Giáo án Tiếng Anh 8 unit 11: Traveling around Vietnam

GIÁO ÁN TIẾNG ANH LỚP 8.
UNIT 11: TRAVELING AROUND VIET NAM
Period 65: Getting started – Listen & read
A. Aim: Reading for details about how to express interest.
B. Objective: By the end of the lesson, Ps with be able to use some expression to express
their interest.
C. Preparation:
D. Procedure:
I. Warm up: Jumbled words.
-T writes the topic on the board: “places of interest “.
-T hangs the poster with jumbled words on the board.

Harbor SHAPE \* MERGEFORMAT
Gate
Halong
Nha rong
Ngo Mon
the temple
Literature
Bay

- T asks each team to connect the words to make the right phrases for interest and write
them on the board as fast as possible.
- Ss open their books (page 98) and match the names with the pictures
* Feedback
- T corrects
II. Listen & read:
1) Activity1:
a) New words:
- T elicits the words from Ps
+ a crop

: vụ mùa

(translation)

+ sugar cane

: cây mía

( example )


(what’s used to make sugar?)
+ a water buffalo →buffaloes : con trâu

(translation)

+ forty-minute drive : 40 phút lái xe

(explanation)

Ex: -The drive takes 40 minutes.
→ It’s 40-minute drive.
+ The vacation lasted 3 months.
→ It was a 3-month vacation.
Checking: Bingo !
Crop, sugar cane, water buffalo, rice paddy, a 40-minute drive, a 6-letter word.
Halong Bay, the temple of literature, Ngo Mon gate, Nha Rong Harbor.
b) True / False statements:
Set the scene:

Hoa and Tim meet each other at the airport. Tim comes to Vietnam with his family.
Now, let’s guess which statement is True, which statement is false.
a) This is the first time Hoa has met Tim’s family
b) Hoa helps Mrs Tones with her luggage.
c) The Jones family is traveling from the airport in a bus.
d) Shannon has never seen rice paddies before.
e) The car is traveling past farmland.
f) Only rice and corn are grown around Hanoi.
- Ss work in groups of 4
Then share→Feedback 1
2) Activity 2 : (book closed)
- Ss listen to the tape to check their prediction
- Ss listen to the tape and repeat (book opened)


- Ss feedback 2
- T corrects: a, b, c, d, e: T; c, f: F
- Ss act out the dialogue (pair works)

• Ss read the dialogue in silence then answer the questions (poster)
a) Where does Hoa meet the Jones?
b) Is it the first time the Jones have visited Vietnam?
c) How do they travel to Hanoi?
d) What do they see along the road to Hanoi?
e) What would Tim like to do?
- Ss work in pair, then share
*Feedback
- T corrects
3) Activity 3 : Discussion.
- Ss read the dialogue again then pick out the sentences containing the situations

mentioned below.

• To express interest
• To express a request
Ps work in groups of 10
Key:
*

To express interest:
+ I’d like you to meet my parents…


+ It’s nice to meet you
+ It’s great to be in VN
+ I’d like to sit with Tim….

*

To express a request.

I. Homework: Answer the questions in your exercise book


UNIT 11 : TRAVELING AROUND VIETNAM
Period 66: Speak - Listen
A. Aim: To help the Ps practice in making suggestions and using “mind” to make
requests.
B. Objective: By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to make and respond to formal
requests using “mind” and make suggestions and Ss will be able to fill the positions of
the hotel, the restaurant, the bus station, the pagoda, the temple by listening to the tape.

C. Preparation: 4 cardboards, a mapped dialogue chart, A map of some streets in Hanoi.
D. Procedure:
I.Pre-teach structures:
* Speak:
Set the scene:
- T reminds Ps of the exchanges between Hoa and Mr Jones and between Hoa and Tim in
the last dialogue and elicits the sentences from Ps.
•

Model sentences:
a. A: Would you mind sitting in the front seat of the taxi?
B: No, problem
b. A: Would you mind if I took a photo?
B: Not at all

•

Concept checking:
_Use: To make and respond to formal requests form
a) Would you mind
Do you mind

+ V_ing…?

b) Would you mind If I + V (S.past)…..?
Do you mind If I + V (S.present)…..?


•

Respond:
_ Agreement:
No, I don’t mind / No, of course not / Not at all /

Please do / Please go ahead

_ Disagreement:
.I’m sorry, I can’t / I’m sorry. It’s impossible /
I’d prefer you didn’t / I’d rather you didn’t
II. Cardboard drill:
Turn on / T.V

Wait / moment

Smoke / cigarette.

III. Mapped dialogue :
Set the scene:
You are a tourist on vacation in HCM city.
You want to visit a market. This is the conversation between you and the tourist
officer.
- T puts the dialogue chart on the board
- T elicits the exchanges from the Ps and have repeat.
You
Excuse me!

