Giáo án Tiếng Anh lớp 8 - Học kỳ I - Unit 4: Our past

 Date of planning: 13/10/2013 
 Date of teaching: 14/10/2013: 8A1, 8A2 
	 Period: 24
	 	Unit 4: OUR PAST
	 Lesson 4: READ
A. Aims
	After the lesson, sts will be able to:
- Develop reading skill. 
- Improve vocabulary by reading “The lost shoes” story. 
- Learn a moral lesson from the story.
B. Language Contents. 
	1. Vocabulary: harvest festival, broken heart, prince, fairy….
	2. Grammar: 	Review:	past simple tense.
C. Teaching Aids.
 Sub boards, pictures, handout, work sheets, computer…. 
D. Teaching Methods.
	Communicative method, ask and answer……………
E. Procedures.
 I. Class organization.
 Number students in the class.
II. Check old lesson. 
- Ask sts about the content of the Listening lesson:
The moral lesson: don’t be foolish and greedy.
- Correct and get mark.
III. New lesson.
1. Warm up.
* Brainstorming: name some folk tales that you have read.
 	Cây tre trăm đốt	 Tấm cám	(Temporary Restraining)	
The folk tales
(One hundred-section bamboo)	 hoàng tử cóc (The frog prince)	
	 Bạch tuyết và bảy chú lùn
	(Snow white and seven dwarfs)
- Have sts guess the content of the lesson.
	2. Before – Reading.
- Ask students to guess the content of the story from the title (in Vietnamese)
- Students listen to the tape (one time) then find out some new words.
* New words.
	+ Cruel to (adj): độc ác với ai	+ magical(adj)→ magically(adv): kỳ diệu
	+ Upset (adj): buồn phiền	+ rag (n): quần áo rách
	+ Broken heart(n): đau khổ	+ drop (v): làm rơi
	+ Harvest festival(n): lễ hội mùa màng	+ fall in love with(v): yêu say đắm
	+ Fairy (n): bà tiên
- Listen and repeat.
- Check: matching.
- T repeats about the past simple tense.
	3. While – Reading.
- Have sts read in silent the story and complete part 1.
- Call some sts to give the answers.
- Check and correct.
	a, farmer	d, marry
	b, died	e, new clothes
	c, used…again	f, lost
- Have sts read again the story and do the matching exercise (have sts work in groups)
A
B
C
1. Little Pea 
a. was very cruel to Little Pea
1- d
2. The farmer 
b. married Little Pea
2- e
3. The new wife
c. was the new wife’s daughter
3- a
4. The fairy
d. lost the shoe 
4- f
5. The prince
e. was the Little Pea’s father 
5- b
6. Stout Nut
f. gave Little Pea beautiful clothes
6- c
- Check and correct.
	4. After – Reading.
- Have sts work in pairs to answer the questions in part 2 page 42.
- Check and correct.
	a, She was a poor farmer’s daughter.
	b, She made Little Pea do the chores all day.
	c, Before the festival stated, a fairy appeared and magically changed her rags into beautiful clothes.
	d, The prince decided to marry the girl who owned the lost shoe.
	e, This isn't a true story because there is a fairy.
	5. Consolidation.
- Retell the main content of the lesson
	6. Homework.
- Translate the text into Vietnamese
- Prepare: 	Unit 4 (cont)	Lesson 5 ( Write)
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Date of planning: 13/10/2013
 Date of teaching: 14/10/2013: 8A4, 8A2
 	 15/10/2013: 8A1, 8A3, 8A5
	 Period: 25
	 	Unit 4: OUR PAST
	 Lesson 5: WRITE
A. Aims
	After the lesson, students will be able to:
- Develop writing skill through a folktale 
- Know more new words through a moral lesson. 
B. Language Contents. 
	1. Vocabulary: graze, servant, master, tie, wisdom, ...
 	2. Grammar: 	review past simple tense.
C. Teaching Aids.
 Sub boards, pictures, handout, work sheets, computer…. 
D. Teaching Methods.
	Communicative method, writing skill 
E. Procedures.
I. Class organization.
 - Number students in the class.
II. Check old lesson. 
- Call on one student to tell the folktale "the lost shoe".
- Correct and get mark.
III. New lesson.
Warm up.
- Ask and answer drill.
