unit12 AVACATION ABROAD

LESSON PLAN
Supervisor’s full name: Mai Quyết Thắng
Teacher student’s full name: Nguyễn Ngọc Mỹ Yến
School: Dong Da junior school
Class: 8A1
Duration: 1 period
Date of teaching: Tuesday, March 2
nd
, 2011
UNIT 12: A VACATION ABROAD
LESSON: READ
I. Aim: Reading for information about the place of interest in the world
II. Objective: By the end of the lesson, Ss can obtain some knowledge
about some scene sports in the USA
III. Skills: Reading, writing, listening, speaking
IV. Approach: GTM, CLT
V. Teaching aid: textbook, cassette tape, blackboard, chalk, laptop,
picture, projector
VI. Procedures:
Time
Teacher’s
activities
Content
Student’s
activities
Warm up
(5’)
Pre reading
(10’)
While reading
(12’)

-Give pictures about
the places of interest in
the world and ask some
questions
-T talks about Mrs.
Quyen’s vacation to
USA and ask questions
-Introduce the topic of
the passage reading
- Play cassette player
-T gives some new
words
-T speaks aloud words
& let students repeat
chorally, individually.
-T writes the form,
pronunciation of words
on the blackboard.
-T shows pictures and
asks Ss guess meaning
of words

-Give Ss some pre-
questions
-Ask Ss to read the text
more carefully and fill
in the gaps with the
information taken from
them
-Let ss work in pairs

- Walk and help
- Let Ss write their
1) Do you receive a
postcard from
your friends or
relative?
2) If you have a
trip. Where do
you go?
3) Tell me States in
the USA you
know?
• Where
did Mrs
Quyen
and her
husband
spend
their
holiday ?
( In the
USA )
• Who did
they visit
when
they
were in
the
USA ?
( The

Smiths )
Set the scene:
Today, we are going to
read the text to know
more about the places of
interest in the USA
-Can you guess the
places which Mrs
Quyen went to and
what she saw or
-Watch pictures and
answer the questions
-Ss answer
-Ss listen
-Ss answer
-Ss. listen to the tape
(one)
-Ss repeat as requested
-Ss guess meaning
-Ss read these
postcards in silently
-Ss find out information
to complete the table.
-Work in pairs
Post reading
(16’)
answers on the board
-Give feedback and
correct .
-T asks Ss to look at the

questions on P.118 &
answer the questions
-Let Ss answer the
questions by playing a
game
-Gives instructions for
game
- Let Ss work in pair and
answer questions
-Call Ss answer
- Give feedback and
correct
- Clarify the new point
of grammar: The Past
Progressive Tense.
- Clarify the new point
of grammar: Sequence
of tenses
bought?
Vocabulary:
-lava /'lɑ:və/ (n): dung
nham, nham thạch
-pour out (v): đổ ra, tuôn
trào
-overhead /'ouvəhed/
(adv): phía trên đầu
-carve / kɑ:v/ (v) :
chạm, khắc
carver /kɑ:və/ (n) :
người chạm khắc

-wharf /w ɔ:f/(n): bến
tàu, cầu tàu
-valley /'væli/(n): thung
lũng
-prison /'prizn/(n): nhà
tù, nhà lao
prisoner /'priznə/(n):
tù nhân
-volcano /vɔl'keinou/(n):
núi lửa
-famous /'feiməs/(a): nổi
tiếng, nổi danh
fame /feim/(n): sự nổi
tiếng, sự nổi danh
1) What places did
Mrs. Quyen visit
in the USA?
2) What did she
see?
-Task 1 page 117/ Ss
book
Place What she did and
a. Hawaii Went swimming ,visited
Kilauea Volcano
b. New York Went shopping , bought lots
- Ss write answers on
the board
- Correct
- Write the answer in
their notebook

-Play a game and
answer the questions
-work in pair
-Ss answer
-Correct and copy the
answers down their
notebook
-Listen to teacher and
write them in notebook
(2’)
-T asks Ss to give a
summary
- Gives homework and
asks Ss to practice

of souvenirs
c. Chicago Saw lake Michigan
d. Mount
Rushmore
Saw the heads of four
American Presidents
e. San
Francisco
Visited Fisherman
the NaPa Valley wine –
growing area and the
Alcatraz Prison
Comprehension
questions :
-Task 2 page 118/Ss

book
Game: LUCKY
NUMBERS
Answer Key:
a) She went there by
plane
b) She saw the famous
prison on the island of
Alcatraz.
c) People can see
Mount Rushmore from
more than 11
kilometres away
d) It is also called “ The
Windy City “
e) She went shopping
-Ss answer
-Learn and prepare new
lesson
Form: S + was/ were
+ V-ing
Use: to indicate an action
that was in progress at a
point of time in the past
Eg: Ba was taking a
shower at 8 o
,
clock last
night .
Model Sentences :

The Le family was
sleeping when her
friendx came
Past
Continuous
Past simple

The phone rang while
Nga was eating
Past simple
Past continuous
Form : Main clause
Conjunction Adv
clause
Past
continuous When
Past simple
Past simple
While Past
continuous

Use: An action was
taking place in the past
when another action
took place .
Guiding questions:
1) Where did Mrs
Quyen and her
husband spend
their holiday ?

2) What places did
Mrs. Quyen visit
in the USA?
3) What did she do
and see?
Homework
-Ss learn the lesson by
heart.
-Ss prepare part
“Write” on page 118