Giáo án Tiếng Anh 8 Unit 8: Country life and city life

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Unit 8: Country life and city life.
Period 44: Lesson 1: Getting started+ listen and read.
I. Objectives:
- By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to talk about the country life and city
life.
- Improve 4 skills.
II. Preparation:
- Textbook, cassette and tape.
III. Teaching procedure:
1. Organization: 8A:...........
8B:............
2. Oral test:
- Homework correction..
3. New lesson:
A. Warm- up: Chatting:
- Talk to Ss about life in the city and life in the country by asking some questions:


Where do you live ?in the city or in the country?



What do you see in the country? City?



Have you ever been to the city? Country?



Do you want to live in the city ? why ?



Do you want to live in the country ? why ?

B. Presentation:
* Pre - reading:


I. Pre teach
- Teach some new words:
a relative:

peaceful(a):

permanently(adv) : lâu dài, vĩnh viễn.

Remote (a): xa xôi

Accessible(a): có thể đến được

medical facilities. phương tiện

y tế
Definitely = certainly(adv): chắc chắn offer(v): cho , cống hiến
+ Checking: What and where.
II. Brainstorming:(Getting started):
- Get Ss to talk about the city life and country life, the words used in the box of

Getting stared may help:
noisy

quiet
City life

Country life

+ Possible answers:
- tall buidings
- plenty kinds of food

- beautiful views
- fresh food/ kinds of food

- pollutted air

- fresh

air

- traffic jams

- friendly

- plenty of entertainment facilities

- peaceful/ quiet

- busy

- thatch houses( nhà tranh)

- unfriendly peaple

- hard life

- morden life / streets

- bad school/ hospitals

- many land products

- noentertainment facilities

- many processed food

- beautiful natural views

- good schools / hospitals

- bad medical care


- noisy ……….

- bad roads/ muddy roads/ dirty roads.

* While - reading:
- Ask Ss to read the dialogue between Na and Hoa and compare their ideas.

- Give feedback and get more information.
1. Comprehension questions:
- Get Ss to work in pairs to answer the questions in Ex 2 on P.73.
- Call some Ss to give the right answers:
a. She has been to Kim Lien Village.
b. She was there for the weekend / one day.
c. It/ the countryside is peaceful and quiet and there is nothing to do.
d. There are no libraries, no movies, no supermarket, no zoos........
e. Country life is becoming better. Many remote areas are getting electricity.
People can now have things like refrigerators and TV, medical facilities
are more accessible.
- Ask some Ss to practice the dialogue.
4. Consolidation:
* Post - reading:
2. Discussion:
- Divide the class into 4 groups. 2 groups include Ss who prefer the city life and
the others include Ss who prefer the country life.
- Ask Ss to work in groups to answer the questions:
Do you prefer the city life or the country life ? Why ?
What is the different the life in the city abd in the country?
- Ask 4 pioneers from 4 groups to show their ideas before class.
5. Homework:
- Ss write a short passage about why they prefer the city life or the country life.
- Learn new words by heart.


_ Do Ex: 1, 2 in workbook.
- Prepare : speak & listen.

Unit 8: Country life and city life.

Period 45: Lesson 2: Speak – Listen.
I. Objectives:
- By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to practice speaking about the changes
of a place & complete the dialogue by listening.
II. Preparation:
- Textbook, cassette & tape. -Picture
III. Teaching procedure:
1. Organization: 8A:...........
8B:............
2. Oral test:
- Homework correction..
3. New lesson:
* Part Speaking.
A. Warm- up: Word square:
- Ask Ss to find out 7 adjectives:
Morden, dirty
Busy


E
O
U
I
Y
S
U
B

noisy

X
A
B
C
L
M
O
P

P
M
O
D
E
R
N
T

E
D
I
R
T
Y
O
F

N
N
S

T
L
H
I
D

S
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E

I
V
E
A
A
B
Y
L

B
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A
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T
I

F
U

expensive
tall
beautiful

B. Presentation:
* Presentation:
- Set the scene, then ask Ss to make a sentence about her health.
- Explain the form & use of the Present Progressive Tense:
Form: am / is / are + V-ing
Use: used to describe the change with “get” and “become”
* Practice:
+ Drill:
- Prepare 6 cards with cues given:
a. The boys / get / tall.

