Unit 14 Wonders of the world

Hoi Son Secondary School Lesson plan English 8
Date of preparation: 22/03/2010
Date of teaching: 23/03/2010
Period 83: Unit 14: Wonders of the world
Lesson 1: Getting started.
Listen and read.
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*) Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to seek information
about a language game to complete the summary.
*) Language focus: - Vocabulary: wonder, guess, pyramid, clue.
- Grammar / Structure: Question words + to V.
*) Language skills: listening, reading.
*) Teaching aids: text book, pictures.
*) Teaching procedure:
Stages Teacher's activities Student's activities
Warm-up
- Asks students some questions
about some places of interest in
Vie Nam and in the world.
“ In unit 12 you have learnt many
interesting places in Viet nam. Can
you tell me some places of interest
in Viet Nam?”
*Chatting:
- Tell some places of interest in Viet
nam and in the world.
+ Ha Long Bay
+ Hoi An ancient City
+ Nha Rong Habour
+ Phong Nha Cave
+ Nha Trang Beach

+ Ngo Mon Gate
+ The temple of Literature
+ SaPa
- How about in the world ?
+ Eiffel Tower
+ Sydney Opera House
+ Stonehenge
+ Statue of liberty
+ BigBen
+ Golden Gate Bridge
Presentation
- Shows the picture on p.131 and
asks students to match with its
name.
I.Getting started :
*Match the name of these famous
world landmark to the correct
pictures:
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*
Lead in
: Hoa is bored. She
suggests her friends, Nga and Nhi
to play a game. Now, listen to the
tape and answer:
? What game is it?
? How does this game work?
- Explains the meanings of the new
words.

- Reads and gets students to
follow.
a, b, c,
- Look at and match.
*) Answer keys:
a, The pyramid.
b, Sydney Opera House
c, Stonehenge.
II.Listen and read :
1. New words:
+ wonder (n): kú quan
+ guess (v): ®o¸n
+ pyramid (n): kim tù th¸p
+ clue (n): gîi ý
- Read after teacher.
2. Presentation the dialogue:
- Listen
*) Model sentence:
I don’t know how to play it.
Q W+ to V
Practice
- Asks students to work in groups
and practice the dialogue.
- Corrects mistakes.
- Asks students to answer some
questions:
a. How do Hoa, Nga and Nhi feel?
b. What does Hoa suggest doing?
c. Who explain the rule of the
game?

d. Which place do the guess
exactly?
? How does this game work?
Rearrange the statements in the
right order of the game.
3. Practice the dialogue:
- Work in group of three and read the
dialogue.
- Answer the questions one by one.
4. Ordering:
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- Puts the sentences on the board.
- Asks students to read and put
them in the right order.
- Gives feedback.
- Corrects.
- Has students to read the
dialogue again and complete the
summary (2) on p.132.
- Gets some students to give the
answer.
- Corrects.
*) How to play the guessing game:
a) B asks questions to find out who
or what is.
b) A thinks of a famous place or
person,
c) B wins if he/ she can guess the
correct answer.

d) A gives B a clue.
e) B loses if he / she can’t guess
the correct answer.
f) A can only answer “yes” or “no”.
*) Right order:
b-d-a-f-c-e.
5. Complete the summary:
- Read and complete.
*) Answer keys:
1. game 2. place
3. clue 4. Vietnam
5. New York 6. Golden
7. right 8. was.
Further
practice - Asks students to work in pairs
and make a similar dialogue.
- Feedback and corrects mistakes.
6. Make a conversation:
A: You might know this place. I’ll give
you a clue. It is a beautiful Bay in Viet
nam.
B: Is it in the South of Viet Nam?
A: No.
B: Is it in the central of Viet Nam?
A: No.
B: Is it in the North of Viet Nam?
A: Yes.
B: I think it is Ha Long Bay.
A: Yes. You’re right.
Homework - Asks students to learn the new

words by heart.
- Write exercises
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Hoi Son Secondary School Lesson plan English 8
Date of preparation: 24/03/2010
Date of teaching: 25/03/2010
Period 84: Unit 14: Wonders of the world
Lesson 2: Speak & Listen.
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*) Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
- speaking about seeking information through questionnaire.
- talking about classmate’s answer by using the reported speech.
- listen to an advertisement on a beach in Queensland to get specific
information and to write a simple advertisement on place they like
most.
*) Language focus: - Vocabulary: snorkel, heritage, marine, coral, crystal-clear.
- Grammar / Structure: + Reported speech
*) Language skills: speaking, listening.
*) Teaching aids: text book, pictures.
*) Teaching procedure:
Stages Teacher's activities Student's activities
Warm-up
- Asks students to work in 2 groups
and choose the number, then listen
to information and guess the
exactly places.
1. It’s the longest structure in the
world. It is in China.
2. It’s a bell striking the hours in
the clock tower of the Houses of

