 Period 3: Lesson 2: speak and listen
 Period 4: Lesson 3: read
 Period 5: Lesson 4: write
 Period 6: Lesson 5: language focus
 Date:
 Period: 2 
LESSON 1 : GETTING STARTED, LISTEN AND READ READ
I.Aim.
-By the end of the lesson, students will be able to know more about Hoa – Lan – Nien, ask and answer about friends.
II.Language contents:
Grammar: - What does she look like?
 She’s beautiful.
 - She wasn’t old enough to be in my class.
Vocabulary: seem (v), next-door neighbor (n).
III.Techniques:
 - Networks, ask and answer, rub out and remember, comprehension questions.
IV.Teaching aids:
 -A cassette and pictures.
V.Procedure
Teacher’s and students’activities
Content
-T has Ss write networks. Ss write activities on the board.
-T observes. 
-T has Ss look at 4 pictures on page 10 and talk about the activities they want to do after school or in their free time.
-T has Ss look at the picture a) and answer the question. Ss answer it.
-T observes.
-T has Ss ask and answer in pairs. Ss practice in pair (close pairs, open pairs).
-T presents the situation of the dialogue. Ss listen.
-T presents new words, reads. Ss listen, repeat, and read them aloud.
-T.rubs out the words one at a time.Each time T. rubs out the word in English, points to the Vietnamese, asks ss to repeat in English. When all the English words are rubbed out, go through the Vietnamese list and T. gets ss to call out the English words. Ss repeat after the teacher, then write the words in English on the board.
-T presents model sentences, reads. Ss repeat, write, and practice.
-T. has Ss listen to the tape “ How old is Nien?”
-T plays the tape twice. Ss listen carefully.
-T has ss answer the question. Ss answer it.
-T observes and marks.
-T has Ss practice the dialogue in pairs about 4 minutes. Ss work in pairs.
-T has Ss practice the dialogue before the class. Ss practice.
-T has Ss read the dialogue to find the questions for the questions in pairs. Ss work in pairs (close pairs, open pairs), write the answers on the board.
-T corrects.
-T has Ss answer the questions about Nien and themselves. Ss answer.
-T guides Ss learn, prepare the lesson.
play soccer
Warm up: (7’)
 * Networks:
swim
What do you usually do after school?
read
play volleyball
A. Getting started:
 *Ask and answer: 
EX: picture a)
 - What are they doing?
 They’re playing soccer.
 - Do boys play soccer?
No, they don’t.
Presentation: (10’)
B. Listen and read:
¯ New words:
next-door neighbor (n) 
seem (v)
 + Rub out and remember
 ¯ Model sentences
 - What does she look like? 
 She’s beautiful.
 - She wasn’t old enough to be in my class.
Practice: (20’)
 - Dialogue, page 10
 How old is Nien? - Twelve.
 1. Practice the dialogue with a partner.
 2. Answer the questions.
 ¯ Comprehension questions
a) She lives in Hue.
b) No, she doesn’t know her.
c) “She wasn’t old enough to be in my class”
d) She is going to visit Hoa at Christmas.
Production: (5’)
- What does Nien look like?
 - How old is she? / How old are you?
Homework: (3’)
-Learn words, do exercises 1a,b in notebook
-Do exercise 1 page 5 in workbook
-Prepare: lesson2 Speak+ Listen
 ¬Comments
Date: 
Period: 3 
UNIT 1 (CONT)
LESSON 2 : SPEAK + LISTEN
I.Aim.
 - By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
 + describe someone’s appearance. 
 + listen for details to complete the conversations with the expression in the box (introduce themselves and other people and respond to introductions).
II.Language contents:
 - Grammar: review simple present.
 - Vocabulary: (adj) slim /slender, straight, curly, blond, fair, bold.
III.Techniques:
 - Brainstorming, guessing game, write-it-up, matching, open prediction, gap fill.
IV.Teaching aids:
 - A cassette and pictures.
V.Procedure:
Teacher’s and students’activities
Content
-T has Ss write the adjs used to describe body build and hair.Ss write them on the board
-T corrects, marks.
-T presents the lesson. Ss listen.
-T presents new words with pictures, reads them. Ss listen, repeat and read them.
