English 8, Unit 1

Long Son Secondary School Lesson Plan of
English 8 - Unit 1
Week 1 Period 1 Preparing day: …. / 8 /
2010
Teaching day: …. / 8 /
2010
REVIEW AND GUIDE THE WAY TO LEARN
* Objective: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to review main knowledge that
students have studied in English 7. Introduce more effective methods of learning.
* Teaching aids: Text book, cards, lesson plan, etc.
* Procedures:
Contents T's activities Sts' activities
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Long Son Secondary School Lesson Plan of
English 8 - Unit 1
I/ Grammar: 15’
1/ Present tense:
 Form:
 Adv: usually, often, always, sometimes,
never, every, …
Ex: - Hoa (be) is a beautiful girl.
- She (go) goes to school everyday.
2/ Present continuous:
 Form:
 Adv: now, at the moment, at present, at this /
that time, …
Ex: - I (play) soccer now
 I am playing soccer now
- What Nam (do) at the moment?
 What is Nam doing at the moment?

3/ Future tense / near future tense:
 Form:
* Note: I, We  shall
 Adv: next (week /year /month), tomorrow, …
Ex: - He (visit) his grandparents next week.
 He will visit grandparents next week.
- What you (do) tomorrow?
 What will you do tomorrow?
4/ Past tense:
 Form:
- Reminds sts the form.
- Writes on the board.
- Gives example on the
board.
- Elicits and explains.
- Writes on the board.
- Gives examples.
- Give me the form of
future tense/ near
future tense, please.
- Writes them on bb.
- Gives example.
- Explains.
- Elicits the form.
- Writes on the board.

- Listen.
- Look and take notes.
- Listen & repeat.
- Answer.

- Look.
- Copy down.
- Give the form.
- Look.
- Look and copy.
- Listen.
- Give the form.
- Look.
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S + will / shall + V
0
+ O
S + be going to + V
0
+ O
S + am / is / are + V
-ing
+ O
S + was / were + O
S + V
2
ed
+ O
S + am / is / are + O
S + V
(s/es)
+ O
Long Son Secondary School Lesson Plan of
English 8 - Unit 1

 Adv: yesterday, ago, for, last (week/ year/
month), …
Ex: - Where Minh (go) yesterday?
 Where did Minh go yesterday?
- Hoa (be) a new student last year.
 Hoa was a new student last year.
II/ Vocabulary: 15’
- Adverbs, irregular verbs, regular verbs, and
vocabulary had learnt in English 7
III/ Guide the way to learn: 12’
1/ How to learn vocabulary:
- Everyday: learn by heart ten words, each
word times in writes ten a notebook.
2/ How to learn grammar:
- After learning by heart vocabulary, next learn
by heart the forms and adverbs of each tense,
write many times until you always remember
them.
3/ How to prepare the lessons at home:
- Read the new lessons carefully.
- Find out new words, new structures, and
model sentences.
- Write the meaning of new words in a prepare
notebook.
- Do exercises in workbook.
IV/ Homework: 3’
- Go over today's lesson.
- Revise free time activities, simple present to
talk about the other.

- Prepare Unit1, lesson 1: - Getting started.
- Listen and read.
- Gives example.
- Explains and gives
answer.
- Reminds.
- Guides sts the way to
learn English 8.
- Asks sts what to do at
home.
- Listen.
- Look and copy.
- Remind.
- Listen carefully.
- Listen and take
notes.
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Long Son Secondary School Lesson Plan of
English 8 - Unit 1
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Unit 1: MY FRIENDS

Lesson 1: Getting Started + Listen and Read

* Objective: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to know more about Hoa -Lan - Nien
and to review simple present and simple past tense.
* Teaching aids: - Text book, cards, stereo, chalk.
* Procedures:
Contents T's activities Sts' activities
I/ Warm-up: Chatting. (Getting started) 8'
- What did you do during the summer vacation ?
- Did you review your English lesson ?
- Did you have any new friends ?
- How many people are there in each picture ?
- What are these students doing ?


a) They are playing soccer.


b) They are reading books.


c) They are playing chess.


d) They are playing volleyball.
- What do you often do in your free time ?
- Do you play soccer ?
- What are your favorite activities after school?
II/ Presentation: (Listen and read) 15'
1/ Vocabulary:

- (to) seem : dửụứng nhử
- (to) look like : troõng gioỏng nhử
- (to) smile : mổm cửụứi
- a next door neighbor : ngửụứi haứng xoựm
2/ Scene:
- Do you remember Hoa ?
- Where is she from ?
- Who does she live with now ? Hoa
- Which grade is she in ?
Hoa is from Hue. Now she lives in Ha Noi
with her uncle and aunt. She is talking to Lan
about one of her friend in Hue.
3/ Dialogue / P.
10
:
- Asks sts some questions
- Asks sts to look at 4
pictures/ P.
10
and asks.
- Asks sts to work in
pairs (ask and answer),
describe these groups
of friends and their
favorite activities.
- Corrects the mistakes.
- Asks sts to write the
question & the answers
in their notebooks.
- Elicits new words.

+ Translation.
+ Translation.
+ Mine.
+ Explanation.
- Checks (ROR)
- Asks these questions.
- Introduces.
- Asks sts listen to the
tape and answer this
questions What does
Hoa talk about her
friend?
- Answer.
- Look at the pictures
then answer. a, b, c, d
- Practice in closed
pairs and opened
pairs (ask and answer
about 4 pictures/ P.
10
)
- Listen.
- Copy down.
- Listen and guess.
- Repeat.
- Copy down.
- Rewrite.
- Answer.
- Listen.
- Listen to the tape

and answer the
questions.
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Week 1 Period 2 Preparing day: . / 8 /
2010
Teaching day: . / 8 / 2010
Long Son Secondary School Lesson Plan of
English 8 - Unit 1
 Structures:
*
Ex: What does she look like ?
She is beautiful

*
Ex: What a lovely smile!
*
Ex: She wasn’t old enough to be in my class
III/ Practice: (Answer the questions 2/ P
11
) 14'
 Answer key:
a) Nien lives in Hue.
b) No, she doesn't know Nien.
c) The sentence is "She wasn't old enough to
be in my class"
d) Nien is going to visit 8 Hoa at Christmas.
IV/ Consolidation: (True/ False statements) 5'
1) Nien is Lan’s friend. F (Hoa’s friend)
2) Hoa and Lan are old enough to be in class. T

3) Nien was 11 last year. T
4) Hoa said: “Nien is going to visit her at the
new school year” F (at Christmas)
V/ Homework: 3'
- Learn by heart new words, structures and read
the dialogue again at home.
- Prepare Unit 1, lesson 2: Speak + Listen.
- Plays tape twice.
- Reviews some
structures and writes on
the board.
- Plays the tape again.
- Asks sts to read the
dialogue in pairs.
- Checks pronunciation.
- Now read again and
do the exercise 2/ P
11
.
- Please write on the
board.
- Checks & corrects.
- Sticks poster on bb.
- Asks sts to read the
and check T/F.
- Gets feedback.
- Corrects & give marks
- Asks sts what to do at
home.
- Listen to the text.

- Listen carefully and
write notes.
- Listen.
- Read the dialogue in
pairs.
- Present.
- Reread and answer
the questions in pairs.
- Write on the board.
- Check & take notes.
- Look.
- Read statements and
check T/F.
- Give feedback.
- Correct.
- Listen and take
notes.
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Week 1 Period 3 Preparing day: …. / 8 /
2010
Teaching day: …. / 8 / 2010
Unit 1: MY FRIENDS
Lesson 2: Speak + Listen
* Objective: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to describe someone and complete the
dialogue by listening.
* Teaching aids: Text book, pictures, chalk, stereo.
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What do / does + S + look like ?
=> S + is / look(s) + adj

What + a/an + adj + N !
S + be (not) + adj + enough + to inf

Long Son Secondary School Lesson Plan of
English 8 - Unit 1
* Procedures:
Contents T's activities Sts' activities
I/ Warm-up: Brainstorming. 5'
fat thin curly
fair
body build hair
slim
short bald
slender straight
II/ Speaking:
1/ Pre - speaking: Presentation dialogue: 5’
Ex: - She has long blond hair.
- She is short and thin.
 Form:
 Usage: describing body build and hair.
2/ While - speaking: Word cue drill. 10'
a) He / tall / thin. (He is tall and thin)
b) She / short / slin. (She is short and slim)
c) He / short / fat. (He is short and fat)
d) Hoa / long / black. (Hoa has long black hair)
e) Lan /curly /blond.(Lan has curly blond hair)
f) Mai / straight / brown. (Mai has straight
brown hair)
3/ Post - speaking: Picture drill. 5'
Ex: S

