Giáo án Tiếng Anh 8 Unit 7: My neighborhood

Teaching aids: Teacher: textbook, poster, pictures Students: textbook, notebook, pens, rulers.. Main activities: Teacher’s and students’ activities On the board - Ask Ss to match the nam

GIÁO ÁN ENGLISH 8

UNIT 7: MY NEIGHBORHOOD

LESSON 1: GETTING STARTED - LISTEN AND READ (P 63, 64)

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

neighbor

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

- Ask Ss to match the names of places

with the suitable pictures

- Ask for their meaning to make sure Ss

know exactly what they mean

WARM-UP

Getting started

a grocery store b stadium

c wet market d drug store

e hairdresser's f swimming pool

- model 3 times

- Rub out the new words one at a time

- Each time you rub out an English

word, point to the Vietnamese

translation and ask "What's this in

English?" When all English words are

rubbed out, go through the Vietnamese

list and get students to call the English

words

- Present some main points of present

perfect tense

- Set the scene: Nam and Na are talking

about the place where they live But Na

is new there

- Give Ss two questions and ask them to

work in pairs to answer them Give

PRE-READING

I Pre - teach vocabulary

- a wet market [picture]

- (to) serve [explanation: givesomebody food or drink]

- a pan cake [translation]

- a grocery store [picture]Checking vocabulary: ROR

II Present perfect tense with FOR and SINCE

a Form: S + HAVE/HAS + PP + O

b Meaning: “đã (từng)”

c FOR and SINCE:

- FOR + lượng thời gian (for 5 years)

- SINCE + mốc thời gian (since 2005)

III Pre - Questions

1 How long has Nam lived in thatneighborhood?

- Ask Ss to listen and read silently the

dialogue between Nam and Na then ask

them if their answers are correct or not

- Ask Ss to do the exercise 2 on p 64

- Give Ss some answers and ask them to

make questions

- Ask some Ss to ask and answer the

questions

- Ask Ss to write a passage about their

neighborhood by answering the

2 Where does Na want to go?

a Na is new to the neighborhood

b She and her family arrived last week

c Na's mother is very tired

d There is a restaurant in the area

e The restaurant serves food from Hue

f Nam thinks the pancakes are tasty

V Answer given

a Nam has lived here for 10 years

b Yes My mother is too tired to cook

c The restaurant serves Hue food

d Hue food is very good

- Expected answers:

a How long has Nam lived here?

following questions.

- Move around the class and help Ss

b is Na's mother tired?

c What kind of food does the restaurant serve?

d What is the food like?

IV Consolidation: (2 minutes)

- T asks students to summarize the conversation between Nam and Na

V Homework

- Prepare Speak

UNIT 7: MY NEIGHBORHOOD

LESSON 2: SPEAK (P 64, 65)

A Aim: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to talk about how to send parcels

or letters

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

- Ask Ss to look at the pictures in 20

seconds and try to write down as

many words related to the pictures as

possible through retrieval

- Show pictures again to check

WARM-UP

Kim’s game

- Show a letter and ask Ss some

questions:

+ What is this?

+ Where can I post it to my friend?

+ How can I post it?

I Pre -teach vocabulary

- air - mail [explanation]

= letter or parcel sent by air

- surface mail [explanation]letter or parcel sent by ship, bus or train,

- charge (v, n) [explanation]

= fees, money to pay for a service

- a parcel [picture]

- (to) weigh [explanation]

= check to know how heavy a thing is

Checking vocabulary: ROR

II Reading Comprehension

1 Does Mrs Kim send the parcel by air mail orsurface mail? Why?

2 What's the weight of her parcel?

- Mrs Kim wants to send a parcel to

Qui Nhon, so she has to go to the

post office

- Give Ss some questions

- Ask Ss to read the dialogue and find

out the answers

- Call on some Ss to ask and answer

the questions

- Call on a student to ask and answer

the questions

- Call on a student to play the role of

Mrs Kim and practice the dialogue

with teacher

- Call on some pairs of Ss to practice

the dialogue Correct their

pronunciation

- Set the scene and ask Ss to make

the dialogue

- Ask Ss to make the dialogue

between Mrs Lan and the clerk in

3 How much does she pay?

Expected answers

1 Mrs Kim sends the parcel surface mail because it is much cheaper

2 Her parcel is five kilograms

3 She pays 19, 200 dongs

III Concept checking

à We use Simple Present tense to express an action that happens in the future.

