Giáo án Tiếng Anh lớp 8 - Học kỳ I - Period 49 đến period 52 - Unit 8: Country life and city life

Date of planning: 8/12/2013
	 Date of teaching: 13/12/2013 – 8A1, 8A2
	 14/12/2013 – 8A3, 8A4, 8A5
	Period 49
Unit 8: COUNTRY LIFE AND CITY LIFE
Lesson 3: READ + LANGUAGE FOCUS 1, 2, 3
A. Aims
	After the lesson, Sts will be able to:
- Understand the text about one of the social problems.
- Read comprehension about the problem of people from the countryside moving to the city.
- Know about migration to cities by reading the text and doing exercises
- Develop reading skill.
- Do exercises in language focus 1, 2, 3.
B. Language Contents. 
	1. Vocabulary: Rural area, struggle, typhoon, urban...
 	2. GrammarReview
 - Simple tenses
	- Present progressive
C. Teaching aids.
	Computer, tools, substitute board…..
D. Teaching methods.
	Reading skill- doing exercises
E. Procedures.
I. Class organization.
 - Greeting/ who's absent
 - Number students in the class 
II.Check old lesson. 
Tell some sentences about the changes in your hometown.
Give some feedback.
III. New lesson. 
	1. Warm up. 
- Ask and answer drill
	T:	What is your opinion of the city?
	Students’ own answers
Expensive
Modern
Noisy	
Busy	
	Can you tell me “What is the most urgent problem in the city?
- Lead to new lesson.
	2. Before - Reading. 
→	"One of the most pressing issues in big cities is the over crowding and this mainly results from the migration of the people from rural areas to the city"
- Ask students to practice in groups to discuss the causes of this problem
- Write students ideas on the board and give some words
Typhoon (n): Bão
flood (n): Lũ lụt
struggle (n): Sự đấu tranh
overcrowding (n): Sự đông đúc
Strain (n): Áp lực
Increased pollution (n): Gia tăng ô nhiễm
 Urban (a): Thuộc thành thị >< rural (a): Thuộc nông thôn
 	* Read and repeat:
	* Check: rub out and remember.
	3. While - Reading. 
- Ask students to read the text carefully.
- Answer the questions:
Are many people going to the cities?
What do farmers often do when they need more money?
What happens to the families whose parents go and live in the city?
	→ 	+ Yes, they are
	+ They look for other work
	+ Family members have to live apart
- Ask students to do exercise 1 in the textbook (Work in groups)
- Call on some of students in groups to give their answer.
- Comment, correct and give answer.
	1. leaving	2. home	3. city	4. rural
	5. city	6. problems	7. school	8. hospital	
	9. problem	10. world
- Let students look at the text again and find the word in the text that means the word in the exercise 2(work individually).
- Give feedback
	a. rural	d. strain
	b. plentiful	e. tragedy
	c. increase	f. urban
	4. After – Reading+ Language focus 1, 2, and 3
- Retell the present progressive to talk about the future
- Have students to look at shipping information and T explains some words in the exercise 1-p77.
	Ship name (n)	revised time (n)
	Destination (n)	origin (n)
	Time of departure (n)	time of arrival (n)
	Status (n)	delay (v)
	+ Ask students to read the dialogue in the book
	+ Make similar dialogues. Use the shipping information (work in pairs)
	+ Give feedback
- Have Sts do E2-p78.
- Give answers: 
	1. are doing	2. am watching	3. am going
	4. are cleaning	5. am having
- Remind sts of: the present progressive tense to show changes with “get” and “become”
+ (comparative) adjective
- Use:	 get
	become
- Students work individually to complete the sentences, Use the verbs and adj in the boxes.
- Give feedback
The old man are getting weak
We should go home. It is getting dark
The weather is becoming cold
The students are getting better
The school your is becoming cleaner
	4. Consolidation 
- Summarize main points
	5. Homework. 
- Ask students to read the text again then translate it.
- Learn all new words by heart
 - Prepare. Write
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Date of planning: 15 /12/2013
	 Date of teaching: 16/12/2013 – 8A1, 8A2
	 17/12/2013 – 8A5
	 18/12/2013 – 8A3
	 19/12/2013 – 8A4
	Period 50 
	Unit 8: COUNTRY LIFE AND CITY LIFE
Lesson 4: WRITE
A. Aims
	After the lesson, Sts will be able to:
- Write letters to their friends about their neighborhood.
