Giáo án Tiếng Anh 8 Unit 1: My friends

GIÁO ÁN TIẾNG ANH 8

Unit 1
My friends

Period 2

lesson 1 : Getting started
Listen and read

A / Aims and objectives : By the end of the lesson , Ss will be able to know more about
Hoa LAN _ Nine and read the dialogue for details and review simple present and simple
past tenses .
B / Teaching aids : Text books , cards , cassette , chalk ...
C / Procedure :
Teacher’s activities

time

I / Warm up :

Students,activities

Pelmanism

meet
come live think
send thought
receive met
lived received came sent
- Remark and lead in new lesson .

II / Presentation :

Work in groups
Listen and write down .

1. Pre- reading
a) Pre- teach vocabulary : Introduce the aims and
some new words
- to seem ( translation )
- a next door neighbor : a person who lives next to
your house

Listen and repeat in chorus
and individually
Guess its meanings
Copy down

- to look like ( translation )
* Checking vocabulary : Rub out and remember
b) Pre- questions

Play game in whole class.


- Give Ss some questions and ask them to work in
pairs to answer them

Work in pairs

1. Is Nien Lan,s friend or Hoa,s friend ?

2. How old is Nien ?
3. Where does Nien live ?
4. Is she a beautiful girl ?
- Give feedback
2. While – reading :
- Turn on the tape 2 times and ask them to read the
dialogue between Hoa , Lan and Nien . Then

Listen carefully

check if their answers are correct or not
Answers :
1. She is Hoa,s friend .
2. She is 12 years old .

Repeat all the correct

3. She lives in Hue .

answers and copy down

4. Yes , she is .
a) Comprehension questions
- Ask Ss to read the dialogue again and answer the

Work in pairs

questions in exercise 2 / page 11
- Have them work in pairs to answer the questions
- Call on some pairs to demonstrate in front of

Demonstrate in front of

class and correct their mistakes or pronunciation .

class.

- Correct and give feedback :
a) She lives in Hue
b) No , she does not .
c) The sentence is “ She was not old enough to be
in my class. “
d) At Christmas
- Ask them to work in open pairs to practice asking Practice asking and


and answering the questions and the dialogue .

answering the questions

b) Gap filling

and the dialogue .

- Ask Ss to use the present simple and simple past
tense to complete the paragraph , using some verbs
: live – send – be – come
Hoa ..... in Hue last year , but now she ....in Ha
Noi . Yesterday , Hoa ,s friend Nien ..... Hoa a

Complete the paragraph

letter . Nien ..... Hoa, neighbor when Hoa lived in

individually .

Hue . She ..... younger than Hoa . She ..... to Ha
Noi in December .
- Get Ss to work individually and then compare
their answers with their partners .
- Give feedback
lived – lives – sent – was – is - comes
- Call on some Ss to read the completed paragraph
in front of class .
3. Post - reading :

Read the complete
Writing

paragraph aloud

- Ask Ss to write a paragraph about Hoa and Lan .
- Give Ss some cues and ask them to use the simple
present or past tense to write individually .
* Cues :
a. Lan / Hoa,s best friend

Write a paragraph about

b. They / same class / Quang Trung School .

Hoa , Lan

c. Last year / Hoa / to school first time .
d. Lan / show / round / introduce / to new
friends .
- Let Ss discuss with their partners .
- Choose some answers and correct them in front
of the class .


III / Home work :

Demonstrate in front of

1. Rewrite all the answers and complete paragraph

class .

on their notebooks .
2. Do Exercise ......in workbook .
3. Prepare the next lesson .

Listen and copy

Unit 1
My friends
Period 3

Lesson 2 : Speak

A / Aims and Objectives : By the end of the lesson , Ss will be able to describe
someone .
B / Teaching aids : Textbooks , pictures , chalks ...
C / Procedure :
I / Warm up :

Brainstorming

- Ask Ss to think of the adjectives used to describe
body build and hair .

Work in group
thin


body build

long
* Possible answers :
-

fat

- straight

-

slim

- long

-

tall

-

short

-

overweight

blond / fair

-

slender

brown

- Color : black / dark

grey
II / Presentation :
- Show Ss a picture of Mary and ask them to describe
her hair , her body build .
Ex : She has long blond hair
She is short and thin

Read all the adjectives
aloud .


Form

S + have / has + adjective + hair
S + be + adjectives

III / Practice :
1. Word cue drill

Look at the picture and

- Prepare 6 cards so that students can drill easily .

read the example aloud

a. He / tall / thin
b. She / short / slim
c. He / short / fat

Copy and give some

d. Long / black

examples .

e. Curly / blond

f. Straight / brown
- Ask Ss to read their complete sentences aloud
- Correct and give feedback

Work individually

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 .
2. Practice speaking

Read the sentences

- Ask Ss to look at six people in their books .

aloud .

- Call on a student to describe one person , the others
have to guess who he / she is
* Example :
S1 : This person is short and thin . She has long blond
hair .
S2 : Is this Mary ?
 Yes
- Go on until six people on the poster are described

Practice speaking in front

IV . Post speaking :

Writing

of class.

