Unit 11 Traveling around Vietnam -Tiếng anh 8.

Lesson Plan – English 8 – Unit 11 School year: 2014 – 2015
Planning date: 17 - 1 - 2010
Period 65. Unit 11: traveling around viet nam
Lesson 1: getting started + listen and read. P.98 - 99
I. Aims: - To help students read and undetstand the text for detail.
- To develop students’skills.
II. Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to use the structures Do
you mind…? / Would you mind…? / Would you mind if…? in practicse making requests
and offers.
III. Ways of working: T-WC, pair work, individual work.
IV. Materials: Textbook, pictures on page 98, tape, cassette, word cards.
V. Anticipated problems: Some weak students in class 8A may confuse these two
structures.
VI. Teaching steps:
STAGES ACTIVITIES THE CONTENT ON BOARD
PRESEN
TATION
(15
minutes)
* Matching:
- Students match the pictures of
places of interest in Viet Nam with
their names.
* Preteach vocabulary:
- Teacher uses teachniques to teach
students new words.
- Checking understanding: ROR
* Set the scene:
Tim-Hoa’s pen pal is going to visit
Viet Nam. Hoa meets Tim and his
family at the aiport.

* True false prediction:
- Students predict if the sentences
are true or false.
I. Matching:
Answer Key:
Picture a: Ngo Mon Gate
Picture b: Nha Rong Habor
Picture c: The Temple of Literature
Picture d: Ha Long Bay
II. New words:
- a water buffalo: con tr©u
- a sugar cane: c©y mÝa
- corn: ng«
- a 40 minute drive: 40 phót l¸i xe
III. True false prediction:
1. This is the first time Hoa has met
Tim’s family.
2. Hoa helps Mrs. Jones with her
luggage.
3. The Jones family is traveling from
the airport in a bus.
4. Shannon has never seen rice paddies
before.
5. The car is traveling past farmland.
6. Only rice and corn are grown around
Ha Noi.
PRACTI
CE
(15
minutes)

* Listen and read:
- Students listen to the tape and
check their predictions.
- Students corrects the false
sentences.
- Students practice the dialogue in
pair.
- Teacher elicits the model sentences
+ What do these sentences mean in
Vietnamese?
+ Is the first sentence a request or
IV. Listen and read:
1. Checking predictions:
* Key:
1T; 2T; 3F; 4T; 5T; 6F
3. … in a taxi
6. Not only rice and corn but also sugar
canes are grown around Ha Noi.
2. Model sentences:
S1: Would you mind sitting in the front
seat of the taxi?
S2: No problem.
S1: Would you mind if I took a photo?
S2: Not at all.
* Form:
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offer?
+ What about the second sentence?

+ What kind of verb after the
request Would you mind?
+ What kind of verb after the
request Would you mind if I…?
+ What is the intonation?
* Practice:
- Word cue drill:
Students practise the requests, using
the structures above.
- Do / Would you mind + V-ing…?
- Would you mind if I + Vp…?
(- Do you mind if I + V…?)
3. Practice:
PRODU
C
TION
(10
minutes)
- Teacher asks students some
comprehension questions to check
their understanding.
- (At the airport)
- (By taxi)
- (They see a boy riding a water
buffalow, rice paddies, corn and
sugar cane fields)
- (He d like to take a photo.)’
- Students practise in pair
makingpair making and responding
to resquests with Would you mind

….? / Would you mind if I …?
* Answer these questions:
1. Where does Hoa meet the Jones?
2. How do they travel to Ha Noi?
3. What do they see along the road to
Ha Noi?
4. What would Tim like to do?
Planning date: 18 - 1 - 2010
Period 66. Unit 11: traveling around viet namViet Nam
Lesson 2: speak + language focus 4
I. Aims: - To help students practise in making suggessiions and using mind to make
requests.
- To develop students’ speaking skills.
II. Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to make and respond
requests with mind.
III. Ways of working: T – WC, pair work, team work.
IV. Materials: textbook, pictures in the textbook on page 110.
V. Anticipated problems: Some weak students in class 8A may have difficulty in
speaking.
VI. Teaching steps:
you mind / I / smoke?
you mind / I / move you car?
you mind / I / ask you a
question?
you mind / wait for a
minute?
you mind / close the
window?
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you mind / help me with this
exercise?
Lesson Plan – English 8 – Unit 11 School year: 2014 – 2015
STAGES ACTIVITIES THE CONTENT ON BOARD
PRE
SPEAKING
(10
minutes)
* Brainstorming:
- Students go to the board and write
the responds to the requests they
have learnt.
(Team work)
* Set the scene:
One of you is a tourist on vacation
in Ho Chi Minh City. You want to
visit some places. Ask the tourist
information officer to suggest
where you could go. Use mind.
The other of you is a tourist
information officer at Sai Gon
Tourist. You have to give
suggestions to a tourist about
places to visit. Use the information
in the book.
* Mappled dialogue:
- Teacher guides students to make a
sample dialogue.
* Brainstorming:
I Mapped dialogue:

You Tourist officer
Excuse me! Yes?
I’d like to visit a
market. Would
you mind
suggesting one?
Not at all.
How about
going to Thai
Binh Market? It
opens from
about 5 am to 8
pm.
That sounds
interesting.
Thank you.
You are
welcome.
WHILE
SPEAKING
(10
minutes)
* Students practise in pair making
similar dialogue, using the
suggestion information in the book.
- Teacher can help students in class
8A by giving the suggestions.
- Teacher calls some pairs to play
role in front of the class.
II. Speak:

