Giáo án Tiếng Anh lớp 8: Unit 8 Country life and city life lesson 1 : Getting started Listen and read ppt

Unit 8 Country life and city life
lesson 1 : Getting started
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A / Aims and Objectives : By the end of the lesson , Ss will be able to
talk about the city life and the country life
B / Teaching aids : Textbooks , cassette , chalks , boards …
C / Procedure :
I /
Warm up
:
Chatting

- Talk to Ss about life in the city and life in
the country by asking some questions
1. Where do you live ?
2. Do you want to live in the city ? Why ?
3. Do you want to live in the country ? Why
?
=> Lead in the new lesson
II / Pre -reading : Introduce the topic of the
passage reading and some new words .
1. Pre – teach vocabulary :


Chatting
( whole class )



Listen and copy

- a relative = uncles , aunts cousins
- peaceful = quiet and calm (a)
- permanently (adv) : its means existing all
the time
- accessible = co the den gan duoc
- medical facilities = cac phuong tien y te
* Checking vocabulary : Rub out and
remember
2. Brainstorming ( Getting started )
- Get Ss to talk about city life and country
life . The words in the box of getting started
may help you .

 Possible answers :
- tall buildings - beautiful
Listen and repeat
chorally
Copy down

Play game

Work in groups


city life
country
life

views
- plenty kinds of goods - fresh food
- polluted air - fresh air
- traffic jams - friendly
- entertainment - peaceful
- busy
III / While – reading :
1. True / false statements
Statements True

False

1. Na lives in the city
2. Na went to a village which
has some relatives lives there
.
3. The village is very
peaceful and quiet
4. Hoa prefers the city life
x
x

x





x
- Turn on the tape and ask Ss to work in
groups to predict the true / false statements .










Work in groups to
predict






- Call on some Ss to report their predictions
and write them on the board.

- Ask Ss to read the dialogue between Na and
Hoa and compare their ideas
- Give feedback and get more information
- Call on some pairs to practice the dialogue
2. Comprehension questions :
- Get Ss to work in pairs to answer the
questions in ex 2 / 73
- Call on some pairs to practice asking
answering the questions in front of class .
- Give feedback
a. Na has been to Kin Lien village
b. She was 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
supermarket , no zoos …

Read the dialogue ,
compare their
ideas

Practice the
dialogue in pairs


Work in pairs

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 .
- Ask Ss to work in closed pairs
IV / Post - reading :
Discussion
- Divide the class into 4 groups . Two groups
include Ss who prefer the city life and the
others 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 ? “
- Call on 4 pioneers from 4 groups to show
their ideas before class .
V / Homework :
1. Learn by heart new words and copy two


Practice asking and
answering the
questions

Work in groups

Demonstrate their
ideas in front of
class .



lines for each word
2. Copy the answers in their notebooks .
3. Prepare the next lesson .
Listen and copy