E.8-UNIT 12(74-79)

DATE: 02 /03 / 2008 UNIT 12: A VACATION ABROAD
CLASS: 8 PERIOD 73 : GETTING STARTED & LISTEN AND READ (Page 72-73)
I-AIMS:
• Vocabulary: include (v)[trans.] – come over (v)[explan.] – pick SO up(v) [explan.] – aboard(adv)[explan.]
• Structures: the invitation
• Grammar: the simple tense
II- OBJECTIVES: -By the end of the lesson, students will be able to be aware of how to make, accept and decline invitations.
III-TEACHING AIDS: books, chalks, sub-boards .
IV- PROCEDURES:
STAGES/TIM
ING
FOCUS/SKIL
LS
TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES
Warm up (5’)
T-Ss/S-L
S-S/S-L
@GETTING STARTED
Guessing Game:
-Show the photocopied pictures to Ss; one by one, and Ask Ss to
guess what country it is.
-Ask if they know what 3 first pictures are.
-Ask Ss to give feedback – Correct.
-Take notes and play games.
@Answers:
a.The USA b. Australia c.Thailand
d.Britain e.Canada f.Japan
a. The United States of America – Statue of Liberty
b. Australia – The Opera House.
c. Thailand – The temple of Wat Arun in Bangkok,
Thailand.

-Give feedback and correct.
Presentation
(5’)
T-Ss-T/S-L
@Set the sense: -Ask Ss some questions.
+ Do you like traveling around the world?
+ Where do you want to visit among these countries?
@Chatting: -Ask Ss to practise asking and answering the
questions
S1: Which country do you want?
S2: I’d like to visit Australia.
S1: Why?
S2: Because Australian people are frienly
-Suggest some information to help Ss know.
[The United States of America – American *Washington D.C]
-Take notes – Listen and answer the questions.
+Yes, I do ? No, I don’t.
+ I want to visit The United States of America…
-Practise asking and answering the questions.
(work in pairs)
-Give feedback – correct the mistakes.

– [ Thailand - Thai *Bangkok] – [Canada – Canadian *
Ottawa] – [Japan – Japanese *Tokyo] – Australia – Australian
*Canberra] – [Britain – British *London]
-Call some Ss to give feedback - correct.
Pre-
reading(5’)
T-Ss-T/S-L
S-T-Ss/S-L

LISTEN AND READ
I-Pre-teach Vocabulary
-Elicit words from Ss.
+include(v)[tran]
+come over(v)[explan] – to come to someone’s house to visit
for a short time.
+pick (someone) up(v)[explan] – to come and get someone in
your car to drive him/her to a place.
+aboard(adv) = in a foreign country. – to be/ go / travel / live
aboard
-Get Ss to copy.
@Checking: Rub Out and Remember
II-True or False Prediction.
@Set the scene: - Mrs Quyen is going to the USA for a
vacation. She is ringing her friend, Mrs Smith, to tell her about
the trip.
-Put the chart on the board and ask Ss to read the statements.
1-Mrs Quyen is calling Mrs Smith from the airport in San
Francisco.
2-Mrs Smith invite Mrs Quyen and her husband to stay with her
while they are in town.
3-Mrs Quyen doesn’t accept Mrs Smith’s invitation because she
wants to stay with a Vietnamese friend of hers.
4-Mrs Quyen and her husband will be in the USA for three
days.
5-Mrs Quyen and her husband will come over to Mrs Smith’s
place for dinner one night.
6-Mr Thanh; Mrs Quyen’s husband, goes aboard for a business
-Take notes.
-Give the new words.

