Lesson plan English 8 - Period 21 to 25, Unit 4: Our Past - School year 2012-2013

 Date: Friday, October 12th 2012.
 Period 21: Unit 4: OUR PAST 
Lesson 1: GETTING STARTED + LISTEN & READ.
I- The aims of the lesson: To help ss with reading the dialoguage to understand 
 about the life in the past to compare with our nowaday life.
 * Grammar: used to + V. 
 * Skills: - Main skill: Reading.
 - Other skills: Listening, speaking & writing.
II- The objective of the lesson:
 - By the end of the lesson, ss will be able to know the differences between the 
 life in the past and now. & they will be able to tell the activities people used to 
 do in the past.
III- Teaching aids: Pictures, extra board, tape and a cassette.
IV- Procedures:
 1. Review (5’) * Pelmanism:The past forms of some verbs(LF1).
run
fly
take
go
have
do
come
ride
eat
sit
rode
did
sit
ran
came
took
went
flew
had
ate
 - Asks ss to read the words aloud twice. 
 2. Warm up (6’) KIM’S GAME ( getting started ) Picture/P38
Ask Ss to look at the picture on page 38 and write the names of the things that do not belong to the past.
 Answers : - The TV - Modern clothing / school uniform
 - The radio - The mobile phone
 - The light fixture 
 3. Listen and read (22’): a. Pre – teach vocabulary 
 - electricitty (unc) ®iÖn, ®iÖn lùc
 - (to) look after tr«ng nom, ch¨m sãc
 - an equipment thiÕt bÞ
 - a folktale truyÖn d©n gian
 - traditional (thuéc) truyÒn thèng
 - great grandma cô bµ
 - (to) sound nghe nh­-, nghe cã vÎ
 - (to) light - lit / lighted th¾p (®Ìn) 
 + used to # used (P1) ®· th­-êng 
 * Checking: R. O . R
 b. Pre- reading T / F statements prediction.
 a. Nga used to live on the farm.
 b. Nga’s Grandma didn’t go to school.
 c. She had an easy life when she was young.
 d. There wasn’t any modern equipment at her time.
 e. “ The lost shoe ” is a short story.
 - Run through the sentences.
 Give ss time to predict the T/F sentences. - Feedback ( whole class ).
 c.While- reading 
 - Ss listen to the tape and check. – read and check again.
 a.F ( Nga grandma ) b.T
 c.F ( easy hard ) d.T
 e.F (a short story an old folk tale ) 
 * Comprehension questions: ( a- e) 
 - Ss read the dialogue to answer the questions in pairs. L. numbers. 
 a. Where did Nga’s Grandmother use to live? 
 She used to live on the farm. 
 b. Why didn’t she go to school?
 Because she had to stay at home help her...
 c. What did Nga’s great-grandmother use to do?
 She used to cook meals, clean the house and wash the clothes. 
 d. What did Nga’s great-grandmother & great-grandfather use to do 
 after dinner? She lit the lamp & he used to tell them stories. 
 e. What did Nga ask her grandmother to do at the end of the
 conversation? She asked her grandmother to tell her the tale. 
 d. Post- reading * Fact or Opinion :
 - Have Ss read the statements part 3 on page 39 and decide which is 
 a fact and which is an opinion.
 - Explain these 2 words ”fact” and “opinion” then give examples :
 Fact : This flower is red.
 Opinion : It is the most beautiful flower I’ve seen
 Fact : People eat chicken and beef.
 Opinion : I don’t like pork.
 *Key: a, fact b, fact c, fact d, fact e,O f,O
 4.Grammar (10’):
 Grandma: “ I used to live on the farm when I was a young girl.”
 - Form: ( + ) S + used to + V  
 ( - ) S + did not use to + V 
 ( ? ) Did + S + use to + V ? 
Did you use to 
Name
- get up late
Hoa
- ride bicycle too fast
- go to school late
- eat too much candy
- forget to do your homework
 * Practice: Survey. 
