Giáo án Tiếng Anh 8 Unit 1: My friends

GIÁO ÁN ENGLISH 8
UNIT 1: MY FRIENDS
LESSON 1:

- GETTING STARTED
- LISTEN AND READ
- LANGUAGE FOCUS 4 (P. 10 -11, 17)

A. Aim: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to know more about Hoa - Lan Nien and write some sentences using the structure "(not) + adj + enough + to- infinitive".
B. Methods: Communicative approach
C. Teaching aids:

Teacher: textbook, poster, pictures
Students: textbook, notebook, pens, rulers.

D. Procedure:
I. Class organization: 1 minute
II. Revision: (5 minutes) WARM-UP
III. New lesson:
1. Setting the scene: Included in the WARM-UP
2. Main activities:
Teacher’s and students’ activities

On the board
WARM UP

- T prepares 13 cards with numbers Pelmanism:
on one side and verbs on the other.
meet
come live think
send thought

- T sticks the cards on the board so
receive met
lived received came
studentswent
can only see the numbers.
sent
- T divides Ss into 2 teams and asks


them to choose 2 numbers. T turns
the cards over to see if they match
(E.g.: teach – taught), give them
one mark. If not, T turns the cards
over again and the next team
continues until all the cards are
opened.

- T elicits the words and then
models 3 times

PRE-READING
I. Pre - teach vocabulary
- to seem

(translation)

- a next-door neighbor
(explanation: a person who lives next to your
house)

- Ss copy down

- to look like

(translation)

- a smile

(mime)

- (to) lift

(mime)

- Rub out the new words one at a Checking vocabulary: Rub out and remember
time
- Each time T rubs out an English
word, points to the Vietnamese
translation and asks "What's this in
English?". When all English words
are rubbed out, T goes through the
Vietnamese list and gets students to
say out the English words.
- T sets the scene: “Look at the
picture of Hoa and Nien and answer II. Pre - Questions
the following questions”


- T gives Ss some questions and 1. Is Nien Lan's friend or Hoa's friend?
asks them to work in pairs. T gives

2. How old is Nien?
feedback
3. Where does Nien live?
4. Is she a beautiful girl?
WHILE READING
- T asks Ss to read the dialogue
between Hoa, Lan and Nien on P. I. Pre-question checking:
10 and check if their answers are
- Expected answers:
correct or not.
a. She is Hoa's friend
b. She's twelve years old.
c. She lives in Hue.
d. Yes, she is.
- T asks Ss to read the dialogue II. Comprehension questions (P. 11)
again and answer the questions in - Expected answers:
exercise 2 on P. 11
a. Nien lives in Hue
- T calls on some Ss to ask and
b. No, she doesn't
answer the questions. (open pairs)
- T asks them to work in closed c. The sentence is 'She wasn't old enough to be in
my class'
pairs.
d. At Christmas.
POST READING
- T sets the scene to introduce the
structure "(not) + adj + enough +
I. Language Focus 4
to- infinitive". Complete the

exchange:
Form: "(not) + adj + enough + to-infinitive"
+ Can you (1) this (2) over there?

Meaning: chưa / không đủ ..... để làm gì

+ No, I (3) not (4) (5) to (6) the (7) Ex: - Can you hang this picture over there?
over there.
 No, I am not tall enough to hang the picture


over there.
- T models two cues, the whole II. Word - cue drill
class repeats, then T asks some Ss
1. Read English books / √ good
to repeat individually.
Ex: 1. Can you read English books?

2. Drive a car / x old

Yes. My English is good 3. Carry this bag / √ strong
enough to read English books.
4. Solve this problem / x clever
- T asks Ss to work in pairs: one
asks, one answers.
III. Further practice: Complete the dialogue:
- T asks Ss to do exercise 4 on P. 17
Expected answers:
in pairs.
- T gives feedback and asks Ss to b. not big enough

practice the dialogue.
c. not old enough
d. not strong enough
e. good enough
IV. Consolidation: (2 minutes)
- T asks students to summarize the dialogue and the form of “ENOUGH”.
V. Homework:
- Do exercises 1 & 2 in workbook.
- Prepare Speak + Language Focus 3


UNIT 1: MY FRIENDS
LESSON 2:

- SPEAK
- LANGUAGE FOCUS 3

A. Aim: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to describe someone’s appearance.
B. Methods: Communicative approach
C. Teaching aids:

Teacher: textbook, poster, pictures, CD, cassette.
Students: textbook, notebook, pens, rulers.