Parliament in Lon Don.
3. It’s a beautiful Bay in quang Ninh.
4. It’s the highest mountain in the
world with a height of 8848 meters.
5. It’s a famous cave in Quang Binh
province recognized as a world
*) Warm up:
Pay guessing game
- Work in 2 groups: choose the
number and listen to information and
guess the exactly places.
*
Answer keys
:
1. The Great Wall of China.
2. BigBen
3. HaLong Bay
4. Mount Everest
5. Phong Nha Cave
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Heritage site by the UNESCO.
Pre-speaking
- Explains the meanings of the new
words.
- Reads and gets students to follow.
- Sets the scene: Shows pictures of
some famous places and elicits
where they are from students.
- Asks one student (EX: Mai):

T: Is Hue Citadel in the Central
Vietnam?
Mai: Yes, it is.
- Ask students to listen: I asked
Mai if Hue Citadel was in the
Central Vietnam.
- Has students copy.
- Ask students to write a Y/N
question about each place.
1. New words:
+ snorkel (v): bơi lặn có sử dụng ống
thở.
+ marine (adj): thuộc biển, hàng hải.
+ crystal-clear (adj): trong suốt.
+ heritage (n): di sản.
- Read after teacher.
2. Structure:
- Look at the picture.
- Answer.
- Listen
*) Model sentence:
I said to Mai, Is Hue Citadel in the
Central Vietnam?
I asked Mai if/whether Hue
Citadel was in Central Vietnam.
- Write.
*) Answers:
a) Is Phong Nha Cave in Southern
Vietnam?
b) Is Petronas Twin Towers the

tallest building in the world?
c) Is the Great Wall of China in
the South of the country?
d) Is Halong Bay one of the
World Wonders?
e) Is Eiffel Tower in German?
While-
speaking - Asks students to talk about their
classmates answers by using
if/whether.
- Gives feedback.
- Corrects.
3. Practice:
- Works in pairs.
EX:
+ I asked Hoa if Phong Nha Cave
was in Southern Vietnam. She said
that it wasnt.
+ I asked Nga whether Petronas
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Twin Towers in Malaysia was the
tallest building in the world. She said
that it was.
Post-
speaking - Asks students to read quickly the
advertisement and predict mistakes.
- Lets students to listen to the tape
and check their predictions.
- Asks students to correct the

mistakes.
- Gives feedback.
- Corrects mistakes.
4. Correct mistakes:
-Read and predict.
- Listen.
- Gives answer and correct mistakes.
*) Answer keys:
1) Southern → far North.
2) Inn → Hotel.
3) Jungle → rain forest.
4) 6
8
243927 → 6
9
243927.
*) Write the correct paragraph:
Look no further than beautiful
far north
, Queensland. Stay right on
the beach at the Coconut Palm
hotel
.Take guided tours through the
rainforest
, swim in the crystal-clear
water of the Coral Sea and snorkel
amongst the coral of the Great
Barrier Reef Marine Park-a World
Heritage Site.
Call(077) 6

9
24 3927 for more
information.
Homework - Asks students to:
+ Learn the new words by heart.
+ Prepare: ”Read”
- Write exercises
*) Tape transcript:
Mr. Robinson: I think this place sounds all right.
Mrs. Robinson: You mean the one in far north of Queensland?
Mr. Robinson: Yes, it sounds perfect. The Coconut Palm Hotel is right on the
advertisement. Imagine getting up in the morning and looking at the Pacific Ocean.
Mrs. Robinson: It must be near a rainforest because the hotel offers guided tours. I hope
there won’tbe a lot of mosquitoes.
Mr. Robinson: I don’t think there will be because it’ll be dry when we go.
Mrs. Robinson: The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park is a World Heritage Site, isn’t it?
Mr. Robinson: That’s right.
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Mrs. Robinson: OK. Let’s find out how much it costs. What’s the phone number?
Mr. Robinson: 077-6924 3927.
Mrs. Robinson: 6924 3927.
Date of preparation: 31/03/2010
Date of teaching: 01/04/2010
Period 85: Unit 14: Wonders of the world
Lesson 3: Read.
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*) Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to get some knowledge about
the wonders of the world by reading the text.
*) Language focus: - Vocabulary: compile, claim, god, honor, religious, royal, survive.