- Improve their writing skill
B. Language Contents. 
	1. Vocabulary:	Review
 	2. Grammar: present simple 	(review)
C. Teaching aids.
 Picture, tools, substitute board………….
D. Teaching methods.
	Writing skill
E. Procedures.
I. Class organization.
 - Greeting/ who's absent
 - Number students in the class 
II. Check old lesson. 
Read the text again then translate it.
T gives some feedback.
III. New lesson. 
	1. Warm up. 
- Have Sts give four parts of a letter and ask students to put them in the correct order
- Give feedback
	→ 	Heading:	writer’s address and the date
	Opening:	Dear …
	Body of the letter:
	Closing:
- Lead to new lesson.
	2. Before - Writing.
- Ask and answer the questions about their neighborhood (exercise 1, P.76)
	(Students work in pairs)
- Give feedback
	3. While – Writing.
- Ask students to use the given information and the informal letter’s structure then write a letter to a friend about their neighborhood.
- Students write in groups
- Call on some students in groups to read their writing
- Correct mistakes and give a letter as a model
Rang Dong Nov 15th, 2010.
Dear Duong,
I live in a house in Rang Dong, Tuan Giao, and Dien Bien. It is small but very beautiful. From my bedroom window, I can see my small garden. The garden has a lot of tree and flowers. My house is not far from school, it is about one kilometer so I usually go to school by bicycle. In my neighborhood, there is a large market to buy vegetable and meet, beef or fish to cook meal for my family.
The thing I like best in my neighborhood is people. They are friendly and helpful.
What about your neighborhood, Duong? Write to me, please.
I have to say goodbye now. I’m looking forward to hearing from you soon.
With best regards,
 Yours truly.
	4. After - Writing.
- Choose a letter of students’ in the class and write it on the board
- Let students practice in small groups, read the letter and find out the errors
	5. Consolidation 
- Summarize main points of the lesson.
	6. Homework. 
- Ask students to write a letter about their neighborhood in the exercise book.
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Date of planning: 15/12/2013
	 Date of teaching: 17/12/2013 – 8A2	 	 19/12/2013 – 8A1
	 20/12/2013 – 8A3, 8A4, 8A5
	Period 51 
	Unit 8: COUNTRY LIFE AND CITY LIFE
Lesson 5: LANGUAGE FOCUS 4, 5
A. Aims:
	After the lesson sts will review all the grammar point they have learnt of this unit and will be able to do the exercises related in language focus 4, 5
B. Language Contents. 
	1. Vocabulary:	Review
 	 2. Grammar : Comparative and superlative adjs
C. Teaching aids.
 Computer, tools, substitute board……….
D. Teaching methods.
	Communicative method, ask and answer,……………
E. Procedures.
I. Class organization.
 - Greeting/ who's absent
 - Number students in the class 
II. Check old lesson. 
 Read their letter.
Give some feedback 
III. New lesson. 
* Activity 1. (exercise 4) Remind Sts of comparative and superlative adjs. 
- Ask students to make comparisons between the city and the country about: food, traffic, transport, air, entertainments, medical facilities, school and electricity. (work in groups)
- Suggested (answer) make comparison about food:
	+ Food in the city is more expensive than in the countryside.
	+ Food in the city is better than in the countryside.
	+ Food in the countryside is fresher than in the city.
	… etc.
* Activity 2. (exercise 5) Remind Sts of Comparative and superlative adjs. 
- Let students look at 3 advertisements and explain the content of them.
	Balcony (n): Ban công
	Lovely villa (n): Biệt thự đẹp
- Students read the advertisements. Compare the house, the villa and the apartment. Use the adjs in the box.
- Students work in pairs.
- Call on some pairs to read their sentences.
- Comments, correct mistakes.
- Suggested sentences
The house is bigger than the apartment
The villa is the most expensive
The apartment is the cheapest
The apartment is the smallest
	 … etc
IV. Consolidation. 
- Summarize the content of the lesson.
