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

GIÁO ÁN TIẾNG ANH LỚP 8.
UNIT 14

WONDERS OF THE WORLD

Lesson 1:

- GETTING STARTED

(P131)

Period 83:

- LISTEN AND READ

(P131- 132)

- LANGUAGE FOCUS 3

(P137)

A- AIM:

Practice in reading to seek information.
Help Ss know how to use Question Words before To-infinitive.
B- OBJECTIVE:

Ss will be able to seek information about a language game to complete a summary and
use Question Words before To-infinitive.
Textbook, pictures, poster, tape and cassette.

C- MATERIALS:

D- WAYS OF WORKING: W.C, T- Ss, T- W.C, Individual, Pairwork, Teamwork.
E- PROCEDURE:

STEPS/ ACTIVITIES

WAYS OF
WORKING

I. WARM UP.

* Greetings.
* Quiz:

T- W.C
Getting Started

Teamwork

- Divide the class into 2 teams.
- Show Ss some pictures of the famous world landmarks or scenic spots in
VN and ask Ss what place it is.
- The team which can give the answer first will get 1 point.
- T may give Ss some suggestions to help Ss easily recognize the places.
a. The Pyramids
b. Sydney Opera House
c. Stonehenge
II. PRE- READING.

1. Ordering.
- Set the scene: Nga, Nhi and Hoa are playing a language game called
Guessing Game. How does this game work? Put the statements in the

Pairwork


correct order of the game.
- Put the poster on the b.b and ask Ss to read the statements to put them in
the correct order.
HOW TO PLAY THE GUESSING GAME:

1. B asks questions to find out who or what is.
2. A thinks of a famous person or place.
3. B wins if he/ she can guess the correct answer.
4. A gives B a clue.
5. B loses if he/ she can not guess the correct answer.
6. A can only answer “yes” or “no”.
- Call on some pairs to write their answers on the b.b.
* T explains some new words:
+ a clue:

gợi ý

+ a wonder:

kỳ quan
T- W.C

III. WHILE READING.

1. Ask Ss to open their books and read the dialogue (P131- 132) while
listening to the tape.

W.C

- Check if Ss’guesses are right or wrong.
- Have Ss copy dowm the correct order of the Guessing Game.
Answer Key:
2- 4- 1- 6- 3- 5

2. Gap Fill.
- Get Ss to read the dialogue again and use the words from the dialogue to
complete the summary (P132).

Individual

- Pair- compare.
- Give feedback and correct.
Answer Key
1. game

2. place

3. clue

4. Viet Nam

5. Americe

6. Golden

- Have Ss copy down.

3. Grammar Awareness.
- Ask Ss a VN question to elicit the target language.
Model Sentence

W.C
T- Ss


I don’t know
S

V

how

question

to play it.
to-infinitive

word
- Concept checking: form and use.
Form:
Use:

S + V + Question word + to- infinitive

reduced form of an indirect question.

IV. POST READING.
1. Language

Focus 3 (P137).

- Set the scene: Nga answered Nhi’s questions. Then she gave Nhi some
additional information.
- Ask Ss to use the words to write about the information that Nga gave to
Nhi.

T- W.C
Pairwork

- T models:
a. Nga told Nhi how to go there.
- Get Ss to write their sentences on the b.b.
- Give feedback and correct.
Answer Key
b. Nga showed Nhi where to get tickets.
c. Nga pointed out where to buy souvernirs.
d. Nga advised Nhi how to go from My Son to Hoi An.
e. Nga told Nhi what to do there during the visit.
- Get Ss to copy.
V- HOMEWORK.

- Learn the new form and make 3 sent.s with it.
- Prepare Unit 14- Speak + Language Focus 2.

W.C


UNIT 14

WONDERS OF THE WORLD

Lesson 2:

- SPEAK

Period 84:

- LANGUAGE FOCUS 2

(P132- 133)
(P136)

A- AIM:

Practice in asking and answering questions about places and how to report them.
B- OBJECTIVE:

By the end of the lesson, students will be able to make a report on famous places
using reported speech.
C- MATERIALS: Textbook, poster, pictures.

D- WAYS OF WORKING: T- Ss, W.C, T-W.C, Pairwork, Team work, Groupwork.

E- PROCEDURE:

STEPS/ ACTIVITIES

WAYS OF
WORKING

I- WARM UP.

* Greetings.

T- W.C

* Who is fastest ?
- Inform the topic and time limit.
- Divide the class into 4 teams with 4 posters.
- Ask Ss to write about 10- 15 famous world places in 3 minutes.

Team work

- Give feedback and correct. The team which has the most famous
world places is the winner.
II. PRESENTATION.

1. Pre- teach:

Matching

- Put a poster with the statements on the b.b.
- Ask Ss to read the statements and the names of the famous places in
the box (P133) and do the matching.

Individual


1. It was designed and built by a French civil engineer with 300
meters in height.
2. It is in South Central Asia, 8.848 meters high above sea level.
3. It was built from 246- 209 BC and some people say it can be
seen from the moon.
4. It is a bell striking the hours in the clock tower of the House of
Parliament in London.
5. It is a skycraper in Manhattan, New York City.
6. It is a famous place in Quang Binh Province recognized as a
World Heritage Site by Unessco.
- Check if Ss understand the statements.
- Give feedback anf correct.

T- W.C
Answer Key:

1. Eiffel Tower

4. Big Ben

2. Mount Everest

5. Empire State Building

3. Great Wall of China

6. Phong Nha Cave

III. PRACTICE.

1. Questions and Answers Drill.
- Divide the class into 6 groups.
- Ask Ss to use the information in the matching to write Yes/ No

Groupwork

questions about 10 places in the box (each St writes q question).
- Ask Ss to look at the 3 model questions (P132).
- Have Ss ask and answer the questions, check yes or no.
- Call on some group to demonstrate their work.

2. Grammar Drill.
- Elicit the model sent.s by asking Ss a question:
T:

Is Great Wall in China?

St: Yes, it is.
- Ask Ss to listen:
T: I asked Lan if Great Wall was in China. She said that it was.
- Write the sent. on the b.b.
Model Sentences

T- Ss

I said to Lan, “Is Great Wall in China?”
Yes/No Question (Direct Speech)

I asked Lan

if

Great Wall was in China

whether
Indirect Yes/No question

T- Ss

- Concept checking: form and use.
Form:

Indirect Yes/ No Question

S + asked (sb)

+

if/ whether + Sđổi + Vlùi 1 thì + Ođổi + Advđổi

wondered
wanted to know
Use: Một số thay đổi khi chuyển từ câu trực tiếp sang câu gián tiếp
+ Các ngôi thứ 3 (he/ she/ it/ they) và các danh từ, DT chỉ tên riêng:
giữ nguyên.

+ Tenses:
Present Simple

Past Simple

Present Continuous

Past Continuous

Present Perfect

Past Perfect

Past Simple

Past Perfect

W.C

- Have Ss copy.

3. Reporting Yes/ No/ Questions.

Individual

- Have Ss talk about their classmates’answers with their partners , using
Reported Speech.
- Call on some Ss from each group to report before the class.
- Give feedback and correct.
IV. PRODUCTION:

Language Focus 2 (P136)

- Set the scene: yesterday, Nga and Nhi talked about My Son, one of
theWorld Cultural Heritages of Viet Nam.

T- St

- Ask Ss to report what Nhi asked Nga, using Reported Speech.
- Put the poster with questions on the b.b.
- Model the first question and ask Ss to listen.
a. Do you know My Son, Nga?
Nhi asked Nga if/ whether she knew My Son.

Pairwork


* Oral Drill:
- Call on one St to read the question and another St to read the reported
sent.
- Give feedback and correct.
- Go on until the last question.

Individual

* Writing Drill:
- Call on some Ss to write the reported sent.s on the b.b.
- Give feedback and correct.
- Ask Ss to copy.
Answer Key:

b. Nhi asked Nga if/ whether it was far from Ha Noi.
c. Nhi asked Nga if/ whether My Son was in Quang Nam Province.
d. Nhi asked Nga if/ whether many people lived at My Son.
e. Nhi asked Nga if/ whether many tourists visited My Son every
year.
f. Nhi asked Nga if/ whether she wanted to visit My Son one day.
V- HOMEWORK.

- Learn the new forms and use and make 2 sent.s with it..
- Correct L.F 2 in your notebooks.
- Prepare Unit 11: Listen + Language Focus 4.

W.C


UNIT 14

WONDERS OF THE WORLD

Lesson 3:

- LISTEN

(P133)

Period 85:

- LANGUAGE FOCUS 4

(P137)

A- AIM:

Practice listening to recognize and correct mistakes and help Ss practice in using “toinfinitive” and “bare- infinitive” after some verbs.
B- OBJECTIVE:

By the end of the lesson, students will be able to recognize mistakes through listening
to an advertisement and use “to- infinitive” and “bare- infinitive” after some verbs.
Textbook, pictures, tape and cassette.

C- MATERIALS:

D- WAYS OF WORKING: Individual, T- Ss, W.C, T-W.C, Team work
E- PROCEDURE:

STEPS/ ACTIVITIES

WAYS OF
WORKING

I- WARM UP.

* Greetings.

T- W.C

* Slap the board:
Golden Gate
Bridge

advertisemen
t

Teamwork

Great Barrier
Reef

rain forest
wonder

jungle
clue

II. PRE- LISTENING.

* Pre- teach Vocabulary: elicit N.Ws from Ss
- relaxing (adj.):

thoải mái

(trans.)

- crystal clear (adj.)

trong suốt

(explanation)

T- Ss

- coral:

san hô

(picture)

- (to) snorkel:
bơi lặn có sử dụng ống thở
* Checking the V.O.C:
R.O.R

(picture)

III. WHILE LISTENING.

- Set the scene: you are going to listen to an advertisement on the tape.
There are 4 mistakes in the advertisement in your books. What are
they?
- Have Ss read the adver. in their books.
- Ask Ss some questions about the adver.
- Have Ss listen to the tape 2 or 3 times.
- Get Ss to give their answers.
- Play the tape again and have Ss correct.
Answer Key:
+ southern

far north

+ Inn

W.C
T- Ss
Individual

Hotel

+ jungle

rain forest

+ 6824

6924

- Have Ss copy down.
IV. LANGUAGE FOCUS 4 (P137).

1. Presentation.

W.C

* Pre- teach:
- Elicit the target language from Ss.
1. I want

to buy

some books.

T- Ss

to-infinitive
2. She

enjoys

playing badminton.
V-ing

3. He

can

speak

many languages.

bare-infinitive
- Concept checking: forms and uses.
1. Form:

S + V + to- infinitive

Use: To-inf đứng sau một số động từ như: want, try, decide,
need, start, begin, stop…
2. Form:

S + V + V-ing

Use: V-ing đứng sau một số động từ như: enjoy, like, love, keep,
avoid, practice, mind…
3. Form:

S + modal verb + bare- infinitive

Use: modal verbs: can, could, may, might, should, must, will,
shall, would.
- Get Ss to copy.

2. Practice.
- Ask Ss to open their books and complete the passage (P137) with the
correct forms of the verbs.
- Give feedback and correct.

Individual

- Have Ss copy down.
V- HOMEWORK.

- Learn the new words and practice writing them.

W.C

- Learn the forms and uses.
- Prepare Unit 14: Read + Language Focus 1
W.C

UNIT 14

WONDERS OF THE WORLD

Lesson 4:

- READ

(P134)

Period 86:

- LANGUAGE FOCUS 1

(P136)

A- AIM:

Reading for details about the wonders of the world.
Further practice in Passive Forms..
B- OBJECTIVE:

Ss will get some knowledge about the wonders of the world and further practice in
Passive forms.
Textbook, poster.

C- MATERIALS:

D- WAYS OF WORKING: W.C, T- Ss, T- W.C, Individual, Pairwork.
E- PROCEDURE:

WAYS OF

STEPS/ ACTIVITIES

WORKING
I. WARM UP.

* Greetings.

T- W.C

* Hangman:

W.C

Key word: C O R A L

II. PRE- READING.

1. Pre- teach Vocabulary: elicit N.Ws from Ss
- (to) compile:

biên soạn

(trans.)

- (to) claim:

tuyên bố, khẳng định

(explanation)

- (to) honor:

kính trọng, tôn kính

(explanation)

- a god (male)

vị thần

(example)

- royal (adj.):

thuộc hoàng tộc, hoàng gia

(example)

- religion:

tôn giáo

(trans.)

godness (female)

religious (adj.):
thuộc tôn giáo

* Checking the V.O.C:
What and Where

T- Ss


2. T/F Statements Prediction.
1. An Egyptian man compiled a list of what he thought were the
seven wonders of the world.
2. The only surviving wonder is The Pyramids of Cheops in Egypt.
3. Today, we can still see the Hanging Gardens of Babylon in
Pairwork

present- day Iraq.
4. Angkor Wat was originally built to honor a Hindu God.
5. The Great Wall of China first wasn’t in the list of the seven
wonders of the world.
6. In the early 15th century, the Khmer King chose Angkor Wat as
the new capital.
Prediction
1……..