You Tourist officer
- Can you help
me?
- Could you give
me some
information,
please?
- Would you mind
if I asked you
some questions?
- I want to go to…
Do you mind
suggesting one for
me?
- Thank you very
much.
- Yes. What can I
do for you?
- No, of course
not.
- What about …
- How about…
- You are welcome
- Not at all. Don’t
mention it.
POST
SPEAKING
* Language focus 4. P.110
- Students look at the pictures and
III. Laguage focus 4:

* Suggested answerd:
OK
Responds to
the requests
Not at all
I’m sorry I…
…
Sure
All right
No problem
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(7 minutes) practise in pair making and
responding to requests.
a) – Do you mind if I sit down?
- Please do.
b) - Would you mind if I smoked?
- I’d rather you didn’t.
c) – Do you mind if I postpone your
meeting?
- Not at all.
d) – Do you mind if I turn off the
stereo?
- I’d rather you didn’t.
e) - Would you mind if I turned on
the air-conditioner?
- Please do.
f) – Do you mind if I watch TV
while eating lunch?

- No, of course not.
Planning date: 19 - 1- 2010
Period 67. Unit 11: traveling around Viet Nam
Lesson 3: listen + Language focus 1, 2, 3
I. Aims: - To help students listen for details about the place directions and practice
present, past participle and requests with mind.
- To develop students’ skills.
II. Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to match the places in
the box to their correct positions on the map and practise present, past participle,
requests with mind.
III. Ways of working: T- WC, pair work, individual work.
IV. Materials: Textbook, pictures in the textbook, word cards.
V. Anticipated problems: The lesson may take time.
VI. T eaching s teps:
STAGES ACTIVITES THE CONTENT ON BOARD
PRE
LISTENING
(5 minutes)
* Set the scene:
- The Jones family is going around
Ha Noi and they are talking about
the directions to 5 places in the
maps.
* Prediction:
- Students look at the map and
predict to match the 5 places in the
box to their correct positions on the
map.
I. Prediction:
a)___(bus station)__

b) ______________
c) ______________
d) ______________
e) ______________
WHILE
LISTENING
(15 minutes)
* Listen:
- Students listen and check their
predictions.
- Students listen again and answer
II. Listen:
1. Checking predictions:
* Answer key:
a) restaurant b) hotel
c) bus station d) pagoda
e) temple
2. Answer these questions:
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Move / car 
put out / cigarette

Wait / moment 
get / coffee 
Lesson Plan – English 8 – Unit 11 School year: 2014 – 2015
the teacher’s questions.
Tape transcript:
Tim: Mom, I’m tired.
Mrs. Brown: All right.You go back

to the hotel and we’ll go and
look at the pagoda.
Tim: Okay, but how I get to the
hotel?
Mrs. Brown: Let me check the map.
Oh, yes. It’s Phong Lan Road, just
off the highway.
Tim: I remember. See you
later.
Mrs. Brown: Bye.
Shannon: I’m hungry, mum.
Mrs. Brown: Can you wait until after
we ‘ve seen the pagoda, Shannon?
The restaurant is in Ho tay Road.
It’s in the opposite the direction
from the pagoda.
Shannon: Please, mom. I’m
starving!
Mr. Brown: I’ll take you to the
restaurant and get somethhing to
eat, Shannon. We’ll let your
mother go to the pagoda.
Shannon: Thanks, Dad. Perhaps we
can get some food at the
restaurant and eat it beside the
river.
Mrs. Brown: As you are going in the
direction of the bus station, can you
book seat on tomorrow’s bus
to Ho Chi Minh City? The bus

station is just opposite the
tourist information center.
Mr. Brown: All right.
Mrs. Brown: I’ll see you back at the
hotel.
Shannon: How are you going to get
to the pagoda, Mom?
Mrs. Brown: I’m going to walk over
the bridge and take the first
road on the left. If I have time, I’ll
also visit an old temple, which is
just past the pagoda on the
same road.
Shannon: Bye, Mom. Have a nice
time.
Mrs. Brown: I will. Bye.
a) Where is the bus station?
b) Where is the pagoda?
c) Where is the restaurant?
d) Where is the hotel?
e) Where is the temple?
* Key:
a) It s at the corner opposite the ’
tourist information center.
b) It s next to the temple.’
c) The restaurant is in Ho tay Road.
It s in the opposite the direction ’
from the pagoda.
d) The hotel is in Phong Lan Road.
e) It s nect to the pagoda.’

FURTHER
PRACTICE
(17 minutes)
* Language focus 1:
- Teacher elicits the model sentences
and explain the present participle.
+ Who is the boy?
(The boy’s Ba)
III. Language focus 1:
E.g: The boy reading a book is Ba
N present participle
clause
* Note:
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+ What is ba doing?
(He s reading a book)
- Students look at the pictures on
page 108 and do the exercise in pair.
(picture cue drill)
E.g:- Who is this man?
- The man waking up the stairs is
Mr. Quang.
* Language focus 2:
- Matchings:
Students look at the pictures on page
109 and match the things in the
pictures with the verbs in the box.
- Teacher elicits the model

sentences:
+ What is it?
+ It is an old lamp.
+ How much is it?
+ It is five dollars.
+ Where is it made in?
+ It is made in China.
- Students look at the picture on
page 109 and do the exercise.
- Teacher corrects.
(Mệnh đề) hiện tại phân từ có thể đ-
ợc dùng nh một tính từ bổ nghĩa cho
một danh từ mang nghĩa chủ động.
* Answer key:
- The woman carrying a bag is Miss
Lien.
- The boy standing next to Miss Lien
is Nam.
- The boy sitting under the tree is Ba.
- The girl standing by the table is
Lan.
- The girls playing chess are Nga on
the right and Hoa on the left.
IV. Language focus 2:
1. Matching:
box
truck
lamp
doll
flowers

toys
wrap in
dress in
recycle from
keep in
make in
paint
2. Practi c e:
E.g:
The old lamp is five dollars.
It is made in China.
=> The old lamp made in China is
five
N past participle
clause
dollars.
* Note: Mệnh đề quá khứ phân từ đ-
ợc dùng nh một tính từ bổ nghĩa cho
danh từ với nghĩa bị động.
* Answer key:
- The green painted box is one dollar.
- The truck made from recycled
aluminum cans is two dollars.
- The doll dressed in pink is two
dollars.
- The flowers wrapped in yellow
paper are one dollar.
- The toys kept in cardboard box are
ten dollars.

