Giáo án môn Tiếng Anh 8 - Unit 8: Country life and city life

sk Ss to write letter to friend about their neighborhood.
-Let them write individually 
-Ask ss to compare with their partners and correct if they can.
4. Post-Writing:
-Choose some letters to correct before class. 
Model letter
Dear Lan!
 Thanks for your letter. I’m pleased to tell you about my new house. Now I live in a small house on Dong Khoi street. It’s small but really beautiful. From my bedroom window, I can see a green rice paddy and a river. It’s not very far from my home to my school, about 1 km. So I walk to school everyday. In my neighborhood, there is a stadium, which I like best because I can go there to play soccer.
I hope you can come to my place some day.
Love
Hai Thuy
-Get feedback / Correct mistakes
5. Homework: 
-Do exercise inwork book.
-Prepare the next lesson.
Students’ activities
- Whole class.
-Look at the card and choose the suitable outlines. 
- Take note the outline on the books and try to remember.
-Answers
- Work in pairs .
a. I live in a small town /big house /village .
b. My house looks very nice/small with 4/5 rooms
c. From my bedroom window, I can see a small park with many green trees and colorful flowers.
d. It’s very near so I can walk to school .
e. There is a hospital, a post office, two schools a market ...
f. I like .best .Because.
- Share and compare with other group 
-Read
- Write letter to friend about their neighborhood 
-Write (Individual)
- Compare with their partners and correct 
(self-correct / teacher corrects)
- Read the letter.
-Write homework.
VI. Comments 	
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Week: 17th	 
Period: 51th	 
UNIT 8	COUNTRY LIFE AND CITY LIFE 
Lesson 5	LANGUAGE FOCUS
I. Objectives:
Talk about the future events.
Talk about the differences.
II. Language contents:
Grammar: The present progressive.
 Comparative and superlative adjectives.
Vocabulary: Long adjectives and short adjectives
III. Techniques: Speaking, Writing, Completing.
IV. Teaching aids: Pictures, Books, Real objects.
V. Procedures: 
Teacher’s activities
1.2. Language focus 1 
 Ask them to do the exercise 1 on page 77.
- Call on some students to practice the dialogue.
- Give them the shipping information and ask them to make similar dialogues.
Example:
S1: is the boat to Quy Nhon leaving at 11.30?
S2: Is that good fortune?
S1: That’s right.
S2: I’m very sorry. It’s been delayed.
S1: Oh no 
S2: Now, it’s leaving at 13.35.
Example 2.
S1:s the boat from Canada arriving at 11.00?
S2: Are you talking about Diamond Eyes?
S1: Yes.
S2: it’s arriving on time.
2. Language focus 2 
- Ask them to use the suitable verbs the present progressive tense to complete the dialogue in exercise 2 page 78.
-get some pairs to practice the dialogues before the class and correct.
* Answer 
a. am playing 
b. are doing 
a. am watching 
d. am going 
e. are cleaning
f. am having
3. Language focus 3
- Give the form: Be + V- ing 
 Use: describe changes with “get” and “become”
- Ask them to do the exercises.
- Give the answer.
a. The boys are getting tall.
b. The old men are becoming weak.
c. It is getting dark.
d. The weather is getting cold.
e. The students are getting better.
f. The schoolyard is becoming cleaner.
4. Language focus 4.5
Remind students of the form of comparative and superlative 
a. Comparative
-short adjective-ER+than +
-more + Long Adjectives + than +
b. Superlative
S + Be + The + Short Adjective – EST + 
S + Be + The + Most - long Adjective + 
c. Irregular adjectives:
Good / well - better - the best 
Bad - worse - the worst 
Many - more - the most 
Little - less - the least 
c. Practice :
-Ask students to do exercise 4 on page 79 
-They have to work in pairs to make the different between the city and the country about food ,traffic, transport, air, entertainment, medical facilities, school, electricity with the adjectives easy, expensive, cheap, good, bad, poor, big,
accessible, fresh .
-Have students correct themselves.
-Then correct for them.
-Ask students to do exercise 5 on page 79 
-Ask them to read the advertisement then ask them some questions to check their understanding.
 5. Homework:
-do the exercises again
-Prepare the revision.
Students’ activities
- Practice with a partner.
S1: The boat from Canada arriving at 11.00?
S2: Are you talking about Diamond Eyes?
S1: Yes.
S2: it’s arriving on time.
- Give the answer: 
a. am playing 
b. are doing 
a. am watching 
d. am going 
e. are cleaning
f. am having
- Give the answer.
a. The boys are getting tall.
b. The old men are becoming weak.
c. It is getting dark.
d. The weather is getting cold.
e. The students are getting better.
f. The schoolyard is becoming cleaner.
- Give structures
- Give examples
- Listen and write
- Do exercises 4
- Work in pairs
- Correct
- Do exercise 5
THE TEN – MINUTE TEST
1. Write 5 sentences about the changes in your hometown. 
2. Complete each of the following sentences in such a way that it has the same meaning as the sentences printed before it (2.0pts) :
a. Ba is taller than Minh -> Minh is not .
b. She is more intelligent than her sister -> Her sister is not 
c. Nobody in my class is better than Hoa-> Hoa is the.
d. My bad is different from yours ->Your bag is not as..
e. A dress is more expensive than a shirt -> A shirt is 
* KEY AND MARKS :
1. 5Marks : - (1 m / 1 s ) . 
 Students answer themselves 
2. 5 Marks : - (1 m / 1 s ) . 
a. Minh is not as tall as Ba .
b. Her sister is not as intelligent as her .
c.Hoa is the best student in my class .
d. Your bag is not the same as mine(my bad) 
c. A shirt is cheaper than a dress .
Khoái lôùp 
Toång soá 
Ñieåm >= 5
Ñieåm 8 - 10
Ñieåm 0 - 3
Ghi chuù 
SL 
%
SL 
%
SL 
%
8A2
22
8A3
23
V. Comments:	
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Week: 17th	 
Period: 52nd 	 
REVISION OF THE FIRST TERM
I .Objectives:
	1 .Educational aims: By the end of the lesson, students should understand all words and structures they have learnt.
	2. Teaching aims: 
II. Language contents:
	1. Vocabulary: review.
	2. Grammar: present progressive, simple present, present perfect
III. Teaching aids:
IV .Techniques: picture description / True / False guessing, question-answer, multiple choice.
V. Procedures:
I. Summary of tenses
1. Simple present tense 
 I / We / You / They / + V + O 
 He / She / It  + V(s/es ) + O 
2. Simple Past Tense 
 S + V ( simple past ) + O 
Simple future Tense (Thì Töông Lai Ñôn):
S + Will + V + O
Present Perfect Tense: 
S + Have / Has + Vpp + O 
 * Negative: 
 S + Have / Has + Not + Vpp + O
* Question:
 Have / Has + S + Vpp + O?
5 . S + Be + (Not) + Adjective + Enough + To- infinitive
Eg : He is not old enough to go to cshool.
( He is not old .He can’t go to school) . 
6.Talking about intentions with “going to”.
Eg : I am going to go to Da Lat next Sunday 
7. Reflexive pronoun 
Pronouns
 I
 You
 He
 She
 We
 They
proflexive
myself 
yourself / yourselves 
himself 
herself 
ourselves 
themselves 
8 .Used to : Ñaõ töøng (habit in the past : dieãn taû thoùi quen trong quaù khöù)
*.PREPOSITIONS OF TIME : GIÔÙI TÖØ CHÆ THÔØI GIAN 
 - On+ thöù / ngaøy /thaùng ngaøy.
 - In + thaùng / naêm / muøa / buoåi .
 - At night /  o’clock.
 - For + 1 khoaûng thôøi gian (a year / a week / Two days / a long time .)
 - Since + 1 moác thôøi gian (1989 / last year / yesterday )
 - Between  and.
 - Up to / until 
. Choose the best answer: 
 1. They ‘ve studiedsix o’clock . a.in b.at c.since d.for
 2 My mother was .last night, so we went out for dinner.
 a. tired enough to cook b .too tired to cook c . tired for cooking
 3 . .have you lived in thisn town ? (a. how much / how many /how far / how long)
 4. Airmail is .expensive than surface mail . (a. the most / the same / as / more)
 5. It’s two years since I last Joe . (a. see / saw ./ have seen / seeing) 
 6. He went to school late because he stuck in the  this morning .
 a. rush hour b. traffic light c . traffic jam d . cross road 
 7. Typhoons ,floods or droughts can easly .,a harvest 
 a. destroy b. finish c. provide d. defeat
 8. Which one is ..,milk or orange juice ? (better / good / the best / well)
 9. It .in winter ; Now it . (a. is raining / doesn’t rain 
 b. rains / doesn’t rain c. rains / isn’t raining d. is raining / isn’t raining
 10. The climate is hotter and hotter .
 a. coming b. becoming c. getting d. b&c are correct 
 11. The party was great and we enjoy ..very much . (ourself / ourselves / usselves)
 12. Our team won the game because we played very .  (well / goodly / better)
 13. Her mother is the .age as yours . (similar / same / as / diffirent)
 14. We spent a lot of time  that work . (to do / doing / do / does)
 15. You ..go to school late . (must / must not / don’t have to / have to)
. Homework
-learn by heart structures. 