-T has Ss match the words in English with the words in Vietnamese. Ss match.
-T corrects, marks.
-T presents and explains the dialogue, reads.Ss listen, repeat, and practice it in pairs.
-T presents and explains the game. Ss listen then practice in pairs (close pairs, open pairs).
-T observes.
-T has Ss describe about themselves or their brother/sister/father/close friend. Ss describe, then write description on the board.
-T corrects, marks.
-T presents the lesson and explains the expressions in the box. Ss listen.
-T reads the expressions. Ss repeat.
-T has Ss read 4 dialogues on page 12,13 and guess, complete them, using the given expressions. Ss read, guess.
-T writes their guesses on the board.
-T has Ss listen to the tape to complete the dialogue and compare with their guesses. Ss listen.
-T plays the tape. Ss listen carefully.
-T plays it again. Ss listen, take notes.
T- plays the tape the third time. Ss listen, correct and compare with a partner, give key.
-T has Ss listen to the tape again to check their answer. Ss listen, check the answer.
-T corrects.
-T has Ss practice the dialogues in pairs. Ss work in pairs.
-T guides Ss to learn, prepare the lesson
Warm up: (5’)
slim
long
dark
short
* Brainstorming:
thin
body build
hair
curly
black
tall
bold
slender
Pre-speaking: (10’)
¯ New words:
 - slim/ slender (adj)	 - quăn, xoắn
 - straight (adj)	 - vàng hoe
 - curly (adj)	 - người thanh
 - blond (adj)	 - thẳng
 - fair (adj)	 - đen
 - bald (adj)	 - vàng nhạt
 -dark=black(adj) - hói (đầu)
* Matching:
 *. Read the dialogue on page 11
While speaking: (13’)
 *Guessing game:Picture a) – f) page11-12
Post speaking: (5’)
* Write it up:
EX: My brother is tall and fat
 He has short black hair
Pre-listening: (7’)
 ¯
- Nice to meet you
- The please is all mine
- How do you do?
- It’s a pleasure to meet you
- I’d like you to meet
* Open prediction:
 1.	4.
 2.	5.
 3.	6.
While listening: (7’)
* Gap fill (with answer key)
I’d like you to meet
Nice to meet you
I’d like you to meet
It’s a pleasure to meet you
Come and meet
How do you do?
Post listening: (3’)
The dialogue a) –d)
Homework: (1’)
-Learn new model
-Do exercises 3,4 in workbook
- Resee the expressions.
- Prepare: read.
 ¬Comments
Date: 
 Period :4 
UNIT 1 (CONT)
LESSON 3: READ
I.Aim.
 - By the end of the lesson, students will be able to read for specific information to know more about describing the characters of Ba’s friends.
II.Language contents:
Grammar: review present simple tense.
Vocabulary: sociable (a), generous (a), reserved (a), outgoing (a), orphanage(n), to tell jokes (v), annoy (v), get tired of (v), volunteer (n).
III.Techniques:
 - Multiple choice, comprehension questions, networks, slap the board.
IV.Teaching aids: /
V.Procedure:
Teacher’s and students’activities
Content
-T has Ss tell adjs about characters. Ss tell them.
-T observes.
-T presents the situation of the text. Ss listen.
-T presents new words, reads. Ss listen, repeat, and read.
-T has 2 Ss of 2 groups go to the board to play the game.
-T has Ss stand at an equal distance from the board. T reads the words in English. Ss slap the words in Vietnamese on the board. The student slapping the right word first is the winner and gets a point for his / her group. Continue until Ss have slapped all the words. 
The group who has more points will win the game.
-T has Ss read the sentences on page 14 then read the text silently to choose the best answers. Ss read the text, give answers
-T corrects.
-T has Ss read the questions then read the text again to answer the questions. Ss work in pairs (close pairs, open pairs).
-T has Ss write the answers on the board. Ss write.
-T corrects.
-T has Ss answer the questions about Bao/Song/ Khai and their friends. Ss answer the questions.
-T corrects, marks.