	+ Do you want to read imaginary store?
	+ Which story do you like best?
	+ have you ever read the story “how the tigers got his stripes"?
	+ Why do tigers have black stripes?
	+ Why do tigers have black stripes?
- Teacher introduces the lesson.
	2. Before – Writing.
- Have sts read the story and complete it by filling the verbs in the correct blank.
- Feed back
- Correct and give key answers.
	1. appeared	4. left	7. lit	
	2. was	5. went	8. burned	
	3. said	6. tied
* Explains some new words or phrases:
	Graze (v)	: gặm cỏ	Wisdom (n): trí khôn	Servant (n): đầy tớ	tie (v): thắt, cột
	Master (n): chủ nhân	stripe (n): sọc, vằn
	* Listen and read.
	+ Comprehension questions.
- Ask students to work in groups of 4 to answer the following questions.
Where was the man?
What did the buffalo do when the tiger appeared?
What did the tiger want to know?
What did he do before going home? Why?
What did he do when he returned?
- Give feedback
He was in his field
It grazed nearby.
The tiger wanted to know why strong buffalo was the servant and the small man was the master.
He tied the tiger to a tree with rope because he didn't want it to eat the buffalo.
When he returned, he lit the straw to burn the tiger.
	3. While - Writing. 
- Get students to do exercise 2. They have to imagine being a man in order to write the story.
- Get students to change: 	The man → 	I
	 His →	My
- Let students write in groups 
- Give feedback
- Suggested answers:
	One day, as I was in the field and my buffalo was grazing nearby, a tiger appeared. The Tiger asked why the strong buffalo was my servant and I was it master. I told the tiger that I had something called wisdom. The tiger wanted to see it, but I told it I left it at home that day. Then I tied the tiger to a tree with a rope because I didn't want it to eat my buffalo. I went to get some straw that I said was my wisdom and I burned and the tiger. The tiger escaped, but to day it still has black trips from the burn.
	4. After- Writing
- Let students tell the story in Vietnamese.
- Call on a student to tell in front of the class.
	5. Consolidation
 - Summarize main point
	6. Homework.
 - Guide students how to do exercise 1, 2, 3 in workbook P.34 and 35
- Prepare:	Unit 4 (cont) Lesson 6 (language focus)
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 Date of planning: 13/10/2013
 Date of teaching: 15/10/2013: 8A2
 	16/10/2013: 8A3
	 17/10/2013: 8A1, 8A4, 8A5
	 Period: 26
Unit 4: OUR PAST
Lesson 6: Language focus
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 exs related.
B. Language Contents. 
	1. Vocabulary: Review: prepositions of time: in, on, at…
 	2. Grammar: 	Review: past simple tense, Used to
C. Teaching aids.
Sub boards, pictures, handout, work sheets, computer…. 
D.Teaching methods.
	Communicative method, doing exercises,……………
E. Procedures.
I. Class organization.
 - Number students in the class
II. Check old lesson. 
- Sts do exercise 1 in workbook P.34
- Correct and get mark.
III. New lesson.
Activity 1
 - Remind Ss of past simple tense (Exercise 1) 
- Let students read the verbs in the textbook
- Ask students to practice in pairs: write the past simple form of each verb.
- Give feedback
	a. run → ran	e. have → had	i. eat → ate
	b. fly → flew	f. do → did	j. sit → sat
	c. take → took	g. be → was/were	k. come → came
	d. go → went	h. ride → rode
Activity 2
 Remind Ss of past simple tense (Exercise 2) 
- Let students look at the small dialogues and complete the sentences use the past simple.
- Ask students to practice in pairs
- Call on some pairs to read their dialogues.
- Correct and give key answer.
	a: 	Lan: 	Did you eat rice for breakfast
	Nga:	No, I ate noodles
	b:	Ba:	How did you get to school?
	Nam:	I walked to school/ I rode a bike to school.
	c:	Minh:	Where were you at yesterday?
	Hoa:	I was at home
	d. 	Chi:	Which subject did you have yesterday?
	Ba:	I had music/ math...
Activity 3
 Remind Ss of prepositions (Exercise 3).
- Ask students to complete the sentences, use the prepositions in the table.
- Give feedback.
