Unit 1. A visit from a pen pal

- Students copy down the usage, the adverbs and the formation of the past simple tense.. Then give some examples.[r]

Period: 1

REVISION

I OBJECTIVES

1 Knowledge, Skills, Attitude:

a Knowledge: To help students remember some basic grammatical notes in grade 8.

- Grammar:

- Vocabulary:

b Skills: Listening, speaking, reading and writing.

c Attitude: - Work hard.

2 Capacity is formed and developed for students

- Self-learning capability

- Communicative competence

- Cooperation capacity

II Preparation

1 Teacher: - Lesson plane, book, color chalks, pictures, MP3

2 Students: - Books, notebooks, pen, ruler …

III Students’ activities

1 Warm up

2 Knowledge formation activities (41’)

- Teacher has students remember the usage, the

adverbs and the formation of the past simple

- Students remember and state before the class

- Teacher checks and corrects

- Students copy down the usage, the adverbs and the

formation of the past simple tense Then give some

examples

- Teacher checks and correct if necessary

1 Past simple tense

* Ss remember the past simple tense.

*Usage :Expressing an action happened and

finished at a particular time in the past

*Adverbs: yesterday, last night / week /

month / year…, … ago

*Formation :

- S + V-ed/V (past form) …

- S + didn’t + V (bare inf.) …

- Did + S + V (bare inf.) … ?

Ex: - Lan bought a new hat yesterday.

- Lan didn’t buy a new hat yesterday

- Did Lan buy a new hat yesterday?

- Teacher has students remember the usage, the

adverbs and the formation of the present simple

tense

- Students remember and state before the class

- Teacher checks and corrects

- Students copy down the usage, the adverbs and the

formation of this tense Then give some examples

- Teacher corrects if necessary

2 Present simple tense.

* Ss remember the present simple tense.

*Usage: Expressing habitual or everyday

activity, used for general statements of fact,…

*Adverbs: Sometimes, often, usually, always,

never, every…

*Formation :

- S + V-s / -es + …

- S +don’t / doesn’t + V (bare inf.) + …

- Do / Does + S + V (bare inf.) + …?

Ex: - Hoa cleans the floor every day

- Hoa doesn’t clean the floor every day

- Does Hoax clean the floor every day?

- Teacher has students remember the usage, the

adverbs and the formation of the present perfect

tense

- Students remember and state before the class

- Teacher checks and corrects

- Students copy down the usage, the adverbs and the

formation of this tense Then give some examples

- Teacher corrects if necessary

3 Future simple tense

* Ss remember the future simple tense

*Usage: Expressing an action will happen in the

future

*Advebs: Tomorrow, tonight, next week / month

/ year / …, on the weekend,…

*Formation :

- S + will / shall + V (bare inf.) + …

- S + won’t / shan’t + V (bare inf.) + …

- Will / Shall + S + V (bare inf.) + …?

Ex: - Minh will come here next summer.

- Minh won’t come here next summer

- Will Minh come here next summer?

- Teacher has students remember the usage, the

adverbs and the formation of the present perfect

tense

- Students remember and state before the class

- Teacher checks and corrects

- Students copy down the usage, the adverbs and the

formation of this tense Then give some examples

- Teacher corrects if necessary

4 Present perfect tense

* Ss remember the present perfect tense.

*Usage: Expressing an action that began in the

past and continues to the present, or at an unspecified time in the past, or an action has just happened

*Adverbs: since, for, already, recently, just,

ever, never, yet, …

*Formation:

- S + have / has + V-ed / V (past participle) + …

- S + haven’t / hasn’t + V-ed / V (p.p) + …

- Have / Has + S + V-ed / V (p.p) +…?

Ex: - I have already seen that film.

- Long hasn’t met Loan since 2005

- Have you visited HaLong Bay yet?

3 Consolidation (4’)

- Students do the exercises

*Fill in the blanks with the correct tense form of the verbs Then change the sentences into

negative and interrogative.

a I ……… a letter from my friend yesterday (receive)

b Lan ……… the English Speaking Club next week (attend)

c We ……… in this hospital for 4 years (work)

d Phong usually ……… to school by bike (go)

- Teacher calls some students to give the answers to check and correct

*Answer keys:

a received b.will attend c.have worked d.goes

4 Its operations

5 Apply

IV Experience:

………

………

………

Period: 2

UNIT 1: A VISIT FROM A PEN PAL GETTING STARTED & LISTEN AND READ

I OBJECTIVES

1 Knowledge, Skills, Attitude:

a Knowledge:

- Students know about the new topic ‘A visit from a pen pal’ and some activities people often do during the visit

- Grammar:

- Vocabulary:

b Skills: Listening, speaking, reading and writing.

c Attitude: Be careful when making friends.

2 Capacity is formed and developed for students

- Self-learning capability

- Communicative competence

- Cooperation capacity

II Preparation

1 Teacher: - Lesson plane, book, color chalks, pictures, MP3

2 Students: - Books, notebooks, pen, ruler …

III Students’ activities

1 Warm up (5’)

- T asks

- Ss answer the questions

1 Do you have a lot of friends / any pen pal ?

2 Did they visit you ?

3 If no, imagine a foreign friend would visit you and stay for a week Where would you take him / her to?

2 Knowledge formation activities (32’)

- T introduces and leads in the topic

- T shows 6 pictures of famous places in Viet Nam

and has them recognize these places

- Ss look at the pictures and recognize

- T helps Ss know how to say in English

- Ss take notes

- T guides Ss work in pairs ask and answer the

question

- T calls some pairs to ask and answer before the

class to check and correct

I Getting started

Work with a partner A foreign pen pal is coming to stay with you for a week What activities would you do during the visit?

* Ss say the activities which they introduce to their friends.

a Hung Temple

b The Temple of Literature

c Dong Xuan market

d The History Museum

e Night Market

f Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum

- T introduces the situation of the passage: Rizali

Maryam, Lan’s pen pal visited Lan for the fist time

and Lan took her to some famous places in Hanoi

- T guides Ss listen to the tape, try to know

something about Maryam and write down the places

Lan took Maryam to

- T plays the tape once

- Ss listen to the tape and try to find the answers

- Ss state something they can hear for the first time

before the class

- T plays the tape again

- Ss listen to the tape and try to get information

- T explains new words and structures

- Ss pay attention to teacher’s explanation and take

notes

- T helps Ss read new words

- Ss practices reading new words

- T checks and corrects students’ pronunciation

- T has Ss read the text in silience and then loudly

before class

- T checks and corrects students’ pronunciation

- T has Ss read the text in silience and do exercises

- Ss compare the answers with their partners

- Ss give their choices

- T checks and corrects

II Listen and read

* Ss understand the dialogues and complete

the thr exercises.

*New words :

- pen pal (n)

- correspond (v)

- impress (v)

- friendliness (n)

- mausoleum (n)

- mosque (n)

- pray (v)

*Structures :

- Past habit : used to + V (bare inf) Ex: Lan used to walk past the mosque on her

way to primary school

- Present unreal wish :

S + wish(es) + clause (Past simple)

*be: were Ex: I wish I had more time.

Choose the correct option to complete the sentences.

Answer keys :

1 C two weeks

2 B Ha Noi people were friendly

3 D all the above

4 B invite Lan to Kuala Lumpur

3 Consolidation (4’)

- T asks, Ss answer the questions:

a Where did Lan take Maryam to?

b State two grammatical points in this lesson

4 Its operations

5 Apply (4’)

- T asks, Ss answer the questions

+ Is it interesting to have a pen pal? Why? / Why not?

IV Experience:

………

………

………

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