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

Week:1
Period: 2nd
UNIT 1: MY FRIENDS
Date: 
Division of the lessons
Lesson 1	: Getting started + Listen & read 
Lesson 2	: Speak + Listen
 Lesson 3	: Read
 Lesson 4	: Write 
 Lesson 5	: Language focus 
UNIT 1:	Lesson1 : Getting started 
 Listen &read
I/ Aim
 By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to know more about Hoa, 
Nien,Lan and to review simple present and simple past tense.
 II/ Language contents
a.Grammar : 
She wasn’t old enough to be in my class
S + be (not) + adj + enough to + Verb
b. Vocabulary: 
(v) seem, look like
 A next door neighbor 
III. Techniques: 
Rub out and Remember ,Comprehention questions, gap- filling
IV. Teaching aids :
 Stereo 
 V. Procedures:
Teacher and Sts’ activities
Content
T asks Sts to look at 4 pictures on page 10
and talk about the activities they want to do
after school or in their free time
T gives some questions
Sts answer
T corrects
T presents the new words to Sts
Sts repeat and say the meaning 
Sts copy
T presents the model
T gives Sts some questions to lead Sts into 
the dialogue
Sts work in pairs
Sts listen to the stereo
Sts work in pairs to answer the questions
T corrects mistakes in pronunciation
T asks Sts to write a paragraph about Hoa and Lan
T gives Sts some cues and Ss write
Sts practice
Sts write the questions
T corrects and gives marks
T sets and guides
Sts observe and take notes
 1.Warm up / Marks
 * Questions
What are these Sts doing?
What time of the day do you think it is?
Do you like soccer ? 
Whom do you like playing with ?
2. Presentation
New words
Seem(v)
A next door neighbor: A person who lives next to your house
Look like(v)
Rub out and Remember
Model sentence
She wasn’t old enough to be in my class
@Guidi ng questions
Is Nien Lan’s friend or Hoa’s friend ? 
How old is she ? 
Where does she live? 
Is she a beautiful girl ?
Practice
Answer keys
Nien lives in Hue
No, she doesn’t
The sentence is “ She wasn’t old 
enough to be in my class “
d.At Christmas
4. Production
Cues:
a.Lan/ Hoa’s best friend
b.They/ same/ Quang Trung school
c. Last year/ Hoa/to school / first time
d. Lan/ show/ around/ introduce/ to new friends
**Make questions for the underlined words
a/ My house is in the center of the city
b/ We always do our homework in the evening
c/ My best friends are Tan and Lien
d/ I have to get up early because I goto the airport
5.Homework
- Learn words, do exercises 1a,b in notebook
- Do exercise 1 page 5 in workbook
- Prepare : Lesson 2 : Speak+ Listen
* Comments 
Week : 01 	
UNIT 1: Lesson 2 : Speak + Listen
Period: 3rd
Date:
 I/ Aim
By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to describe someone and complete the dialouge by listening
II/ Language contents
a.Grammar: 
S+ have/has+ adj+ hair
 S+ be+ adj
 b.Vocarulary: 
(a) slim, straight, curly,bald ,blond
III/ Techniques
Brainstorming,Word cue drill, Prediction,What & Where
VI/ Teaching aids: 
Pictures, tape, cards
V/ Procedures:
Teacher& Sts ‘s activities
Content
T can asks sts to think of the adj used to describe body build and hair
(T can give a picture of s.o and asks them to describe her/ his hair, her/his build)
Sts do as teacher asks
T presents somes adjectives
T can explain some words in English or use the pictures
Sts say the meaning
Sts copy
T shows Sts a pictures of Mary and asks them to describe her hair / her body build . T introduces the models
Sts give the form
T prepares 6 cards so that Ss can drill easily ( groupwork)
Note: The order of adiectives :number+ quality+ size+ age+colour+origin/country+material+Noun
T shows the pictures of six people and asks Sts to describe
One student describe and the others have to guess who he/ she is
Sts practice in pairs
If there’s time ,T asks Ss to describe a famous person.T can give marks
T asks Sts”How do people greet one another?”
Sts answer – How are you? 
 - How do you do?
