Giáo án Tiếng Anh lớp 8 - Period: 1 - Unit 1: My friends - Lesson 1: Getting started, listen and read

 Preparing: 27/08/2013
Teaching: 30/08/2013
Period: 1
Unit 1 : My friends.
Lesson 1 : getting started – listen and read 
Objectives:
-At the end of the lesson students can:
+ Practice the conversation to understand the details and describing people. , using “ enough to...”
-Contents
 +Vocabulary: 
Enough to, seem, look like, next-door, classmate.
	+Grammar:
 S+ to be (not) enough to V.
-Skill:
For good students practice ask-and-answer about information to describe a person well.
For the other answer the questions in the exercises.
Teaching aids:
 CD- player, audio-CD(Computer..)
Teaching procedure:
Activities
Content
Organization. (1’):
Greetings and checking attendances:
Who is absent to day ?
Checking the old lesson(2’)
(Optional)
New lesson(35’)
Presentation: 
-Introduce the topic of the lesson to the students.( Now we will study a dialogue in order to review favorite actives.)
+Students list their favorite activities.(Write on the board.)
+Students look at the pictures and talk.
+Make some sentences:
What are these children doing?
Where are they?
Are they all boy?
What time of the day do you think it is ?
Do girls play soccer?
+Students work in pairs.
- Guide the students study some new words:
+Skim and find out the new words.
+Write the words on the board.
+Listen and repeat in chorus.
+Explain the meanings to the students.
* Present model sentences:
+Ask the students to give examples.
Practice
* Present the situation of dialogue:
+Ask some questions about Hoa:
+Let the students listen to the dialogue.
+Students listen and repeat in chorus.
+Ask/answer in pairs.(Pay their attention to intonation of WH- questions.
+Students practice the conversation in pairs then answer the comprehension questions on page 11:
+Correct the mistakes.
Production
-Ask the students to read the dialogue.
Feedback.(5’)
 Help the students review the structures:
+Students make similar sentences.
Homework: (2’)
Guide the students do the works at home.
 Attendance: 8…..
I-Getting started.
 Describe these groups of friends and their activities.
Play soccer.
 Study/ read.
Play chess.
Play volleyball.
II. Listen and read.
1. New words:
seem ( v ) 
look like (v)
enough to ( adj)
classmate/n/ 
What +N !
What do/does……..look like ?
S tobe(not) adj + enough +to_V…
eg:
She wasn’t old enough to be in my class.
III. Practice. 
 Who is Hoa ?
Where is she from ?
Whom does she live with now ?
+(Hoa is talking with Lan and describe her firend – Nien)
Hoa: Hello, Lan.
Lan: Hi, Hoa. You seem happy.
Hoa: I am. I received a letter from my friend Nien today.
Lan: Do I know her ?
Hoa: I don’t think so. She was my next-door neighbor in Hue.
Lan: What does she look like ?
Hoa: Oh. She’s beautiful. Here is her photograph.
Lan: What a lovely smile ! Was she your classmate ?
Hoa: Oh, no. She wasn’t old enough to be in my class.
Lan: How old is she ?
Hoa: Twelve.She’s going to visit me. She’ll be here at Christmas. 
Would you like to meet her ?
Lan: J’d love to.
Practice the dialogue with a partner.
(the conversation at the page of 11)
Answer the following questions:
#a, Where does Nien live?
 She lives in Hue.
#b, Does Lan know Nien?
 No, she doesn’t.
*c, Which sentence tells...?
 The sentence: “ She wasn’t old enough to be in my class.” tells us that Hoa is older than Nien.
d, When is Nien going to visit Hoa?
 She’s going to visit Hoa at Christmas.
*Further practice:
+What +N !
+What do/does……..look like ?
+S tobe(not) adj + enough +to_V…
eg:
She wasn’t old enough to be in my class.
* Home work.
Practice reading at home.