Unit 1 English 8 ( very interesting)

Lesson Plan 8
_____________________________________________________School year: 2009 - 2010
Date of preparing : August 13th 2009
Date of teaching : August 18th 2009
Period : 2
A. objectives :

By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to get accquaited with the topic of this unit “ My
Friends”, and structure with “enough” and review some other structures in the simple present and past
tense
B. Teaching aids :

Board, textbook, poster

C. procedure :
stages

I. warm up

II. new lesson
1. presentation

Work
arrangement

Steps/ activitives
*Chatting <

Getting started>
Tgives Qs, Ss look at the pictures P10 and answer the Qs

1. What are these students doing ? (picture a,b,c,d)
- > Pa : playing soccer
Pb : reading books
Pc : playing chess
Pd : playing volleyball
2. What time of the day do you think it is ?
( in the morning/ evening/ after school )
3. Do you like playing soccer /… ?
T : These are popular free time activitives of some Ss. What
about you ? Now ask and answer about after school activitives
Suggestes Qs :
1. What are your favourite after - school activitives ?
2. Do you play soccer/ collecting stamps/ … after school/ at
recess/ in your free time ?
3. Who do you like to play with ?
( with boys/ girls/ a group…)
* listen and read

T - WC

T - WC

T sets the scene with Qs :
Qs :

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2. pratice

a. Do you remember Hoa ?
b. Where does she come from ?
c. Who does she live with now ?
T : As you know, Hoa comes from Hue. She is talking to Lan about
one of her friends in Hue. Let’s think of these questions
* Pre- questions ( poster )
a. Is Nien Lan’s friend or Hoa’s friend ?
b. How old is she ?
c. Where does she live ?
d.Is she a beautiful girl ?
Ss listen to the tape twice, then read the dialogue between Hoa
and Lan , give the answers for fre - Qs
- > Key :
a. Hoa’s friend
b. She’ s twelve years old
c. She lives in Hue
d. Yes, she is
T introduces structures in the dialogue

WC

1. Asking about the appearance
Eg : What does she look like ?
- > [ What + do/ does + S + look like ? ]
2. Exclaimation
Eg : What a lovely smile !
- > [ What + (a/ an) + N(s/es) ! ]
3. …enough or not to do st
Eg : She wasn’t old enough to be in my class
- > [ S + be(not) + adj + enough + to V…]

3. production

Ss make some more examples about each structure
* Qs and As P11
- > Key :
a. She lives in Hue
b. No, she doesn’t
c. The sentence is she wasn’t old enough to be in my class.
d. at Christmas

Pair work

* writing

III. homework
D. feedback

Ss combine two sentences into one using (not) adj + enough
a. The weather wasn’t very warm. We couldn’t go swimming

b. He is strong. He can carry the box.
c. the fire wasn’t very hot. It won’t boil the kett
d. The ice is quite thick. We can walk on it.
- Do LF1 P16 , Ex1 in WB
- Get ready U1 L2 Speak P11- 12
- This lesson plan is suitable for Ss

Individual
work

Date of preparing : August 17th 2009

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Lesson Plan 8
_____________________________________________________School year: 2009 - 2010
Date of teaching : August 21st 2009
Period : 3
a. objectives :

By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to speak to describe aperson’s appearance

B. Teaching aids :

Board, textbook, photos, pictures

C. procedure :
stages

I. warm up

- Ss write adjs to describe body build and hair

Hair

thin

curly

- > Possible answers :
- fat
- slim
- tall
- short
- overweight
- slender = slim

1. pre-SPEAKING

2. WH-SPEAKING

- straight

- long
- short
- color :
+ black/ dark
+ blond/ fair
+ brown
+ gray( hoa d©m )

* read the dialogue

T - WC

Set the scene (Picture P11)

“ This is Hoa and this is Lan. Hoa is describing a girl
(Mary) and Lan guess who she is”
- Ss read the dialogue
- T revises the structure to ask and answer about a person’s
appearance
Q : What + do/ does + S + look like ?
A : S + be + describing adj or using “ have”
T- WC
- T gives Ss some more describing adjs
- Ss use adjs and pictures in the book to describe a person’s

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T - WC

* Brainstorming

Body build

II. new lesson

Work
arrangement

Steps/ activitives

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appearance in speak 2( poster )

Body :
- muscurlar ( cơ bắp)
Forehead :
- high
- low
Face :
- round
- long

- oval
- high checkbone (gò má cao )

Hair :
- bold (hãi)
- beard (r©u)
- moustache ( ria mÐp )
- wavy (lỵn sãng )
- shoulder length (ngang vai )
Eye :
- blue
- green
- brown
- sharp (s¾c )

Pair work

3. production

III. homework

]

* Guessing game
- One student describes one of the Ss in class, the others Ss
guess who she/he is.

