Giáo án Tiếng Anh 8 - Unit 9

- Sts work in pairs to practise saying the words and mark the stress on the correct syllable.. - Play the recording for Sts to listen, check and repeat.[r]

Teaching date:……….

Period: 68 Lesson 1: Getting started Unit 9: natural disasters

I- Objectives:

- By the end of this lesson, Sts will be presented the vocabulary related to the topic

‘Natural disasters’ and reviewed the passive voice

- Vocabulary: drought, earthquake, mudslide, tsunami, homeless, flood, …

- Structure: review the present simple tense

- Skills: 4 skills

II- Teaching aids:

- Sts’ books, text books, a projector + cabins

III- Teaching methods:

- Communicative

IV- Teaching Procedure:

A Class organization:

- Greetings and checking attendance: 8A: 8B………

8C: 8D………

B New lesson:

Sts’ and T’s activities

Content

1 Warm up: (5’)

* Activity 1:

- Show some photos or pictures about natural disasters to Sts and have them call out some of them

- Lead in new lesson

2 Presentation:

(12’)

* Activity 2:

Introduce the dialogue:

- Look at the picture on page 26

- Introduce Duong and Nick

- Ask Sts to pridict the questions

- Play the recording

* Network:

* Introduce the dialogue:

- Where are Duong and Nick?

- What are they talking about?

- Which natural

disasters can we see

in the speech bubbles

I New words:

- drought (n):

hạn hán

- 'earthquake (n):

động đất

- 'mudslide (n):

Natural disasters

- Ask Sts to listen

and read

- Ask Sts to check

their guesses

* Activity 3:

- Sts read the

underline the

words they don’t

know

- T may explain

some words Sts

don’t know

3 Practice: (15’)

* Activity 4:

- Sts work

independently to

choose suitable

words/ phrases to

fill each blank

- Check their

answers

* Activity 5:

- Sts refer back to

the conversation to

find the phrases,

then practice saying

them with correct

intonation in pairs

- Play the recording

again as a model

* Activity 6:

- Sts work

independently to

put the responses

into the correct

columns

- Have them share

their answers in

pairs

* Activity 7:

lũ bùn

- tsu'nami (n): sóng thần

- 'homeless (adj):

vô gia cư

- flood (n):

lũ lụt

II Practice:

1 Listen and read: (1-P.27)

a Fill in the gaps with no more than three words:

* Key:

1 tropical storm

4 trapped

2 injured

5 medical supplies

3 damage

6 temporary accomodation

b Responding to news:

* Key:

1 Oh no!

2 That’s a relief!

3 That’s awful!

2 (2-P.27)

a Write the responses into the correct columns:

* Key:

Responding to good news

Wow!

That’ great!

That’s a relief How wonderful! That’s awesome!

b Matching:

1 b

4 c

- Sts work independently to match the sentences

to the responses, then T checks

* Activity 8:

- Sts work in pairs

to match the words/

phrases to the pictures

- Play the recording for Sts to repeat and check their answers

4 Production:

(10’)

* Activity 9:

- T models this activity

- Sts work in pairs

Then call on some pairs to practise in front of the class

5 Home work:

(2’)

2 d

5 a

3 f

6 e

3 Match the natural disasters with the pictures:

(3-P.27):

* Key:

1 C: flood

5 G: mudslide

2 D: forest fire

6 A: volcanic eruption

3 F: tsunami

7 H: drought

4 B: tornado

8 E: earthquake

4 Ask and answer questions: (4-P.27)

Ex:

A: Which are the most common natural disasters

in Thanh Hoa?

B: Typhoons and floods

A: How often do they happen there?

B:………

- Read the dialogue again

- Learn new words

- Prepare for unit 9- Lesson 2 (A closer look 1)

Teaching date:

………

Period: 69

Unit 9: natural disasters Lesson 2: A closer look 1 I- Objectives:

- By the end of the lesson, Sts will be able to:

+ pronounce the words ending in –logy and –graphy correctly in isolation and in context

+ use the lexical items related to the topic ‘Natural disasters’

- Vocab: Natural disaster words ………

- Skills: 4 skills

II- Teaching aids:

- Sts’ books, text books, a projector + cabins

III- Teaching methods:

- Communicative

IV- Teaching Procedure:

A Class organization:

- Greetings and checking attendance: 8A: 8B……… 8C: 8D………

B New lesson:

1 Warm up: (5’)

* Activity 1: Call out:

- Have Sts describe a typhoon

- Lead in new lesson

2 Presentation: (10’)

* Activity 2:

- Ask Sts to give the past form of the

verbs in the box (Ex: erupt -> erupted)

- Make sure Sts understand the

meaning of these verbs

- Sts work individually, then ask them

to share their answers with a partner

3 Practice: (15’)

* Activity 3:

- Check their understanding

- Sts work individually, then share their

answers with a partner

- Play the recording for Sts to repeat

* Activity 4:

- Sts complete the sentences

individually, using the phrase in 2

- Sts read out their answers before

checking with the whole class

4 Production: (12’)

* Activity 5:

* Call out:

- heavy rain

- strong windy

- extensive damage to property

- ………

-> Today we are going to learn some words/ phrases to talk about ‘Natural disasters’

* Practice:

A- VOCABULARY:

1 Fill in each blank with a suitable verb: (1-P.28)

* Key:

1 struck 4 buried

2 erupted 5 raged

3 shook 6 collapsed

2 Match the verbs in A to the nouns in B:(2-P.28)

* Key:

1 b 4 e

2 d 5 c

3 a

3 Complete the sentences, using the phrases in 2 in the correct form:

(3-P.28)

* Key:

1 provide aid 4 scattered debris

2 put out the forest fire 5 evacuate

- T explains the rules in the box and

ask Sts to give some examples

- Play the recording for Sts to repeat

the words, paying attention to the

stressed syllable of each word

* Activity 6:

- Sts work in pairs to practise saying

the words and mark the stress on the

correct syllable

- Play the recording for Sts to listen,

check and repeat

* Activity 7:

- Put the underlined words on the board

and ask some Sts come and mark the

stress in the words first The others

give comments

- Play the recording for Sts to check

and repeat

5 Homework: (2’)

the village

3 took shelter

B- PRONUNCIATION:

* Stress in words ending in –logy and -graphy:

Remember!

- For words ending in –logy or – graphy, the stress is often placed on the third syllable from the end

Ex: bi'ology pho'tography

4 Listen and repeat the words:

(4-P.28)

1 tech'nology 5 a'pology

2 pho'tography 6 bi'ography

3 e'cology 7 ge'ography

4 bi'ology 8 psy'chology

5 Listen and mark the stress: (5-P.28)

1 soci'ology 4 clima'tology

2 zo'ology 5 as'trology

3 bibli'ography 6 de'mography

6 Mark the stressed syllable in the underlined words: (6-P.28)

1 ge'ography 4 bi'ography

2 bi'ology 5 zo'ology

3 pho'tography

- Learn new words

- Prepare for unit 9- Lesson 3 (A closer look 2)

Teaching date:………

Period: 70 Unit 9: natural disasters

Lesson 3: A closer look 2 I- Objectives:

- By the end of the lesson, Sts will be able to:

+ use the past perfect to talk about an action before a stated time or another action in the past

- Vocab: Natural disaster words ………

- Grammar: the past perfect

- Skills: 4 skills

II- Teaching aids:

- Sts’ books, text books, cabins and projector

III- Teaching methods:

- Communicative

IV- Teaching Procedure:

A Class organization:

- Greetings and checking attendance: 8A: 8B………

8C: 8D………

B New lesson:

1 Warm up: (7’)

* Activity 1: Network:

- Remind Sts of the passive voice

2 Presentation: (12’)

* Activity 2:

- Ask Sts to find out all instances of

the passive voice in GETTING

STARTED

- Elicit the form and use of the

passive voice

- Ask Sts to give some examples

3 Practice: (13’)

* Activity 3:

- Sts work individually, then compare

their answers with a partner before

checking with the whole class

- Confirm the correct answers

* Activity 4:

- Let Sts work individually first Then

ask some Sts to write their answers on

the board, the other Sts give

comments

* Network:

present simple (S + am/is/are + Vpp) present

continuous

………

I Grammar:

* Review passive voice:

- Form:

S + be + Vp.p + (by O).

Eg:

Many houses were destroyed or flooded

II Practice:

1 Complete the sentences with the correct passive form of the verbs: (2-P.29)

* Key:

1 was scattered 4 will be predicted

2 are built 5 will be delivered/

3 were taken are going to be delivered

2 Rewrite the following sentences using the correct passive voice: (3-P.29)

* Key:

Passive voice

- Correct as a class.

* Activity 5:

- Sts read the part of the conversation,

paying attention to the underlined

part

- Sts discuss and find the answers to

the questions (T may explain the use

and form of the past perfect)

- Sts read the rules in the yellow box

- Ask Sts to give some more

examples

* Activity 6:

- Sts work individually

- Sts compare their answers with a

partner

- Sts say their answers aloud

- T corrects as a class

4 Production: (10’)

* Activity 7:

- Sts prepare their answers

individually

- Sts work in pairs

- Call some pairs to practise in front

of the class

* Activity 8:

- Devide the class into two teams

Members from the two teams to take

turns in giving reasons why they were

pleased/ upset/ happy/ angry, etc

- Count the correct sentences to find

the winner team (if time does not

allow, T can choose 6 or 7 for Sts to

do)

5 Homework: (2’)

- Learn grammar

1 Food and blankets have been given out to homeless people (by volunteers)

2 Ten people trapped in collapsed buildings have been freed (by the rescue workers) so far

3 Was the whole village destroyed (by the storm)?

4 If the area is hit by the storm, a lot of damage will be caused

5 A garden party is going to be organised to raise money for the victims of the flood

3 (4-P.29)

a Read part of the conversation from GETTING STARTED Pay attention to the underlined part:

* Key:

Nick: Was anyone injured?

Duong: Only a few minor injures were reported

Most people had moved to safe areas when the storm broke

b Discuss the questions:

1 When do you use the past perfect?

2 Can you think of any rules?

4 Put the verbs in the box into the correct form: (5-P.30)

* Key:

1 had left; erupted 4 got; hadn’t taken

2 arrived; had stopped 5 found; had bought

3 had spent; arrived

5 Ask and answer the following questions about you: (6-P.30)

1 What had your mother done when you got

up last Sunday?

2 What had you done before you went to bed last night?

……… (Students’ answers)

- Prepare for unit 9- Lesson 4

(Communication)

Teaching date:………

Period: 71 Unit 9: natural disasters Lesson 4: Communication

I- Objectives:

- By the end of the lesson, Sts will be able to:

+ use the lexical items related to the topic of ‘Natural disasters’

+ express their views on natural disasters

- Vocab: climate change, victims, in charge ……

- Skills: 4 skills

II- Teaching aids:

- Sts’ books, text books, cabins and projector

III- Teaching methods:

- Communicative

IV- Teaching Procedure:

A Class organization:

- Greetings and checking attendance: 8A: 8B……… 8C: 8D………

B New lesson:

1 Warm up: (5’)

* Activity 1: Discuss

- Sts discuss the question

- Lead in the new lesson

* Activity 2:

- Go through the Extra vocab

- Help Sts understand the

meanings of the words in Extra

vocab (using pictures, realia,

definition, example.)

2 Practice: (25’)

* Activity 3:

- Sts read the interview and guess

what the missing word for each

gap

- Play the recording again and Sts

fill in the gaps, then share their

answers in pairs

- Play the recording a final time

for Sts to check their answers

* Discuss:

- Can we prevent natural disasters with the help of modern technology?

- Today, we’re going to listen a radio programme on 4Teen News

I Extra vocab:

- climate change (n): sự biến đổi khí hậu

- victim (n): nạn nhân

- in charge (n): trách nhiệm, phụ trách

II Practice:

1 Fill in the gaps with the words you hear:

(1-P.31)

* Key:

* Activity 4:

- Sts decide whose opinions they

agree or disagree and make notes

of the reasons for their decision

3 Production: (10’)

* Activity 5:

- Sts answer questions and justify

them, then compare their views

with a partner

4 Homework: (4’)

* Activity 6:

- Sts work individually to write a

phrase to describe each picture,

then share their answers T checks

with the whole class

- Sts work in groups to work out a

plan to help the victims of a

natural disaster

1 flooded 4 unprepared

2 warming 5 reminding

3 used

2 Decide who you agree with and who you disagree with: (2-P.31)

3 Answer the two questions: (3, 4-P.31)

1 Are there more natural desasters now than there were in the past?

2 Are we prepares to deal with natural desasters?

(Sts’ own answers)

* PROJECT:

“A helping hand”

1 Plan: lively, clear, practical

2 Languages: easy to understand

3 Speaking: fluency, accuracy, good pronunciation

Teaching date:……….

Period: 72 Unit 9: natural disasters

Lesson 5: Skill 1 I- Objectives:

- By the end of the lesson, Sts will be able to:

+ read for general and specific information about a natural disaster in a news report

+ talk about a natural disaster and what to do when it happens

- Vocab: Natural disaster words ………

- Skill: speaking and reading

II- Teaching aids:

- Sts’ books, text books, cabins and projector

III- Teaching methods:

- Communicative

IV- Teaching Procedure:

A Class organization:

- Greetings and checking attendance: 8A: 8B………

8C: 8D………

B New lesson:

1 Warm up: (5’)

* Activity 1: Discuss

- Sts discuss about preparing for a

natural disaster

- Lead in the lesson

2 Practice: (27’)

* Activity 2: Present the passage:

- Sts discuss any unfamiliar words from

the text

- Help Sts work out the meanings of

these words from the context (T may

explain the words/ phrases)

* Activity 3:

- Sts read the passage again and answer

the questions

- Sts compare their answers with a

* Discuss:

What can we do to prepare for a typhoon?

- Buying some canned food

- Fixing the leak in the roof

- Checking all the window and door latches

A- READING:

1 Read the passage and go through these words:

(1-P.32) wreak havoc: do great damage or harm

to sb/ sth essential: necessary destructive: causing major damage, adj

of destroy guidelines: rules or instructions telling