Giáo án Tiếng Anh 8 - Period 75-77, Unit 10: Communication in the future - Năm học 2023-2024

 Date of preparing: 29/3/2024 
 Period 75: UNIT 10: COMMUNICATION IN THE FUTURE 
 Lesson 5: Skills 1 
 I. OBJECTIVES 
 By the end of this lesson, Ss will be able to: 
 1. Knowledge 
 - read about ways of communication; 
 - talk about ways of communication; 
 2. Competences 
 - Develop communication skills and creativity 
 - Be collaborative and supportive in pair work and teamwork 
 - Actively join in class activities 
 3. Personal qualities 
 - Be aware of the importance of technology in communication 
 - Love to learn more about technology and apply it in daily life 
 II. MATERIALS 
 - Grade 8 textbook, Unit 10, Skills 1 
 - Computer connected to the Internet 
 - Projector / TV 
 - hoclieu.vn 
 III. PROCEDURES 
 1. WARM-UP (5 mins) 
 a. Objectives: 
 - To help Ss understand and activate their knowledge of the topic; 
 - To help Ss remember some words related to telepathy 
 b. Content: 
 - Task 1: Work in pairs. List as many ways of communication as you can. 
 c. Expected outcomes: 
 - Students can say some ways of communication. 
 d. Organisation 
 TEACHER’S AND STUDENTS’ CONTENTS 
 ACTIVITIES 
Task 1: Work in pairs. List as many ways of communication as you can. (5 mins) 
- Have Ss work in pairs and list as many ways of Suggested ideas: meeting face-to-face, 
communication as they can. sending letters, sending emails, texting, 
- Invite some Ss to share their lists. Write their chatting online, sending voice messages, 
ideas on a corner of the board and keep them making phone calls, making group calls, 
there until the end of the lesson. having video calls, etc. 
 e. Assessment 
 - Teacher corrects for students (if needed) 
 2. ACTIVITY 1: READING (20 mins) 
 a. Objectives: 
 - To improve Ss’ knowledge of vocabulary related to telepathy 
 - To improve Ss’ skill of reading for general and specific information 
 b. Content: 
 - Vocabulary pre-teaching 
 - Task 2: Read an interview with two students, Minh and Tom. Then tick the speaker of 
 each sentence. 
 - Task 3: Read the interview again. Choose the correct answer A, B, or C. 
 c. Expected outcomes: 
 - Ss understand new vocabulary 
 - Students can understand the text and choose the right answers. 
 d. Organisation 
 TEACHER’S AND STUDENTS’ CONTENTS 
 ACTIVITIES 
Vocabulary pre-teaching 
- Teacher explains the meaning of the new New words: 
vocabulary by pictures. 1. telepathy (n) 
- Teacher reveals that the words according to 2. keep in contact (v) 
the pictures will appear in the reading text and 3. thought (n) 
asks students to open their textbook to find 4. tiny (a) 
these words 
- Teacher introduces the vocabulary. 
- Teacher checks students’ understanding with 
follow up questions. 
Task 2: Read an interview with two students, Minh and Tom. Then tick the speaker of 
each sentence. (5 mins) 
- Draw Ss’ attention to the word “telepathy”. Answers key: 
Tell them that this is a way of communication. 1. Minh 
Challenge Ss to quickly find the word telepathy 2. Tom 
in the conversation and guess its meaning. 3. Minh 
Confirm their answer. 4. Minh 
- Ask Ss who are in the interview (the MC, 5. Tom 
Minh and Tom). Tell them that in this exercise, 
they need to find out what Tom is saying and 
what Minh is saying, so they should focus on 
Tom and Minh’s lines in the conversation. 
- Briefly tell Ss the steps to complete the 
exercise: Read the statements, underline the 
keywords in each statement, locate the 
keywords in the text, find the information and 
decide if Minh or Tom is saying that 
information. 
- Ask Ss to do the exercise individually and 
then check their answers in pairs. 