 - Hello
 - Nice to meet you
 - It’s a pleasure to meet you
T reviews the expressions
T gets Sts guess and complete 4 dialogues
Sts listen to the tape
Get Sts to work in pairs to complete the dialogues and compare with their prediction
Sts practice speaking
Sts play roles of Nam-Hoa-Thu,Khai-Mrs Lien-Mr Vi,Ba-Bao-Grandmother,Mr Lam- Mrs Linh_ Mr Thanh
Sts practice in pairs
T gives exercises
Sts practise
T corrects and marks
T sets ans marks
Sts observe and take notes
1.Warm up
* Brainstorming
Hair
Bodybuid
 tall long blond blad
thin fat
light heavy 
 short short curly
2. Pre
* Speak 
a/ Pre - speaking
(a) slim, straight, curly,bald ,blond
=> What & where
Model sentence
She has long blond hair
She is short and thin
*Form:
 S+ have / has + adj + hair
 S+ be + adj
3. While
 b/ While - peaking
* Word cue drill
a. he / tall / thin
b. she /short / slim
c. he / short / fat
d. long / black
e. curly / blond
f. straight / brown
Example:
S1: This person is short and thin. She has long blond hair
S2: Is this Mary?
S1: Yes
* LISTEN
a/ Pre - listening
T : How do you do ?
S1 : How do you do ?
T : I’d like you to meet 
S2 : Nice to meet you, 
b/ While - listening
Expressions
I guess
I listen
- How do you do?
- Nice to meet you
9 Tape
 Dialogues
Answer keys
a. I’d like you tp meet
 Nice to meet you
b. I’d like you to meet
 It’s a pleasure to meet you
c. Come and meet
d. How do you do?
4.Post 
**Put these words in the correct order
1.short/ sister /hair/my/curly/has
2.gray/a/Mr Thanh/ beard/long/has
3.many/are/flowers/garden/in/red/her/there/small
4.draw/a/thin/firstly/line/long
5.Homework
- Learn new model
- Do exercises 3,4 in workbook
- Prepare : Unit 1 : Lesson 3 : Read
* Comments 
Week : 02 	
UNIT 1: Lesson 3 : Read
Period : 04th
Date:
I Aim 
By the end of the lesson , Sts will be able to know more about Ba’s friends and their hobbies .
II.Language contents
a/ Grammar 
	 Simple tense
b/ Vocabulary
 	 (n) character, orphanage, sense of humor
 	 (a) sociable , reserved 
	 (v) tell jokes 
III.Techniques 
	What and Where,T/F statements prediction , comprehention questions
IV.	Teaching aids 
V.	Procedures 
Teacher & Ss’s activities
Contents
T prepares twelve cards with numbers on one side and the verbs on the other
Make sure the verbs are mixed up. Stick the card on the board so students can only see the numbers.
Turn the cards over and see if they match. Eg:teach_taught ( give them one mark. If not, turn the card over again and ask the next team)
T presents newwords by using simple English
T can explain some words in Vietnamese and guides sts to read
Sts say the meaning, repeat and copy
T sets the scene: These statements are about Ba and his friends, read them and guess which statements are True, which are False.
Sts work in pairs
T asks Sts to open their books and read the text on page 13.
+ Let Sts check their prediction
T asks Sts to correct False statements
Sts do exercise 1 on page 14
Sts work in pairs to choose the best answer
T corrects
T asks Sts to read the text again and answer the questions
Sts observe and do as teacher asks
T corrects and gives answer keys
Sts take notes
T asks all Sts to work in closed pairs and then asks Sts to work in pairs / groups and talk to one another about their friends, using the adjectives they have learnt to describe
T sets and guides
Sts observe and take notes
Warm up (5’)( Marks)
* Pelmanism
meet
come
live
think
send
thought
go
receive
met
lived
received
came
sent
went
2. Pre_reading (10’)
New words:
Character (n) => collective qualities or characteristics( that) distinguish a person 
Orphanage(n)=> a place where children without parents live
(a) Reserved , sociable
Tell jokes (v) => tell a story which makes people laugh
Sense of humor (n)
What and where
3. While – reading
T/F statements prediction
a. Ba only has three friends : Bao, Khai,Song
b. Ba and his friends have the same characters
c. Bao, Khai , Song are quite reserved in public
d. They all enjoy school and study hard
Guess
Correction
a
b
c
d
F
F
F
T
*Correction
 a. Ba has a lot of friends but he spends most of his time with Bao, Song and Khai
 b. They have different characters
 c. Only Song and Khai are quite reserved
 > Multiple choice
a/ A ; b/ C ; c/ B ; d/ D
Comprehention questions
Answer keys:
a/ Ba 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 sometimes his jokes annoy his friends
e/ Bao spends his free time doing volunteer work at a local orphanage
f/ I and my friends , of course, have different characters
Post –reading(5’)
- Students’practising
Homework (5)
- Learn words, do exercises in workbook
- Write a paragraph about one closed friend
- Prepare : Unit 1 : Lesson 4 : Write 
* Comments 
Week : 02	
Unit 1: Lesson 4 : Write 
Period : 05th
Date:
I / Aim 
 By the end of the lesson , Sts will be able to write a paragraph and describe about their close friends.
