Giáo án Tiếng Anh 8 unit 12: A vacation abroad

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Divisions of lessons:
1.

Period 19: Getting started and Listen & read

2.

Period 20: Speak + Listen

3.

Period 21: Read

4.

Period 22: Write

5.

Period 23: Language focus.

Date: ……………………..
Period : 19

UNIT 12 : A VACATION ABOARD

LESSON 1: LISTEN AND READ
I.Aim:
By the end of the lesson, Ss will aware of how to mark, accept and decline invitations

II. Language contents
1. Vocabulary:
include (v), come over (v), pick (somebody) up (v)
abroad (adv)
2.

Grammar:
Propressive tense with “always”

III. Techniques:
Guessing game, charting, rub out and remember
IV. Teaching aids:
cassette, pictures
V. Procedures:

Teacher and Ss’ activities

Contents
1.Warm up/ Marks
 Getting started
1-Guessing game:

Show the photocopied pictures to Ss; one
by one, and ask Ss to guess what country it
is

Answer key


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a/ The USA

b/ Australia

c/ Thailand

d/ Britain

T can ask Ss if they know what 3 first e/ Canada

f/ Japan

pictures are
a/ Statue of Liberty
b/ The Opera House
Ss tell their partners which country they c/ …
would like to visit and why?

2- Chatting
A: Which country do you want tovisit?
B: I’d like to visit Australia
A: Why ?
B: B/c Australian people are friendly

2. Presentation:
T presents some new words

 New words:
-include (v)

Ss repeat and say the meaning

-come over (v): (to come to someone’s house to visit for

Ss copy

a short time)
-pick s.b up; (to come and get someone in your car to
drive him/her to a place)
-aboard (adv)-in a foreign country

T presens grammar

Model: Progressive tense with “Always”

T checks voc

+He’s always working
 Rub out and remember (voc)
*True/False Predition:

Put the chart on the board and ask Ss to 1/ Mrs Quyen is calling Mrs Smith from the airport in
read the statements

San Francisco

Ss work in pairs to decide if the statements 2/ Mrs Smith invites Mrs Quyen and her husband to say
are T or F

with her while they are in town
3/ Mrs Quyen doesn’t accept Mrs Smith’s invitation b/c
she wants to stay with a Vietnamese friend of hers
4/ Mrs Quyen and her husband will be in the USA for 3
days
5/ Mrs Quyen and her husband will come over to Mrs
Smith’s place for dinner one night


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6/ Mr Thanh; Mrs Quyen’s husband goes abroad for a
bussiness meeting
Ss open their books, listen to the tape while 3 Practice :
reading the dialogue on page 112
Ss work in pairs
Call on some Ss to give their keys
T corrects

Answer key
1-F " Mrs Quyen is calling Mrs Smith from Hanoi
2-T
3-F " b/c her accommodation is included in her ticket
price
4-T
5-F " Only, Mrs Quyen will come over to Mrs Smith’s
6-T
*Complete Mrs Quyen’s schedule: (Read 1)

Ask Ss to work in pairs to complete Mrs

Date

Mon

Tue 26 Wed 27 Thur 28

Sched

25
San

Go-

Havin

Leaving

ule

Franci

ing

g

Francisco

sco

out

dinner

Quyen’s schedule with the information
taken from the dialogue

with
the
Smiths
Tell Ss to read the dialogue again and pick
out the statements indicating the following
situations

*Grammar Awareness:
1-Making an invitation
"”Would you like to come and stay … ?”
2-Accepting an invitaion
"”Yes, we’d love … “
3-Declining an invitation
"”That’s very kind of you …”
4-Making a complaint
" “Oh dear. He’s always working”
4. Production
*Comprehension questions (Read 2)

San


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Answer key:
Ss answer the question on page 113

a/ No, they won’t. B/c they are coming on a tour, and

Give feedback and correct

their accommodation is included in the ticket price, so
they will stay at the hotel
b/ No, he won’t. B/c he will have a business meeting in
the evening that day.
c/ Mrs Smith will pick her up at the hotel
… Homework (3’)
-Learn new words by heart
-Do exercise in workbooks
-Prepare Lesson 2 Speak

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Date: …………………..
Period : 20

UNIT 12 : A VACATION ABOARD

LESSON2 : SPEAK AND LISTEN

I.Aim:
By the end of the lesson, Ss be able to talk about their plans for a trip aboard
II. Language contents
1. Vocabulary:
itinerary, gallery, flight, via, facilities, brochure, gym
2. Grammar: none
III. Techniques:
Slap the board, Matching, mapped dialogue, Quiz
IV. Teaching aids:
cardboard, a mapped dialogue chart
V. Procedures:

Teacher and Ss’ activities

Contents
1. Warm up/ Marks
* Quiz:

Tell Ss who can answer the questions will get 1 1/ What’s the end of everything?
or 2 good marks

" ( letter g)
2/ What word starts with T, ends with T, and is full of
T?
" (Teapot ; Pot "full of )
3/ What’s in the middle of New York City ?
" York

4/ Which river in America has 4 eyes ?
-> Mississippi : four eyes

Teacher present voc

2.Psentation:

Ss repeat

* New words:
-itinerary (n)/aI`tIn ∂ rerI/: lộ trình
-brochure (n): tờ quảng cáo, giới thiệu về du lịch


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-Flight (n)
T checks voc by holding class to play “what -gym (n): phòng tập thể dục
and where” game

-via (prep): through a place

Show the photocopued tables (p 113, 114) on
the right of the board

* What and where/Slap the board

Randomly and ask Ss to match them with the
right titles on the left

 Matching
1- Itinerary

T asks Ss some question for information about the 2- Flight information
flights, accommodation, and tourist places

3- Hotel advertisement
4- Travel brochure
ƒ While - speaking

T calls some pairs to practice each exchange
before going on to another exchange

Suggestions:
* For the flight information table:
+How many flights a week can you take from Los
Angeles to Boston ?
+Which flight can you take everyday of the week ?
* For the Hotel advertisement table:
+Which of the hotel is cheaper ?
+How much is a double room in Revere Hotel ? How
about the Atlantic Hotel ?
* For the Travel brochure:
+Where can you visit ?
Mapped dialogue:

T writes the mapped dialogue on the board

Set the scene:

T calls some pairs to practice each exchange “These people are making a plan for their trip from
before going on to another exchange

Los Angeles to Boston. Let’s do it with them!”
Where shall we stay?

The Revere Hotel is
expensive but it has a
gym

Where should we visit?

I think we should
visit

Havard

Medical

school, the Museum and


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Arts Gallery
What time should we
leave Los Angeles?

There’s a daily flight at
10 a.m, Would that be

OK ?

T asks Ss to make a plan for their coming

 Post – speaking:(8’)

summer holiday by filling the information in

Eg:

their itinerary

Depart (Hue)

_________

Arrive (HCM City) _________
Accommodation

_________

Sightseeing

__________

Depart (HCM City) __________
T writes the topic on the board
Ask Ss to find the words related to the topic "

 Pre – listening (15’)

I- Brainstorm:
Humid (new word)

present new words; Collect Ss words and write

"humidity (n)

them on the board

Go through the meaning of the words and have

Words relates to the
weather forecast

Minus
(new word)

Ss copy
Ask Ss some Ss to lead in the lesson
Possible answer:

Cloudy, cool, cold, warm, hot, dry, fine, humid, rainy,
snowy, sunny, wet, windy, stormy, degree, minus,
centigrate,…
II- Chatting:
Suggestions:
a/ Have you ever listened to the weather forecast on
TV or on the radio?
b/ What does it often tell you about?
( - Weather & temperature)

c/ Do you think it’s necersary to listen to the weather
forecast? Why/why not?
d/ What do you know about the high and the low
temperature ?