- Grammar / Structure: The simple past tense.
*) Language skills: reading.
*) Teaching aids: text book, pictures.
*) Teaching procedure:
Stages Teacher's activities Student's activities
Warm-up
- Shows the pictures and lets
students to play game.
- Gives feedback.
- Praise the winner.
*) Warm up:
Cross word
1 G R E A T W A L L
2 H A L O N G B A Y
3 P H O N G N H A
4 H U E C I T A D E L
5 B I G B E N
6 P Y R A M I D S
7 S Y D N E Y
Pre-
reading
- Name 7 wonders of the world:
+ The Hanging Gardens of Babylon in
Irag.
+ The Statue of Zeus in Greece.
+ The Pyramids of Cheops in Egypt.
+ The Mausoleumn of King Mausolus
+ The Statue of the Greek Sun God
Helios.
+ The light House of Alexandria

+ The Temple of Artemis.
⇒ Besides the seven wonders of the
world. There is also some other
wonders: The Great Wall of China,
- Listen
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The Jaf Mahal in India and Angkor
Wat in Cambodia. Today, You’ll read
a passage about these wonders.
- Explains the meaning of the new
words.
- Reads and asks students to follow.
? Do you know any wonders in the
world?
- Put the chart on the board.
- Asks students to name the country
according to their knowledge.
- Lets students to read the text and
gives right answer with each
wonder.
- Gives feedback.
- Corrects
1. New words:
+ compile (v): biªn so¹n
+ claim (v): kh¼ng ®Þnh
+ god(n) → goddess: vÞ thÇn
+ honor (v): t«n kÝnh
+ religious (adj): thuéc vÒ t«n gi¸o
+ royal (adj): thuéc vÒ hoµng gia

+ survive (v): tån t¹i
- Read after teacher.
2. Prediction:
- Predict the country.
Wonders Country
1. The Hanging garden of
Babylon.
2. The Statue of Zeus.
3. The Pyramids of Cheops.
4. The Great Wall.
5. The Taj Mahal
6. The Golden Gate Bridge
7. Angkor Wat in Cambodia
While-
reading - Asks students to read the story
and check their predictions.
- Feedback and corrects mistakes.
- Puts the chart on the board
(p.134).
- Asks students to read the text
again and do multiple choices.
- Gives feedback.
3. Checking prediction:
- Read and gives answer.
*) Answer keys:
1) Iraq
2) Greece
3) Egypt
4) China
5) Indian

6) USA
7) Cambodia
4. Multiple choice:
- Read and choose.
*) Answer keys:
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- Corrects. 1,C 2,A 3,D 4,B
Post-
reading
- Asks students to use information
they had learnt and in the unit to
correct mistakes.
- Gives feedback.
- Corrects.
5. Spot mistake:
1) Eiffel Tower is a wonder – iron
tower in Australia.
2) Mount Everest is a mountain
peak, South Central Europe, in
the Himalaya range, on the
frontier of Nepal and Tibet.
3) Angkor Wat and Angkor Thom is
Hindu and Buddhist temple
complexes at Angkor, old capital
of Khmer Kingdoms of Malaysia.
4) Sydney Opera house is a major
arts center built on the harbor
in England. It was designed by
the Danish architect.

*) Answer keys:
1. France 2. Asia
3. Cambodia 4. Australia
Homework - Asks students to:
+ Learn the new words by heart.
+ Prepare:”Write”
-Write exercises
*) More exercises:
1. True or false?
a. The only one of the seven wonders of the world we can still see today is the Great Wall
of China.(F)
b. There were other wonders,which ancient Greeks didn’t know about: the Great Wall of
China,The TaMahal in India and Angkor Wat in Cambodia.(T)
c. The TaMahal in India became a Buddist religious center(F)
d. The Great Wall of China first wasn’t in the list of the seven wonders of the world. (T)
2. Tell about one of the wonders in the world you know :
place(in what country)/ when-built/ what for/ height / length
Example:
- The Great Wall of China, one of the greatest wonders of the world, was enlisted in the
World Heritage by UNESCO in 1987
- Stretching approximately 6,700 kilometers (4,163 miles) from east to west of China.
- With a history of more than 2000 years.
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Hoi Son Secondary School Lesson plan English 8
Date of preparation: 01/04/ 2010
Date of teaching: 02/04/2010
Period 86: Unit 14: Wonders of the world
Lesson 4: Write
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*) Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to write a letter to a

friend about a place they have.
*) Language focus: - Vocabulary: ranger, edge, canyon, breathtaking.
- Grammar / Structure:
+ Past simple.
+ Present perfect.
*) Language skills: writing
*) Teaching aids: text book, pictures, extra board.
*) Teaching procedure:
Stages Teacher's activities Student's activities
Warm-up
- Asks students to think of one of the
wonder of the world and write it on a
piece of paper.
- Call on a student to the front of the
class and play 20 questions game.
- Praises the winner.
*) Warm up:
Guessing game:
Wonders of the world.
- Think and write.
- Play game.
Pre-writing
- Explains the meanings of the new
words.
- Reads and gets students to follow.
- Sets the scene:
Tim sent to Hoa a
letter about his trip to the grand
Canyon.
- Asks students to complete the letter

