Giáo án Tiếng Anh 8 unit 14: Wonders of the world

GIÁO ÁN TIẾNG ANH LỚP 8.
Week: 30

Date of preparation:

Period: 89

Date of teaching

:

Classes : 8
UNIT 14: WONDERS OF THE WORLD
Period 89:

WRITE

I/ Aims and objectives:
* Language content :
- To have the students practice writing a letter to a friend
*Language function :
-To enable the students to write a letter about the place they've visited
* Educational aim :
-To help the students describe their trip .
1. Language:
a. Vocabulary: -range, edge. canyon, breathtaking, Stone Age,
magnificent.
b. Structures:
2. Skills:

The simple past tense

- Integrated skills (especially writing skill)

3. Educational factor:
-To educate the students to have love of nature and country.
II/ Teacher and students' preparation:
1. Method :

- Communicative approach.

2. Techniques: Question-Answer, Write it up, Chain game, Explanation, Game.
3. Materials needed: Flashcard, cassette player, poster.
4. Students' preparation:

New words

5. Previous exercises: How to write a letter about describing their trip .
III/ Procedure in class:


1/ Stabilization ( 2ms):
a. Warm up:

- Greets the students

b. Checking absence: - Asks the monitor about the absence
2/ Checking up the previous knowledge : (5 ms )
* Question:
-

Play” Guessing Game”

Asks the sts to think one of the wonders of the world and write it on a piece
paper .

-

Calls a student to go in the front of the class with his/ her paper.

-

Has the rest of the class ask him /her “Yes/ No- questions to guess the wonder.

-

The sts having the right guess will take the place of the last sts.

-Asks the students to answer some questions
1. Where famous places in BinhDinh province?
2. Where did you visit?
* Keys to questions:
-Teacher gives remarks and marks
3/ Presentation of the new materials:

Time
4ms

Teacher’s activities

Students’ activities

The content of the
lesson

I/ Lead in:
-Shows an envelop of the letter

- Listen and answer the

and asks the sts some questions

questions

a-What is it?

a- It’s an envelop

b-And what is this?

b- It’s a letter

c- Do you often write a letter to

c- Yes I do /No I don’t

your friend?

-Listen.

d-How often do you write to her? d- Answer freely

-Introduces the new lesson:

UNIT14:
WONDERS OF THE
WORLD
Period 89:
WRITE
I/ Content:


Time

Teacher’s activities
"Today we are going to practice

8ms

Students’ activities
- Listen

The content of the
lesson
*New words:

completing the letter Tim sent to

1. ranger

Hoa about his trip to Grand

(person who takes care of a

Canyon and writing a letter to

park)

your friend to describe the place

2. edge

(n)

you've visited recently."

3. Stone Age

(n)

II/ Pre-writing:

4. a Canyon

(n)

-Teaches some new words:

5. breathtaking (adj.)

1. ranger

(n)

(explanation)

-Listen, repeat and write

6. magnificent. (adj.):

(person who takes care of a park)
2. edge

(n) (real object)

3. Stone Age (n) ( translation)
4. a Canyon (n) (picture)
5. breathtaking (adj.) = very
exciting; impressive.
6. magnificent. (adj.):
(translation)
- Checks understanding of new
words: “ Fill in the gaps”

- Group work.

1. He lives at the ……… of the
forest.

1. edge.

2. He is the ……….. of my

class.

2. ranger

3. Ha Long Bay sights are

3. magnificent.

……….

4. breathtaking

4. It’s a……………. contest.

- Read the letter then

-Has the students read Tim letter

answer some questions

(n)

* Gap-filling:


Time

Teacher’s activities
and sentences A, B, C, D

Students’ activities

The content of the
lesson

- Listen then work in

-Asks them to complete the letter pairs
Tim sent to Hoa

-Read the letter in front

- Calls some sts to read the letter

of the class

in front of the class

-Take notes

1.C 2.B 3.D 4.A

- Listens and corrects
*Answer keys:
1.C 2.B 3.D 4.A
12 ms

III/ White – Writing:.

