Giáo án Tiếng Anh 8 unit 11: Traveling around Vietnam

GIÁO ÁN TIẾNG ANH LỚP 8.
Unit 11
Traveling around Viet Nam
Period 67

lesson 1 : Getting started
Listen and read

A / Aims and Objectives : By the end of the lesson , Ss will be able to use some
expressions to express their interest
B / Teaching aids : Cassette , 2 charts …
C / Procedure :
I / Warm up :

Jumbled words

- Write the topic “ Places of interest “ on the board
Team work

- Ask each team to connect the words to make the right
phrases for places of interest and write them on the board
as fast as possible
=> Ngo Mon Gate , Ha long Bay , The Temple
Literature , Nha rong Harbor .
* Getting Started :
- Ask Ss to open their books and match the names with
the pictures
- Call on some Ss to give their answers
a. Ngo Mon Gate b. Na rong Harbor

Individual

c. The Temple Literature
d. Ha Long Bay
- Call some Ss to read the proper names aloud .
II / Pre- reading : Introduce the topic of the passage
reading and some new words to students .
1. Pre- teach Vocabulary :

Listen and copy

- Crop (n) : something such as grain , rice , fruit … is
grown in one season .
- Sugar cane (n) : cay mia ( It is used to make sugar )

Teacher – Ss

- Water buffalo (n) : con trau

individual and choral

- forty – minute drive : The drive takes 40 minutes
Form : A / an Adj ( number ) – N + N
Ex : a3 – month vacation / a thirteen – year – old – boy
* Checking vocabulary :

Bingo

2. Guiding questions :

Whole class

- Set the scene and put the chart with questions on the
board
a. where does Hoa meet The Jones ?
b. Is it the first time The Jones have visited Viet Nam?
c. How do they travel to Ha Noi ?
d. What do they see along the road to Ha Noi ?
e. What would Tim like to do ?
- Ask Ss to think about the questions in a few minutes

Individual

- Have Ss listen to the tape while reading the dialogue
- Get Ss to work in pairs to answer the questions
- Call on some pairs to give their answers
- Feedback :
a. Hoa meets The Jones at the airport
b. Yes , it is .

c. By taxi

Pair work


d. They see a boy riding a water buffalo , rice paddies , corn
and sugar cane fields
e. He would like to take a photo .

III / While – reading :

- Ask Ss to listen to the tape and say out True or False
- Read the sentences aloud and call on some Ss to

Whole class

answer , then have them correct the false sentences and
get them to write in their notebooks .
a. T b. T d. T e . T
c. F -> … in a taxi
f. F -> … Not only rice and corn but also sugar canes are
grown around Ha Noi .

- Call on some groups of five to practice the dialogue in
front of class
- Correct their pronunciation
IV / Post – reading :

Discussion

- Ask Ss to read the dialogue again , discuss with them
and ask them to pick out the sentences containing the
situations mentioned below .
* to express interest :
- I,d like you to meet my parents ….

Individual

- It is nice to meet you ….
- It is great to be in Viet Nam .
- I would to sit with Tim …..

* to express a request :
- Would you mind sitting in the front seat …
- Would you mind if I took a photo ?
V / Homework :
1. Learn by heart new words and some structures to give

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some examples .
2. Do the exercises in the workbooks .


Period 68

Lesson 2 : speak

A / Aims and Objectives : By the end of the lesson , Ss will be able to make and respond
to formal requests using “ mind “ and make suggestions .
B / Teaching aids : a mapped dialogue chart ..
C / Procedure :
I / Warm up :

What does it say ?

- Choose a student and ask him / her to go to the front of
the class with his / her back to the board so that he / she

Whole class

can not see what is written on the board .
- Write the information on the board .
- Ask the rest of the class try to help the student guess
what is written on the board by asking questions until
he / she says out right the words on the board .
Example : Yes, I do .
Ss ask : Do you like your teacher ?
Or Every day
Ss ask : How often do you have a shower ?
II / Pre- speaking : Introduce the topic of the speaking
and some structures
1. Pre- teach structures :
- Set the scene :
Remind Ss of the exchanges between Hoa and Mr. Jones
and between Hoa and Tim in the last dialogue and elicit
the sentences from Ss .
Model sentences :
1. A : Would you mind sitting in the front seat of the taxi
?
B : No problem .
2. A : Would you mind if I took a photo ?

