unit 12 language focus

Hä vµ tªn gi¸o sinh: TrÇn ThÞ Vui
Gi¸o viªn híng dÉn: Ph¹m ThÞ Hiªn
Ngµy d¹y: 08/ 03/ 2010
Líp: 8B
TiÕt d¹y: TiÕt 4
UNIT 12: A VACATION ABROAD
Lesson 6: Language focus
• Aim: Practice in Past progressive and present progressive tenses with
“always”.
• Objectives: Ss will be able to talk about activities using resent and Past
Progressive tenses
• Teaching aids: Pictures
• Procedures
Content T’s activities Ss’ activities
WARM- UP
Kim’s game
Say what the people in the pictures are doing
1. take a shower 4. write a letter
2. eat dinner 5. walk with a dog
3. read book 6. talk to grandma
- Give instruction
- Call on some Ss
to write on the
board and correct
- Look at the
pictures and then
remind what the
people in the
pictures are doing.
- Give feedback
PRESENTATION 1 ( language focus 1)

• Set the scene:
Look at the picture. What was Ba doing at 8 o’clock
last night?
• Model sentence:
Ba was taking a shower at 8 o’clock last night.
Be v_ ing
- Form: were/ was + v_ ing
- Use: to indicate an action that was in progress at a
point of time in the past
• Practice:
a. Ba/ take a shower
b. Hoa have dinner
c. Bao read a book
d. Nga write a letter
e. Na walk with a dog
f. Lan and her grandma/ talk to each other
- Set the scene to
introduce the
model sentence by
eliciting the
answer from Ss,
get Ss to repeat
and write the
sentence on the
board
- Show the
cardboards and go
through the verbs
- Model the first
sentence and have

Ss repeat
- Answer the
question
- Listen and repeat
the sentence in
chorus
- Listen and repeat
- Work through
the rest of the cues
PRESENTATION 2 ( language focus 2)
• Matching
Look at the pictures then match the half- sentences in
column A to those in column B
Model sentence:
The Le family was sleeping when the mailman came
Concept check:
- Form: Main clause Con adv clause
S. P When S. Past
While P.C
- Use sequence of tenses: An action was taking place in
the past when an other action took place
• Practice: (picture drill )
Look at the pictures (p.120) to write the sentences say
what the people are always doing
- Ask Ss to do
exercise p.119-
120
- Elicit the model
from Ss, using
Vietnamese

- Have Ss repeat
and write the
sentence on the
board
- Model the first
picture and have
Ss repeat
-Look at the
pictures and do the
matching
- Listen and repeat
- Go to the board
to write the
sentences
PRODUCTION
Multiple choice
1. The family……… when the mailman came.
A. is sleeping B. was sleeping C. has slept D.have
slept
2. I was reading………my sisters were playing with
theirdolls.
A. when B. at which C. while D .attime
3. Thanh is always complaining……… the hot weather.
A. to B. about C. of D. on
4. Nga ………… a letter at 8 o’clock last night.
A. write B. was writing C. is writing D. writes
5. We were sleeping when the telephone…………
A. rings B. ringing C. rang D. ring
6. When I arrived at school, the school drum
was…………

A. sounding B. ringing C. cheering D. racing
7. Mrs Nga………….always ………….her umbrella
A. was/ losing B. has/ lost C. will/ lose D.is/losing
8. My father is ………. forgetting things on the bus.
- Gets Ss to do
exerxice.
- Asks Ss to give
their answers
- Work in group to
do exercise
- Give their
answer
- Give feedback
A. always B. usually C. often D. sometimes
HOMEWORK
- Write complete sentences in the notebook (1,2,3)
- Prepare Unit 13- Lesson 1 “ Getting started- Listen and read”