Tourist officer
Yes?

I’d like to visit a market.

Not, at all. How about

Would you mind suggesting

going to Thai Binh

one?

Market? It opens from
5 am to 8 pm

That sounds interesting.
Thank you
- Ss work in pairs (open pairs, closed pairs) substitution drills.

You’re welcome


* Listen:
1. Pre-listening.
Set the scene: The Jones family is going around Hanoi and they are talking about the
directions to 5 places in the map. Listen to them and match the places to the correct
positions on the map.
- Let guess where is the hotel, the temple, the restaurant, the pagoda and the bus stations.
The hotel

a

The bus station

b

Restaurant

c

Temple

d

Pagoda

e

- Ss work in pairs then share with the partner - * Feedback 1
2.While-listening:
- Ss listen to the tape to check their prediction - Ss listen again to make sure of their
answer
* Feedback
- Ss listen again and do the gap-fill
Gap-fill:
Today, the Browns are on the sightseeing tour. Tim is very tired. He wants to come
back to their hotel. It’s on _______. Mr. Brown takes Shannon to a ________ on HoTay
Street to eat something because she is very hungry. Mrs. Brown goes to the_______ so
she walks over the bridge and takes the first road on the left. There, she can also visit the
_______ near the pagoda.
Tomorrow they’ll take a bus to HCM city. They’ll wait for their bus at the _______
opposite the tourist information center.
- Ss work in pairs then share

* Feedback
- Teacher corrects the gap-fill - Teacher corrects the exercise in the textbooks.
a) Restaurant b) Hotel c) Bus station

d) Pagoda

e) Temple


3. Post listening:
- T asks Ps to recall the positions where your family visited in Hanoi last year (with the
help of the map)
- Ss work in group of 4 - Ss present before the class
- T corrects
III. Homework: - Write a short paragraph about the places where the Browns come.
- Choose the information on page 101 and write down 2 complete
dialogues, using your own words.


UNIT 11: TRAVELING AROUND VIETNAM
Period 67: Read
A. Aim: Ss will be able to understand the new words, to know interesting places in
Vietnam.
B. Objective: By the end of the lesson, students know clearly about interesting places in
Vietnam such as Nha Trang City, Da Lat City, Ha Long Bay …
C. Preparation: Pictures & posters
D. Procedure:
I. Warm up: Chatting
II. New lesson:
1) Pre-teach vocabulary:

+ accommodation: chỗ ở

(explanation )

+ oceanic institute = aquarium : Viện Hải Dương Học
+ island (n)

: đảo

+ tribal village

:

+ cave

: hang động

làng dân tộc ít người(exp)
( picture )

+ magnificent( adj ) : hùng vĩ

(explanation )

+ mountain slope: sườn dốc núi

( picture )

+ World Heritage Site : di sản thế giới

(explanation )

+ tribe

: bộ tộc , bộ lạc

( Vietnamese )

+ jungle stream

: suối trong rừng

( Vietnamese )

Checking vocabulary: R . O . R
2) Pre-reading:
True / False statement prediction.
a. We can see oceanic institute in Nha Trang.


b. There are some waterfalls & lakes in Ha Long Bay
c. There are many tribal villages in NT
d. Sapa has many jungle streams
e. Nha Trang is recognized as a world Heritage site by UNESCO
g. We can go to visit interesting places in Nha Trang, Da Lat, Sapa and Ha Long
Bay by local transports
- Ss work in groups and share with their partners and Feedback.
- SS read the text & check their prediction
* Feedback
- T corrects

3) While reading.
a) Matching: The word’s meaning
Giant Buddha

suối trong rừng

Seaside resort

đảo ngoài khơi
Jungle stream

phật khổng lồ
Quiet sand beaches

khu nghỉ mát bên bờ biển

Limestone island

bãi cát yên tĩnh

Offshore island

đảo đá vôi

b) Grid (in the textbook)
- Ss read silently
- Ss work in individual and share with a partner
* Feedback
- T corrects
4) Post reading: Interview

- Ss work in pairs to complete the open-dialogue.

tượng


- T shows the word-cue chart on the board and get a good student to model.
TOURIST
+ Would you mind telling me

TOURIST OFFICER
+ Not at all. It’s a seaside resort.

something about Nha Trang?
+ Is there anything special?

+ Yes, you can visit the giant Buddha, the
oceanic institute as well as the offshore islands

+ How about the accommodation?

+ There is a small selection of hotel here,
so you have to book it in advance.

+ How can I travel around the city?

+ You can (go to the northern and
southern destinations by bus or train )

+ Thank you very much.