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Lesson Plan English 8 Unit 11 School year: 2014 2015
Planning date: 21 - 1 - 2010
Period 68. Unit 11: traveling around Viet Nam
Lesson 4: read. p.102 - 105
I. Aims: - To help students read for details about some places of interest in Viet Nam.
- To develop students reading skills.
II. Objectvies: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to know more about
some places of interest in Viet Nam.
III. Ways of working: T WC, team work, pair work, individual work.
IV. Materials: Textbook, pictures in the textbook (P.102 103), additional board.
V. Anticipated problems: The lesson may take time.
VI. Teaching steps:
STAGES ACTIVITIES THE CONTENT ON BOARD
PRE
READING
(12
minutes)
* Preteach vocabulary:
- Teacher uses techniques to
teach students new words.
- Checking understanding:
ROR
* Open prediction:
- Students predict the topics
mentioned in the brochures
about the resorts.
I. New words:
- giant (adj): = very big (khổng lồ, to lớn)

- accommodation (n): chỗ ở
- a tribe: bộ tộc, bộ lạc
- tribal (adj)
- linestone: đá vôi
- magnificent (adj): hùng vĩ, lộng lẫy
- a florist: ngời bán hoa
II. Prediction:
Nha
Trang
Da
Lat
Sa Pa Ha
Long
Bay
caves

flights to Ha Noi
hotels
local transport
mini- hotels
mountain slopes
railway
restaurants
sand beaches
tourist attractions
types of food
villages
waterfalls
World Heritage
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WHILE
READING
(15
minutes)
* Read:
- Students read the places
of interests and check the
predictions.
- Students read the
advertisements again and
do the matching.
- Students read the
information about the
people and find the suitable
place for them to spend
their coming summer
vaction in Viet Nam.
III. Read:
1. Checking predictions:
Nha
Trang
Da
Lat
Sa Pa Ha
Long
Bay
caves

flights to Ha Noi

hotels



local transport




mini- hotels

mountain slopes

railway

restaurants
sand beaches

tourist attractions




types of food
villages

waterfalls

World Heritage

2. Matching: (with answer key)
offshore islands
Eternal Spring
mountain slopes
Jungle streams
World Heritage Site
Di sản thế giới
suối trong rừng
mùa xuân vĩnh cửu
đảo ngoài khơi
sờn dốc núi
3. Where should these people go?
Nha
Trang
Da Lat Sa Pa Ha
Long
Bay
Nha
Rong
Habor
Andrew

Mary

John

Joanne

Donna

POST
READING
(10
mintes)
* Role play :
- Students practise in pair.
One is the tourist and the
other is the tourist
information officer .Talk
about the places the tourist
should go.
IV . Speaking:
Andrew: Where should I spend my
coming summer vacation in Viet Nam?
The officer: What is your hobies?
Andrew: I like mountain climing. I studies
tribes around the world.
The officer: You should go to Sa Pa because
there are tribal villages there.
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Planning date: 24 - 1 - 2010
Period 69. Unit 11: traveling around Viet Nam
Lesson 5: write. P.105 - 107
I. Aims: - To help students practise in writing a narrative using a guided composition.
- To develop students writing skills.
II. Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to know how to write a

narrative.
III. Ways of working: T – WC, pair work, individual work.
IV. Materials: Textbook, pictures in the textbook.
V. Anticipated problems: The activity writing 2 may be difficult for some students in
class 8A.
VI. Teaching steps:
STAGES ACTIVITIES THE CONTENT ON BOARD
PRE
WRITING
(10
minutes)
* Preteach vacabulary:
- Teacher uses techniques to teach
students new words.
- Checking understanding:
Slap the board.
* Set the scene:
Last week, while on vacation in Da
Lat, the Browns had quite an
adventure. One afternoon, they
decided to paddle around Xuan
Huong Lake in a canoe. After hiring
the canoe, the family climbed in and
paddled out to the middle of the lake.
Unfortunately, dark clouds soon
appreared and it began to rain.
I. New words:
- a canoe: ca n«, xuång
- (to) paddle: chÌo (thuyÒn)
- (to) hire: thuª

- (to) over turn: lËt
- (to) rescue: cøu ch÷a
- (to) stumble: vÊp ng·, trît ch©n
- (to) lean over: nghiªng ngêi
WHILE
WRITING
(17
minutes)
* Ordering:
- Students order the sentences in the
correct chronological order to
complete the story.
- Students order the pictures on page
106, 107 in the correct chronological
order.
* Write:
- Students look at the pictures and
write a narrative.
II. Ordering. (Part 1. P.106)
c – a – g – d – f – b – e
II I . Write. (Part 2. P.106 – 107)
1. Order the pictures:
2. Write a narrative
* Answer key:
d) She had a math exam on Friday
and she got up late.
b) She realized the alarm clock did
not go off.
e) As she was leaving home, it started
to rain heavily.

h) Uyen tried to run as fast as she
could.
a) Suddenly she stumbled against a
rock and fell (onto the road).
f) Her schoolbag dropped into a pool
(of water) and everything got wet.
c) Strangely, the rain stopped as she
got to the classroom.
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g) Luckily, Uyen had enough time to
finish her exam.
POST
WRITING
(15
minutes)
- Students exchange their writing and
correct.
- Teacher chooses some students’
writing and corrects.
- Students work in group of four to
write a story happen last week / last
year.