=> The boys are getting taller.

b. The old men / become / weak.

=> The old men are becoming

c. It / become / dark.

=> It is becoming more dark

d. The weather / get / cold.

=> The weather is getting

weak.

colder.
e. The students / get / better.

=> The Ss are getting better.


f. The school yard / become / cleaner.

=> The SS are becoming cleaner.

Key: => The town is becoming more beautiful.
=> The houses are getting more modern.
=> There are more green trees.
=> There are more tall building and houses.
=> The traffice is getting busier.
=> The streets are becoming cleaner/ larger / noisier.
=> goods are getting more expensive.
- Model first two cues, the whole class repeat chorally, then some Ss read out.
- Give some remarks.
* Production:
1. Speaking 1:
- Ss look at two pictures on p.73 and talk to their partners about changes of the
town. The words in the box under the pictures may help.
- Write the word prompts on the board so that Ss can speak easily.
- Get Ss to work in pairs.
- Call some pairs to practice.

2. Speaking 2:
- Ask Ss to work in groups and talk about the changes in their home village.
- Call on some volunteers to show their ideas in front of the class.
- Give some remarks.
* Part Listening.
A. Warm- up: Matching:


A
Do
Watch
Go
Clean
Play
Have
Phone
Speak

B
To violen
The house
Table tennis
My homework
A meeting
A program
To mom
My aunt, Mrs.Hang

B. Presentation:
* Pre -listening:

- Set the scene.the asks Ss some Qs:

What are they doing?
Can you guess what are they talking about?
Who receives the telephone?

- Ss listen and read through the unfilled dialogue.
- Ask Ss to guess the words to fill in the gaps in the dialogue.
- Ss compare with their friends.
- Give feedback.


- T writes all Ss’guessing on the board.
* Whlie - listening:
- Play the tape for Ss to listen twice.
- Ss check their guessing.
- Play the tape once again, pause at each information sentence for Ss to check.
- Ask Ss to give their answers aloud.
- Give the right answers:
1: that

2: this

3: It’s

6: coming

7: next week

8: arriving 9: Thursday

11: afternoon

12: speak

4: Where
13: my

5: from
10: late
14: get

4. Consolidation:
* Post - listening:
- Play the tape once again for Ss to listen through.
- Ask Ss to practice reading the dialogue aloud in pairs.
5. Homework:
- Ask Ss to write some sentences, using Present ProgressiveTense to descibe the
changes in their school.
- Do Ex: 3,4,5 in workbook.
- Prepare : read

Unit 8: Country life and city life.
Period 46: Lesson 3: Read.
I. Objectives:
- By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to understand the text about one of the
social prblems..


II. Preparation:

- Textbook. cassette and tape.
III. Teaching procedure:
1. Organization: 8A:...........
8B:............
2. Oral test:
- Homework correction..
3. New lesson:
A. Warm- up: Jumbled words:
Fulentipl = plentiful

taneru = nature

loofd =

flood
Roestdy = destroy

Laputipoon = population

suertl = result

viroped = provide

ciliestiaf = facilities.