-Answer

-Asks the sts some questions:

- Queen Beach

1. Where have you just visited?

- 2 hours by bike/ 20 km

2. How far is it?

- By bike

3. How did you get there?

- Yes it is

4. Is it beautiful?

- It was sunny/ warm

5. How about the weather?

- I was happy

6. How did you feel?

- Look at the picture

*Write a postcard to your

-Sticks on the board the picture

carefully.

friends

of " Queen Beach ” and asks the
students to imagine they've
visited this place.

- Write the letter on a

- Has the students write a letter

piece of paper

to your friends tell them about
the place they have visited

- Pairs works

- Asks the sts to correct the
letters in pairs
-Calls on some students to read
their letter in front of the class

- Read their letter.

Time
5 ms

Teacher’s activities

The content of the

Students’ activities

lesson

IV/Post- Listening:

-Write the postcards on

- Calls three sts write the

the board

II/ Remember:

postcards on the board

-Take notes

* Outline of a letter:

- Corrects sts’ mistakes

1. Place:

2. Distance from your city/

4 ms

V/ Consolidation:

-Takes notes.

home

-Asks them to remind how to

3. How to get there

write a letter to your friend to

4. Sights

describe the place you've visited

5. Weather

-Give s advices:

6. How you feel

*Traveling is helpful, but it'll

*Traveling is helpful, but

keep in your mind forever if you

it'll keep in your mind

know how to describe it by

forever if you know how

words

to describe it by words

4. Homework: (3ms)
-Asks the students to write in their notebook.
+ Learn the lesson well
+ Redo exercises in Ex. Notebook
+ Write a letter to your friends tell them about the place they have visited
5. Preparation for the new lesson: (2ms)
- Prepare the next section: Language focus.
6. Self – evaluation:
Week: 30

Date of preparation:

Period: 90

Date of teaching

:

Classes : 8
UNIT 14:

WONDERS OF THE WORLD

Period 90:

LANGUAGE FOCUS

I/ Aims and objectives:
* Language content:
-Review the reported speech and the passive voice
*Language function:
-To enable the students to to report what people ask and answer about one of the
world cutural heritage of Viet Nam
* Educational aim:
-To help the students proud of their fatherland and logically remember the learnt
grammar and structures in unit 14
1. Language:
a. Vocabulary:
b. Structures

construct, design, summit, expedition, guide
- The passive voice
- Indirect questions with If and Whether
- Question words before To- infinitive
- Verb +To infinitive

2. Skills:

- Integrated skills

3. Educational factor:
- Help the students logically remember their learnt knowledge
II/ Teacher and students' preparation:
1. Method :

- Communicative approach.

2. Techniques:

- Question-Answer, Explanation, substitution Drill, Repetition,

Gap-filling, Explanation, Game, pair work and group work
3. Materials needed: Flashcard, cassette player ,poster.


4. Students' preparation: - Review grammar points
5. Previous exercises:
III/ Procedure in class:
1/ Stabilization ( 2ms):
a. Warm up:

- Greets the students

b. Checking absence: - Asks the monitor about the absence

2/ Checking up the previous knowledge :( 15 ms )
Do a 15 minutes test

3/ Presentation of the new materials:
Time
4ms

Teacher’s activities

lesson

I/ Lead in:
- Conducts a game "Bingo"

-Play game “Bingo”

- Each student must write 5

- Each student must write 5

words on their flashcards

words on their flashcards

-Teacher reads:

- Listen to check their

Temperature compile
breathtaking

royal

Religious

Canyon God

Pyramid

Edge jungle

UNIT 14:

WONDERS OF THE
WORLD
Period 90:

words.

LANGUAGE FOCUS
A/ Content:
-

-Listen

5ms

The content of the

Students’ activities

-Match these sentences to

Time

Teacher’s activities

Students’ activities

its right
-The winner is the one who has 5 words as teacher
read language items
write.
-Introduces the new lesson: " "Let's practice moreand
these
language items".
a.passive form

II/ Pre-practice:

b.Indirectitems:
questions with
-Asks them to match these sentences to its right language
1. Nhi asked Nga if she know MySon.