- Invite some Ss to share their answers. 
Confirm the correct answers. 
Task 3: Read the interview again. Choose the correct answer A, B, or C. (10 mins) 
 - Ask Ss what they are going to do. Answer key: 
- Have Ss share how to do this exercise. 1. A 
- Briefly tell them the steps: Read the 2. B 
questions, underline the key words in each 3. C 
question, locate the 4. B 
key words in the text and find the information 5. C 
to answer the question. 
- Ask Ss to repeat the steps if necessary. 
- Ask Ss to do the exercise individually and 
then check their answers in pairs. 
- Invite some Ss to share their answers. Have 
them explain their answers. Confirm the correct 
answers. 
- To connect the reading and the speaking parts, 
T can draw a table and ask Ss to fill in the table 
about the advantages and disadvantages of 
telepathy. 
 e. Assessment 
 - Teacher checks students’ answers as a whole class. 
 3. ACTIVITY 2: SPEAKING (15 mins) 
 a. Objectives: 
 - To help Ss prepare ideas for the next activity 
 - To provide an opportunity for Ss to practise talking about advantages and disadvantages 
 of a way of communication 
 b. Content: 
 - Task 4: Work in pairs. Read the following ideas about online calls. Put the ideas in the 
 correct column. 
 - Task 5: Work in groups. Choose a way of communication and discuss its advantages 
 and disadvantages. Then report your answers to the class. 
 c. Expected outcomes: 
 - Students’ speaking 
 d. Organisation 
 TEACHER’S AND STUDENTS’ CONTENTS 
 ACTIVITIES 
Task 4: Work in pairs. Read the following ideas about online calls. Put the ideas in the 
correct column. (5 mins) 
- Ask Ss to work in pairs and complete the table Answer key: 
about the advantages and disadvantages of online Advantages: a, c, e 
calls. Disadvantages: b, d, f 
- Have Ss share their answers. Confirm the 
correct answers. 
Task 5: Work in groups. Choose a way of communication and discuss its advantages and 
disadvantages. Then report your answers to the class. (10 mins) 
- Elicit from Ss some useful structures to start a - To start a talk about advantages and 
talk, and to introduce the advantages and disadvantages: 
disadvantages. + I think there are both advantages and 
 - Encourage Ss to try using the structures to disadvantages of online calls. 
make sentences about online calls. - To introduce the advantages: 
- Have Ss work in groups. Tell them that they + In terms of the advantages / good points, 
will choose from the list of ways of ... 
communication in the Warm up and discuss its +... can be beneficial in many ways. First, 
advantages and disadvantages. They should ... 
make a table like the one in Activity 4 first, and - To introduce the disadvantages: 
then talk. + However, ... has some drawbacks. For 
- Set a time limit for group work. Go around, example, ... 
monitor and support when necessary. Invite some 
Ss to share their group’s discussion to the class. Suggested outcome: 
- Ask other groups to listen and give comments. I think there are both advantages and 
- Comment on Ss’ answers. disadvantages of online calls. ... 
 e. Assessment 
 - Teacher gives corrections and feedbacks 
 4. CONSOLIDATION (5 mins) 
 a. Wrap-up 
 - Summarise the main points of the lesson. 
 b. Homework 
 - Students’ workbook 
 Date of preparing: 29/3/2024 
 Period 76: UNIT 10: COMMUNICATION IN THE FUTURE 
 Lesson 6: Skills 2 
 I. OBJECTIVES 
 By the end of this lesson, Ss will be able to: 
 1. Knowledge 
 - Listening to someone making an announcement of art exhibition 
 - Writing a paragraph about modern ways of communication 
 2. Competences 
 - Develop communication skills and creativity 
 - Be collaborative and supportive in pair work and teamwork 
 - Actively join in class activities 
 3. Personal qualities 
 - Be aware of the importance of technology in communication 
 - Love to learn more about technology and apply it in daily life 
 II. MATERIALS 
 - Grade 8 textbook, Unit 10, Skills 2 
 - Computer connected to the Internet 
 - Projector / TV 
 - hoclieu.vn 
 III. PROCEDURES 
 1. WARM-UP (5 mins) 
 a. Objectives: 
 - To create an active atmosphere in the class before the lesson; 
 - To lead into the new lesson. 