B. Presentation:
* Pre - reading:
I. Pre - teach vocabulary:
rural (a): thuộc về nông thôn.

urban(a) >< rural

stain (n): áp lực , quá tải

typhoon(n)= storm: bão

drought ( n) hạn hán

struggle with (n): sự đấu tranh

migrant (n): di cư

increase (v): gia tăng

flood (n): lũ lụt

plentiful (a) : nhiều

+ Checking: What and Where.
II. Brainstorming:
- Ask Ss to think of the difficulties of farmers’ life.
Typhoon
Flood

get little money


difficulties of
farmers’ life
+ Possible answers:

droughts

the weather

hard work

no vacation

insects destroy harvest

lack of clean water/ electricity
- Ask Ss to guess how farmers deal with difficulties.
- Get Ss to work in groups to guess.
* While - reading:
- Let Ss read the text silently and answer the questions:
What do many farmers do to solve their problems ?
They move to the city so that they can get well- paid jobs.
III. Gap - filling:
- Ss work in goups to complete the summary on p.75, using the information from
the text.
- Give feedback.
- Give the right ones:
1. leaving

2. Home

3. City

4. Rural

5. City
6. Problems 7. Schools 8. Hospitals

9. Problem

World
IV. Finding the words:
- Ask Ss to do Ex 2 on p. 75.
- Let them read the text again and work with their partners.
- Call some Ss to give their answers.

10.


- Correct and give the right ones:
a) rural

b) plentiful

c) increase

d) strain

e) tragedy

f) urban

4. Consolidation:
* Post - reading:
- Give a situation:

If you were a Minister, what would you do for farmers ?
- Ask Ss to work in groups and discuss.
+ Possible answers:
Build streets, theater, stadium in the country.
Build school, hospitals.
Provide clean water, electricity, facilities.
Build factory.
5. Homework:
- Write 5 things that the government should do for the rural areas.
- Learn new words by heart.
- Do Ex: 6 in workbook.
- Prepare : write

Unit 8: Country life and city life.
Period 47: Lesson 4: Write.
I. Objectives:
- By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to write letters to their friends about
their neighborhood.
II. Preparation:


- Textbook.
III. Teaching procedure:
1. Organization: 8A:...........
8B:............
2. Oral test:
- Homework correction..
3. New lesson:
A. Warm- up: Revision:
- Ask Ss to put the outline for an informal letter in the correct order written on 6

cards.
- Write on the BB for Ss to remember it easily:
1. Heading:
Writer’s address.
Date
Dear....,
2. Opening.
3. Body of the letter.
4. Closing.
B. Presentation:
* Pre- writing:
- Ask Ss to work in pairs to answer the given questions.
- Give feedback.
Key: a. I live in a small town/ big city/ village.
b. My house looks very nice/ small with 4 rooms and a small garden.
c. From my bedroom window.I can see a small park with many green
trees and colorful flowers.


d.It’s very far from my house so I have to ride my bike / It’s very near
so I can walk.
e.there is a park…………..
f.I like the park best because I can walk with my sisiter after dinner.
- Make clear the task.
* While - writing:
- Ask Ss to write letters to friends about their neighborhood.
- Let Ss write individually.
- Ask them to compare with their partners.
- Sellect some good writings to read them aloud.
Wrter’s address.

Date.
Dear….,
I live in a house / in a small/ large town/ village outside / near…My family has a
large/ small house with four rooms and a small large garden. My sister and I share
one bedroom.It’s a lot of fun. From the bedroom window, I can see a beautiful
park. On the weekend there are many people come here.I don’t live far from my
house, so I walk to school.
In my neighborhood, there is a swimming pool and a beautiful park. In my free
time I often go swimming with my friends / family . The thing I like best in my
neighborhood is public library near my school. There I can read books and study.
It’s very interesting. Is there any thing interesting in the place where you live?
Write to me.
I’m looking forward to hearing from you soon.
Love.
4. Consolidation:
* Post - writing:


- Choose some letters to correct in front of the class, and give some remarks.
5. Homework:
- Write the letter into their notebook.
_ Do Ex7 in workbook.
- Prepare : L. focus.

