Lesson plan English 8 - Period 2 to 6, Unit 1: My Friends - School year 2012-2013

 Date: Thursday, August 30th 2012.
 Period 2: Unit one: MY FRIENDS. 
Lesson 1: GETTING STARTED + LISTEN AND READ.
I- The aims of the lesson: To help ss understand the topic of the lesson and practice
 speaking and answering (describing) about friends.
 * Vocabulary: Words ralated to friends, activities: smile, look like,....
 * Grammar: + Simple present, simple past and simple future tense.
 + Structures: - What + do/ does + look like?
 - (Not) adj + enough + to – V; 
 - seem + adj
 * Skills: - Main skill: Speaking.
 - Other skills: Reading, listening & writing.	
II- The objective of the lesson:
 - By the end of the lesson, ss will be able to know about the differences between 
 the simple present, simple past and simple future tenses and know how to 
 describe their friends.
III- Teaching aids: A tapescript, a cassette, pictures and cards.
IV- Procedures: 
 1. Review (3’) - Checks ss’ preparation at home for the lesson. 
 2. Warm up (8’) * Getting started: Introduce the new topic.
 + T asks: What do you often do in your free time?
 Ss answer: - play soccer, play badminton, .
 + Using the pictures: T introduces the four pictures & asks:
 - What are these children doing? 
 a) They are playing soccer. b) They are reading books.
 c) They are playing chess. d) They are playing volleyball.
 - What time of the day do you think it is? In the morning/ 
 afternoon.
 + Ss work in pairs using the pictures- ask & answer: 
 Eg: What do they often do in their free time? 
 a, They often play soccer in their free time.
 = Theylike playing soccer?
 = Their favorite activity is playing soccer? 
 3. Listen and read (15’) 
 a. Pre – teach vocabulary:
 - a photograph ảnh
 - ( to ) seem dường như
 - a next door neighbor hàng xóm cạnh nhà
 - (to ) look like trông (giống) như
 - a smile nụ cười
 - enough(adj) đủ
 - (to) lift = (to) carry nhấc lên
 - a grocery- groceries hàng hoá
 * Checking: R.O.R
 b. Pre- reading: * T / F statements prediction:
 - Introduction: Who is this? Where is she from?
 Who does she live with now?
 What do you know about her? 
 - Introduce the content of the dialogue. Get ss to guess which
 sentences are true and which are false. 
 1. Nien is Lan’s friend.
 2. Nien is at the same age as Lan & Hoa.
 3. She lives in Hue.
 4. She received a letter from Hoa today.
 5. She is a beautiful girl.
 c.While reading :
 - Ss listen to the dialogue twice to check their predictions.
 - Ss read the dialogue again to check.
 1.F Nien is Hoa’s friend. 
 2.F Nien isn’t at the same age as Lan & Hoa. 3.T
 4.F Hoa received a letter from Nien. 5.T
 * Comprehension questions (a – d ) – P11
 - Ss read in pairs , to answer the questions.
 - Use lucky numbers to check.
 a) She lives in Hue. 
 b) No, she doesn’t.
 c) It’s: “She wasn’t old enough to be able in my class.”
 d) Nien is going to visit Hoa next/ atChristmas.
 d. Post reading: Retell: Ss retell about Nien.
 4. Grammar (15’)
 a, The differences between present & past simple tenses.
 Structure: (to) seem + adj:+“You seem happy”
 b, T uses situation from dialogue to note and explain 
 the meaning of structures:
What
 do/ does
S
look like ?
 Eg: What does she look like?
 c, Structure: enough to .: đủ  để 
 She isn’t old enough to be in my class.
 - Form: 
S
to be (not)
adj + enough ( for O ) +to –V ...
S
V
enough + (adj) N +(for O) + to – V..
 * Practice: Word cues.
 He / strong / carry / the / box.
 It/ warm / we / go swimming.
 He / not / old / go to school. 
 I / not / have / money / buy / a house.