-Prepare: Commands, request and advice in reported speech.
VI. Comments
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Week: 17th	 
 Teaching Day: 21/12/2012
REVISION OF THE FIRST TERM
I. Objectives:
By the end of the lesson, students should understand all words and structures they have learnt. .
II. Language contents:
1. Vocabulary: review 
2 .Grammar 
* Commands, request and advice in reported speech
*Comparative 
III. Teaching aids:
IV. Techniques: True / False guessing, question-answer, multiple choice.
V. Procedures:
 1 Commands, request and advice in reported speech.
(caâu töôøng thuaät)
a.Report Commands and requestudents: töôøng thuaät laïi caâu yeâu caàu vaø caâu meänh leänh 
S + asked / told + me + to infinitive.
b. Report advices: töôøng thuaät laïi moät lôøi khuyeân .
S + said + S + should + V(infinitive).
2. Comparative . so saùnh .
 	a. Equative: so saùnh baèng 
 S + be (not) + as + Ajective + as 
 b. Comparative: so saùnh hôn 
S + Be + Short Adjective – ER + Than + ..
S + Be + More -Long Adjective + Than + ..
 c. Superlative: so saùnh nhaát 
S + Be + The + Short Adjective – EST + Noun
S + Be + The + Most - Long Adjective + Noun 
Short Ajective : tính töø ngaén (tt moät aâm tieát) 	
I/ Rewrite the following sentences:	-
1 Ba said to Khanh " Can you work harder, please ? "
 Ba asked	
2 My father said to me " You should live better"
My father said 	
3 Minh said to his sister " Please buy me a newspaper"
Minh told	
4 Jill is more intelligent than Bill. (as..as)
Bill isn't	
5 Your hair is black. My hair is black, too. (the same)
Your hair color .....................................as	
6 The film was so boring, but I thought it was interesting. (different from)
The film was quite..what	
7 He has worked for this company for ten years.
He started	
8 Lan last visited her mother 2 months ago.
Lan has not	
9 I went to the dentist's. I had a decaying tooth. (because)
I went 	
10 It's dangerous to leave medicine around the house.
Leaving	
IV. Homework
-learn by heart structures. 
-Prepare: . FORM OF VERBS :( DAÏNG ÑOÄNG TÖØ )
V. Comments
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Week: 18th	 
Period: 54th 	 
REVISION OF THE FIRST TERM
I. Objectives:
 By the end of the lesson, students should understand all words and structures they have learnt.
II. Language contents:
1. Vocabulary: review 
2 .Grammar : to – infinitives, bare – infinitives, gerund.
III. Teaching aids :
IV. Techniques: True / False guessing, question-answer, multiple choice.
V. Procedures:
Review all the structures from unit 1 to unit 8.
Acticity 1. FORM OF VERBS: (DAÏNG ÑOÄNG TÖØ)
 Coù 3 daïng ÑT: Bare infinitive (V). To infinitive (To V). Gerund (V-ing )
1. Bare infinitive (V) . 
 Ñoäng töø nguyeân maãu ñöùng sau caùc ñoäng töø sau:
Modal Verbs / would rather / had better / let / make / feel / see / hear / notice/used to + V 
To infinitive (To V).
 Ñoäng töø nguyeân maãu coù to ñöùng sau caùc ñoäng töø sau:
 -want / intend / decide / expect / hope / mean / offer / promise / refuse / wish / ask / 
 invite/ agree/ advise / start / try / remember / would like / stop / like ..+ To infinitive 
 - Be + Adjectives + To infinitive .
 - Be + Adjectives + enough + To infinitive.
 - Be + too + Adjectives + To infinitive .
 3. Gerunds after some words :
 Ñoäng töø gerund (V-ing ) ñöùng sau caùc ñoäng töø sau:
like, love, dislike, hate , enjoy , avoid, stop , suggest, ask + V-ing 
 start , begin , try , mind, finish,tell 
Prepositions ( on / in / of / for/ of /at .) + V(infinitive)
Be + Adjective + to infinitive 
Be + Adjective + enough + to infinitive 
Be + too + adj + to infinitive 
Activity 2. COMPARATIVE. SO SAÙNH . 
 Examples: 
1, I like playing tennis.
2, They love reading novels .
3, Would you mind telling me the way to the post office ?
4, We should avoid drugs .
5, He enjoys listening to music.
6. My mother is interested in watching TV.
7. He is fond of traveling.
8. They refuse to go out.
9. We decided to go to Da lat.
10 . It ‘s very difficult to learn Chinese. 
(underline the word or phrase that would bet complete the sentences)
He hasn’t been here (for / since / at ) Christmas.
The children shouldn’t (to play / play / playing) football in the street.
If you are not careful, you will cut (herself/ himself/ yourselves).
John is as (as tall as/ taller as / tall as) Tom.
We must be there (between / in / at) 9.30 and 10.30.
He enjoy (reading / to read / reads) picture books.
Mai is the (most intelligent / the most intelligent / intelligent ) girl in her class.
A car is (expensive / more expensive/ expensiver) than a motorbike.
Do you need any help ? ( Sure / No problem / Yes. That ‘s very kind of you)
My father has worked for his company (for / since / in) 20 years.
He plays (skillful / skillfully / skill)
(Scout / Scouting / Scouting) began in England in 1907.
The boys are (get / getting / gets) taller.
IV. Homework
-learn by heart structures. 
V. Comments
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Week: 18th	
 Teaching Day: 23/12/2012
REVISION OF THE FIRST TERM
I. Objectives:
By the end of the lesson, students should understand all words and structures they have learnt. II. Language contents:
1. Vocabulary: review. 
2. Grammar: present progressive, simple present, present perfect
III. Techniques:
picture description / True / False guessing, question-answer, multiple choice.
IV. Teaching aids: Textbook, chalk
V. Procedures:
*Activity 1 Give the structures:	
1. Present Simple tense. (Thì hieän taïi ñôn)
- Use: Ñeå dieãn taû caùc söï vieäc moät caùch toång quaùt, khoâng nhaát thieát chæ nghó ñeán hieän taïi. Ta duøng thì naøy ñeå noùi ñeán mot söï vieäc naøo ñoù xaûy ra lieân tuïc ,laëp ñi laëp laïi nhieàu laàn, hay moât ñieàu gì ñoù luoân luoân ñuùng, duø cho söï vieäc ñoù coù xaûy ra ngay taïi luùc noùi hay khoâng laø ñieàu khoâng quan troïng.
- Form: + S + V/Vs / es + .	 Ex -The earth goes around the sun.
S + don’t/doesn’t + V+ ..	 	-We don’t have classes on Sunday.
? Do/Does + S + V + .? 	- Does Lan speak French?
2. (not) adjective + enough + infinitive (khoâng) ñuû .. ñeå
Ex: The water is hot enough for me to drink.
 She isn’t old enough to be in my class
3. Near Future: Be going to ( thì töông lai gaàn )
- Form : S + is / am/ are + going to + Vinf
- Use : Duøng khi noùi veà moät vieäc maø ai ñoù quyeát ñònh seõ laøm hay döï ñònh seõ laøm trong töông lai. 
Ex : There is a good film on TV tonight. I’m going to stay home to watch TV .
- Note : Be going to coøn duøng ñeå döï ñoaùn moät tình huoáng coù theå xaûy ra 
Ex: I feel tired . I think I’m going to be sick.
4. Adverb of place (Traïng töø chæ nôi choán): out side, inside, there, here, upstairs, downstairs ,next to, under ,..
Ex: The money was finally found under the boards.
5. Reflexive pronouns. (Ñaïi töø phaûn thaân): myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves . 
- Dieãn taû haønh ñoäng trôû laïi vôùi chính ngöôøi thöïc hieän . 
+ Noù coù theå laøm tuùc töø (Object). Ex: Be careful.. You’ll cut yourself.
+ Noù ñöùng ngay sau töø maø noù laøm maïnh nghóa. Ex: An sent this letter itself.
- Ñaïi töø phaûn thaân laøm maïnh nghóa cho chuû töø. Noù ñöùng ngay sau chuû töø, hoaëc ñöùng ôû cuoái meänh ñeà /caâu. Ex: Mary herself cleaned the floor.
6. Modal verbs 
- Form : + S + modal verb + V + .	Ex : I can sing very well.
	 - S + modal verb + not + V +  Ex : Hoa may not come to the party tomorrow.
	 ? Modal verb + S + V + .? 	Ex : May I come in ?
- Modal verb : must, ought to, have to,should
* MUST: laø khieám trôï ñoäng töø (a modal) dieãn taû söï baét buoäc hay söï caàn thieát coù tính chuû quan- do caûm nghó cuûa ngöôøi noùi. (Ex: He must do this exercise again), hay dieãn taû tính qui taéc hay leà luaät . (Ex: We must drive on the right)
* HAVE TO : dieãn taû söï baét buoäc hay söï caàn thieát coù tính khaùch quan – do yeáu toá beân ngoaøi.
