E8 - UNIT 8 + THI (46-54).

HOANG HOA THAM SECONDARY SCHOOL
DATE: 15 / 12/ 2007 UNIT 8: COUNTRY LIFE AND CITY LIFE
CLASS: 8

PERIOD 46 : GETTING STARTED – LISTEN AND READ (Page 72-73)
I-AIMS: -Students will practise reading for details about the differences between city life and country life.
• Vocabulary:-relative (n) [example]; peaceful (adj) [syn]= quiet , calm (adj);permanently (adv) [explanation];accessible (adj) [trans]; medical
facilities [trans].
• Structures: not only …but also , tobe + getting / becoming
• Grammar: review the simple tense , present progressive tense
II- OBJECTIVES: -By the end of the lesson, students will be able to talk about the city life and country life.
III-TEACHING AIDS: books, chalks, sub-boards ,
IV- PROCEDURES:
STAGES/TIMING
FOCUS/SKILLS
TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES
Review (6’)
T-Ss-T/S-L
Ss-T/W-S-L
Warm up (3’)
T-Ss-T/S-L
Presentation
*Ask Ss to read carefully and do exercise.
Choose the correct words in the brackets.
1-They have studied _______5,00p.m[ for / since / at / on]
2-My mother is _________tired ___cook tonight.[enough-to / too-to/so-that / very-to]
3-The new shopping mall is quite_____the present shopping area.[different from /
the same / like to / simillar]
4-______have you lived in this town? –For nearly 20 years.[When / Where/How /
How long]
5-She has __________over 30 pages since yesterday.[writen / wrote / written / write]

6-Airmail is ________expensive than surface mail.[the most / like / as/ more]
-Ask others to give the correction.
-Remark again and give marks.
*Chatting:
-Talk to Ss about life in the city and life in the country by asking some
questions.
a.Where do you live ?
b.Do you want to live in the city ? Why ?
c.Do you want to live in the country ? Why ?
I.Pre-teach vocabulary :
• relative (n) [example :uncles , aunts , cousins ]
• peaceful (adj) [syn]= quiet , calm (adj)
• permanently (adv) [explanation : Its means exiting all the time]
-Read and choose the words.
Keys:
1-since
2-too-to
3-different from
4-How long
5-written
6-more
-Others do into notebook and correct the mistakes on the board.
-Take notes.
-Listen and answer.
[Discuss in groups 1’ or 2’ to answer]
-Take notes and give the meaning of the words.
-Write down.
Lesson plan- English 8- Prepared by: Huynh Thi Ngoc Trinh
HOANG HOA THAM SECONDARY SCHOOL
(10’)

T-Ss-T/S-L
S-Ss/S-L
Practice(15’)
T-Ss-T/S-L
S-S-Ss/R-S
Summary(10’)
T-Ss-T/S-L
S-S-T/S-W-L
Homework(1’)
T-Ss/R-W
• accessible (adj) [trans]
• medical facilities [trans].
*Checking vocabulary: Rub out and remember.
II.Brainstorming :[getting started]
-Get Ss to talk about city life and country life . The words in the box of
getting started may help them.
-Ask Ss to read the dialogue between Na and Hoa and compare their ideas.
1.Comprehension questions
-Get Ss to work in pairs to answer the questions in exercise 2 on page73.
*Questions and answers:
a. Where has Na been ?
b. How long was she there ?
c. What is her opinion of the countryside ?
d. Na says “ there is nothing to do” What does she means by this ?
e. What are some of the changes that Hoa mentions?
-Ask Ss to work in pairs to answer the questions.
-Ask some pairs to practice the dialogue.
2.Discussion:
-Divide the class into 4 groups.Two groups include Ss who prefer the city life
and the others Ss include Ss who prefer the country life .

-Ask Ss to work in groups to answer the questions.
• Do you prefer the city or the country life ? Why ?
-Ask 4 pioneers from 4 groups to show their ideas before class .
@Ask Ss
+ Write as short passage about why they prefer the city life or the country
life.
+Practice reading the dialogue and remember vocab.
-Practise vocab.
-Take notes.
-Give the feedback.
*Possible answers:
-tall building -beautiful views
-plenty kinds of goods -fresh food
-polutted air -fresh air
-traffic jams -friendly
-entertainment -peaceful
-busy
-Take notes –read the dialogue to check.
-Read the dialogue again and do exercise 2/p73
 Answers :
a.Na has been to Kim Lien Village
b.She has there for the weekend
c.To her , the countryside is peaceful and quiet and there is
nothing to do .
d.There is no libraries, no movies, no supermarkets, no zoos…
e.Country life is becoming better. Many remote area are getting
electricity.People can now have things like refrigerators and
TV, medical facilities are more accessible.
-Give feedback.
-Work in groups to discuss about city and country.