 b. Content: 
 - Game: Hot seat 
 c. Expected outcomes: 
 - Students’ answers. 
 d. Organisation 
 TEACHER’S AND STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES CONTENTS 
Hot seat Questions: 
- Invite some Ss to go to the board. Give him/ her - What am I doing? 
one way of communication that they learnt in the 
previous lesson. Ask them to describe the words Suggested answers: 
without saying anything. The rest of the class guess - voice message 
the words. - video call 
- Lead to the new lesson: Listening and Writing - face-to-face talk 
about ways of communication. - telephone 
- Introduce the objectives of the lesson. 
 e. Assessment 
 - Teacher corrects for students (if needed) 
 2. ACTIVITY 1: LISTENING (15 mins) 
 a. Objectives: 
 - To help Ss develop the skill of listening for specific information. 
 - To help Ss further develop the skill of listening for specific information. 
 b. Content: 
 - Task 1: Look at the pictures. Complete the word / phrase for each picture. 
 - Task 2: Listen to an announcement about an exhibition. Complete each gap in the 
 agenda with ONE word or a number. 
 - Task 3: Listen again. Circle the correct answer A, B, or C. 
 c. Expected outcomes: 
 - Ss can listen for general and specific information to do the learning tasks 
 d. Organisation 
 TEACHER’S AND STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES CONTENTS 
Task 1: Look at the pictures. Complete the word / phrase for each picture. (5 mins) 
- Have Ss look at the pictures and complete the words. Answer key: 
- Invite answers from Ss. Confirm the correct answers. 1. carrier pigeon 
- Have some Ss read the answers aloud again. Tell 2. smartwatch 
them that these words will appear in the listening task, 3. translation machine 
so they should pay attention to them.. 4. holography 
Task 2: Listen to an announcement about an exhibition. Complete each gap in the agenda 
with ONE word or a number. (6 mins) 
- Tell Ss that they are going to listen to an Answer key: 
announcement about an exhibition. 1. 8:20 
- Have Ss look at the agenda. Elicit from them the type 2. First 
of information they need to fill in each blank. 3. Modern 
- Play the recording and ask Ss to listen and complete 4. 10:15 
each gap with one word or a number. 5. Cinema 
- Ask one or two Ss to go to the board and write their 
answers. Have other Ss work in pairs to compare their 
answers. 
- Confirm the correct answers. Play part of the 
recording again when needed. 
Task 3: Listen again. Circle the correct answer A, B, or C. (5 mins) 
- Tell Ss that they are going to listen to the Answer key: 
announcement again and choose the correct answers. 1. A 
- Have Ss read the questions and underline the 2. C 
keywords in each question. 3. A 
- Play the recording and ask Ss to listen again and 4. B 
choose the correct answers. Then ask Ss to work in 5. C 
pairs to compare their answers with each other. 
- Check the answers to Activity 3 with the whole class. 
Ask Ss to explain their choices. Confirm the correct 
answers. 
 e. Assessment 
 - Teacher checks students’ answers as a whole class. 
 3. ACTIVITY 2: WRITING (20 mins) 
 a. Objectives: 
 - To help Ss prepare ideas for the next activity 
 - To help Ss practise writing an email about ways of communication. 
 b. Content: 
 - Task 4: Work in pairs. Match the ideas (a - h) with parts of an outline (1 - 4) for a 
 paragraph about a video call. 