1
: This person is short and thin. She has
long blond hair.
S
2
: Is this Mary?
S
1
: Yes.
III/ Listening:
1/ Pre - listening: 5'
 Present the expressions in the box (P.
12
).
- How do you do
- Nice to meet you
- Asks sts to think of
the adjectives used to
describe body build and
hair.
- Elicits some new
words.


- Shows sts a picture of
Mary and ask them to
describe her hair and
her body build.
- Writes on the board.
- Explains the structure.

- Supplies the word
cues and asks sts to
complete the sentences
- Models first.
- Shows the word cues
and asks sts to practice.
- Now look at 6 people /
P.
11-12
to describe one
person, the others have
to guess who he/she is.
- Goes round & helps.
- Asks sts to look at the
expressions / P.
12
.
- Explain and read the
expressions.
- Asks sts to guess and
- Give the adjectives
to describe body build
and hair.
- Listen and repeat.
- Describe Mary.
- Look at the board.
- Listen & take notes.
- Complete the
sentences based on
the word cues.

- Listen.
- Make sentence.
- Look at 6 people
and describe them in
pairs.
- Present.
- Look at the
expressions.
- Listen and read the
expressions.
- Read the open
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S + have/has + adj + hair
S + be + adj
Long Son Secondary School Lesson Plan of
English 8 - Unit 1
- It’s a pleasure to meet you
- I’d like you to meet / - Come and meet.
 Gap fill prediction. (Dialogues P.
12-13
)
2/ While - listening: 7'
a/ (1) I'd like you to meet.
(2) Nice to meet you.
b/ (3) I'd like you to meet.
(4) It's a pleasure to meet you.
c/ (5) Come and meet.
d/ (6) How do you do ?
3/ Post - listening: 5'

 Practice the dialogues.
IV/ Homework: 3'
- Learn by heart structures and expressions.
- Write about 6 people they have just described
into their notebooks.
- Prepare Unit1, lesson 3: Read.
complete four dialogues
on page
12,13.
- Gets feedback.
- Writes on the board.
- Plays tape twice.
- Gets feedback.
- Asks sts to listen
again to give the right
answers.
- Checks and correct.
- Asks sts to practice
the dialogues in pairs.
- Gives the tasks.
dialogues (P/
12,13
) and
guess
- Give feedback.
- Look.
- Listen
- Give answers
- Listen again and
make sure the answers

- Correct.
- Role play.
- Listen and take
notes.
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Unit 1: MY FRIENDS
Lesson 3: Read
* Objective: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to know more about Ba's friend.
* Teaching aids: Text books, pictures, poster, chalks.
* Procedures:
Contents T's activities Sts' activities
I/ Warm-up: Describe people. 5'
Ex: - She is ……… She has …………
II/ Reading:
- Hangs picture on bb.
- Asks sts to describe
people.
- Checks & gives marks
- Look at the picture.
- Describe people.
- Observe.
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Week 2 Period 4 Preparing day: …. / 8 /
2010
Teaching day: …. / …. /
2010
Dialogues Guesses Listen
a)
(1)… ; (2)… ?

b)
…(3) ; (4)… ?
c)
…(5)… ?
d)
…(6)… ?
Long Son Secondary School Lesson Plan of
English 8 - Unit 1
1/ Pre-reading: 15'
 Vocabulary:
- character (n) : tính cách.
- orphanage (n) : viện mồ côi.
- sense of humor (n) : khiếu hài hước.
- reserved (adj) : kín đáo, dè dặt.
- sociable (adj) : dễ gần gủi.
- (to) tell jokes : nói chuyện phiếm.

 Scene: Picture in textbook / P.
13
- Ba is talking about his friends.