-Discuss and write on the papers.
-Give feedback by writing on the board and reading out.
-Take notes and copy down.
• REFLEXION: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Lesson plan- English 8- Prepared by: Huynh Thi Ngoc Trinh
HOANG HOA THAM SECONDARY SCHOOL
DATE: 16 / 12 / 2007 PERIOD 47: REVISION FOR THE FIRST TERM TEST
CLASS: 8
I-AIMS:
• Vocabulary: review
• Structures: review
• Grammar: review
II- OBJECTIVES: -By the end of the lesson, students will be able to consolidate all knowledge they studied from Unit 1 to Unit 7.
III-TEACHING AIDS: books, chalks, sub-boards ,
IV- PROCEDURES:
STAGES/TIMING
FOCUS/SKILLS
TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES
10’
T-Ss-T/S-L-
W
S-S-T/S-W
18’
T-Ss-T/S-W
A-VOCABULARY
-Review the vocab from Unit 1 to Unit 7
@Complete sentences, using words given.
Mother tongue – volunteer – emigrated – chores – experiments – mall –
citizenship – chemical – orphanage – folktale – selection – matches
1. We must keep all _______________and drugs in locked cupboard.

2. He spends his free time doing_______________work.
3. A new shopping _______________is opening on Tran Phu street.
4. Mr Bell conducted many _______________ to invent the telephone.
5. “The Lost Shoes” is an old _______________.
6. Some learners put the meaning of new words in their _______________ to
learn it by heart.
7. Playing with _______________is very dangerous to children.
8. She lives in an _______________because her parents died.
9. My uncle _______________to the USA in 1980.
10. The mall will offer customers a wider _______________of products.
11. Scouting encourages good _______________
12. She had to do _______________all day.
B-GRAMMAR and STRUCTURES
@Tenses:
+ Simple Present: [to talk about general truths]
S + V [ She / He /It + V(s/es) ]
+ Simple past: [Notes: regular verbs and irregular verbs]
S + V(in the past)
-Take notes and copy down.
-Do exercise in pairs – Give feedback.
@Answers:
1-chemical
2-volunteer
3-mall
4-experiments
5-folktale
6-mother tongue
7-matches
8-orphanage
9-emigrated

10-selection
11-citizenship
12-chores
-Take notes-copy down
-Give feedback
Eg: The sun rises in the east
Eg: One day, as I was in the field and my buffalo grazed
Lesson plan- English 8- Prepared by: Huynh Thi Ngoc Trinh
HOANG HOA THAM SECONDARY SCHOOL
15’
S-S/W-S
+Present Perfect:[to talk about something which started in the past and continues
up to the present]
Notes: We often use FOR and SINCE with the present perfect tense.
FOR + a period of time
SINCE + a point of time
Form: S + has/have + Past Participle (P.P)
+Be going to + Vinf
@Structures:
+ Modal verbs: should, must, ought to, have to, may , can…
S + modal verbs + Vinf
+ Enough : S + tobe (not) + enough + Adj + to-Vinf
+ Used to : S + used to + Vinf [ to talk about the habit in the past and it don’t
happen in the present]
+ Reported Speech: [commands , requests and advice]
S + ask / tell + pronouns + to – Vinf (commands and requests)
S + advise + pronouns + to –Vinf (advice)
S + say (that) + S(someone) + should + Vinf….(advice)
+ Gerunds: [V-ing]
S + like/love / enjoy / dislike / hate …. + V-ing

S + to be + interested in /proud of + V-ing
bored with
fond of
good at
+ Why – Because
+ Comparison with “ like, not as as , (not) the same as, different from
+ Adverbs of place: here, there, outside, inside, upstairs, downstairs
+ Reflexive pronouns: myself, itself, himself, herself,yourself/yourselves,
themselves, ourselves
+ Prepositions of time: in, on, at , after, before, between and, from… to
+ Adverbs of manner: good – well/ bab – badly/ fast – fast.
@Do exercises:
I-Use the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
nearby.
Eg: They have lived here for 10 years.
He has been to Ho Chi Minh since 2005.
Eg: Tim should study harder.
Eg: She is not old enough to been in my class.
Eg: When I was a child, I used to follow my mother to the
market.
Eg: She said to me: “Go home early!”  She told me to go
home early.
Miss Nga said to me: “You should do grammar exercises to
improve your English”
 Miss Nga advised me to do grammar exercises to
improve my English.
Miss Nga said I should do grammar exercises to improve
my English.
Eg: She is interested in playing soccer.
-Take notes.

-Do exercies in pairs.
@Answers:
Lesson plan- English 8- Prepared by: Huynh Thi Ngoc Trinh
HOANG HOA THAM SECONDARY SCHOOL
Homework(2’)
T-Ss/W-R
1. She _______________her work one hour ago. (finish)
2. Nam _______________his friends on the weekend. (meet)
3. We_______________Lan since Tuesday. (not / see)
4. The moon _______________around the earth.(move)
5. My father _______________ill for a week.(be)
6. Tomorrow I _______________volleyball with my classmates. (play)
7. He _______________the motorbike last summer. (buy)
8. ____________you ever ______________to Hanoi before ? (go)
9. They _______________in Nha Trang for a long time. (live)
10. I _______________to bed at 11 o’clock last night. (go)
11. How long _______________your mother _______________here ?(work)
12. The sun _______________in the east. (rise)
13. Nam _______________Hoa for some months.(know)
14. You should _______________this dictionary to find out how to impronounce
Spanish words.(use)
15. Nam doesn’t think so. He thinks of _________football match on TV.(watch)
16. Lan _________in France for four years.(be)
17. They ought ____________on warm clothes when they go out in winter.(put)
18. After _______________her homework, Lan usually listens to the radio.(do)
19. All students collect the waste papers for _______________(recycle)
20. My parents are _______________in my neighbors.(talk)
II-Choose the correct word in brackets.
1. He was born ______________Dec 20, 1978. ( at / in / on)
2. Tuan can run very _______________. (fast / fastly / faster)

