Giáo án Tiếng Anh 8 Unit 1: My friends

Teaching aids: Teacher: textbook, poster, pictures Students: textbook, notebook, pens, rulers.. Main activities: Teacher’s and students’ activities On the board - T prepares 13 cards wit

GIÁO ÁN ENGLISH 8

UNIT 1: MY FRIENDS

- LISTEN AND READ

- LANGUAGE FOCUS 4 (P 10 -11, 17)

A Aim: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to know more about Hoa Lan

-Nien and write some sentences using the structure "(not) + adj + enough + to- infinitive"

B Methods: Communicative approach

C Teaching aids: Teacher: textbook, poster, pictures

Students: textbook, notebook, pens, rulers

D Procedure:

I Class organization: 1 minute

II Revision: (5 minutes) WARM-UP

III New lesson:

1 Setting the scene: Included in the WARM-UP

2 Main activities:

Teacher’s and students’ activities On the board

- T prepares 13 cards with numbers

on one side and verbs on the other

- T sticks the cards on the board so

students can only see the numbers

- T divides Ss into 2 teams and asks

them to choose 2 numbers T turns

the cards over to see if they match

(E.g.: teach – taught), give them

one mark If not, T turns the cards

over again and the next team

continues until all the cards are

- Each time T rubs out an English

word, points to the Vietnamese

translation and asks "What's this in

English?" When all English words

are rubbed out, T goes through the

Vietnamese list and gets students to

say out the English words

- T sets the scene: “Look at the

picture of Hoa and Nien and answer

the following questions”

PRE-READING

I Pre - teach vocabulary

- to seem (translation)

- a next-door neighbor (explanation: a person who lives next to yourhouse)

- to look like (translation)

- T gives Ss some questions and

asks them to work in pairs T gives

feedback

- T asks Ss to read the dialogue

between Hoa, Lan and Nien on P

10 and check if their answers are

correct or not

- T asks Ss to read the dialogue

again and answer the questions in

exercise 2 on P 11

- T calls on some Ss to ask and

answer the questions (open pairs)

- T asks them to work in closed

pairs

- T sets the scene to introduce the

structure "(not) + adj + enough +

to- infinitive" Complete the

exchange:

+ Can you (1) this (2) over there?

+ No, I (3) not (4) (5) to (6) the (7)

over there

1 Is Nien Lan's friend or Hoa's friend?

2 How old is Nien?

3 Where does Nien live?

4 Is she a beautiful girl?

WHILE READING

I Pre-question checking:

- Expected answers:

a She is Hoa's friend

b She's twelve years old

c She lives in Hue

d Yes, she is

II Comprehension questions (P 11)

- Expected answers:

a Nien 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

POST READING

I Language Focus 4

Form: "(not) + adj + enough + to-infinitive"

Meaning: chưa / không đủ để làm gìEx: - Can you hang this picture over there?

 No, I am not tall enough to hang the picture

- T models two cues, the whole

class repeats, then T asks some Ss

to repeat individually

Ex: 1 Can you read English books?

Yes My English is good

enough to read English books

- T asks Ss to work in pairs: one

asks, one answers

- T asks Ss to do exercise 4 on P 17

in pairs

- T gives feedback and asks Ss to

practice the dialogue

over there

II Word - cue drill

1 Read English books / Ö good

2 Drive a car / x old

3 Carry this bag / Ö strong

4 Solve this problem / x clever

III Further practice: Complete the dialogue:

Expected answers:

b not big enough

c not old enough

d not strong enough

e good enough

IV Consolidation: (2 minutes)

- T asks students to summarize the dialogue and the form of “ENOUGH”

V Homework:

- Do exercises 1 & 2 in workbook

- Prepare Speak + Language Focus 3

UNIT 1: MY FRIENDS

- LANGUAGE FOCUS 3

A Aim: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to describe someone’s appearance.

B Methods: Communicative approach

C Teaching aids: Teacher: textbook, poster, pictures, CD, cassette.

Students: textbook, notebook, pens, rulers

D Procedure:

I Class organization: 1 minute

II Revision: (5 minutes) WARM-UP

III New lesson:

1 Setting the scene: Included in the WARM-UP

2 Main activities:

Teacher’s and students’ activities On the board

- T asks students to think of the

adjectives used to describe body

build and hair

WARM UP

Brainstorm:

PRESENTATION

thi n

sli m

fat curly long

body build

short

hair

straight

- T elicits the words and then models

3 times

- T shows Ss a picture of Mary and

asks them to describe her hair and

her body build

- T explains the form to SS

- Ss copy down

- T prepares 6 cards and models the

I Vocabulary:

- curly (a) (picture)

- blond (a) (picture)

- bald (a) (picture)

- slim (a) (picture)

- straight (a) (picture)

- slender (a) (picture)

(explanation) Checking: Slap the board

II Presenting the structure:

Ex: What does she look like?