D. Procedure:
I. Class organization: 1 minute
II. Revision: (5 minutes) WARM-UP
III. New lesson:
1. Setting the scene: Included in the WARM-UP
2. Main activities:

Teacher’s and students’ activities

On the board
WARM UP

- T asks students to think of the Brainstorm:
adjectives used to describe body
thi
build and hair.

fat

curly

long

n
hair

body
build
sli
m

short

straight

PRESENTATION

I. Vocabulary:
- curly (a)

(picture)

- blond (a)

(picture)

- bald (a)

(picture)

- slim (a)

(picture)

- T elicits the words and then models - straight (a)
3 times
- slender (a)

(picture)
(picture)

(explanation)

fair

Checking: Slap the board

II. Presenting the structure:
Ex: What does she look like?
She has long blond hair.
She is short and thin.
- T shows Ss a picture of Mary and Form:
asks them to describe her hair and
What + do/does + S + look like?
her body build.
S + have/has + adjectives + N
- T explains the form to SS

S + be + adjectives
PRACTICE

- Ss copy down
I. Word cue drill
a. he / tall / thin

b. She / short / slim
c. He / short / fat
- T prepares 6 cards and models the

d. long/ black / hair

(a)


first card.

e. curly / blond / hair

- T runs through the vocabulary then f. straight / brown / hair
the cues.
- Expected answers:
a. He is tall and thin
b. She is short and slim
c. He is short and fat
d. She has long black hair
e. She has curly blond hair
f. She has straight brown hair
II. Guessing game:
Model sentence
S1: This person is short and slim. She has long
blond hair.
S2: Is this Mary?
S1: Yes.
PRODUCTION
- T shows the poster of 6 people and
asks Ss to look at 6 people on page
11 - 12. Call on one S to describe one
person and the others have to guess
who he/she is. For example: (model
sentence)

I. Describing the picture:
2 men – a woman – a boy
Expected answers:
a. There are 4 people

b, c. The man next to the bus stop is rather fat and

short. He has short dark hair and a square face.
- T asks Ss to work in groups of 4, He is wearing blue pants and a pink shirt.
each member describes a person in
The woman is slim and beautiful. She has short
the picture.
curly hair. She is wearing a green skirt and a red
- T calls some groups to describe in


front of the class.

blouse.

- T asks Ss some questions on P. 17

II. Write it up:
- Write your description on the notebook.

- T asks Ss to write their description
on notebook.
- T calls some Ss to read aloud their
description.
- T gives feedback.
IV. Consolidation: (2 minutes)
- T asks students to state the main structures used to describe someone’s appearance.
V. Homework:
- Do exercises 3 & 4 in workbook.
- Prepare lesson 3: Read

UNIT 1: MY FRIENDS
LESSON 3: READ (P. 13, 14)
A. Aim: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to know more about Ba's friends
and ask and answer about their characters.
B. Methods: Communicative approach
C. Teaching aids:

Teacher: textbook, poster, pictures
Students: textbook, notebook, pens, rulers.

D. Procedure:
I. Class organization: 1 minute
II. Revision: (5 minutes) WARM-UP
III. New lesson:
1. Setting the scene: Included in the WARM-UP
2. Main activities:
Teacher’s and students’ activities

On the board
WARM UP
Chatting:

- T asks students to look at 4 pictures on + What are these Ss doing?
P. 10 and talk about the activities they
+ What time of the day do you think it is?
want to do after school or in their free
time.
+ Do you like soccer / reading books...?
- T gives them some questions:
+ What are these Ss doing? (play

soccer / play chess / read books / play
volleyball)
+ What time of the day do you think it
is? (in the morning / evening, after

+ Who do you like playing with?


school)
+ Do you like soccer / reading books...?
+ Who do you like playing with?

PRE - READING
- T models 3 times and gets Ss repeat

I. Pre - teach vocabulary:
- a character (translation)
- an orphanage (explanation: a place where
children without parents live)
- reserved (a) (translation)
- sociable (a) (explanation: enjoy spending
time with other people) = outgoing (a)
- (to) tell jokes (explanation: tell a story which
makes people laugh)
- sense of humor (translation)
- generous (a) (explanation: giving or willing
to give freely)
- (to) annoy (explanation: to make somebody
slightly angry)
* Checking vocabulary: Slap the board

- Ss copy

II. True - False prediction
1. Ba only has three friends - Bao, Song, Khai

- T sticks the poster of T/F statements 2. Ba and his friends have the same characters.
on the BB.
3. Bao - Song - Khai are quite reserved in
- T sets the scene: These statements are public.
about Ba and his friends, read them and
guess which statements are true, which 4. They all enjoy school and study hard.


are false.
WHILE – READING
I. True/False checking:
- T asks Ss to open their books and
reads the text on P. 13. T lets Ss check
their prediction

- T asks Ss to correct false statements

Guess

Correct

1.