3. _____do you dothe housework ?- Every day. (What time / How / How often )
4. ___you show me the way to the nearest post office, please? (Could / Will / Do)
5. The child has been seriously ill_______________last night. ( for / since / at)
6. I’m sorry, but I’ll have to cook dinner ________.(myself / yourself / himself)
7. Is Dane in? – No, he’s out. Would you like to leave a _______________? (letter /
telephone / message )
8. I am ______ to have a lot of friends. (lucky enough / too lucky / enough lucky)
@Ask Ss:
+ Review all knowledge studied.
I/1-finished
2-will meet
3-have not seen
4-moves
5-has been
6-will play
7-bought
8-Have gone
9-have lived
10-went
11-has…worked
12-rises
13-has known
14-use
15-watching
16-has been
17-to put
18-doing
19-recycling
20-talking
II/1-on

2-fast
3-How often
4-Could
5-since
6-myself
7-message
8-luchky enough
-Take notes
• REFLEXION: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Lesson plan- English 8- Prepared by: Huynh Thi Ngoc Trinh
HOANG HOA THAM SECONDARY SCHOOL
DATE: 19 / 12 / 2007 PERIOD 48: REVISION FOR THE FIRST TERM TEST
CLASS: 8
I-AIMS:
• Vocabulary: review
• Structures: review
• Grammar: review
II- OBJECTIVES: -By the end of the lesson, students will be able to consolidate all knowledge they studied from Unit 1 to Unit 7.
III-TEACHING AIDS: books, chalks, sub-boards ,
IV- PROCEDURES:
STAGES/TIMING
FOCUS/SKILLS
TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES
13’
T-Ss-T/S-W-
R
S-S-T/R-W
30’
T-Ss-T/R-W
C-READING: - Review all the reading from Unit 1 to Unit 7

@Read the text:
Lam doesn’t really know why she is learning English. She doesn’t like it
very much. When the teacher explains new words and grammar in English,
she doesn’t listen very hard. After that she asks her friends to translate the
lesson for her into Vietnamese. Some times the teacher asks her questions,
but she is a bit shy about speaking English. So she usually just answers in
one word or looks at the floor and waits for the teacher to ask someone
else. She never speaks English when the class does groupwork. She thinks
it is a chance for her to have a good chat- in Vietnamese.
Answer the questions:
1-What does Lam usually do after her English grammar lessons?
2-What does Lam often do when her English teacher asks her questions?
D-WRITING:
+ Write a notice.
+ Write a letter about activity of school Youth Organization/ study…
+ Write the desciption about friend / one of rooms in your house.
+ Write a telephone message.
I-Write a notice, using the information below.
1-The school Y-Y is going to hold a Singing Contest to raise funds for the
-Take notes-copy down.
-Read the text and answer the questions in pairs.
1-She asks her friends to translate the lesson for her.
2-She just answers in one word, or looks at the floor and
waits for the teacher to ask someone else.
-Take notes and do exercises in groups.
@Answers:
I/1The school Y-Y
HOLD A SINGING CONTEST TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THE
ORGANIZATION
Date: Dec 30

th
Time: From 7.00 to 11.00
Place: Hall 124 of the school
Lesson plan- English 8- Prepared by: Huynh Thi Ngoc Trinh
HOANG HOA THAM SECONDARY SCHOOL
S-S/W
Homework(2’)
T-Ss/W-R
Organization. The contest will be at Hall 124 of the school on Dec 30
th
from 7.00
p.m to 11.00p.m.The person to contact is Pan Thi Thu Ha of class 8/6.
2-The School Sports Club is going to hold a meeting to discuss about the
effects of sports to your health. The meeting will be held at Room 201 of Class
8C on January 2
nd
at 7.30 p.m Person to contact is Tran Duc Huy of Class 8C.
II-Write the telephone message.
A customer telephoned the Thang Loi Delivery Service on June 16 just after
midday. The customer’s name was Mr Nam, and he wanted to speak to Mr Long.
Mr Long was out and could not come to the phone. So Miss Hoa took a message.
Mr Nam called about his stationery order. He said Mr Long could reach him at
8999444
III-You’re going to join the Y and Y Green Group. Write a letter to your
friend to tell him / her about Group activities.
• I / join / Y and Y Green Group
• We / have / environment month.
• We / clean / beaches / the weekend.
• We / plant / trees and flowers / school gardent.
• We / colect / used paper, bottles / cans / earn money / organization.

• I / tell / more about our activities / next letter.
IV-Write 4 sentences about your close friend. Use the following prompts.
Age Characters Address Friends
 My friend’s name is
Hoa…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
*Ask Ss:
+Consolidate all what studied to do the first term test well.
Please contact is Pan Thi Thu Ha of class 8/6 for
information.
2/The School Sport Club
MEETING TO DISCUSS ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF SPORTS TO
YOUR HEALTH
Date:Jan 2
nd
Time: 7.30
Place: Room 201 of class 8C
Please contact Tran Duc Huy of Class 8C for information
THANG LOI DELIVERY SERVICE
Date: June 16
th

Time:After midday
For: Mr Long
Message:Mr Nam called about her stationery order.He want
you to call him. Her telephone number is 8999444
Taken by: Miss Hoa
-Write at home(See the book/page 59)
@Answers:
Hoa is my friend. She is 13 years old. She is tall and thin.
She is sociable and generous. She lives at 45 Nguyen Trai St

with her family. Her best friends are Nga and me.
-Take notes.
Lesson plan- English 8- Prepared by: Huynh Thi Ngoc Trinh
HOANG HOA THAM SECONDARY SCHOOL
• REFLEXION: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
DATE: 20 / 12 / 2007 UNIT 8: COUNTRY LIFE AND CITY LIFE
CLASS: 8

PERIOD 50: SPEAK (Page 73)
I-AIMS: -Students will practise in Present Progressive Tense to describe changes with GET and BECOME.
• Vocabulary:review some adjectives
• Structures: am/is/are + Ving
• Grammar: Present Progressive Tense
II- OBJECTIVES: -By the end of the lesson, students will be able to practice speaking about the changes of a place
III-TEACHING AIDS: books, chalks, sub-boards ,
IV- PROCEDURES:
STAGES/TIMING
FOCUS/SKILLS
TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES
STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES
Warm up (5’)
T-Ss-T/R-S-W
S-T-Ss/R-W-L
Presentation
(Pre-speaking)
(12’)
T-Ss-T/L-S
Word square:
-Ask Ss to find 7 adjectives
E X P E N S I B

O A M D N U V E
U B O I S V E A
I C D R T R O U
Y L E T L L A T
S M R Y H G O I
U O N O I S Y F
B P T F D E L U
-Divide the class into 2 teams.
-Ask Ss to go to the board and circle the word they find.
-The team which circles more words will win the game.
*Set the scene: “Hoa’s grandmother is 78” – Five years ago, she was 73 and she was
stronger than she is now.
-Ask Ss to make a sentence about her health.
+ Hoa’s grandmother is getting weaker.
-Explain the form – use of the Present Progressive Tense.
-Take notes and play games.
-Gine feedback.
@Answers:
-modern – dirty – busy – noisy – tall – expensive –
beautiful
-Take notes.
-Copy down.
-Listen and give feedback.
Lesson plan- English 8- Prepared by: Huynh Thi Ngoc Trinh
HOANG HOA THAM SECONDARY SCHOOL
While speaking
(20’)
S-S-T/S-L-W
Post speaking
(5’)

T-S-T/S-L
Ss-T-Ss/W-S
Homework(3’)
T-Ss-T/R&W
• Form: am/is/are + V-ing
• Use: used to describe changes with “get” and “become”
@Drill: [Prepare six cards of cues]
a-The boys / get / tall
b-The old men / become / weak
c- It / become / dark
d- The weather / get / cold
e- The students / get / better
f- The school yard / become / cleaner
-Model first two cues, the whole class repeat chorally, then some students read out
individially.
-Give a new cue, ask new student to repeat.
-Go on until most of the Ss in class can remember the structure.
@ Ask Ss to look at two pictures on page 73 and talk to their partners about the
changes of the town. The words on the box under the pictures may help students.
-Write the word promps on the board so that students can speak easily.
Eg: Traffic – busy/ modern
Houses – tall / modern / beautiful
Town – noisy / busy / beautiful
Streets – green trees / busy / large / clean
-Get Ss to work in pairs.
-Moniter and help Ss to speak.
@Ask Ss to work in groups and talk about changes in their hometown / neighborhood.
-Call on volunteer from each group to show their ideals before the class. Other groups
can add in their ideals.
@Ask Ss:

+ Write some sentences, using present progressive tense to describe changes in their
school.
-Practise in pairs.
*Answers:
a-The boys are getting taller
b-The old men is becomeing weak
c- It is becoming dark
d- The weather is getting cold
e- The students are getting better
f- The school yard is becoming cleaner
-Give feedback.
-Practise speaking in groups.
-Write
*Possible answers:
• The traffic is getting busier.
• There are more tall buildings and houses.
• The houses are getting more modern.
• The town is becoming more beautiful.
• There are more green trees on the sidewalk.
• The streets are becoming cleaner / larger / noisier.
-Talk about changes in their hometown / neighborhood.
-Give feedback.
-Take notes and copy down.
• REFLEXION: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Lesson plan- English 8- Prepared by: Huynh Thi Ngoc Trinh
HOANG HOA THAM SECONDARY SCHOOL
Lesson plan- English 8- Prepared by: Huynh Thi Ngoc Trinh
HOANG HOA THAM SECONDARY SCHOOL
DATE: 22 / 12 / 2007 UNIT 8: COUNTRY LIFE AND CITY LIFE
CLASS: 8

