Giáo án Tiếng Anh 8 - Week 2 - Unit 1: A visit from a pen pal - Period: 4

Week 2 Date of pre : 20/8/2014 Date of teach : 25-30/8/2014
UNIT: 1 A VISIT FROM A PEN PAL 
 Period : 4 Part : Read 	 
I/Objectives:
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to have some knowledge about Malaysia, one of the countries of the ASEAN
II/ Language contents:
 	 1.Vocabulary: - verbs: depend , impress, divide, mosque, pray, separate.
	- Adjectives: compulsory ethinic, offcical….
	- Nouns: Buddhism, federation, ghost, puppet, religion, soil, 
 	2. Grammar structure: - The past simple 
	 - The past simple with WISH
III/Teachniques:
Matching, Gap fill, Predict dialogue, answer the question .
Jumbled words; open predictions. Hangman, interview.
IV/Teaching aids: 
text-book, , picture cards, map of countries of the ASEAN.
V/Procedures:
1 Greeting : 
2. Previous : 
Rewrite the words 
3. New words	
*Act 1 : warm up (Hangman )
To motivate Ss before starting the new lesson 
Draw strokes on the board. Each troke stands for a letter of the word.
- If a student’s guess is not right, the teacher draws a stroke ( assording to the order in the picture).
- If student guess wrong eight times, they lose. Teacher gives the answer.
*Act 2 : Pre- reading ( vocabulary )
Individual 
( Pair work).
*Act 3 : while – reading ( reading )
*Task 1 :Reading and check
To help Ss improve reading skill 
Ask Ss what they know about Malaysia.
Ask them to make questions for what they want to know.
*Task 2 : answer 
To help Ss improve reading speaking skills 
Ask Ss to read the text to find out the answers to their questions
Ask Ss to read the text the second time to fill in the chart in exercise a)/ on page. 10
Ask Ss to read the text to find out the answers to their questions.
Teacher give feedback to the class.
*Task 3 : Comprehension questions:
To help Ss improve reading speaking skills 
Ask Ss to read the text the second time to fill in the chart in exercise a)/ on page. 10
Ask Ss to answer the questions in front of the class.
Teacher give feedback to the whole class
* Act 4 : Production 
( discussion )
To help Ss speaking skills 
Ask Ss to work in pair.
Give Ss their task.
A: You are going to visit Malaysia. Prepare some questions to ask Maryam about her country,( refer to the chart on page 10).
B: You are Maryam from Malaysia. You have to answer the questions about your country.
In your group of eight do a projet to introduce your city as tourish attraction. Use the cues:
Where is your city ?
What is it famous for ?
What could people do when coming to the city ?
Where could they go?
What could do you to make your city
 The word has - - - - - - - - letter. It is MALAYSIA.
*Vocabulary:
ASEAN : Association of South East Asian Nations: Hiệp hội các quốc gia Đông Nam Á
Association (n) [ə,sousi'ei∫n] : Sự liên kết
(to) separate (n) ['seprət] (v) ['sepəreit]: tách ra , riêng biệt
Currency (n) ['kʌrənsi]: lưu hành
Religions (n) [ri'lidʒən] : các tôn giáo
Widely (adj) ['waidli] : nhiều , rộng rãi
Primary school (n) ['praiməri,sku:l] trường tiểu học 
Secondary school (n) ['sekəndri]: trường trung học, cấp II 
Compulsory (adj) [kəm'pʌlsəri] : ép buộc , bắt buộc
Compulsory educations: giáo dục phổ cập
*Expected questions:
Where is it ?
What is its population?
How big is Malaysia ?
What language is spoken in this country ?
a. Fill in the table with the right information about Malaysia 
Answers:
329,758. 6) Islam
Over 22 million. 7) Bahasa Malaysia
Tropical climate. 8) English
The ringgit (consisting of 100 cent).
Kuala Lumpur.
ask students to read the text to do the True or False statements.
b. True or false ? Check (v) the boxes .Then correct the false statements 
Answer:
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F (There are more than two regions.)
F (English, Chinese, and Tamil are also widely spoken).
F (One of the three: Malay, Chinese, Tamil ).
F (English is a compulsory second language, not primary language of instruction.)
A: Hi, Maryam. I going to visit Malaysia on my summer holiday. I’d like to know something about your country. Can you help me ?
B: yes , certainly.
A: What language is spken in your country ?
B: Bahasa Malaysia. English, Chinese, and Tamil are also widely spoken.
A: Do children have to study any foreign language in school ?
B: yes, English is a compulsory second language in secondary school.
A: Ah, I see. What about the people? What are they like?
B: I think they are friendly,…
* Act 5 : Homework : 
_ Asking Ss : 
+ learn by heart 
+ prepare unit 1 ( Write ) 
VI . Experience : 
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