F

2.

F

3.

F

4.

T

- Expected answers: Correction
1. Ba has a lot of friends but he spends most of
his time with Bao, Song and Khai.
2. Ba and his friends have the different
characters.
3. Only Song and Khai are quite reserved
II. Multiple choice (p. 14)
- Expected answers:
- T gets Ss to do exercise 1 on P. 14

a. A
b. C
c. B
d. D
III. Comprehension questions:

- T calls on some Ss to give answers

1. How does Ba feel having a lot of friends?

- T asks Ss to work in pairs to do 2. Who is the most sociable?
exercise 2 on P. 14
3. Who likes reading?
- T lets Ss read the text again and


answer the questions

4. What is a bad thing about Ba's jokes?

- T corrects Ss' pronunciation if any

5. Where does Bao spend his free time?
6. Do you and your close friends have the
same or different characters?
- Expected answers:
1. He feels lucky
2. Bao
3. Khai
4. They annoy his friends
5. At a local orphanage
6. (optional)
POST - READING
Talk about your friends (appearance and
characters)

- T asks them to work in groups and talk

to one another about their friends, using
the adjectives they have just leant to
describe.
- T calls some students to present in
front of the class.
IV. Consolidation: (2 minutes)
- T asks students to summarize the passage.
V. Homework:
- Write a paragraph (about 50 words) about one of your close friends
- Do exercises 5 & 6 in workbook.


UNIT 1: MY FRIENDS
LESSON 4: WRITE (P. 15)
A. Aim: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to write a paragraph about their
close friends.
B. Methods: Communicative approach
C. Teaching aids:

Teacher: textbook, poster, pictures
Students: textbook, notebook, pens, rulers.

D. Procedure:
I. Class organization: 1 minute
II. Revision: (5 minutes) WARM-UP
III. New lesson:
1. Setting the scene: Included in the WARM-UP
2. Main activities:
Teacher’s and students’ activities

On the board
WARM UP
WARM UP

- T asks students to look at the pictures Kim's game:
on P. 17 quickly and then lets them
+ How many people are there in the picture?
keep their books closed.
+ What is each person wearing?
- T divides the class into 4 groups,
gives them 2 questions, the group Expected answers:
which answers correctly and the fastest
- Four
wins the game.
- The woman is wearing a red shirt and a green
skirt.
The man is standing on the pavement is wearing


a pink shirt and blue trousers.
The man who is standing beside the car is
wearing brown trousers and a yellow shirt.
The boy is wearing blue shorts and a white shirt.
PRE – WRITING
I. Vocabulary:
- helpful (a) (explanation: willing to help
- T elicits vocabulary and models 3
somebody)
times for the class to repeat.
- friendly (a) (kind to someone)

- humorous (a) (explanation: showing a sense of
humor)
* Checking vocabulary: ROR
- T asks Ss to read the information
II. Read the information about Tam and
about Tam then answer some
answer the following questions:
questions
a. What is his name?
- Ss give answers
b. How old is he?
c. What does he look like?
d. What is he like?
d. Where does he live?
f. Who does he live with?
g. Who are his friends?
- Expected answers:
a. Le Van Tam
b. 14
c. He is tall and thin, he has short black hair.


d. He is sociable, humorous and helpful
e. He lives at 26 Tran Phu Street, Hanoi.
f. He lives with his mother, father and an elder
brother.
g. Ba and Bao
WHILE - WRITING
- T lets Ss write a paragraph about
Tam, using the information they have I. Write about Tam:

just got.
Model passage: Le Van Tam is 14. He is tall
- T asks Ss to compare with the and thin, he has short black hair. He is sociable,
paragragh in their books on P. 15
humorous and helpful. He lives at 26 Tran Phu
Street, Hanoi with his mother, father and an
elder brother. His friends are Ba and Bao
- T asks Ss to write information about
II. Write about one of your friends
one of their friends, then write a
paragragh about him or her.
Sample:
His / her name is .............. and he/she is .............
years old. He / She .......... lives at ..........
in ........... with his grandmother, his parents and
his sister, Mai. He / She is tall and slender. He /
She has short black hair. He / She is rather shy
but friendly and helpful. He / she has a lot of
friends but his / her close friends are ..........
and ...........

