Giáo án Tiếng Anh 8 unit 10: Recycling

GIÁO ÁN TIẾNG ANH LỚP 8.

Unit 10
Recycling
Period 61

lesson 1 : Getting started
Listen and read

A / Aims and objectives : By the end of the lesson , Ss will be able to do something to
protect the environment and save natural resources .
B / Teaching aids : Textbook , posters , cassette , 6 flashcards , a chart …
C / Procedure :
I / Warm up : Brainstorming (Getting started)
Reuse plastic bags

Ways to reduce
the amount of
garbage

- Ask Ss to think of ways to reduce the amount of
garbage they produce .
- Deliver posters to Ss , dividing them into 4 groups
- Tell Ss to put the posters on the board after they finish
and the team having the most good ideas is the winner .
- Give feedback
( Use cloth bags , use tree leaves to wrap things , make
garbage into fertilizer , make vegetable matter into
animal food … )
 Lead in to new lesson .

Group work of 4/5
teams


II / Pre – reading : Introduce the topic of the passage
reading and some new words to Ss .
1. Pre – teach vocabulary :
- representative (n) = dai dien
- to protect = to keep so/ sth safe from danger .
-> to protect so / sth from so / sth

Individual

- natural resource (n) : coal mines , oil / gold / mineral
deposits
- to recycle “ to make sth already used able to be used
again .
- to contact = to communicate with so by telephone or
letter .
-> Have Ss copy .
* Checking technique :

Jumbled words

Teacher – Ss

- Stick 6 flashcards with jumbled words on the board

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ralnatu

psentreretive
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ceresoru

ropttce

cyrecel

Whole class

- Ask Ss to rewrite the words in the right order .
- Tell Ss the first two groups with right words will get 2
points .
- Correct and give feedback
contact – representative – resource

Group work of 4/5 Ss


natural – protect – recycle
2. True / false predictions
- Set the scene “ A representative from Friends of the
Earth , Miss Blake , is talking to the students of Quang
Trung School . Friends of the Earth shows people how
to protect the environment and save natural resources “
- Put the chart with the statements on the board .
1. Friends of the Earth is an organization to help people

make friends with each other .
2. Miss Blake asks the students to remember 3 things :
reduce , reuse , recycle .
3. Reduce means buying the products which are over
packed .
4. We can not reuse things like envelopes , glass , plastic
bottles , old plastic bags .
5. Miss Blake says that we should use cloth bags and
should not use plastic bags at all .
6. Recycling means not just throwing things away but
trying and finding another use for them .
- Ask Ss to work in pairs to decide if the statements are
true or false .
- Call on some Ss to read their guesses and write them
on the board .
II / While – reading :
1. Checking predictions
- Ask Ss to open their books , listen to the tape while
reading the dialogue .
- Call on Ss to correct the false statements .
- Give feedback

Teacher – Ss


1. False -> an organization to help people

Pair work

2. True

3. False -> Reduce means not buying …

Individual

4. False -> We can reuse things …
5. True

6. True

2. Comprehension questions :
- Ask Ss to look at the questions and work in pairs .

Whole class

- Monitor and help Ss with their work
- Call on some pairs to practice asking and answering
the questions .
- Give feedback
a. Reduce means not buying products which are over
packed .
b. We can reuse things like envelopes , glass , plastic
bottles and old plastic bags .
c. Recycle means not just throwing things away . Try
and find another use for them .
d. We can look for information on recycling things by
having a contact with an organization like Friends of the
Earth , going to the local library or asking your family
and friends .

Pair work

e. We should not use plastic bags because when we
throw them away , they could stay very long and could
not be self- destroyed .
IV / Post – reading :
Discussion
“How to protect our environment ?”
- Ask Ss to express their opinions / ideas on this topic .
- Write their ideas on the board into a list


- Give feedback , correct and hove them copy .
V / Homework :
1. Write the questions and full answers in your exercise
notebook .
2. Do the exercises ( 1,2 ) in the Workbook .
* Feedback :
Individual

Individual



Period 62 + 63

lesson 2-3 : Speak + listen

A / Aims and Objectives : By the end of the lesson , Ss will be able to practice giving
and responding to instructions and listening for specific information about making
compost .

B / Teaching aids : Picture , a mapped dialogue chart , realia , cassette …
C / Procedure :
I / Warm up :

Kim,s game

* Possible answers : Used paper , old newspapers ,

Whole class

books , cardboard boxes , bottles , glasses , jars , plastic
bags , food cans , drinking tins , vegetable matter ,

Team work

clothes , shoes , school bags …
* Speak
I / Pre- speaking : Introduce the topic of the speaking
and some new words to students .
1. Pre-teach vocabulary :
- Fertilizer (n) : Farmer often use this thing to make

Teacher – Ss

their plants or trees grow well .
-> to fertilize
- Compost (n) : What do you call the fertilizer made
from spoiled food , leaves , vegetable mater ?
-> compost heap
- Fabric (n) = material

- Leather (n) : What are the shoes made of ?
+ Have Ss copy in their notebooks .
• Checking technique :
2. Dictation list :

Bingo

Individual


- Tell Ss they are going to listen to the words for items
and put them into the right groups .
- Draw the table on the words and put them in the right
columns .
- Model some words .

Individual

- Read the words aloud , slowly and jumble them up
- After listening , ask Ss to work in pairs and give their

Pair work

answers .
- Read the words again and correct
Group
Paper
Glass
Plastic
Metal

Fabric
Leather
Vegetable

Items
used paper (old newspaper ,cardboard boxes
( bottles , glasses , jars )
(Plastic bags , plastic bottles )
( food cans , drinking tins ..)
Clothes ( cloth bags , material )
( shoes , sandals , schoolbags )
Fruit Peels ( vegetable , rotten fruits )

matter

II / While – speaking :
Mapped dialogue :
- Put the mapped dialogue chart on the board .
- Elicit the exchanges from students
- Have some pairs practice each exchange before going
on to another exchange .

Teacher –Ss

- After fishing the dialogue , ask a good pair to
demonstrate the whole dialogue .
a. Open pairs :
- Ask some pairs to practice in front of class .
b. Closed pairs :
- Ask Ss to work in pairs , replacing the information

with the words in the dictation list
- Monitor and correct .

Pair work


A
Which group ( do clothes )

B
Put ( them ) in fabric

belong to ?
What can we do with

We can ( recycle them and

( those clothes ) ?

make them into paper or
shopping bags .

Is / are ( fruit vegetable
matter ) ?

That is right

What will we do with

We make ( it into compose

(it ) ?

and fertilizer our field . )

IV / Post speaking : Listening
Multiple choice :
- Tell Ss they are going to listen to an expert who gives
the instructions to make compost .
- Ask Ss to open their books and read the multiple
choice questions
- Have them guess the answers
- Turn on the tape 2 or 3 times , Ss listen and do the
exercise .
- Get Ss to give their answers and correct
Answers : a. A b. B c. A d. B
- Have them copy
V / Home work :
1. Copy down the dialogue , replacing the information .
2. Do the exercises in the work book.
3. Prepare the next lesson .

Individual


Individual