Giáo án Tiếng Anh 8 unit 12: A vacation abroad

- Ss answer in individual 2 Listen & read: a New words: - T hangs the pictures on the board and asks Who are they?. * Feedbackb Activity 1: - Ss listen to the tape to check their predict

GIÁO ÁN TIẾNG ANH LỚP 8.

UNIT 12: A VACATION ABROAD Lesson1: GETTING STARTED - LISTEN & READ

Period 73 A/ Aim: Practice matching the names of the countries with picture and flags, reading the

dialogue about traveling abroad

B/ Objective: By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to know some famous places in

the world

C/ Preparation: Stereo, pictures, posters

D/ Procedure

I Warm up:

Net work: Japan

II New lesson:

1) Getting started:

- T sticks the pictures on the board

- T writes the countries in the box on the board and asks Ss to match the pictures with their countries.( pictures in text books )

Australia

Japan

The U.S.A

- Ss work in pairs then compare with the partner

* Feedback

- T corrects

Countries

- T asks some questions

a) Why do you know it is the U.S.A / Thailand / Australia?

- Ss answer in individual

* Feedback

* Keys: Because I can see the statue of liberty opera theatre, pagoda and

Buddha…

b) Among those countries, which country do you want to visit most? Why?

- Ss answer in individual

2) Listen & read:

a) New words:

- T hangs the pictures on the board and asks

Who are they?

What are they doing?

Where are they doing?

Where are they?

Can you guess what they are talking about?

- Ss look at the pictures and answer the questions

* Feedback

- T gives the key and introduces

“These are Mrs Smith and Mrs Quyen Mrs Smith is in the U.S.A and Mrs Quyen is in Hanoi They are talking on the phone about Mrs Quyen’s tour to the U.S.A Before listening to the conversation between them You guess the Mrs Quyen’s schedule

Date Monday 25 Tuesday 26 Wednesday 27 Thursday

28 Schedul

e

Coming to San Francisco

- Ss work in individual then compare with the partner

* Feedback

b) Activity 1:

- Ss listen to the tape to check their prediction (first time)

Listen & repeat (second time)

- Ss act out the dialogue (in pairs)

- Ss read the text in silent then make sure of the prediction

* Feedback

- T corrects

c) Activity 2: answer the questions

- Ss work in pairs then share with the partners

* Feedback (write on the board)

- T corrects

* Structures:

- T asks: What did Mrs.Smith say when she wanted to invite Mrs.Quyen to stay with her?

How did Mrs Quyen reply?

- T writes the answers on the board

+ Would you like to come and stay with us?

+ That’s very kind of you, but we’re coming on a tour

→ Structures: Making an invitation

SHAPE \* MERGEFORMAT

- T asks: what did Mrs Smith mean when she says: “He’s always working”

- Ss answer

Would you like + to-infi… ?

N … ?

Ï: That’s very kind of you, but…

ü: I’d love to

That’s great

Making a complaint

• Concept check: Form, meaning, use

•

III Homework: + Learn the dialogue by heart

+ Do exercise 3, 5 in the workbook

S + be +

V-iinging

UNIT 12: A VACATION ABROAD

Lesson 2SPEAK – LISTEN

Period 74

A/ Aim: To get Ss to practice in making plans using tourist brochures and flight

information

B/ Objective: By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to talk about their plans for a trip

abroad Practice in listening to the weather forecast for information about the weather in big cities in the world

C/ Preparation

D/ Procedure

I Warm up: Chatting

+ Do you like to go on a trip? (Yes, No) + Where did you go last summer holiday?

+ Where did you stay?

+ What places did you visit?

II New lesson: Speak

Now, you will have a trip from Los Angeles to Boston by plane And you have 4 flights The flight information and the brochures will help you to choose an itinerary for your trip

1) Pre-teach vocabulary:

+ a gallery : phòng trưng bày (situation )

+ a flight = a journey made by plane : chuyến bay

+ via (prep) = through a place : bằng cách , qua

+ brochure : tờ rơi , tờ quảng cáo (regalia)

→ Travel brochure : tờ quảng cáo du lịch

Checking: Slap the board

2) Practice: Tell me about

a) For the flight information table:

+ How many flights a week can you take from Los Angeles to Boston?

+ Which flight can you take every day of the week?

b) For the hotel advertisement table:

+ Which of the hotel is cheaper?

+ How much is a double room in Revere Hotel? How about the Atlantic Hotel?

c) For the travel brochure:

+ Where can you visit?

3) Mapped dialogue: poster

Set the scene: These people are making a plan for their trip from Los Angeles to

Boston Let’s do it with them

- Ss work in pairs (open pairs, closed pairs)

+ Where shall we stay? The Revere Hotel is expensive but it has a gym + Where should we visit? I think we should visit Harvard Medical School

The museum and Arts galleries

+ What time should we

leave Los Angeles? There’s a daily flight at 10 am would that be ok?

4) Transformation (individual work)

- T asks the Ss to make a plan for their coming summer holiday by filling the information

in their itinerary

Eg: Depart (Danang): …

Arrive (HCM city):

Accommodation:

Sight seeing:

Depart (HCM city):

- T calls on some pairs to demonstrate their plans for the class (one asks-one answers) + Give feedback and correct

Cloudy

dry Hot

cold

II Pre-listening:

1 New words

+ humid : ẩm ướt

+ degree : độ

Weather

+ minus : âm ( độ âm )

+ centigrade : ( độ )

2 Chatting : T asks Ss some questions which related to the weather

+ How many seasons are there in a year ? What are they ?

+ What's the weather like in Spring ? Summer ? Fall ? Winter ?

+ Which season do you like best ? Why ?

+ What's the weather like today ?

+ Do you often listen to the weather forecast on T.V or on the radio?

+ What does it often tell you about? (Weather / temperature)

+ Do you think it’s necessary to listen to the weather forecast? Why? Why not?

•Prediction: Let’s guess the weather in these cities

City Weather Temperature

Low High Sydney

Tokyo London Bangkok New York Paris

- Ss work individually

- Then share with their partners

* Feedback : Ss fill in the table on the BB

III While-listening: 3 times

- Ss listen to the tape to check their prediction

* Feedback

- T corrects

Key

IV Post-listening: Role play

Pair work

+ What’s the weather like in Sydney today?

It will be dry and windy

+ How about the temperature?

The low will be 20 and the high 26 degree

V Homework: Write-it-up

Use the information in the table to write a weather report, beginning with:

“Here is today’s weather forecast for the international travelers

City Weather Temperature

Low High Sydney

Tokyo

London

Bangkok

New York

Paris

Dry, windy Dry, windy Humid, cold Warm, dry Windy,cloudy Cool, dry

20 15 -3 24 8 10

26 22 7 32 15 16

In Sydney, it will be… "

III Homework: Write your itinerary into your notebooks

UNIT 12: A VACATION ABROAD

Lesson 3: READ Period 75

A/ Aim: Reading for information about the places of interest in the world

B/ Objective: By the end lesson, Ps can obtain some knowledge about some scenic spots

in the U.S.A

C/ Preparation: Pictures, drawing, poster Handouts

D/ Procedure :

I Check-up :

II Warm-up :

III New lesson:

1) Pre-teach vocabulary

+ lava : dung nham , nham thạch ( picture ) + to pour out : tuôn / phun trào

+ to be situated : nằm tại , định vị tại (Trans) + overhead (adv) = above your head : ở phía trên đầu

Checking: Jumbled words

2) While-reading:

a) Grid: (Poster) (in textbook)

- T asks Ss to read the postcards from Mrs Quyen to her children and fill in the gaps with the information taken from them

- Ss work in groups of 4

* Feedback

Key:

b) Comprehension questions: Luckey numbers

Questions:

1 How did Mrs Quyen go to Kilauea Volcano?

2 Lucky number

3 Where in San Francisco did Mrs Quyen see the famous prison?

4 What did Mrs Quyen do while her husband was visiting the statue of liberty?

5 Lucky number

6 What is special about Mount Rushmore?

7 What is the other name of Chicago?

8 Where could Mrs Quyen see the lava pouring out?

2 Post reading: Handouts

Hawaii

New York

Chicago

Mount Rushmore

San Francisco

Went swimming, visited Kilauea Volcano Went shopping, bought lots of souvenirs Saw Michigan lake

Saw the heads of 4 American presidents Visited Fisherman’s wharf, the Napa valley and the Alcatraz Prison

Went , valley , heads , Chicago , air , Alcatraz , windy , Washington , swim , wharf , eigh t, New York

- Ss work in pairs

- Share with partners

* Feedback

_Key: (1) Went (4) Wharf (7) Eight

(2) Air (5) Valley (8) Heads (3) Swim (6) Alcatraz (9) Windy

(10) New York

IV Homework: Answer the questions in textbook in your notebooks

Mrs Quyen and her husband were in the U.S.A for vacation

They _ (1) _ to Kilauea Volcano by (2) They also went for a

(3) _ at Waikiki Beach of Hawaii.

After that they visited Fisherman’s _ (4) the wine growing area

in Napa _ (5) and the (6) prison in San Francisco The tour lasted _ (7) _ hours They enjoyed seeing the four _ (8) _ of

presidents in Mount Rushmore and the _ (9) city on the shore of Lake Michigan

Finally, they went on seeing the sights and buying souvenirs

in _ (10) _

UNIT 12: A VACATION ABROAD

Lesson 4: WRITE Period 76

A/ Aim: To get Ps to practice in writing a postcard

B/ Objectives: Ps will be able to write postcard to their friends about their trip C/ Preparation

D/ Procedure :

I Check-up :

II Warm up: Brainstorming

buy and send postcards

Activities on holiday sightseeing

eat special food

III New lesson :

1 Pre-writing

- T asks Ss some questions :

+ Do you often send postcards to your friends or relativies when you are on holiday ?

+ What do you write on the postcards ?

- Ss answer ( may be in Vietnamese )

a) Gap-fill: Set the scene

From the U.S.A, Mrs Quyen sent a postcard to her friend Sally to tell her about the trip

- T asks Ss to look at the postcard on page 118 and complete the gaps with the

appropriate words

- Ss work in groups of 4

* Feedback

* Key:

2 people 6 nice / lovely 10 soon

3 weather 7 bought

4 visited 8 for

3) Grid: T writes the topic on the board

* Information needed to write a postcard

- T asks Ss to look at part 2 (page 118)

- T goes through the instructions by using questions

EX: + What do you write about the place?

(Name of places)

+ What do you write about the weather?

(The weather is warm or cold or…)

- T asks Ss to fill in the grid

Information needed to write a postcard What you write about

+ Place

+ People

+ Weather

+ Who you meet

+ What you see

+ What you buy

- name of place

- friendly , hospitable , helpful ,

- warm , hot , windy , dry ,

- friends , relativies , neighbors ,

- museums , parks , zoos , beauty spots ,

- souvenirs , postcards , special food ,

- T asks Ss to read the postcard (write 1) again and fill in the gaps with the sentences showing the information on the left

- Ss do it pairs then share

- T corrects

Necessary information for a

postcard

What Mrs Quyen writes + Place

+ How do you feel about the

people?

+ Weather

+ Who you meet / visit

+ What you see

+ What you buy

+ We’re having a wonderful time in the U.S.A)

+ Friendly,

+ The weather has been warm and sunny

+ In San Francisco, I visited my friend Sandra Smith)

+ (no information) + I bought lots of souvenirs)

2 While-writing:

Set the scene:

Imagine you are a tourist on vacation in a certain place / city in Vietnam Write a postcard to a friend about your trip, using the information in the grid

- Ss work in groups of 6 to write on the poster then share with partners

* Feedback : Ss stick their poster on the board

3 Post-writing:

- T corrects

IV Homework: Write the postcard in your exercise books

UNIT 12: A VACATION ABROAD

Lesson 5: LANGUAGE FOCUS

Period 77

A/ Aim: Practice in past progressive and present progressive tense with “always” B/ Objective: Ps will be able to talk about activities, using the present and past

progressive tenses

C/ Preparation: Pictures, cardboards

D/ Procedure

I Language focus 1

1) Ordering pictures: Ss looks at the pictures on page 119 carefully.

- T tells Ss to listen & number the pictures

- Ss read the verbs aloud

1 Walk with a dog 4 Talk to grandma

3 Take a shower 6 Write a letter

- T calls on some Ss to give their answers

* Feedback & correction of the teacher

Answer key:

a.3 b.2 c.5 d.6 e.1 f.4

2) Teaching grammar

a) Set the scene: Look at the picture a please What was Ba doing at 8 o’clock last night?

- T elicits the answer from Ss, get Ss to repeat and write the sentence on the board

- Continue to picture f with the same steps “what were Lan and her grandmas doing at that time?”

b) Model sentences: + Ba was taking a shower at 8 o’clock last night.

+ Thuy were talking to each other at that time.

•Concept check : Past progressive tense

Form: S + was / were + V-ing

Use: To indicate an action that was in progress at a point of time in the past

3) Word-cue drill

- Ss work in pairs (open, closed pairs)

Ba / take a shower

Hoa / have a dinner

Bao / read a comic

Nga / write a letter

II Language focus 2

1) Matching:

- T asks Ss to look at the pictures on page 119 and do the matching on page 120

* Feedback

Answer key

a C b F c E d B e D f A

2) Teaching grammar:

- T elicits the model sentences by asking the questions

+ What was the Le family doing when the mailman came?

+ What happened while Nga was eating?

•Model sentences

+ The Le family was sleeping when the mailman came

Past progressive simple past

+ The phone rang while Nga was eating

S.past past progressive

•Concept check :

From: Main clause Conj Adverb clause

Past cont When Past simple Past simple While Past continuous

•Use : Sequence of tenses: An action was taking place in the past when another action rook place

III Language focus 3

1) Set the scene:

- T elicits the model from Ps, using Vietnamese Ps repeat & write on the BB

Bao is always forgetting his homework

Be V-ing

Present continuous

From: S + am/is/are + always + V-ing

Use: to express a complaint

2) Pictures drill

- Ss look at the pictures

- T models the first picture, Ss repeat

- T asks Ss to work though the rest of the pictures

Feedback

IV.Homework: Write complete sentences in the notebook (language focus 1, 2, 3)