WC
Individual work

- Describing a person who you love most
- Do Ex2,3 P6- 7
- Get ready U4L3 Listen P12- 13
- The Ss in class 8B don’t speak well.

D. feedback

Date of preparing : Aug 20th 2009

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Lesson Plan 8
_____________________________________________________School year: 2009 - 2010
Date of teaching : Sep 24th 2009
Period : 4
A. objectives :

By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to listen for details to complete the dialogue

B. Teaching aids :

Board, textbook, tape, cassette player

C. proceduce :
:I. Warm up

II. new lesson
1. pre- listening

2.Wh - listening

* Revision
- T calls 2 Ss to go to the board to describe a person who
they love most
- The other Ss listen and give the remarks
- WC run through the expressions in the box P12 by
answering the T’s questions
Qs :
1.What do you say if you want to meet sb ?
( I’d like to meet sb )
2.What will you say when you are introduced to somebody ?
( Nice to/ pleased to/ good to/ glad to / meet(see) you
or How do you do ? or It’s a pleasure to meet you )
3. What will you say when you introduce sb ?
( I’d like you to meet sb )
- Read the dialogues and guess the missing word
T : sets the scene
“ We are going to listen to 4 dialogues illastrating different
situations. Each dialogue has some missing information. You
listen to the tape and complete the dialogue”
Situations :
Da : Hoa wants to introduce Nam to her cousin,Thu

Db : Khai wants Miss Lien to meet his mother
Dc : Ba is Bao’s classmate. He wants Bao to meet his
grandmother
Dd : Nga’s father, Mr Lam doesn’t know Mr Thanh is
Lan’s father. He asks Mr Thanh and they get accquaited with
each other

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Individual
work

WC

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- Ss listen to the tape thee times P12- 13 and find out
the keys then compare with their parners
Keys :
Pair work

- Da : Hoa : …I’d like you to meet …
Nam : Nice to meet you
- Db : Khai : I’d like you to meet …
Mrs Lien : It’s pleasure to meet you ..
- Dc : Ba :... come and meet…
- Dd : Mr Thanh : How do you do ?
3 post- listening

* Reading the dialogue
- Some pairs of Ss read the dialogues loudly. The other
Ss listen and correct their pronunciation

Group work
Pair work

*Free- talk
T : Now all of you base on the dialogues, practise in
groups to build similar dialogues. You can change some
details to make them more interesting

* consolidation
- Some strucures to greet and the reply in the first meeting
II. homework
- Rewrite the dialogue Ss have pratised in Post- listening
- Do Ex4 P8 and Ex7P11- 12in WB
- Get ready U1l5 Read P13- 14
D. feedback

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Lesson Plan 8
_____________________________________________________School year: 2009 - 2010
Date of preparing : Aug 20th 2009
Date of teaching : Sep 25th 2009
Period : 5
A. objectives :

By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to read for specific information and
know more about Ba’s friends
B. Teaching aids :

Board, textbook, poster

C. procedure
stages
I. warm up

II. new lesson
1. pre –
reading

Work

arrangement

Steps/ activitives
* guessing game

T : devides class into 2 groups
+ Group 1 : describe one of their classmates in their
class ( body build, hair, eyes, face,…)
+ Group 2 : Guess who he/ she is
( eg : Is this Hoang/ Hoa ? )
+ Group 1 : Yes/ No

-> Find out the winner
* Pre – teach
T introduces : “This game tells you the appearance of
people in class. During this lesson, we’re going to read
the text to know the character of ba and his friends :
Bao, Khai, Song ”
* Vocab