PERIOD 51 LISTEN (Page 74)
I-AIMS: -Students will practise listening for details to complete the dialogue and Further Practice in Present Progressive Tense
• Vocabulary: /
• Structures: /
• Grammar: /
II- OBJECTIVES: -By the end of the lesson, students will be able to complete the dialogue by listening and Further Practise in Present Continuous to talk
about the future
III-TEACHING AIDS: books, chalks, sub-boards ,
IV- PROCEDURES:
STAGES/TIMING
FOCUS/SKILLS
TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES
STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES
Revision (5’)
T-Ss-T/S-L-W
S-T-Ss/W-S
Warm up(5’)
T-Ss-T/S-L
Presentation
(10’)
T-Ss-T/L-S
@Ask Ss:
+ Write some sentences, using present progressive tense to describe
changes in their school.
Eg: The teachers are getting more and better.
-Ask others to note and correct the mistakes.
-Remark again and give marks.
@Matching:
-Prepare 8 cards with phrases on them.

-Write 8 verbs on the board( play, do, watch , go , clean, have, phone,
speak)
-Divide the class into 2 teams.
-Hand out each team 8 cards.
-Ask Ss to stick the cards with phrases besides the suitable verbs: Eg:
play – table tennis.
@Set the scene: “Aunt Hang is talking to Lan on the phone. She is
coming to visit Lan in Hanoi.”
-Ask Ss to listen to the tape and complete the dialogue on page 74.
-Two Ss go to the board and give feedback.
*Possible Answers:
+ School is getteing more beautiful
+ There are more green trees…
-Others note and correct the mistakes.
-Take notes and matching.
*Answers:
play – table tennis
do – my homework
watch – a program
go – to violin lesson
clean – the house
have – a metting
phone – my aunt, Mrs Hang
speak – to mom
Lesson plan- English 8- Prepared by: Huynh Thi Ngoc Trinh
HOANG HOA THAM SECONDARY SCHOOL
Pre-listening
(3’)
T-Ss-T/S-L
While -listening

(10’)
S-S-T/S-L-W
Post- listening
(10’)
T-S-T/S-L
Ss-T-Ss/W-S
Homework(3’)
T-Ss-T/R&W
-Let Ss listen twice and find out the missing words individually.
-Ask Ss to share their answers with their partners.
*Tape transcript:
Lan: Hello
Aunt Hang : Hello. Is (1)that Lan?
Lan: Yes. Who is (2)this?
Aunt Hang: (3)It’s aunt Hang. How are you?
Lan: I’m fine. (4)Where are you phoning (5)from?
Aunt Hang: Hue. I’m calling to tell you uncle Chi and I are (6)coming
to visit you next(7) week.
Lan: Great! When are you arriving?
Aunt Hang: On (8)Thursday. We’re arriving in Ha noi in the (10)late
(11)afternoon.
Lan: OK.Do you want to (12)speak to (13)my mom?
Aunt Hang: Yes, please.
Lan: Hold on a moment and I’ll (14)get her.
-Call some Ss to practise the dialogue.
* Read the dialouge and then answer the questions:
1.Who make the phone?
2.Who is answering the phone?
3.When will Aunt Hang and Uncle Chi visit Lan’s family?
4. Where do Aunt Hang live?

*Ask Ss:
+ Write 5 sentences, using Present Progressive Tense about what they
are doing next week.
-Take notes.
-Listen and complete the dialogue.
@Answers:
(1)that
(2)this
(3)It’s
(4)Where
(5)from
(6)coming
(7) week.
(8)Thursday
(10)late
(11)afternoon.
(12)speak
(13)my
(14)get
-Give feedback – Practise the dialogue in pairs.
*Answer the questions:
1.Aunt Hang makes the phone.
2.Lan is answering the phone.
3. Aunt Hang and Uncle Chi will visit Lan’s family next week
on Tuesday.
4.Aunt Hang lives in Hue.
-Take notes and copy down.
• REFLEXION: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Lesson plan- English 8- Prepared by: Huynh Thi Ngoc Trinh
HOANG HOA THAM SECONDARY SCHOOL

DATE: 26 / 12 / 2007 PERIOD 49: DO THE FIRST TERM TEST

@ The result of the test.
CLASS STUDENTS < 2 3 - < 5 5 –> 6,5 7->8,5 9-10
8/1
8/2
8/3
Lesson plan- English 8- Prepared by: Huynh Thi Ngoc Trinh
HOANG HOA THAM SECONDARY SCHOOL
DATE: 27 / 12 / 2007 UNIT 8: COUNTRY LIFE AND CITY LIFE
CLASS: 8