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Put the gap fill table on the board

(It refers to the lowest and highest temperature degree

Ss listen to the weather forecast about cities in

in a day)

the table and have to fill in the gaps with the

ƒ While - listening (15’)

information they hear

Answer keys
City
1 Sydney

Weather
Dry; windy

Temperature

Low High
20
26

2 Tokyo

Dry; windy

15

22

3 London

Hurmid; cold

-3

7

4 Bangkok Warm; dry

24

32

5 New York Windy; cloudy

3

15

6 Paris
Cool; dry
 Post - listening (7’)

10

16

Ex: What’s the weather like in Sydney today?
" It’ll be dry and windy
How about the temperature ?
" The low will be 20 and the high 26 degrees
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… Homework 92’)
-Learn voc
-Do exercises in the workbook
-prepare next period: Listen
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Period: 21

UNIT 12 : A VACATION ABOARD

LESSON3: READ

I.Aim:
By the end of the lesson, Ss can obtain some knowledge about some scenic sports in the USA
II. Language contents
1. Vocabulary:
volcano (a),

lava (n), pour out (v), carve (v)

be situated (v),

overhead (adv)

2. Grammar:
Past progressive tense
III. Techniques:
pelmanism, Grid
IV. Teaching aids:
postcards, cardboards, pictures, drawing
V. Procedures

Teacher and Ss’ activities

Contents
1Warm up:
 Pelmanism Adj-Noun

T holds Ss to play the game

Adjectives

Noun

humid

humidity

warm

warmth

windy

wind

cloudy

cloud

2.Pre- reading:

*New words:
Elicit words from Ss

-volcano (n): núi lửa
-lava (n): dung nham, nham thạch
-pour out (v): đổ ra


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-carve (v): tạc, chạm khắc
Ss copy

-be situated : tọa lạc
-overhead (adv): ở trên cao

T checks voc by matching game

 Matching: English – Vietnamese

T presents grammar

 Model sentence: Past progressive
" The lava was pouring out when we flew overhead

T explains the usage of the past progressive
tense

* The usage:
a/ The action happened at a certain time in the past
b/ The action happened and lasted at a point of time in
the past

c/ The action was happening in the past and another
one happened
d/ Two actions happened at the same time in the past

3. While – reading:
 Grid
Ask Ss to copy the grid in their notebooks
Place
a.Hawaii

Volcano

T asks Ss to read the postcards from Mrs
Quyen to her children and fill in the gaps

b.New York

Went shopping and bought lots of
souvenirs

with the information taken from them
Give fedback & correct

What she did and saw
Went swimming, visited Kilauea

c. Chicago
d. Mount Rushmore

saw Lake Michigan

Saw the heads of four American
presidents carved into the rock

e.San Francisco

visited Fisherman’s Wharf, the Napa
valley, wine growing area and the
Alcatraz Prison

* Focus 1:
Show the cardboard and go through the verbs
(page 119)

a/ Ba was taking a shower at 8 o’clock last night
b/ Hoa was having dinner at ______


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c/ Bao was studying at _______
d/ Nga was writing a letter at _____
e/ Na was walking with her dog at _____
f/ Lan was talking to her grandmother at eight o’clock
last night
4. Post - reading :
Answer key:
a/ She went there by plane
Ask Ss to look at the Qs on p 118 and answer

b/ She saw the famous prison on the island of Alcatraz

the questions to check the content of the

c/ On Mount Rushmore, there are heads of for

lesson

American presidents carved into rock
d/ It’s “The Windy City”
e/ She was shopping while her husband was visiting
the Statue of Liberty
5.Homework :
- Learn words and do exercise 6,7 in workbook
-Prepare

Lesson 5

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Date: ………………………
Period: 22

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UNIT 12 : A VACATION ABOARD

LESSON 4 : WRITE

I.Aim:
Ss will be able to write postcards to their friends about their trip
II. Language contents
1. Vocabulary: none
2. Grammar:
progressive tenses with always
III. Techniques:

gap-fill, Grid

IV. Teaching aids: chart, sub-board
V. Procedures
Teacher and Ss’ activities

Contents
1. Warm up

marks

Questions:
T asks Ss some questions

1/Where did Mrs Quyen & her husband spend their
holiday? ("In the USA)
2/What did they see on Mount Rushmore? ("The heads

Ss answer

of 4 American Presidents carved into the rock)
3/ Who did they visit when they were in the USA?