 - Exchange: S1: Did 
 you use to get up late?
 Hoa: Yes, I did.
 * Write it up: 
 Hoa used to
 get up late
 5. Homework assignment (2’)
 - Learn by heart the words.
 - Do the exercises: 1,4 (sbt) ; I-1 (vbt).
 Date: Tuesday, October 15th 2012.
 Period 22: Unit 4: OUR PAST.
Lesson 2: SPEAK & LISTEN.
I- The aims of the lesson: 
 - To help ss speak about the way things used to be and the way they
 are now, listen and further practice in past simple tense.
 * Vocabulary: Words describing characters: foolish, greedy,.. .
 * Grammar: Simple past, used to + V
 * Skills: - Main skills: speaking & listening.
 - Other skills: reading & writing.	
II- The objective of the lesson:
 - By the end of the lesson, ss will be able to know how to use the
 simple past tense and use the structure “used to + V” to talk about 
 the things they used to do.
III- Teaching aids: A cassette and tape.
IV- Procedures: 
 1. Check up (5’) - The words. - Retell about Nga’s grandma’s life.
 2. Warm up (2’) + Jumbled words: 
 + Ss order the letters to get the right words.
 - reelctiicty = electricity
 - ttertinenmean = entertainment
 - rakemt = market
 - ratidtalion = traditional
 - luingdib = building
 - dieh and seke = hide and seek
 3. Speak (12’) * Pre - speaking:
 - Recall the conversation between Nga and her grandma.
 Where did Nga’s grandma live?
 She used to live on the farm.
 Concept check: “Used to”: To express a past habit, or an action
 usually happen in the past.
 S + used to + V ..
 Did + use to + V ?
 * While - speaking: 
 - Asks to look at the pictures and describe what they see in the pics.
 - Ss work in pairs to talk about the differences between life in the
 past and nowaday’s. Call some students to speak out in the class.
 Answer ( For example ):
 People used to live in small houses. Now they live in big houses 
 and buildings.
 People used to walk to travel. Now they can go by car
 or motobike.
 There didn’t use (usedn’t) to be electricity in the home. Now 
 there is electricity everywhere.
 People used to work hard all the time. Now, they have a lot of 
 time for entertainment.
 Children used to stay home. Now they go to school. 
 * Post - speaking: Ss talk about what they used to do and now.
 Chain game: call some ss to demo in frond of the class.
 S1: Last year I used to get up late. Now I get up early and do
 morning exercises. 
 4. Listen: (14’) * Pre – teach vocabulary:
 - foolish (adj) ngu xuÈn, d¹i dét
 - greedy (adj) tham lam
 - gold ( unc ) vµng
 - (to) lay - laid ®Î trøng
 - amazement (unc) sù ng¹c nhiªn
 - (to) discover kh¸m ph¸
 - dead (adj) chÕt
 - unfortunately (adv) kh«ng may
 * Pre – listening:
 Open prediction: Asks ss to predict the moral lesson of the story. 
 Choose one from 4 tittles.
 a- Don’t kill chickens. 
 b- Don’t be foolish and greedy.
 c- Be happy with what you have.
 d- It’s difficult to find gold.
 * While - listening:
 - Ss listen to the tape twice and check their predictions.
 Key: b- Don’t be foolish and greedy.
 - Ss listen again to find out the verbs of past simple in the story and 
 write them down.
 Key: went finished looked 
 discovered couldn’t wanted laid
 were decided shouted ran
 Tape transcript: 
 Once a farmer lived a comfortable life with his family. His chicken laid many eggs which the farmer used to sell to buy food and clothing for his family.
 One day, he went to collect the eggs and discovered one of the chicken had laid a golden egg. He shouted excitedly to his wife, 
“ We’re rich! We’re rich!”