T/F statements prediction: Ba
a) Ba only has three friends - Bao, Song, Khai.
b) Ba and his friends have the same characters
c) Bao-Song-Khai are quite reserved in public.
d) They all enjoy school and study hard.
2/ While - reading: 15'
 Reading and checking sts’ predictions.
Answers:

a) F → Ba has a lot of friends but he spends
most of his time with Bao, Song and Khai.
b) F → They have different characters.
c) F → Only Song and Khai are quite
reserved.
d) T.
 Multiple choice: (Exercise 1 /P.
14
).
Answers
a) A
b) C
c) B
d) D
3/ Post - reading: 7'
 Comprehension questions: (Exercise 2/ P.
14
)
a) Ba feels lucky having a lot of friends.
b) Bao is the most sociable.
c) Khai likes reading.
d) His jokes sometimes annoy his friends.
e) Bao spends his free time doing volunteer
work at a local orphanage.
f) My friends and I …….
III/ Homework: 3'
- Elicits new words.
+ Translation.
+ Explanation.
+ Translation.

+ Situation.
+ Explanation.
+ Translation.
- Checks (STB)
- Sets the scene.
- Introduces the text
- Sticks poster on bb.
- Asks sts to read the
and guess T/F.
- Gets feedback.
- Now open your books
to read and check T/F.
- Gets feedback.
- Makes sure the
answers.
- Checks and correct.
- Asks sts to read the
text again choose the
correct answers.
- Gets feedback.
- Checks and correct.
- Asks sts to read the
text again and answer
the questions in pairs.
- Goes round & helps
- Checks and correct.
- Asks sts what to do
- Answer.
- Repeat.
- Copy down.

- Teamwork.
- Look.
- Listen.
- Look.
- Read statements
and guess T/F.
- Give feedback.
- Read and check.
- Give feedback.
- Correct the false
sentences.
- Correct.
- Read the text and
do the exercise.
- Give feedback.
- Correct.
- Pairwork.
- Present.
- Listen and take
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Long Son Secondary School Lesson Plan of
English 8 - Unit 1
- Learn vocabulary by heart.
- Write the answers (2/ P.
14
) in notebooks.
- Prepare Unit 1, lesson 4: Write.
at home. notes.
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Week 2 Period 5 Preparing day: …. / 8 /
2010
Teaching day: …. / 8 / 2010
Unit 1: MY FRIENDS
Lesson 4: Write
* Objective: By the end of the lesson, sts will be able to write a paragraph about their close friends.
* Teaching aids: Text books, poster, pictures, board, chalks, teacher's book.
* Procedures:
Contents T's activities Sts' activities
I/ Warm-up: Matching 5'
A B
Name tall
Age sociable
Description 14
Character Nam
Address 12 Le Loi street
II/ Writing:
1/ Pre-writing: 15'
 Scene:
 Questions:
a.What is his name ? T a m
b. How old is he ?
c. What does he look like ?
d. What does he like ?
e. Where does he live ?
f. Who does he live with ?
g. Who is his friends ?
2/ While-writing: 15'
 Write some information about one of you
friends, then write a paragraph about him or

her.
3/ Post-writing: 7'
 Correction:
His / Her name is She is years old.
- Hangs poster on the
board.
- Asks sts to match.
- Checks.
- Sets the scene.
- Gives the situation
for sts answer the
questions.
- Ask sts to read the
information about
Tam then answer the
questions.
- Asks sts to write a
paragraph about one
of their friends.
- Goes round & helps.
- Asks sts to share the
- Look at the words
on the board.
- Match.
- Check.
- Look.
- Listen.
- Read and answer the
questions about Tam.
- Write a paragraph

about one of their
friends.
- Share the writing
and correct.
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Long Son Secondary School Lesson Plan of
English 8 - Unit 1
He / She lives at in with his He /
She is tall, He / She has short hair.
He / She has a lot of friends.
III/ Homework: 3'
- Write another paragraph about one of your
family members.
- Prepare Unit 1, lesson 5: Language focus.
writing with their
partners and correct.
- Corrects.
- Asks sts what to do
at home.
- Take notes.
- Listen and take
notes.
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Week 2 Period 6 Preparing day: …. / 8 /
2010
Teaching day: …. / 8 / 2010
Unit 1: MY FRIENDS
Lesson 5: Language Focus
* Objective: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to use simple present tense to talk

about general truths and write some sentences using the structure (not) + adj + enough + to-inf.
* Teaching aids: Text book, teacher's book, posters, chalks.
* Procedures:
Contents T's activities Sts' activities
I/ Revision of simple tense: 15'
 Pelmanism:

 Present simple to talk about general truths:
- Form:
{
0
//
/
/
++
−
areisam
VV
ess
S

- Use: express an action which is always true.
Ex: The sun rises in the east.
 Past simple tense:
- Form:
- Use: express an action which happened in the
past with clear time.
Ex: - He went to Ba Dong beach yesterday.
- We visited Ba Om pond last week.
* Exercise 1.a)/ P.