+ You’re wellcome

III. Homework:
Do the exercise 2 in page 105 in your textbooks.


UNIT 11: TRAVELING AROUND VIET NAM
Period 68: Write
A. Aim: Practise writing a narrative writing describe an event .
B. Objective: By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to describe a trip in time order .
C. Preparation: Extra board, pictures …
D. Procedure:
I. Check-up :
- Tell some sights in Dalat , Nha Trang , Ha Long Bay and Sa Pa .
II. Warm-up :

Jumbled Words

1. twear llsaf = water falls
2. ehtiraeg

= heritage

3. semilnoet

= limestone

4. agmniciftne

= magnificent

III. New lesson :
1. Pre-teach vocabulary:
+ an adventure

: chuyến phiêu lưu mạo hiểm(explanation)

+ a paddle

: tay chèo , dầm

+ ( to ) paddle

: bơi thuyền , đạp nước

+ a canoe

: xuồng , ca nô

(situation)

+ to rescue

: cứu thoát , giải thoát

(explanation)

+ stumble

: vấp

(explanation)

- T models , Ss'repetition : chorus - individual
Checking vocabulary : Slap the board
1. Ordering prediction
2. Pre-writing :
Choose the correct words to fill the blanks
organized

events

used

happened

sentences


Narration is a kind of writing in which you report (1) ................ which happened .
Narration i (2) .................. in many different situations .A narrative paragraph is
usually (3) ........................ in time order . That means the exact name and place are
introduced right in the topic (4).............. and the details are written in the same order
that really (5) ............ .
- Ss work in groups of four - * Feed back
- T corrects and explains the paragraph . - T asks Ss to read the first part of the story and
answer the questions : 1. Where did the Browns go last week ? 2. What was the weather
like ?
3. Does the paragraph base on time order ? Why do you know ?
- Ss answer in individual

3. While writing :
- T asks Ss to arrange the sentences in order of time - Ss work in individual then
compare with their partner . - * Feed back - T corrects : c - a - g - d - f - b - e .
- T asks Ss to look at the pictures and put in the correct chronological order . - Ss work in
pairs .
* Feed back .
- T asks Ss to use the pictures and prompts to complete the story . - Ss work in individual
then compare with a partner .
4. Post-writing:
- T calls some Ss to write their sentences on the board. - T corrects - Ss copy down
IV. Homework:
- Write a short paragraph to describe your last trip. - Do exercise 9 in work book .


UNIT 11: TRAVELING AROUND VIETNAM
Period 69: Language
A. Aim: - Help the Ss to use the present participle & past participle phrase.
- Review on how to respond to requests.
B. Objective: By the end of the lesson, Ss can practice speaking with polite requests and
sentences.
C. Preparation:
D. Procedure:
I. Warm up: Matching.
Go up steps

talk to Miss Lien

Picture on page 108
read a book

play chess

carry a bag

stand by the table

II. New lesson
1) Exercise 1
a) Set a scene: Questions
+ What’s the boy doing? → He’s reading a book
+ What’s his name? → Ba
+ We can say: “The boy reading a book is Ba”
- T models → repeat
- T writes the sentence on the BB
The boy reading a book is Ba
Present participle phrase
• Present part: Modifies the noun of person who is doing something


b) Practice: Using picture to remind the words
+ the man / go up steps
+ the boy / talk to Miss Lien
+ the woman / carry a bag
- Ss practice speaking ( individual)
* Feedback, Ps speak then write on the BB
- T corrects
2) Exercise 2:
a) Set the scene: (Picture on page 109)
+ What’s this? → It’s a lamp
+ Where’s it made in? → In China

+ How much is it? → 5 dollars
+ We can say: The old lamp made in China in 5 dollars
- T models → choral / individual
- T writes:
The old lamp made in China in 5 dollars
Past-part.

Phrase

* Past participle modifies noun of thing which is done
b) Practice: Using picture and verbs in the box
- T models: Ss practice speaking
- Ss write on the Bb
- T corrects
3) Exercise 3:
a) T reviews on the form Ss have learnt.


Form: Would / Do you mind + V-ing….?
Answer: ü: No, of course not
û: I’m sorry. I can’t
b) Practice: Using word cards to remind the words

Move / car ü

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Get / coffee Ï

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4) Exercise 4:

Put out / cigarette
ü

Waite / moment Ï

- T reviews on the form
* Form: Q: Would / Do you mind If I…..?
A: + Please, do
+ I’d rather you didn’t
•

Practice: Using the pictures in the text

- T used picture to remind the words and cues Yes / No
a. Sit here


b. Smoke
- T models first
- Ss practice speaking in pairs
III. Homework: Do the 4 exercise again in your notebooks