PERIOD 52 READ (Page 75)
I-AIMS: -Students will practise reading comprehension about the problem of people from the countryside moving to the city.
• Vocabulary: plentiful(a)[tran] – nature(n)[tran] – rural(a)[expl] – urban(a)[expl-anto] – strain(n)[tran] – typhoon(n)[syno] – drought(n)[expla] –
struggle(v)[tran] – migrant(n)[expl] – increase(v)[tran]
• Structures:the simple present tense.
• Grammar: /
II- OBJECTIVES: -By the end of the lesson, students will be able to understand the text about one of the social problem.
III-TEACHING AIDS: books, chalks, sub-boards ,
IV- PROCEDURES:
STAGES/TIMING
FOCUS/SKILLS
TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES
Revision (5’)
T-Ss-T/S-L-W
S-T-Ss/W-S
Warm up(5’)
T-Ss-T/S-L
Presentation

(5’)
T-Ss-T/L-S
@Ask Ss:
+ Speak and write 5 sentences, using Present Progressive Tense about what
they are doing next week.
Eg: I am going shopping with my mother next week.
I and some friends are playing soccer at school yard next Sunday.
-Ask 2Ss to speak and write.
-Get others to note and correct the mistakes.
-Correct again and give marks.
@Jumbled words:
-Write the words with disordered letters on the board( or use the poster)
+fulentipl – taneru – loofd – roestdy – laputipoon – viroped – suertl –
ciliestiaf
-Divide the class into 2 teams.
-Ask Ss from each team to go to the board and write the correct words.
-The team which is faster with more correct words wins the game.
@New words:
• plentiful(a)[tran] - nature(n)[tran]
• rural(a)[expl] – something deals with the countryside
• urban(a)[expl-anto] - strain(n)[tran]
• typhoon(n)[syno]
• drought(n)[expla] – hot and dry
-Two Ss go to the board and give feedback.
Students’ answers.
-Others note and correct the mistakes.
-Take notes and do.
@Keys:
plentiful – nature – flood – destroy – population – provide – result –
facilities

-Give feedback.
-Take notes and give the meaning of the new words.
Lesson plan- English 8- Prepared by: Huynh Thi Ngoc Trinh
HOANG HOA THAM SECONDARY SCHOOL
Pre-listening
(8’)
T-Ss-T/S-L
While
speaking (10’)
S-S-T/S-L-W
Post
speaking (10’)
T-S-T/S-L
Ss-T-Ss/W-S
Homework
(3’)
T-Ss-T/R&W
• struggle(v)[tran]
• migrant(n)[expl] – a person who moves from one place to another
especially in order to find work)
• increase(v)[tran]
@Brainstorming:
-Ask Ss to think of the difficulties of farmers’ life.
+Difficulties of farmers’ life
Eg: floods….
-Ask Ss to guess how farmers deal with difficulties.
-Get Ss to work in groups to guess.
-Let Ss read the text silently and answer the questions:
“What do many farmers do to solve their problem?”
@Gap-filling:

-Ask Ss to work in pairs to complete summary 1 on page 75, using the
information from the passage.
@Finding the words
-Ask Ss to do exercise 2 on page 75.
-Let them read the text again and work with their partners.
a-of the countryside b-as many as needed
c-become greater or larger d-a great pressure
e-a terrible event f-of the city or city life
*Discussion:
-Give a situation: “If you were a Minister, what would you do for farmers?”
-Ask Ss to work in groups and discuss.
-Ask 4 volunteers from 4 groups to show their ideas before the class.
*Ask Ss:
+ Write 5 things that the Goverments should do for the rural areas.
-Copy down.
-Talk about the difficulties of farmers’ life.
Possible answers:
droughts – the weather – hard word – no vacations – lack of clean
water,electricity – insects destroy harvests – typhoons – get little money…
-Take notes andread the text
-Listen and answer.
Answers: They move to the city so that they can get well-paid jobs.
-Do exercises 1/p75.
Answers: leaving – home – city – rural – city – prolems – schools –
hospitals – problem – world
-Do exercise 2/p75
-Read the text and find out.
Answers:
a-rural b-plentiful
c-increase d-strain

e-tragedy f-urban
-Take notes and work in groups.
*Possible answers:
+Build streets, theaters, stadium in the country.
+Build schools, hospitals…
+Provide clean water, electricity, facilities
+Build factory……
-Take notes and copy down.
• REFLEXION: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Lesson plan- English 8- Prepared by: Huynh Thi Ngoc Trinh
HOANG HOA THAM SECONDARY SCHOOL
DATE: 29 / 12 / 2007 UNIT 8: COUNTRY LIFE AND CITY LIFE
CLASS: 8

PERIOD 53: WRITE (Page 76)
I-AIMS: -Students will practise writing the letters to friends about the neighborhood
• Vocabulary: /
• Structures: /
• Grammar: /
II- OBJECTIVES: -By the end of the lesson, students will be able to write letters to their friends about their neighborhood
III-TEACHING AIDS: books, chalks, sub-boards ,
IV- PROCEDURES:
STAGES/TIMING
FOCUS/SKILLS
TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES
STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES
Revision (5’)
T-Ss-T/S-L-W
S-T-Ss/W-S
Pre-writing