Teacher – Ss


B : Not at all .
=> Used to make and respond to formal requests
Form :
1. Would you mind / Do you mind + verb- ing …?
2. Would you mind if I + Verb ( in Past simple tense)

…?
Do you mind if I + Verb ( in Present simple tense ) ..?
Responses :
• Agreement:
No , I do not mind . / No , of course no . / Not at
all . / Please do . / Please go head .
• Disagreement :
I am sorry , I can not / I am sorry , it is impossible
I,d prefer you did not . / I,d rather you did not .
- Get Ss to copy and give some more examples with
suggested words

Whole class

2. Cardboard Drill
1. move your car ? (v )
2. go out with me ? ( x)
3. wait for me ? (x)
4. Get / coffee ? (v)
5. Smoke ? (x)
- Call on some pairs to practice in front of class .
III / While – speaking :
- Ask Ss to work in pairs
+ Open pairs : Get 3 or 4 pairs to demonstrate the
exchanges
+ Close pairs : get the whole class to practice all the
exchanges

Pair work

- Give feedback
Mapped dialogue
You
Excuse me !

Tourist officer
Yes ?

I would like to visit a
market. Would you
mind suggesting one ?

Not at all .
How about goping to Thai
Binh Market ?
It opens from about
5 am to pm .

That sounds
interesting . Thank
you .
You are welcome .
+ Open pairs : Ask some pairs to demonstrate the
dialogue .
+ Closed pairs : have Ss open their books and use the
information / 101 to practice other dialogues .
Group 1 : Markets Group 2 : Museums

Teacher – Ss

Pair work

Group3 : Restaurants Group 4 : Stamps
Group 5 : Zoo and Botanical Garden
IV / Post – speaking :
- Call on some volunteers from each group to practice in
front of class .
- Rewrite the completed dialogues in their note books

Individual

V / Homework :
1. Do the exercises in the workbook .
2. Prepare the next lesson .

Individual



Period 69

lesson 3 : Listening

A / Aims and Objectives : By the end of the lesson , Ss will be able to listen and match
the places in the box to their correct positions on the map .
B / Teaching aids : Cassette , a route map …
C / Procedure :
I / Warm up : Quiz

what is this place ?

- Ask questions and call the student who puts his / her
hand up first to answer
- Tell Ss each place consists of 3 questions ; 3 points for
the first question , 2 points for the second question , 1
point for the third question .
a. What is this place ?
1. it is called the city of Eternal Spring .
2. It has a lot of waterfalls and lakes .
3. You can find the most kinds of flowers here .
b. What is this place ?
1. It is a seaside resort .
2. It has a very big monument of Buddha .
3. It has an Oceanic Institute
c. What is this place ?
1. It is a mountainous resort .
2. It has tribal villages .
3. Sometimes it has snow .
d. What is this place ?
1. It is recognized as a World Heritage Site by
UNESSCO .
2. It has a lot of caves .
3. It contains of a lot of islands .

Individual


Key :
a. Da Lat b. Nha Trang c. Sa Pa d. Ha Long Bay
=> Lead in the new lesson .

II / Pre- listening : Introduce the topic of the listening

Individual

and some new words
1. Pre – teach vocabulary :
- Highway ( n)

Teacher – Ss

- Tourist information center (n)
2. Set the scene “ The Jones family are going around Ha
Noi and they are talking about the directions to 5 places

Whole class

in the maps . Listen to them and match the places to the
correct positions on the maps “
- Have Ss guess their correct positions on the map

Work in group

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

Individual

III / While – listening :
- Ask Ss to list the places on the maps .
- Play the tape 2 or 3 times

- Ask Ss to compare their answers with their friends .

Pair work

- Call on some Ss to read their answers and give the

Individual

correct answers
Answer key :
a) restaurant b) hotel c) bus station
d) pagoda

e) temple

- Play the tape once more to check the answers
( pause at some important paragraph )
IV / Post – listening :
- Have Ss repeat chorally while listening to the tape .
- Correct their pronunciation

Whole class


V / Homework :
1. Learn by heart new words .
2. Prepare the next lesson .

Listen and copy

Period 7o

Lesson 4 : Read

A/ Aims and Objectives : By the end of the lesson , Ss will be able to get the information
from simple tourist advertisements .
B / Teaching aids : Cassette , Pictures of cities , 2 posters , gap fill chart …
C / Procedure :
I / Warm up :

Word square
Tourist sites

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Team work

- Ask Ss to find 13 hidden words and write them on a
piece of paper .
Answer Key :
resort , beach , Sa Pa , caves , lakes
mountains , Nha Trang
Bach Ma , Ha Long , Da lat , Tribe
Seaside , The citadel
II / Pre- reading : Introduce the topic of the passage
reading and some new words to students .
1. Pre – teach vocabulary :
- accommodation (n) : a place to live , work or stay in

Individual

- giant (adj ) = huge / very big
- slope (n)
- jungle (n) = a very thick forest
- limestone (n) = da voi
- florist (n) : a person who sells flowers
- to import >< to export

Teacher – Ss

* Checking vocabulary :

What and where

II / While – reading :
1. Grid :
- Ask Ss to read the advertisements about the resorts and Whole class
check (v) the topics mentioned in the grid
- Get Ss to work in pairs to compare their answer
- Call on some Ss to give their answers

Individual

Answer Key :
Nha Trang :

Pair work

Flights to Ha Noi , railway , hotels , local transport ,
tourist attractions .
Da Lat :
Hotels , local transport , waterfalls , tourist attractions
Sa Pa :
Hotels , local transport , mountain slopes tourist
attractions , villages .
Ha Long Bay :
World Heritage , tourist attractions , sand beaches ,
railways , hotels , caves , locals transport .
- Have Ss copy down
2. Matching :

- put the poster on the board and ask Ss to match the
words or phrases in Column A to column B
A
1. Nha Trang

B
a. tribal villages , mountain climbing

2. Da lat

b. The place where President Ho Chi

3. Sa Pa

Minh left Viet Nam in 1911.

4. Ha long Bay

c. Swimming and sunbathing .

5. Nha Rong

d. Oceanic Institute

Whole class

Individual


Harbor

e. Flower gardens .
- Ask Ss to go to the board and draw the lines to connect
the words
Answer Key :
1. d 2.e 3.a 4.c 5.b
3. Grid
- Get Ss to open their books , read the text on page 105
and check (v) the boxes .
- Monitor and correct .
IV / Post – reading :

Role play

- Tell Ss to ask and answer questions using the

Individual

information in the text .
+ Write the model on the board .
A : Where should ( Andrew ) go ?
B : He should go to ( Sa Pa ) .
A : Why ?

Pair work

B : Because ( he studies tribes and he likes mountain –
climbing )

Teacher – Ss

- Ask Ss to work in pairs to practice speaking .
- Monitor and correct
- Call on some pairs to practice in front of class .
V / Homework :
1. Redo the exercises and copy in their notebooks .

Pair work

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

Individual


Period 71

lesson 5 : write

A / Aims and Objectives : By the end of the lesson , Ss will be able to know how to write
a narrative , using a guided composition .
B / Teaching aids : pictures , gap fill charts , cardboards
C / Procedure :
I / Warm up :

Which word ?

( Get Ss to study the definition of a narrative by a gap fill )

- Put the missing words on the board and have Ss study
first :

written – climax – attention – brief – events
- Show the chart and ask Ss to ill in the gaps with the
words in the box .