-Give the meaning of the words.
-Listen and repeat.
-Practise.
-Take notes and guess which statement is true or
false.
-Work in groups and give feedback.
[ Give the predictions]

meeting.
-Ask Ss to work in pairs to decide if the statements are true or
false.
-Get Ss to give their answers and write them on the board.
While-
reading(10’)
T-Ss/R-L-R
S-T/R-W
-Have Ss open their books, listen to the tape while reading the
dialogue on page 112.
-Call on some Ss to correct the false statements.
@Grid:-Draw the grid on the board and have copy it.
-Ask Ss to open their books and read the dialogue.
-Ask Ss to work in pairs to complete Mrs Quyen’s schedule with
the information taken from the dialogue.
-Call on some Ss to go the board to write the information in the
grid on the board.
-Ask Ss to give feedback – correct.
-Have Ss copy.
@Comprehension Questions:
-Ask Ss to look at their books and answer the questions on page
113.

-Let Ss compare their answers with their partners.
-Call on some Ss to answe.
-Give feedback and correct.
Questions:
a-Will Mrs Quyen and her husband stay at Mrs Smith’s house?
Why? – Why not?
b-Will Mrs Quyen’s husband have dinner with the Smith? Why
(not)?
-Read the dialogue and check the statements.
@Keys:
1-FalseMrs Quyen is calling Mrs Smith from
Hanoi.
2-True 4-True 6-True.
3- Falsebecause her accommadation is inclued in
her ticket price.
-Take notes – read the dialogue and complete the
grid.
@Keys:
DATE SCHEDULE
Monday 25
th
Comimg to San
Francisco.
Tuesday 26
th
Going out
Wednesday 27
th
Having dinner with the
Smiths

Thursday 28
th
Leaving San Francisco
-Give feedback – correct.
-Take notes and answer the questions.
-Work in groups – Give feedback on sub boards.
@Keys:
a-No, they won’t. Because they are coming on a
tour and their accommadation is included in the
ticket price, so they will stay at a hotel.
b-No, he won’t. Because he will have a business
meeting in the evening.(that day)
c-Mrs Smith will pick her up at her hotel.

c-How will Mrs Quyen go to Mrs Smith’s house? -Give feedback and correct.

Post –reading
(10’)
T-Ss-T
S-S-T/S-L-W
@Grammar Awareness
-Tell Ss to read the dialogue again and pick out the statements
indicating the following situations.
1-Making an invitation.
2-Accepting an invitation
3-Declining an invitation.
4-Making a complaint.
-Call on Ss to give their answers and have Ss copy.
-Give feedback – correct.
-Take notes.

-Pick out the statements indicating the following
situations.
@Keys:
1-Making an invitation.
“Would you like to come and saty with us while
you’re in town?”
2-Accepting an invitation.
“Yes, we’d love to but we’ll only be in town for
three nights. We leave on the 28
th
.”
3-Declining an invitation:
“That’s very kind of you, but we’re coming on a
tour. Our accommodation is included in the ticket
price.”
4-Making a complaint.
“On dear. He’s always working”
-Givefeedback on sub-boards – correct.
Homework
(2’)
T-Ss/R-W
@Ask Ss: + Do exercises 1-2 into the notebook.
+ Make the sentence for each situations above.
+ Do exercises on workbook.
-Take notes and copy down.
REFLEXION: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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DATE: 04 / 03 / 2008 UNIT 12: A VACATION ABROAD
CLASS: 8 PERIOD 74 : SPEAK + LISTEN (Page 113-114)

I-AIMS:
• Vocabulary: itinerary(n)[tran] – gallery(n)[pic-tran] – via(pre) - brochure(n)
• Structures: Making plans using tourist brochures and flight information
• Grammar: wil/ shall , should
II- OBJECTIVES: -By the end of the lesson, students will be able to talk about their plans for a trip abroad.
III-TEACHING AIDS: books, chalks, sub-boards ,
IV- PROCEDURES:
STAGES/TIMIN
G
FOCUS/SKILLS
TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES
Revision(5’)
T-Ss/S-L
Individual/R-W
-Ask Ss to read and complete the information about the dialogue
between Mrs Quyen and Mrs Smith.
@Complete the missing information:
1-Mrs Quyen is calling Mrs Smith from ______
2-Mrs Smith invites Mrs Quyen and her husband to ______while they
are in town.
3-Mrs Quyen doesn’t accept Mrs Smith’s invitation because
___________
4-Mrs Quyen and her husband will be in the USA for________.
5-Mrs Quyen and will _________to Mrs Smith’s place for dinner one
night.
6-Mr Thanh; Mrs Quyen’s husband, goes aboard for ________.
-Ask others to notice and correct.
-Remark again and give marks.
-Go to the board and give feedback.
-Read and complete.