-T guides Ss to prepare the lesson.
kind
Warm up: (5’)
* Networks
adjectives
outgoing
sociable
Pre-reading: (12’)
 ¯ New words:
- generous (a): roäng löôïng
- sociable (a): deã gaàn guõi
- reserved (a): kín ñaùo	
- outgoing (a): côõi môû
- volunteer (a): tình nguyeän
- orphanage (n): traïi moà coâi
- annoy (v): laøm khoù chòu
- get tired of (v): chaùn
- tell jokes (v): keå chuyeän ñuøa
* Slap the board:
roäng löôïng
dễ gần gũi
kín đáo
laøm khoù chòu
kể chuyện đùa
trại mồ côi
tình nguyeän
côõi môû
 chán
While reading: (20’)
* Multiple choices: 1) page 14
a. A
b. C
c. B
d. D
* Comprehension questions: 2) page 14
a. He feels lucky having a lot of friends.
b. Bao is the most sociable.
c. Khai likes reading.
d. A bad thing about Ba’s jokes is (that) sometimes his jokes annoy his friends. 
 ( Sometimes, his jokes annoy his friends )
e. He spends his free time doing volunteer work at a local orphanage.
Post reading: (5’)
- What is Bao/ Song/ Khai like?
f. Do you and your close friends have the same or different characters?
- What are their names?
- What is he/she like?
Homework: (3’)
-Learn words, do exercises in workbook
- Write a paragraph about one closed friend
 - List the characters of Bao, Song and Khai.
 - Prepare: write.
 ¬Comments
Date: 
 Period: 5 
UNIT 1 (CONT)
LESSON 4: WRITE
I.Aim.
 - By the end of the lesson, students will be able to write a paragraph about their close friends and themselves.
II.Language contents:
Grammar: present simple (review).
Vocabulary: helpful, humorous.
III.Techniques:
- Networks, transformation writing, comprehension questions and rub out and remember.
IV.Teaching aids: / 
V.Procedure:
Teacher’s and students’activities
Content
-T has Ss write adjs about build and characters on the board. Ss write the adjs on the board
- T observes, marks.
- T reads the adjs. Ss repeat, read.
slim
-T presents the lesson. Ss listen.
-T presents the new words, reads. Ss repeat, read and read them aloud.
-T.rubs out the words one at a time.Each time T. rubs out the word in English, points to the Vietnamese, asks ss to repeat in English. When all the English words are rubbed out, go through the Vietnamese list and T. gets ss to call out the English words. Ss repeat after the teacher, then write the words in English on the board.
-T has Ss read the form and the passage about Tam. Ss read.
-T has Ss answer the questions about Tam. Ss answer the questions.
-T has Ss write similar forms for their partners like a form about Tam, using the questions as prompts. Ss write the forms.
-T has a student write the form on the board
-T observes, then T takes some their forms and corrects the forms.
-T has Ss ask and answer the questions a) - g), base their forms. Ss work in pairs.
-T has Ss write a paragraph about their partner base on the form they’ve just asked. Ss write it individually in their notebooks (only 4 Ss of 4 groups write it on the subboard).
-T has 4 Ss stick the subboard on the board. Ss do.
-T corrects.
-T has some Ss read their writing, Ss read aloud.
-T has Ss write a similar paragraph about themselves. 
-T guides Ss prepare the lesson.
Warm up: (5’)
* Networks:
outgoing
tall
fat
kind
reserved
Build
Character
thin
sociable
Pre-writing: (20’)
* New words:
- humorous (a): haøi höôùc
- helpful (a): coù ích
³Rub out and remember
 1) page15
* Comprehension questions:
1. What is his name? (Le Van Tam)
2. How old is he? (14)
3. What does he look like? (He is tall and thin. He has short black hair)
4. What is he like? (He is sociable, helpful and humorous)
5. Where does he live? ( He lives at 26 Tran Phu Street, Hanoi)
6. Who does he live with? (He lives with his mother, father and elder brother)
7. Who are his friends? (Ba and Bao)
 2) page 15
* Question: a) - g) page 15
Name:
Age:
Appearance:
Address:
Family:
Friends:
While writing: (10’)
* Transformation writing: 3)page 15
 + Suggested paragraph:
His/her name is...and he/she is...years old. He/she lives...with his/her...He is...and has...He is...His/her friends are...