PRACTICE

Students make a dialogue in pairs

Mrs Lan wants to post a letter airmail.

Clerk: Can I help you?

Mrs Lan: I want to send a letter to Kontum.Clerk: Do you want to send it airmail or surfacemail?

Mrs Lan: I send it air mail How much is it?Clerk: Let me see Mmm, 15 grams, it’s only1,200 dongs

Mrs Lan: Here you are

Clerk: Thank you

the post office.

- Elicit and encourage Ss to make the

dialogues themselves

- Get Ss to practice the dialogue in

pairs

- Give other situations and ask Ss to

make similar dialogues The box on

p 65 will help Ss know the price

- Divide the class into 3 groups to

practice their dialogue Correct their

pronunciation

- Ask 2 pairs from each group to

practice the dialogue

- Get Ss to work in pairs, practicing

three dialogues Teacher moves

around and helps Ss

FURTHER PRACTICE

Make similar dialogues, based on the followinginformation:

1 Postcard / HCM City / airmail / 15g

2 Parcel / Ca Mau / airmail / 2 kg

3 Parcel / Buon Me Thuot / surface / 5 kg

IV Consolidation: (2 minutes)

- T asks students to state the main structures of mail transactions

V Homework

- Prepare Listen

UNIT 7: MY NEIGHBORHOOD

LESSON 3: LISTEN (P 65, 66)

A Aim: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to listen to what Na is going to do

on the weekend

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

- Call a pair to the board to make a

dialogue about post office service

- model 3 times and get Ss repeat

- Ask Ss to look at 4 advertisements of

"what's on this week?" and get Ss to

guess what is in the blanks 2 - 3 - 4

- Set the scene: "Na is new in the

neighborhood She is talking to Nam

about what she's going to do on the

weekend'

- Ask Ss to listen to the tape and fill in

the blanks in each advertisement

- Let Ss listen to the tape twice and give

the answers

- Ask Ss to read the statements in the

exercises 2 page 66

- Get Ss to guess which is true, which is

false and which has no information

= those who admire a famous person

* Checking: What and where

2 Brainstorming and guessing:

- Ask them to share their ideas with

their partners

- Let Ss listen to the conversation again

and tick in the correct boxes: true / false

or No information

- Ask Ss some questions to check their

understanding of the conversation

- Let Ss listen again if necessary

- Ask Ss to work in groups to talk to

their friends about what Na is going to

do this weekend

- Ask volunteers from each group to tell

the whole class about Na

II Listening task 2:

True / false / no information

a Na doesn’t know the neighborhood very well(√)

b Na doesn’t like movies (x)

c Na will go to the photo Exhibition (x)

d Na won’t go to the English SpeakingContest (√)

e Na will go to the soccer match with Nam.(√)

f Nam is a soccer fan (NI)

III Comprehension questions:

a Does Na like movies?

b Why won’t she go to the film "TheNewcomer"?

c Why won’t Na go to the photo exhibition?

d Who will Na go to the soccer match with?

e What time does the match start?

-Expected answers:

a Yes

b Because she has seen it before

c Because it doesn’t open during the weekend

d Nam, Ba and Minh.

e At 4 p.m

POST - LISTENING Sample:

Na looks at the advertisements to decide what

to do and where to go this weekend She likesmovies but she won’t see the film atMillennium Cinema because she has seen itbefore She won’t go to the photo exhibitionbecause it doesn’t open at weekends Shecannot go to the English Speaking Contesteither because it is on Thursday Finally, shedecides to go to the corner match with Nambecause she thinks it must be fun to watch areal match at the stadium and she wants to visitthe Town Ground too

IV Consolidation: (2 minutes)

- T asks students to talk about Na’s plan for the weekend

V Homework

- Write a short paragraph about what Na is going to do

- Prepare READ

UNIT 7: MY NEIGHBORHOOD

LESSON 4: READ (P 67, 68)

A Aim: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to understand the passage about a

new shopping Mall

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

- Give the definitions and get Ss to find

out the words as quickly as possible

- Give Ss good marks if they have

correct answers

WARM-UP

Guessing the words (Revision)

