Giáo án Tiếng Anh sách thí điểm 8 - Unit 4: Our customs and traditions

eacher’s reflection
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Date of preparing: 04.11.2015
Date of teaching: 05.11.2015 
UNIT 4: OUR CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS
Period: 28 Lesson 3: A closer look 2
I. Aims: 
1. Skills: 
- Writing skills: Write the sentences with should or shouldn’t and form of have to.
- Speaking skills: Work in pairs, discuss and give the advice for partner. 
- Listening skills: Listen and write true or false for the sentences in 2.
- Language practice:
+ Vocabulary: the lexical items related to the topic "Our customs and traditions"
+ Grammar: Review
- Individual skills, pairwork skills. 
2. Knowledge: By the end of the lesson sts will be able to: have the opportunity to explore the table manners in the UK and compare them with those in Viet Nam.
3. Attitude: Educate ss to learn hard and to have knowledge about People of Viet Nam.
II. Resources: notebooks, extra board.
III. Procedures:
Class orgnization
The new lesson: A closer look 2
ACTIVITIES
CONTENTS
ACTIVITY 1
(3 minutes)
WARM UP 
* Purpose: This activity focus sts develop on their knowledge of the table manners.
- Instruction: Discuss and free talk about the customs and traditions in Viet Nam.
- Task: Form of learning: work in pairs. 
Grammar
Should and shouldn’t to express advice: review
Give a situation:
Your brother is going out with a friend. The weather forecast says it’s a hot sunny day. Give him some advice.
Encourage Ss to express their advice freely. If Ss mention should/shouldn’t, tell them that in this lesson they are going to review should/shouldn’t to express advice about customs and traditions. If Ss do not mention should/shouldn’t, remind them of the modal verb.
1 * Purpose: This activity focus sts develop on their knowledge of the table manners.
- Instruction: Discuss and free talk about the customs and traditions in Viet Nam.
- Task: Form of learning: work in pairs. 
Ask Ss to look at the pictures and quickly describe what they see. Have them complete the sentences and then compare the answers with a friend. Elicit Ss’s answers. Confirm the correct ones.
Key: 1.should 2.shouldn’t 
 3.should 4.shouldn’t 5.should 
2* Purpose: This activity focus sts develop on their knowledge of the table manners.
- Instruction: Discuss and free talk about the customs and traditions in Viet Nam.
- Task: Form of learning: work in pairs. 
Have Ss read the situations in A to make sure they understand them. Ss do this activity in pairs. Ask for Ss’s answers.
For a more able class, have Ss give some other advice for the situations. Ss may write their advice on a big piece and show it to the class.
Key: 1.b 2.c 
 3.e 4.d 5.a
Have Ss to express obligation or necessarity
Tell Ss that sometimes when they go to a place, it is obligatory that they follow its customs and traditions.
Have Ss read the information about have to. T may want to add that must is also used to express obligation. One of the differences between have to and must is that must shows internal obligation, i.e., you make a decision about what you must do. Give one example:
We must clean the house before Tet because we think it will bring luck.
Then have Ss read the Remember! box. Answers any questions from Ss.
If time allows, ask Ss to give examples with the grammar points discussed.
3* Purpose: This activity focus sts develop on their knowledge of the table manners.
- Instruction: Discuss and free talk about the customs and traditions in Viet Nam.
- Task: Form of learning: work in pairs. 
 Ss do this exercise individually, and then compare their answers with a classmate. Check Ss’s answers and confirm the correct ones.
Key: 1.have to 2.have to 
 3.has to 4.had to, don’t have to 
 5.doeshave to 6.didn’t have to
4* Purpose: This activity focus sts develop on their knowledge of the table manners.
- Instruction: Discuss and free talk about the customs and traditions in Viet Nam.
- Task: Form of learning: work in pairs. 
 Ss do this exercise individually and give T their answers.
Key: 1.B 2.A 
 3.A 4.B
5* Purpose: This activity focus sts develop on their knowledge of the table manners.
- Instruction: Discuss and free talk about the customs and traditions in Viet Nam.
- Task: Form of learning: work in pairs. 
 Have Ss quickly read the e-mail. Ss do this exercise individually and then compare the answers with a classmate. Ask one or two Ss to write their answers on the board. Have them explain their answers as well.