1. New words:
+ ranger (n): nh©n viªn kiÓm
l©m
+ edge (n): r×a, mÐp.
+ Canyon (n): hÎm, khe nói.
+ breathtaking (adj): lý thã, håi
hép.
+ hike (n): cuéc ®i bé ®êng dµi
- Read after teacher
2. Letter completion:
- Listen.
*) Answer keys:

1,C 2,B
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by inserting the letters of the missing
sentences.
- Gives feedback and corrects.
- Asks students some questions:
? Is it the letter from Tim?
? Where did Tim spend his vacation?
? How long did he spend there?
? Where did he visit?
3,D 4,A
While-
writing - Sets the scene: Imagine you have
visited place recently. Write a letter to
a friend of yours and tell him/ her
about this place.

- Asks students to use the out line to
make a letter.
*) Out line:
+ Place: Phong Nha cave, Cuc
Phuong national park…
+ Distance: 100km, 120km…
+ How to get there: by bus/
plane…
+ Sights: beautiful,
breathtaking…
+ Weather: temperature /
sunny…
+ How you feel: happy, relaxed…
Post-
writing
- Calls on some students to read their
letters in front of the class.
- Gives feedback.
- Corrects.
*)
Possible answers
:
Dear Mai,
I have just returned from Nha
Trang. It is a beautiful city. I
spent three days there. It is
about 1100 kms from my house.
I went there by train. It’s
beach is very wonderful. The
weather was cool when I was

there. I had a good time there.
What are you going to do this
summer? Write to me after
your exams.
Your friend,
Tan
- Talk before class
Homework - Asks students to:
+ Learn the new words by heart.
+ Prepare: Language focus.
- Write exercises
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Date of preparation: 15/10/2009
Date of teaching: 16/10/2009
Period 87: Unit 14: Wonders of the world
Lesson 5: Language focus
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*) Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to report what
people say and answer about one of the world cultural Heritage of
Vietnam.
*) Language focus: - Vocabulary: revision of vocabulary.
- Grammar / Structure:
+ Passive form.
+ Indirect questions with
if
and
whether.
+
Question words before to – infinitives.

+
Verb + to V
*) Teaching aids: text book, pictures.
*) Teaching procedure:

*) Warm up:

Bingo
Temperate, breathtaking, royal, religious, canyon, pyramid, edge, god, jungle, compile
I. Language focus 1:
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Presentation
:
The passive in the past simple :
Was / were + p.p
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Practice
:
- Do exercise 1 on p. 136
*) Answer key:
a. was completed d. was presented
b. was constructed e. was reached
c. was designed
II. Language focus 2:

Presentation
:
Ex: Do you know My son, Nga?
 Nhi asked Nga if / whether she knew My Son
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Practice
:
- Do exercise.
*) Answer keys:
b, Nhi asked Nga if/whether it’s far from Hanoi.
c, Nhi asked Nga if/whether My Son was in Quang Nam province.
d, Nhi asked Nga if/whether many tourists visited My Son every year.
e, Nhi asked Nga if/whether she wanted to visit My Son one day.
III. Language focus 3:
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Model:
a, tell / go / there / how
→ Nga told Nhi how to go there
S V Qw to-inf
- Do exercise.
*) Answer keys:
b, Nga showed Nhi where to get tickets.
c, Nga pointed out where to buy souvenirs.
d, Nga advised Nhi how to go from My Son to Hoi An.
e, Nga told Nhi what to do there during the visit.
IV. Language focus 4:
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Presentation
:
1. I want to go out at weekends
2. She enjoys swimming very much
3. He can speak many languages
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Concept check
:
1. Form : S + verb ‘to’ infinitive verb
Use: Most of the verbs in English are followed by a to inf
2. Form: S+ V _ verb-ing
Use: Same use as enjoy: start, begin, advise…
3. Form: S + Model verb + Bare inf
Use: Model: can, could, may, will, should, might, must .
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Practice:
Complete the passage on p. 137 with the right form of the verbs
1. to jog 2. go
3. to gather 4. to rain
5. to reach 6. to continue
7. get
*) Use the correct form of the verbs in bracket:
1. My house ( build ) ………….20 years ago.
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2. I asked Tom if he ( live ) ………….in London.
3. They told me where ( go ) …………
4. She couldn’t ( play ) ……………….tennis.
5. I try ( do ) …………… my homework.
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