Giáo án Tiếng Anh 8 unit 13: Festivals

GIÁO ÁN TIẾNG ANH LỚP 8.Date of planning: Date of teaching: PERIOD 80: UNIT 13: FESTIVALS Lesson 1 : Getting started + Listen and read I.Aims and objectives: - Helping ss to understand t

GIÁO ÁN TIẾNG ANH LỚP 8.

Date of planning:

Date of teaching:

PERIOD 80: UNIT 13: FESTIVALS Lesson 1 : Getting started + Listen and read

I.Aims and objectives:

- Helping ss to understand the dialogue of Unit 13 and know the uses of

compound words

- Vocabulary: (to) fetch, (to) yell, (to) urge, (to) rub, (to) award, the pottery, the husk, the judge

- Skill: + Target skills: Speaking, reading

+ Other skills:listening, writing

- Main teaching points: +To help ss to understand the dialogue and know the uses

of compound words

-By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to understand the dialogue and know the uses of compound words deeply and clearly

II Teaching aids:

-Teacher: Textbook, disc, poster…

- Ss: textbook, schoolthings

III Procedures:

1.Check up: (3’)

S1: write vocabulary

S2: Write form of past progressive tense and give example

2 Lead in:(2’)

Write the names on the board

- give the information and then ask question

 Warm – up: (chatting)

Tom, David, Huckleberry,……

T: I likes swimming and sunbathing

Where should he go? why? S:………

3 New lesson: (36 minutes)

Teacher’s & students’ activities Content of the lesson

3.1 Presentation: (22’)

* Preteach vocabulary

+ Techniques: explanation, synonym, translation,

mime, situation, realia, example

+ T elicits words from ss, asks ss to read in chorus,

individually and give meaning

+ Check understanding: Ro + R

- Set the sence: Ask ss to look at the picture and

elicit situations from ss.Who is this? It’s Ba Who

is this? It’s Liz What are they talking about? A

traditional festival in the North of VN

-Present the dialogue:

Ask ss to close their books & listen to the tape

carefully

Ask ss to open their books, listen to the tape

twice, find out the pronunciation & the content of

the dialogue

Ask ss to read the dialogue in pairs

- Call some pairs to read again

I Vocabulary:

(to) fetch: đi lấy, mang về (to) yell: la hét, hét to (to) urge: thúc giục (to) rub: chà, cọ xát (to) award: tặng, thưởng the pottery: đồ gốm the husk: vỏ chấu the judge: giám khảo, thẩm phán

II Dialogue:

* True or false

a F One team member takes part in the water-fetching contests

b F One person has to collect one water bottle

c T

d F Pieces of bamboo are used to make the fire

* Gap fill: Ask ss to read the dialogue silently &

practice filling in the gap (p113) in individually

- Monitor, take notes & give the correct answers

* True or false: ASk ss to read the dialogue

carefully and practice saying true or false in

individually

- Monitor, take notes & give the correct answers

* Present new target item: Elicit sentence from ss

+what is this compound word in Vnamese?

+ what comes after “ N”? Ving

+ Elicit form & use from ss

3.2 Practice: (6’)

Ask ss to practice matching in individually

- Monitor, take notes & give the correct answers

3.3 Prodution: ( 8’)

- Ask to do exercise on page 130 in pairs

Ask ss to write full sentences

- Monitor, take notes & give the correct answers

e F the Judges taste the rice

f T

* New target item

a rice - cooking festival

a water – fetching

Form: Noun + V_ing Use: to form a compound

word

III Practice

Ex1: Matching

1 rice a exporting

2 fire b cooking

3 bull c fighting

4 car d washing

5 flower e making

6 clothes f arranging

*Transformation drill:

a.It’s a fire - making contest

b.It’s abull – fighting festival

c.The United States has a big car – making industry

d.It’s a flower – arranging contest

e.VN is a rice – exporting country.

f This is a – washing machine

4 Summary: ( 2’)

Repeat the main structure again

5 Homework: (2’)

- Learn by heart the vocabulary & structures, do Ex of unit 13

- Prepare Unit 13: Speak and listen

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Date of teaching:

PERIOD 81: UNIT 13: FESTIVALS

Lesson 2: Speak + Listen I.Aims and Objectives:

- Helping ss practice in speaking about their preparations for a special event and listening for specific information

- Vocabulary: the pomegranate, the peach blossoms, the marigolds, the dried watermelon seeds, the spring rolls

Skill: + Target skills: Listening & speaking

+ Other skills: Reading, writing -Main teaching points: +Listening for specific information

+Speaking about their preparations for a special event

- By the end of the lesson, ss will be able to know the Robinson family are making preparations for Tet and speak about their preparations for a special event fluently

& improve their listening & speaking skills

II Teaching aids:

- Teacher: Textbook, tape, radio, poster, pictures …

- Ss: Textbook, schoolthings

III Procedures:

1.Check up: (3’)

Ask one ss to write vocabulary

Ask one ss to write form of compound words and give example

2 Lead in: (2’)

Warm – up: Find things in common Ask ss to think of 5 things they often prepare

for Tet and write them down on a piece of paper

- Divide class into 2 groups

- Choose one student randomly in one group, and ask him/ her to call out his/ her

words while students in the other group check if there are any same words

Suggestions :

- Decorate/ clean / paint the house/room/ the yard,…

- Buy cakes / candy / drinks/ food/ fruits,…

- Cook/ make cakes,

- Get / buy new dress,…

- Write / send New Year cards to friends, relatives

3 New lesson: ( 36’)

Teacher’s & students’ activities Content of

the lesson

3.1 Pre- speaking activities: (5’)

- Pre-teach vocabulary:

+ Techniques:realia, translation, explanation, synonym,

example

+ T elicits words from ss, asks ss to read in chorus,

individually and give meaning

+ Check understanding: Ro + R

- Set the sence: Ask ss to look at the picture and elicit

situations from ss.Who is this? It’s Ba Who is this? It’s Mrs

Quyen.Who is this? It’s Lan What are they talking about?

preparations for Tet

* Reordering: Ask students to read the dialogue on page 123

and put the sentences in the correct order

I Vocabulary:

- the pomegranate: trái lựu

- the peach blossoms: hoa đào

- the marigolds: cúc vạn thọ

- the dried watermelon seeds: hạt dưa

- the spring rolls: chả giò

- Call on some students to give their answers.

- Monitor, take notes & give the correct answers

3.2 While – speaking activities: (12’)

- Ask ss to choose one of the festivals and make up their

own dialogues in pairs

- Ask ss to practice in pairs

-T monitors, takes notes & corrects the mistakes if

necessary

3.3 Post – speaking activities: (5’)

- Ask ss to practice speaking about the famous festivals in

VN or in the world in dividually

- T monitors, takes notes & corrects the mistakes if

necessary

3.4 Pre- listening activities: (4’)

“ The Robinson family is making preparations for Tet

They want to buy things to make it a traditional festival as

Vietnamese people do

* Prediction: Ask Ss to open their books and read the

statements on page 124

- Get Ss to predict the words in the gaps

Listen to the tape carefully for the first time

3.5 While – listening activities: (6’)

- Ask ss to listen to the tape carefully & get general idea

Then check their predictions.(Ss listen to the tape for three

times)

T plays the tape the last time to check

- T monitors, takes notes & give the correct answers

II Speak:

Answer key :(p 123)

A – F ; C – H , D – J , B –

G , E – I

III Listening

Mr

Robinson

- Go to the flower market to

buy peach blossoms and a bunch of marigolds

Mrs

Robinson

- Go to Mrs

Nga’s to learn how

to make Spring rolls Liz - Go to the

3.6 Post – listening activities: (4’)

*Grid :

- Ask Ss to copy the grid (E2: p.124) in their notebooks and

fill in the gaps with the information taken from the

statements above

- Call on some Ss to give their answer

T monitors, takes notes & give the correct answers

market to buy candies and a packet of dried water melon seeds

4 Summary: (2’)

Repeat how to Speak about their preparations for a special event

5 Homework: (2’)

- Learn vocabulary by heart, do exercises of unit 13

- Prepare Unit 13: Read

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PERIOD 82: UNIT 13: FESTIVALS

Lesson 3: Read I.Aims and objectives:

- Helping ss read for details about Christmas

- Vocabulary: (to) decorate, (to) spread, the patron saint, jolly (adj), christmas carol

- Skill + Target skill: Reading

+ Other skills: Listening, speaking, writing

- Main teaching points: Reading for details about Christmas

- By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to understand the vocabulary, and the content of Christmas

II Teaching aids:

- Teacher: Textbook, poster, pictures …

- Ss: Textbook, schoolthings

III Procedures:

1.Check up: (3’)

- Ask one ss to write vocabulary

- Ask 2 ss to practice speaking

2 Lead in: (2’) Elicit from ss:

Have you ever attended Christmas? How is it? Would you like more about it? Let’s come to our lesson today

3 New lesson:(36 minutes)

Teacher & students’ activities Content of the lesson

3.1 Pre-reading activities: (10’)

- Pre-teach vocabulary:

+ Techniques: Explanation, mime,

translation, antonym, example

+ T elicits words from ss, asks ss to read in

chorus, individually and give meaning

+ Check understanding: Ro + R

- Set the sence: ASk ss to look at the picture

& elicit situations from ss Is christmas an

important festival in many countries around

the world? Have you ever seen the

christmas tree? / christmas tree / christmas

card?

- Open prediction : Matching: Ask ss to

look at the pictures and the statements, think

and guess and then do the matching,

compare with their partners

3.2 While-reading activities: (18’)

- Ask ss to open the text book, read silently

and check their predictions

T monitors, takes notes & give the correct

answers

* Grid: Ask ss to read the text and fill in the

gaps with the information taken from them

- Ss do in groups of five

T monitors, takes notes & give the correct

answers

I Vocabulary:

- (to) spread: lan truyền

- Christmas carol: bài thánh ca

- Patron saint: thánh bảo trợ, đỡ đầu

- Jolly(adj):vui vẻ, vui nhộn -(to) decorate: trang trí

II Read:

Matching:

1 It has been said he was the patron saint of children, a fat jolly man who wore a red suit and give children presents on Christmas Eve

2 The custom of decorating it and putting it in a common place, spread throughout Europe to America

3 They were stories put to music and enjoyed by most people First the leaders of the church did not like them but later they became popular

4 An English man had S.O design it

to send Christmas greetings to his friends Now it is a part of the Christmas tradition

* Keys:

a Christmas carol

* Questions and answers: Ask ss to practice

asking and answering the qs in pairs

T monitors, takes notes & give the correct

answers

3.3 Post- reading activities: (8’)

- Ask ss to work in group of five to retell the

content of the text then ask the tutor to

retell in front of the class

- T monitors, takes notes & give the correct

answers

b Christmas card

c Santa Claus

d Christmas tree

Grid:Complete the table

Christmas specials

Place os origin

Date

Christmas tree

Christmas card

England Mid-19th

century Christmas

carol

Towns and villages

800 years ago

4 Summary: (2’)

Sum up information about Christmas

5 Homework: (2’)

- Learn vocabulary by heart

- Do test 2 of unit 13, Prepare Unit 13: write

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