 His wife ran to him and they both looked the egg in amazement. The wife wanted more, so her husband decided to cut open all the chickens and find more golden eggs. Unfortunately, he couldn’t find any eggs. When he had finished, all the chicken were dead.
 There are no more eggs of any kind for the foolish farmer and his greedy wife.
 * Post - listening: Retell.
 7. Homework assignment (2’)
 - Learn by heart the words.
 - Do the exercises. 
 Date: Thursday, October 18th 2012.
 Period 23: Unit 4: OUR PAST.
Lesson 3: READ
I- The aims of the lesson: To help ss with reading the story “The lost shoe” for details.
 * Vocabulary: marry, cruel, upset, fairy, magical, appear, drop, prince, immediately.
 * Skills: - Main skill: Reading.
 - Other skills: Listening, speaking & writing.
II- The objective of the lesson:
 - By the end of the lesson, ss will be able to understand and retell the story.
III- Teaching aids: Posters.
IV- Procedures:
 1. Review (5’) Exercise: Write 2 sentences with “ used to”: 
 I used to get up late.
 My father used to go to work by motobike.( now.goes by bus.)
 2. Warm up (2’) * Brainstorming: Name some fokl tales that you have read. 
 One hundred sections bamboo the frog prince The fokl tales
 So Dua
 Seven – mile shoes Tam Cam
 Snow white and seven dwarfs 
 - How many characters are there in Tam Cam story? Who are they? 
 Who lost the shoe? – Tam
 - Today we’re going to study the story “ The lost shoe”. The content is
 the same as Tam Cam story.
 3. Pre – teach vocabulary ( 7’)
 - (to) marry c-­íi, kÕt h«n
 - cruel (adj ) ®éc ¸c
 - upset ( adj ) buån phiÒn
 - a fairy «ng tiªn, «ng bôt
 - magical (adj) k× diÖu
 - (to) appear xuÊt hiÖn
 - (to) drop ®¸nh r¬i
 - a prince hoµng tö
 - immediately (adv) ngay lËp tøc, ngay tøc th×
 * Checking: R. O . R
 4. Pre- reading ( 7’) * T / F statement prediction.
 - Run through the sentences. Asks ss to predict the T / F sentences.
 a- Little Pea was a rich farmer’s daughter.
 b- After her mother died, her father got married again.
 c- The father soon died of broken heart because the new wife was
 very cruel.
 d- Little Pea had new clothes for the harvest festival.
 e- Stout Nut lost one of her shoes on the way to the festival.
 f- Finally, the prince fell in love with Pea.
 - Calls out their predictions.
 5. While- reading ( 12’) Ss read the story and check.
 a- F ( rich – poor ) b- T c- T 
 d- F ( had – had none/ didn’t have )
 e- F (Stout Nut – Little Pea ) f- T
 * Matching:
 L5: a broken heart c« g¸i cã chiÕc giÇy
 L10,11: magical changed qu¸ ®au lßng
 L14: the girl who owned it ®em lßng yªu
 L15: fell in love with thay ®æi kú diÖu
 * Gapfill (P42) Aks ss to read the story again to complete the sentences. 
Little Pea’s father was a farmer.
Little Pea’s mother died when she was young.
Little Pea had to do the housework all day after her mother got married again.
The prince wanted to marry/choose a girl from Little Pea’s village.
Stout Nut’s mother did not make new clothes for Little Pea.
The prince found Little Pea’s lost shoe.
 * Comprehension questions (P42)Ss to work in pairs read & answer the qs.
 - Use lucky game to check.
 a- Who was Little Pea? She was a poor farmer’s daughter.
 b- What did Stout Nut’s mother make Little Pea do all day?
 She made Little Pea do the chores all day.
 c- How did Little Pea get her new clothes?
 Before the festival started, a fairy appeared and magically change 
 her rags into beautiful clothes.
 d- Who did the prince decide to marry?
 The prince decide to marry the girl who fitted the lost shoe/ who owned it.
 e- Is this a true story? How do you know?