@Keys:
1 – Hanoi
2 – saty with her
3 – she is coming on a tour and her
accommodation is included in the ticket price.
4 – three nights.
5 – come over.
6 – a business meeting.
-Others notice and correct the mistakes.
Presentation(5’)
T-Ss-T/S-L
@Pre-teach vocab.
*itinerary(n)[tran] – a plan for a journey including the route and the
places you see.
*gallery(n)[pic-tran]
*via(pre)[tran] – through a place
0*brochure(n)[tran] – travel brochure
-Take notes – copy down.
-Give the meaning of the words.
-Listen and repeat.
-Practice.

-0Guide Ss to read Voacb.
-Practice.
@Matching:
-Show the photocopied tables (p113-114) on the right of the board
randomly and ask Ss to match them with the right titles on the left.(Work
in pairs)
-Write the titles.
1-Itinerary 2-Fight information

3-Hotel advertisement 4-Travel brochure
-Call on some Ss to draw the lines to match the tables with the titles.
-Take notes – Work in pairs.
-Give feedback
@Keys:
Itinerary Flight information
Hotel advertisement Travel brochure
-Go to the board and draw – correct.
While-speaking
(10)
T-Ss-T/S-L
Tell me about:
-Leave the tables on the board and ask Ss to look at them.
-Go through the tables and ask some questions for information about the
fights, accommodation and tourist places.
@For the flight information.
+ How many fights a week can you take from Los Angeles to Boston?
+ Which flight can you take every day of the week?
@For the hotel advertisement table.
+ Which of the hotel is cheaper?
+ How much is a double room in Revere Hotel? – How about Atlantic
Hotel?
@For the travel brochure.
+ Where can you visit?
-Listen and answer the questions – correct the mistakes.
Mapped Dialogue:
-Set the scene: These people are making a plan for their trip from Los
Angeles to Boston. Let’s do it with them.
-Put the mapped dialogue chart on the board.
-Elicit the exchanges and have Ss practise each exchange.

-Ask a good pairs to demonstrate the whole dialogue.
 + Where shall we stay? 
+ Where should we visit?
+ What time should we leave Los Angeles?
-Take notes.
-Look at the tables – Listen and answer the
questions.
@Keys:
+There are ten flights a week.
+It’s the flight on Monday.
+Atlantic is cheaper.
+From $150-$180 in Revere Hotel (rates per
night) / From $60-$100 in Atlantic Hotel.
+Paul Revere’s house.
Boston University and Harvard Medical School.
Museum and art galleries.
Delicious seafood
-Take notes and listen.
-Put the mapped dialogue – Practise.

@Open pairs:
-Ask some pairs to demonstrate the dialogue.
@Closed pairs:
-Ask Ss to work in pairs, replacing the information using the tables.
-Monitor and correct.
-Give feedback the dialogue in front of class.
 -The Revere Hotel is expensive but it has a
gym.
- I think we should visit Havard Medical
School , the Museum and Art Galleres.

- There’s a daily flight at 10 a.m, would that
be OK?
-Practise in open pairs / closed pairs.
-Correct.
Post-speaking
(5‘)
T-Ss-T/S-L
@Transformation
-Ask Ss to make a plan for their coming summer holiday by filling the
information in their itinerary.
Eg: Depart [ Cam Ranh] : _______________
Arrive [Ho Chi Minh] : ______________
Accomodation:_____________________
Sightseeing: _______________________
Depart [Ho chi Minh]: _______________
-Call on some pairs to demonstrate their plans for the class.
-Give feedback and correct.
-Take notes and give the itinerary about the plans.
-Discuss in pairs.
-Give feedback.
-Correct.
-Take notes and correct on notebooks.
Homework
(2’)
T-Ss/R-W
@Ask Ss:
+ Write your itinerary into your notebooks.
+ Do exercises 3-4/p72 in workbook.
-Take notes and copy down.
REFLEXION: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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DATE: Monday, March 12
th
, 2007 UNIT 12: A VACATUON ABROAD
CLASS: 8 PERIOD 76 : LISTEN (Page115 )
I-AIMS:
• Vocabulary: review the words about the weather and temperature
• Structures: What’s the weather like in ____ today? _ It will be cold … / How about the temperature? _The low will be __ and the high will be
__
• Grammar: The simple tenses
II- OBJECTIVES: -By the end of the lesson, students will be able to practice in listening to the weather forecast for information about the weather
in big cities in the world.
III-TEACHING AIDS: books, chalks, sub-boards ,
IV- PROCEDURES:
STAGES/TI
MING
FOCUS/SKI
LLS
TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES NOTES (for
reflexion)
Revision
(5‘)
T-Ss-T
-Ask Ss to make a plan for their coming summer holiday by
filling the information in their itinerary.
• Depart:______________
• Arrive:______________
• Accommodation: ___________________
• Sightseeing: _______________________

• Depart:___________________________
-Call on some pairs to demonstrate their plans.
-Pairwork.
-Take notes and give feedback.
@Keys:
S1: Where shall we stay?
S2: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
S1:Where should we visit?
S2: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
S1:What time should we leave?
Well
prepared

-Ask others to notice and correct.
-Remark again and give mark.
S2: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
-Others notice and correct the mistakes.
Pre-listening
(10’)
T-Ss-T/S-L
@Brainstorm:
-Write the topic on the board.
-Ask Ss to find the words related to the topic.
-Collect Ss’ words and write them on the board.
*Words related to the weather forecast.
@Present new words.
-degree(n)[ex-tran]
-centigrade(n)[tran-exa]
-minus(adv)[exa-tran]
@Chatting:

-Ask Ss some questions to lead in the lesson.
-Suggestion:
1-Have you ever listened to the weather forecast?
2-Where do you listen to it?
3-What does it often tell you about?
4-Do you think it’s necessary to listen to the weather
forecast? Why / Why not?
-Take notes and give feedback.
@Keys:
*Words related to the weather forecast.
Cloudy – rainy – sunny – snowy – windy – stormy
– cold – hot – warm – cool – fine – dry – wet –
lightning
Degree – Centigrade – Fahrenheit – minus
-Give feedback.
-Take notes and answer the questions.
@Keys:
1-Yes. I have ever listen to it.
2-I listen to it on TV or on the radio.
3-It often tell us about the weather and
temperature.
4-Yes, I do. Because Thank to the weather
forecast , we know how the weather is today or
tomorrow.
Well done
Active

While-
listenin
g

(15’)
@Gap fill:
-Put the gap-fill table on the board and has Ss copy in their
notebooks.
-Tell Ss they are going to listen to the weather forecast
about the cities in the table and have to fill in the gaps with
the information they hear.
City Weather Temperature
Low High
1-Sydney Dry – windy 26
2-Tokyo 15
3-London - Cold
4-Bangkok Warm –
5-New York 15
6-Paris 10
-Play the tape 2 or 3 times.
-Tell Ss to work in pairs to compare their answer.
-Get Ss to give their answers and correct.
-Take notes.
-Listen and complete the information they hear.
@Keys:
City Weather Temperature
Low High
1-Sydney Dry – windy
20
26
2-Tokyo
Dry - windy
15
22

3-London
humid -
Cold
-3 7
4-Bangkok
Warm –
dry
24 32
5-New
York
Windy-
cloudy
8
15
6-Paris
Cool-dry
10
16
-Give feedback – correct.
Rather good
Some active
Post-listening
(13’)
T-Ss/S-L
S-S/S-L
Ss-T/S-L
@Roleplay:
-Have Ss ask and answer the questions about the weather
and temperature using the information in the table.
-Model, using a good student.