Key:
Shouldn’t give-> should give (reason: There are lots of confusing customs and traditions in Japan, so Eri thinks she should give Mi advance)
Has to->have to (reason: the pronoun ‘you’ goes with ‘have to’)
Shouldn’t wear->should wear (reason: Eri says that Mi should take off her shoes when going inside, which means she should wear slippers)
Didn’t have to-> don’t have to (reason: this sentence is in the present time)
Have use-> have to use(reason: ‘have to’ is the correct form)
Should worry->shouldn’t worry(reason:Eri says she’ll be there to help Mi, so Mi shouldn’t worry)
6* Purpose: This activity focus sts develop on their knowledge of the table manners.
- Instruction: Discuss and free talk about the customs and traditions in Viet Nam.
- Task: Form of learning: work in pairs. 
 Ss work in pairs to do this task. Ask some pairs to write their advice and obligations on the board. Other Ss give comments and vote for the best advice and obligations. Then they can add some more. This is an open activity so encourage Ss to express their ideas as long as the advice and obligations are appropriate.
If time does not allow, T may call a good student to give an example. Then Ss may do this as homework. However, remember to check their answers in the next lesson.
ACTIVITY 8
(2 minutes)
Sts Repeat the content of the lesson. 
T: Remarks the students’ study
- Learn by heart vocabulary and complete the exercises into notebook.
- Prepare: Communication
Teacher’s reflection
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Date of preparing: 04.11.2015
Date of teaching: 05.11.2015 
UNIT 4: OUR CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS
Period: 29 Lesson 4: Communication
I. Aims: 
1. Skills: 
- Writing skills: Write T or F for the sentences.
- Speaking skills: Work in pairs, discuss and say the different of two pictures and say about these table manner. 
- Listening skills: Listen and write true or false for the sentences in 2.
- Language practice:
+ Vocabulary: the lexical items related to the topic "Our customs and traditions"
+ Grammar: Review
- Individual skills, pairwork skills. 
2. Knowledge: By the end of the lesson sts will be able to: have the opportunity to explore the table manners in the UK and compare them with those in Viet Nam.
3. Attitude: Educate ss to learn hard and to have knowledge about People of Viet Nam.
II. Resources: notebooks, extra board.
III. Procedures:
Class orgnization
The new lesson: Communication
ACTIVITIES
CONTENTS
ACTIVITY 1
(3 minutes)
WARM UP 
* Purpose: This activity focus sts develop on their knowledge of the table manners.
- Instruction: Discuss and free talk about the table manners in Viet Nam.
- Task: Form of learning: work in pairs. 
Tell Ss that in this lesson they will have the opportunity to explore the table manners in the UK and compare them with those in Viet Nam.
ACTIVITY 2
(5 minutes)
* EXTRA VOCABULARY
* Purpose: This activity focus sts develop on their vocabulary.
- Instruction: Introduce vocabulary 
- Task: Form of learning: work individual 
Go through the Extra vocabulary with Ss. If Ss do not know any word in the box, quickly teach it. T can teach the words ‘prong’, ‘cutlery’, ‘tray’ and ‘mat’ by using the pictures provided in 1. To teach the word ‘palm’, point to the T’s palm. To teach the word ‘host/hostess’, T can give an explanation. When you invite some guests to your hourse, your mother is the hostess and your father is the host.
- prong [prɔη] (n): 
răng, ngạnh, chĩa, cái chĩa (để đảo rơm) 
- cutlery /’kʌtləri/ (n):
 dao kéo, bộ đồ dùng ăn
- tray [trei] (n):
cái khay, cái mâm
- mat /mæt/ (n):
chiếu, thảm chùi chân 
- palm /pɑ:m/(n):
cây cọ, cây họ cau dừa 
- host /houst/: (n) hostess /'houstis/ 
Ong chủ nhà>< bà chủ nhà
ACTIVITY 3
(10 minutes)
1. Look at the pictures below. In pairs, discuss the differences between them.
 * Purpose: This activity focus sts develop on their speaking skills.
- Instruction: Look at the picture, in pairs and discuss the differences between them. 