Unit 8: Country life and city life.
Period 48 : Lesson 5: Language focus.
I. Objectives:
- By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to use comparative and superlative
adjectives; the Present Progressive Tense to ta;k about the future.
II. Preparation:

- Textbook.
III. Teaching procedure:
1. Organization: 8A:...........
8B:............
2. Oral test:
- Homework correction..
3. New lesson:
A. Warm- up: Matching:
A
Do

B
To violen


Watch
Go
Clean
Play
Have
Phone
Speak

The house
Table tennis
My homework
A meeting
A program
To mom
My aunt, Mrs.Hang

B. Presentation:
- Teach vocabulary.
Ship name(n): tên tàu

departure(n): giờ đi, khởi hành

Destination (n): nơi đến

status(n): địa vị , trạng thái

Revise(v): sửa đổi

arrival(n):sự đến

- Read the diloguage & ask Ss to read in pairs
- Ask Ss to make similar ones.Use the shipping information.
Key: Mr Nam : Good morning .I ’d like to know the information about the boat
leaving for
Qui Nhon.
Clerk : Is that the “ Good Forture”.
Mr.Nam : That right.Is it leaving at 11.30?
Clerk : I’m very sorry, Sir. It’s been delayed.
Mr.Nam :Oh, no.
Clerk : Now, it’s leaving at 13.55.
Mr.Nam: Thank you.
Clerk : You’re welcome.
b)

Mr. Tam: Good morning. Is the boat from Ca Mau arriving at 11.00?

Clerk : Is that the “ Diamon Eyes”?
Mr.Tam : Yes.
Clerk : It’s arriving on time.
Mr.Tam : Thank you.


Clerk : My pleasure.
I. The Present Progressive Tense:
- Ask Ss to use the suitable verbs in the Present Progressive Tense to complete the
dialogue in the Ex 2 p.78.
- Get Ss to work in pairs.
- Call some pairs to practice the dialogue before the class and T corrects.
+ Answers:
a. am playing

b. are doing

c. am watching

d. am going

e. are cleaning

f. am having

II. The comparative and superlatives:
- Ask Ss to think of as many long and short adjectives as possible.
- Remind Ss of the forms of comparative and superlative adjectives:
 Comparative :
Short Adj - er + than + object

More + long Adj + than + object.
 Superlative:
The + Short Adj- est
The most + long Adj.
 Irregular adjectives:
Good/ well - better - the best
Bad - worse - the worst
Many - more - the most
Little - less - the least
- Ask Ss to do Ex 3:

Key: b: are getting weak.
c: is getting dark.
d: is becoming cold.


e: are getting better.
f: is becoming cleaner.
- Ask Ss to do Ex 4 on p.79.
- Give some examples.
a. The air in the country is fresher than in the city.
b. The medical facilities in the city are more accessible than in the country.
c.The life in the city is busier and more expensive than life in the coutry.
d.The food in the coutry is fresher and cheaper.
e.The school in the city is bigger than in the coutry/ better.
f. Electricity in the city is better/ coutry is more expensive.
g.The traffic & transport in the city are busier >< worse in the county.
h. The entertainment in the city ( country) is better ( poorer ) than in the
country (city).
- Move around the class and help Ss write comparison sentences.

- Let Ss read aloud on of their sentence they have made.
- Let Ss make any sentence they want, only focus on the structures, not on the
meaning.
- Ask Ss to do the Ex 5 on p. 79.
- Ask them to read the advertisement then ask them some questions to check their
understanding:


What are advertised ?



How old are they ?



How much do we pay per month ?

- Ask ss to practice on their own.
- Call some Ss to give the right answers.
Key: The house is more expensive than the apartment.
The villa is the oldest home. The apartment is the smallest.


The apartment is smaaler than the villa.
The house is more beautiful than the villa.
The villa is the most expensive .The house is the biggest.
The apartment is hotter than the house.
4. Consolidation:
- Remind Ss the key points.

5. Homework:
- Review all key grammar points to prepare for the revision lesson.
- Learn new words by heart.
_ Do all Ex again in workbook.
- Prepare : revision.