-Write the exchanges on the board.
Eg: A: What’s the weather like in Sydney today?
B: It’ll be dry and windy.
A: How about the temperature?
B: The low will be 20 degree Centigrade and the high
will be 26 degree Centigrade.
-Practise in pairs – Give feedback – Correct.
-Take notes – ask the questions – answer.
-Practise in pairs – [open pairs] – [close pairs]
-Take notes examples. – read out.
Eg: A: What’s the weather like in Sydney today?
B: It’ll be dry and windy.
A: How about the temperature?
B: The low will be 20 degree Centigrade and
the high will be 26 degree Centigrade.
-Give feedback and correct.
Well done
Active-
Enough time
Homework
(2’)
T-Ss/R-W
@Ask Ss:
+ Practice vocabulary about the weather.
+See the weather forecast on TV and Write down how the
weather is today. +Do exercises in workbook.
-Take notes and copy down.
Enough time
Active

REFLEXION: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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DATE: 06 / 03 / 2008 UNIT 12: A VACATION ABROAD
CLASS: 8 PERIOD 75 : READ (Page 116-117)
I-AIMS:
• Vocabulary: volcano(n) – lava(n) – pour out(v) – carve(v) – be situated(v) – overhead(adv)
• Structures: /
• Grammar: Simple past tense – simple present tense.
II- OBJECTIVES: -By the end of the lesson, students will be able to obtain some knowledge about some scenic sports in the USA.
III-TEACHING AIDS: books, chalks, sub-boards ,
IV- PROCEDURES:
STAGES/TIMIN
G
FOCUS/SKILLS
TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES
Revision(5’)
T-Ss-T/S-L
-Ask Ss to talk about the weather reports on TV.(at home)
-Have Ss write the report on the board.
-Others notite and compare with their report – correct the mistakes.
-Ss go to the board – talk about the weather report.
-Write on the board.
-Others notice and correct the mistakes.
Pre-reading
(15’)
T-SS-T/S-L
Ss-T/S-L-W
S-S-T/R-S-L
@Guessing:

-Take 5 pictures in book / p116-117 out – Guess where it is.(work in pairs)
-Let Ss discuss and give feedback.
@Present new words:
volcano(n)[pis-draw] -lava(n)[pic-draw]
pour out(v)[pic-draw] -carve(v)[exam-tran]
be situated(v)[tran]
overhead(v) = above your head
-Guide Ss to read the vocab.
-Let Ss practise – correct the pronunciation.
Checking: -Ordering
-Write the vocabulary on the board randomly.
-Have Ss copy the words into their exercise notebooks.
-Read the paragraph aloud.
“Mrs Quyen & her husband visited many places of interest in the USA
while they were there. First they _________at Waikiki Beach ________on
the Hawaiian _______of Oahu. There they could see the _______of the
Kilawea ______when they flew______. They also saw the heads of 4
-Take notes and guess where they visited.
-Give the feedback – Correct.
@Keys: Hawaii – San Francisco – Moun Rushmore
– Chicago – New York.
-Take notes and take the new words out.
-Copy down.
-Give the meaning of the words.
-Listen and repeat.
-Practise vocab.
-Take notes and complete.(work in groups)
@Keys:
“Mrs Quyen & her husband visited many places of
interest in the USA while they were there. First they

went swimming at Waikiki Beach situated on the
Hawaiian Island of Oahu. There they could see the

American Presidents ______into the rock of Mount Rushmore…”
-Get Ss to compare their answers with their partners.
-Ask Ss to give their answers & read the text again to correct.
lava pouring out of the Kilawea Volcano when
they flew overhead. They also saw the heads of 4
American Presidents carved into the rock of Mount
Rushmore…”
-Give feedback and read out aloud.