Group work of 4/5 Ss

A narrative is a sequence of …(1)… These events are
usually …(2)… in chronological order and often lead to
a …(3) … The first sentence of a narrative should get
the reader,s …(4)… and the ending should be …(5)…
- Ask Ss of each group to go to the board and write the
words as fast as possible .
- Explain the definition in Vietnamese
Answer key :
1. events 2. written 3. climax 4. attention 5. brief
II / Pre- writing : Introduce the topic of the writing and
some new words to Ss .
1. Pre – teach Vocabulary
- canoe (n) : using picture
- to paddle (mime ) -> paddle (n)
- to hire : thue muon
- to overturn : lat up / lat do
- to rescue = to save somebody ,s life from danger

Ss


+ Get Ss to copy down .
* Checking vocabulary :

Teacher – Ss
Slap the board

2. Ordering statements : Setting the scene “ Last week ,
while on vacation in Da lat , The Jones family had quite
an unforgettable adventure on Xuan Huong Lake . What
did they do and what happened to them ? “

Whole class

- Ask Ss to read the first part of the story / 105 and
rearrange the sentences / 106 to complete the story .

Teacher – Ss

- Call on some pairs to give their answers and correct .
- Get some Ss to read the story aloud for the class and
correct pronunciation errors .
- Give feedback :

c -> a -> g ->d -> f -> b -> e

Pair work

III / While – writing :
1. Explanation :
- Have Ss look at the pictures / 106 – 107 and guess the
meaning of the new words .
- Explain the meanings of these words
+ to stumble : truot chan

+ to go off : vang ra
+ to realize : nhan ra
- Get Ss to copy
2. Ordering pictures :

Teacher – Ss

- Ask Ss to look at the pictures again and rearrange the
events in the correct chronological order to make it a

Whole – class

story .
- Call on some Ss to give their answers and correct .
- Give feedback : d -> b -> e -> h -> a -> f -> c -> g
3. Write – it – up :
- Ask Ss to use the pictures already rearranged and the

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given words to write the story about Uyen .
- Monitor and help Ss with words or structures while
they are writing .
* Notice : The past simple tense is often used in a

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narrative .
- Ask them to exchange their writings to correct for each

other .
- Call on some Ss to read their story aloud for he class
- Give feedback :
Uyen had a day to remember last week . she had a

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math exam on Friday but she got up late . She realized
her alarm clock did not go off . As he was leaving home ,
it started to rain heavily . Uyen tried to run as fast as
she could . Suddenly she stumbled against a rock and
fell onto the road . Her school bag went into a pool of
water and everything got wet . Strangely , the rain
stopped as she got to her classroom . Luckily , Uyen had
enough time to finish her exam .
IV / Post – writing :
- Call on some Ss to demonstrate the completed story in
front of class .
- Copy the story in their notebooks .
V / Homework :
1. Learn by heart all new words and copy in their
notebooks .
2. Work in groups of 4 writing a story to tell the class in
the next lesson .
3. Prepare the next lesson .

Individual


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Period 72

lesson 6 : Language focus

A/ Aims and Objectives : By the end of the lesson , Ss will be able to use Present and
Past participles to describe things and people and the requests with “ Would / Do you
mind if …..? and Would / Do you mind + V-ing …? “
B / Teaching aids : Pictures , cardboards . gap – fill chart …
C / Procedure :
I / Warm up

Memory game

- Ask Ss to look at the pictures / 109 carefully for 20

Whole class

seconds and close their books .
- Tell them the team having the most right words is the

Team work

winner .
- Have Ss open their books again , go through the words
and correct .
Answer Key :
box , lamp truck , flowers , elephant , bear , rabbit
II / Language focus

1. Language focus 1 :
* Pre-teach :

Whole class

- Ask Ss to open their books and look at the picture / 108
and set the scene “ It is time for recess and the people at
Quang Trung school are in the school yard . What are
they doing ? “
- Ask questions and call on Ss to answer then correct .
T : What is Mr Quang doing ?
Ss : He is walking / going up the stairs .
T : What is Miss Lien doing ?