 - Task 5: Write a paragraph (80 – 100 words) to describe a way of modern 
 communication. You can use the ideas in 4 or your own ideas. 
 c. Expected outcomes: 
 - Students’ speaking 
 d. Organisation 
 TEACHER’S AND STUDENTS’ CONTENTS 
 ACTIVITIES 
Task 4: Work in pairs. Match the ideas (a - h) with parts of an outline (1 - 4) for a 
paragraph about a video call. (7 mins) 
- Have Ss work in pairs to match the ideas to Answer key: 
their appropriate parts of a paragraph outline. 1 – a, d 
- Have some Ss present their answers or write 2 – c, f, h 
their answers on the board. 3 – b, e 
- Confirm the correct answers. 4 – g 
Task 5: Write a paragraph (80 – 100 words) to describe a way of modern communication. 
You can use the ideas in 4 or your own ideas. (13 mins) 
- Review the outline in Activity 4 with Ss. Tell Suggested answer: 
them that their paragraph should start by Making a video call is a modern way of 
introducing the name of the way of communication. A video call is a phone call 
communication, then describe one or two via the Internet. It transmits live images of 
advantages and disadvantages of it and the speakers with a webcam or camera on 
conclude by making a prediction about its smart devices. Video calls are time-saving 
future. because people do not need to travel to meet 
- Ask Ss to write their paragraphs individually. and still see and hear each other in real time. 
Remind them that they do not need to use all They help both family members and business 
suggested ideas, and that they can add ideas of partners keep contact with each other 
their own. regardless of geographic distances. However, 
- For a more able class, Ss can choose to write video calls require high-speed Internet 
about other ways of modern communication. access, so not all the time people can make 
 one. I believe that when the Internet becomes 
 better in the future, video calls will be an 
 even more common tool of communication. 
 e. Assessment 
 - Teacher gives corrections and feedback. 
 4. CONSOLIDATION (5 mins) 
 a. Wrap-up 
 - Summarise the main points of the lesson. 
 b. Homework 
 - Rewrite the email on the notebook. 
 - Prepare for Lesson 7 – Looking back & Project. 
 Date of preparing: 29/3/2024 
 Period 77: UNIT 10: COMMUNICATION IN THE FUTURE 
 Lesson 7: Looking back and Project 
 I. OBJECTIVES 
 By the end of this lesson, Ss will be able to: 
 1. Knowledge 
 - review the vocabulary and grammar of Unit 10 
 - apply what they have learnt (vocabulary and grammar) into practice through a 
 project. 
 2. Competences 
 - Develop communication skills and creativity 
 - Be collaborative and supportive in pair work and teamwork 
 - Actively join in class activities 
 3. Personal qualities 
 - Love talking about communication in the future 
 II. MATERIALS 
 - Grade 8 textbook, Unit 10, Looking back and Project 
 - Computer connected to the Internet 
 - Projector / TV 
 - hoclieu.vn 
 III. PROCEDURES 
 1. WARM-UP (5 mins) 
 a. Objectives: 
 - To create an active atmosphere in the class before the lesson; 
 - To lead into the revision. 
 b. Content: 
 - Revision 
 c. Expected outcomes: 
 - Ss can recall what they have learnt in the unit. 
 d. Organisation 
 TEACHER’S AND STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES CONTENTS 
Revision Questions: 
- Teacher asks Ss to think of what they have learnt - What have we learnt in Unit 10? 
already in Unit 10. 
- Ss work in pairs to do the task. Teacher calls Suggested answers: 
some students to retell. - use the words related to 
- Teacher confirms and leads them to do all the communication technology; 
exercises in books. - pronounce the words ending in -ese and 
 -ee with the correct stress; 
 - recognize and use prepositions of place 
 and time, and possessive pronouns; 
 - interrupt politely; 
 - read an interview about a way of 
 communicating in the future; 
 - talk about the advantages and 
 disadvantages of a way of 
 communicating; 
 - listen to an announcement about a 
 communication exhibition; 
 - write a paragraph to describe a way of 
 modern communication. 
 e. Assessment 
 - Teacher corrects for students (if needed) 
 2. ACTIVITY 1: VOCABULARY (8 mins) 
 a. Objectives: 
 - To help Ss review the vocabulary of Unit 10 
 b. Content: 
 - Task 1: Circle the correct option to complete each sentence below. 