Planning date: 25 - 1 - 2010
Period 70. Revision
I. Aims: - To help student review their knowledge from unit 9 to unit 11 to prepare for
the test.
- To develop students’ skills.

II. Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to be ready for the test.
III. Ways of working: T – WC, individual work.
IV. Materials: Students’ books.
V. Anticipated problems: The lesson may take time.
VI. Teaching steps:
STAGES
activities
THE CONTENT ON BOARD
REVISION* Students do
some
exercise to
consolidate
their
knowledge
from unit 9 to
unit 11.
Exercise I: Choos e the word that has the underlined part
pronounced differently from the others.
1. a. canoe b. water c. sugar d. island
2. a. resort b. hotel c. except d. rescue
3. a. sight b. tribe c. seaside d. magnificent

4. a. railway b. daily c. airport d. train
5. a. island b. florist c. stream d. sight
* Key:
1. b, 2. a, 3. d, 4. c, 5. a
Exercise II: Choose the best options.
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1. Cloth bags ought ______ used instead of plastic bag.
a. be b. to be c. been d. to been
2. It’s ________ to walk in the road.
a. danger b. danger c. dangerous d. dangerously

3. The pizzas _______ to your house.
a. will bring b. will brought c. will be brought d. will been
brought

4. _______ is a mixture of decaying plants and vegetables
that is added to soil to improve its quality.
a. Compost b. Dung c. Trash d. Fertilizer
5. He is working very hard _______ get poor grades.
a. in order to b. in order not to c. to d. not to

6. Leave the victim _____ flat and don’t let him ______
chilled.
a. lying / to become b. to lie / become
c. lying / become d. to lie / to become
7. _____ is a type of bed used for carrying the sick or injured
people.
a. Stretcher b. Ambulance c. Bandage d. Crutch
8. I forgot to thank them ____ helping me.
a. about b. for c. of d. on
* Key:
1. b, 2. c, 3. c, 4. a, 5. b, 6. c, 7. a. 8. b
Exercise III: Read the following passages and decide if
the statements are True (T) or False (F).
Machu Picchu is an ancient city in Peru. The construction of
the city started in 1450.

The city covers about 13 square kilometers. For centuries,
the city was buried in the jungle and was not discovered until
1911. Today, Machu Picchu is one of the most famous tourist
attractions in all parts of South America.
The Great Wall of China is the longest man-made structure
ever built. Much of what exists of the wall today was built
during the Ming dynasty in the late 1400s, although parts of
the wall are much older and go back to around 200 B.C. The
wall is about 11 meters high. The main part of the wall
stretches for about 3,400 kilometers.
1. Machu Picchu is a modern city in Peru.
2. People began to build the city in 1450.
3. The city was built on the area of thirty square kilometers.
4. People found the city buried in the jungle in 1911.
5. The city is attractive to many tourists from South America.
6. The Great Wall of China was constructed by man.
7. The wall was built during the Ming dynasty in 1400.
8. Many parts of the wall were built around 200 B.C.
9. The wall is about 11 meters high.
10. The main part of the wall is about 3,400 kilometers long.
* Key:
1.F; 2.T; 3.F; 4.T; 5.F; 6.T; 7.F; 8.F; 9T; 10T
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Planning date: 2 - 2 - 2010
Period 71: Test
A . Aims:- To appreciate the students’ knowledge and find the better way to teach
students.
- To develop students’ skills.

B . Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to appreciate their
knowledge and find the better way to learn English.
C . Test:
Maxtric
Chñ ®Ò NhËn biÕt Th«ng hiÓu VËn dông Tæng
KQ TL KQ TL KQ TL
I. Listening 4

2
4

2
II. Language
focus
16
4
16

4
III. Reading 4

2
4

2
IV. Writing 4

2
4

2
Tæng 16

4
8

4
4

2
28

10
I. PHONETICS
Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the
others. (1.5 pts)
1. a. cane b. cave c. garden d. vacation
2. a. site b. city c. limestone d. find
3. a. airport b. offshore c. corn d. front
4. a. great b. stream c. seaside d. beach
5. a. magnificent b. exciting c. price d. oceanic
6. a. wait b. away c. wrap d. with
II. LANGUAGE FOCUS
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Choose the best options. (2.5 pts)
1. Calm _______ and tell me what happened.
a. out b. down c. in d. up
2. They moved to the city ________ well paying jobs.

a. in order not to get b. for getting c. in order to get d. so that getting
3. I am delighted ___________ you passed your exam.
a. that b. to c. in order to d. so that
4. ________ is a wonderful natural fertilizer.
a. Garbage b. Plastic bag c. Envelope d. Compost
5. We were delighted ___________ your letter yesterday.
a. to get b. got c. getting d. get
6. Would you mind _______ I borrowed your dictionary?
a. if b. when c. that d.
∅
7. What is compost ________ from?
a. make b. makes c. made d. making
8. _______ you mind finishing the work yourself?
a. Will b. Do c. Would d. b & c
9. The house ________ on the hill started slipping.
a. build b. builds c. building d. built
10. The girl ______ the piano is Mary.
a. play b. plays c. playing d. played
III. READING
Read the following passage and choose the item (a, b, c, or d) that best answers
each of the questions about it. (2 pts)
Da Lat is the capital of Lam Dong province in Vietnam . Its name derives from
the language of the local ethnic group Lat and its meaning is “Stream of the Lat”. In
Viet Nam, Da Lat is a popular tourist destination. It is famous for its temperate
climate, beautiful sights such as waterfalls and lakes. It is also famous for vegetables
and flowers such as orchids and roses. There is a wine-making industry, too.
1. Where is Da Lat?
a. In Lam Dong b. In Viet Nam c. In Asia d. all are correct
2. What does the word “its” in line 2 refer to?
a. capital b. province c. name d. local ethnic group

3. What does the word popular in line 3 mean?
a. liked by a lot of people b. not special or unusual
c. very old d. of the present time
4. Da Lat is famous for ________.
a. its temperate climate b. beautiful sights
c. vegetables and flowers d. all are correct
IV. Writing
Rewrite the following sentences, keep the same meaning. (2 pts)
1. I have never been to Sa Pa before.
- This is ___________________________________________________Sa Pa.
2. The boy is Nam. He is watching TV.
- The boy ________________________________________Nam.
3. They passed all the exams. They are lucky.
- They are lucky
____________________________________________________________.
4. Could you turn off the TV, please?
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- Would you
mind__________________________________________________________?
V. LISTENING
Listen to the tape and decide the following sentences are true (T) or false (F)
(2pts)
T F
1. A student in Quang Trung school fell off her bike and hit her head on
the road.
2. She had a bad cut on her leg.
3. The ambulance will be there in about ten minutes.
4. Quang Trung School is between Quang Trung Street and Ngo Si Lien

Lane.
_________________________The end_______________________
Planning date:
Period 72: Check the test
I. Aims: To help students correct their test and know how to do the next test better.
II. Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to know the correct
answer and do the next test better.
III. Ways of working: T-WC, individual work.
IV. Materials: The paper test.
V. Anticipated problems: The lesson may take time.
VI. Check the test:
1.Good points: Most students know how to do the test. Most paper tests are clean and
clear.
2. Bad points: Students in class 8A don’t do the writing test very well. (ViÕt Anh,
ViÖt …)
3. Key to the test:
Matrix
Chñ ®Ò NhËn biÕt Th«ng hiÓu VËn dông Tæng
KQ TL KQ TL KQ TL
I. Listening 4

2
4

2
II. Language
focus
16
4
16

4
III. Reading 4
2
4

2
IV. Writing 4

2
4

2
Tæng 16

4
8

4
4

2
28

10
I. Phonetics (1.5 pts): (each correct answer gives 0.25 pts)
1.c; 2.b; 3.d; 4.a; 5.d; 6.c
II. Language focus (2.5 pts): (each correct answer gives 0.25 pts)
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1.b; 2.c; 3.a; 4.d; 5.a; 6.a; 7.c; 8.d; 9.d; 10.c
III. Reading (2 pts) (each correct answer gives 0.5 pts)
1. d; 2.c; 3.a; 4.d
IV. Writing (2 pts) (each correct sentence gives 0.5 pts)
1. This is the first time I have been to Sa Pa.
2. The boy watching TV is Nam.
3. They are lucky to pass all the exams.
4. Would you mind turning off the TV?
V. Listening (2 pts) (each correct answer gives 0.5 pts)
1.T; 2.F; 3.T; 4.F
* Tape script:
Nurse: Bach Mai Hospital.
Lan: This is an emergency. Please send an ambulance to Quang Trung School. A
student is hurt.
Nurse: Calm down. Can you tell me what happened?
Lan: She fell of her bike and hit her head on the road.
Nurse: Is she conscious?
Lan: Yes, but she had a bad cut on her head. It’s bleeding quite badly.
Nurse: Try to stop the bleeding. Use a towel or a handkerchief to cover the wound.
Then put pressure on it. Hold it tight.
Lan: Will you hurry, please?
Nurse: Of course. What is the address of the school?
Lan: Ngo Si Lien Lane. It’s between Quand Trung Street and Tran Hung Dao
Street.
Nurse: The ambulance will be there in about 10 minutes. She mustn’t fall asleep.
Lan: All right. I promise I’ll keep her awake.
Planning date: 15 - 1 - 2015
Period 66: UNIT 11: TRAVELING AROUND VIET NAM
Lesson 1: GETTING STARTED + LISTEN AND READ. P.98 – 99

I. Aims:
- To help students read and undetstand the text for detail.
- To develop students’skills.
II. Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to use the structures Do
you mind…? / Would you mind…? / Would you mind if…? in practice making requests
and offers.
III. Ways of working: T-WC, pair work, individual work.
IV. Materials: Textbook, pictures on page 98, tape, cassette, word cards.
V. Anticipated problems: Some weak students in class 8C may confuse these two
structures.
VI. Teaching steps:
1. Warm up:(3 minutes) *Teacher greets and checks the students’ attendance.
* Chatting: Teacher asks students some questions:
- Do you like traveling?
- Do you know any famous places in Viet Nam?
T. introduces new lesson
2. New lesson:
STAGES T & SS’ ACTIVITIES THE CONTENT ON BOARD
PRESEN
TATION
(14
* Matching:
- Students match the pictures of
places of interest in Viet Nam with
I. Matching:
Answer Key:
Picture a: Ngo Mon Gate
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minutes) their names.
* Preteach vocabulary:
- Teacher uses teachniques to teach
students new words.
- Checking understanding: ROR
* Set the scene:
Tim,Hoa’s pen pal, is going to visit
Viet Nam. Hoa meets Tim and his
family at the aiport.
* True false prediction: P99-100
- Students predict if the sentences
are true or false.
Picture b: Nha Rong Habor
Picture c: The Temple of Literature
Picture d: Ha Long Bay
II. New words:
- a water buffalo: con trâu
- a sugar cane: cây mía
- corn: ngô
- a 40- minute drive: một chuyến xe mất
40 phút
III. True false prediction:
1. This is the first time Hoa has met Tim’s
family.
2. Hoa helps Mrs. Jones with her luggage.
3. The Jones family is traveling from the
airport in a bus.
4. Shannon has never seen rice paddies
before.
5. The car is traveling past farmland.