(13’)
T-Ss-T/S-L
*Ask Ss:
+ Write 5 things that the goverments should do for the rural areas.
Eg: I will build schools, hospitals …
-Ask others to note and correct the mistakes.
-Correct again and give marks.
@Ask Ss to look at exercise 1 and put the outline for an informal letter
in the correct order.
-Prepare 6 cards with 6 outlines on them.
-Call 6 Ss to hold them and stand in a random order.
-Ask some other Ss to rearrange them in the correct order.
-Write the answer on the board so that Ss can remember the outline of
a letter.
@Questions:
-Ask Ss to work in pairs to answer the questions in exercise 2 on page
76
-Give feedback.
a-Where do you live?
b-What does your house look like?
-One student goes to the board and give feedback.
*Suggested asnwers:
I will build children’ play area.
I will …
-Others note and correct the mistakes.
-Do exercise 1
1.Heading
• Writer’s address.
• Date
• Dear

2.Opening
3.Body of letter
4.Closing
-Take notes and do exercise 2.
*Answers:
a-I live in a town/ big city / village
b-My house looks very nice / small with 4/5 rooms and a nice/ small
Lesson plan- English 8- Prepared by: Huynh Thi Ngoc Trinh
HOANG HOA THAM SECONDARY SCHOOL
While writing
(15’)
Individual/W
S-S-T/W
Post writing
(10’)
T-S-T/W-S-L
Homework(2’
)
T-Ss-T/R&W
c-What can you see from your bed room window?
d-How far is it from your home to school?
e-What kinds of facilities are there in your neighborhood?
f-What things in your neighborhood do you like best? Why?
@Ask Ss to write letters to friends about their neighborhood.
-Let them write letters individually.
-Ask Ss to compare with their partners and correct if they can.
@Correction – Choose some letters to correct before class ( using
projector if possible)
@Ask Ss:
+ Write their letter( after correction) on their notebook.

garden)
c-From my bedroom window, I can see a small park with many green
trees and colorful flowers.
d-It’s far from my house so I have to ride my bike/ It’s very near so I
walk to school.
e-There is a park/ a swimming pool / some restaurants, a post office /
a library.
f-I like the park best because I can walk with my sisters after dinner /
every morning / I like the library best because I can read many
interesting books, or study or learn how to use the computer there.
-Take notes and write the letter.
*Suggested letter:
(Writer’s letter)
Dear ……….
I live in ______, a small town. My family has a large house with four rooms
and a small garden. My sister and I share one bedroom. From the bedroom
window, I can see a beautiful park with green trees, flowers and a pond. We
don’t live far from my school so I usually walk there.
In my neighborhood, there is a swimming pool and a beautiful park. On the
weekend, I often go swimming with my friends. Early in the morning, I
always jog with my sister around the park. But the thing I like best in my
school. There I not only can study and read books but also watch video and
learn how to use the computer.
Do you have a library like that in your neighborhood ? Is there anything
interesting in the place where you live? Write to me.
I’d like to say goodbye now. I’m looking forwards to hearing from you soon.
(Signature)
-Take notes and copy down.
• REFLEXION: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Lesson plan- English 8- Prepared by: Huynh Thi Ngoc Trinh

HOANG HOA THAM SECONDARY SCHOOL
DATE: 5 / 01 / 2007 UNIT 8: COUNTRY LIFE AND CITY LIFE
CLASS: 8

PERIOD 54 LANGUAGE FOCUS (Page 79)
I-AIMS: -Students will practise in comparative and superlative adjectives .
• Vocabulary:/
• Structures: review the comparative and superlative.
• Grammar:/
II- OBJECTIVES: -By the end of the lesson, students will be able to use comparative and superlative adjectives
III-TEACHING AIDS: books, chalks, sub-boards ,
IV- PROCEDURES:
STAGES/TIMING
FOCUS/SKILLS
TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES
STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES
Practice 1 (10’)
S-S-T/R-S-L
Practice 2 (6’
T-S-T/S-L
Ss-T-Ss/W-S
* Present Pregressive : to talk about the future
@Ask Ss to do exercise 1/p77
-Call on some Ss to practise the dialogues on page 77.
-Give them the shipping information and ask them to make similar
dialogues.
@Ask Ss to use the suitable verbs in the present Progressive Tense
to complete the dialogue in the exercise 2/page 78.
-Get Ss to work in pairs.
-Call some pairs to practise the dialogues before class and teacher

corrects.
*Concept checking:
-Do ex 1/p77
-Practise in pairs.
Eg1: S1:Is the boat to Qui Nhon leaving at 11,30?
S2:Is that Good Fortune?
S1:That’s right.
S2:I’m very sorry. It’s been delayed.
S1:Oh! No.
S2:Now, It’s leaving at 13,55.
Eg2: S1:Is the boat from CaMau arriving at 11,00
S2:Are you talking about Diamond Eyes?
S1:Yes.
S2:It’s arriving on time.
*Answers:
a-am playing d- am going
b-are doing e- are cleaning
c-am watching f- am having
-Take notes – Give feedback.
Lesson plan- English 8- Prepared by: Huynh Thi Ngoc Trinh
HOANG HOA THAM SECONDARY SCHOOL
Practice 3 (8’)
T-S-T/S-L
Ss-T-Ss/W-S
Practice 4(9’
T-S-T/S-L
Ss-T-Ss/W-S
-What tense do we use in 6 dialogues?
-What is the form?
-Look at the adverbs of time in the dialogues. Are they at present

