Giáo án tiếng Anh lớp 8 năm 2014

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* Check: Rub out and remember
2. Pre – questions
- set the scene: Lan and Hoa are talking about Nien. Now answer my following questions:
a. Is Nien Lan’s friend or Hoa’s?
b. How old is Nien?
c. Where does Nien live?
d. Is she a beautiful girl?
- ask Ss to listen to the tape 2 times, and then check their answers
- give correct answer key:
a. She is Hoa’s friend.
b. She lives in Hue.
c. She is twelve years old.
d. Yes, she is
- ask Ss to read the dialogue again in pairs
3. Model sentences
- explain some difficult structures:
You seem happy à to seem + V-ing
She wasn’t old enough to be in my class.
à…adj +enough to + V-inf = … ®ñ …®Ó cã thÓ lµm g×
III. Practice
4. Comprehension questions – Lucky number
- ask Ss to work in groups
a. Where does Nien live?
b. Does Lan know Nien?
c. Which sentences tells you that Hoa is older than Nien?
d. When is nien going to visit Hoa?
e. Does Lan like to meet Nien?
Answer key:
a. She lives in Hue.
b. No, she doesn’t.
c. The sentence is “She wasn’t old enough to be in my class.
d. at Christmas
e. Yes, she does.
5. Gap-filling (Language focus 1)
- ask Ss to do language focus 1 individually
Answer key:
1. lived 2. lives 3. sent 4. was 5. is 6. comes
IV. Production
5. Write it up
- ask Ss to write about Hoa and Lan using the simple present or the simple past tense and the following cues:
a. Lan/Hoa’s/ best/ friend
b. they/ same class/ Quang Trung school
c. last year/ Hoa/ to school first time
d. Lan/ show/ around/ introduce/ to new friends
V. Home work.
- do exercise 1 in the exercise book
- prepare Lesson 2: speak + listen
- pair work or group work
- whole class
- individual
- whole class
- T- whole class
- whole class
- individual
- whole class to listen 
- pair work
- whole class to copy
- group work
- whole class to copy
- individual
- individual
 - whole class to copy
Date of plan: 20/08/2008
Date of teaching:
Week: 1
Period: 
Lesson 2 - Speak & listen
Objectives: by the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to speak to describe someone and listen for details to complete the dialogue.
Content:
Vocabularies: tall, short, straight, curly….
Grammars: S + be + adj/ S + have/ has …/ How do you do? /
 Nice to meet you
Materials: books, poster
Anticipated problems: Some weak students can’t speak any English words.
Procedure:
 Teacher Students
I. Warm- up: “Brainstorming” à The adjectives are used to describe the body build and hair
- give instructions
- suggested answers:
Body build - (thin, fat, slim, tall, short, over weight, slender)
Hair - (straight, long, short, black, dark, blond, brown)
II. Pre- speaking
1. Presenting
- give a picture to present the dialogue between Hoa and Lan
- give some structures and explain the meanings:
She has {blond} hair.
She is {short and thin}.
III. While-speaking
- give drills ( drill easily, give 6 posters of 6 people on page 11, 12 in the book)
Drill:
a. he/ tall/ thin à He is tall and thin
b. she/ short/ slim – She is short and slim
c. he/ short/ fat – He is short and fat
d. long/ black – She has long black hair
e. curly/ blond – She has curly blond hair
f. straight/ brown – She has straight brown hair
- call Ss to work in pairs following the model 
S1: This person is short and thin. She has long blond hair.
S2: Is this Mary.
S1: Yes.
- ask Ss to go on until six people on posters are described
IV. Pre – listening
- set the scene: We are going to listen to 4 dialogues illustrating different situations. Each dialogue has some missing information. You listen to the tape and complete the dialogue.
- play the tape 2 or 3 times
- ask Ss to compare the answer with a partner
- give the correct 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
- correct the pronunciation if necessary
V. Post- listening 
- ask some pairs of Ss to practice to speaking the completed dialogue
VI. Homework
- ask Ss to do exercises in the exercise book
- ask Ss to prepare Lesson 3 - Read
- group work 
- whole class
- whole class
- individual
- whole class
- work in pairs
- individual
- work in pairs
- whole class
Date of plan: 26/08/2008
Date of teaching:
Week: 2
Period: 
LESSON 3 – GETTING STARTED & READ
A. Objectives: By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to know more about Ba’s friend.
B. Content:
Vocabularies: character, orphanage, reserved, sociable, tell jokes, generous, hard-working…
Grammars: 
C. Materials: books, a poster
D. Anticipated problems: Ss may find it is difficult to read and understand the text.
E. Procedure:
 Teacher Students
I. Warm-up: “Getting started” àChatting
- ask Ss to look at 4 pictures on page 10 and about the activities they want to do after school or in their free time, and then answer the questions:
What are these Ss doing? (play soccer/ read books/ play volley ball)
What time of the day do you think it is? (in the morning/ evening, after school)
Do you like soccer? (reading books …)
Who do you like playing with? ...
II. Pre- reading
1. Pre-teach vocabulary
a character(n):
an orphanage(n):
reserved(adj):
sociable(adj):
tell jokes(v):
sense of humor(n):
generous(adj):
hard-working(adj):
tÝnh c¸ch – trans
tr¹i må c«i – expl
kÝn ®¸o – trans
dÔ gÇn/ hoµ ®ång – trans
pha trß – expl
khiÕu hµi h­íc – trans
réng l­îng/hµo phãng-trans
ch¨m chØ - expl
* Check: Slap the board/ what and where
2. True or False statements predictions
- give T/ F statements on the board, ask Ss to close the books and give T/ F
- write T/F on the board
a. Ba only has three friends – Bao, Song, Khai.
b. Ba and his friend have the same characters.
c. Bao – Song – Khai are quite reserved in public.
d. They all enjoy school and study.
III. While- reading
- ask Ss to open the books, read the text in silent, and then check their answers
- correct:
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
3. Multiple choice
- get Ss to do exercise on page 14
- ask them to work in pairs to choose the best answer
Answer key:
a. three
b. does not affect his school work
c. don’t talk much in public 
d. get tired of (nhµm ch¸n)
4. Comprehension questions- Lucky number
- give time and ask Ss to read the text again
- ask Ss to answer questions by playing Lucky number
Answer key:
a. He feels lucky having a lot of friends.
b. Bao is the most sociable.
c. Khai likes reading.
d. He jokes sometimes annoy his friends.
d. Bao spends his free time doing volunteer work at local orphanage.
f. Student’s answer
- correct Ss’ pronunciation if necessary 
IV. Post- reading
5. Speaking 
- ask Ss to talk to one another about his/ her friends, using adjectives they’ve just learnt to describe
V. Homework:
- ask Ss to lean by heart new words 
- do exercises in the exercises book
- prepare Lesson 4 – Write
- T- whole class, then individual
 - whole class
 - individual
 - whole class
- pair work
 - individual
- individual 
- pair work
- group work
- individual
- whole class 
Date of plan: 26/ 08/ 2008
Date of teaching:
Week: 2
Period: 
Lesson 4 – write & language focus 3
A. Objectives: By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to write a paragraph about their close friends
B. Content: Consolidate the vocabularies and grammars in lesson 1, 2, 3.
C. Materials: books, a picture, posters
D. Anticipated problems: Some weak Ss can’t write the paragraph
F. Procedure:
 Teacher Students
I. Warm-up: “Answering quickly”
- divide the class into four groups
- ask Ss to look at the picture on page 17 quickly (for 20 seconds), and ask them closed the books
- give 2 questions, the group which answers correctly and the fastest wins the game
a. How many people are there in the picture? - four
b. What is each person wearing?
The woman is wearing a red shirt and a green skirt. The man who is standing beside the car is wearing brown trousers and a yellow shirt. The man who is standing on the pavement is wearing a pink shirt and blue trousers. The boy is wearing shorts and a white shirt
II. Pre- writing
1. pre-teach vocabulary
- ask Ss to read the information about Tam then answer some questions:
a. What is his name? – Le Van Tam
b. How old is he? - 14
c. What does he look like? – He is tall and thin. He has short black hair.
d. What is he like? – He is sociable, humorous and helpful.
e. Where does he live? – He lives at 26 Tran Phu street, HN.
f. Whom does he live with? – He lives with mother, father, and an elder brother.
g. Who is his friend? – Ba and Bao.
- let Ss write a paragraph about Tam individually, using the information they have just got
Example: His name is Le Van Tam …He lives with his mother…
- ask Ss to compare with the paragraph in their books on page 15
III. While- writing
- ask Ss to write some information about one of their friends, then write a paragraph about him or her
- correct some Ss’ writing
- give the suggested writing:
My friend’s name is Hoa and she is thirty years old. She lives in a flat in Ha Noi with her mother, father and her younger sister. She is slender and beautiful with long black hair. She is sociable and very helpful.
IV. Post-writing 
Language focus 3
- ask Ss to work in groups, look at the picture and answer the questions:
a. How many people are there in the picture?
b. What does each person look like?
c. What is each person wearing?
Answer key:
a. There are four people in the picture.
b. There is a tall, heavy-set man; there is a tall, thin woman with short hair; there is a boy sitting on the ground, holding his head, and there is a short man standing across the street.
c. The man standing next to the taxi is wearing a yellow shirt and black trousers; the woman is carrying a shoulder bag, and is wearing a