Giáo án Tiếng Anh 8 Unit 7: My neighborhood

GIÁO ÁN ENGLISH 8
UNIT 7: MY NEIGHBORHOOD
LESSON 1: GETTING STARTED - LISTEN AND READ (P. 63, 64)

A. Aim: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to know more about Na's new
neighbor.
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
Getting started

- Ask Ss to match the names of places a. grocery store
with the suitable pictures.
c. wet market
- Ask for their meaning to make sure Ss
e. hairdresser's
know exactly what they mean.

b. stadium
d. drug store
f. swimming pool


PRE-READING
I. Pre - teach vocabulary
- model 3 times

- a wet market
- (to) serve
somebody food or drink]

- Rub out the new words one at a time
- Each time you rub out an English
word, point to the Vietnamese
translation and ask "What's this in
English?". When all English words are
rubbed out, go through the Vietnamese
list and get students to call the English
words.

[picture]
[explanation: give

- a pan cake

[translation]

- a grocery store

[picture]

Checking vocabulary: ROR

- Present some main points of present
perfect tense.
II. Present perfect tense with FOR and
SINCE
a. Form: S + HAVE/HAS + PP + O
b. Meaning: “đã (từng)”
c. FOR and SINCE:
- Set the scene: Nam and Na are talking - FOR + lượng thời gian (for 5 years)
about the place where they live. But Na - SINCE + mốc thời gian (since 2005)
is new there.
III. Pre - Questions
- Give Ss two questions and ask them to
work in pairs to answer them. Give 1. How long has Nam lived in
neighborhood?

that


feedback

2. Where does Na want to go?

- Ask Ss to listen and read silently the - Expected answers:
dialogue between Nam and Na then ask
1. He has lived there for 10 years.

them if their answers are correct or not.
2. Na wants to go to a restaurant.

- Ask Ss to do the exercise 2 on p. 64.

WHILE READING
IV. Complete the sentence
- Expected answers:
a. Na is new to the neighborhood.
b. She and her family arrived last week.
c. Na's mother is very tired.
d. There is a restaurant in the area.
- Give Ss some answers and ask them to
make questions.
e. The restaurant serves food from Hue.
f. Nam thinks the pancakes are tasty.
V. Answer given
a. Nam has lived here for 10 years.
b. Yes. My mother is too tired to cook.
c. The restaurant serves Hue food.
- Ask some Ss to ask and answer the d. Hue food is very good.
questions.
- Expected answers:
- Ask Ss to write a passage about their
neighborhood by answering the

a. How long has Nam lived here?


following questions.

b. is Na's mother tired?

- Move around the class and help Ss.

c. What kind of food does the restaurant serve?
d. What is the food like?

POST READING
Writing
a. How long have you lived in your
neighborhood?
b. Do you like it? Why? (people are friendly/
the environment is good / safe, ...)
c. Is there a restaurant / post office / market /
bank / shop in your neighborhood?
d. How do you do to keep your neighborhood
clean?

IV. Consolidation: (2 minutes)
- T asks students to summarize the conversation between Nam and Na.
V. Homework
- Prepare Speak


UNIT 7: MY NEIGHBORHOOD
LESSON 2: SPEAK (P. 64, 65)
A. Aim: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to talk about how to send parcels
or letters.
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
Kim’s game

- Ask Ss to look at the pictures in 20
seconds and try to write down as
many words related to the pictures as
possible through retrieval.
- Show pictures again to check.


Expected answers:
- airmail
- envelope / letter
- post office
- parcel
- car (transport letters)

- Show a letter and ask Ss some - postcard
questions:
+ What is this?
+ Where can I post it to my friend?
+ How can I post it?
+ How much?

PRESENTATION
I. Pre -teach vocabulary
- air - mail

[explanation]

= letter or parcel sent by air

+ Is it more expensive when I send a
- surface mail
parcel?

[explanation]

letter or parcel sent by ship, bus or train, ...
+ Have you ever sent a letter or a
parcel?
- charge (v, n)
[explanation]
= fees, money to pay for a service
- a parcel

[picture]

- (to) weigh

[explanation]

- model 3 times and have Ss to repeat = check to know how heavy a thing is
Checking vocabulary: ROR
II. Reading Comprehension
1. Does Mrs. Kim send the parcel by air mail or
surface mail? Why?
2. What's the weight of her parcel?


3. How much does she pay?
Expected answers
1. Mrs. Kim sends the parcel surface mail
because it is much cheaper.
2. Her parcel is five kilograms.
- Mrs. Kim wants to send a parcel to
Qui Nhon, so she has to go to the
post office.

3. She pays 19, 200 dongs.

III. Concept checking

- Give Ss some questions.

à We use Simple Present tense to express an
- Ask Ss to read the dialogue and find action that happens in the future.

out the answers.
- Call on some Ss to ask and answer
the questions.

PRACTICE
Students make a dialogue in pairs.
- Call on a student to ask and answer
the questions.
Mrs. Lan wants to post a letter airmail.
- Call on a student to play the role of Clerk: Can I help you?
Mrs. Kim and practice the dialogue
Mrs. Lan: I want to send a letter to Kontum.
with teacher.
- Call on some pairs of Ss to practice Clerk: Do you want to send it airmail or surface
the
dialogue.
Correct
their mail?
pronunciation.
Mrs. Lan: I send it air mail. How much is it?
Clerk: Let me see. Mmm, 15 grams, it’s only
- Set the scene and ask Ss to make 1,200 dongs.
the dialogue.
Mrs. Lan: Here you are.
- Ask Ss to make the dialogue Clerk: Thank you.
between Mrs. Lan and the clerk in


the post office.
- Elicit and encourage Ss to make the

dialogues themselves.

FURTHER PRACTICE

Make similar dialogues, based on the following
- Get Ss to practice the dialogue in information:
pairs
1. Postcard / HCM City / airmail / 15g
2. Parcel / Ca Mau / airmail / 2 kg
3. Parcel / Buon Me Thuot / surface / 5 kg

- Give other situations and ask Ss to
make similar dialogues. The box on
p. 65 will help Ss know the price.
- Divide the class into 3 groups to
practice their dialogue. Correct their
pronunciation.
- Ask 2 pairs from each group to
practice the dialogue.
- Get Ss to work in pairs, practicing
three dialogues. Teacher moves
around and helps Ss.
IV. Consolidation: (2 minutes)
- T asks students to state the main structures of mail transactions.
V. Homework
- Prepare Listen


UNIT 7: MY NEIGHBORHOOD
LESSON 3: LISTEN (P. 65, 66)

A. Aim: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to listen to what Na is going to do
on the weekend.
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

- Call a pair to the board to make a Revision:
dialogue about post office service.

PRE - LISTENING
1. Vocabulary:
- model 3 times and get Ss repeat

- an advertisement

[picture]

- a contest

[synonym]

= a competition
[explanation]

a

newcomer

= a person who has just moved to live in a new
place.
[explanation]

an

exhibition

= a show
[explanation]

a

- Ask Ss to look at 4 advertisements of
"what's on this week?" and get Ss to = those who admire a famous person
guess what is in the blanks 2 - 3 - 4.
* Checking: What and where
2. Brainstorming and guessing:

1. Movies
- Set the scene: "Na is new in the
2. Place
neighborhood. She is talking to Nam
about what she's going to do on the
weekend'.

3. Activity
4. Places

WHILE - LISTENING

- Ask Ss to listen to the tape and fill in
I. Listening task 1:
the blanks in each advertisement.
Expected answers:
- Let Ss listen to the tape twice and give
the answers.
1. The Newcomer
2. Town ground
- Ask Ss to read the statements in the 3. English speaking contest
exercises 2 page 66.
4. Culture House
- Get Ss to guess which is true, which is
false and which has no information.

fan


- Ask them to share their ideas with

their partners.

II. Listening task 2:

- Let Ss listen to the conversation again
True / false / no information
and tick in the correct boxes: true / false
or No information.
a. Na doesn’t know the neighborhood very well
(√)
- Ask Ss some questions to check their b. Na doesn’t like movies. (x)
understanding of the conversation.
c. Na will go to the photo Exhibition. (x)
- Let Ss listen again if necessary.

d. Na won’t go to the English Speaking
Contest. (√)
e. Na will go to the soccer match with Nam.
(√)
f. Nam is a soccer fan. (NI)

III. Comprehension questions:
a. Does Na like movies?
b. Why won’t she go to the film "The
Newcomer"?
- Ask Ss to work in groups to talk to c. Why won’t Na go to the photo exhibition?
their friends about what Na is going to
d. Who will Na go to the soccer match with?
do this weekend.
e. What time does the match start?

- Ask volunteers from each group to tell -Expected answers:
the whole class about Na.
a. Yes.
b. Because she has seen it before.
c. Because it doesn’t open during the weekend.


d. Nam, Ba and Minh.
e. At 4 p.m

POST - LISTENING
Sample:
Na looks at the advertisements to decide what
to do and where to go this weekend. She likes
movies but she won’t see the film at
Millennium Cinema because she has seen it
before. She won’t go to the photo exhibition
because it doesn’t open at weekends. She
cannot go to the English Speaking Contest
either because it is on Thursday. Finally, she
decides to go to the corner match with Nam
because she thinks it must be fun to watch a
real match at the stadium and she wants to visit
the Town Ground too.

IV. Consolidation: (2 minutes)
- T asks students to talk about Na’s plan for the weekend.
V. Homework
- Write a short paragraph about what Na is going to do.
- Prepare READ

UNIT 7: MY NEIGHBORHOOD
LESSON 4: READ (P. 67, 68)
A. Aim: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to understand the passage about a
new shopping Mall
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
Guessing the words (Revision)
1. A place where you can buy vegetables and
fruits.

- Give the definitions and get Ss to find
out the words as quickly as possible.
2. A place where you can buy books.

- Give Ss good marks if they have 3. A place where you can buy books.
correct answers.
4. A place where you can come to eat.
5. A place where you can come to see the
movies.
6. A person who comes to the store and buys


something.
- Expected answers:
1. Supermarket - 2. Grocery store
3. Bookstore - 4. Restaurant
5. Movies theater - 6. Customer

- model 3 times

PRE-READING
I. Pre - teach vocabulary
- goods

[picture]

= a product
- a shopping mall

[picture]

- a resident

[explanation]

= people who live in a place
- (to) be concerned about

[synonym]

= (to) be worried
- discount (n)

[explanation]

- Set the scene: In Nam's neighborhood, = to reduce price
there is a new shopping mall.
Checking vocabulary: What and Where
- Ask Ss to think about the convenience
II. Brainstorming
of the mall.
Customers don’t
care of the
weather

Shop in comfort
The convenience of the
new shopping mall


- Ask Ss to read the text silently and
compare their ideas or get more
- Expected answers:
information.

- Give feedback

+ wide selection of goods
+ lower prices
+ buy many things at the same time.
+ Have fun or relax while shopping

- Have Ss look at the statements in the
exercise 1 page 68.

WHILE READING

- Get them to read the text again and III. True / False statements:
decide which statements are true, which
a. A mall is open six days a week.
statements are false.
- Ask Ss to do the exercise 2 on p. 64.

b. There are more than 50 stores in the mall.

- Have Ss correct false statements.

c. Everyone in the neighborhood is pleased
about the new mall.
d. It will be more comfortable to shop in the
mall than in the present shopping area.
e. Some of the stores on Tran Phu Street may
have to close.
- Expected answers:
a. F - b. F - c. F - d. T - e. T

a. The mall is open daily.
b. There are 50 stores in the mall.

c. Not everyone is pleased. The owners of the
- Ask Ss to work in pairs to answer the
small stores on Tran Phu Street are not happy.
questions in the exercise 2 on p. 68.


IV. Comprehension questions
- Expected answers:
a. It is different from the present shopping
area. All the shops are under one roof. So
- Ask some Ss to ask and answer the
customers will shop in comfort and won’t
questions.
notice the weather, especially during the hot
and humid summer months.
b. There are 50 air conditioned specialty
stores, 4 movies theaters and 10 restaurants.
There is also a children's play area.
c. They think the mall will make their business.
d. The stores in the mall will offer a wider
selection of products, some goods are at lower
prices.
- Give a situation and ask Ss to discuss.
POST READING
Discussion
"Do you want to have a new mall in your
neighborhood? If there is one, what will

happen to the residents?"

