Unit 14 - English 8

Tan Lam High School Lesson plan English 8
Date: Unit 14: Wonders of the World Period 83: Listen and Read
LESSON PLAN
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A. OBJECTIVES:
I. Knowledge: Ss will seek information about a language game to complete a
summary.
II. Skills: Speaking, Writing, Reading
B. PROCEDURE:
I. Settlement: Checking attendance
II. Checking:
III. New lesson: Listen and Read
Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
* Warm-up: Quiz
- Prepare some postcards or pictures of the famous
world landmarks or scene spots in VN.
- Show the pictures, one by one, to Ss and ask them
what place it is.
- Divide the class into 2 teams, the team able to answer
the question will get 1 point.
- Give Ss some suggestions to help them easily
recognize the place.
Eg: Mount Bach Ma.
Suggestions:
 It is a place in the Central Vietnam with cold
weather everyday of the year...
* Getting started.
- Inform the topic: Wonders of the world.
- Have Ss look at the pictures on page 131 and do the
matching.
- Check if they know “Where in which country these

wonders are?”
* Listen and Read.
Team work
Individual work
Answer key:
a) The Pyramid
b) Sydney Opera House
c) Stone Henge
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Tan Lam High School Lesson plan English 8
1. Pre- reading
Ordering:
- Set the scene:
"Nga, Nhi and Hoa are playing a language game called
guessing game. How does this game work?”
- Put the statements chart on the board.
- Ask Ss to read the statements and put them in the right
order.
Rearrange the Statements in the right order of the
game.
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 cannot guess the correct answer.
6. A can only answer "yes" or "no".
- Ask Ss to open their books and read the dialogue on
page 131, 132 while listening to the tape
- Play the tape.

- Check if Ss' guesses are right or not.
- Have Ss copy the statements in the right order.
- Call on some pairs to go to the board and write their
answers.
2. While-reading
a. Gap fill
- Have Ss read the dialogue again and complete the
summary (2) on page 132.
- Ask Ss to compare their answers with their partners.
- Have some Ss give their answers.
b. Grammar Awareness
Model Sentences:
3. Post - reading: Matching
- Asking Ss to read the summary again. Write the words
on the board.
Group work
Listen to the tape
Answer key: 2. 4. 1. 6. 3. 5.
Individual work
Answer Key:
1. Game 2. Place 3. Clue
4. Vietnam 5. America 6. Golden
7. Right 8. Was
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Pair work
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Tan Lam High School Lesson plan English 8
- Ask Ss to match the words in Column A with their
explanations in Column B.
- Ask some Ss to give their answers.

Answer Key:
1.d
2.c
3.a
4.b
IV. Consolidation:
V. Homework: - Topic: famous tourist sites, do the exercises in the workbook
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Tan Lam High School Lesson plan English 8
Date: Unit 14: Wonders of the World Period 84: Speak +
Listen
LESSON PLAN
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A. OBJECTIVES:
I. Knowledge: Ss will be able to make a, report on famous places using reported
speech. Ss will be able to recognize mistakes through listening to an advertisement.
II. Skills: Speaking, Listening
B. PROCEDURE:
I. Settlement: Checking attendance
II. Checking:
III. New lesson: Speak + Listen
Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
• SPEAK
1. Pre-teach: Matching
- Put the chart with the statements on the board.
l. It was designed and built by the French civil
engineer with 300 metres in height.
2. It is in South Central Asia, 8.848 metres 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 Houses 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.
- Ask Ss to read the statements and the names of the
famous places in the box on page 133 and do the
matching.
- Check if Ss understand the statements.
- Call on some pairs to give their answers.
- Give feedback and correct.
- Monitor and assist Ss if necessary.
2. Questions and Answer Drill
- Ask Ss to write yes/no questions about 10 places in
the box, using the information in the matching.
(Each student in a group asks a question)
Suggest
1. Have they just built the Eiffel Tower in Paris?
2. Is the Empire State building located in New York
City?
3. Are the Petronas Twin Towers located in
Maylaysia?
4. Is the Great Barrier Reef in Australia?
Pair work
Answer Key:
1. Effel Tower
2. Mount Everest
3. Great Wall of China
4. Big Ben

5. Empire State building USA
6. Phong Nha Cave
Group work
Ss work in groups of ten
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5. Have you ever seen Mount Rushmore?
6. Is Mount Everest in Nepal?....
- Have Ss ask and answer the questions, check yes or
no.
- Call on a group to demonstrate their work.
3. Grammar Drill
- Set the scene
- Ask Ss to listen:
• Ask a student: (Lan/...)
T: Is Hue Citadel in the Central Vietnam?
S: Yes, it is.
T: I asked Lan if Hue Citadel was in the Central
Vietnam. She said (that) it was.
I said to Lan, "Is Hue Citadel in the Central
Vietnam?" (Yes/No question  direct speech)
- Write the statement on the board
• Model sentences:
- Have Ss copy
Use: - to say  to ask / want to know.
- If the verb in the main clause is in past tense, the
tense in the indirect questions must be changed:
Direct question Indirect question
Present Simple Past Simple
Past Simple Past perfect

Present perfect Past perfect
- Choose a group's answer to demonstrate the model
(asking and reporting)
- Call on a pair in a group to demonstrate the
exchanges and tell one of them to report.
- Have Ss work in their groups.
- Call on Ss in different groups to report in front of
the class.
- Give feedback and correct
• LISTEN
1. Pre-teach vocabulary
- Elicit words from Ss
1. Relaxing (adj) -> (translations) (a) relaxing
vacation
2. Crystal clear (adj) = completely clear and bright
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Group work
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