She has long blond hair

She is short and thin

first card.

- T runs through the vocabulary then

the cues

- T shows the poster of 6 people and

asks Ss to look at 6 people on page

11 - 12 Call on one S to describe one

person and the others have to guess

who he/she is For example: (model

sentence)

- T asks Ss to work in groups of 4,

each member describes a person in

the picture

- T calls some groups to describe in

e curly / blond / hair

f straight / brown / hair

- Expected answers:

a He is tall and thin

b She is short and slim

c He is short and fat

d She has long black hair

e She has curly blond hair

f She has straight brown hair

II Guessing game:

Model sentence S1: This person is short and slim She has longblond hair

S2: Is this Mary?

S1: Yes

PRODUCTION

I Describing the picture:

2 men – a woman – a boyExpected answers:

a There are 4 people

b, c The man next to the bus stop is rather fat andshort He has short dark hair and a square face

He is wearing blue pants and a pink shirt

The woman is slim and beautiful She has shortcurly hair She is wearing a green skirt and a red

front of the class.

- T asks Ss some questions on P 17

- T asks Ss to write their description

II Write it up:

- Write your description on the notebook

IV Consolidation: (2 minutes)

- T asks students to state the main structures used to describe someone’s appearance

V Homework:

- Do exercises 3 & 4 in workbook

- Prepare lesson 3: Read

UNIT 1: MY FRIENDS

LESSON 3: READ (P 13, 14)

A Aim: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to know more about Ba's friends

and ask and answer about their characters

B Methods: Communicative approach

C Teaching aids: Teacher: textbook, poster, pictures

Students: textbook, notebook, pens, rulers

D Procedure:

I Class organization: 1 minute

II Revision: (5 minutes) WARM-UP

III New lesson:

1 Setting the scene: Included in the WARM-UP

2 Main activities:

Teacher’s and students’ activities On the board

- T asks students to look at 4 pictures on

P 10 and talk about the activities they

want to do after school or in their free

time

- T gives them some questions:

+ What are these Ss doing? (play

soccer / play chess / read books / play

volleyball)

+ What time of the day do you think it

is? (in the morning / evening, after

WARM UP

Chatting:

+ What are these Ss doing?

+ What time of the day do you think it is? + Do you like soccer / reading books ?

+ Who do you like playing with?

+ Do you like soccer / reading books ?

+ Who do you like playing with?

- T models 3 times and gets Ss repeat

- Ss copy

- T sticks the poster of T/F statements

on the BB

- T sets the scene: These statements are

about Ba and his friends, read them and

guess which statements are true, which

- reserved (a) (translation)

- sociable (a) (explanation: enjoy spendingtime with other people) = outgoing (a)

- (to) tell jokes (explanation: tell a story whichmakes people laugh)

- sense of humor (translation)

- generous (a) (explanation: giving or willing

to give freely)

- (to) annoy (explanation: to make somebodyslightly angry)

* Checking vocabulary: Slap the board

II True - False prediction

1 Ba only has three friends - Bao, Song, Khai

2 Ba and his friends have the same characters

3 Bao - Song - Khai are quite reserved inpublic

4 They all enjoy school and study hard

are false.

- T asks Ss to open their books and reads

the text on P 13 T lets Ss check their

prediction

- T asks Ss to correct false statements

- T gets Ss to do exercise 1 on P 14

- T calls on some Ss to give answers

- T asks Ss to work in pairs to do

2

3

4.

F F F T

- Expected answers: Correction

1 Ba has a lot of friends but he spends most ofhis time with Bao, Song and Khai

2 Ba and his friends have the differentcharacters

3 Only Song and Khai are quite reserved

II Multiple choice (p 14)

III Comprehension questions:

1 How does Ba feel having a lot of friends?

2 Who is the most sociable?

3 Who likes reading?

answer the questions

- T corrects Ss' pronunciation if any

- T asks them to work in groups and talk

to one another about their friends, using

the adjectives they have just leant to

describe

- T calls some students to present in

front of the class

4 What is a bad thing about Ba's jokes?

5 Where does Bao spend his free time?

6 Do you and your close friends have thesame or different characters?

IV Consolidation: (2 minutes)

- T asks students to summarize the passage

V Homework:

- Write a paragraph (about 50 words) about one of your close friends

- Do exercises 5 & 6 in workbook

UNIT 1: MY FRIENDS

LESSON 4: WRITE (P 15)

A Aim: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to write a paragraph about their

close friends

B Methods: Communicative approach

C Teaching aids: Teacher: textbook, poster, pictures

Students: textbook, notebook, pens, rulers

D Procedure:

I Class organization: 1 minute

II Revision: (5 minutes) WARM-UP

III New lesson:

1 Setting the scene: Included in the WARM-UP

2 Main activities:

Teacher’s and students’ activities On the board

- T asks students to look at the pictures

on P 17 quickly and then lets them

keep their books closed

- T divides the class into 4 groups,

gives them 2 questions, the group

which answers correctly and the fastest

wins the game

WARM UP WARM UP

- T elicits vocabulary and models 3

times for the class to repeat

- T asks Ss to read the information

about Tam then answer some

questions

- Ss give answers

a pink shirt and blue trousers

The man who is standing beside the car iswearing brown trousers and a yellow shirt.The boy is wearing blue shorts and a white shirt

PRE – WRITING

I Vocabulary:

- helpful (a) (explanation: willing to help somebody)

- friendly (a) (kind to someone)

- humorous (a) (explanation: showing a sense ofhumor)

* Checking vocabulary: ROR

II Read the information about Tam and answer the following questions:

a What is his name?

b How old is he?

c What does he look like?

d What is he like?

d Where does he live?

f Who does he live with?

g Who are his friends?

- T lets Ss write a paragraph about

Tam, using the information they have

just got

- T asks Ss to compare with the

paragragh in their books on P 15

- T asks Ss to write information about

one of their friends, then write a

paragragh about him or her

- T asks each student to write a similar

paragragh about himself/ herself

- T moves around the class and helps

Ss, then asks some Ss to speak about

himself/herself in front of the class

d He is sociable, humorous and helpful

e He lives at 26 Tran Phu Street, Hanoi

f He lives with his mother, father and an elderbrother

g Ba and Bao

WHILE - WRITING

I Write about Tam:

Model passage: Le Van Tam is 14 He is talland thin, he has short black hair He is sociable,humorous and helpful He lives at 26 Tran PhuStreet, Hanoi with his mother, father and anelder brother His friends are Ba and Bao

II Write about one of your friends

POST - WRITING Write about yourself

IV Consolidation: (2 minutes)

- T asks students to state the main points in describing someone

V Homework:

- Write another paragragh (about 50 words) about one of your family members

- Do exercises 7 & 8 in workbook

UNIT 1: MY FRIENDSLESSON 5: LISTEN + LANGUAGE FOCUS 1, 2 (P 16, 17)

A Aim: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to use simple present tense to talk

about general truths and listen to complete the dialogue

B Methods: Communicative approach

C Teaching aids: Teacher: textbook, poster, pictures

Students: textbook, notebook, pens, rulers

D Procedure:

I Class organization: 1 minute

II Revision: (5 minutes) WARM-UP

III New lesson:

1 Setting the scene: Included in the WARM-UP

2 Main activities:

Teacher’s and students’ activities On the board

- T prepares 11 cards with numbers on

one side and verbs on the other

- T sticks the cards on the board so

students can only see the numbers

- T divides Ss into 2 teams and asks

them to choose 2 numbers T turns the

cards over to see if they match E.g.:

live - lived, give them one mark If not,

T turns the cards over again and the

next team continues until all the cards

are opened

WARM UP

PelmanismLive Be Show Send Come lived Is Showed Sent Came Has

- T asks Ss to complete the

conversation on P 12-13 T gives them

some expressions and makes sure they

know their meanings

- T gets Ss to guess and to complete

four dialogues on P 12-13, using the

given expressions

- T asks Ss to say out the meaning of

the expressions and help them to

understand the usage of the

expressions

- T lets Ss listen to the CD twice

- T gets them to work in pairs to

complete the dialogues and compare

with their predictions

Some expressions for greeting:

- It’s a pleasure to meet you

- I’d like you to meet…

- Come and meet…

WHILE - LISTENING

Conversation – completing:

- Expected 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

- T asks Ss to practise speaking the

dialogues

- T calls on some Ss to play the roles of

Nam Hoa Thu, Khai Mrs Lien

-Mrs Vi, Ba -Bao - Grandmother, Mr

Lam - Mrs Linh - Mr Thanh and

practice the dialogues

- T corrects their pronunciation (if

any)

- T elicits and models 3 times

- T rubs out the new words one at a

time - each time T rubs out an English

word, points to the Vietnamese

translation and asks "What's this in

English?" When all English words are

rubbed out, T goes through the

Vietnamese list and gets students to

call the English words

- T elicits simple present and simple

POST - LISTENING Role play

PRESENTATION 1

I Pre - teach vocabulary

- a planet (ex: the sun, the earth what are they?)

II Revision of Simple Present tense and simple past tense:

1 Simple present tense:

a Form: S + V(s/es) + O