Tiếng anh 8 unit 5 study habits

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UNIT 5:

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STUDY HABITS

* Divisions of lessons:

Period 26: Getting started and Listen & read
Period 27: Speak
Period 28 :Listen
Period 29 : Read 1
Period 30: Read 2
Period 31: Write
Period 32: Language focus.
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Week: 9

Date: October 11 2011

Period: 26

UNIT 5: STUDY HABITS

Lesson 1: Getting started, Listen & read
I.

Aim:

By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to understand the dialogue between Tim and his
mom about his study
II.
Language contents :
1/Grammar :
Reported speech
2/ Vocabulary :
a report card pronunciation (n) improve (v) to be proud of
to try one’s best
III. Techniques :
Network , matching , Survey
IV. Teaching aids :
Textbook , pictures, cassette
V.
Procedures :

Teacher’s and Ss ‘ activities

T asks Ss to write as many subjects as they can
on the blackboard.
T asks Ss some questions.

+What subject are you good at ?
+What subject are you bad at ?
+What subject do you like best? Why?
+How often do you have Math ?
T presents new words.
Ss listen and copy.

Contents
1. Warm up:
* Marks
Network
Chemistry
Geography

Physics

Objects

Math

History.

2. Presentation :

*New words

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T checks new words.
T presents the model sentence.
SS say the meaning

T asks Ss to read the statements and predict they
are true or false (work in groups)
Ask them to share with their friends.

T asks Ss to listen to the tape , then they work in
pairs.
T asks Ss to read the conversation between Tim
and his Mom.
T gets Ss to read the dialogue in silently and
check their prediction.
Then give feedback.

Ss work in pairs.
They write the answers on the board.
T corrects

A report card ( real object)
To improve (v)
To be proud of ( translation )
To try one’s best
* Matching
* Model sentence

Miss Jackson said Tim should work
harder on his Spanish pronunciation.
* True or False prediction
a/Tim was out when his mother called him
b/ Tim’s mother met his teacher at school
c/ Tim’s report was poor
d/ Tim needs to improve his Spanish
grammar
e/ Tim promised to try his best in learning
Spanish

3. Practice:

* Dialogue page 46, 47
Statements
Guess
Correct
a
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F
b
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F
c
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F
d
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T
e

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F
* Comprehention questions
a/ She ‘s Tim‘s teacher.
b/ She gave Tim‘s mother his report card.
c/ He worked really hard.
d/ She said Tim should work harder on his
Spanish pronunciation.
e/ She gave him a dictionary.

4. Production:
Ask SS to work in groups.
Ask them to stand up and ask each other the
question “ What subject do you need to
improve ? “. They have to write the names and
the subjects that their friends answer.

* Survey
Name
Mai
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...........

What subject
Literature
...............
..............

5. Homework

-Learn by heart new words.
-Do exercise 1 in workbook.
-Prepare : Lesson 2: Speak
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Week :9th

Date: October , ……… 2011

Period: 27

UNIT 5: STUDY HABITS

Lesson 2: Speak
I.

Aim:

By the end of the lesson, students will be able to talk about their study habits

II. Language contents:
1. Grammar:
be going to
2. Vocabulary:

III. Techniques:
Brainstorming, prediction

IV . Teaching aids:

Textbook, sub-board, cassette

V . Procedures:
Teacher and Ss’ activities

Contents
1 Warm up:
Network

Teacher asks Ss to write their ideas on the board

music
←

subjects
english
math
2.Pre- speaking
Questions
T asks sts some questions

Teacher asks Ss to work in pairs, asking their
partners questions and taking notes of the
answers
Teacher asks Ss to work in groups what they
have known about their partner’s study
Ex: Nam said he did his homework after dinner.

- S stands for satisfactory
How many subjects do you study?
(eleven)
-What subject do you learn well? And
-What subject you don’t learn well.
-How to make your study better?
(to) spend (time) on
(to) help somebody with
3.while - speaking
Ex:
When do you do your homework?
I do my homework after dinner.
Who helps you with your homework.
My brother helps me with my homework.