- Correct and give key answers.
	a. on	c. between	e. before
	b. in	d. / after
- After that, teacher explains the way to use some prepositions of time.
in + year/ month ( in 2006/ in October)
on + date, month, year ( on October 27th, 2006)
on + day ( on Thursday)
at + time ( at 9: am)
Activity 4 (Exercise 4) 
 Remind Ss of "used to"
Ex: I used to stay in HN
	Form:	(+)	S + used to + V- infinitive ...
	(-)	S + did not + use to + V- infinitive ...
	(?)	Did + S + use to + V- infinitive ...?
- Ask students to practice in pairs
- Give feedback
- Correct and give key answers.
	Nga:	where is this? It isn't Ha noi
	Hoa... I used to stay there………..
	 Hoa:	yes, I used to have long hair…………..
	 Hoa: ... she used to be my next door neighbor………….
	 Hoa: ... They used to live in Hue, too.
	* Listen and read.
IV. Consolidation.
- Summarize main points.
V. Homework.
- Have sts complete the rest exercises.
- Prepare:	Unit 5- Lesson 1 – getting started& Listen and Read.
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Date of planning: 13/10/2013
 Date of teaching: 18/10/2013: 8A4, 8A3, 8A5
 	 19/10/2013: 8A1, 8A2 	
 Period: 27
Unit 5: STUDY HABITS
Lesson 1: Getting started, Listen and Read
A. Aims:
	After the lesson, Sts will be able to:
- Talk about commands, requests and advice in reported speech.
- know more words relating to report card at school.
- understand the dialogue and do exercises that follow.
B. Language Contents. 
	1. Vocabulary: 	reported card, improve….
 	2. Grammar: Reported speech:
	S + should + V.
	 S + asked + Sb + to + V
C. Teaching Aids.
Sub boards, pictures, handout, work sheets, computer…. 
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.
	1. Warm up.
* Ask students to play “ Network”	(Work in 3 groups)
 ? ? ?
Subjects at school
 literature
 ?
 ? ?
* Chatting: Ask and answer teacher’s questions.
	Teacher:	_ What subjects are you good at/ bad at?
	_ What subjects do you like best “why”
	_ How often do you have math/ English/ … ?
	Students:	_ Own answer
- Lead to new lesson.
	2. Presentation.
 a. Present the dialogue.
- Ask students to look at the picture between Tim and his mother and answer the following question:
	T:	what are they doing in the picture?
- Let students listen to the tape once and answer the questions:
	+ Is Tim a good student?
	+ What are Tim and his mother talking about?
- Call on some pairs to read the dialogue aloud.
 b. Present new words: 
	+ Report card (n): Real object
	+ Be proud of N(v): Explain
	+ Improve (v): Explain
	+ Spanish pronunciation (n): Explain
	+ Try one’s best (v): Explain
* Listen and read
* Check: Rub out and remember
	c. Do exercises related to the dialogue.
- Ask sts to practice in small groups: read the text again and do exercise 2 decide whether the statements are true or false.
- Give deed back.
False 	( Tim was at home)
T
F	( It’s excellent)
T
F	(He needs to improve his Spanish pronunciation)
T
- Ask students to practice in pairs: ask and answer the question in exercise 3.
- Give feed back
- Correct and give key answers
Miss Jackson is Tim’s teacher
She gave his mother his report card
He studies very well this semester
She said Tim should work harder on his Spanish pronunciation
She gave him a dictionary
d. Present grammar
- Explain the following sentence:
	+ Miss Jackson said you should work harder in your Spanish pronunciation
	+ She asked me to give you this dictionary.
- Forms: S + should + V.
	 S + asked + Sb + to + V
- Meaning: talk about commands, requests and advice in reported speech.
- Use: to advice, commands, and requests. 
3. a. Practice.
- Work in groups: Answer the questionnaire. Check (v) or Cross (x)
Are you good at …. ?
You
Your partner
Math
Physics
Music
English
………..
	→ Give some advice: You should improve …
3. b. Practice.
 Give some advice: You should+ V …/ S + asked + Sb + to + V
Ex: 1. You should learn harder 
	2. The teacher asked me to learn harder …
4. Consolidation
- Structures with: Should, ask.
5. Homework. 
- Guide students how to do exercise 1 in the workbook (P42)
- Prepare: 	Unit 5 (cont)	Lesson 2 (Speak)
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