Giáo án Tiếng Anh 8 - Unit 5, period 29, lesson 4

Date : 	Unit 5(cont): STUDY HABITS
Period : 29th 	 Lesson 4 : WRITE 	
I. Aim :
Students will be able to know the format of a friendly letter and practice writing a letter to a friend
II.Language contents :
 1.Grammar 
 Review simple past 
 2.Vocabulary : 
 Lunar New Year Festival, enjoyable, (to) celebrate
III.Techniques :
 Rub out and Remember, Ordering 
IV.Teaching aids :Small board is written a letters
V.Procedures :
Teacher’s and Students’ activities
Content
- T asks Ss some questions dealing with writing letters
- Ss answer
- T gives new-words, writes on the board, guides Ss to read, asks the meaning
- Ss read after the teacher (chorus, individually), give the meaning
- T corrects if necessary
- T introduces the situation: “Look at Hoa’s letter to Tim. She wrote it at the end of term. Identify the sections. Label them with correct letter”
- Ss listen
- T asks Ss to put the parts of the letter in the correct order
- Ss work in pairs how to write a letter
-Ss write on the board
- T gives feedback
- T asks Ss to read the letter on page 51 to check their order
- Ss read aloud
- T corrects the mistakes
- T asks Ss to label each section with the correct letter
- Ss practice individually
- T asks Ss to work in pairs, ask and answer some questions
- Ss work in pairs (ask and answer together)
- T moves around and helps Ss if necessary
- T asks Ss to practice asking and answering the questions
- Ss ask and answer (closed pairs and opened pairs)
- T corrects the mistakes
- T asks Ss to do exercise 2 on page 51. Ss have to imagine that they are Lan and write a letter to her pen pal Donna in San Francisco, using the given information
- Ss work individually (the whole class write a letter)
- T moves around and helps Ss if necessary
-T corrects the writing 
 T asks some Ss to read aloud their letters and correct the mistakes
Ss read their letters aloud
-T gives the homework
-Ss write down and prepare at home
1. Warm up 
- Have you ever written a letter to someone ?
- To whom do you usually write ?
- What do you often write about ?
2. Pre - writing
è New-words:
- Lunar New Year Festival:
- Enjoyable(a): 
- (to) celebrate:
èRub out and Remember:
è Ordering:
A) Opening
B) Closing
C) The Date
D) Body of the letter
E) Signature
F) Writer’s address
è Answers:
1) - F	4) - D
2) - C	5) - B
3) - A	6) - E
è Label:
B : Heading - Writer’s address and the date
D : Opening - Dear …
A : Body of the letter
C : Closing - Your friend / Regards / Love
è Comprehension questions:
a) Who wrote the letter ? To whom ?
- Hoa wrote a letter to Tim, her pen pal
b) What are there in the heading?
- There are the writer’s name, writer’s address and the date
c) What is the main part of the letter ?
- The body of the letter is the main part
d) What did Hoa receive a few days ago ?
- She received her first semester report
e) Is Hoa good at Math ?
- No, she isn’t
f) What subject is Hoa good at ?- Science, English and History
g) Where is she going to celebrate the lunar new year festival ?
 - She’s going to Hue to celebrate the festival with her grandmother
3. While - writing
è Substitution writing:
è Answers:
 15 Thanh Cong Street
Hanoi, June 10 th 2004
Dear Donna
Thanks for your letter. I’m glad to hear you had an interesting / enjoyable Mother’s Day
We received our second semester report last month. I got good grades for Geography, Physics and History results were poor. My teacher advises me to improve English and History. I think I have to study harder next school year.
In a few weeks, we’re going to celebrate the mid Autumn festival. That is an Autumn moon festival in Vietnam. This afternoon, I’m going to Ha Long Bay with my aunt and uncle by bus and I’m going to stay there with them until the festival comes. I’ll send you a postcard from there.
Write soon and tell me all your news
 Best
Lan
4. Post - writing:
 èCorrections:
5. Homework: 
- Learn by heart new-words
- Write a letter to your friend to tell him / her about your second semester report and about your summer holiday
- Prepare: Language focus page 52, 53
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