Giáo án Tiếng Anh 8 tiết 83 - Unit twelve: A vacation abroad - Lesson 6: Language focus

Tea date: 12/ 03 / 2015
Week: 27
Period: 83
 Unit twelve : A VACATION ABROAD
	 LESSON 6 : LANGUAGE FOCUS
Objectives: 
By the end of the lesson the Ss will be able to talk about activities using the Past progressive tense and Present progressive tenses with "always".
Preparation: Power point.
Procedures: 
Teacher’s activities
Students’ activities
*Class attendance: 
8a1:	
1.Warm up:(5’)
Listen to the song and answer: What tense is used in the song? 
2. Presentation: (35’)
Task 1:
The present progressive tense with “always”: 
Have Ss look at the picture and answer the question:
What is Nam doing ?Then introduce the structure.
Nam/watch TV.
Teacher gives his mother’s complaint: “You are always watching TV”
Nam is always watching TV
From: subject+ am/ is /are+ always+ V-ing
 Uses:
-Always can be used with the present progressive to describe continually-repeated actions. 
- to express a complaint
Practice:
Have Ss do exercise 3/120. Look at the pictures. Write the sentences. Say what the people are always doing. 
a ) Bao / forget / homework 	 
b ) Mrs.Nga/ lose/umbrella	
c ) Mr and Mrs.Thanh / miss /bus	
d ) Na/ talk/phone	
e ) Liem /go/ out	
Task 3:The past progressive tense : 
Ex: Nam was watching TV at 8 o’clock last night 
Form:
	Subject+ was /were + V-ing
 Uses:
-To indicate an action that was in progress at a point of time in the past. 
- An action was taking place in the past when another action took place.
When + short action (Past Simple) 
While + long action (Past Continuous) 
Ex:Hoa was having dinner when the phone rang.
While Hoa was having dinner , the phone rang.
Two actions occurring at the same time in the past.
Ex:Hoa was having dinner while Nga was writing a letter. 
Task 4 -Have Ss do exercise 1/119. Look at the pictures. Say: What each person was doing at 8 o’clock last night.
 Ba / take a shower
 Hoa / have dinner
 Bao / read a comic
 Nga / write a letter
 Na / walk with her dog
 Lan / talk to her grandma 
Task 5
Have Ss to look at the pictures on page 119 and do the matching on page 120.
Look at the pictures. Then match the half-sentences in to those in column A with column B 
A
B
The Le family was sleeping.
While Hoa was eating ,
When Nam won the race,
Mrs Thoa was cooking
When Lan arrived at school,
When Lan arrived at school,
It was raining
when the plane got to Ha Noi.
when Tuan arrived home.
when the mailman came.
the school drum was sounding.
the crowd was cheering.
the phone rang.
Lucky number: 2-5-7
1./ Choose the best answer:
I was studying the light went out. ( when/ while)
3./ Complete the sentences:
Mai/always/watch TV
 4. / Find and correct the mistakes. 
They are learning at 8:15 yesterday morning.
6./ Put the verb into correct form:
The phone (ring) while I. (cook)
8./ Put the verb into correct form:
When I (see) him, he (sit) asleep in a chair.
9./ Complete the sentence:
What/ you /do /from 7 to 9 yesterday evening?
3.Homework: (5’)
- Rewrite these exercises in your notebooks. 
- Notice the present progressive with “always” and the past progressive.
- Prepare: Unit 13: Festivals- - Getting started + Listen and Read.
- The present progressive tense 
Listen and answer the questions
-He is watching TV.
 Ss look at the pictures 
Listen to the teacher’s explanation 
Give the structure
Give examples
Look at the pictures and say what the people are always doing. 
Suggested answer
Bao is always forgettingis homework.
Mrs Nga is always losing her umbrella.
Mr and Mrs Thanh are always missing the bus.
Na is always talking on the phone.
Liem is always going out.
 Ss look at the pictures 
Listen to the teacher’s explanation 
Listen to the teacher’s explanation 
Give the examples
Look at the pictures and complete sentences
Suggested answer
a ) Ba was taking a shower at 8 o’clock last night.
b ) Hoa was having dinner at 8 o’clock last night.
c ) Bao was reading books at 8 o’clock last night.
d ) Nga was writing a letter at 8 o’clock last night.
e ) Na was walking with her dog at 8 o’clock last night.
f) Lan was talking to her grandmother at 8 o’clock last night.
Look at the pictures. Then match the half-sentences in to those in column A with column B 
The Le family was sleeping when the mailman came
While Hoa was eating , the phone rang. 
When Nam won the race, the crowd was cheering.
Mrs Thoa was cooking when Tuan arrived home.
When Lan arrived at school, the school drum was sounding.
It was raining when the plane got to Ha Noi.
 1./ when
3./ Mai is always watching TV.
 4./ are	 were
 6./ The phone rang while I was cooking
 8./ saw - was sitting
9./ What were you doing from 7 to 9 yesterday evening?
Listen and write on the notebooks
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