T remarks and give Ss marks

("The Smiths)
2. Pre – writing:
a/ Gap-fill:
Answer key;

Ss look at the postcard on p118 and 1/ in

2/ people

3/ weather

complete the gaps with the appropriate 4/ visited

5/ her

6/nice/lovely

words

8/ for

9/ heaviness

7/ bought

Call on some Ss to go to the board & write 10/ soon
the words they guess

b/

Give feedback and correct

-Information needed to write a postcard


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Write the topic on the board
Ask Ss to read the postcard (write 1) again

Answer key:

and fill in the gaps with the sentences

Necessary information for a postcard

showing the information on the left
Place
Ss work in groups

We’re having a wonderful time

in the USA
How you feel about The people are friendly
the people?
Weather

The weather has been warm &

Who you meet/visit

sunny
In San Fransisco, I visited

What you see
What you buy

my friend, Sandra Smith)
No information
I bought lots of souvenirs

3. While - writing :
 Set the scene:
Imagine you are a tourist on vacation in a certain place/
Ss write the postcards on a piece of paper
(to be collected if recessary)
Individually
T asks Ss to practice Focus 2
Ss write full sentences by answering the

following questions

city in VN. Write a postcard to a friend about your trip,
using the information in the grid
 Writing
Focus 2:
Matching:
a/ C

b/ F

c/ E

d/ B

e/ D

f/ A

1/ What was the Le family doing when the mailman
came ?
2/ What happened while Nga was eating?
Focus 3:

Elicit the model from Ss, using Vietnamese
Have Ss repeat and write the sentence on
the board

Bao is always forgetting his homework
Form: is/am/are + always + V-ing

Use: To express a complaint
Answer key:

Ask Ss to practice Focus 3 chorally

b/ Mrs Nga is always losing her umbrella
c/ Mr and Mrs Thanh are always missing the bus


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Call some Ss to the front of the class and d/ Nam is always watching TV
ask them to talk about their friends (using

4.Post - writing :

progress tense with “Always”)

Eg:

Let Ss make sentences with “while” or

Minh: Nam is always talking in class

“when” (using past simple and past

Lan: Tam is always going to school late

progressive )
Ss answers

5.Homework :
-Learn by heart the grammar points
- Redo exercise Focus 2, 3
- prepare: correction Test 45’
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Period : 23

UNIT 12 : A VACATION ABOARD

LESSON 5: LANGUAGE FOCUS


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I. Aim
Students will be able to form the Passive in Future simple and the structures with Adjectives

II. Language contents
1.Vocabulary:

none

2.Grammar :
Passive in Future simple / Passive in Present Simple
It + be + Adj + To- Inf / that clause

III. Techniques:
Ordering pictures , question game, Interview, gap fill, matching

IV. Teaching aids:
cardboards, posters, handouts

V. Procedures :
Teacher’s and Ss’ activities

Contents
1. Warm up/Marks

Call on Ss to go to the board and give him/her a job -Do you get a big salary ?
name.

-Do you wear uniform ? …

Ask the rest of the class to guess the job by asking yes.