If/Whether

2. That famous story was written by To Hoai.

c.Question words before

3. Mrs Nga teaches me how to sew a shirt.

To-Infinitive

4. Let's buy some new book.

d.Verb + infinitive

5. Can you come on time?

e.Modal verb + Bare

6.I decided to run to school in spite of the heavy infinitive
rain.
7.The clown make me laugh a lot.

*C. Question words before

Explains the form and usage

To-Infinitive:

S +V /Question words/
-Elicits the form and usage of these language items
*A. Passive form:
- The simple past
Was/Were + P.P

*D. Verbs:
- Following to inf./ bare
inf. / gerund

.

The content of the
lesson


Time

Teacher’s activities

Students’ activities

-Listen and do.

-Group work

-Do as required
10ms
- Write the answer on the
board
- Take notes.

-Report the question Nhi
asked Nga(Ex.2)

-Use the words to write the
information that Nga gave
to Nhi.(Ex.3)

The content of the
lesson


Time

Teacher’s activities

Students’ activities

- Complete the
passage(Ex.4)
6ms
- Do as required

1. This letter was written by
me yesterday
2. The teacher asked Nga
if/ whether Mount Everest
was the highest mountain in
the world
1. to play
2 keep/ do

3- laugh
to avoid/ meeting
-Take notes
3ms
-Remind and answer in

The content of the
lesson


*B. Indirect questions with
If/Whether:
a. Change tenses:
simpleTime
present
simple
past activities
Teacher’s
b. Changes adverbs of time:
Now
Tomorrow
Yesterday

then

Students’ activities

The content of the
lesson

front of the class

the day after, the next day, the following day
the day before

* C. Question words before To-Infinitive:

S +V /Question words/ To-Infinitive
*D. Verbs:
- Following to inf./ bare inf. / gerund
III/ Controlled - practice:
- Explains the exercises and has the students do the exercises on pages 136
-Asks them to discuss in 6 groups to complete the sentences by using the words in the
box.
-Asks them to work in pairs to report the question Nhi asked Nga(Ex.2)
-Has them write the answer on the board
-Gives feedbacks
- Asks them to use the words to write the information that Nga gave to Nhi.(Ex.3)
-Corrects their mistakes.
- Has the sts work in group to complete the passage(Ex.4)
IV/ Free -practice:
-Asks them to complete the sentences so that they have the same meaning as the given
ones:
1.I wrote this letter yesterday.
This letter ……………………..
2.The teacher asked Nga, "is Mount Everest the highest mountain in the world?"
The teacher asked ……
- Asks them to fill the verbs
1.I don't know how ….the game. (play)
2.I n order to …fit, we should….exercises regularly. (keep/ do)
3.I couldn't make him…. when I told a funny story. (laugh)
4. Lan is trying…(avoid) (meet)….. him.


V/ Consolidation:
-Reminds the learnt language items

Time

Teacher’s activities
Verb +

Verb

Modal

Verb +

To-

+

verb +

Gerund

infinitive:

Bare

Bare

infini

infinitiv

want

tive
Let

e
Can

Enjoy

decide

Make

May

Like

start

Might

Hate

begin

Could

Love

try

Should

Start

Would

Begin
Finish

*Exercises:
*EX.1. .Passive Form:
b. was constructed
c. was designed
d, was presented
e. was reached

EX.2.: Indirect questions
with If/Whether:
b.Nhi asked Nga if/ whether it

Students’ activities

The content of the
lesson


4. Homework: (3ms)
- Asks the students to write in their notebook.
+ Learn the lesson well

+ Redo exercises in Ex. notebook
5. Preparation for the new lesson: (2ms)
- Prepare the next section: prepare THE LAST TEST.
6. Self – evaluation: