Giáo án Tiếng Anh 8 Unit 4: Our past

GIÁO ÁN TIẾNG ANH 8

Unit 4
Our past
Period 21
lesson 1 : Getting started - Listen and read

A / Aims and Objectives : By the end of the lesson , Ss will be able to tell the activities
people used to do in the past .
B / Teaching aids : Textbook , cassette , chalks ...
C / Procedure :
I / Warm up :

Getting started

- Ask Ss to look at the picture and write the names of
the things that do not belong to the past .
* Answers :
- The TV
- The radio

Play game

- The mobile
- The light fixture
- Modern clothing / school uniforms
II / Pre - reading :
1. Pre- teach vocabulary
- to look after = to take care of

Listen and repeat in

- Equipment (n) - example

chorus , individually .

- a folk tale : Tam Cam is a folk tale
- Traditional ( adj )

Guess its meanings and


- a great grandma (n)

copy down

* Checking :

Play game

What and where

2. T / F statements prediction
- Ask Ss to read the statements and predict they are true
or false .
Statements
1. Nga is used to live on farm

Guess

2. Nga ,s grandma did not go to

Key
F
T

Work in groups

school .
3. She has an easy and happy life

F

when she was young .
4. There was not any modern

T

equipment at her time .

F

5. “ The lost shoe “ is a short story
- Call on Ss to read their predictions and write them on
the board .
III / While - reading :
- Turn on the tape 2 times and look at their books to
read the dialogue between Nga and her Grandma to
check their predictions

- Read their predictions

Listen to the tape and
look at their books to
check their predictions

- Ask them to correct the false statements .
1. Grandma used to love on farm
3. She had a hard life .

- Correct the false ones

5. It is an old folk tale .
* Comprehension :
- Get Ss to work in pairs , asking and answering
questions
- Give feedback
a. She used to live on a farm .

Practice asking and


b. Because she had to stay at home and help her Mom

answering the questions

to look after her younger brothers and sisters .

.

c. She used to cook the meals , clean the house and
wash the clothes .

d. Her great grandma used to lit the lamp and her great
father used to tell stories .
e. She asked her grandma to tell her the tale “ The lost
shoe “
- Ask Ss to practice asking and answering the
questions .
* Fact or opinion

Read the statements and

- Have Ss read the statements part 3 and decide which

decide which is a fact

is a fact and which is a pinion .

and which is a opinion .

Statements

Fact

a. I used to live on a farm .

X

b. There was not any electricity .

X

c. Mom had to do everything

X

Opinion

without the help of modern
equipment .
d. My father used to tell us stories

X

e. The best one was the lost shoe .

X

f. Traditional stories are great .
- Give feedback
IV / Post - reading :

X

Survey

Did you use to ................?
- Get up late .

Name
Practice in groups

-

Ride bicycle too fast .

-

Go to school .

-

Eat too much candy .

Demonstrate in front of

-

Forget to do your homework

class .


- Give feedback by asking Ss some questions to check
“ Who used to get up late / ride bicycle too fast ...? “
- Write it down .
V / Homework :
1. Write the result of their survey .

Listen and copy .

2. Learn by heart new words .

3. Prepare the next lesson .

Period 22

lesson 2 : Speak

A / Aims and Objectives : By the end of the lesson , Ss will be able to use USED TO to
talk about the things they used to do .
B / Teaching aids : Textbooks , word cards for drilling .
C / Procedure :
I / Warm up :
- rieletcicty

Jumbled words
= Electricity

- menttaenterin = Entertainment
- rkmaet

= Market

- permasuekt

= Supermarket

Play games

II / Pre - speaking :
• Recall the conversation between Nga and her
grandma , then ask “ Where did Nga,s grandma

always live ? “ -> She always lived on a farm .
- Ask : “ Another word for always lived “ .
Ask Ss to use Used to to make question and answer.

Practice reading the

“ Where did Nga ,s grandma use to live ? “

conversation and

She used to live on a farm .

answer the questions

• Form : S + Used to + inf
S + did not use to + inf


Did + S + use to + inf ?

Listen and copy

 Expressing a past habit , or an action usually
happened in the past .
• Practice
Word cue drill
a. Live / Hue / Hanoi
b. Have / long hairs / short hairs
c. Get up / late / early
d. Walk to school / bicycle

Practice speaking with

e. Study / evening / early morning

cues

- Call on some pairs to practice asking and answering
the cues above .
III / While - speaking :
- Get Ss to work in closed pairs , then open pairs .
- Ask them to compare 2 pictures , using “ USED TO “
to talk about the actions in the past , using these ideas
below :

Work in pairs

1. Where did they live in the past ? And now ?
2. How did they travel ?
3. What is about the electricity ?
4. What is about their life / work ?
5. Did children use to go to school ?
6. What is about their entertainment ?
- Call on some pairs to demonstrate in front of class
- Give feedback .

Demonstrate in front of

* Suggested answers :

class

1. People used to live in small houses . Now they live
in big houses and buildings.
2. People used to walk . Now they can go by cars or


motorbikes .
3. Now , there is electricity everywhere .
4. People used to work hard all the time . Now they
have a lot of time for entertainment .
5. Most children used to stay at home . Now , they all
go to school .
6. Children used to play traditional games such as hide
and seek , skip rope ... outdoors . Now , they have a lot
of modern games – video games .
IV / Post - speaking :

Write it up

- Ask Them to write a complete writing about the
difference of the life in the past and now.
- Call on some Ss to demonstrate in front of class .

Work individually .

- Correct common mistakes .
V / Homework :
1. Write about the things you used to do last year .
Beginning : Last year , I used to get up late . Now , I

get up very early and do morning exercises . ... ... “
2. Do exercise in workbook .
3. Prepare the next lesson .
Listen and copy .


Unit 4
Our past
Period 23

lesson 3: Listen

A / Aims and Objectives : By the end of the lesson , Ss will be able to understand the
main idea of a story by listening .
B / Teaching aids : Textbook , cassette , chalk , board ..
C / Procedure :
I / Warm up :

Pelmanism

run
ran
fly
flew
ride
eat
ate
sit
sat
come

- Continue until all the cards are finished .

rode
came

II / Pre - listening : Introduce the topic of the listening
task
1. Pre – teach vocabulary :
- Foolish (a) = ngÊ ngẩn , ngốc nghiÕch
- greedy ( a) = tham lam
- Gold (n) ( realia )
- to lay -> laid – laid ( Picture )
- amazement (n) = ngạc nhiên , vui nhộn
* Checking :

Play game

Listen and copy
Listen and repeat in
chorus , individually
Copy down
Play game

What and where

2. Prediction :
- Ask Ss to predict the moral lesson of the story .
- Have them look at four titles and guess which is the
most suitable to the story .
- Call on some Ss to read their predictions and write

Work in groups to
predict .
Read their predictions
aloud .

them on the board .
III / While - listening :

Listen to the tape and


1. Checking the prediction

check their predictions

- Turn on the tape twice and ask them to check their
predictions .

Read their results and

- Call on some Ss to read their results and give feed

write down .

back : “ Don,t be foolish and greedy “
- Turn on the tape once more to check their results
again .
2. Find out the verbs in the story :
- Ask Ss what tense is used in the story ( Simple past

Listen and find out the

tense )

verbs in the tape

- Have Ss listen again and try to write as many verbs as
possible . The student who writes more verbs get good

Read them aloud .

marks .
- Call on some Ss to read the verbs aloud .
- Give feedback: went / discovered / laid / shouted /
finished / could not / were / ran / looked / wanted /

Give the infinitives of

decided .

these verbs .

- Ask Ss to give the infinitives of these verbs.
IV / Post - listening :

Mapped dialogue

Lan : ............................lunch ?
Nga : No . I ate noodles .

Lan : How ................... school ?
Nga : I rode a bicycle to school .
Lan : Which subject did you have yesterday ?
Nga : .................. math .
Lan : .................................................?
Nga : I was at home .
- Ask them to work in pairs to practice the dialogue .
- Call on some pairs to practice in front of class .

Practice in pairs


- Correct and give feedback .
V / Homework :
1. Copy the completed dialogue in their notebooks .
2. Do exercises ........ in workbook .

Listen and copy .

3. Prepare the next lesson .

Unit 4
Our past
Period 24

Lesson 4 : Read

A/ Aims and Objectives : By the end of the lesson , Ss will be able to understand and
retell the story - The lost shoe .
B / Teaching aids : Text book , word cards for drilling , cassette ...

C / Procedure :
I / Warm up :

Brainstorming

Name some folks tales that you have read .
• Possible answers :
- Cây tre trăm đốt ( one hundred-section bamboo )

Play games

- Tấm cám
- Hoàng tử Cóc ( The frog Prince )
- Đôi hài 7 dặm ( Seven – mile shoes )
- Bạch tuyết và bảy chú lùn ( Snow white and 7 dwarfs )

Copy some names of


the stories in English .

The folk tales

II / Pre - reading : Introduce the topic of the passage

Listen and copy

reading and some new words to Ss .
1. Pre – teach vocabulary :
- cruel (a) = độc ác , ác nghiệt

- upset (a) = worried

Listen and repeat in

- fairy (n) = truþÖn cổ tích

chorus , individually .

- magical (a) -> magically (adv)
- rag (n) ( realia )

Guess its meanings and

- to fall in love with = yêu

copy .

- immediately (adv ) = ngay lập tức
* Checking :

ROR

2. T / F statements predictions
- Ask Ss to work in groups to predict
Statements
,

1. Little Pea s father is poor farmer

Guess

Key
T

2. Her father got married again after his
wife died .

Play games
T

3. Her new mother was beautiful and nice
to her .

F

4. She worked hard all day .
5. She did not have new clothes to take

T

part in the festival .

F

- Call on some Ss to read their predictions and write
them on the board

Work in groups

III / While - reading :
1. Checking the predictions :
- Turn on the tape 2 times and ask them to look at their
text books to check their predictions and correct the
false ones .
- Sentence 3 : Her new mother was cruel to her .

Read their predictions

- Sentence 5 : A fairy gave her beautiful clothes.
- Call on 2 Ss to read the story – Correct mistakes if any
.
2. Comprehension questions

Listen and check their

- Ask Ss to work in pairs answering the questions

predictions .

- Call on some pairs to practice asking and answering .
- Listen and give feedback
a. She was a poor farmer ,s daughter .

Read their results and

b. She made her do the chores all day .

correct the false ones .

c. Before the festival started , a fairy appeared and
magically changed her rags into beautiful clothes .
d. He decided to marry Little Pea because the shoe
fitted her .
e. Ss answer themselves .
- Call on some pairs to practice in front of class.
3. Gap filling : Complete the sentences with words from
the story .

Work in pairs to

- Ask Ss to work in pairs , filling the blanks with

practice asking and

suitable words from the story .

answering the

- Call on some Ss to read their complete sentences

questions

aloud .

Work in pairs to

- Give feedback

complete the sentences

a. farmer b. died


c. used

d. marry / choose

e. clothes f. lost

Read their complete

IV / Post - reading :

sentences .

• Retell the story
- Have Ss work in pairs , telling the story again in
details ( They can look at the statements in the gap
filling exercise and add more )

Listen and copy .

- Call on some Ss to retell the story in front of class .

Work in pairs to retell

- Correct mistakes if any

the story in details .

V / Homework :

Demonstrate in front of

1. Rewrite the story .

class .

2. Do exercises in workbook .
3. Prepare the next lesson .
Listen and copy .

Unit 4
Our past
Period 25

lesson 5 : Write

A/ Aims and Objectives : By the end of the lesson , Ss will be able to use Simple Past
Tense to write a folk tale .
B / Teaching aids : Text book , eleven cards , chalks , boards .
C / Procedure :
I / Warm up :

Chatting

- Ask Ss some questions about imaginary stories
1. Do you want to read imaginary stories ?
2. Name some of them

Play game


3. Which story do you like best ?
4. Have you ever read the story “ how the tigers got his
stripes “ ?
II / Pre - writing : Introduce the aims of the writing
and some new words .

Listen and copy

1. Pre- teach vocabulary :
- wisdom ( n) : trí khôn

Listen and repeat in

- a stripe (n) ( realia )

chorus , individually .

- a straw ( n) ( realia )
- a servant (n) : người phục vụ , đầy tớ

Guess its meanings and

- to graze ( picture )

copy

- to escape : trốn thoát
- to light – lit – lighted ( mime )
* Checking :

Matching

A
B
1. wisdom
a. trốn thoát
2. a stripe
b. đường sọc
3. a straw
c. ăn cỏ , gặm cỏ
4. a servant
d. trí khôn
5. graze
e. rơm rạ
6. escape
f . đầy tớ
- Ask Ss to come to the board to match items on the

Work individually .

left with those on the right by drawing a line
connecting the story .
* Reading :
- Ask Ss to read and complete the story .
- Call on Ss to say the meanings of the verbs in the box
.

- Have them work in pairs , using suitable verbs to fill
in the blanks .
- Call on them to read their answers aloud .

Read the verbs in the


- Give feedback

box and say the

1. appear

2. as

3. said

4. left

5. went

6. lit

7. burned

8. escaped

+ Comprehension questions :

meanings of them .

Read the complete story

1. where was the man ?

.

2. What did the buffalo do when the tiger appeared
?
3. What did the tiger want to know ?
4. What did he do before going home ? Why ?
5. What did he do when he returned ?
- Call on some pairs to practice asking and answering

Work in pairs to

the questions above .

practice asking and

III / While - writing :

answering the questions

- Get Ss to do exercise 2 . ( Ss have to imagine to be a

.

man in order to write the story )
+ Notice : Change
The man -> I

/ His -> My

- Ask Ss to work individually , then share with their
partners and correct mistakes .
- Take some writings to correct in front of the class.

Write the story

- Give suggested answers :

individually .

IV / Post - writing :

Telling the story

- Divide the class into 2 teams . Team A plays the role
of the tiger . Team B plays the role of the buffalo

Demonstrate in front of

- Ask them to work in team , telling the story

class.

Notice :
- Team tiger changes

: a / the tiger -> I

- Team buffalo changes : a / the buffalo - > I
V / Homework :

Play the roles of tiger


1. Write the story again , imagine you are :

and buffalo , telling the

* The tiger

story .

* The buffalo
2. Do exercises in workbook .
3. Prepare the next lesson .
Listen and copy .

Unit 4
Our past
Period 26

Lesson 6 : language focus

A / Aims and Objectives : By the end of the lesson , Ss will be able to use prepositions
of time and Used to ( to talk about the action which always happens in the past ) and
further practice in the Past Simple Tense .
B / Teaching aids : Text books , boards , chalk …….

C / Procedure :
I / Warm up :
Matching
A

B
1. In
a. January
2. On
b. 3 p m
3.At
c. Wednesday
4. Between
d. November 1997
5. After / Before
e. July 2nd
f. 7 a m and 9 am
- Call on some Ss to read aloud each phrase .

Key
1.a / d
2. c / e
3. b / f
4. f
5. b

- Explain the uses of some prepositions of time and ask

Play game

Read the correct


Ss to do Exercises

phrases aloud

II / Practice
1. Ex 3 / page 44
- Ask Ss to work individually , then compare with their
partners .

Work individually

- Call on some Ss to read their complete sentences aloud .Compare with their
.

partners .

- Give feedback

Read the complete

a. on b. in c. between d. at / after e. before
2. Ex 4 : Complete the dialogue :

sentences aloud .
Copy down .

- Have Ss work in pairs , looking at 4 verbs , using

USED TO with the verbs “ Live – Stay – Have – be “ to
complete the dialogue between Nga and Hoa .

Work in pairs

- Call on some pairs to practice in front of class .
- Give feedback .
0. used to stay
1. used to have
2. used to be

Practice the dialogue .

3. used to live
III / Further practice :
Deliberate mistakes
- Read aloud some sentences and ask Ss to listen
carefully and try to find out the mistake . When they

Play game

hear a mistake , they stand up and say No then correct

( Whole class )

it .
Eg : T : I usually stay at home in Sunday
Ss : No , on Sunday , not in Sunday .
a. My father used to play football when he has
spare time .

b. She used live in Ha noi .
c. My parents will arrive in 3 o,lock .
d. He was born in June the third .
IV / Homework :
1. Do exercises (1,2) in textbook .
2. Do the exercises in workbook .
3. Prepare the next lesson .
• Feedback :

Listen and copy .