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Teacher asks students some questions

SS answer

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Ex: Thuong said she spent 1 hours on
English
Lam said he spent 2 hours on Math
4.post -speaking

Teacher lets students read 5 questions. Teacher
Questions
You Your
helps students understand clearly words phrase
partner
1) When do you do your
SS listen.
homework ?
Teacher has students practice in groups of four
2) Who helps you with your
SS practice in groups.
homework ?
Teacher asks students to practice before the 3) How much time do you
class.
spend on Math ?
English?
+ SS practice before the class ( one students
History ?
answers his/her friends’ questions
4) Which subject do you
- Teacher corrects students’ mistakes.

need to improve ?
- Teacher has students go around the class, ask 5) What do you do to
their friends and then students reported their
improve your E ?
friends’ answers using reported speech.
5.Homework:
- Teacher has students write the sentences in
- Write something about your partner’s
reported speech.
study habits
- Learn the lesson. Do exercises A3
- Prepare: lesson 3 listen

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Date: October 18 th 2011

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Period: 28

UNIT 5: STUDY HABITS

Lesson 3: Listen
II.

Aim:

III.

Language contents:

By the end of the lesson, students will be able to listen for specific information to fill in
the report card
1. Grammar:
be going to
2. Vocabulary:
(n) behavior, participant, cooperation, attendance
(v) to appreciate
satisfactory

IV.

Techniques:
Brainstorming, prediction

V.

Teaching aids:
Textbook, sub-board, cassette

VI.

Procedures:
Teacher and Ss’ activities

Teacher asks Ss to write their ideas on the board

Teacher presents some new words
Students listen and repeat, copy

T checks new words.
Teacher asks Ss to look at Nga’s report and
predict the missing information and then
compare with their partners.

Contents
1 Warm up:
Marks
* Brainstorming : How to learn E well.
Speak E to friends in class
Listen to the E radio program
Watch TV
Read English stories
Do grammar exercises

2.Pre -listening:
1. New words:
behavior (translation)
a participant (explanation)
satisfactory ≠ unsatisfactory
cooperation (translation)
attendance (translation)
to appreciate ( translation)
* Rub out and remember
3. While - listening
* Prediction
a. Day present (1)
b. Day absent (2)
c. Behavior – participant (3)
d. Listening (4)

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Teacher asks Ss to listen to the tape and check
their prediction.

Teacher asks Ss to answer some questions about
Nga’s report card
Students work in pairs

e. Speaking (5)
f. Reading (6)
g. Writing (7)
Listen
1) 87 days present
2) 5 days absent
3) participation – Spanish pronunciation
4) listening comprehension
5) speaking: A
6) reading: A
7) writing: B
4. Post - listening
* Comprehension questions / Marks
a/ Who are Nga’s parents ?
They are Mr Lam and Mrs Linh
b/ What’s Nga’s teacher’s name ?
Miss Lien
c/ What subject was reported ? For what
term ?
English
d/ What are the comments ?
Speaking English quite well. However
she does need to improve her listening
Skill.

5.Homework:
- Write something about your partner’s
study habits
- Learn the lesson. Do exercises A3

- Prepare: lesson 4 Read

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UNIT 5: STUDY HABITS

Week:10

Lesson 4: Read 1

Period: 29

I.

Aim:

By the end of the lesson, students will be able to understand the text and get specific

information
II.
Language contents
1. Grammar: none
2. Vocabulary:
mother tongue (n) (v) underline highlight (v)
come across (v)
(v) stick
III. Techniques:
Chatting, Brainstorming, survey, slap the board
IV. Teaching aids:
text book, sub-board, cards
V.
Procedures:

Teacher’s and students’ activities

Contents
1. Warm up

Teacher asks students some questions about
their English learning.
Ss answer.
Teacher can give marks.

Teacher presents and explains new words.
Students listen, repeat and copy.

Teacher holds class to play “ slap the board”.
Teacher asks Ss to work in pairs to make a list
of the ways how a language learner can learn
new words.

Marks
1. Do you like learning English ?
2. How many new words do you try to learn a day ?
3. What do you do when you read a new word ?
4. How do you learn/ remember new words?
2. Pre-reading:
 New words:
The mother tongue (n)
To underline (v)
To highlight (v)
To come across (v)
To stick (v)
 Slap the board
 Brainstorming
learn by heart
translate it into mother
tongue
Ways language learners learn
new words

learn through
example sentences

write it on a small
piece of paper &

stick everywhere in
house

3. While- reading
*True-false statement prediction:
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T:share Ss handouts and guide them to do the
task.

Ss:work in groups: scan the statements and give
their prediction.

Ss:work in groups: read the text in
silence.Then write out the ways of
learning new words.

T:feedback and correct the mistakes.

Ss:work in groups:take a survey.

T:feedback and correct the mistakes.

a.All language learners write the meaning of newwords in their mother tongue.

b.Some learners write examples of words they
want to learn.
c.Some learners stick new words somewhere in
their house to learn them at anywhere.
d.Every learner tries to learn all new words they
come across.
e.Many learners only learn new words that are
important.
*Read and write out ways of learning new words:
-Learn words through songs
-Make a list of words in their mother tongue and
learn them by heart
-Stick new word cards some where in the house
-Talk to friends about the topic
-Underline or highlight the important words
-Read stories in English
-Learn words through examples
4/post-reading
*Survey-making:
Nga Khoa ……
Ways of learning new words:
1. learn by heart
2. write example sentences with
words.
3. underline or highlight …
4.
……………………………………

5. Homework

T:guide Ss to learn at home .
Ss:do as directed .

-Learn the new words by heart.
-Write out the best ways of learning new words.
-Prepare: READ(cont).
+ True-false statement prediction.
+ Answer the questions.

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Date: October 20st , 2011
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UNIT 5: STUDY HABITS

Week:10

Lesson 5: Read 2

Period: 30

I.

Aim:
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to understand the text and get specific

information
II.
Language contents
1. Grammar: none
2. Vocabulary:
III. Techniques:
Chatting, Brainstorming, survey, slap the board
IV. Teaching aids:
text book, sub-board, cards
V.
Procedures:

Teacher’s and students’ activities

Contents

1/warm up
*What is your way of learning English:
Ss:work in groups:give opinions about
the ways of learning English.

listen to the tape
Learning English

practice reading
do exercises

T:feedback and correct the mistakes.

practice speaking

T:share Ss handouts and guide them to do the
task.

Ss:work in groups:scan the statements and give
their prediction.

Ss:work in groups: read the text in
silence.Then write out the ways of
learning new words.

learn new words

2/pre-reading
Lead in:
-Which subjects do you have today?
-Do you like learning English?
-Is it difficult or easy for you to new words ?
⇒ There are many different ways of learning
words.Let’s read the text so as to find out the best way
for ourselves.
*True-false statement prediction:
a.All language learners write the meaning of newwords in their mother tongue.
b.Some learners write examples of words they

want to learn.
c.Some learners stick new words somewhere in
their house to learn them at anywhere.
d.Every learner tries to learn all new words they
come across.
e.Some learners underline or highlight only newwords they want to learn.
3/while-reading
*Read and write out ways of learning new words:

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T:feedback and correct the mistakes.

Ss:read the passage then decide these
statements true or false then correct
the false ones .

Ss:work in pairs:ask and answer the
question about the text.

T:feedback and correct the mistakes.

Ss:work in groups:take a survey.
T:feedback and correct the mistakes.

T:guide Ss to learn at home .

Ss:do as directed .

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-Learn words through songs
-Make a list of words in their mother tongue and
learn them by heart
-Stick new word cards some where in the house
-Talk to friends about the topic
-Underline or highlight the important words
-Read stories in English
-Learn words through examples
1.True or false ?
1. F → Not all language learners but only some .
2. T
3. F → Many learners do not try to
4. T
2.Answer the questions :
a.No, Learners learn words in different ways .
b.They write sentences with new words because
they want to remember the use of these new
words
c.Learners write examples with new words, put the
words and their meaning , underline or highlight
the new words
d.Because they only want to remember the
important words.
e.Revision is necessary in learning words.
f.Learners should try different ways of learning words to
find out what is the best.

4/post-reading
*Survey-making:
Ways of learning new words:
Mi Sa ……
1.learn by heart
2.write example sentences with
words.
3.underline or highlight …
4.
……………………………………
5/ homework
-Learn the new words by heart.
-Write out the best ways of learning new words.
-Do exercise 8 page 36,37 in the workbook.
-Prepare: “WRITE”.
+ Read and find out: How many sections are there in a
letter?
* New words:Lunar New Year Festival (n), enjoyable
(adj), celebrate (v) .

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Date: ……./…………/.2011
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UNIT 5: STUDY HABITS
I.

Aim:

Lesson 5: Write

By the end of the lesson, students will be able to know the format of a friendly letter and
practice writing a letter to friend

II.

Language contents:

• Grammar: none
• Vocabulary: lunar(a), New Year Festival, enjoyable (a), celebrate (v)

III.
IV.
V.

Techniques:

chatting, ordering, labeling
Teacher aids:

Cards, textbook, pictures
Procedure:

Teacher’s and students’ activities
Teacher asks Ss some questions dealing with
writing letters.

Teacher presents new words and explains.
Ss listen, repeat and copy.
T holds class to play “ Rub out and Remember”

T asks Ss to put the parts of the letter in the
correct order.
Practice in pairs
T asks Ss to read the letter on page 51 to check
their order.