- Task: Form of learning: work in pairs 
In pairs Ss look at the pictures and discuss the differences between them. Encourage them to use the extra vocabulary. Some suggested differences are:
* Suggested answer:
- In the first picture, people are sitting on the mat to have the meal. In the second picture, they are sitting around the dinning table.
- In the first picture, people are using rice bowls and chopsticks. In the second picture, they are using cutlery. 
- In the first picture, people don’t have drink. In the second picture, people drink champane.
ACTIVITY 4
(5 minutes)
2. Read the following sentences about table manners in Britain. Work in pairs. Write T (true) or F (false).
* Purpose: This activity focus sts develop on their writing skills.
- Instruction: Read the following sentences about table manners in Britain. Work in pairs. Write T (true) or F (false). 
- Task: Form of learning: work in pairs 
Ss work in pairs to decide if the statements are true or false. Have some Ss write their answers on the board. Do not confirm the correct answers now.
ACTIVITY 5
(10 minutes)
3. Now listen to Nick giving a presentation on table manners in Britain and check your answers.
* Purpose: This activity focus sts develop on their listening skills.
- Instruction: Listen to Nick giving a presentation on table manners in Britain and check your answers.
- Task: Form of learning: work individually 
Play the recording for Ss to check their answers. Ss listen to the recording twice. If there are any incorrect answers, have Ss explain why the sentences are false.
* Suggested answer:
1. F (You hold the folk in the left hand and the knife in the right)
2. T
3. F (There is also a spoon and a fork for dessert.)
4. T
5. F ( You should never use your own cutlery to take more food from the serving dish spoon)
6. F ( You should break off the bread with your hands )
7. F ( Guests have to wait until the host or hostess starts eating.)
8. T
ACTIVITY 6
(5 minutes)
4. Work in pairs. Discuss if you follow these table manners in your family. Are there other table manners in Britain and check your answers.
* Purpose: This activity focus sts develop on their speaking skills.
- Instruction: Work in pairs. Discuss if you follow these table manners in your family. Are there other table manners in Britain and check your answers.
- Task: Form of learning: work in pairs 
The aims of this activity is to provide Ss with some Vietnamese table manners. Ss may know them all but may lack the language to talk about them. This activity also help Ss brainstorm more ideas for the next activity.
In pairs Ss discuss if they know the same table manners in their family. They may add some more. Remember to set a time limit for this activity. Some Ss present their ideas. T may quickly write some of the Ss’ extra table manners on the board.
ACTIVITY 7
(5 minutes)
5. There is a Bristish exchange student in your class. You invite her to dinner at your home. Play the following roles.
* Purpose: This activity focus sts develop on their speaking skills.
- Instruction: There is a Bristish exchange student in your class. You invite her to dinner at your home. Play the following roles.
- Task: Form of learning: work in pairs 
Ss work in pairs and role-play. They continue the conversation in the book or make up their own. After some time, call some pairs to act out the conversation in front of the class. Other Ss give comments. Give praise and feedback on Ss’ conversations.
ACTIVITY 8
(2 minutes)
Sts Repeat the content of the lesson. 
T: Remarks the students’ study
- Learn by heart vocabulary and complete the exercises into notebook.
- Prepare: Skills 1
Teacher’s reflection
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Date of preparing: 04.11.2015
Date of teaching: 06.11.2015 
UNIT 4: OUR CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS
Period: 30 Lesson 5: Skills 1
I. Aims: 
1. Skills: 
- Reading skills: Read and answer the question. 
- Speaking skills: Work in pairs, discuss the questions then interview. 
- Language practice:
+ Vocabulary: the lexical items related to the topic "Our customs and traditions"
+ Grammar: Review
- Individual skills, pairwork skills. 
2. Knowledge: By the end of the lesson sts will be able to: Read for specific information about family customs and traditions and ask about and describe different customs and traditions.
3. Attitude: Educate ss to learn hard and to have knowledge about People of Viet Nam.
II. Resources: notebooks, extra board.
III. Procedures:
Class orgnization
The new lesson: Skills 1
ACTIVITIES
CONTENTS
ACTIVITY 1
(3 minutes)
WARM UP 
* Purpose: This activity focus sts develop on their knowledge of the table manners.
- Instruction: Discuss and free talk about the table manners in Viet Nam.
- Task: Form of learning: work in pairs. 