While
reading
(10’)
T-Ss-T/R-W-
S
@Grid:
-Draw the grid on the sub-board.
-Ask Ss to copy the grid in their notebooks.
Place What she did and saw.
a.Hawaii
b.New York
c.Chicago
d.Mount
Rushmore
e.San Francisco
-went swimming, visited Kilauea
Volcano.
-Ask Ss to read the postcards from Mrs Quyen to her children and fill in

the gaps with the information taken from them.
-Call on some Ss to go to the board & write the information in the grid on
the board.
-Give feedback & correct.
-Take notes – look at the grid.
-Read four postcards and complete.
@Keys:
Place What she did and saw.
a.Hawaii
b.New York
c.Chicago
d.Mount
Rushmore
e.San
Francisco
-went swimming, visited
Kilauea Volcano.
-went shopping, bought lots of
souvenir.
-saw Lake Michigant.
-saw the heads of four
American presidents.
-visited Fisherman’s Wharf, the
Napa Valley wine-growing
area and the Alcatraz prison.
-Give feedback – correct.
Post-reading
(13’)
T-Ss/S-L
S-S-T/R-S-W

Homework
(2’)
T-Ss/R-W
@Comprehension questions
-Ask Ss to look at the questions on p/118 & answer the questions.
-Tell them to compare their answers with their partners.
-Call on some pairs to give their answers & give feedback.
@Ask Ss:
+Write the answers into your notebook.[Read1-2]
+Do exercises 2-3 of Unit 12 in workbook.
+Practise reading and writing the vocabulary.
-Take notes – answer the questions in pairs.
@Keys:
a.She went there by plane.
b.She saw the famous prison on the island of
Alcatraz.
c.It is a mount where the heads of four American
presidents are carved into the rock: ( and it can be
seen from more than 100 kilometers away.
-Give feedback – correct the mistakes.
-Take notes and copy down.

DATE: 08 / 03 / 2008 UNIT 12: A VACATION ABROAD
CLASS: 8 PERIOD 76 : WRITE (Page 118 )
I-AIMS:
• Vocabulary: review the vocabulary in last lessons.
• Structures: The form of a postcard.
• Grammar: The simple tenses.
II- OBJECTIVES: -By the end of the lesson, students will be able to write postcard to their friends about their trip.
III-TEACHING AIDS: books, chalks, sub-boards ,

IV- PROCEDURES:
STAGES/TIMIN
G
FOCUS/SKILLS
TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES

Warm up
(8’)
T-Ss-S/S-L
@Lucky numbers:
-Write the numbers on the board(1-10)
-Tell Ss each number is for a question but 4 of them are lucky numbers
.For a lucky number, Ss will get 2 points.
-Ask Ss to answer briefly.
@Questions:
1-Where did Mrs Quyen & her husband spend their holiday?
2-Lucky number
3-What did they see on Mount Rushmore?
4-Who did they visit when they were in the USA?
5-Lucky number. 7-Lucky number. 10-Lucky number
6-What did Mrs Quyen do while her husband was visiting the Statue of
Liberty?
8-What did Mrs Quyen buy?
9-What did she send to her children from the USA?
-Remark.
-Take notes - divide class into 2 teams.
-Choose the number and answer the questions.
-Discuss in groups and give feedback.
@Keys:
1-In the USA

3-The heads of four American Presidents carved into the
rock.
4-The Smiths.
6-She went shopping.
8-Bought a lots souvenirs.
9-Poscards.
Pre-writing
(10’)
T-Ss/S-L
S-S/R-S-L
@Gap-fill:
-Set the scene: _ From the USA Mrs Quyen sent a postcard to her
friend Sally to tell her about the trip.
-Ask Ss to look at the postcard on page 118 and complete the gaps
with the appropriate words.
-Call on some Ss to go to the board & write the words they guess.
-Give feedback – correct.
@Grid:
-Write the topic on the board.
*Information needed to write a postcard.
-Ask Ss to look at part 2(p118).
-Go through the instructions by using questions.
Eg: What do youwrite about the place?
What do you write about the weather?
-Draw the grid on the sub-board.
-Let Ss copy the grid.
-Ask Ss to read the postcard(write 1) again and fill in the gaps with the
-Take notes.
-Look at the book – complete.
@Keys:

1 – in 2 – people 3 – weather
4 – visited 5 – her 6 – nice/ lovely
7 – bought 8 – for 9 – heaviness
10 – soon
-Feedback – correct.
-Take notes – give feedback.
-Listen and answer the questions.
 Nmae of places.
 The weather is warm …
-Take notes.
-Read the postcard (write 1) – complete the grid.
@Keys:
Necessary
information for a

sentences showing the information on the left.
-Call on some Ss to go to the board and write their answers in the grid.
-Give feedback – correct.
-Ask Ss to write the grid in their notebooks.
Necessary information for
a postcard.
Place
How you feel about the
people.
Weather
Who you meet/ visit.
What you see
What you buy
postcard.
Place We’re having a wonderful

time in the USA.
How you feel about
the people.
The people are friendly.
Weather The weather has been
warm &sunny.
Who you meet/
visit.
In San Francisco, I visited
my friend, Sandra Smith.
What you see No information
What you buy I bought lots of souvenir.
-Feedback – correct.
While-
writing
(10’)
S-S/W
Ss-T/W-R-S
Write
@Set the scene:[Imagine you are a tourist on vacation in a certain
place/ city in Vietnam. Write a postcard to a friend about your trip,
using the information in the grid]
@Writing
-Tell Ss to write the postcard on the sub-board(work in groups)
-Monitor and assist Ss with their writing.
-Take notes.
-Work in groups – write the postcard.
-Discuss – write well.
Post-writing
(10’)

T-Ss-T/R-R-S
@Exhibition
-Call on some Ss to the front of the class and ask them to read their
postcards to the whole class.
-Give feedback and correct.
-Hang the writing of each groups on the board.
-Correct the mistakes
-Copy down.
Homework
(2’)
T-Ss/R-W
@Ask Ss :
+ Write your postcard in your notebook.
+Do the exercises of Unit 12 on workbook.
-Take notes and copy down.
REFLEXION: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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DATE: 10 / 03 / 2008 UNIT 12: A VACATION ABROAD
CLASS: 8 PERIOD 77 : LANGUAGE FOCUS (Page 119-120)
I-AIMS:
• Vocabulary:-review words studied.
• Structures: Past progressive with When and while. – Progressive tenses with always.
• Grammar: The Progressive tenses. [ V + tobe + V-ing.]
II- OBJECTIVES: -By the end of the lesson, students will be able to talk about activities using the Present and Past progressive tenses.
III-TEACHING AIDS: books, chalks, sub-boards ,
IV- PROCEDURES:
STAGES/TI
MING
FOCUS/SKI

LLS
TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES
Revision
(5’)
T-Ss-T
Individual/W
-Ask Ss to write the postcard. [exercise 2/p118 – at home]
@Write a postcard to a friend about your trip.
-Ask others to notice and correct the mistakes.
-Remark again and give marks.
-Two Ss write the postcard on the board.
[Ss’ postcards]
-Others notice and correct.
Warm up
(5’)
T-Ss-T/S-L
Ss-T/S-L
@Memory game:
-Divide the class inti 2 teams.
-Ask the first student in one group to say a simple sentence.
-Ask the first student in the other group repeat the previous sentence and
add one new sentence of his/ her own.
-Go on until the last student cannot repeat the whole sentences and his or
her team loses the game.
-Divide into 2 teams.
-Take notes and play games.
Presentation
(10’)
T-Ss/S-L
@Language focus 1

I-Ordering pictures:
-Ask Ss to look at the pictures on page 119(LF 1) carefully.
-Tell Ss to listen and number the pictures.
-Read the verbs aloud.
1-walk with a dog. 2-eat dinner
3-take a shower 4-talk to Gradma
5-read a comic 6-write a letter
-Call on some Ss to give their answers.
-Take notes.
-Listen and number the pictures.
@Keys:
a – 2
b – 2
c – 5
d – 6
e – 1