Teacher asks Ss to label each section with the
correct letter.
Teacher asks Ss to work in pairs and answer
some questions.
Teacher asks Ss to practice asking and
answering questions.

Contents
1.Warm up :
* Chatting:
.Have you ever written to someone ?
.To whom do you usually write ?
.What do you open write about ?

2,Pre- writing:
 New words:
Lunar New Year Festival
Enjoyable (a)
To celebrate (v)
 Rub out and Remember
*Ordering
a. opening
d. Body of the letter
b. closing
e. signature
c. the date
f. writer’s address
*Answers
1f.writer’s address
4d.Body of the letter
2c.The date
5b.closing
3a.opening
6e.signature
* Labeling: B, D, A, C

* Comprehension questions
a)
Who wrote the letter ? To whom ?
( Hoa wrote a letter to Jim, her pen pal)
b)
What are there in the heading ?
(Writer’s name and the date)

c)
What is the main part of the letter ? (the

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body)
d)
What did Hoa receive a few days ago ?
(her first semester report)
e)
Is Hoa good at Math ? No, she isn’t

3. While writing:

T asks Ss to have to imagine they are Lan and Exercise 2 on page 51 / textbook
write a letter to her pen pal Donna in Sans
Fransico using the given information.
Ss write individually
Teacher controls the class and helps Ss if * Answers
necessary
15 Thanh Giong street,
HaNoi, June 10th, 2004
Dear Donna,
Thanks for your letter. I’m glad to hear you

had an happy Mother’s Day. We received our
second semester report last month. I got good
grades for Geography, Physics and Math but my
English and History results were poor. My
teacher advises me to improve English and
History. I think I have to study harder next
school year
In a few weeks, we’re going to celebrate the
mid Autumn festival. That is an Autumn moon
festival in Vietnam. This afternoon, I’m going to
Ha Long Bay with my aunt and uncle by bus and
I’m going to stay there with them until the
festival comes. I’ll send you a postcard from
there
Write soon and tell me all your news
Teacher asks Ss to read aloud their letters and
4. Post – writing:
correct the mistakes.
Correction
(Marks)

5. Homework :
- Write a letter to your friend.
- Prepare for next period
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Date: ……………./………/2011

Period: 32
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UNIT 5: STUDY HABITS
Lesson 5: Language focus
I. Aim:
By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to use adverbs of manner and modal “Should” as an
advice

II. Language contents:

a) Grammar:
Adverbs of manner, model verb: should
b) Vocabulary:
Review vocabulary
III. Techniques:
Pelmanism,

IV. Teaching aids:
textbook, ten cards
V. Procedure:

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T prepares ten cards with numbers 1-->10 on one I. Warm up:
side and the adjectives/ adv on the other
Pelmanism

Mix the adj/ adv. Stick them on the
Good
well
blackboard so that they can see the numbers
quickly soft

Divide class into two teams and ask them
to choose two numbers if they match soft – softly Marks
they have 1 mark.
Language focus:

Teacher helps Ss distinguish the use of

adjectives / adverbs.
Teacher writes the form and use on the board.
Students write down carefully.
Teacher asks Ss to work in pairs to do their
exercise (textbook).
Students practice
Teacher gives the keys.

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Bad
quick

fast
fast

Badly
softly

Activity:1
Complete the dialogue, use the adverbs of
manner in the box:
a) well
b) hard
c) fast
d) badly
e) softly
Activity 3 / Page 53: work with a partner.
Suppose you are Tim’s mother. Report Miss
Jackson’s commands and requests in her

conversation with Tim’s mother:

•

Request in reported speech:

S1_+ Asked/told+S2 +To Vinf.
•

Advice in reported speech:

S1 +said +S2 +should +Vinf.
Answers:
a/ Miss Jackson asked me to wait for her outside
her office
b/ Miss Jackson told me to give you your report
T asks Ss to practice the exchange in pairs.
card for this semester
Teacher asks Ss to work in pairs to do exercise 3 c/ Miss Jackson told me to help you with your
Spanish pronunciation
d/ Miss Jackson asked me to meet her next week
T calls some students to practice in pairs and
Activity 4/ Page 53: Work with a partner.
correct their pronunciation.
Report Miss Jackson’s advice she gave in her
conversation with Tim’s mother:
a/ Miss Jackson said you should spend more time
T asks Ss to works with their partners to do
on Spanish pronunciation
exercise 4/ page 53

b/ Miss Jackson said you should practice
Students practice in pairs and T corrects their
speaking Spanish every day
pronunciation.
c/ Miss Jackson said you should listen to Spanish
conversation on TV
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