6. Only rice and corn are grown around Ha
Noi.
PRAC-
TICE
(18
minutes)
* Listen and read:
- Students listen to the tape and
check their predictions.
- Students correct the false
sentences.
- Students practice the dialogue in
pair.
- Teacher elicits the model sentences
+ What do these sentences mean in
Vietnamese?
+ Is the first sentence a request or
offer?
+ What about the second sentence?
+ What kind of verb after the
request Would you mind?
+ What kind of verb after the
request Would you mind if I…?
+ What is the intonation?
* Practice:
- Word cue drill:
Students practise the requests, using
the structures above.
IV. Listen and read:
1. Checking predictions:

* Key:
1T; 2T; 3F; 4T; 5T; 6F
3. … in a taxi
6. Not only rice and corn but also sugar
canes are grown around Ha Noi.
2. Model sentences:
S1: Would you mind sitting in the front
seat of the taxi?
S2: No problem.
S1: Would you mind if I took a photo?
S2: Not at all.
* Form:
- Do / Would you mind + V-ing…?
(+)- No, I don’t mind.
- No, of course not.
- Not at all.
(-) - I’m sorry, I can’t.
- I’m sorry, that is not possible.
- Would you mind if I + Vpast…?
(- Do you mind if I + V
present
…?)
(+) - Please do.
- Please go ahead.
(-) - I’d prefer you didn’t
- I’d rather you didn’t.
3. Practice:
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YOU MIND / I / SMOKE?

YOU MIND / I / MOVE YOU CAR?
YOU MIND / I / ASK YOU A
QUESTION?
YOU MIND / WAIT FOR A
MINUTE?
YOU MIND / CLOSE THE
WINDOW?
YOU MIND / HELP ME WITH THIS
EXERCISE?
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PRODUC
TION
(8
minutes)
- T. asks Ss some comprehension
questions to check their
understanding.
1. (At the airport)
2.(By taxi)
3. (They see a boy riding a water
buffalow, rice paddies, corn and
sugar cane fields)
4.(He d like to take a photo.)’
- Students practise in pair making
and responding to resquests with
Would you mind …? / Would you
mind if I …?
* Answer these questions:
1. Where does Hoa meet the Jones?
2. How do they travel to Ha Noi?

3. What do they see along the road to Ha
Noi?
4. What would Tim like to do?
3. Summary: (1 minute)
- Repeat the lesson.
4. Home work: (1 minute)
- Learn by heart all the new words and the structures
- Read the dialogue again.
- Do exercises: 1. P65 (WB)
- Prepare Speak + Language focus 4.
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Period 67: UNIT 11: TRAVELING AROUND VIET NAM
Lesson 2: SPEAK + LANGUAGE FOCUS 4
I. Aims:
- To help students practise in making suggessiions and using mind to make requests.
- To develop students’ speaking skills.
II. Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to make and respond
requests with mind.
III. Ways of working: T – WC, pair work, team work.
IV. Materials: textbook, pictures in the textbook on page 110.
V. Anticipated problems: Students in class 8C may have difficulty in speaking.
VI. Teaching steps:
1. Warm up: (5 mins) *Teacher greets and checks the students’ attendance.
* Revision:- Write the structures using mind and give examples
- Read the dialogue p99.
2. New lesson:
STAGES T & SS’ ACTIVITIES THE CONTENT ON BOARD

PRE
SPEAKING
(10
minutes)
* Recall
- T. recalls the structures to make
requests Ss have learnt.
* Set the scene:
One of you is a tourist on vacation in
Ho Chi Minh City. You want to visit
some places. Ask the tourist
information officer to suggest where
you could go. Use mind.
The other of you is a tourist
information officer at Sai Gon
Tourist. You have to give
suggestions to a tourist about places
to visit. Use the information in the
book.
* Mapped dialogue:
- Teacher guides students to make a
sample dialogue.
I Mapped dialogue:
You Tourist officer
Excuse me! Yes?
I’d like to visit a
market. Would
you mind
suggesting one?
Not at all.

How about
going to Thai
Binh Market? It
opens from
about 5 am to 8
pm.
That sounds
interesting.
Thank you.
You are
welcome.
WHILE
SPEAKING
(18
minutes)
* Students practise in pair making
similar dialogue, using the
suggestion information in the book.
- Teacher can help students in class
8C by giving the suggestions.
- Teacher calls some pairs to play
II. Speak:
You Tourist officer
- Can you help
me?
- Could you give
me some
information,
please?
- Would you mind

- Yes. What can I
do for you?
- No, of course
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role in front of the class.
if I asked you
some questions?
- I want to go to…
Do you mind
suggesting one for
me?
- Thank you very
much.
not.
- What about …
- How about…
- You are
welcome
- Not at all. Don’t
mention it.
POST
SPEAKING
(10
minutes)
* Language focus 4. P.110
- Students look at the pictures and
practise in pair making and
responding to requests.

III. Laguage focus 4:
* Suggested answerd:
a) – Do you mind if I sit down?
- Please do.
b) - Would you mind if I smoked?
- I’d rather you didn’t.
c) – Do you mind if I postpone your
meeting?
- Not at all.
d) – Do you mind if I turn off the
stereo?
- I’d rather you didn’t.
e) - Would you mind if I turned on
the air-conditioner?
- Please do.
f) – Do you mind if I watch TV
while eating lunch?
- No, of course not.
3. Summary: (1 minute)
- Repeat the lesson.
4. Homework: (1 minute)
- Practice the structure to make requests
- Prepare Listen + Language focus 1, 2, 3.
Planning date: 21 - 1- 2015
Period 68: UNIT 11: TRAVELING AROUND VIET NAM
Lesson 3: LISTEN + LANGUAGE FOCUS 1, 2, 3
I. Aims:
- To help students listen for details about the place directions and practice present, past
participle and requests with mind.
- To develop students’ skills.

II. Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to match the places in
the box to their correct positions on the map and practise present, past participle,
requests with mind.
III. Ways of working: T- WC, pair work, individual work.
IV. Materials: Textbook, pictures in the textbook, cassette and tape.
V. Anticipated problems:
-The lesson may take time.
- Listening may be difficult for students.
VI. Teaching steps:
1.Warm up: (5 minutes) *Teacher greets and checks the students’ attendance.
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* Language focus 3/P109: (Word cue)
- Students look at the word cue to make and respond to requests.
The symbol  means agree and the  means don’t agree.
* Key:
a) - Would you mind moving your car?
- No, of course not.
b) - Would you mind putting out your cigarette?
- No, of course not.
c) - Would you mind getting me some coffee?
- I’m sorry; I’m too busy right now.
d) - Would you mind waiting a moment?
- Sorry I can’t. I’m really late for class.
2. New lesson:
STAGES T & SS’ ACTIVITES THE CONTENT ON BOARD
PRE
LISTENING
(5 minutes)

* Set the scene:
- The Jones family is going around
Ha Noi and they are talking about
the directions to 5 places in the
maps.
* Prediction:
- Students look at the map and
predict to match the 5 places in the
box to their correct positions on the
map.
I. Prediction:
a)___(bus station)__
b) ______________
c) ______________
d) ______________
e) ______________
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MOVE / CAR 
PUT OUT / CIGARETTE 
WAIT / MOMENT 
GET / COFFEE 
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WHILE
LISTENING
(15 minutes)
* Listen:
- Students listen and check their
predictions.
- Students listen again,look at the

map and answer the teacher’s
questions.
* Key to the questions :
a) It s at the corner opposite the ’
tourist information center.
b) It s next to the temple.’
c) The restaurant is in Ho tay Road.
It s in the opposite the direction ’
from the pagoda.
d) The hotel is in Phong Lan Road.
e) It s n’ ext to the pagoda.
II. Listen:
1. Checking predictions:
* Answer key:
a) restaurant b) hotel
c) bus station d) pagoda
e) temple
2. Answer these questions:
a) Where is the bus station?
b) Where is the pagoda?
c) Where is the restaurant?
d) Where is the hotel?
e) Where is the temple?
FURTHER
PRACTICE
(18 minutes)
* Language focus 1:
- Teacher elicits the model sentences
and explain the present participle.
+ Who is the boy?

(The boy s Ba)’
+ What is ba doing?
(He s reading a book)’
- Students look at the pictures on
page 108 and do the exercise in pair.
(picture cue drill)
E.g:- Who is this man?
- The man waking up the stairs is
Mr. Quang.
* Language focus 2:
- Matchings: `
Students look at the pictures on page
109 and match the things in the
pictures with the verbs in the box.
- Teacher elicits the model
sentences:
+ What is it?
+ It is an old lamp.
+ How much is it?
II. Language focus 1:
Ex:The boy is reading a book. He is
Ba.
=>The boy reading a book is Ba.
N present participle
clause
* Note:
(Mệnh đề) hiện tại phân từ( V-ing) có
thể được dùng như một tính từ bổ nghĩa
cho một danh từ mang nghĩa chủ động.
* Answer key:

- The woman carrying a bag is Miss
Lien.
- The boy standing next to Miss Lien is
Nam.
- The boy sitting under the tree is Ba.
- The girl standing by the table is Lan.
- The girls playing chess are Nga on the
right and Hoa on the left.
IV. Language focus 2: `
1. Matching:
box
truck
lamp
doll
flowers
toys
wrap in
dress in
recycle from
keep in
make in
paint
2. Practice:
Ex:
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+ It is five dollars.
+ Where is it made in?
+ It is made in China.

- Students look at the picture on
page 109 and do the exercise.
- Teacher corrects.
The old lamp is five dollars.
It is made in China.
=> The old lamp made in China is
N past participle
five dollars. clause.

* Note: Mệnh đề quá khứ phân từ
(V2/V-ed)được dùng như một tính từ
bổ nghĩa cho danh từ với nghĩa bị
động.
* Answer key:
- The green painted box is one dollar.
- The truck made from recycled
aluminum cans is two dollars.
- The doll dressed in pink is two
dollars.
- The flowers wrapped in yellow paper
are one dollar.
- The toys kept in cardboard box are ten
dollars
Tape transcript:
Tim: Mom, I’m tired.
Mrs. Brown: All right.You go back to the hotel and we’ll go and look at the pagoda.
Tim: Okay, but how I get to the hotel?
Mrs. Brown: Let me check the map. Oh, yes. It’s Phong Lan Road, just off the highway .
Tim: I remember. See you later.
Mrs. Brown: Bye.