V. Homework 
- Review from unit 1 to unit 8
- Write the exercises in the workbook
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Date of planning: 12/12/2012
	 Date of teaching: 13/12/2012 – 8A1
	 15/12/2012 – 8A3, 8A2
 Period 52 	
	Ôn tập
A. Aims
	After the lesson, Sts will be able to review some notes of grammar that they learnt from unit 1 to unit 8. Then apply to do exercises perfectly.
B. Language Contents. 
	1. Vocabulary:	Review
 	2. Grammar : (not) adj + enough to + V- infinitive …
	Future with “be going to”
	Reflexive pronouns
	Modal verbs
	Commands, requests and advice in reported speech
C. Teaching aids.
 Computer, tools, substitute board………..
D.Teaching methods.
	Communicative method, ask and answer,……………
E. Procedures.
I.Class organization. 
 - Greeting/ who's absent
 - Number students in the class 
II.Check old lesson. 
( Don’t check)
III. New lesson. 
* Activity 1. 
- Remind Sts of the structure:	(not) adj + enough + to + infinitive.
	Ex: 	He is not strong enough to carry the bag
	She was old enough to marry.
- Call on some students to make sentences.
* Activity 2. Remind Sts of Future with “be going to” 
- Review the structure with “be going to” to talk about intentions
	Ex: She is going to the museum tomorrow
- Let students make some sentences as the same.
- Give feedback → Correct their mistakes
* Activity 3. Remind Sts of Reflexive pronouns
- Answer the questions drill
	+ How many reflexive pronouns are there?
	+ What do we are them?
- Call on 2 students to go to the board to write reflexive pronouns.
	I 	→ myself	your 	→ yourselves
	You	→ yourself	she 	→ herself
	They 	→ themselves	he	→ himself
	We 	→ ourselves	it 	→ itself
- Exercise: Complete the sentences, using reflexive pronouns with the verbs in the box.
	Ex: pay for,	turn off,	paint,	bought,	look after.
	Ex:	Tom out himself shaving this morning
Joanna … these gifts …
Don’t worry about Jane and me. We can …
The computers will … if you don’t use it.
Let’s … the house …
I don’t want you to pay for me. I’ll …
- Ask students to do individually → give feedback.
	Key: 	1. bought … herself	4. paint … ourselves
	2. look after ourselves	5. pay for myself
	3. turn off itself	
* Activity 4. Remind Sts of Modal verbs 
- How many modals are there?
	Must 	must not = mustn’t
	Have to	have not to
	Ought to	ought not to
	Should + V-without “to” =>	should not (shouldn’t)	
	May	may not
	Can	can not = can’t
	Could	could not = couldn’t
- Ask students to talk about their usage. Then make some sentences
* Activity 4. Remind Sts of Adverbs of manner 
- Give an example. I can cook very well
- Explain: we use the adverbs of manner after the verbs to modify them
	Form:	Adj + ly 	→ Adv
	Good	→ well
	Fast	→ fast
	Hard	→ hard
	Love	→ lovely
- Exercise: Choose the right word in brackets to complete each sentence.
I tried on the shoes and they fitted me … ( perfect/perfectly)
He had an accident because he was driving too… (fast/fastly)
Do you usually feel … before examinations? (nervous/nervously)
Tom drove … along the narrow road (careful/carefully)
He look at me … when I interrupted him (angry/angrily)
+ Ask some students to give their answers
+ Correct and give key their answers
1. perfectly	3. nervous	5. angrily
2. fast	4. carefully
IV. Consolidation
- Summarize main points
V. Homework. 
- Review all of structures that students have learnt.
- Prepare for Kiểm tra học kỳ I. 
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 	 Date of planning: 
	 Date of teaching: 18/12/2012- 8A2, 8A3, 8A1
	 Period 53
Kiểm tra học kỳ I. 
A. Aims:
	Check the students’ language knowledge from unit 1 to unit 8 .
 - Help Sts to drill doing some kinds of exercises .
 - Help T to find out the suitable ways of teaching to the students. 
B. Language Contents:
1. Vocabulary: Review the words from unit 1 to unit 8.
2. Grammar: Review structures from unit 1 to unit 8.
C.Teaching Aids
- Papers
D. Teaching Methods:
Doing test
E. Procedures:
I. Class organization: 
II. Contents: Đề của phòng GD