- Ask Ss to write all the sentences they have described
above .
V / Homework :
1. Copy all the right sentences above .
2. Do the exercises in workbook .
3. Prepare the next lesson .
Write their sentences
alone
Listen and copy .

Unit 1
My friends
Period 4

Lesson 3 : Listen

A/ Aims and Objectives : By the end of the lesson , Ss will be able to complete the
dialogue by listening
B / Teaching aids : Textbooks , cassette , chalks , boards ...
C / Procedure :
I / Warm up :

Chatting

Work in groups

II / Pre- listening:
- Ask Ss to look at the expressions in the box and

Look at the expressions in

make sure they know their meanings .

the box .

How do you do ?
Nice to meet you

Read them aloud .

It is a pleasure to meet you .

Copy down


I would like you to meet
Come and meet
- Get Ss to guess and to complete four dialogues ,

Guess the complete

using the given expressions .

expressions in the
dialogues .

- Have Ss read their predictions and write them on

Read their predictions

the board
III / While - Listening :
- Let Ss listen to the tape twice .

Listen to the tape

- Get Ss to work in pairs to complete the dialogues

carefully

and compare with their predictions .

Work in pairs and

- Call on some pairs to demonstrate the dialogues in

compare with their

front of class .

predictions

- Correct and give feedback
1. I would like you to meet ....
2. Nice to meet you ,
3. I would like you to meet ...
4. It,s a pleasure to meet you ,
5. Come and meet
6. How do you do ?
- Ask Ss to practice speaking the dialogues .
IV/ Post - Listening :

Practice the complete

- Call on some Ss to play roles of Nam – Hoa – Thu /

dialogues

Khai – Mrs Lien – Mrs Vi / Ba – Bao – Grandmother
/ Mr Lam – Mrs Linh – Mr Thanh and practice the
dialogues .
- Correct their pronunciation
- Let Ss work in pairs to practice the dialogues .
V / Homework :

Play roles to practice the


1. Copy the complete dialogues on their notebooks

dialogues .

2. Do the exercises in their workbook .
3. Prepare the next lesson .

Listen and copy .

Unit 1
My friends
Period 5

Lesson 5 : Read

A / Aims and Objectives : By the end of the lesson , Ss will be able to know more about
Ba,s friend
B / Teaching aids : Textbooks , cassette , chalks , board..
C / Procedure :
I / Warm up :

Chatting

Ask Ss to look at four pictures on page 10 and talk
about the activities they want to do after school or in
their free time and ask some questions :
1.What are these students doing ?
( play soccer / play chess / read books / play
volleyball )
2. What time of the day do you think it is ?
( in the morning / evening , after school )
3. Do you like soccer / reading books ...?
4. Whom do you like playing with ?
- Correct mistakes if any and lead in the new lesson .

II / Pre - reading : Introduce the aims and some new

Work in groups


words to students

Listen carefully

1. Pre- teach vocabulary :
- a character ( translation )
- an orphanage : a place where children without

Listen and repeat

parents live
- reserved (adj)

Guess its meanings and

- sociable (adj)

copy

- to tell jokes = to tell a story which makes people
laugh
- sense of humor ( translation )
* Checking vocabulary : What and where
- Write the word on the board , put one word in each
circle

Play games

2. T/F statements predictions
- Stick the poster of T / F statements are about Ba and
his friends , read them and guess which statements
are true , which are false :
a. Ba only has three friends – Bao , Song , Khai .
b. Ba and his friends have the same characters .
c. Bao – Song – Khai are quite reserved in public .
d. They all enjoy school and study hard .
- Get Ss to work in pairs
- Call on some Ss to read their predictions and write

Work in pairs to predict

them on the board .
III / While - reading

Read their predictions

- Ask Ss to open their books and read the text
carefully and check their predictions :

Read the text and check

- Give feedback

their predictions

a. F b. F c. F d. T

- Ask Ss to correct the false statements


* Correction:
a. Ba has a lot of friends , but he spends most of his
time with Bao , Song . Khai .
b. They have different characters .

Correct the false

c. Only Song and Khai are quite reserved .

statements and copy

- Call on some Ss to read the text aloud
1. Choose the best answer and write :
- Explain the meanings of the phrases :

Read the text aloud

+ does not affect his school work : không ảnh hưởng

( 3 Ss )

tới việc học
+ rather shy : hơi nhút nhát

Listen and copy down

+ get tired of : nhàm chán
- Ask Ss to work in pairs to choose the best answers .
- Call on some pairs to report their answers
- Listen and correct . Then give feed back
a. A b. C c . B d. D

Work in pairs to do the
exercise

2. Now answer the questions :

Read their answers aloud

- Let Ss read the text again and work in pairs .

Copy down

- Call on some pairs of students to ask and answer the
questions
- Correct and give feedback
a. He feels lucky having a lot of friends .
b. Bao is the most sociable
c. Khai likes reading
d. His jokes sometimes annoy his friends .

Practice asking and

e. Bao spends his free time doing volunteer work at

answering the questions

local orphanage .
- Let Ss practice asking and answering the questions
in open pairs .