IV. Consolidation: (2 minutes)
- T asks students to summarize the passage
V. Homework
- Prepare Write.


UNIT 7: MY NEIGHBORHOOD
LESSON 5: WRITE (P. 68)
A. Aim: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to write a notice.
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
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 MEETING, STORE
 MALL, ROOF, DISCOUNT, NOTICE,
GOODS, SHOP
 EFFECT
 INFORMATION

PRE - WRITING
1. Vocabulary:

- Model 3 times

- an effect

[translation]

- hardware store

[picture]

- (to) hold

[explanation]

= (to) organize
- (to) contact

[explanation]

= (to) get information
* Checking: ROR
2. Questions:
a. Why are the residents and store owners on
- Set the scene: "The residents and
Tran Phu Street going to hold a meeting?
store owners on Tran Phu Street are
going to hold a meeting to discuss the b. When will they hold a meeting? What time?
effects of the new mall".
c. Where will they hold the meeting?
- Get Ss to read the notice and answer
- Expected answers:
some questions to check their
understanding.
a. To discuss the effects of the new hall.
b. They will hold the meeting on May 20 at 8
p.m
c. They will hold a meeting at 12 Hang Dao


Street, Binh's hardware store

WHILE - WRITING

- Let Ss know the way to write a 1. Comprehension questions:
notice, not write full sentences.
How to write a notice: short and simple
- Ask Ss to read passage 2 on page 68.
+ What is the English Speaking Club going to
- Ask Ss some questions to check Ss' hold?
understanding and get them to use
+ Where and when will it be held?
short answers
+ What time?
+ Who is the person to contact?
- Expected answers:
+ a Speaking Contest
+ At hall 204 on November 15th
+ From 7.30 p.m to 10.00 p.m
- Ask Ss
individually

to

write

the

notice

+ Tran Thi Thu Hang of class 8H
2. Write a notice:

- Monitor and help them write

The School English Speaking club

- Ask Ss to share with their partners

HOLDING A SPEAKING CONTEST TO
CELEBRATE TEACHER'S DAY

- Check some notices and correct
them.
Date: November 15

Time: 7.30 p.m to 10.00 p.m
- Write the model notice on the board

Place: Hall 204, Building G
Please contact Ms. Tran Thi Thu Huong of
Class 8H at the above address for more
information.


POST-WRITING
- Do exercise 3 on page 68 in pairs

Sample notice:
MEETING TO
CAMPING TRIP

MAKE

PLANS

FOR

Date: March 20th
Time: 7.00 a.m
Place: Room 6, 2nd floor
Please contact Quynh Chau of Class 8/7 at the
above address for more information.

IV. Consolidation: (2 minutes)
- T asks students to state the main points of a notice
V. Homework
- Prepare Language focus.


UNIT 7: MY NEIGHBORHOOD
LESSON 6: LANGUAGE FOCUS (P. 69-71)
A. Aim: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to use FOR and SINCE and use
some adjectives to make comparisons.
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
Pelmanism

- Ask Ss to play the game
Ex: expensive - cheap

different cheap

modern

Short

expensive long

big

PRESENTATION
1. Vocabulary:

same

small


- Model 3 times and get Ss repeat.

- (to) attend

[synonym]

= join, take part in
- a backpack

[realia]

- a company

[picture]

*Checking: ROR
2. Comparison:
- Show Ss 3 books: a red book and a a. Form:
yellow one which have the same size
The same as ...
and a bigger brown dictionary then
ask students to make comparisons.
(not) as ... as
Different from
Like
b. Meaning: to compare 2 things
- Expected answers:
+ The red book is the same as the yellow one.
+ The red book is as big as the yellow book.
+ The yellow book is different from the brown
dictionary.

+ The yellow is not as/so big as the brown
dictionary.

PRACTICE
- Ask Ss to do the exercise 5 on page
1. Exercise 5:
70 - 71
- Give feedback

- Expected answers:
a. not as big as - e. not as big as


b. different from - f. the same as
c. different from - g. as long as
d. the same as - h. not as modern as
i. not as cheap as
- Ask Ss to do exercise 1 on page 69

2. Exercise 1:
- Expected answer:
+ go – gone
+ eat – eaten
+ live – lived
+ attend – attended
+ see – seen
+ do – done
+ write – written
+ work – worked
+ collect – collected

- Ask Ss to do exercise 2 on page 69

3. Exercise 2:
+ for 5 minutes
+ Since January
+ since 1990
+ since the summer
+ for three hours
+ for 10 weeks
+ since Friday


+ for 20 years

PRODUCTION
- Ask Ss to do exercise 3 on page 69

- Ask Ss to do exercise 4 on page 70

1. Exercise 3:
a. have lived

b. haven’t eaten

c. haven’t seen

d. have attended

e. has worked

f. has collected

2. Exercise 4:
1. have been

2. hope

3. have you lived

4. is

5. want

6. looks

7. have you ever been

8. saw

IV. Consolidation: (2 minutes)
- T asks students to state the main forms of comparison
V. Homework
- Prepare Getting started, Listen and read.