16
: (Gap-filling)
Answers:
- Guides sts how to
play the game.
- Controls.
- Checks.
- Asks sts to give the
form and the use of
the present simple
and the past simple
tense.
- Writes on the board
- Gives examples.
- Asks sts to read and
complete the
paragraph 1.a)/P.
16
- Gets feedback.
- Listen.
- Play game.
- Check.
- Give the form and
use of the present
simple and the past
simple tense.
- Look.
- Listen & take notes.
- Read and fill in the
gaps with the suitable

words.
- Give feedback.
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S + V
2
ed
+ O
meet
com
e
live think send
though
t
receiv
e
met
live
d
receive
d
cam
e
sent
S + be (not) + adj + enough + to
- inf
Long Son Secondary School Lesson Plan of
English 8 - Unit 1
(0) lived (3) was
(1) lives (4) is

(2) sent
* Exercise 2/ P.
16
: Complete the dialogue.
Answers:
1) sets
2) goes
3) moves
4) is
5) is
6) is
* Exercise 3/ P.
17
: Look and describe.
a) How many people are there in the picture ?
There are four people.
b) What does each person look like?
The woman is pretty.
c) What is each person weaning ?
She has short black hair.
- The boy is tall and thin. He has short black hair
- The man who is standing beside the car is tall
and fat. He has short black hair.
- The man who is standing beside the bus stop is
fat. He has short black hair
II/ (not) + adj + enough + to-infinitive: (L.f2)17'
Scene:
- Lan is 14 years old. She cant
drive a car
Lan is not old enough to drive a car.

Form:

Meaning: ẹuỷ / (khoõng ủuỷ) ủeồ laứm gỡ ủoự.
* Exercise 4/ P.
17
:

Complete the dialogues.
Answers:
a) not big enough
b) not old enough
c) strong enough
d) good enough
III/ Further practice: 10'
Word cue drill:
- Checks and corrects.
- Explains some new
words.
- Asks sts to read the
words in the box and
then complete the
dialogue 2/ P.
16
.
- Gets feedback.
- Checks and corrects.
- Asks sts to look at
the picture/ P.
17
.

quickly and describe
the people.
- Monitors and
corrects.
- Sets the scene to
introduce the structure.
- Asks sts to give the
form, meaning.
- Writes on the board.
- Runs through the
dialogues.
- Asks sts to complete
the dialogues.
- Asks sts to practice
the dialogues in pairs.
- Checks.
- Runs through the
cues.
- Models.
- Take notes.
- Listen.
- Read the words in
the box and then
complete the
dialogue.
- Give feedback.
- Present.
- Look at the picture
for 30 seconds and
then describe the

people.
- Write sentences
about persons in the
pictures.
- Look and listen.
- Give the form,
meaning.
- Look & copy down.
- Open books and pay
attention.
- Complete the
dialogues.
- Pairwork.
- Present.
- Listen.
- Listen and repeat
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Long Son Secondary School Lesson Plan of
English 8 - Unit 1
a) Nga / drive a car / x old
b) She / read English books / good
c) Ba / carry this bag / strong
d) He /solve this problem / x clever
e) I / have a lot of friends /  lucky
Ex: Nga is not old enough to drive a car.
IV/ Homework: 3'
- See again all the grammar points above.
- Write full exercises 1.a),2,3,4 / P.

16,17
in the
notebooks.
- Do exercises 1.b) / P.
16
in the notebooks.
- Prepare: Unit 2, lesson 1: - Getting started.
- Listen and Read
- Asks sts to work in
pairs.
- Goes round & helps.
- Checks.
- Asks sts what to do
at home.
- Practice the structure
in pairs.
- Pairwork.
- Present.
- Listen and take
notes.
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