or in the future?
Present progressive tense is used to talk about the future
Explain the form – use of the Present Progressive Tense.
• Form: am/is/are + V-ing
• Use: used to describe changes with “get” and “become”
@Drill: [Prepare six cards of cues]
a-The boys / get / tall
b-The old men / become / weak
c- It / become / dark
d- The weather / get / cold
e- The students / get / better
f- The school yard / become / cleaner
-Model first two cues, the whole class repeat chorally, then some
students read out individially.
-Give a new cue, ask new student to repeat.
-Go on until most of the Ss in class can remember the structure.
*Brainstorming:
-Ask Ss to find out short adjectives and long adjectives they have
learnt.
-Divide the class into 2 teams.
-Get Ss to go to the board and write the adjectives.
Long adjectives - short adjectives
@Remind Ss of the forms of comparative and superlative
adjectives.
• Comparative:
@Answers:
-Present Progressive Tense
-am/ is/ are + V –ing
-in the future
-Practise in pairs.

*Answers:
a-The boys are getting taller
b-The old men is becomeing weak
c- It is becoming dark
d- The weather is getting cold
e- The students are getting better
f- The school yard is becoming cleaner
-Take notes and find out.
@Answers:
-accessible -busy
-beautiful -easy
-convenient -cheap
-difficult -good
-intelligent -bad
-comfortable -poor
-delicious -fresh
-peaceful -small
-Take notes and remind the form.
Lesson plan- English 8- Prepared by: Huynh Thi Ngoc Trinh
HOANG HOA THAM SECONDARY SCHOOL
Practice 5(10’)
T-S-T/S-L
Ss-T-Ss/W-S
Short Adjective _ER + than
More long Adjective + than
• Superlative:
The + short Adjective _ EST
The most + long Adjective
• Irregular adjectives:
Good/well – better – the best

Bad – worse – the worst
Many/much – more – the most
Little – less – the least
Far – further/farther – futhest/ farthest
-Ask Ss to do exercise 4/p79. They have to work in pairs to make
comparisons between the city and the country about: Food, traffic,
transport, air, entertainment, medical facilities, schools, electricity
with the adjectives: easy-expensive-cheap-good-bad-poor-big-
accessible-fresh.
Examples.
a-The air in the country is fresher than in the city.
b-The medical facilities in the city are more accessible than in the
country.
-Move around the class and help the Ss write comparison
sentences.
-Let each student read aloud one of the sentences they have made.
-Let Ss make any sentences they want, only focus on the
structures, not on the meaning.
@Ask Ss to do exercise 5/p79.
-Ask Ss to read the advertisement then ask them some questions to
check their understanding.
+ What are advertised?
+ How old are they?
+ How much do we pay per month?
-Take notes and copy down.
-Do ex4/p79 in pairs.
@Answers:
*Possible answers:
a-The food in the city is more expensive than in the country.
b-The school in the city is bigger than in the country.

c-Electricity in the city is better than in the country.
d-The entertainment in the country is poorer than in the city.
e-The traffic in the city is busier than in the country.
f-The transport in the country is worse than in the city.
g-…
-Give feedback.
*Do Ex5/79
-Take notes and answer the questions.
@Answers:
+ [an apartment, a villa and a house]
+ [The apartment is 2 years old, the villa is 5 years old and the
house is new]
+ [900,000 dong for the apartment; 6,6 million dong for the house;
and 7,8 million for the villa]
*Possible answers:
a-The villa is older than the apartment.
Lesson plan- English 8- Prepared by: Huynh Thi Ngoc Trinh
HOANG HOA THAM SECONDARY SCHOOL
Homework(2’)
T-Ss-T/R&W
@Divide the class into 2 teams and ask them to play the game
Noughts and Crosses. One team is Noughts(o) and the other is
Crosses(x)
-Two teams choose the words in the boxes in turns. Then use the
comparative or superlative. If the sentence is correct, they will get
one mark.
-The team which has 3 Noughts or 3 Crosses on a line will win the
game.
-Draw this chart on the board and the game begins.
1

old
2
expensive
3
big
4
small
5
new
6
hot
7
mordern
8
beautiful
9
cheap
-Ss can make more sentences.
*Ask Ss:
+ Write 5 sentences comparing their house with their neighbors’.
b-The house is more expensive than the apartment.
c-The villa is bigger than the apartment.
d-The apartment is smaller than the villa.
e-The apartment is hotter than the house.
f-The house is the biggest.
g-The villa is the most beautiful.
h-The apartment is older than the house.
-Play games in groups.
-Take notes and copy down.
• REFLEXION: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Lesson plan- English 8- Prepared by: Huynh Thi Ngoc Trinh