Post writing: (7’)
 @Correcting the paragraph.
Homework: (3’)
Write the paragraph about themselves.
 -Do exercises 5,6 in workbook.
Prepare : Language focus.
 ¬Comments
Date: 
Period: 6 
UNIT 1 (CONT)
LESSON 5: LANGUAGE FOCUS
I. Aim:
	By the end of the lesson, students will be able to practice the present, past simple tenses and “enough”.
II. Language content:	
	Grammar: The present simple tense, the past simple tense.
 (not) adj + enough + to-infinitive
	Vocabulary: 
III. Techniques:
 Cross word puzzle, cure drill, asking and answering.
IV. Teaching aids:
	Mini board
V. Procedure:
 T’s and SS’ activities
Content
*Play a game:
Ss:choose the number and guess the 
 words.
-1&2:lucky numbers.
-3:a planet near the earth.(Mars).
-4.It goes around the earth.(Moon).
-5: a planet near the sun.(Mercury).
-6.a plan we live on.(Earth).
-7:It rises in the earth and sets in the west.
- T introduces the task and has ss remind 
the present and past simple tenses.
- T writes on the board.
- Ss take notes.
- T asks ss to work in 4 groups to complete the paragraph.
- Ss present their answers.
- T corrects and explains if necessary.
- T has ss do the exercise individually.
- T calls ss to give their answers.
- T corrects and gives marks.
- Ss correct their mistakes
- T has ss observe the picture clearly, then answer the questions below.
- Ss work in pairs to ask and answer the questions.
- T calls some pairs to practice loudly.
- T corrects and gives the key on the mini board.
- Ss take notes.
- T calls some ss to read the answers loudly.
- T corrects ss’ pronunciation.
- T has ss remind the model sentence about “enough”.
- T writes and explains again.
- Ss take notes.
- T guides ss to practice the dialogues.
- Ss work in pairs.
- T calls some pairs of ss to practice loudly.
- T corrects.
- Ss take notes.
Ss:read and find the mistakes. Then 
 correct them.
- T gives the homework.
- Ss take notes.
1. Warm up:(5’)
*Cross word puzzle:
1
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P
I
T
E
R
2
P
L
U
T
O
3
M
A
R
S
4
M
O
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5
M
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R
C
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6
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7
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ÞKey word: PLANETS
2. Presentation(7’)
* The model sentence:
She wasn’t old enough to be in my class.
* Simple tenses:	
-S + V/ Vs/es.
+Tuan goes to school every morning.
 ÞExpress a habitual action present.(every  
-S+regular V-ED / V2(irregular verb)
 +She went to the zoo last week.
 ÞExpress an action that completely finished in the past.(yesterday, agolast  , in 1976).
3. Practice(26’)
1.Complete the paragragh. Use the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
*Answer keys:
a) 1.lives b) 1.are 
 2.sent 2.came
 3.was 3.showed
 4.is 4.introduced
2.Complete the dialogue:(page 16)
 *Answer keys:
1.sets 2.goes 3.moves 4.is 5.is 6.is
3.Look and describe: Picture /P17
a. There are four people in the picture.
b, c:
- The man standing next to the taxi is big
and tall. He’s wearing a yellow shirt and
brown trousers.
- The woman is thin with short hair. She’s 
wearing a green skirt and red blouse.
- The boy sitting on the ground and 
holding his head is wearing blue shorts 
and a white shirt.
- The man across the street is short. He’s 
wearing a pink shirt and blue trousers.
4.Complete the dialogues. Use (not) adjective + enough + to-infinitive:
* Answer keys:
a) not big enough c) strong enough
b) not old enough d) good enough
4. Production:(5’)
*Correct the mistakes:
1.The boy is clever enough answers the question.
® The boy is clever enough to answer the question
2.She didn’t went to school yesterday.
® She didn’t go to school yesterday.
3.I am enough strong to lift the table.
® I am strong enough to lift the table.
4.The earth go around the sun.
®The earth goes around the sun.
5. Homework:(2’)
- Review present and past simple tenses and the model sentence.
- Practice describing people.
- Do exercise 5 (cont.) /Workbook/P9
- Prepare “Unit 2: Getting started + Listen and Read”
* Comments: