ENGLISH 8

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UNIT 2 : LESSON 4 READ

Period 9

A OBJECTIVES:

1 Knowledges:

By the end of the lesson, ss will be able to read and understand a passage about the

invention of the telephone know more about Alexander Graham Bell

+ Vocabulary: emigrate (v); experiment (v; n); transmit (v) ; conduct (v);

demonstrate (v); deaf- mute (n); assistant (n); device (n) ; exhibition (n);

countless (adj)

+ Structures: Past simple

2 Skills :

+ Reading- comprehension

3 Attitude: Ss will be more polite when talking on the phone

B TEACHING AIDS :

Lesson plan, English 8-book, pictures, extra board

C METHODS : T/ WhC, pairs, group and individual work

D CONTENTS :

I Organization:

Class Date of teaching Absent

Ss

8B ………

………

II Warm-up (5’): Brainstorming

What is the mobile phone used for ?

T asks students to answer the questions by going to

the board and write

Possible answers :

- have a message

- call someone

- make arrangements

- talk to a person who lives far from

- get information at the airport or railway

station quickly

(Chatting)

? What is the thing we use to talk with each other

over long distances?

? What is a mobile phone?

? On the phone when people ask you to "hold on",

what do they want you to do?

III New lesson:

Play games in 2 teams + Students take turns to write the answers on board

-telephone -A telephone that does not have wires and you can carry it with you and use it almost anywhere

-to wait

Step 1:Pre-reading (12’)

1 Pre-teach

-emigrate : di cư

-Deaf-mute (n) : người câm điếc

-Experiment (n) : cuộc thí nghiệm

- transmit : truyền, phát (tín hiệu)

- invent : (inventor,invention) sự phát minh,

- conduct (v): tiến hành, thực hiện (nghiên cứu, thí nghiệm

-assistant (n): người giúp đỡ, người phụ tá

-device (n): thiết bị, dụng cụ, máy móc

-demonstrate (v): chứng minh, trình bày

-commercial (a): (thuộc) buôn bán, thương mại

*Checking: W-W

2 T / F statements prediction

Hangs the picture on and asks ss

1.Do you know it is?

2.What is it used for ? who invented the T?

Setting the scene: You are going to read a text about

Alexander Graham bell, who invented the telephone

But before you read , you have to guess if the

following statements are true or false

- Hang the poster of T / F statements on the board and

ask Ss to work in pairs and guess which statements

are true or false

…….a Alexander G Bell was born in the USA

…….b He worked with deaf – mute patients in a

hospital in Boston

…….c Thomas Watson was Bell,s assistant

… d Bell and Watson introduced the telephone in

1877

……e Bell experimented with ways of transmitting

speech between deaf-mutes over a long distance

f Bell demonstrated his invention at a lot of

exhibitions

- Call on some pairs to read their predictions and

write them on the board

Step 2: While-reading (17’)

Act 1 Read and check

ask Ss to look at their books to read the text , then

check their prediction

T collects Ss' answers

Answer key:

Listen and repeat Guess the meaning of the new w

-SS repeat chorally first, then individually

copy

answer the qs it’s a telephone listening

read through all statements in E

- Ss work individually and guess then share with their partner

Read all the sts silently

Look at the poster and work in pairs to predict

read the correct answers aloud

Guess Answer Correction

a) F (in Edinburgh, Scotland)

b) F (at Boston University)

c) T

d) F (1876)

e) F (transmitting speech over a long distance

f) T

act 2: Ordering/ Putting the events in the correct

order

- Ask Ss to look at the exercise and read the events of

Bell’s life , then put them in the correct order

- Have them compare with their partners

- Call on some Ss to read their answers aloud

- Corrects and give feedback

1 d) was born in Scotland

2 e) went to live in Canada

3 a Went to live in the United States

4 g worked with people who could neither speak nor

hear

5.c worked with Thomas Watson

6 b Successfully demonstrated his invention

7 f Invented the telephone

Step 3 : Post-reading (8’)

· Grids : ( with keys )

- Get Ss to read the text again and fill in the blanks

about the biography of Bell

T monitors and gives the help if necessary then

collects Ss' s answers and corrects

Name : ……… Alexander Graham Bell…

Nationality : ………English ……….

Place of birth : ………Edinburgh , Scotland

His invention : ……… telephone

In 1876 : ………The first telephone message

introduced ………

In 1877 : …………The first telephone was in

commercial use ………

IV Summary (2’)

What is the main content of the lesson?

Who was Alexander Graham Bell?

Was he born in Scotland ?

V Homework(1’)

Edinburgh in Scotland

mute patients at Boston University

in 1876

ways of transmitting speech over a long distance

Correct the false ones (one by one.)

Read them aloud

Do the exercise Read their answers

-Read their correct sentences aloud -Write individually

- Ss work in four groups ( Ss write on the posters )

1 Copy down their writings

2 Do the exercises in workbook

3 Prepare the next lesson