2……

3……

4…….

5…….

6……..

III. WHILE READING.

1. Reading and checking the prediction.
- Have Ss open their books and read the text (P134) to check their
prediction.

W.C

- Give feedback and correct.
Answer Key:
1. F (a Greek man named Antipater did it)
2. T

T- W.C

3. T
4. T
5. T
6. F ( Angkor Wat – Phnom Penh)

2. Multiple Choice (P134)
- Ask Ss to choose the best answers to complete the sentences.
- Give feedback and correct.
Answer Key:
a- C
- Have Ss copy down.
IV. POST READING.

b- A

c- D

d- B

Individual


* Grid:
- Draw the grid on the b.b and have Ss copy it.
- Ask Ss to read the text again and fill in the grid with the information
from the text, they can add more.
Wonders of the world
1. Hanging
Gardens
Babylon

Pairwork

Country
of Iraq
Greece

2. Statue of Zeus

Egypt

3. The Pyramids of Cheops

China

4. Great Wall

India

5. Taj Mahal

Cambodia

6. Angkor Wat

The U.S.A

7. The Golden Gate Bridge
- Get Ss to copy.
V- HOMEWORK.

- Learn the new words and practice writing them.
- Prepare Unit 14- Write

W.C


UNIT 14

WONDERS OF THE WORLD

Lesson 5:

- WRITE

(P135)

Period 87:
A- AIM:

Practice in writing a letter to a friend.
B- OBJECTIVE:

By the end of the lesson, students will be able to write a letter to a friend about a place
they have visited.
Textbook, pictures, poster, drawing.

C- MATERIALS:

D- WAYS OF WORKING: Individual, T- Ss, W.C, T-W.C, Pairwork, Team work
E- PROCEDURE:
STEPS/ ACTIVITIES

WAYS OF
WORKING

I- WARM UP.

* Greetings.
* Guessing Game:

T- W.C
Wonders of the world

W.C

- Have Ss think of a wonder of the world and write it on a piece of
paper.
- Call on a St to the front of the class with his/ her paper.
- Have the rest class ask him/ her yes/ no questions to guess the
wonder.
- The St having the righ guess will take place of the last St.
II. PRE- WRITING.

1. Pre- teach Vocabulary: elicit N.Ws from Ss
- a range:

nhân viên phụ trách khu (explanation)
bảo tồn TN

- an edge:

rìa, mép

(drawing)

- a canyon:

khe, hẻm núi

(picture)

- breathtaking (adj):

thú vị, gây ấn tượng

(syn.)

- temperate (adj):

ôn đới

(explanation)

T- Ss


- Stone Age:
thời kỳ đồ đá
* Checking the V.O.C:
R.O.R

(trans.)

2. Insertion.

T- W.C

- Ask Ss to read the letter Tim sent to Hoa about his trip to the Grand
Canyon (P135).

W.C

- Have Ss complete the letter by inserting the letters A, B, C or D of the
missing sentences.

Individual

- Pair- compare.
- Give feedback and correct.
Answer Key:
1- C

2- B

3- D

4- A

- Get Ss to copy.
- Call on a St to read aloud the letter.
III. WHILE WRITING

W.C

- Set the scene: imagine that you have visited a place recently. Write a
letter to a friend of yours and tell him/ her about this place.
- Put a poster with the outline on the b.b and elicit some details.
+ Place:
+ Distance from your city/ home:

T- Ss

+ How to get there:
+ Sights:
+ Weather:
+ How you feel:
- Ask Ss to write their letter in their notebooks.
- Monitor and help Ss.
- Call on some Ss to read their letters in front of the class.

Individual

- Give feedback and correct.
IV. POST WRITING:

Interview

- Ask Ss to use the outline on the b.b and the information in their letters
to make an interview,
- T models by calling on a St to answer some questions:
+ Where have you just visited?
+ How far is it?

Pairwork


+ How did you get there?
+ What is it like? Is it beautiful?
+ How about the weather?
+ How did you feel?
- Have Ss work in pairs to interview each other.
- Call on some pairs to demonstrate their interviews.

IV- HOMEWORK.

- Learn the new words and practice writing them.
- Write the letter in you notebooks.
- Revise from Unit 11 to Unit 14 for the coming 45- minute test.

W.C