 No, it isn’t. There was a fairy in the story.
 6. Post- reading (10’) 
 * Retell: Retell the story ( use the T/F extra board ).
 Little Pea was a poor farmer’s daughter.
 After her mother died, her father got married again.
 The father soon died of broken heart because the new wife wasvery cruel.
 Little Pea didn’t have clothes for the harvest festival.
 Little Pea lost one of her shoes on the way to the festival.
 Finally, the prince fell in love with Pea.
 7. Homework assignment (2’) 
 - Learn by heart the words.
 - Imagine you are Little Pea to tell (write) the story.
 - Do the exercises 3- P28 ( sbt ); III(vbt)
 Date: Friday, October 19th 2012.
 Period 24: Unit 4: OUR PAST.
 Lesson 4: WRITE.
I- The aims of the lesson: To help ss know how to write a short imaginary story.
 * 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 use simple past tense and
 structure “uesd to” to write a folk tale.
III- Teaching aids: Cards
IV- Procedures:
 1. Review (5’) The words. - Retell the story: “The lost shoe”
 2. Warm up (2’)
- Do you like reading folk tales?
- What folk tales do you know?
- Have you ever read the story: 
“ How the tiger got his stripes.” ?
 3. Pre – teach vocabulary ( 7’)
 -¢wisdom (unc ) trÝ kh«n 
 - a stripe säc, v»n
 - a straw r¬m, r¹
 - a ¢servant ng­-êi hÇu, ng-­êi phôc vô
 - a master «ng chñ
 - (to) excape trèn tho¸t
 - (to ) graze gÆm cá
 - ( to ) burn ®èt ch¸y
 * Checking: Slaps the board.
 4. Pre- writing ( 7’) Guess and fill in the gaps ( write 1 ).
 - Ss read the text and complete the story individually. Pair compare.
 - Feedback. 1- appear / came 2- was 3- said 4- left 
 5- went 6- tied 7- lit 8- burned 9- escaped 
 - Comprehension questions: Give ss time to ask & answer in pairs.
 -Use lucky number to check. 
 a- Where was the man? In his field.
 b-What did the buffalo do when the tiger appeared? was grazing
 c- What did the tiger want to know? Why the strong 
 buffalo was the servant and the small man was the master.
 d- What did the man do before going home? Tied the tiger
 e- What did he do when he returned? 
 Brought some straw and burned the tiger
 5. While- writing (12’)
 * Ss have to imagine to be a man in order to write the story.T asks:
 - What are the verbs? Which tenses are used in the story?
 + Simple past, past progressive and present.
 - What do you have to change: 
 The man I
 His buffalo my buffalo 
 - Get ss to work in groups use the cues to write.
 One day / I / field.
 Buffalo / grade / tiger / come 
 It / ask / why / strong buffalo / my servant / and I / its master.
 I / tell / tiger / I / have / wisdom. 
 Tiger / want / see / it.
 I / tell / it / I / leave / wisdom / home.
 Then / tie / tiger / tree / rope / I / didn’t / want / eat / buffalo.
 I / go / get / straw / and / burn / tiger.
 Tiger / escape / still have / black stripes. - T goes round.
 Guide writing:
 One day, as I was in the field and my buffalo was grazing 
 nearby, a tiger came. It asked why the strong buffalo was my 
 survant and why I was its master. I told the tiger that I had 
 something called wisdom. The tiger wanted tosee it, but I left the 
 wisdom 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 the tiger. The tiger 
 escaped, but today it still has black stripes from the burns.
 6. Post- writing (10’)
 - Correction: The groups hang their story on the board. Others 
 remark and mark.
 - Ss work in groups to retell the story: Ss imagine to be a buffalo or a 
 tiger to retell the story.
 I am the buffalo: One day my master and I 
 Or: I am the tiger: One day when the man and his survant, buffalo 
 was in the field I came and ..
 7. Homework assignment (2’) 
 - Write it up.