 Pelmanism 1. take

a/ eaten

No question or Pelmanism

2. bring

b/ taken

T corrects and gives marks

3. eat

c/ brought

4. …

d/ …

Ask Ss to read the instructions and look at the picture 2. Language focus:
on page 95

Activity1:

Ask Ss to put the pictures in the correct order *Ordering pictures (Language Focus 1)
according to the instructions.
After ask Ss to rewrite the sentences (L.F1) in the Answer key
Passive form.
Ss write on the board.
T corrects

a. 1

b. 4

c. 3

d. 5

e. 2

f. 6

Rewriting
Answer key
b/ Then the glass/ it is washed with a detergent


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liquid
c/ The grass pieces are dried completely
d/ They are mixed with certain specific
chemicals.
Set the scene:

e/ The mixture is melted until it becomes a

A famous inventor, Dr Kim, is going to build a liquid.
time machine. One of his assistant, Hai, is f/ A long pipe is used. It is dipped (nhúng) into
asking him questions about the invention. He
wants to know when Dr Kim will start the

the liquid, then the liquid is blown into intended
shapes.

Activity2:

project. How can he say the sentence in the * Pre-teach structures (L. Focus 2)
Passive ? (I can use Vietnamese for weaker
student)
T asks Ss to complete the sentences using the Passive
in Future Simple.
Ss complete the sentences.
T corrects

Model sentences

When

will

the project

will
Concept checking

S

be started?
be past participle

Use: Passive Form in the Future Simple

Form: will/shall + be + past participle
+ Fill in the gaps using the Passive
1. It______to the public when it is finish (show)
2. ____it____by the end of the year? (build)
3. It_____before Tet (finish)
4. _____it______by you ? (make)
T prepares 2 separate large cardboards, one for Dr
Kim, one for Hai
Ask Ss to play role of Hai to interview Mr Kim
Teacher (Dr Kim)
Student (Hai)

Answer key
1.will be showed/shown 2.will…be built…?
3.will be finished
 Interview

4.will…be made..?


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T can deliver hand-outs (same content as 2 cardboards)
to the whole class and ask them to do pair work
T corrects

Hai
1.When/will/the

Dr Kim

1.very soon

project/start/ ?
2.Mary people /want / 2.yes/It/show/to
see/time machine/

the

public/when/it/finish/

3.will /it /build / by the
end / year/ ?

3.I’m afraid not / but/

Set the scene: Ba gives Nam a lot of directions at a time

4.will/it/make/by you?

It/ finish/ before Tet/

so Nam find it difficult to follow Ba’s directions. What

5.Let’s

does he say to Nam?

tomorrow

begin 4.No/ I /need you/

build it when can you
start?

T explain the model sentences
Ss copy
Ask Ss to open their books and complete the dialogues on
page 96

Activity3

Work in pair

* Pre-teach structures (L.Focus 3)

Call some pairs to demonstrate the dial
Model sentences
It’s difficult to follow your directions
It’s + be + Adjective + to Infinitive
 Gap fill
T corrects
Set the scene: Nam passed the English exam and his

Answer key

grandparents are delighted at it. What did they write

a/ difficult to follow

to him ?

b/ easy to understand

T presents model sentence and explains

c/ hard to believe

Ss copy the form

d/ dangerous to wait

T asks Ss to read the letter on page 97 and match the

e/ important to wait

words

Activity4

Call on some Ss to go the board to draw the lines.

* Language Focus 4

Ss copy the Voc

Model sentences
We are delighted that you passed the English
exam.
S + be + Adj + that/Noun clause

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 Matching
Ask Ss to work in pairs to complete the letter using the
words in the box

1. relieved (a)

Ss answer

2. congratulation (n) b. trông chờ

T corrects

3. look forward to (v) c. xác nhận lại
4. confirm (v)

a. xin chúc mừng

d. nhẹ nhõm

Post
Answer key
(1) was happy

(3) is afraid

(2) am relieved

(4) Are you sure

(5) am certain

3.Homework:
-Rewrite the letter beginning with
” Nam’s grandparents are delighted that he …”
-Do the exercises in the workbook
-Prepare: Unit 13. Lesson 1
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