 Mr Smith / not feel / well / go to work this morning. 
 KEY:
 He is strong enough to carry the box.
 It’s warm enough for us to go swimming.
 He isn’t old enough to go to school.
 I don’t have enough money to buy anew house.
 Mr Smith doesn’t feel well enough to go to work this 
 morning.
 * Use “ enough ” to combine sentences.
1. He is very old. He can stop working.
2. Tom isn't experienced. He doesn't apply for this job.
3. He doesn't have experience. We cannot work in this
 company.
4. Dad was careful. He drove the car for a long time.
5.The show is interesting. We can watch it again.
 5. Homework assignment (2’)
 - Learn by heart the words.
 - Redo the LF4 + Exercise 6.
 Date: Friday, August 31st 2012.
 Period 3: Unit one: MY FRIENDS. 
 Lesson 2: SPEAK + LISTEN.
I- The aims of the lesson: To help ss with listening for details to complete the 
 dialogue, & speaking describe people’s appearance in a simple way.
 * Vocabulary: words ralated to describing people’s appearances and some greetings.
 * Grammar: Structures: He/ She is + adj ..
 He/ She has + adj + N.
 * Skills: - Main skill: Speaking & listening.
 - Other skills: Reading & writing.
II- The objective of the lesson:
 - By the end of the lesson, ss will be able to describe people’s appearance in a 
 simple way and introduce people and respond to introduction; use some 
 expressions in the box to fill in the gaps after listening to the tape.
III- Teaching aids: Text book, posters, pictures,
 - Pictures, cards of people’s names & photographs prepared by ss & cassette.
IV- Procedures:
 1. Review (5’) - Write the new words of the previous lesson.
 - LF 4 ( P17) a, not big enough c, strong enough
 b, not old enough d, good enough
 2. Speak (15’) * Brainstorming.
Body
build
 short thin tall long short dark grey
Hair
 fat straight
 big bold(hói) blond(vàng hoe) 
 Small black curly(quăn,xoăn)
 overweight fair(vàng,vàngnhạt) 
 (béo quá) slim 
 * Matching: asks ss match the words with the pictures.
 * Dialogue build: T describe Mary - use the picture in 
 the books. Ss guess who is being described.
 T: This person is short and thin. She has long black hair.
 Ss: Is this Mary? T: Yes. 
 * Concept check: 
S
be
adj.
S
have / has 
adj + hair.
 - Form: 
 Eg: Ba is tall. He has short black hair.	ccc
 * Practice: Word cues: He / short/ fat.
 He / tall / thin. Mai / long / black / hair.
 She / short / slim. They / curly / blond hair.
 * Ss do the exercise 2 
 - Guessing game: Group work (One st from each group 
 describes “ the teacher / people in 2 / ss in the
 class”, others guess who he/ she is.
 3. Listen (15’) a, Pre – teach vocabulary:
 - How do you do? Xin chào(for the first meeting)
 - It’s a pleasure to meet you. Rất hân hạnh 
 được gặp bạn
 - a principal thầy hiệu trưởng 
 - a cousin anh, chị, em họ.
 - ma’am / men / lệnh bà, phu nhân
 - mine của tôi
 - (to ) introduce giới thiệu
 * Checking: R.O.R
 b, Pre- listening: T write the following expressions on the
 board:
 a. How do you do?
 b. Nice to meet you.
 c. It’s a pleasure to meet you.
 d. I’d like to meet 
 e. Come and meet . T asks:
 - What do you say when you first meet some one? (a)
 - What do you say when your new friend say:
 “ How do you do” to you? (b,c)
 - When do you say “ I’d like you to meet....” 
 (When I want to introduce someone to someone.)
 *Gapfill: Asks ss to try to complete the 
 conversations(P12,13), using the above expressions.
 c, While listening:
 - Ss listen to the tape and check their answers.
 - Ss share compare Correction.
