Unit 14 tiếng anh 8

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UNIT 14 WONDERS OF THE WORLD
PERIOD 85 GETTING STARTED - LISTEN & READ
(Page 131 & 132)
I/ Objectives :
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to seek information about a language
game to complete a summary.
II/ Language Students’ activitiess:
1) Structure :
Example :
I don’t know how to play it.
S + V + Question word + To-Infinitive
(know, advise, ask, tell…) (how, what, where)
2. Vocabulary :
* Adjective : bored.
* Nouns : clue, landmark, wonder.
III/ Teaching aids :
Y Students’ & teacher’s books.
Y OHP & OHT.
Y Pictures.
Y Cassette & tape.
F Time : 45 minutes.
IV/ Procedure :
Stage Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
X Activity 1
(Warm up)
X Activity 2
(presentation)
ÿ Guessing game.
å Asking students to look at the
pictures of the famous world

landmarks, and guess in what countries
these wonders are.
å Giving the key answer.
å Correct their mistakes.
4 Setting the scene:
‘Nga , Nhi & Hoa are playing a
language game called a guessing
W Getting started
W Match the names of these
famous world landmarks to
the correct pictures.
@ Key answer.
a) The pyramids (Egypt)
b) Sydney Opera House
(Australia)
c) Stonehenge (England)
W Listen and read.
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X Activity 3
(practice)
X Activity 4
(production)
game.’
4 Let students listen to the dialogue.
4 Explaining new words.
4 Having students listen to the
dialogue again.

 Practice the dialogue in groups of
three.
• Getting students to read the
dialogue silently, and complete the
summary by using the suitable words
from the dialogue.
• Discuss in groups.
• Giving the key answer.
• Error correction.
♣ Let students play a guessing game.
‘Think of a famous person or a place’
Example :
 It is a place in south Viet Nam.
 The place where the Old Father
of Viet Nam left in 1911.

W 1. Practice the dialogue
with two classmates.
W 2. Complete the summary.
Use words from the dialogue.
@ Key answer.
(1) game; (2) place; (3) clue;
(4) Viet Nam; (5) America;
(6) Golden; (7) right; (8) was

W Free practice
V/ Home assignment :
? Write about the way how to play your own guessing game in your notebook.
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PERIOD 86 UNIT 14 - SPEAK
(Page 132 & 133)
I/ Objectives :
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to make a report on famous places.
II/ Language Students’ activitiess :
1) Reported speech with if / whether :
 “ Is Phong Nha Cave in Southern Viet Nam, Hoa?”, I asked.
 I asked Hoa if/whether Phong Nha Cave was in Southern Viet Nam.
(She said that it wasn’t)
2) Proper names :
- Empire State Building USA (the skyscraper has 102 storeys - New York City)
- Great Barrier Reef (the largest deposit of coral in the world - Australia)
- Mount Everest (8,848 meters high, the highest peak in the world - Nepal)
- Big Ben (London - England)
III/ Teaching aids :
Y Students’ & teacher’s books.
Y OHP & OHT.
Y Pictures & handouts.
F Time : 45 minutes.
IV/ Procedure :
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Stage Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
X Warm up
X Pre-speaking
X While-speaking
X Post-speaking
ÿ Let’s play a game.

♥ Asking students to write ten
famous world places within three
minutes.
å Let students read the statements,
and the names of the famous places
in the box silently.
å Explaining proper names.
• Getting students to write Yes-
No questions about ten places in
the box.
Having students practice asking
and answering their question in
pairs, and check ‘Yes or No’.
• Pair work.
• Error correction if necessary.
 Write the two model sentences
on the board, and explain how to
use ‘Reported speech with If or
Whether’.
 Let students ask and report their
partners’ answers.
 Correct their mistakes if
necessary.
 Let students ask and report
about the famous places of Viet
Nam they know.
 Situation 1
Minh: Is Phong Nha Cave in
Quang Tri Province, Lan?
Lan: Yes.

 Minh asked Lan if/ whether
Phong Nha Cave was in Quang Tri
@ Students’ answers.
W Speak
W 1. Think of 10 famous places.
You may use the names of places
listed in the box or you can use
your own ideas. Write a Yes/No
question about each place. Ask
and answer the questions with a
partner.
@ Students’ questions & answers.
W 2. Talk about your classmates’
answers with your partner.
@ Students’ reports
W Free practice.
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Write ten
famous world
places
Write ten
famous world
places
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V/ Home assignment :
? Write ten reported speech with ‘if / Whether ‘about the famous places in your
exercise book.
PERIOD 87 UNIT 14 - LISTEN
(Page 133)
I/ Objectives :

By the end of the lesson, students will be able to recognize and correct mistakes
through listening to an advertisement
II/ Language Students’ activitiess :
1) Grammar :
F Imperatives (revision).
2) Vocabulary :
* Adjectives : crystal-clear, marine, perfect.
* Nouns : jungle, rainforest.
* Preposition : amongst
* Verb : snorkel.
III/ Teaching aids :
Y Students’ & teacher’s books.
Y OHP & OHT.
Y Pictures, realia & handouts.
F Time : 45 minutes.
IV/ Procedure :
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Stage Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
X Warm up
X Pre-listening
X While-
listening
X Post-
listening
ÿ Guessing game.
♥ Let students look at the picture,
and guess:

å Asking students to read the
advertisement silently.
å Explaining new words.
ç Having students listen to the
conversation between Mr. and Mrs.
Robinson, and find out five
mistakes in the advertisement.
ç Getting students to listen to the
conversation again and correct the
mistakes in the advertisement.
ç Work individually.
ç Giving the key answer.
ç Correct their mistakes if
necessary.
ç Asking students to copy the
paragraph into their exercise books.
 Talk about a beautiful beach,
a World Heritage Site in Viet
Nam.
@ Key answer.
The Great Barrier Reef
³ Listen
W There are four mistakes in this
advertisement. Listen to the tape.
Correct the mistakes and copy
the paragraph into your exercise
book.
@ Key answer.
Look no further than
far north

beautiful southern
Queensland. Stay right on
the beach at the Coconut
Hotel
Palm Inn. Take guided tours
rainforest
through the jungle, 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.
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Call(077) 6824 3927 for more
information.
W Free practice
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V/ Home assignment :
? Write your advertisement about a beautiful beach - a World Heritage Site in
Viet Nam in your notebook.
PERIOD 88 UNIT 14 - READ
(Page 134)
I/ Objectives :
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to get some knowledge about the
wonders of the world.
II/ Language Students’ activitiess :
1) Passive form :
F Simple present tense
Revision

F Simple past tense
2) Vocabulary :
* Adjectives : religious, royal.
* Nouns : honor, god.
* Verbs : claim, compile, surround.
? Proper names :
- The Hanging gardens of Babylon
- The Statue of Zeus
- The Pyramid of Cheops
- The Great Wall
- The Taj Mahal
- Angkor Wat
III/ Teaching aids :
Y Students’ & teacher’s books.
Y OHP & OHT.
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Y Pictures & handouts.
F Time : 45 minutes.
IV/ Procedure :
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V/ Home assignment :
Stage Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
X Warm up
X Pre-reading
X While-reading
X Post-reading

ÿ Brainstorming.
Y Let students tell the names of the
seven wonders of the world today
Y Asking students to read the text
silently and underline new words.
Y Explaining the meaning of new
words, and structure.
• Having students read the text again,
and complete the sentences.
• Discuss in groups.
• Sharing with students’ answers.
• Giving the key answer.
• Correct their mistakes if necessary.
 Ask students what countries the seven
wonders of the world belong to. Fill in
each blank with a correct country.
The Seven Wonders
Of The World
Countries
1
The Hanging Gardens
of Babylon
Iraq
2
The Statue of Zeus
3
The Pyramid of Cheops
4
The Great Wall

5
The Taj Mahal
6
The Golden Gate Bridge
7
Angkor Wat
@ Students’ answers.

W Read
W Complete the sentences.
@ Key answer.
a/C; b/A; c/D; d/B
W Free practice.
1 Iraq
2 Greece
3 Egypt
4 China
5 India
6 The USA
7 Cambodia
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Seven
Wonders Of The
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Write the names of the seven wonders of the world today in your notebook.
PERIOD 89 UNIT 14 - WRITE
(Page 135)
I/ Objectives :

By the end of the lesson, students will be able to write a letter to a friend about
a place they have visited.
II/ Language Students’ activitiess :
1) Grammar :
F Simple past tense
Revision
F Present perfect tense
2) Vocabulary :
* Adjective : original
* Nouns : edge, inhabitant, ranger, Stone Age.
* Verb : form.
? Note :
 The Grand Canyon  exceptionally deep, steep-walled canyon in
north-western Arizona, excavated by the
Colorado River. The Grand Canyon is about
443 km long, 8 to 29 km wide, and more
than 1.6 km deep.
III/ Teaching aids :
Y Students’ & teacher’s books.
Y OHP & OHT.
Y Handouts.
Y Picture
F Time : 45 minutes.
IV/ Procedure :
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Stage Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
X Warm up

X Pre-writing
X While-writing
ÿ Guessing game.
ñ Let students guess in which country
the Grand Canyon is.
å Let students read the letter Tim sent
to Hoa about his trip to the Grand
Canyon silently.
å Explaining new words, and take
notes about the Grand Canyon.
å Having students complete the letter
by inserting the letters of the missing
sentences.
å Discuss in groups.
å Giving the key answer.
å Error correction.
• Imagine students have visited a place
recently. Write a letter to a friend, and
tell him/her about the place by using the
prompts to help them.
• Write the outline, and elicit main
details on the transparency to show on
the overhead projector.
 Place (Phong Nha Cave / Cuc
Phuong National Park / Ha Long
Bay, etc.)
 Distance from your home (100
km / 300 km / 12 hours / by bus …)
 How to get there ( by bus / car …)
 Sights (beautiful / magnificent /

breathtaking )
 Weather (temperature / sunny /
cool / windy …)
 How you feel (happy / excited /
relaxed, etc.)
@ Students’ answers.
? Write
? 1. Complete the
letter Tim sent to Hoa
about his trip to the
Grand Canyon. Insert
the letters of the missing
sentences.
@ Key answer.
(1)/C; (2)/B; (3)/D; (4)/A
? 2. Write a letter to a
friend. Tell him/her
about a place you have
visited recently. Use the
prompts to help you.
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X Post-writing
• Asking students to write a letter on
the transparency.
• Work individually.
• Correct their mistakes if possible.
 Let students use their outline to make
an interview.
@Students’ letters.

W Free practice
V/ Home assignment :
? Write your own letter in your notebook.
PERIOD 90 UNIT 14 - LANGUAGE FOCUS
(Page 136 & 137)
I/ Objectives :
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to know how to use passive forms,
indirect questions with if and whether, question words before To-Infinitives, and
Verb + To-Infinitive.
II/ Language Students’ activitiess :
A) Grammar :
 Passive forms (Revision).
Example :
Sydney Opera House was completed in 1973.
 Indirect questions with if and whether.
Example :
Direct speech: Do you know My So, Nga?, Nhi said.
Reported speech: Nhi asked Nga if/whether she knew My Son.
? Notes:
- The introductory verb is ‘said’
replaced by
‘asked’ + Object
- We normally use if or whether after the verb ‘asked’
- The auxiliary verbs ‘do / does / did’ are omitted
- Tenses, pronouns, adjectives, and adverbs change as in statements
- the question mark (?) is omitted in reported speech
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 Question words before To-Infinitives.
Example:
Nga told Nhi how to go there.
? Note :
After the following verbs, we can use a question word:
‘Verb + how / what / where / + To-Infinitive’
advise ask decide explain forget know
learn point out remember show tell understand
 Verb + To-Infinitive.
Example:
We decided to take a taxi home.
? Note :
These verbs are followed by another verb, the structure is usually:
‘verb + To-Infinitive’.
afford agree appear arrange attempt begin dare decide
fail forget hope learn manage need offer plan
pretend promise refuse see start tend threaten
B) Vocabulary :
* Adjective : civil
* Nouns : expedition, summit.
* Verbs : construct, design, shelter.
III/ Teaching aids :
Y Students’ & teacher’s books.
Y OHP & OHT.
Y Pictures.
F Time : 45 minutes.
IV/ Procedure :
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Stage Teacher’s activities Students’ activities

X Warm up
X Presentation 1
X Practice 1
X Presentation 2
X Practice 2
ÿ Matching.
♣ Ask students to match the
names of the famous landmarks in
column A to the correct country in
column B.
A B
1) Sydney Opera House
2) Great Wall
3) Eiffel Tower
4) Statue of Liberty
5) Mount Everest
a) Nepal
b) The United States
c) France
d) China
e) Australia
² Write the model sentence on
the board.
² Having students remind the
passive form of the past simple
tense.
² Explaining how to do the task.
Example :
a) Sydney Opera House was
completed in 1973.

² Asking students to complete the
sentences. Use the passive forms of
the verbs in the box.
² Work individually.
² Giving the key answer.
² Correct their mistakes if
necessary.
 Setting the scene.
‘Yesterday, Nga and Nhi talked
about My Son, one of the World
Cultural Heritage of Viet Nam.’
 Explaining the model sentence.
Example :
a) Do you know My So, Nga?
- Nhi asked Nga if/whether she
knew My Son.
 Getting students to report what
Nhi asked Nga, using reported
speech.
 Pair work.
 Providing the key answer.
 Error correction if necessary.
@ Students’ answers
W 1. Complete the sentences.
Use the passive forms of the
verbs in the box.
@ Key answer.
a) was completed
b) was constructed
c) was designed

d) was presented
e) was reached
W 2. Yesterday, Nga and Nhi
talked about My Son, one of
the World Cultural Heritage of
Viet Nam. Report the questions
Nhi asked Nga.
@ Key answer.
a) Nhi asked Nga if/whether
she knew My Son.
b) Nhi asked Nga if/whether it
was far from Ha Noi.
c) Nhi asked Nga if/whether
My Son was in Quang Nam
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V/ Home assignment :
& Relearn how to use passive forms, indirect questions with if and whether,
question words before To-Infinitives, and Verb + To-Infinitive.
? Write exercises (page 136& 137) in your notebook.
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