 - Task 2: Fill in each gap with a word from the box to complete the passage. 
 c. Expected outcomes: 
 - Ss can recall vocabulary items related to the topic of the unit 
 d. Organisation 
 TEACHER’S AND STUDENTS’ CONTENTS 
 ACTIVITIES 
Task 1: Circle the correct option to complete each sentence below. (3 mins) 
- Have Ss do this activity individually, then Answer key: 
compare their answers 1. social network 
with their partners. 2. Telepathy 
- Ask for Ss’ answers or ask one student to write 3. voice messages 
his / her answers on the board. 4. translation machine 
- Confirm the correct answers. 5. making a group call 
Task 2: Fill in each gap with a word from the box to complete the passage. (5 mins) 
- Have Ss do these activities individually then Answer key: 
compare their answers with their partners. 1. text 
- Ask for Ss’ answers or ask some Ss to read out 2. social 
their answers in front of the class. 3. real 
- Confirm the correct answers. 4. language 
 5. instantly 
 e. Assessment 
 - Teacher asks Ss some follow up questions. 
 3. ACTIVITY 2: GRAMMAR (10 mins) 
 a. Objectives: 
 To help Ss revise the forms and uses of prepositions of place and time, possessive 
 pronouns 
 b. Content: 
 - Task 3: Complete the sentences with the prepositions from the box. Tick the sentences 
 which have prepositions of time. 
 - Task 4: Which of the underlined parts in each question is incorrect? Find and correct it. 
 c. Expected outcomes: 
 - Students’ answers 
 d. Organisation 
TEACHER’S AND STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES CONTENTS 
Task 3: Complete the sentences with the prepositions from the box. Tick the sentences 
which have prepositions of time. (5 mins) 
- Ask Ss to list some phrases with prepositions of Answer key: 
place and time they have learnt in the unit. 1. on 
-Have Ss do this exercise individually, then 2. in 
compare their answers with a partner. Call on 3. for 
some Ss to give the answers. Confirm the correct 4. opposite 
answers and write them on the board 5. by 
 Sentences with prepositions of time: 2, 3, 
 5 
Task 4: Which of the underlined parts in each question is incorrect? Find and correct it. 
- Tell them that they need to identify the incorrect Answer key: 
part in each sentence and correct it. 1. B (my → mine) 
- Have Ss do this exercise individually then 2. A (at → on) 
compare their answers with a partner. 3. A (ours → our) 
- Invite some Ss to read their answers aloud. 4. C (on → in) 
Confirm the correct answers. 5. C (in → by / on) 
- Remind Ss to keep a record of their original 
answers so that they can use that information in 
the Now I can section. 
 e. Assessment 
 - Teacher checks students’ answers as a whole class. 
 4. ACTIVITY 3: PROJECT (15 mins) 
 a. Objectives: 
 - To help Ss improve their creativity and teamwork 
 - To improve their speaking and presentation skills 
 b. Content: 
 - Poster presentation 
 c. Expected outcomes: 
 - Students can use the learned grammar and vocabulary to present their posters. 
 d. Organisation 
 TEACHER’S AND STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES CONTENTS 
Communication in the future Suggested outcome: 
- Ask Ss to read the instructions again (T has Students’ posters & presentations 
already assigned the project since the first lesson of 
the Unit and checked their progress after each 
lesson). Let students have some time to check their 
 posters for the final time and make any adjustments 
if necessary. 
- T has groups show their posters and present them 
to the class. 
- T gives feedback for each presentation. 
 e. Assessment 
 - Teacher gives corrections and feedback 
 5. CONSOLIDATION (5 mins) 
 a. Wrap-up 
 - Summarise the main points of the lesson. 
 b. Homework 
 - Students’ workbook