IV / Post - reading :

Copy the right answers

- Ask Ss to work in groups and talk to one another
about their friends , using the adjectives they have
just learnt to describe .
- Call on some Ss to demonstrate in front of class.

Work in groups to talk

V / Homework :

about their friends

1. Write a paragraph about one close friend ( about

Demonstrate in front of

50 words )

class.

2. Do the exercises in workbook .
3. Prepare the next lesson .

Listen and copy

Unit 1
My friends
Period 6

Lesson 5 : writing

A / Aims and Objectives : By the end of the lesson , Ss will be able to write a paragraph
about their close friends.
B / Teaching aids : Textbook , pictures , chalks , boards...
C / Procedure :
I / Warm up

Slap the board

( Using the words they have learnt in the previous lesson )

II / Pre - writing :
* Reading :
- Ask Ss to read the information about Tam , then

Play games


answer some questions .

Read the information

a. What is his name ?

about Tam .

b. How old is he ?
c. What does he look like ?
d. What is he like ?
e. Where does he live ?
f. Whom does he live with ?
g. Who is his friend ?
- Ask Ss to practice asking and answering the

Practice asking and

questions above .

answering the questions

- Correct and give feedback
a. Le Van Tam
b. He is 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 , Ha Noi .
f . He lives with his mother and an elder brother .
g . Ba and Bao
III / While - writing :
- Let Ss write a paragraph about Tam , using the

information they have just got .
- Work individually . Then compare with the

Write a paragraph about

paragraph in their books .

Tam individually

- Ask Ss to write some information about one of their
friends , then write a paragraph about her / him .
- Get Ss to share with their partners and correct if

Read their writings

possible .

aloud .

* Sample :
His / her name ................ . He / she is ..............


years old . He / she .........lives at ........... in ..........

Write another paragraph ,

with ........... He / she is .............. . He / she

using the sample .

has ...................hair . He / she is ...............helpful .
He / she has ..................... friends , but his / her close
friends are ............ and ............... .
- Call on some Ss to read their writings aloud .
IV / Post - writing :

Demonstrate in front of

- Ask Ss to write a similar paragraph about himself /

class.

her self
- Go around the class and help Ss , then ask some Ss
to speak in front of class a bout himself / herself

Write about himself /

V / Homework :

herself .

1. Write a paragraph about one of their family
members .
2. Prepare the next lesson .
Listen and copy .

Unit 1
My friends

Period 7

Lesson 6 : Language focus


A / Aims and Objectives : By the end of the lesson , Ss will be able to review the simple present
tense to talk about general truths and write some sentences , using the structure “ (not) +
adjectives enough + to infinitive
B / Teaching aids : Textbooks , chalks , boards ...
C / Procedure :
I / Warm up :

Kim,s game

( Using language focus 3 )
- Ask Ss to look at the picture on page 17 quickly .
Then let them keep their books closed .
- Divide the class into four groups .
- Give Ss two questions , the group which answers
correctly the fastest wins the game .
a. How many people are there in the picture ?
( Four )

Play game

b. What is each person wearing ?
- The Woman is wearing a red shirt and a green skirt .
- The man who is standing beside the car is wearing
brown trousers and a yellow shirt .
- The man who is standing on the pavement is

wearing a pink shirt and blue trousers .
- The boy is wearing blue shorts and a white shirt .
II / Presentation :
1. Grammar :
a. Present simple :
* Present simple to talk about general truths - It is
used to express an action which is always true .
b. Past simple :
c. (not) adjective + enough + to – infinitive
Example : She is old enough to see that film .

Listen and copy


She is not clever enough to this thing .
2. Exercise :

Read the example and

Ex 1: Complete the paragraphs . Use the correct form give some more .
of the verbs in brackets
- Ask Ss to work individually and then compare their
answers with their partners .
- Call on some Ss to read their answers aloud .

Work individually

- Correct and give feedback
a. 1- lives 2- sent 3- was

4- is

b. 1- are 2- came 3- showed 4- introduced

Read their answers
aloud .

Ex 2 : Complete the dialogue .
- Explain some new words :

Copy down

+ a planet : the sun , the moon , the earth ...
+ Mars / Mercury ( translation )
+ silly ( adj) ( translation )

Listen and copy

- Ask them to read the words in the box .
- Let them complete the dialogue between Ba and
Tuan , his young cousin .

Read the words in the box

- Call on some pairs to practice the complete dialogue and complete the
.

dialogue .

- Correct their pronunciation and give feedback

Practice the dialogue

1- sets 2- goes 3- moves 4- is 5- is 6- is
Ex 4 : Set the scene to introduce the aims of the
exercise :

Copy down

- Ask Ss to work in pairs
- Call on some pairs to read the complete dialogue

Listen carefully .

- Correct and give feedback

Work in pairs

a. not big enough
b. not old enough


c. strong enough
d. good enough

Practice the dialogues

III / Homework :
1. Ask Ss to write five sentences about
themselves , using the structure : (not) +

adjective enough + to – infinitive .
2. Prepare the next lesson

Listen and copy .