 * Answers:
 1. I’d like you to meet
 2. Nice to meet you
 3. I’d like you to meet
 4. It’s a pleasure to meet you
 5. Come and meet
 6. How do you do?
 d, Post listening: Groupwork:
 - SS introduce the people in the photographs to their friends.
 - T corrects their pronunciation.
 6. Homework assignment (2’)
 - Learn by heart the words. 
 - Be ready for the next lesson (READ).
 Date: Tuesday, Septemper 4th 2012.
 Period 4: Unit one: MY FRIENDS. 
Lesson 3: READ.
I- The aims of the lesson: 
 - To help ss with reading for specific information- answer the questions
 describing Ba’s friends’ build, characters & habits.
 * Skills: - Main skill: Reading.
 - Other skills: Listening, speaking & writing.
II- The objective of the lesson:
 - By the end of the lesson, students will be able to understand understand 
 the text about Bao, Khai and Song for details. They will also be able to 
 understand how to describe the character, appearance, hobbies of friends.
III- Teaching aids: Text books, extra boards.
IV- Procedures:
 1. Review (5’) - Rewrite the new words of the previous lesson.
 - T describes some ss in the class, ss guess who are 
 being described. 
 Variation: Ss describe one teacher that everyone knows,
 one (student) guess.
 2. Warm up (2’) *Chatting: Ask students to answer some questions:
- Do you have many friends?
- Are you good friends?
- Who do you like the most?
- Are they the same or different?
- Who is the most hard-working?/beautiful?/the tallest?/
- Who always get good grades at school?
 3. Pre – teach vocabulary ( 7’)
 - a character tính cách, tính nết
 - sociable (adj) dễ gần, chan hoà
 - generous (adj) rộng lượng, hào phóng
 - reserved (adj) kín đáo, dè dặt
 - (to) tell joke kể chuyện đùa, nói đùa
 - sence of humor (n) tính/knăng hài hước
 - an orphanage trại trẻ mồ côi
 - (to) annoy làm khó chịu
 - outgoing (adj) dễ tính, cởi mở
 - volunteer (adj) ; peace(unc) sự yên bình 
 * Checking: R. O . R	bạn thân (translation)
 4. Pre- reading ( 7’) T / F statement prediction:
 * Introduction: We are going to read about Ba and his
 friends’ build, characters & habits. 
 - Stick the poster of T / F statements are about Ba and his 
 friends, read them and guess which statements are true,
 which are false:
 a, Ba only has three friends – Bao, Khai & Song.
 b, Ba and his friends have the same characters.
 c, Bao, Song – Khai are quite reserved in public.
 d, They all enjoy school and study hard.
 e, Ba enjoys telling jokes.
 - Get Ss to work in pairs.
 - Call out some Ss to read their predictions and write them on the
 board. 
 5. While- reading ( 12’)
 - Have ss read the text to check their predictions.
 a, F Ba has a lot of friends but he spends most of his
 time with Bao, Song and Khai.
 b, F They have different characters.
 c, F Only Song and khai are quite reserved. 
 d, T e, T
 * Multiple choice: Ss do the exercise 1 Work in 
 pairs to choose the best answers.
 - Compehension questions: Ss work in pairs to choose the 
 best answers: a, A b, C c, B d, D
 * Comprehension questions:
 - Ask Ss to read the text again and answer the questions.
 KEY:
a. He feels lucky having a lot of friends .
b. Bao is the most sociable 
c. Khai likes reading 
d. His jokes sometimes annoy his friends .
e. Bao spends his free time doing volunteer work at 
 local orphanage .
f, Ss’ answers
 Lucky numbers to check
 1-L 3- a 5- c 7- f
 2-b 4-e 6-L 8- d
 6. Post- reading (10’) - Ss work in groups and talk to one another about 
 their friends, using the adjectives to describe.
 - Ss write about their friends they’ve just talk about.
 * Grammar:
 " He is a hard - working student who always gets good 
 grades."
