Unit 4: OUR PAST ( Lesson 1 & 2...)

Unit 4: Our Past Lesson 1: getting started listen and read Unit 4: Our Past Lesson 1: getting started listen and read Welcome to our class today Grade 8- Ninh Xa secondary school... Nga

Unit 4: Our Past Lesson 1: getting started listen and read

Unit 4: Our Past Lesson 1: getting started listen and read

Welcome to our class today Grade 8- Ninh Xa secondary school

The TV

The radio/ stereo The mobile phone

Modern clothes/ long dress The lighting fixtures

School uniforms

T/F statement prediction

1 Nga used to live on the farm

2 Nga’s grandma didn’t go to school

3 She has an easy life when she was young

4 There wasn’t any modern equipment at

her time

5 “ The lost shoe” is a short story

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Discuss the questions

a Where did Nga’s grandmother use to live?

b Why didn’t she go to school?

c What did Nga’s great-grandma use to do?

d What did Nga’s great-grandma & grandfather do

after dinner?

e What did Nga ask her grandma to do at the

end of the conversation?

Nga’s grandma used to live on the farm

Because she had to stay home and help her mom, look

after her sisters and brothers

She used to cook the meals, clean the house and wash the clothes.

Great-grandma lit the lamp and great grandfather used to tell stories.

Nga asked her grandma to tell her the tale.

Fact or opinion

a I used to live on a farm

b There wasn’t any electricity

c Mom had to do everything without

the help of modern equipment

d My father used to tell us stories

e The best one was “ The lost shoe.”

f Traditional stories are great

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Did you use to

• Get up late?

• Ride bike too fast?

• Go to school late?

• Eat too much candy?

• Forget to do homework?

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S + used to + V-inf  past habit, doesn’t exist any more.

Unit 4: Our Past Lesson 2: Speak and listen

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Unit 4: Our Past Lesson 2: Speak and listen

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Welcome to our class today Grade 8- Ninh Xa secondary school

Eg: She used to live on a farm when

she was young

Is she young now?

Where did she live ?

Does she live in a farm now?

S + used to + V-inf

the past but now it stops.

S + didn’t use to + V-inf Did + S + use to + V-inf ? Eg: I used to walk to school but now I go to school by bike.

He used to get up early, now he gets up late.

Make sentences with

these cues.

• I/ live/ Hue/ Ha Noi

• She/ long hair/ short hair

• Ha/ study/ morning/ afternoon

Look at the two pictures and

find out the differences

Small houses

Go to school Stay at home

buildings

Walk

Go by cars/

motor

No electricity

Go to the

market

Go to the supermarket

The people used to live in small houses, but now they live in buildings.

The people used to live in small houses, but now they live in buildings.

Now, talk about YOU

• What did you do in the past?

• What do you do now?

Listen to a story.

A Don’t kill chickens

B Don’t be foolish and greedy

C Be happy with what you have

D It’s difficult to find gold

Choose the most suitable moral lesson.

• The Lost Shoe

• Once a poor famer had a daughter named Little Pea After his wife

died, the farmer married again His new wife had a daughter, Stout Nut Unfortunately, the new wife was very cruel to Little Pea Little Pea had to do chores all day This made Little Pea’s father very upset

He soon died of a broken heart.

• Summer came and went In the Fall, the village held its harvest

festival That year, everyone was excited as the prince wanted to

choose his wife from the village Stout Nut’s mother make new clothes for her, but poor Little Pea had none However, before the festival started, a fairy appeared and magically changed Little Pea’s rags into beautiful clothes.

• As Litlle Pea was running to the festival, she dropped one of her shoes

and lost it When the price found the shoe, he decided to marry the girl who owned it Of couse the shoe fitted Little Pea, and the price immediately fell in love with her Now they are still living happily with lots of children.