 - Do the exercises in the two workbooks. 
 Date: Tuesday, October 23rd 2012.
 Period 25: Unit 4: OUR PAST. 
Lesson 5: LANGUAGE FOCUS.
I- The aims of the lesson: To help ss with the further practice.
 * Vocabulary: Prepositions.
 * Grammar: Prepositions of time & the simple past tense with: “used to”.
 * 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 prepositions of time, the simple past tense with “used to”.
III- Teaching aids: Extra board.
IV- Procedures: 
 1. Review (5’) Imagine to be a buffalo or a tiger to retell the story.
 2. Warm up (2’) * Play a game:
 - Ss work in two groups to find out the preposition with the suitable 
 time and stick on the board. The team has more adverbs of time is
 the winner.
 * Revision of prepositions of time: Matching.
 in Wednesday 
 fromto 7 o’clock
 on May 
 at May 26th
 at 7 a.m and 9 p.m 
 in 2006 
 between 6 a.m
 before / after 2p.m. 4 p.m 
 3. Revision1 (8’) Prepositions of time.
 + LF3: Asks ss to retell the form and use of prepositions of time.
 - Ss fill in the gaps. Share compare. Correction.
 a- on b- in c- betwwen d- at – after e- before
 4. Revision2(8’) Simple past.
 - Asks ss to retell the use and form of the simple past tense. 
S + V-ed / V( past ) 
 * Notes: - agreed, lived,.. - stopped, 
 - studied Ending sound “ ed” ---- / id /, / t /, / d /
 *LF2: Mapped dialogue: Lan asks Nga about Nga’s yesterday activities.
 LAN
 NGA
 rice .. lunch ? 
 How  school?
 .. walked 
 Which subjects.. ?
 ,English.Where.. yesterday evening?
 No.  noodles.
  bicycle.
 How. ?
 .., math.
 .. you?
 .. home.
 Lan: Did you eat rice for lunch?
 Nga: No. I ate noodles.
 Lan: How did you go to school?
 Nga: I went by bicycle. How about you? 
 Lan: I walked to school. Which subjects did you have yesterday?
 Nga: Litrerature, geography,physical and math. What about you?
 Lan: Math, physical, history and English. Where were you yesterday
 evening?
 Nga: I was at home.
 *Practice: Extra board:Put the verbs in brackets in the simple past tense.
 a- Yesterday, he ( go ) to school at 6.30. He ( be ) late.
 b- Last week I ( send ) her a letter but she ( not repply ).
 c- Nam is a careful driver but yesterday he ( not drive ) carefull.
 d- You ( go ) to the seaside last summer?
 e- What you ( do ) yesterday? 
 f- They ( build ) our school in 2001.
 * Key: a- went b- was c- sent, didn’t repply 
 d- Did you go e- did you do f- built
 5.Revision3 (10’) * used to.
 - Asks ss to retell the use and the form.
 To express an action which usually happened in the past but now
 it doesn’t happen any more.
 Form: a- Affirmative ( + ) : 
S + used to + V + 
 b- Negative ( - ) : 
S + did not + use to + V + ..
 c- Introgative ( ? ) :
Did + S + use to + V + ..?
 * Practice: Find someone who (Extra board). 
 6. Production (10’)* Delibrate mistakes: T reads aloud – Ss listen and find
 out the mistakes. When they hear a mistake, they stand up and say 
 “no” then correct it. T gives that student a good mark.
 a- I usually stay at home in Sunday.
 S: No, on Sunday, not in Sunday. 
 b- My father used to play football when he has free time.
 had, not has.
 c- She used live in Hanoi. used to live, not used live.
 d- he was born in june the third. on, not in
 e- We used to playing soccer. play, not playing
 f- Tom not play football any more. He used to play football.
 doesn’t, not not
 7. Homework assignment (2’)
 - Be ready for the next lesson – Unit 5 (Lesson 1).