 - Who (đtqh): mà, người mà 
 Eg: The man who is wearing a yellow shirt is our new 
 teacher.
 7. Homework assignment (2’)
 - Write about close friend 
 - Do the ex 5-9 ; Ex II(3- 6 ) 
 Date: Thursday, September 6th 2012.
 Period 5: Unit one: MY FRIENDS. 
Lesson 4: WRITE.
I- The aims of the lesson: To help ss with writing about themselves and 
 about other people, using the simple present tense about the truth.
 * Grammar: Helful, elder brother, appearance
 * Skills: - Main skill: Writing.
 - Other skills: Reading, listening & speaking.
II- The objective of the lesson:
 - By the end of the lesson, ss will be able to write a paragraph about 
 themselves and about their close friends.
III- Teaching aids: Extra boards.
IV- Procedures:
 1. Review (5’) - The words.
 - T introduces: In the last period, we know Ba has a lot of
 friends. Who are they? What are their characters?
 Do you think they are good characters?
 2. Warm up (2’) *Network: Ask students to remind some adjectives to
 describe a person’s characters: Possible answers: sociable, kind, 
 generous, hard-working, reserved, outgoing, humorous, good, 
 bad,.
 * Kim’s Game: (Using picture/P17)
 a, How many people are there in the picture?
 b, What is each person wearing?”
 - a red shirt & a green skirt.
 - yellow shirt & blue trousers.
 - a pink shirt & blue trousers.
 - blue shorts & a white shirt.
 3. Pre – teach vocabulary ( 7’)
 - humorous (adj) hài hước
 - helpful (adj ) có ích, hay giúp đỡ
 - introvert (adj) hướng nội
 - frank (adj) thật thà
 - an elder brother anh trai
 - (to) rise mọc
 - (to) set lặn
 - appearance (situation) sự xuất hiện, mặt ngoài 
 * Checking: R.O.R
 4. Pre- writing ( 7’) * Gapfill: Asks ss to read the information about Tam
 (Tam is one of Ba’s best friends) then answer some qs.
 - Ss notice about description and characters.
 a.What is his name? b.How old is he ?
 c.What does he look like? ( Description )
 c.What is he like? ( Characters )
 e.Where does he live? / What is his adress?
 f.Whom does he live with?
 g.Who are his best friends?
 - Ask ss to practice asking and answering the qs above.
 - Correct and give feedback 
a. Le Van Tam b. He is 14. 
c. he is tall and thin . He has short black hair .
d. He is sociable , humorous and helpful 
e. He lives at 26 Tran Phu Street , Ha Noi .
f . He lives with his mother and an elder brother .
g . Ba and Bao 
 5. While- writing (12’) Ask ss write a paragraph about Tam using the 
 information they’ve just got. 
 - Ss write individually.
 - Compare with the paragraph in their books on the page 15.
 * Ask ss to fill in a similar form for their partener. Use 
 the questions in the English book.
Name: .................................
Appearance:..
Character: ...........................
Address: ...............................
Family: .................................
Friends: ..............................
Age: ............
......................
......................
...........................
......................
......................
 - Ask Ss to write some information about one of their 
 friends, then write a paragraph about her / him .
 - Get Ss to share with their partners and correct if possible . 
 * Sample : His / her name ......... . He / she is ......... years 
 old. He / she .........lives at ....... in .......... with ........ He / 
 she is .............. . He / she has ...................hair . He / she is 
 ...............helpful . He / she has ..................... friends , but
 his / her close friends are ............ and ............... . 
 - Call on some Ss to read their writings aloud . 
 6. Post- writing (10’) 
 * Corrections:
 - T call some ss to read their passages on the poster.
 - The whole class correct the errors. T gives marks.
 7. Homework assignment (2’)
 - Learn by heart the words.
 - Do the exercises 7-11 (SBT ), IV-(1 )-( VBT ).
 Date: Friday, September 7th 2012.
 Period 6: Unit one: MY FRIENDS. 
Lesson 5: LANGUAGE FOCUS.
I- The aims of the lesson: To help ss revise some vocabulary and to present 
 some new vocabulary. Further practice in simple present tense 
 * Vocabulary: Some adjectives and nouns describing people’s characters.
 * Grammar: - The simple tenses.
 - Structure: (not) adj + enough + to – V.
 * Skills: - Main skill: speaking.
 - Other skills: reading, listening & writing.	
II- The objective of the lesson:
 - By the end of the lesson, ss will be able to know how to use simple 
 present tense to talk about general truths & write some sentences
 using the structure: (not) adj + enough + to – V.
III- Teaching aids: Cards , pictures.
IV- Procedures: 
 1. Review (5’) - Describe one of your friends / family members.
 2. Warm up (2’) 
 * Categories: 
 - Ask students to find out the adj beginning with the letter 
 given by the teacher:
a-awful
b-big
c-clever
d-dirty
g-great
h-heavy
i-intelligent
j-jealous
k-kind
l-lovely
m-mean
n-new
o-old
p-poor
q-quiet
s-safe
t-tasty
u-uncomic (Khong khoi hai)
v-viewless (Khong nhin thay duoc)
.
 3. Pre – teach vocabulary (8’)
- (to) introduce: giới thiệu (situation)
- (to) rise: mọc (picture)
- (to) set: lặn (antonym)
- Earth: trái đất (visual)
- a planet: hành tinh (synnonym)
- Mars: Sao hỏa (translation)
- Mercury:Sao thủy (antonym)
- East / West / South / North: Đông/ Nam/ Tây/ Bắc.
 * Checking: R.O.R
 4. Revision 1 Simple tenses ( 10’) 
 a.Present simple: Ex2:Asks ss to review the form, use.
*Form: + To be: S + am/is/are (not)..
 +Ordinary Verbs: S + Vs/es..
* Usage: Express an action which is always true
 * Do the language focus 2: Complete the dialogue.
- Ask them to read the words in the box . 
- Let them complete the dialogue between Ba and Tuan, 
 his young cousin .
- Call on some pairs to practice the complete dialogue .
- Correct their pronunciation and give feedback 
1- sets 2- goes 3- moves 4- is 5- is 6- is
 * Notes:Pronunciation of ending sounds: “ – s”, “ – es” 
/s/ -P,T,K (eg: stops, sets, asks,)
/is/ -ches, shes, ses, xes, (eg: watches, washes,)
/z/ -the others (eg: goes,)
 b. Past simple: Ex1 Complete the paragraphs . Use the correct 
 form of the verbs in brackets 
 - Ask Ss to work individually and then compare their answers 
 with their partners .
 - Call on some Ss to read their answers aloud. – Correct.
 a. 1- lives 2- sent 3- was 4- is 
 b. 1- are 2- came 3- showed 4- introduced
 5. Revision2: Enough +to – V(8’)
 * Real stuation: I want you to hang this pic here. How do
 I say? And how do you answer?
 T: Can you hang this pcture over there?
 Ss: No. I’m not tall enough to hang the picture over there.
 - Form: a, Enough: S + V + adj + enough +(for +O) +to + V
 adv
 enough +N 
Example : She is old enough to see that film .
 I have enough time to see you.
b, too..to
 S +V + too + adj +(for +O) +to + V
 adv.
 - Ex4: Set the scene to introduce the aims of the exercise:
- Ask Ss to work in pairs 
- Call on some pairs to read the complete dialogue 
- Correct and give feedback 
 a. not big enough b. not old enough 
 c. strong enough d. good enough
 6. Production (10’) * Noughts & crosses.
not big
old
clever
strong
not clean
hot
not thin
dirty
intelligent
 Can you put these groceries in your bag?
 No. My bag is not big enough to carry every thing.
 7. Homework assignment (2’)
 - Redo the exercises.
 - Be ready for the next unit 2.