II/ Language contents:
Grammar :
	 Simple tense
Vocabulary :
	 (adj) humorous, helpful
III/ Techniques : 
	 Matching, ask and answer, gap- fill
IV/ Teaching aids 
	 Picture , textbook
V/ Procedures
Teacher’s and students’activities
Content
T asks sts to answer the questions
Sts answer
T corrects
T introduces the new lesson
Sts listen
T presents the newwords and guides
Sts observe , read and take notes
T checks
Sts practise
T corrects and marks
T asks sts to read the information about Tam
Sts read
T asks sts to asnwer the questions in part 2
Sts practise
T corrects
T gives cues and asks sts to depend on it to write a paragraph
Sts observe and do as teacher asks
T corrects 
T asks sts to write a paragraph about their close friends
Sts practise
T corrects and marks
T gives the exercises
Sts practise
T corrects and marks
T sets and guides 
Sts observe and take notes
Warm –up
Questions
Do you have any close friends ?
What’s her / his name ?
How old is he / she ?
Where does he / she live ?
What does he / she look like ?
Students’answering 
Pre – writing
* Newwords
(adj) humorous, helpful 
Matching
Humorous	 : Thaáp
Tall	 : Hay giuùp ñôõ 
Short	 : Hoøa ñoàng
Helpful : Cao 
Sociable : Haøi höôùc 
Part 1 
Paragraph / page 15
While - writing
Part 2 
Pair work
Questions ( page 15)
Students’practising
 Cues 
His / Her name’s  and he / she’s 
years old . He / she lives at  with his / her  . He’s  and  and has  hair. He is ,  and  . His / her best friends are  .
Part 3 
Write a paragraph about your partner
Post – writing
Put the words or phrases in cprrect order to make sentences
a) she / hair / black / has / long / straight.
b) awful / an / what / house !
c) enough / Hoa / stay / to / alone / old / isn’t / at home .
d) you / going / to / are / what / do / next weekend ?
Homework
Learn by heart : Newwords
Rewrite the paragraph about your close friends
Prepare : Unit 1 : Lesson 5 
 Language focus
* Comments 
Week : 04	
Period : 07
Date:Unit 1 : Lesson 5 : Language focus
03/09/2013
I/ Aim
By the end of the lesson, Sts will be able to use simple present tense to talk about general truths and write some sentences using the structures”(not) + Adj+ enough + to- infinitive”
II/ Language contents:
Grammar :
	 - Simple tenses
 - Present simple to talk about general truths
	 - ( not) adjective + enough + to -infinitive 
Vocabulary :
	 (n) planet, Mars, Mercury, groceries
 (a) silly
	 (v) set, rise
III/ Techniques : 
	 Gap – fill, ask and answer
IV/ Teaching aids 
	 Picture , textbook
V/ Procedures
Teacher’s and students’activities
Content
T gives some verbs and asks sts to write them into the simple past
Sts observe and do as teacher asks
T corrects 
T presents the newwords , explains and guides sts to read
T reviews the old knowledge and guides sts to practise
Sts observe and practise
T corrects
Sts do as teacher asks
T checks
T guides sts to practise the exercises
Sts practise
T corrects
T gives examples and guides sts to describe the people in the picture
Sts observe and practise
T corrects
T guides sts to practise the exercises
Sts practise
T corrects
Sts observe and take notes
Warm –up
Present simple Past simple 
Live 
Send 
Be 
Come 
Show 
Introduce 
=> Students’practising
2. Presentation
* Language focus
Newwords
(n) planet, Mars, Mercury
 (a) silly
 (v) set, rise
=> What and where
* Structures:
a.Simple tenses
Ex:I go to school every day.
He goes to school every day.
S+ V (s/es) + O
b. Enough + to - infinities
Ex : 1) He is old enough to drive a car
 2)You are not old enough to drive a car
3. Practice
1a.
1 ) lives	2) sent	3) was	4) is
1b.
1 ) are	2) came	3) showed	4) introduced 
2.
Keys
sets	4) is
2) goes 5) is
moves	 6) is
3.
Keys
There are four people in the picture
There is a tall, heavy – set man
 There is a tall, thin woman with short hair.
 There is a short man standing across the street.
 There is a boy sitting on the ground, holding his head.
The man standing next to the taxi is wearing a yellow shirt and black trousers n.
 The woman is carrying a shoulder bag, and is wearing a green skirt and red blouse.
 The boy sitting on the ground and holding his head is wearing blue short and a white shirt.
 The across the street is wearing blue trousers and a pink shirt.
4.Production
Language focus4.
not big enough
not old enough
strong enough
good enough
5. Homework
 Resee all of the knowledge of unit 1
 Prepare : Unit 2 : Lesson : Getting started
 Listen & read
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