POST - WRITING
Write about yourself
- T asks each student to write a similar
paragragh about himself/ herself.
- T moves around the class and helps
Ss, then asks some Ss to speak about
himself/herself in front of the class.

IV. Consolidation: (2 minutes)
- T asks students to state the main points in describing someone.
V. Homework:
- Write another paragragh (about 50 words) about one of your family members.
- Do exercises 7 & 8 in workbook.


UNIT 1: MY FRIENDS
LESSON 5: LISTEN + LANGUAGE FOCUS 1, 2 (P. 16, 17)
A. Aim: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to use simple present tense to talk
about general truths and listen to complete the dialogue.
B. Methods: Communicative approach
C. Teaching aids:

Teacher: textbook, poster, pictures
Students: textbook, notebook, pens, rulers.

D. Procedure:
I. Class organization: 1 minute
II. Revision: (5 minutes) WARM-UP
III. New lesson:
1. Setting the scene: Included in the WARM-UP
2. Main activities:
Teacher’s and students’ activities

On the board
WARM UP

- T prepares 11 cards with numbers on Pelmanism
one side and verbs on the other.

Live
Be
- T sticks the cards on the board so
lived
Is
students can only see the numbers.
- T divides Ss into 2 teams and asks
them to choose 2 numbers. T turns the
cards over to see if they match. E.g.:
live - lived, give them one mark. If not,
T turns the cards over again and the
next team continues until all the cards
are opened.

Has

Show

Send

Come

Showe
d

Sent

Came

- T asks Ss to complete the
PRE - LISTENING
conversation on P. 12-13. T gives them
Predicting conversation - completing:
some expressions and makes sure they
know their meanings.
1.
- T gets Ss to guess and to complete 2.
four dialogues on P. 12-13, using the
3.
given expressions.
4.
5.
6.
- T asks Ss to say out the meaning of Some expressions for greeting:
the expressions and help them to - It’s a pleasure to meet you
understand the usage
of the
- I’d like you to meet…
expressions.
- Come and meet…
WHILE - LISTENING
- T lets Ss listen to the CD twice.

Conversation – completing:

- T gets them to work in pairs to - Expected answers:
complete the dialogues and compare
1. I’d like you to meet
with their predictions.

2. Nice to meet you
- T gives feedbacks
3. I’d like you to meet
4. It’s a pleasure to meet you
5. Come and meet
6. How do you do


- T asks Ss to practise speaking the
dialogues

POST - LISTENING
Role play

- T calls on some Ss to play the roles of
Nam - Hoa - Thu, Khai - Mrs. Lien Mrs Vi, Ba -Bao - Grandmother, Mr.
Lam - Mrs. Linh - Mr. Thanh and
practice the dialogues.

PRESENTATION 1

- T corrects their pronunciation (if I. Pre - teach vocabulary
any).
- a planet
(ex: the sun, the earth...
what are they?)
- T elicits and models 3 times

- Mars (picture)
- Mercury

(translation)

- pleasure (n) (explanation: a state of feeling or
being happy or satisfied)
- principal (n) (example)
- moon (n) (picture)
- (to) rise (explanation)
# (to) set
Checking vocabulary: Rub out and remember

- T rubs out the new words one at a
time - each time T rubs out an English
word, points to the Vietnamese
translation and asks "What's this in
English?". When all English words are II. Revision of Simple Present tense and
rubbed out, T goes through the simple past tense:
Vietnamese list and gets students to
1. Simple present tense:
call the English words.
a. Form: S + V(s/es) + O
- T elicits simple present and simple


past tense: form, usage.

b. Usage: To talk about general truth

- T focuses on one of the usage of Ex: Lan often goes to school late
Simple present tense. It is used to

2. Simple past tense:
express an action which is always true.
a. Form: S + V(ed/ii) + O
b. Usage: To talk about action begun and
finished in the past.
PRACTICE
1. Language focus 1:
Expected answer:
- T asks students to do exercise in
1. lived - 2. lives - 3. sent - 4. was
language focus 1.
- T calls some students to give answers.

5. is

- 6. comes

2. Language focus 2:
Expected answers:
1. sets
2. moves
- T gives Ss 5 verbs: be - move - set rise - go, and asks them to complete the 3. goes
dialogue between Ba and Tuan, his
4. is
young cousin.
- T gets Ss to practice the dialogue

5. is
6. is

IV. Consolidation: (2 minutes)
- T asks students to state the usage and form of simple present and simple past tense.
V. Homework:


- Do exercises 9 & 10 in workbook.
- Prepare Unit 2: Getting started, listen and read.