Shannon: I’m hungry, mum.
Mrs. Brown: Can you wait until after we ‘ve seen the pagoda, Shannon? The restaurant is in Ho
Tay Road. It’s in the opposite the direction from the pagoda.
Shannon: Please, mom. I’m starving!
Mr. Brown: I’ll take you to the restaurant and get somethhing to eat, Shannon. We’ll let your
mother go to the pagoda.
Shannon: Thanks, Dad. Perhaps we can get some food at the restaurant and eat it beside the river.
Mrs. Brown: As you are going in the direction of the bus station, can you book seat on tomorrow’s
bus to Ho Chi Minh City? The bus station is just opposite the tourist information cente
Mr. Brown: All right.
Mrs. Brown: I’ll see you back at the hotel.
Shannon: How are you going to get to the pagoda, Mom?
Mrs. Brown: I’m going to walk over the bridge and take the first road on the left. If I have time,
I’ll also visit an old temple, which is just past the pagoda on the same road.
Shannon: Bye, Mom. Have a nice time.
Mrs. Brown: I will. Bye.
3.Summary: (1 minute)
- Repeat the lesson.
4. Homework: (1 minute)
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- Do exercise 4. P.68 (WB)
- Prepare Read.
Planning date: 22 - 1- 2015
Period 69: UNIT 11: TRAVELING AROUND VIET NAM
Lesson 4: READ. P.102 - 105
I. Aims:
- To help students read for details about some places of interest in Viet Nam.
- To develop students reading skills.

II. Objectvies: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to know more about
some places of interest in Viet Nam.
III. Ways of working: T – WC, team work, pair work, individual work.
IV. Materials: Textbook, pictures in the textbook (P.102 – 103), additional board.
V. Anticipated problems: The lesson may take time.
VI. Teaching steps:
1. Warm up: (5 minutes)* Teacher greets and checks the students’ attendance.
* Chatting: Ask Ss to name some famous places of interest in
Vietnam where they have been to or known.
Possible answers: Nha Trang, Da Lat, SaPa, Ha Long Bay……
- Have you ever been to Nha Trang?
- What is it like?
- Do you like visiting again?
- ……………………………
2. New lesson:
STAGES ACTIVITIES THE CONTENT ON BOARD
PRE
READING
(12 minutes)
* Preteach vocabulary:
- Teacher uses techniques
to teach students new
words.
- Checking
understanding: ROR
* Open prediction:
- Students predict the
topics mentioned in the
brochures about the
resorts.

I. New words:
- giant (adj): = very big (khổng lồ, to lớn)
- accommodation (n): chỗ ở
- a tribe: bộ tộc, bộ lạc
- tribal (adj)
- limestone(n): đá vôi
- magnificent (adj): hùng vĩ, lộng lẫy
- a florist: người bán hoa
II. Prediction:
Nha
Trang
Da
Lat
Sa Pa Ha
Long
Bay
caves

flights to Ha Noi
hotels
local transport
mini- hotels
mountain slopes
railway
restaurants
sand beaches
tourist attractions
types of food
villages
waterfalls

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World Heritage
WHILE
READING
(18 minutes)
* Read:
- Students read the places
of interests and check the
predictions.
- Students read the
advertisements again and
do the matching.
- Students read the
information about the
people and find the
suitable place for them to
spend their coming
summer vaction in Viet
Nam.
III. Read:
1. Checking predictions:
Nha
Trang
Da
Lat
Sa Pa Ha
Long
Bay

caves

flights to Ha Noi

hotels
  
local transport
   
mini- hotels

mountain slopes

railway

restaurants
sand beaches

tourist attractions
   
types of food
villages

waterfalls

World Heritage

2. Matching: (with answer key)
offshore islands
Eternal Spring
mountain slopes

jungle streams
World Heritage Site
Di sản thế giới
suối trong rừng
mùa xuân vĩnh cửu
đảo ngoài khơi
sườn dốc núi
3. Where should these people go?
Nha
Trang
Da Lat Sa Pa Ha
Long
Bay
Nha
Rong
Habor
Andrew

Mary

John

Joanne

Donna

POST
READING
(8 mintes)
* Role play:

- Students practise in
pair. One is the tourist
and the other is the
tourist information
officer talking about the
places the tourist should
go.
IV. Speaking:
Andrew: Where should I spend my
coming summer vacation in Viet Nam?
The officer: What is your hobies?
Andrew: I like mountain climing. I
studies tribes around the world.
The officer: You should go to Sa Pa
because there are tribal villages there.
3. Summary: (1 minute)
- Repeat the lesson.
4. Homework: (1 minute)
- Learn by heart all the new words.
- Do exercises: 2, 8. P.65, 68 (WB)
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- Prepare Write
Planning date:23 – 1 201– 5
Period 70: UNIT 11: TRAVELING AROUND VIET NAM
Lesson 5: WRITE. P.105 - 107
I. Aims:
- To help students practise in writing a narrative using a guided composition.
- To develop students writing skills.

II. Objectives:
- By the end of the lesson, students will be able to know how to write a narrative.
III. Ways of working: T – WC, pair work, individual work.
IV. Materials: Textbook, pictures in the textbook.
V. Anticipated problems:
- The activity writing 2 may be difficult for some students in class 8C.
VI. Teaching steps:
1. Warm up: (5minutes) * Teacher greets and checks the students’ attendance.
* Revision:
?1: Tell something about Nha Trang?
?2: Tell something about Ha Long Bay?
2. New lesson:
STAGES T & SS’ ACTIVITIES THE CONTENT ON BOARD
PRE
WRITING
(10
minutes)
* Preteach vacabulary:
- Teacher uses techniques to teach
students new words.
- Checking understanding:
Slap the board.
* Set the scene:
Last week, while on vacation in Da
Lat, the Browns had quite an
adventure. One afternoon, they
decided to paddle around Xuan
Huong Lake in a canoe. After hiring
I. New words:
- a canoe: ca nô, xuồng

- paddle(v): chèo (thuyền)
(n): mái chèo, cánh( guồng nước)
- (to) hire: thuê
- (to) overturn: lật
- (to) rescue: cứu chữa
- (to) stumble: vấp ngã, trượt chân
- (to) lean over: nghiêng người
- (to) go off: reo, đổ chuông ( đồng hồ)
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