S-Ss-T/S-L
Practise
T-Ss/S-L
S-S-T/S-L
-Give feedback and correct.
II-Teaching grammar
-Set the scene: “Look at the pictures a _What was Ba doing at 8 o’clock
last night?
-Elicit the answer from Ss, get Ss to repeat and write the sentence on the
board.
-Continue to picture f – With the same steps.
“What were Lan and her Grandma doing at that time?
*Model sentences:

Ba was talking a shower at 8 o’clock last night.
They were talking to each other at that time.
*Concept check: Past progressive tense:
Form: S + was/were + V-ing
Use: To indicate an action that was in progress at a point of time in the
past.
-Let Ss copy.
III-Word-cue Drill
-Show the cardboards and go through the verbs.
1-Ba/ take a shower 2-Hoa/have dinner
3-Bao/read a comic 4-Nga/write a letter
5-Na/walk with her dog
6-Lan and her Grandma/ talk to each other
-Model the first sentence and have Ss repeat.
-Ask the whole class work through the rest of the cues.
-Call on some Ss to go to the board and write the snetences.
f – 4
-Give feedback.
-Take notes.
-Listen and answer the questions.
-Take notes and copy down.
-Copy down.
-Practise – work in pairs.
@Keys:
1-Ba was taking a shower.
2-Hoa was having dinner.
3-Bao was reading a comic.
4-Nga was writing a letter.
5-Na was walking with her dog.
6-Lan and her Grandma were talking to each other.

-Give feedback – correct.

Presentation
(13’)
T-Ss/S-L
Practice
S-S-T/S-L
@Language focus 2
-Ask Ss to look at the pictures on page 119 and do the matching on page
120.
-Call on some Ss to give their answers.
II-Teaching Grammar
-Elicit the model sentences by asking the questions:
1-What was the Le family doing when the mailman came?
2-What happened while Nga was eating?
*Model sentence:
The Le family was sleeping when the mailman came.
Past continuous/ past simple
The phone rang while Nga eating.
Past simple/ Past continuous
*Concept check:
Form: Main clause / conjunction / Adv clause
Past continuous / when / past simple
Past simple / while / Past continuous
Use: Sequense of tenses: An action was taking place in the past when
another action took place.
-Get Ss to copy.
III-Picture drill:
-Put the photocopied pictures on the board in the order of the word cues.
-Model the first sentence and have Ss repeat.

+ The Le family was sleeping when the mailman came.
-Ask Ss to work through the rest of the cues.
@Picture
a-The Le family / sleep
b-Hoa / eat dinner
c-Nam / win the race
d-Mrs Thoa ‘ cook
e-Lan / arrive at school
f-It/ rain
-Take notes.
-Look at the pictures and do matching.
@Keys:
a – C , b – F , c – E , d – B , f – A
-Give feedback.
-Take notes and copy down.
-Take notes.
-Take note and copy down.
-Practise in pairs.
-Do exercises
@Keys:
a-The Le family was sleeping when the mailman
came.
b-While Hoa was eating, the bell rang.
c- …

Presentation
(10’)
T-Ss-T/S-L
Practice
T-Ss

Ss-T/S-L
@Language focus 3
I-Set the scene:
-Elicit the model from Ss, using Vietnamese.
-Have Ss repeat and write the sentence on the board.
*Model sentences:
Bao is always forgetting his homework.
Form: S + is/are/am + always + V-ing.
Use: to express a complaint.
-Have Ss copy.
II-Picture Drill
-Ask Ss to look at the picture.
-Model the first picture and have Ss repeat.
-Ask Ss to work through the rest of the pictures.
-Call on some Ss to go to the board to write the sentences.
-Take notes.
-Listen and repeat.
-Take notes and copy down.
-Practise.
-Look the pictures – practise in pairs.
-Give feedback and correct.
Homework
(2’)
T-Ss/S-R
@Ask Ss:
+Do exercises LF 1-2-3 into notebook – remember Grammar.
+Do exercises of unit 12 in workbook.
-Take notes and copy down.
REFLEXION: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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