Teacher – Ss


Ss : She is carrying a bag .
T : ( Nam )
Ss : ( standing next to Miss Lien / talking to Miss Lien )
T : ( Ba )
Ss : ( sitting under the tree / reading a book )
T : ( Lan )
Ss : ( standing by the table )

Choral -> individual

T : ( Nga and Hoa )
Ss : ( playing chess )
 Model sentences :

The man walking up the stairs is Mr Quang
( present participle phrase )
Form : Verb + ing -> Present participle
Use : A present participle can be used as an adjective to
qualify a noun with active meaning

Whole class

- Have Ss copy
* Practice :
- Ask Ss to work in pairs to say who each person is ,
using the information above
Example : The man walking up the stairs is Mr Quang
- Correct and feedback

Individual

2. Language focus 2 :
* Pre –teach :

Matching

- Ask Ss to look at the words in the box and the picture /
109 to do the matching
A
1. box

Pair work
B

a. wrap in

Key
1. f


2. truck

b. dress in

2. c

3. lamp

c. recycled from

3. e

4. doll

d. keep in

4. b

5. flowers

e. made in

5. a

6. toys
f. paint
6. d
- Ask Ss to look at the picture / 109 again and answer the
questions :
- Where is the old lamp made in ?

Teacher – Ss

- What color is the box painted ?
- What is truck recycled from ?
- What color is the doll dressed in ?
- What are the flowers wrapped in ?
- Where are the toys kept ?
- Call on some pairs to practice asking and answering the
questions
=> Ask “ How much is the old lamp made in China ?
Model Sentences :
The old lamp made in China is five dollars .

Choral -> individual

( past participle phrase )
Form : Regular verb + ed

Past participle

Irregular verb
Use : a past participle can be used as an adjective to
qualify a noun with passive meaning .

Teacher – Ss

- Have Ss copy
* Practice :
- Ask Ss to look at their books , listen to the questions
and answer
1. T : How much is the box painted green ?

Individual -> choral


St: The box painted green is one dollar
- Ask Ss to work in pairs , asking and answering the
questions ( Using the information in the matching )
- Call on some pairs to demonstrate for the class .
3. Language focus 3 :
3.1 Presentation :
- Ask Ss to repeat the models sentences :
Would you mind if + Verb ( in Past simple tense …) ?
Do you mind if + Verb ( in present simple tense …) ?

Teacher – Ss

Do you mind / would you mind + verb – ing …?
+ Agreement :
No , I do not mind . / No , of course not . / Not at all . /
Please do . / Please go ahead .
- Disagreement :

Whole class

I,d prefer you did not . / I,d rather you did not .
=> Meaning : Xin ban cam phien …
- Get Ss to copy .
3.2 Practice :
Cardboard Drill
- Prepare 4 cardboards with cues including checks (v)
and crosses (x)
a. move / car (v)
c. get / coffee (x)
b. put out / cigarette (v)
d. wait / moment (x)
Model : T : Would you mind moving your car ?
Ss : No , of course not .
- Call on 2 or 3 Ss to repeat it and correct .

Teacher – Ss

+ Open pairs : Get 3 or 4 pairs to demonstrate in the
class .
+ Closed pairs : Get the whole class to practice

Pair work


- Go on until the last cue
4. language focus 4 :
4.1 Gap fill
- Put the gap – fill chart on the board .

- Ask Ss to use the right words in the box to fill in the
gaps .
turned off – explain – telling – ask
1. Would you mind …… me something about it ?

Individual

2. Do you mind if I …… you a question ?
3. Would you please …. this new word to me ?
4. Would you mind if I ….. the television ?
Answer Key : 1.telling 2.ask 3.explain 4. turned off
4.2 Ordering pictures
- Ask Ss to write the numbers and look at the pictures ,
listen to the situations and order the pictures ( 1-> 6 )
1. turn on the stereo 2. watch TV while eating
3. sit down

Whole class

4. postpone the meeting

5. turn on the air – conditioner

6. smoke

- Ask Ss to give their answers 1.d 2.f 3.a 4.c 5.e 6.b
- Get Ss to work in pairs , playing the roles to
demonstrate the exchanges based on the models below

Pair work

the pictures .
Listen and correct their mistakes .
V / Homework :
1. Copy all the exercises in their notebooks .
2. Prepare the next lesson .

Individual