- (a) character
- kind (adj ) = helpful
- sociable = close

TÝnh cách
Tử tế, tốt bụng
Chan hòa, dễ gần
Rộng lợng, hào
phóng
Chăm chỉ

<Trans>

Dè dặt
Thân thiện,cởi mở
Hài hớc

T - WC

<Ex>
<Syn>
<Syn>

- generous (adj)

Group work

<Trans>
<Syn>

- hard-working (adj)
= hard
- reserved (adj )
- outgoing (adj)
= open/ friendly
- humourous (adj)
( sense of humour )

<Syn>

<Exp>

-> V.C.T “ Matching”
* Set the scene ( picture )
“You are going to read the text about Ba’s friends.
Each one has own character. Going on with T/F
Statements”

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Leson Plan 8

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2010

WC
(poster)
T: These statements are about ba and his friends, read
them and guess which sentences are true, which
sentences are false
* T/F statements

1. Ba only has 3 friends : Bao, Song, Khai
2. Ba and his friends have the same
characters
3. Bao, Song, Khai are quite reserved in
public
4. They are all enjoy school and study hard
WC

2. Wh - reading

Ss read the text “Read P13” and give the feedback
-> Key : a.F b.F c.F d.T
Correction
Ss read again and correct the false sentences
a. Ba has a lot of friends but he spends most of his
time with Bao, Song, Khai
b. They have different characters
c. Only Song, Khai are quite reserved
* multiple choice P14
-> Key :
a. A three
c. B likes quite places
b. C does not
d. D get tired of
* comprehension questions : LN !( Read 2 P 14)
-> Answer key :
1. a
4. c
7. e

2. b
5. d
8. f
3. LN !
6. LN!
-> Key :
a. He feels lucky to have a lot of friends
b. Bao is the most sociable
c. Khai likes reading
d. A bad thing about Ba’s jokes is that sometimes his
jokes annoy his friends
e. he spends his time doing volunteer work at local
orphanage
3. post- reading f. Ss’ answers
* free – talk

Group work

Ss talk to one another about their friends using the adjs
they’ve just learnt to describe
T gives some more adjs to help Ss to describe well
(poster)

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Group work
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___________________________________________________________Năm học 2009- friendly
thân thiện
- smart
lịch sự, bảnh bao
- honest
thật thà
- sensitive
nhạy cảm
- pleasant
dễ chịu, thoải mái
- flexible
linh hoạt
- ambitious
tham vọng, có hoài bÃo
- confident
tự tin
- shy
xấu hổ
- reliable
đáng tin cậy
- punctual
đúng giờ
- optimistic

lạc quan
- pessimistic
bi quan
III. homework

2010

- Learn by vocab
- Write the oposite of each adj using one of these
prefixes : un; in; dis
Adjs : kind, flexible, friendly, honest, reliable,
sensitive, ambitous, pleasant
- > Key : unkind, inflexible, unfriendly, dishonest,
unreliable, insensitive, unambitous, unpleasant

D. feedback

- To weak Ss, Tshould give some passive words :
extremely(adv)
(a) volunteer
(an) orphanage
(to) tell joke
(to) annoy

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Leson Plan 8

___________________________________________________________Năm học 2009-

2010

Date of preparing : Aug 22th 2008
Date of teaching : Aug 28th 2008
Period : 6
A. objectives :

By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to write a paragraph about their close
friends
B. Teaching aids :

Board, textbook, pictures

C. procedure :
stages

I. warm up

II. new lesson
1. pre- writing

Work
arrangement

Steps/ activitives
* kim’ s game ( Pic in LF3)

- Ss look at the pictures P17 for 20 seconds, close their
book answer 2 questions below
a. How many people are there in the picture ?
b. What is each person awearing ?
- >Key :
a. There are four people in the picture
b. - The woman is wearing a red shirt and a green shirt
- The man who is standing besides the car is wearing
brown trousers and a yellow shirt
- The man who is standing on the pavement is
wearing a pink shirt and blue trousers
- The boy is wearing blue short and a white shirt

Group work

* Reading

T : This is Tam’s personal card. You read it and tell me T- WC
“ What information is there on the card ?
- Ss look at the book and answer the T’s question ( in
Vietnamese )
- > ( His name, appearance, characters, address, family,
and friends )
T : explains Tam’s personal card and asks Ss some
questions about it :
a. What his name ?

- > His name is Tam
b. How old is she ?
-> She is 14 years old
c. What does she look like ?
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- > He is tall and thin. He has short black hair
d.What is he like ?
- > He is sociable, humorous and helpful
e. Where does he live ?
- > He lives at 26 Tran Phu Street, Hanoi
f. Who does he live with ?
- > He lives with his mother, father, and an elder
brother
g. Who are his friends ?
- > His friends are Ba and Bao
T : Base on these information, We have a paragraph
Individual
describing Tam. Read it, please
work
- Some Ss read the paragraph loudly
Pair work
2. wh- writing

* Building a similar personal card

Individual
work

T : Now using a personal card you’ve built and the
writing sample in Write1, you write a paragraph about
your friend
- Ss write a paragraph and share the ideas with their
partners
3. post- writing

Ss fill in a similar form by asking and answering the
questions in Write2 P15

WC

*peer correction

Some Ss read their paragraph loudly, the other Ss listen
and correct the errors

* consolidation
- Adjs to describe a person’s appearance and character
iII. homework

- Rewrite the paragraph you’ve written in the class
- Do Ex7P11,12 in WB
- Get ready U1L7 LF P16,17

D. feedback

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Leson Plan 8

___________________________________________________________Năm học 2009-

2010

Date of preparing : Aug 25th 2009
Date of teaching : Aug 31st 2009
Period :7
A. objectives :

By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to further practice in simple present and simple
past tense and write some sentences using the structure “ (not) + adjs enough + to V…”
B. Teaching aids :

Board, textbook, pictures, cards

C. procedure :

stages

I. warm up

II. new lesson
1. presentation

Work
arrangement

Steps/ activitives
* Categories

- Ss find out the adjs beginning with the letters that the
teacher gives. ( T gives 4 letters at the same time )
a
b
c
T
awful
big
clever
writes :
s
q
S writes : g
generous sociable quiet
T
k
r

p
writes :
reserved poor
S writes : kind
o
n
d
T
old
new
dirty
writes :
S writes :
T
writes :
S writes :
- The group which finishes first one mark

Group work

i
intelligent
h
honest
f
flexible
l
lovely

T- WC

* pre- teach
Vocab

( a ) planet
Mars
Mercury
silly ( adj )
heavy- set (adj)
(to) hold one’s head
- > VCT : R.O.R

hành tinh
sao hoả
sao thủy
ngớ ngẩn
chắc nịch
ôm đầu

< Ex >
< Tran >
< Tran >
< Exp >
< Tran >
< mime >

* revision of simple present simple and compare
with the simple past tense

Pair work

- Review simple present tense : formation, usage
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___________________________________________________________Năm học 2009- Focus on one of the usage of simple present tense. It
is used to express an action which is always true
- Compare 2 tenses : simple past and present tense

2010

2. practice

* Do LF1 P16

T : We have 2 passages and some verbs that are not in
the right form. You read the passages and put the verbs
in the present tense and the past tense
- > Key :
a, lived lives sent was is
comes
b, is

are
came showed introduced

Pair work

* Do LF 2 P 16

T gives Ss 5 verbs : be- move-set- rise-go
Ss complete the dialogue between Ba and Tuan , his
young cousin
- > Key :

3. presentation

4.. practice

Ba :…
Tuan : …rises…sets…
Ba : …
Tuan : …goes…
Ba : …moves…
Tuan : …
Ba : …is…
Tuan : …is…is…

Individual
work

WC

T : sets the scene to introduce the struture “ (not) +
adjs enough + to V …”
T asks Ss to touch the ceiling fan
Ss answer “ We can’t touch it. It is too high”
- > or We are not high enough to touch the ceiling fan
T - WC review the form
[ S + be (not) + adjs enough + to V…” ]
* Do LF4 P17

iII. homework

Ss complete 4 dialogues using structure above
- > Key :
b, … not old enough…
c, … strong enough …
d, … good enough…
- Learn by heart vocab
- Do Ex5 P 9 in WB
- Get ready U2L1 P16,17

D. feedback

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