1 A place where you can buy vegetables andfruits

2 A place where you can buy books

3 A place where you can buy books

4 A place where you can come to eat

5 A place where you can come to see themovies

6 A person who comes to the store and buys

- model 3 times

- Set the scene: In Nam's neighborhood,

there is a new shopping mall

- Ask Ss to think about the convenience

= people who live in a place

- (to) be concerned about [synonym]

= (to) be worried

- discount (n) [explanation]

= to reduce priceChecking vocabulary: What and Where

II Brainstorming

The convenience of the new shopping mall

Customers don’t care of the weather

Shop in comfort

- Ask Ss to read the text silently and

compare their ideas or get more

information

- Give feedback

- Have Ss look at the statements in the

exercise 1 page 68

- Get them to read the text again and

decide which statements are true, which

statements are false

- Ask Ss to do the exercise 2 on p 64

- Have Ss correct false statements

- Ask Ss to work in pairs to answer the

questions in the exercise 2 on p 68

- Expected answers:

+ wide selection of goods+ lower prices

+ buy many things at the same time

+ Have fun or relax while shopping

WHILE READING

III True / False statements:

a A mall is open six days a week

b There are more than 50 stores in the mall

c Everyone in the neighborhood is pleasedabout the new mall

d It will be more comfortable to shop in themall than in the present shopping area

e Some of the stores on Tran Phu Street mayhave to close

- Expected answers:

a F - b F - c F - d T - e T

a The mall is open daily

b There are 50 stores in the mall

c Not everyone is pleased The owners of thesmall stores on Tran Phu Street are not happy

- Ask some Ss to ask and answer the

questions

- Give a situation and ask Ss to discuss

IV Comprehension questions

- Expected answers:

a It is different from the present shopping area All the shops are under one roof So customers will shop in comfort and won’t notice the weather, especially during the hot and humid summer months.

b There are 50 air conditioned specialty stores, 4 movies theaters and 10 restaurants There is also a children's play area.

c They think the mall will make their business.

d The stores in the mall will offer a wider selection of products, some goods are at lower prices.

POST READING

Discussion

"Do you want to have a new mall in your neighborhood? If there is one, what will happen to the residents?"

IV Consolidation: (2 minutes)

- T asks students to summarize the passage

V Homework

- Prepare Write

UNIT 7: MY NEIGHBORHOOD

LESSON 5: WRITE (P 68)

A Aim: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to write a notice.

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

- Divide class into 2 teams and let Ss

play the game

- Model 3 times

- Set the scene: "The residents and

store owners on Tran Phu Street are

going to hold a meeting to discuss the

effects of the new mall"

- Get Ss to read the notice and answer

some questions to check their

- hardware store [picture]

- (to) hold [explanation]

= (to) organize

- (to) contact [explanation]

= (to) get information

* Checking: ROR

2 Questions:

a Why are the residents and store owners onTran Phu Street going to hold a meeting?

b When will they hold a meeting? What time?

c Where will they hold the meeting?

- Expected answers:

a To discuss the effects of the new hall

b They will hold the meeting on May 20 at 8p.m

c They will hold a meeting at 12 Hang Dao

- Let Ss know the way to write a

notice, not write full sentences

- Ask Ss to read passage 2 on page 68

- Ask Ss some questions to check Ss'

understanding and get them to use

short answers

- Ask Ss to write the notice

individually

- Monitor and help them write

- Ask Ss to share with their partners

- Check some notices and correct

them

- Write the model notice on the board

Street, Binh's hardware store

WHILE - WRITING

1 Comprehension questions:

How to write a notice: short and simple+ What is the English Speaking Club going tohold?

+ Where and when will it be held?

+ What time?

+ Who is the person to contact?

- Expected answers:

+ a Speaking Contest+ At hall 204 on November 15th+ From 7.30 p.m to 10.00 p.m+ Tran Thi Thu Hang of class 8H

2 Write a notice:

The School English Speaking clubHOLDING A SPEAKING CONTEST TOCELEBRATE TEACHER'S DAY

Date: November 15Time: 7.30 p.m to 10.00 p.mPlace: Hall 204, Building GPlease contact Ms Tran Thi Thu Huong ofClass 8H at the above address for moreinformation