ACTIVITY 2
(5 minutes)
READING
1. Look at the pictures and answer the questions.
* Purpose: This activity focus sts develop on their describing about the pictures.
- Instruction: Look at the pictures and answer the questions.
- Task: Form of learning: work in pairs. 
Have Ss look at the pictures and anwer the questions in pairs. Elicit answers from Ss.
* Suggested answers:
Picture 1: A family is celebrating a birthday.
Picture 2: People are making Chung cake.
Picture 3: A family is at an amusement park.
ACTIVITY 3
(10 minutes)
2. Read Mi’s presentation on customs and traditions. Is she writing about her family or her society?
* Purpose: This activity focus sts develop on their reading skills.
- Instruction: Read Mi’s presentation on customs and traditions then answer the question.
- Task: Form of learning: work in pairs. 
Ask Ss to read the passage quickly and tell if Mi is writing about her family or her society. Elicit the answers from Ss.
? Is she writing about her family or her society?
* Suggested answers:
- She’s writing about her family
* Vocabulary:
- generation (n): /,dʤenə'reiʃn/ 
sự sinh ra, sự phát sinh ra, thế hệ
- anniversary (n): /,æni’və:səri/ 
ngày kỷ niệm; lễ kỷ niệm 
- lasagne (n): [lə’zænjə]
món bột với cà chua và nước xốt và phó mát hấp chung
- grilled chicken (n): /grild/ 
gà nướng 
- sense of belonging
cảm giác thân thuộc
- course (n):
món ăn
ACTIVITY 4
(5 minutes)
3. Now decide in which paragraph each detail below is mentioned. Write A, B, or C in the blank.
* Purpose: This activity focus sts develop on their reading skills.
- Instruction: Read Mi’s presentation on customs and traditions again then write A, B, or C in the blank.
- Task: Form of learning: work in pairs. 
It is the first time this type of reading exercise has appeared in the textbook, so T should instruct Ss on the way to do it:
- Read the statements and underline the key words, e.g. in statement 1, the key words are ‘name’ and ‘Italian dish’
- Begin with statement 1; read through the passage quickly and locate the key words.
- Stop to read the part that includes the key words more carefully to make sure the information matches.
T: may model with the first statement. Ss work individually then compare their answers with a classmate before giving the answers to T.
* Suggested answers: 1.C 2. A 3. C 4. B 5. A 6. B
* Vocabulary:
- existed /ig'zist/ (V):
tồn tại, sống 
- long (a) -> length (n):  /leɳθ/  
bề dài, chiều dài, độ dài
ACTIVITY 5
(5 minutes)
4. Read the text again and answer the questions.
* Purpose: This activity focus sts develop on their reading skills.
- Instruction: Read the text again and answer the questions.
- Task: Form of learning: work in pairs. 
Ss read the passage again to answers. Ss compare the questions. Ss can underline parts of the text that help them with the answers. Ss compare their answers before giving the answers to T. Ask them to give evidence when giving the answers.
* Suggested answers: 
1. They are: having lunch together on the second day of Tet, spending Sunday together, and celebrating her grandparents’ wedding anniversary on the first Sunday of October.
2. They usually go to the cinema or go for a picnic together.
3. They don’t remember.
4. They made five-coloured sticky reice served with grilled chicken.
5. They live family customs and traditions because they provide a sense of belonging.
ACTIVITY 6
(5 minutes)
SPEAKING
5. Work in pairs and discuss the questions.
* Purpose: This activity focus sts develop on their speaking skills.
- Instruction: Work in pairs and discuss the questions.
- Task: Form of learning: work in pairs. 
In pairs, Ss take turns to ask each other the three questions about their own family customs and traditions. T can move about the class, facilitating where necessary and assessing how Ss are doing.
* Suggested answers: 
ACTIVITY 7
(10 minutes)
6. Interview another pair to get their answers to the questions in 5. note down their answers in the table below. Then present what you have found out to the class.
* Purpose: This activity focus sts develop on their speaking skills.
- Instruction: Interview another pair to get their answers to the questions in 5. note down their answers in the table below. Then present what you have found out to the class.
- Task: Form of learning: work in pairs. 
Now two pairs of Ss join together. One pair interviews the other. One S interviews and the other notes down the answers in the table. Then, the second pair interviews the first pair.