	Ex: Your eyes are weak. You have to wear glasses. 
* OUGHT TO + V(base form) (neân): dieãn taû lôøi khuyeân. Ex: We ought to obey our parents.
* SHOULD: dieãn taû lôøi khuyeân. Ex: You should help the needed children.
* MAY / CAN / COULD: ñöôïc duøng ñeå dieãn taû lôøi yeâu caàu hay ñeà nghò.
- Yeâu caàu söï giuùp ñôõ: Can / Could + you + V + O / A, please ?(Ex: Can you help me, please.)
- Ñeà nghò giuùp ai: May + I + V + O/A ?; Let + me + V + O/A. ; Do you need any help? Shall + I + V + O / A ? Ex: May I help you?
* WILL: duøng ñeå dieãn taû lôøi yeâu caàu , ñeà nghò hoaëc lôøi höùa
- Will + you + V + O + A / M , please? Dieãn taû lôøi yeâu caàu. 
Ex: Will you turn of the fan, please? I’m cold. 
- I + will + V + O + A / M ? dieãn taû lôøi ñeà nghò laøm ñieàu gì cho ai .
	Ex: The phone is ringing . I’ll answer for you.
- S + will + V + O + A / M ? dieãn taû lôøi höùa . Ex: I’m sory. This won’t happen again.
* Would / Do you + mind + . . . + ? dieãn taû lôøi yeâu caàu lòch söï .
- Would you mind + V-ing ( gerund) ? Ex:Would you mind telling me the result of the exam.
- Would / Do you mind if + I + V . . .? dieãn taû yeâu caàu ñöôïc laøm ñieàu gì 
Ex: Would you mind if I opened the window? Do you mind if I open the window?
7. Questions with “WHY”: Duøng ñeå hoûi veà nguyeân nhaân hay lyù do 
Why + do / aux. V + S + Vm + O . . . ?
	Ex: Why do they cover the electric sockets?
Ñeå traû lôøi cho caâu hoûi vôùi WHY ta coù theå duøng : 
- Meänh ñeà vôùi “because”. Ex: Why do you get up early? – Because I want to do exercise.
- Cuïm ñoäng töø nguyeân maãu. Ex: Why do you do exercise? – To keep healthy.
8. Past Simple Tense (Thì quaù khöù ñôn)
- Use: Dieãn taû haønh ñoäng xaûy ra vaø keát thuùc taïi moät thôøi ñieåm xaùc ñònh ôû quaù khöù 
- Form: + S + V-ed(regular) / V2 ( column irregular) +  Ex : - He arrived here yesterday.
 - S + didn’t + V + .	 - She didn’t go to school yesterday.
 ? Did + S + V +  ? - Did you clean this table?
- Note: Thì quaù khöù ñôn thöôøng ñöôïc duøng vôùi caùc cum töø chæ thôøi gian xaùc ñònh ôû quaù khöù : last week / month / year . . ., a week / 3 days / 5 months . . . , yesterday, yesterday morning / evening, In+ naêm, from 2000 to2005
- Caùch ñoïc caùc ñoâng töø ôû quaù khöù ñôn vôùi “ ED”: 
+ “ ED”: ñöôïc ñoïc laø /t/ khi nhöõng ñoäng töø nguyeân maãu coù aâm taän cuøng laø /f/, /k/, /p/, /s/,/tS/, /S/.
Ex : laughed , asked , helped , watch , pushed , dressed , 
+ “ ED”: ñöôcï ñoïc laø /id/ khi nhöõng ñoäng töø nguyeân maãu coù aâm taän cuøng laø /d/ vaø /t/
Ex : needed , wanted , waited , ..
+ “ ED”: ñöôcï ñoïc laø /d/ khi nhöõng ñoäng töø nguyeân maãu coù aâm taän cuøng laø caùc aâm coøn laïi 
Ex : enjoyed , saved , filled ,.
9. Preposition of time (Giôùi töø chæ thôøi gian) : at, in ,on, from . . . to, for, by
- AT : + moät ñieåm thôøi gian cuï theå 	Ex : We have class at one o’clock.
	+ night	Ex : I sleep at night.
- IN : 	+ thaùng/naêm cuï theå	Ex : I was born 1994
	+ the morning/afternoon / evening	Ex : We have class in the morning.
- ON: + ngaøy trong tuaàn 	Ex : We have class on Monday.
	+ ngaøy tha