Ss spend a few minutes preparing the findings to the whole class.
If there is not much time, T may just have Ss complete activity 5. Ss interview each other in pairs and report the findings to the whole class.
ACTIVITY 8
(2 minutes)
Sts Repeat the content of the lesson. 
T: Remarks the students’ study
- Learn by heart vocabulary and complete the exercises into notebook.
- Prepare: Skills 2
Teacher’s reflection
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Date of preparing: 06.11.2015
Date of teaching: 11.11.2015 
UNIT 4: OUR CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS
Period: 31 Lesson 6: Skills 2
I. Aims: 
1. Skills: 
- Listening skills: Listen and write the words you hear, then tick true or false. 
- Writing skills: Read then write about traditional Japanese dance. 
- Language practice:
+ Vocabulary: the lexical items related to the topic "Our customs and traditions"
+ Grammar: Review
- Individual skills, pairwork skills. 
2. Knowledge: By the end of the lesson sts will be able to: Listen to get specific information about a traditional dance of an ethnic and write a description of a traditional Japanese dance
3. Attitude: Educate ss to learn hard and to have knowledge about People of Viet Nam.
II. Resources: notebooks, extra board.
III. Procedures:
Class orgnization
The new lesson: Skills 2
ACTIVITIES
CONTENTS
ACTIVITY 1
(3 minutes)
WARM UP 
1. Look at the picture. What tradition do you think this is? Share your ideas with a partner.
* Purpose: This activity focus sts develop on their knowledge of the Thai dance.
- Instruction: Look at the picture and share your ideas with a partner about the traditional dance in Viet Nam.
- Task: Form of learning: work in pairs. 
Ss look at the picture and share what they know about this tradition with a partner. Elicit Ss’ answers and have them share as much information as possible. Write the name of the traditional dance on the board: The xoe dance.
ACTIVITY 2
(10 minutes)
LISTENING
2. Listen to Mai’s presentation and complete the table with no more than three words from the recording.
* Purpose: This activity focus sts develop on their listening skills.
- Instruction: Listen to Mai’s presentation and complete the table with no more than three words from the recording.
- Task: Form of learning: work individually. 
Tell Ss that they are going to listen to Mai’s presentation on the xoe dance and complete the table. Play the recording once. Ask for Ss’ answers and write them on the board. If all the answers are correct, move to the next activity. If Ss are not sure about their answers, play the recording again for Ss to check. Make changes to the answers on the board but do not confirm the correct ansers now.
 * Suggested answers: 
1. happy and wealthy 
5. social 
2. private gatherings 
6. fire 
3. 30 
7. the music 
4. the circle dance
8. culture and lifestyle
* Vocabulary:
-  express (v): /iks'pres/ 
biểu lộ, bày tỏ
- perform (v): /pə'fɔ:m/ 
làm (công việc...); thực hiện (lời hứa...)
- wealthy (a): /'welθi/ 
giàu, giàu có 
- unity (n): /'ju:niti/ 
tính thuần nhất, tính duy nhất, đoàn kết
- reflect (v): /ri'flekt/ 
phản chiếu, phản ánh, dội lại 
- private (a): /private/
riêng, tư, cá nhân 
ACTIVITY 3
(5 minutes)
3. Listen again and tick true or false.
* Purpose: This activity focus sts develop on their listening skills.
- Instruction: Listen to Mai’s presentation again and tick true (T) or false (F).
- Task: Form of learning: work individually. 
Without listening to the recording again, Ss decide if the sentences are true of false. If they meet any difficulty doing this, play the recording again. Have Ss compare the answers for both 2 and 3.
* Suggested answers: 1. T 2. F 3. F 4. T 5. T
If there is not much time, Ss can skip activity 3.
* Vocabulary:
-  spiritual /'spiritjuəl/ 
(thuộc) linh hồn, tôn giáo
- conical hat /'kɔnikəl/ 
nón
- scarve (n) /skɑ:f/ 
khăn quàng cổ, khăn choàng cổ
ACTIVITY 4
(5 minutes)
WRITING
4. Work in pairs. Read about a traditional Japanese dance. Make complete sentences using the information given.
* Purpose: This activity focus sts develop on their writing skills.
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